Demon King – Chapter 452 – I Was Wrong…

“You’re back? Hm? You brought a frie… nd…”

Hearing his son’s voice, Yuki’s father, who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, raised his head. But the moment he saw the figure beside Yuki, he froze as well, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

“This is Eiru. He’s my best buddy from middle school, we’ve been really close since then… Since you’re basically never home, Dad, this is actually his first time seeing you, hahaha…”

Trying to ease the slightly awkward atmosphere, Yuki didn’t think too much of it. He just assumed this was a normal reaction of surprise from two people meeting for the first time.

“We played together when we were kids too, but we really got close in middle school… Lu is the person I’m closest to.”

Because the girl was currently in a male form, Yuki naturally slipped into the way he used to interact with her. He casually draped an arm over her shoulder and patted it.

“H-Hello, Uncle…”

Eiru greeted him tentatively. Inside, cold sweat was pouring down her back, because even if you beat her to death, she never would have imagined that Yuki’s father was not some unfamiliar face.

“Mm…”

Holding the newspaper, Yuki’s father only responded with a short sound. His gaze fixed on Eiru, filled with seriousness and complexity, making it hard to tell what he was thinking.

“Dad, don’t look at him like that, you’re scaring him…”

Yuki slapped his forehead, lamenting that his father’s old habit was acting up again.

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His dad was great in every other regard, but his expression was always too stern. He often scared people and gave off a hard-to-approach vibe. Yuki had complained about this more than once, but his dad always said it was a habit he couldn’t change.

What Yuki didn’t know was that the strange atmosphere between the two actually had another reason entirely. If he hadn’t been there to stabilize things, and if Eiru wasn’t currently using a male form with relatively strong self-control, his beloved little girlfriend would have already bolted in panic from guilt…

Yuki’s father still didn’t say anything, continuing to stare at the person next to his son with that stern and complex gaze. The feeling of being seen through everything became so intense that even Yuki was starting to feel the pressure…

“I was wrong, Uncle Li, I really didn’t do anything!”

Finally unable to withstand that sharp gaze any longer, the little Demon Lord instantly reverted to her true form, clutching her head and cowering as hard as possible.

“I didn’t do anything, I didn’t mean to, I really didn’t…”

Even in her male state she could barely hold it together. After reverting to her true form, Her Majesty the Demon Lord completely fell into chaos, unable to even speak properly.

“???????”

Yuki was utterly dumbfounded. His little girlfriend’s sudden self-detonation completely shattered all his plans.

‘Didn’t you say you didn’t want to expose it? Why did you just transform right in front of my dad? Now he knows you’re not even human!’

Yuki felt like his head was about to explode. Earlier this idiot girl had kept insisting on playing it safe, and now the moment things actually started, she cranked the difficulty straight to hell mode.

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Thinking about it normally, if you had parents who didn’t support early relationships and even tended to control their child’s social circle, and you told them their future daughter-in-law wasn’t even human, wouldn’t they just implode on the spot?

That was why from the very beginning, Yuki never planned to tell his parents that Eiru was a demon. No matter how you looked at it, that information would only add obstacles to their relationship and bring absolutely no benefit.

And now it was too late. Even if he didn’t want to say it, he had to. Eiru had straight up performed a dramatic girl transformation right in front of someone. There was no way she wouldn’t be questioned later. If this wasn’t handled properly, if they couldn’t smooth it over, Yuki could already foresee an endless stream of trouble waiting for him.

The biggest issue was still the fact that Eiru wasn’t human. Once that was on the table, the nature of their relationship was completely different. Originally, Yuki didn’t think his dad would go tattling, but if he stopped viewing Eiru as a person at all, then there was no way his mom wouldn’t find out.

“Your business… I don’t want to get involved.”

Letting out a sigh, Yuki’s father, or rather, Officer Li, lowered his head and resumed reading the newspaper, his face full of helplessness.

“Dad, listen to me explain…”

Shooting a glare at the trembling girl beside him, the completely clueless Yuki hurried forward, trying to salvage the situation.

“Lu is actually a really good gi—”

“I know. I said I don’t want to get involved. You don’t need to report or explain anything to me. This is your young people’s business…”

Before he could finish, Officer Li interrupted his son and stated his position.

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When they first came in, he had thought his son and Eiru were just best friends, that Yuki didn’t know Eiru was a girl, let alone a non-human. That was why he had only looked at Eiru with a complicated gaze and hadn’t exposed anything on the spot.

But after the girl’s self-exposure and hearing Yuki’s words, he more or less understood their situation. His son definitely knew. He couldn’t be completely sure, but there was a high chance there were romantic feelings involved.

Compared to Yuki’s mother’s strict stance against early relationships, Yuki’s father had always taken a rather hands-off attitude toward his child’s social life. He also felt that with academic competition being so intense, dating at this stage wasn’t ideal, but he wouldn’t directly suppress it either.

Matters of the heart were the young people’s own business. Nothing was inherently bad, it mainly depended on the person. Officer Li trusted his son’s judgment of character and naturally didn’t plan to interfere too much. What’s more, he quite liked this little girl Eiru.

“So that means, Dad, you…”

Yuki’s face lit up with joy. He hadn’t expected to receive such an unexpected gift today.

Earlier, he had been too flustered to think clearly. Now that he calmed down and recalled their reactions just now… it seemed like his dad might have known that girl from before?

“Don’t think too much. I don’t oppose it, but I won’t support you either. I won’t say anything to your mom, but you’d better be careful not to cause me any trouble.”

Seeing his son getting a bit carried away, Officer Li poured a bucket of cold water over him, telling him not to get happy too soon.

And judging by this reaction, he could also guess that the two were most likely already together. With mixed feelings, the thing he was thinking about now was actually Eiru’s parents.

The pig from my family has gone and eaten the cabbage from an old friend’s family, and that old friend doesn’t even know they have such a cabbage… This girl’s situation is even more troublesome now.

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“Alright, take the girl to your room and play.”

Waving his hand to signal them to hurry up and leave the living room, Officer Li lowered his head and went back to reading his newspaper.

After hearing his father’s words, Yuki quickly grabbed the girl who was shrinking behind him and prepared to head back to his room.

“Wait, your grandparents will be coming over later. You prepare yourself, and don’t let them see the girl…”

Just as they reached the door to the room, Officer Li’s voice came from behind them again.

Hearing this, Yuki, who had been beaming with happiness just moments ago, froze in place, his expression instantly turning rather grim…

Translator Note

Whoaa plot twist~