Demon King – Chapter 488 – A Difficult Choice

“That’s way too much information. Let me digest it for a bit…”

After listening to the other party’s explanation, the little Demon Lord felt her head turn into a mess, because it was just way too outrageous.

But through the other party’s explanations and the way the information was sorted out, many things that had been happening around Eiru all this time could finally be reasonably explained, answering a lot of the doubts she had always had.

Thankfully, this Daughter of Amber Crystal had lived long enough, so her comprehension and expression abilities were far stronger than those of other Daughters of Amber Crystal. That was why she was able to organize the information and explain it to Eiru.

“Grandpa has already gone a bit crazy… He’s very kind to other children, but when he sees silver hair, especially silver-haired girls, he becomes extremely terrifying.”

“So you must be careful and not let him discover you… You also know this place. The power of the Daughters of Amber Crystal is restricting you.”

While warning Eiru, she also took the opportunity during the explanation to bring up the matter she wanted to ask for help with.

“Once he discovers you, you’ll be in serious danger… Even though this is asking a lot of you, please!”

“Stop, stop, stop. I never agreed to your idea. Your request just now is way too much. I’ll think of other ways to stop your grandpa, but that request of yours is something I absolutely can’t accept.”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord interrupted her and refused, because that request really was far beyond what she could accept.

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Although this one had lived for at least over thirty years and probably could not even be called a girl anymore, this Daughter of Amber Crystal named Yaoyao believed that she herself was the source of the problem, so she proposed a terrifying plan to Eiru.

She believed that as long as she was still alive, her grandpa would never give up on the idea of reviving her, and would continue doing even more horrifying things. So only if she died would her grandpa give up this pathological obsession, and only then could everything finally come to an end.

But in order to buy more time to save her, her grandpa had put her into a deep sleep through anesthesia. In that state, her body’s functional consumption could be reduced to the greatest extent, buying more time for research.

So in Yaoyao’s current state, she was completely incapable of ending her own life. This matter could only be handed to Eiru. She hoped that Eiru could help her shut down the life-support-like systems on her body, allowing her to finally be freed.

But the Demon Lord, who had grown up in a stable environment and received a normal education, simply could not accept such a thing. Because this was practically no different from killing someone, and she was unwilling to do something like that from the bottom of her heart.

Even if someone were to shoot at her, wanting her life. Even with a legitimate reason for self-defense, she had never once thought of taking the other person’s life. Of course it was not because of any saintly or benevolent mindset, but purely because of a kind of fear deep in her heart.

All this time, she had never vented her power, always hiding and living with her tail tucked between her legs. What Eiru wanted was precisely to avoid letting her mentality develop in a non-human direction.

She was afraid of turning into a monster, and she also understood that in some aspects, once you took the first step, there would be no turning back. That was also why she had felt lingering fear back then after almost accidentally beating two criminals to death.

So Yaoyao’s request was something she simply could not accept. She would definitely think of other ways to resolve this. No matter how troublesome those methods might be, she would never consider something that took another person’s life, even if the other party was asking for it themselves.

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“Please, let me be freed… Grandpa doesn’t know that even though I’m alive, the torment and pain I’m suffering won’t lessen at all. He still thinks I have no awareness.”

As she pleaded, the pain brought by the changes in the Daughter of Amber Crystal’s body was tormenting her at every moment. The most terrifying part was that her body had always retained sensation. The anesthesia only made her body unable to react, but all sensations still existed.

So the director actually did not know that he was also constantly tormenting his most beloved little granddaughter. Whether it was factor injections or other necessary life-sustaining procedures, to her they were all pain that went straight to the bone.

That she had not been tortured into madness all these years was practically a miracle for this poor girl. Besides not wanting her grandpa to continue going down the wrong path, she had also always longed to be freed from this pain. And today, Eiru’s arrival finally let her see a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

“This…”

Eiru fell into hesitation. The other party’s words directly changed the nature of the situation, placing her in an impossible dilemma.

Should she help this suffering girl find release and stain her hands with blood. Or refuse her request and let her continue enduring the pain. This was probably the most difficult choice the little Demon Lord had faced in her sixteen years of life.

Perhaps there really was a perfect solution, but that would at least require using the Amber Crystal that was the root cause of everything. For the current situation, this was simply a dead end.

“Forget it, I won’t force you…”

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The other side seemed to sense Eiru’s difficulty as well, and spoke in a helpless tone.

“But at the very least, can you help me turn off the anesthesia device, let me get free first. I’ll handle what comes after myself…”

“Let’s not talk about that yet. At the very least, you have to tell me where you are, right? If I can’t find you, everything else is meaningless. At least let me confirm your actual condition before I make a decision.”

Unable to decide for the moment, Her Majesty the Demon Lord simply gave up thinking and changed the topic. She believed that the most important thing right now was to find the other party first.

But after looking around, the little Demon Lord did not see a single person. Aside from cabinets filled with test tubes and books, all that was left were piles of glass jars.

“Between the two bookshelves, there’s a hidden door on the floor. Come down from there and you’ll see me. But you’d better prepare yourself mentally. The things inside might make you very uncomfortable.”

“Seeing the contents of those logs, to be honest I can already guess what kind of scene it’ll be…”

Eiru said with a bitter smile. Following the other party’s instructions, she quickly found the hidden door.

Grabbing the concealed handle, Her Majesty the Demon Lord pulled upward with force. Along with her movement, the hidden door that had clearly been around for many years let out creaking sounds, and a faint fluorescent blue light shone up from below into her eyes.

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“Be quiet. My grandpa is here. Making that much noise will be heard.”

Only after Eiru had completely pulled the door open did Yaoyao’s warning arrive belatedly.

‘Damn it, you should have said that earlier. And with how badly this door has aged, I can’t help the noise either.’

Eiru panicked inside. Although she wanted to do something to remedy the situation, it seemed like it was already too late.

The surroundings were so quiet that even a pin dropping on the floor could be heard. With the commotion caused by the Demon Lord pulling open the door, even if the person below had been asleep, they would probably be woken up by it.

“Who is it? Who’s up there?”

But the only response was a heavy bang, because the little Demon Lord was so startled that she slammed the door shut on the spot.