Demon King – Chapter 57 – Spreading Rumours

He didn’t confess because he wasn’t sure how she felt about it. She still wouldn’t even tell him her name, and he’d only learned how old she was today. Under those circumstances, how could Yuki make a move on her?

Moreover, love required taking responsibility for each other. Hurting someone due to a momentary impulse was something Yuki absolutely couldn’t do. Before confirming that she liked him back, Yuki didn’t want to go that far with her yet.

But while observing her… after talking to her more, he deduced that the girl seemed to be dating his best friend.

You don’t steal someone’s wife, and especially not from your closest friend… Silently blessing the two in his heart, he kept his distance from the girl.

However, from personal observation, Yuki felt the two were indeed well-matched and was quite willing to help bring them together.

They were both silly and carefree. If they were together, they should be able to live happily every day…

“So you think they’re not a couple?”

“No, their relationship… besides being a couple, what other possibilities are there?” Denying Ziyu’s statement, Yuki reminded the two again.

“Don’t forget about what she was wearing that day, and you also saw how she had Eiru’s room key.”

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“But have you ever seen the two of them together?”

“…No.” This one sentence was like a wake-up call—Jixian’s words immediately made Yuki realize that something was off.

“Though the places they frequent are very similar… forget them being together, I’ve never even seen EIru and that girl in the same room…” Yuki fell into deep thought, unsure whether these words were for the two of them or for himself.

“Well there you have it—what couple is never together? Those two probably just think of each other like siblings, almost like sworn siblings…” Jixian leaned back in his chair, offering an explanation.

“What kind of weird relationship is that?” Yuki had heard of godparents, but what was this retro yet postmodern thing called sworn siblings?

“It’s quite common online now—siblings without any blood relation. Two people who get along well, with a relationship closer than friends but only platonically, so they address each other as siblings.”

“Is it possible that they could eventually be a couple?” After all, there were a lot of signs that indicated that they were close. A man and woman alone together—even as so-called siblings, their actions were still…

Wait, that really might be possible given these two fools lacked any awareness… Thinking of Eiru’s usual heartless nature and that girl who was taken advantage of without realizing it, Yuki felt these two were just straight up oblivious…

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“There definitely is. After all, they could just do something between themselves. First, there’s no blood relation; second, there’s no social recognition, so naturally no ethical issues exist…”

“To summarize, as long as both people can accept it, being friends with benefits wouldn’t be strange.” Interrupting Jixian, Ziyu added a supplement.

“What kind of crazy shit did you just say…” Yuki complained.

After all this discussion, everyone’s conclusion was… these two being a couple was unlikely—they were probably in that kind of ‘sworn sibling’ relationship that’s popular online these days.

“But Yuki, you just said that girl claimed to be from our school?”

“Right, sixteen years old, probably first year.”

“That’s weird. If she’s from Seventh High, how have we never seen her? She’d be hard to forget even from a single glance, right?” Jixian expressed disbelief.

“Yeah, silver hair and blue eyes—when I saw her that day, I thought that she was Yuki’s long-lost sister.” Pausing, Ziyu added onto the conversation.

Yuki’s signature silver hair and blue eyes, combined with his handsome appearance and top-of-grade status, were quite famous throughout Seventh High.

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So Ziyu thought that as long as anyone had seen that little loli, they’d definitely think that she was related to Yuki. Rumours about the grade’s top student’s sister should be flying everywhere.

“Wait…” Jixian suddenly interrupted the other two, handing his phone to them. “The rumours are spreading now…”

On Jixian’s phone, their private class group chat and first-year group chat were buzzing with heated discussion. All topics revolved around one photo…

A: Shocking! Super cute silver-haired loli appears in Cafeteria One!

B: Exclusive news—the loli is most likely the sister of that first-year top student!

C: That’s my wife, everyone back off. I declare that he’s now my brother-in-law.

D: Peaches for everyone, eat all you want!

The three scrolled through the chat history, already knowing what would be on there. After finding that photo, they all had a look that said “just as expected.”

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In the photo, the girl stood at the cafeteria window, apparently getting food.Her hands were supporting herself on the counter, and she was on her tippy toes—she showed a lively, cute appearance.

The girl was completely unaware that someone was secretly photographing her. The angle of the photo, combined with her sweet smile, made even the usually anti-loli Jixian and Ziyu feel that their hearts might have stopped beating momentarily…

“I suddenly think mature women aren’t that interesting…”

“Right, I finally understand—sexiness compared to cuteness is simply…” Ziyu added on, but was interrupted by Yuki before he could finish.

“Simply can’t pass censorship…” Gripping his head while speaking, Yuki felt like his head was killing him.

Now things that have spread… He could imagine how many delusional romantics would call him “bro” and ask for the girl’s information after today.

Meanwhile, the subject of everyone’s heated discussion—our Demon Lord—still sat on the teaching building rooftop railing, eating candy and drinking juice with her legs swinging in the air, was as carefree as she could be…