Demon King – Chapter 444 – The Demon Lord Organizes Her Clues

‘What do I do what do I do what do I do!’

Hearing the knocking at the door, Her Majesty the Demon Lord clutched her head, her whole mind plunging into chaos.

But the years of hiding had not been for nothing. Before her thoughts could catch up, her body had already reacted out of habit. After switching her voice, she replied to the knocking with an impatient tone.

“I’m washing my face. Wait a bit.”

“Alright, then come out and eat breakfast soon…”

Even though she heard her son’s reply, the doubtful look on Liu Wan’s face did not ease at all.

Because judging from the force of the sound just now, the person inside had clearly stomped hard. But would Eiru, a boy close to 1.7 meters tall, really make such a quiet sound when stomping?

It could not be that there were two people inside, right? Although the sense of dissonance bothered Liu Wan, the family was still waiting to eat breakfast. In the end, she could only temporarily put the matter aside and head to the kitchen to get busy with food.

After roughly brushing off their parents’ questions, Eiya accompanied Liu Wan into the kitchen to help out. Ei Yuan sat on the living room sofa, passing time while watching the morning news on TV.

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After a while, the bathroom door opened, drawing Ei Yuan’s gaze over. Having finished washing up and already transformed into a male appearance, Eiru quietly slipped out from inside.

She glanced around at the doorway. When she noticed Ei Yuan looking at her, her body trembled, and then she fled back to her room as if running away.

Ei Yuan shook his head, sighing at his child’s lack of sense.

‘Already this grown up, yet still running around the house barefoot. And running away whenever he sees me, instead of learning from his sister and helping out at home…’

‘Wait, barefoot?’

Ei Yuan sensed something off. The stomping sound from the bathroom earlier had clearly been made while wearing slippers. There was no way he could wash his face and leave his slippers behind in the bathroom.

Bare feet on the floor could not possibly make such a distinct sound, one that people outside could clearly tell was wrong. But Eiru was not wearing slippers just now. Then who was the one stomping in the bathroom earlier?

Thinking this, Ei Yuan stood up and walked toward the bathroom. Considering the rumors about his son over there, it was not impossible that he had really brought a girl home and was hiding her…

But after reaching the bathroom, he was destined to find nothing. Not only was there no one inside, even the pair of slippers he had guessed might be left behind were nowhere to be seen.

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Could it be that Eiru had stomped out a slipper-like effect while barefoot? That was just too absurd… Though full of doubts, since he could not get an answer, he could not be bothered to keep thinking about it.

By middle age, he had already spent many years struggling at work. Ei Yuan had long since discarded that so-called curiosity. When something you care about yields no answer, not thinking about it is also a good way to reduce stress and mental burden.

Having narrowly escaped disaster, Her Majesty the Demon Lord was now curled up in her room with the door locked. Unaware of her own mistake, she kicked off the slippers on her feet, pounced onto the bed, and pulled a pillow over her head, acting like an ostrich.

After a soft call, Hulu, who had been hiding in the wardrobe, poked its little head out. After chirping happily twice with a “Goo yi Goo yi,” it flapped its wings and hopped onto Eiru’s back, frolicking about.

Using her tail to smooth the fur on the little one’s body, the Demon Lord continued sorting through the information she had obtained yesterday in her mind. She was still trying to dig out useful clues from the story her grandmother had told.

Originally, she had not wanted to bring this little guy bouncing around on her back home. Compared to it, Her Majesty the Demon Lord would much rather take that big cat along when going out. At least that one was obedient.

Hulu was good in every way except that it was too energetic. Having only been born not long ago, its curiosity was far too strong. To be honest, Eiru felt a bit uneasy now, afraid that this little guy would stir up more trouble for her.

But there was no helping it. This week, Yuki was also going home just like her. And Hulu clung to the two silver-haired ones, refusing to leave no matter what. Naturally, it could not be entrusted to the other two dormmates like Gulu.

First, Yuki had no magic to conceal Hulu’s existence. Second, he could not effectively communicate with Hulu at all. So in the end, the responsibility of bringing along this troublesome child naturally fell on Eiru’s shoulders.

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For now, though, the little one’s performance was fairly good. When Eiru was not around, it would hide in the wardrobe without making a sound, and only appear after Eiru returned and called for it. It had listened well to Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s instructions, saving her quite a bit of trouble.

“If only you could help me…”

She rolled over, grabbed Hulu, and lifted it high. Looking at the confusion in its eyes, the little Demon Lord sighed like this.

Eiya had also told her about recently feeling short of breath and inexplicably weak. But after a round of checks, Eiru had not found anything wrong with her, which gave her another headache.

Based on the time Eiya mentioned, the first thing Her Majesty the Demon Lord thought of was the unknown little creature in her hands. After all, Eiya’s symptoms only appeared after she and Yuki brought Hulu back to the dorm.

But after carefully checking the timeline again, Eiru realized that the timing did not quite line up. On the day Eiya first showed those symptoms, nothing seemed to have gone wrong at all.

The Demon Lord carefully recalled the situation of those two days. Although Hulu had shown a mentally fatigued state that seemed like mana exhaustion, it should have had nothing to do with Eiya’s problem. During that period, Hulu had been with her all day long.

And logically speaking, the range of abilities and behavior patterns of this silly-cute little thing did not match Eiya’s condition at all. Who would make a wish for Eiya to end up like this? And could its ability even reach that far?

She remembered that in the morning she had gone to the river embankment to accompany Little Ru, then came back and lent mana to Ziyu to release the buff, and then the Authority Ring was tricked away by Stupid Yuki… Recalling what had happened over those two days, when she reached the last event, Her Majesty the Demon Lord puffed up her cheeks again.

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“Too much! And he even said next time if I’m not obedient he’ll put it on my neck as a collar. How can anyone be like that! Where exactly am I not obedient?”

The puffed-up Demon Lord casually took the fluffy little creature in her hands as an outlet and started kneading it.

“Goo yi! Goo yi?!”

Having its fur and little head rubbed all over, Hulu flailed its tiny paws in panic. But this adorable appearance only further stimulated Eiru’s urge to bully it.

“Right? He’s super bad! All he does every day is bully me! Just because he thinks I’m easy to bully! I was only being magnanimous as a macho man and letting him have his way…”

Of course, Hulu could not understand the nonsense the girl in front of it was saying. In its not-so-bright little head, all that remained now was grievance and confusion.

‘Even if you’re unhappy, why do you have to bully me?’