Demon King – Chapter 499 – The Real Love Battle

Just as the others had expected, when Jixian returned to the dorm, he really did look dejected. A head full of enthusiasm getting splashed with cold water. That kind of reaction was perfectly normal.

“My son, what’s wrong with you?”

Even though he knew exactly what had happened, Ziyu still put on an exaggerated act of ignorance. His over-the-top performance made the others nearby want to laugh.

After all, he and Jiaqi had been eavesdropping. If you openly told someone you had spectated the whole thing, that would be a huge blow to a man’s pride.

“It’s nothing. Just not in a good mood…”

Jixian did not really want to talk about his failed confession. The fact that he did not even refute being called “son” was enough to show what state he was in right now.

“So how did the confession go? Did it work?”

Ziyu’s talent for bringing up the wrong topic at the wrong time stunned everyone around him.

‘No, Student Ziyu? Even if the plan was to bring up the topic and then offer guidance, isn’t this straight ball way too straight? Aren’t you afraid of smashing straight into the muzzle of a gun?’

“She didn’t agree. I don’t want to talk about this right now. It hurts.”

Thankfully, Jixian had a good temper. Thinking that the other party did not know and that ignorance was not a crime, he gave a simple reply and ended the topic.

The little Demon Lord was still sitting in Yuki’s arms, staring blankly at the air in front of her like her soul had wandered off. She did not notice how the situation around her was developing at all. It was not until Yuki patted her head that she snapped back to her senses and slowly turned her head to look at him.

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“What do you think? Want to help Aunt Mu?”

Yuki and Jiaqi had just quietly discussed it and felt they should give the loli something to do to help her shift her attention.

“Aunt Mu… what happened to him?”

Since she had not listened to any of the earlier conversation, Eiru had no idea what was going on with Jixian. She only turned her head and saw his listless state.

“He confessed to Xuenan and failed…”

Sighing inwardly, Yuki once again explained the situation to his little girlfriend.

“Uh… then how am I supposed to help?”

The Demon Lord, who was in a very bad state, no longer had her usual clever tricks and ideas. With nothing coming to mind, she could only ask Yuki for guidance.

“Use that little brain of yours. Aren’t you the one with the most devious ideas?”

Jiaqi was getting a bit anxious.

“All the trouble we got into as kids was planned by you. Now that we need you, you can’t drop the ball.”

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“I… I’ll try…”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord clutched her head, trying to force herself to think of a way to help. But her mind was completely blank, and she quickly gave up.

“No, I can’t think of anything… nothing at all.”

Her voice carried a hint of sobbing. Unable to help with anything, the little Demon Lord’s nose stung, and she felt truly useless.

Seeing his little treasure like this, Yuki panicked. Just as he was about to open his mouth to comfort her, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in his head.

“Her abilities are greatly affected by her mindset. If she doesn’t untie that knot and adjust herself, she won’t be able to do anything.”

“Yaoyao?”

Yuki responded in his mind to confirm, and received an affirmative reply.

“Shouldn’t you be at the hospital? How can you transmit your voice from so far away? Last time, when you sent it from the basement to the surface, you already exhausted yourself, didn’t you?”

“I didn’t transmit my voice. I’m right here now. How should I put it? Soul leaving the body? Something like that, I guess?”

Hearing this, Yuki hurriedly looked around, but he did not see any so-called spiritual body like she described.

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“Stop looking. No one except this child can see me. And only you two can hear my voice. I don’t know why you can hear it either.”

Yaoyao spoke playfully, but in the next moment her tone shifted to one of concern.

“I was worried about this child, so I came to take a look. But judging from the results, it’s worse than I imagined. Look, her magic power inside is in complete chaos right now. Not only can she not see me, she can’t even hear my voice anymore.”

“Then what do we do? Wait, if you say her magic power is a mess, then during class today wouldn’t that mean—”

Yuki suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. Could it be that during these past few days in class, everyone had seen Lu Brat constantly shrinking into his arms?

“What’s wrong with class? It’s not like she can’t use any abilities at all. But speaking of which, you two are siblings… oh, she used to be a boy. So you two were brothers?”

“No, she’s my girlfriend. We used to be best buddies.”

Yaoyao’s information-dense words did not register with Yuki immediately. After a short moment, he realized something was off.

“Wait, how do you know she used to be a boy? Did she tell you? Or do the Daughters of Amber Crystal also have cases of boys turning into girls?”

“No, that doesn’t exist. There are no such cases. She’s the first.”

Yaoyao denied Yuki’s guess.

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“We were all just catalyzed into transformation, but she didn’t go through that transformation process at all.”

“I don’t know much more than that. That’s all I can know. But you absolutely have to pay close attention to her and guide her properly, or the situation will become extremely dangerous.”

As an existence that could see Eiru’s physical condition, Yaoyao had come this time specifically to warn Yuki. One of Amber Crystal’s main abilities was to respond to the thoughts in one’s heart and influence reality.

Right now, Eiru was rejecting her own existence because of what had happened before. If not for the fact that she still had an emotional anchor in her heart, this subconscious rejection could very well, under the influence of Amber Crystal, put her life in danger.

“She thinks her existence is a hazard, that she only drags others down and hurts them. That kind of thinking is causing her to reject most of her abilities. I guess the anchor in her heart is you. Whether she can return to normal depends entirely on you.”

After offering her advice and explaining the situation, Yaoyao slipped back to her own body, since a spiritual form could not remain outside for long. Yuki, meanwhile, mulled over the information in her words and thought about how to resolve the problem.

If she was rejecting her own existence, then he needed to find a way to make her feel that her existence had meaning. As the person who understood her best, Yuki also knew what Eiru’s emotional anchor was.

This girl had him in her heart. She wanted to properly fulfill her role as his girlfriend, to respond to the love he gave her. This sense of responsibility and desire to give back, instead, had become the final straw keeping her going.

So Yuki had a plan now. The method was simple, very simple. As long as Eiru could fall in love with him, all problems would be resolved.

Now this really was going to turn into a true love battle. Thinking that, the corners of Yuki’s mouth curved up slightly.