Demon King – Chapter 495 – Safe Harbor

What the director said was not just meant to psychologically crush the other party. He genuinely believed it. He believed that everything was caused by Eiru, that all responsibility should be borne by her.

When someone is firmly convinced they are not at fault, all discussion and argument become meaningless. In this moment, the director, who steadfastly believed the other party was the true culprit, had found someone to take the blame, even dumping his own sins onto her along with it.

“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have done any of this. You think my actions are inhuman and shameful, but I was just cleaning up the mess you made!”

As if standing on the moral high ground, the director seized the momentum and continued to criticize and strike at the girl in front of him.

For many years he had suffered under the torment of his conscience, but at this moment, he had found an outlet for that pressure, dumping all his emotions and stress straight onto this girl.

“I… I…”

Her mind completely blank, the little Demon Lord could not even speak properly anymore.

Normally she could barely stand the sight of blood. From the moment she stepped into this place, she had been forcibly suppressing her fear and pressure toward the surrounding environment. Now, under the impact of explosive information and the director’s words, her psyche was already on the verge of collapse.

“Since you still look like you have a bit of conscience left, I’ve got a way for you to atone. Want to hear it?”

The director revealed a smile with a hint of cruelty, slowly guiding her toward his trap.

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“W-What? If it’s my fault… I…”

Eiru’s mind was in total chaos. She could not think at all anymore, only responding instinctively.

“As long as you cooperate with me and help revive my Yaoyao… wouldn’t that count as atoning for part of your sins?”

“Cooperate? Your experiments again?”

Mentioning this, recalling the bone-deep pain from the dream just now, Her Majesty the Demon Lord shuddered, her head clearing a little.

“Yes. If you want to atone, you’re not afraid of this little bit of pain, are you? You’ve caused the deaths of so many people, your crimes are too numerous to record. Even if you died because of this, wouldn’t that be what you deserve?”

The director still wore that cruel smile. Having already stopped treating her as a person, he naturally felt no psychological burden or sympathy.

“That won’t work… there are people waiting for me to go back. I said I’d be back later.”

Her head was buzzing in chaos, but the little Demon Lord still remembered that there were people by her side who treated her well and were waiting for her to return.

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Desperately wanting to go back to that place that could give her warmth, to return to the embrace of the person who loved her most, and throw away all thoughts in that warmth. That desire drove Eiru to move her legs, step by step, until she reached the basement door.

“What people waiting for you? Your friends? Or some family? Do you think if they knew what you’ve done, they’d still accept you and let you go back?”

Seeing her trying to leave, the director, whose hands were still shackled to the table and unable to move, started to panic.

This girl was an important experimental material. He could not let her escape. As the only successful individual, she definitely carried the method to save Yaoyao. If that did not work, then strip everything off her and give it to Yaoyao, letting Yaoyao replace her as the successful individual. With thoughts like these, the director poured out everything at once, all to keep her here.

“If you’re afraid of death and want to run, just say it. But that doesn’t give you a reason to escape your sins. If they knew you were a demon who did things like this, you’d definitely be thrown out!”

“I’m not afraid of death. No, those things weren’t done by me! I didn’t even know what was happening… and they won’t abandon me. They won’t abandon me… wuu…”

She began to whimper softly. Those few sentences from the director had accidentally struck the most sensitive and most feared place in Eiru’s heart.

The little Demon Lord, who had spent her whole life yearning for others’ care, feared nothing more than being abandoned by her family, her friends, and Yuki.

Even though she was filled with resentment and disappointment toward her parents, she still held onto a sliver of hope. Being ignored and neglected, and truly being told outright that they did not want her as their child, were completely different in nature and severity. Not to mention Lin Miao and Eiya, two relatives who were close to her and valued her.

As for Yuki, he could basically be said to be Eiru’s final and strongest support now. Years of close friendship, plus the intimacy that had gone beyond friends. Having already experienced what it felt like to be cherished in his hands, if someone suddenly told her he did not want her anymore, she would most likely collapse on the spot.

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Although she had not developed romantic feelings, Her Majesty the Demon Lord knew very clearly that she could no longer live without him. So she was also desperately wanting to come to like him, not realizing that this level of dependence was, in a sense, already a kind of liking.

“He would never abandon me! He promised! If I doubt him, that would be distrust and betrayal toward him! I will never listen to you!”

Emotionally breaking down, the little Demon Lord cried out, doing her best to suppress the thought of “what would he think if he knew all this,” resolutely refusing to think about it.

“Yeah. I won’t abandon you.”

A familiar voice sounded from behind. Eiru suddenly felt herself pulled into a warm embrace. That sense of security instantly drove away everything in her heart. Turning her head, she saw that it really was the face she was most familiar with.

“Stupid Yuki? How did you…”

Choking back sobs, disbelief was written all over Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s face. She could not imagine why he would appear in this place.

“I know everything already. Don’t listen to that old man’s nonsense. You didn’t do anything wrong. The only thing you did wrong was coming to this place by yourself.”

Rubbing the head of the girl in his arms, looking at her tear-filled eyes, Yuki felt a wave of heartache.

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“Stupid Yuki… wuaahhh!”

Unable to hold back her emotions any longer, the little Demon Lord threw herself into his arms and burst into loud sobs, venting all the feelings in her heart within her own exclusive safe harbor.

“Huh? What’s going on? How do you know everything? I’m completely lost here.”

Standing not far behind Yuki, Jiaqi wore a totally baffled expression, having no idea what was happening.

‘No, where even is this place? Why is Lu crying? What the hell is going on here?’

Jiaqi was starting to wonder if he had been abroad for too long and had become completely disconnected from society.

He had clearly been with Yuki the whole time, running around like a headless fly searching everywhere for that loli. Then suddenly, Yuki dragged him straight to this place and even claimed he understood everything.

Watching the interaction between the two now, Jiaqi suddenly felt like the clown was himself, a complete outsider to the situation, utterly at a loss.