Demon King – Chapter 536 – Jealousy Jar? Possessiveness? What Is It Exactly?

Like a girl whose feelings had been exposed, Her Majesty the Demon Lord, embarrassed and furious, started punching the girl in front of her with her little fists. Being chased like that, Liru ran off with a grin on her face.

“Who likes him? We’re both boys. Where would liking even come from… even though I do want to like him, it’s really hard, and…”

Sitting back down and muttering a bit, Eiru, who had just been teased by Liru, felt even more mixed up inside. She had no idea what state she was in right now, nor did she know what she was supposed to do.

It was true that she wanted to like Yuki, but having once been a boy, when she realized that she really did seem to be showing signs of liking him now, she panicked instead.

‘I used to be a boy. Am I really just going to like a boy like this?’

“Impossible. This isn’t liking… because I’ve felt something similar before.”

Holding her head, the little Demon Lord fell into conflict.

Liking someone should be a very obvious feeling. There was no reason she wouldn’t be aware of it. This simple unhappiness, was it just because she was afraid Stupid Yuki wouldn’t stay close to her?

Just as Her Majesty the Demon Lord was using her already mushy brain to think through this mess of nonsense, a figure quietly came up behind her, then wrapped an arm around her.

“Eek?! Who. Who is it?!”

Startled so badly she almost jumped up, Eiru was just about to struggle when a reassuring voice sounded by her ear.

“Lu Brat, what are you doing here by yourself?”

“Huh? Weren’t you with Xuenan… no, wait, your task isn’t done yet. Why are you running around here? Shouldn’t you be continuing to test her!”

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Yuki’s appearance caught Her Majesty the Demon Lord completely off guard. Why aren’t you doing proper work and instead running over to me?

“What do you think? There’s no one in this world who understands you better than me. I told you that, didn’t I?”

Seeing the confident smile on Yuki’s face, the little Demon Lord felt like she had been completely seen through. Before she could even panic, she felt her body lighten as she was directly lifted onto his lap.

“I knew you were watching us the whole time. When that gaze suddenly disappeared, I knew you had run off. What could possibly be more important than you? Of course I had to run over and find this runaway stupid loli.”

Even though Eiru had been maintaining transparency the whole time while monitoring them, she hadn’t even told Yuki about it. But Yuki instinctively felt that she was nearby, and when that feeling vanished, he knew the girl was gone.

“Go on, say it. What’s wrong? Don’t tell me it’s nothing. You absolutely can’t lie to me. You know that, right?”

“It really is nothing… hey, what are you doing!”

She had barely said those three words when Her Majesty the Demon Lord felt his hands scratch the ticklish spot at her waist.

“Is there something or not?”

“There really isn’t… ah, stop scratching! It’s really itchy!”

“Then tell the truth. If you don’t, I’m grabbing your tail.”

Yuki never indulged this girl when it came to things like this. If she dared to hide things from him on such matters, she had to get a little punishment.

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“Alright, alright, I’ll talk, I’ll talk… but I don’t even know how to say it?”

The little Demon Lord puffed out her cheeks, grabbing Yuki’s hands to stop him from messing around, while genuinely not knowing how she was supposed to explain this to him.

After all, she couldn’t exactly say it was because she saw someone else grab your hand and felt unhappy, right? That felt so weird.

“Let me guess. My little darling saw me getting close to someone else? The jealousy jar tipped over?”

Yuki wore a half-smiling expression, but for some reason, Eiru felt like he sounded a bit happy saying this.

“You’re the one who’s jealous. I haven’t even liked you yet… you guys were boring anyway. I ran out to play by myself for a bit. That’s not allowed?”

“Not honest.”

Yuki flicked the disobedient girl on the forehead.

“Do you look like someone who likes playing alone? If circumstances allowed it, you’d have already glued your whole body onto me, wouldn’t you?”

“Wuh… then what do you want me to say! Whatever you think it is, it is. Why are you even asking me!”

Covering the spot where she’d just been flicked, Her Majesty the Demon Lord looked aggrieved. She didn’t even know what she’d done wrong.

“Forget it. This is called possessiveness, got it? Everyone has it to some extent. It’s a very normal thing.”

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Since this girl wasn’t going to honestly explain anyway, Yuki just used the old method and started explaining on his own.

“Of course I know that. Couples all have possessiveness… but I haven’t liked you yet, so this feeling shouldn’t exist, right? And I’ve had similar feelings before too. You can’t say I already liked you back then, can you?”

‘Well damn. I haven’t even started leading you on and you’re already confessing it yourself?’

Yuki held back his laughter while sighing at how stupid this kid really was. But it was also a good thing. At least it meant his progress with her was going quite well.

“It’s not necessarily limited to romance. Friendship, family, or even not limited to people. When someone views something as extremely important, more or less, they’ll develop a kind of emotion called possessiveness.”

“I don’t buy that. I value Little Ya a lot too. Why don’t I have any possessiveness toward her? You can’t say I don’t care about her.”

Even though she understood some of it, the Demon Lord still raised an objection based on her own understanding.

“Then what if someone tried to hit on Little Eiya? What would you do?”

“I’d fucking cut it off and confiscate his crime tool!”

So agitated she almost jumped up, it was only after noticing Yuki’s smug you see expression that the little Demon Lord realized she’d been tricked.

“No no, that’s different. That’s protective instinct, not possessiveness! I’m not planning to tie Little Ya to my side, am I? And I’m not planning to tie you to my side either… I just, I’m just afraid…”

“Afraid that I’ll grow distant from you because I get close to others, right? Toward people you value, everyone wants to occupy the most important position in their heart. What you’re afraid of is losing that position. That is a form of possessiveness.”

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Seeing through everything, Yuki rubbed her little head and explained it to her earnestly.

As long as someone occupied a place in her heart, this silly kid would pour herself into giving for them. Calling it selfless was really just another form of selfishness. Good thing she ran into him. Otherwise, she’d really be easy to trick into giving away everything.

“So, it is jealousy, right?”

Seeing the silly girl with her head lowered and looking dejected, Yuki leaned over to her ear, trying to lighten the mood.

“Jealous your ass! I already told you it’s not jealousy. Believe it or not, I’ll eat you!”

“Oh my, oh my, getting worked up, getting worked up… this won’t do, Lu Brat.”

“You bastard, you’re really asking for a beating! Believe it or not, I’ll pound you!”

Helplessly raising a hand to block her little punches, Yuki felt sweet as honey inside. Even if she wouldn’t admit it, her attitude toward him had definitely undergone a subtle change.

‘A lucky hit, huh…’

Who would’ve thought this would end up stimulating her jealousy jar instead.

‘If there are a bit more stimulation, would this silly girl finally learn to face her own heart?’