Demon King – Chapter 445 – The Dinner Table

She had originally planned to sneak back to school before the family woke up, but looking at the situation now, there was no way she could slip away quietly. To avoid getting nagged again, Her Majesty the Demon Lord could only grit her teeth and stay.

Cowering in her room, the little Demon Lord did not feel like eating the breakfast made at home. It was not that it tasted bad or anything. She was simply in a bad mood.

Because she had not eaten and felt dizzy from low blood sugar, Eiru thought about it for a while. Since she could not reach any solid conclusions anyway, she decided to take a second nap or something. That nap ended up going straight through to lunchtime.

At the dining table, Eiru, disguised as a boy, was mercilessly shoveling food together with her sister. Ei Yuan and Liu Wan sat to the side, occasionally exchanging glances, as if they had something planned.

“Son, while we’re eating, let’s talk about something…”

After a round of eye contact, Ei Yuan finally spoke to his son.

‘Oh? That’s rare. You want to discuss something with me? Didn’t you always just ignore my opinion and arrange everything without asking… what, did the sun rise from the west today?’

Hearing her father’s words, Eiru was indeed a bit surprised. As someone who believed her status in the family was rock bottom, she did not dare take the word discuss too seriously.

It was not that the two of them treated her as if she did not exist, but they had almost never given her any real care. Scheduled, template-like messages of advice, and the occasional phone call just to confirm she was still alive. Other than that, there was nothing.

Though surprised, Eiru did not react much. Because the word discuss, coming from her parents’ mouths, did not necessarily mean what she thought it meant.

Everything about her life at home was already arranged. Whatever plans they had would never take her wishes into account. She only needed to carry them out.

Just like when guests came and she was told to give up her room. Many times, under the banner of discussion, it was really just a notification delivered in a nicer tone. If you actually objected, you would immediately get lectured for being immature. In the end, the result would still be enforced, and you would get scolded for nothing.

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“Mm. Go on… I’m listening.”

Lowering her head and shoveling another bite of rice, Eiru’s response was extremely flat. She had long since mastered the survival rules of this household. The quieter she acted, the less trouble she would run into.

“Look, your recent grades have improved a lot. I heard you even made it into the Honor Class… seeing that you’re doing well, your mother and I think…”

Ei Yuan had only spoken halfway when Liu Wan beside him suddenly cut in.

“That’s why I told you not to hang around with those bad friends. See, once you stayed with that Yuki, your grades went up, right? Don’t get arrogant. Make sure you thank him properly…”

Not knowing the inside story, Liu Wan naturally believed that everything was thanks to Eiru’s dormmate.

“Mm… alright.”

Responding coolly yet politely, Eiru felt like laughing inside. From start to finish, she did not raise her head to look at her parents, only focusing on the food in her bowl.

“I’m telling you, before you shouldn’t have been hanging around with those bad friends at all… spending more time with good students like Yuki is how you improve yourself, got it?”

Once Liu Wan got started, she was like a machine gun that would not stop. Ei Yuan beside her looked like he wanted to speak but could not get a word in.

“I remember you and Yuki used to have a pretty good relationship too, you even brought him home before… clearly you were just busy playing with others and never really asked him for advice. Now you’ve finally learned, huh?”

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At those words, a sharp crack sounded at the dining table. Eiya suddenly used her chopsticks to snap a fried fish strip in half, her expression turning extremely ugly.

“What’s wrong, Little Ya?”

Noticing something off with her daughter, Liu Wan stopped nagging and asked with concern.

“Nothing, just an accident… keep eating…”

The image of a good girl could not change. Eiya forcibly swallowed the urge to curse and continued pretending to eat obediently.

‘Learned my ass. She straight-up gave herself away, alright? The little boat of friendship flipped over and she climbed straight onto the cruise ship of love. And this is all thanks to you two never caring about her. Our family’s cabbage got plowed by someone else!’

She roared internally, but on the surface Eiya still had to maintain the obedient daughter act. Part of it was habit. The other part was that she had seen what happened to a disobedient Eiru, being kicked out to live alone and left to fend for herself. To be honest, she was scared too.

“Alright, alright. Your mom is just like this…”

Ei Yuan sighed, reaching out to the silent Eiru and patting her on the shoulder.

“Your mother and I think that since you’ve made progress, we should give you some kind of reward… in a while, withdraw from the dorm and move back home.”

“No.”

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Putting down her bowl, Eiru, who had always shown a compliant attitude, rarely voiced opposition.

“Huh? Uh? Big brother means… school is far from home, it’s inconvenient to go back and forth, you don’t want to travel such a long distance every day, right? And you know how troublesome the subway can be.”

Knowing the truth, Eiya hurriedly put down her bowl and chopsticks and stepped in to smooth things over for her sister.

No joke. If they did not patch this up with a reasonable explanation, Dad might be manageable, but with Mom’s temper, she would immediately start fighting with her sister.

“That’s not a problem. We’ll help you apply for commuting status. You won’t need to attend evening self-study either. Normally Uncle Ling can pick you up, and if something comes up I can pick you up too… food and lodging are all guaranteed at home.”

Feeling that what Eiya said made sense, Ei Yuan explained further, trying to dispel Eiru’s ‘concerns’.

“I said I don’t want to. Why should I come back? You call this kind of thing a reward?”

Gradually losing control of her emotions, Eiru’s whole body trembled slightly, looking on the verge of exploding.

“Ah, what big brother means is… he gets motion sickness, you know that. Taking a car every day really is torture for him.”

While continuing to smooth things over, Eiya kept shooting meaningful looks at her sister, urging her to endure it and calm down, to get through this first.

“That’s true, motion sickness is troublesome…”

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Ei Yuan rubbed his chin and thought it over, while Liu Wan also voiced her opinion.

“You can sleep in the car. School is so tiring anyway. If you get motion sickness, just sleep it off in the car. What’s more important than coming home? Where can you eat and live better than at home?”

“I said I’m not coming back. I don’t need it!”

Eiru slammed the table and stood up.

“Bad grades and you kick me out, good grades and you call me back. What am I, a dog? You order me around however you want?”

“How can you talk like that? What do you mean treating you like a dog? Letting you come home and you have so much to say, you like staying outside that much?”

Liu Wan also slammed the table and stood up. In an instant, the dining table was filled with a tense, hostile atmosphere.

Translator Note

It kind of late to ask this, but, am I translating it right? Eiya calling her father “Uncle Ling”? Or is there another nickname that used by previous translator that I am unaware of, and I mistranslated it?