Demon King – Chapter 465 – A Lucky Hit

After leaving the cinema, on the way back, a certain girl kept holding the hand of the person beside her, head lowered, looking weighed down by heavy thoughts.

“Something on your mind, Lu Brat?”

Seeing the girl’s wings drooping and her listless appearance, Yuki felt both anxious and worried.

She had turned like this right after coming back from buying cola. Did something happen outside? But that short amount of time should not have been enough for much to happen. At most, she could only have chatted with someone for a few minutes.

“It’s nothing…”

The little Demon Lord shook her head. Distracted, she instinctively rejected Yuki’s concern because she did not want others to worry.

“Lu Brat?”

Yuki frowned, his voice carrying a hint of reproach. As Eiru’s dedicated human lie detector, this girl could never fool him.

“Alright, alright, I’ll say it…”

Letting go of Yuki’s hand, Her Majesty the Demon Lord hugged her head.

“I was just thinking, what if we really can’t keep going and end up breaking up?”

Everyone knows that exes are a very subtle kind of relationship. That feeling of being unable to cut cleanly yet unable to sort things out, combined with the awkward distance between each other, makes it one of the most uncomfortable relationships in social interactions.

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Yuki occupied the most important position in Eiru’s heart. Even if things never developed into romance, the girl could still declare loudly that Yuki was the most important person in her life.

If she truly never ended up liking Yuki, then she and Yuki would inevitably turn into that awkward ex-type relationship. Rather than that, Her Majesty the Demon Lord would rather cut it off now. Even if they could not return to how things were before, at least they could barely continue being friends.

After being led along by Agui’s words, she was now even regretting agreeing to Yuki’s confession so quickly. He was right. If she really kept stringing him along like this, would that not be wasting his life?

“I’m scared that I’ll never come to like you, and end up holding you back… and then if that makes you leave, I’ll be all alone again…”

As she spoke, the Demon Lord’s thoughts were already in a mess, her words becoming increasingly incoherent.

“You… did you run into someone?”

Hearing his little girlfriend’s words, Yuki’s intuition told him that Eiru must have met someone she should not have.

This silly girl, while clever when she needed to be, was very easily led by the nose when facing things she did not understand. And clearly, emotions and romance also fell into that category.

“Yeah, when I was buying cola, I ran into a… friend, I guess?”

The little Demon Lord lowered her head.

“Then we talked about this kind of thing.”

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Yuki frowned, realizing the situation was not simple. Sensing something, he immediately squatted down and grabbed Eiru’s shoulders, nervously confirming.

“Was it that guy from last time, the one who used lending you money so you could buy me a gift as a pretext to try and scam your body?”

From the uncertainty in Eiru’s pause on the word friend, Yuki could basically lock down the other party’s identity.

After all, this girl’s social circle was not large, and there were not many people she could call friends. Anyone she described in such an uncertain tone had to be someone she had interacted with quite a bit, but was not that close to.

“Huh? How did you know…”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord froze for a moment, surprised that Yuki could guess who it was.

“Why are you still treating him as a friend? Didn’t I tell you to be on guard against him? How could you still let him lead you by the nose…”

Yuki was genuinely confused. Based on the precautions he had laid out, Eiru should not have been led around like this. But as he spoke, he suddenly realized a terrifying possibility.

“He… didn’t say he liked you or something, did he? Like confessing to you?”

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“Yuki, you really need to keep a closer eye on Lu Brat in the future, or problems are bound to happen.”

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Some time ago, while Yuki was learning from Jiaqi, the other party had suddenly dropped such a sentence.

“It’s not that bad. Even though Lu Brat is pretty dumb, she’s still sharp when it counts…”

Yuki had not taken it too seriously. Eiru might lack self-awareness as a girl, but she still had the awareness of a partner.

“No no no, that’s not the issue you need to watch out for. You know, Lu Brat lacked care growing up, so she has a very serious problem. I do not need to say it, you can guess what it is, right?”

Yuki stopped writing, naturally understanding what Jiaqi meant. Just as he said, Eiru, who had lacked care from others since childhood, did indeed have a very serious problem. She treasured every bit of kindness around her excessively.

Anyone who showed her concern and goodwill would be especially cherished by Eiru. The most direct manifestation of this was that as long as the other party expressed such feelings, she would definitely find a way to respond.

Over time, this problem had even stopped requiring conscious thought from her, turning into a subconscious habit. In other words, many times she would not even realize it herself.

Of course, if it was someone who genuinely cared about her, this trait of Eiru’s could be considered a virtue. But if it was someone with ulterior motives, then it became troublesome. Because Eiru would not focus on the other party’s actual intentions. She only cared about whether they gave her the care she needed.

“So yeah, even though I said I like Lu Brat too, and said I wanted to compete with you fairly, unless you did something to wrong her, or you two broke up, I would never confess to her.”

Jiaqi waved his hand, indicating that while he would not give up on pursuing Eiru, he would not use such targeted tactics to stir up trouble.

“Even if she does not have that intention in her heart, she would inevitably fall into confusion because of it. Then your relationship would definitely have major problems. That’s what I wanted you to watch out for.”

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“Thanks, brother. You really are my best bro.”

Yuki shot Jiaqi a grateful look and reached out to pat his shoulder.

“Cut it out. You already stole my childhood fri… pfft, my childhood sweetheart. And besides, isn’t Lu Brat your best bro? When did it become my turn?”

Jiaqi showed a face full of disgust toward Yuki’s goodwill.

That was the Lu Brat he had played with since childhood. ‘You bastard who came out of nowhere. She was originally mine.’

“Well… she’s my wife now. Shifting down one spot, wouldn’t that make you the best bro? Besides, don’t you still have little Eiya? She’s your original childhood sweetheart, right?”

Yuki laughed awkwardly and took the opportunity to tease him.

“Forget it. Little Ya grew crooked. She’s pretty cute and I do like her, but I really only see her as a little sister.”

Back to the present, realizing that the other party might have accidentally, through blind luck, hit Eiru’s biggest problem right on the mark, Yuki was no longer calm.

‘No good. I could not keep letting that bastard run free. I needed to find a way to deal with that guy.’