Demon King – Chapter 512 – The Path Went Crooked

As for the question of who her boyfriend was, the little Demon Lord felt there was no need to hide it. She was not doing some secret underground relationship anyway. What was there to be ashamed of?

The only people she might need to hide it from were probably her own parents. And since they did not even know she was a girl to begin with, whether she hid it or not basically made no difference.

“There’s really no need to check up on him. I’ve known him for a long time… You know Li Yuki, right? The one who’s ranked first in the grade~ He’s my boyfriend.”

When she said this, Eiru felt an inexplicable sense of superiority in her heart. After all, in other people’s eyes, Yuki had good grades, good looks, and outstanding performance across the board. He really fit the image of a campus idol. No matter what kind of relationship it was, being associated with that kind of person was something to be proud of in itself.

Yuki’s name was not unfamiliar to anyone at school. That striking silver hair and the presence of being first in the grade made it hard to forget someone like him. So Xuenan immediately knew who she was talking about. After all, Jixian had mentioned him to her quite a few times as well.

“Li Yuki? So it’s him… Wait, isn’t he your brother?”

Upon learning that the loli’s boyfriend was actually that big shot, Xuenan suddenly recalled a widely circulated rumor at school. That silver-haired little loli was actually Yuki’s biological younger sister.

“Don’t mess around. We’re not related by blood at all… Our ancestral homes are like a hundred thousand miles apart, okay?”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord waved her hand. She had already lost count of how many times she had complained about this so-called sibling theory.

Logically speaking, one Demon Lord and one human. How could there be any blood relation… Oh right, there was Eiya as an example? Then that logic kind of falls apart. Forget I said anything…

“Listen, girls need to have self-respect and cherish themselves… You can’t just cling to someone because he’s handsome and has good grades, you know?”

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Xuenan reached out and cupped the loli’s face, trying to persuade her. In her eyes, Eiru was just an ignorant little girl. Still immature, she had clearly been bewitched by Yuki’s surface-level excellence.

“How should I put it… There are a lot of bad boys these days who cheat feelings and bodies… I’m not saying he’s bad. I’m just telling you to be a bit more careful and pay attention.”

Halfway through, noticing the sudden change in the other side’s expression, Xuenan quickly changed her wording and adopted a more reasonable tone.

“I know all that. But he’s actually really good to me… We’ve known each other for a long time. I understand him. There’s no way what you’re talking about applies.”

Hearing someone speak badly about Yuki right in front of her, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had almost blown up.

But after hearing Xuenan’s latter half, she still calmed down. She figured the other side just did not understand the situation and was worried about her.

“So that means you really like him, right? Who confessed first?”

Suddenly turning into a gossip club member, Xuenan leaned in mysteriously and whispered into her ear.

“He confessed to me, and I agreed~ But we’re just trying things out first. I haven’t fallen for him yet. I just wanted to give him a chance. And I also kind of want to fall for him…”

Hearing the first part, Xuenan felt a surge of joy in her heart and instantly came up with the words she would use to pull her back from the ‘crooked path’. But that last sentence immediately made her whole brain shut down.

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‘What do you mean, wanting to fall for him?’

That strange phrasing left Xuenan completely baffled. Like is like, not like is not like. Wanting to like someone already means you like them, doesn’t it? This logic was completely crooked, wasn’t it?

Completely unaware of the loli’s past as a boy, or the prior relationship between the two, Xuenan naturally could not understand what Eiru was thinking… After all, she was not an original model girl. Her mental journey was definitely different from that of normal people.

Since she could not make sense of the latter part, there was no need to think about it. She could just work with the earlier part. Thinking that, Xuenan put on a serious expression and began her ‘teaching’ in an earnest manner.

“Lulu, girls need to be responsible to themselves. You can’t be this casual, okay?”

“I… how am I being casual?”

The little Demon Lord was confused. She knew she had been a bit hasty back then, but she would only agree to someone who treated her well anyway. Calling it casual was a bit much, wasn’t it?

“Didn’t you say you haven’t fallen for Li Yuki yet? If that’s the case, why did you agree to him?”

“Because I wanted to give him a chance… And I…”

“In a girl’s romance, there’s no such thing. Like means like. If you haven’t fallen for him, agreeing so rashly is irresponsible to both of you!”

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Cutting off Eiru mid-sentence, Xuenan stated very seriously that her attitude and response were problematic.

“Not… responsible?”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord was stunned. That word made a buzzing noise fill her head. She really did not want to be irresponsible to Yuki.

“Have you thought about it? If you never end up falling for him, you’re wasting youth. Not just yours, but his too… Isn’t that a form of being irresponsible?”

Seeing the other side waver, Xuenan felt a secret delight in her heart and began pulling her into her own rhythm.

“So really, this is you being too casual… As a girl, you really can’t accept someone’s confession so hastily.”

“Then… then… how can I fall for him?”

‘Huh?’

Eiru’s question stunned Xuenan again, completely throwing her rhythm off.

‘What the hell? Is there something seriously wrong with this kid’s head?’

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The girl’s way of thinking far exceeded Xuenan’s expectations. She had never imagined that after hearing all that reasoning, this girl’s first reaction would not be to avoid risk, but to try and quickly fall for the other person.

“Li… liking someone isn’t something you can force. And it’s not something you can do in a short time either.”

Forcing a smile, Xuenan tried to reorganize her thoughts. She finally understood now. This kid’s thought process was off. Normal reasoning would not work on her.

Some of what Xuenan said earlier was indeed true. The moment she first saw Eiru, she had been drawn to this lively and adorable girl who radiated a unique aura from head to toe.

Although it was not the kind of liking that reached a romantic level, in her heart, she had already unilaterally classified this girl as her own. And if it was her own, then absolutely no one else was allowed to touch her. Even if she was already in someone else’s hands, she would still snatch this loli back.

Believing that she had already thoroughly grasped the dynamics of relationships between men and women, Xuenan felt that as long as she slightly stimulated some cracks between the two, making this cute little loli escape from that boy’s ‘harm’ would be very easy. She had considerable confidence in this regard.

However, this time she was destined to hit a wall. Because between Eiru and Yuki, there had never been any possibility of taking advantage of a gap. And since she fundamentally could not understand the origin of the other side’s thought process, what tricks could she possibly pull off?

From the moment she started thinking of Eiru as just a little girl, this path had already gone crooked.