Demon King – Chapter 497 – Information Gradually Becomes Clear

After receiving the report, the local police station quickly dispatched officers to intervene. That elderly man, whose mind had already fallen into madness, had his hands restrained and could not do anything. He could only watch everything unfold with his own eyes.

The police spent quite a bit of effort before finally removing those two steel pipes. Because the nature of the incident was extremely serious, they also needed to take the old man back for a detailed interrogation. Moreover, since this matter involved a certain girl, the higher-ups would surely place special importance on it.

The director had his hands cuffed, and all the way until he was escorted to the front gate, he was still muttering incoherently like a madman. His mental state had clearly already broken down.

Seeing this scene, the teachers and children of the orphanage all stepped forward one after another, asking whether there had been some kind of mistake. In their eyes, this elderly man who had always been highly respected could not possibly have done anything illegal.

The basement had been sealed off, and the three people who had “accidentally trespassed” inside were also sent back to the school by police car from the station. The entire time, the little Demon Lord curled up in Yuki’s arms without saying a single word, completely lacking her usual lively demeanor.

Yuki also knew that she had been heavily shaken. He sighed and could only set aside the matter of scolding her for now. Let this girl properly adjust her state first. The education part could wait until she was feeling better.

“Lu Brat? Are you okay? By the way, have you eaten yet? Jiaqi and I have been looking for you this whole time, and we still haven’t had dinner.”

Seeing his childhood friend in this state, Jiaqi was extremely worried, so he used his own method to try to divert her attention.

“Shh.”

Noticing the girl in his arms shrink even closer into his embrace, Yuki gestured for Jiaqi to be quiet.

“Let her calm down for a bit. She needs to adjust her mindset right now.”

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“Alright then. If there’s a problem, you have to say it out loud, okay?”

Jiaqi rubbed his temples.

“As for Hulu, I entrusted it to Little Ya for now. If it’s inconvenient, you can leave it with her for a few more days.”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord still did not say a word. She only turned over, buried her face into Yuki’s chest, and as if she had thought of something again, began to sob softly.

“Alright, good girl… don’t take it too much to heart. None of this is your responsibility.”

Yuki exchanged a helpless glance with Jiaqi, then lowered his head and softly comforted her.

“Yaoyao… what about her? What we did… does it count as us killing her?”

While sobbing, the little Demon Lord suddenly threw out a question about that pitiful girl.

“Still worrying about others, huh? We couldn’t help her… didn’t we already have doctors assess her? That girl has no way of waking up.”

As cruel as it was, Yuki still told her this truth.

The idea of asking someone else to help shut down the anesthesia device was actually just a smokescreen. If Eiru had looked deeper into that machine, she would have discovered that almost all of its functions were bound together. Once the anesthesia was shut off, Yaoyao’s life support would also stop at the same time.

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Later, the doctors also examined that pitiful girl. Because there was already existing equipment, it saved them quite a bit of trouble. After conducting a relatively comprehensive examination, the conclusion they reached was that this girl had no possibility of ever waking up again.

Yuki and the others could not understand those kinds of professional medical terms. They could only simply think of Yaoyao’s current condition as something similar to a vegetative state. Although she was alive, she was merely alive in the most literal sense.

“She probably just wanted release, right? But none of this is something we can control… We didn’t change anything. We only prevented more people from being harmed, and handed her over to people who are more reliable.”

“Right now… I don’t even know who I am anymore. Am I Eiru, or am I just some other existence carrying Eiru’s memories? My head is such a mess…”

The little Demon Lord voiced her distress, even beginning to doubt her own reality.

“Silly girl, the one who is with me is you, and the one I like is also you. Whether you are Eiru or not isn’t important. A name is just a label.”

Yuki smiled indulgently as he expressed his view.

“Even if you aren’t the original Eiru, the one who met me, got to know me, and in the end walked together with me, has always been the you standing in front of me. If that’s the case, does who you are really matter?”

“Hey hey hey, I protest. I think this is still very—”

Jiaqi had just started to say something when his mouth was covered by Yuki’s hand.

“Read the situation. Don’t add to the mess.”

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“Alright, alright, my bad. I won’t mess around anymore…”

Seeing the slightly angry look in Yuki’s eyes, Jiaqi hurriedly raised his hands to show he would behave, then quietly stayed to the side and stopped talking.

The three of them remained like this in silence until they were sent back to the school dormitory by car. After hastily dealing with a meal, each of them carried their own thoughts and went to sleep early.

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“So, what you’re saying is… because you replenished a large amount of magic power in a short time, some restraints inside your body were unlocked, and you obtained some information as a result?”

Listening to Eiru explain yesterday’s situation, Yuki propped up his chin and fell into thought.

“Mm… because of that strange mechanism, I also uncontrollably got sleepy and fell asleep. Then in the dream, I obtained a lot of key information… for example, the Amber Crystal you all keep talking about. Among us demons, it’s called Abyssal Amber.”

Next, Eiru explained to Yuki the specific origins of Abyssal Amber. Simply put, this thing was the origin and holy relic of the demon race. It could be said to be the greatest treasure and faith of the entire demon race.

“But didn’t you say that the Demon Lord is the origin of all demons? Then what is this Abyssal Amber supposed to be? Could it be that the information you got before was wrong?”

Information memories passed down from the same race ending up contradictory before and after. Yuki felt that was pretty absurd.

“That’s because… Abyssal Amber can create a Demon Lord. Once there is a situation where no Demon Lord exists, Abyssal Amber will find a way to create one to continue the demon race.”

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Once it determines that no Demon Lord exists, for the sake of the demon race’s continuation, Abyssal Amber will activate its so-called protection mechanism and begin searching among other races for a suitable vessel, transforming it into a Demon Lord.

“So the Daughters of Amber Crystal are Demon Lords who failed to transform? But didn’t you say you aren’t a Daughter of Amber Crystal? And you used to be a boy, right?”

Yuki still felt that the information did not line up at all. And if this were really the case, then Eiru would not need to be so hung up on whether she was some kind of sinner.

“I’m not too sure about that either… but Abyssal Amber and the Demon Lord are actually a single entity. Because the ancient texts of inheritance say that the Demon Lord is Abyssal Amber, and Abyssal Amber is the Demon Lord…”

As she said this, the little Demon Lord lowered her head again.

“Don’t get too tangled up in it. The information you have is still too vague.”

Yuki gently pecked his little girlfriend on the forehead.

“Before things are clarified, don’t randomly dump all the blame on yourself.”

“No matter what the result is… I will bear it together with you, and face it together with you, because I love you…”