Demon King – Chapter 565 – Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s Childhood Trauma

“If I remember right, both you sisters are afraid of snakes, yeah?”

On the way toward the zoo entrance, Lin Miao suddenly asked Eiya beside him.

“Yeah, both of us hate those things… because we got bitten before.”

Thinking of those unpleasant memories, Eiya’s expression also turned rather ugly.

Back when they were kids, Eiya was playing in a park when she somehow got attacked by a snake lurking in the grass. When Eiru rushed over after hearing about it and saw her little sister hurt, she immediately lost her head and charged in to fight it desperately… and ended up getting bitten too.

At the time, Eiru had actually taken a look and noticed the snake did not have a triangular head, so she rushed up and started going at it. Kids are like that. They fear nothing and do not know much, so being reckless is only natural.

The problem was that the damn thing happened to be venomous. As a result, the two of them were sent to the hospital together in spectacular fashion. They nearly lost their lives, so it naturally left a pretty serious psychological shadow behind.

Perhaps because of her physique as a Daughter of Amber Crystal, plus the fact that treatment was timely, Eiya did not end up with any major lingering issues. But her beloved big sister was not so lucky.

Since then, the little Demon Lord’s heart had never really been in great shape. Maybe there was some degree of myocardial damage. The strange part was that doctors could not find any problems at all. Every indicator was normal, and there were no obvious abnormal symptoms, so they just let her leave the hospital.

Because of that, only Her Majesty the Demon Lord herself noticed it. Due to being neglected and not wanting others to worry, she never told anyone about it. Even Yuki did not know that her heart was not in great condition.

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“Later on, when big sis was playing on the mountain back in our hometown, she almost got taken out by a mountain python too. I don’t know the details. If Brother Jiaqi hadn’t brought reinforcements in time, she really would have been gone.”

Talking about things that made Lin Miao break out in a cold sweat, these were things Eiya only heard from her sister later.

“This is something even our parents don’t know. I don’t know why grandpa and grandma never said anything either. But with stuff like this, big sis should be even more afraid of snakes than I am.”

Lin Miao was a bit speechless. For a moment, he did not know whether to say Eiru was lucky or unlucky. But now he finally understood why Eiru sometimes complained to him about being confined by grandpa whenever she went back to their hometown. Who would dare let you roam around freely?

As the two of them walked, they suddenly noticed several staff members not far away driving away nearby visitors. Seeing this, the siblings could not help feeling puzzled.

There was still more than an hour before closing time. Was there really a need to rush people out this early? Could something have happened? With those doubts in mind, Lin Miao took Eiya forward to ask.

“There’s still a lot of time before closing, right? Or is it closing early today?”

“Yeah yeah, we’re closing early today. You two should hurry out as well. We’re closing right away.”

While urging them along, the staff member’s expression was clearly tense, which only made Lin Miao even more suspicious. If nothing had happened, the zoo generally would not close early. Could it be like in the news or movies, some kind of dangerous animal got out?

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“Uncle, uncle, you’re in such a hurry. Did some lion or tiger run out or something?”

Eiya also picked up on this and cleverly spoke up first. Unlike Lin Miao, since she was a kid, asking wild questions like this would not get her criticized. Naturally, she was the best choice to ask.

“You silly girl, what are you saying? With everyone watching, how could they possibly run out? Even if they did, us uncles would immediately drive them back.”

Probably worried about scaring a child, the staff member forced a smile and squatted down to coax Eiya.

“That’s good then. I still have a little sister about her age inside. She might have gone deeper in and can’t be found for now. But she should come out on her own later.”

The moment Lin Miao said that, the staff member’s face changed. The way he looked at Lin Miao now carried disbelief and panic. He got up and jogged over to another staff member, pointed at Eiya, and whispered a few words. The other person also showed a shocked expression.

Seeing the two of them pull out their walkie talkies looking flustered, there was no way Lin Miao would believe nothing was wrong. He quickly squatted down, held Eiya by the shoulders, and quietly instructed her.

“You hurry to the entrance and stay with the staff. Remember, don’t go with strangers. I’m going in to find your sister now. Got it?”

After seeing Eiya nod, Lin Miao did not hesitate for a second and turned to run back into the park.

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“Hey, hey! Sir! We’re closing. Don’t run inside anymore!”

The two staff members noticed this and immediately started chasing after him. This only further confirmed for many people that something had definitely gone wrong at the zoo.

“Big bro, even if the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park time traveled over here, big sis could still pin them to the ground and rub them into the dirt.”

Eiya held her forehead, feeling a bit helpless. She thought Lin Miao was worrying too much.

“But should I go after them too…”

Watching Lin Miao dodge the staff while sprinting deeper into the park, the little loli also felt conflicted.

It was not like she was not worried about Eiru. And right now, everyone’s attention was drawn to Lin Miao and the other visitors. If she wanted to slip in and look for someone, now was the best opportunity.

But with her small body, not only would she be useless, she would probably just make things worse. After weighing it over and over, Eiya ultimately decided not to repeat the mistake that got her sister hurt last time.

Obediently following Lin Miao’s instructions, Eiya broke into a small run, planning to wait at the entrance for news first.

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“Snake… no… why does it have to be a snake…”

With her eyes turned into spirals, Her Majesty the Demon Lord stared at the massive python coiled around her body. Her brain was almost completely incapable of thinking right now.

What the hell are security and the keepers doing? Why could such a huge snake get out? Where were the cameras? The enclosure? And why did this snake feel so familiar? Is it going to eat me?

Fear made the little Demon Lord forget that she was a cheating loli with hacks. A huge python coiled around her body, its head right up in her face, flicking its bright red tongue. Even a grown adult would not be able to handle this.

“Hiss…”

After coiling up the silver-haired loli who had bolted the instant she saw it and cutting off her ability to escape, the giant python did not make any aggressive moves. It simply brought its head closer and examined her carefully.

It’s over, I’m going to be strangled to death, just like last time. The little Demon Lord’s brain had completely crashed, filled with nothing but memories of suffocating back when she was attacked by that python.

What Eiru did not know was that the reason this python escaped, and even avoided surveillance, was actually, strictly speaking, her own fault.