Demon King – Chapter 575 – A Soul-Crushing Question

“Little Lu, you’re not that young anymore. Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?”

During the meal, Ei Yuan asked the kind of question almost every parent ends up asking their child.

“Huh?”

After sucking down a bite of the beef skewer in her hand, Eiru froze for a moment, then quickly started thinking about how to answer.

“Get into a so-so university? Then work part time while studying? After graduating, find a decent job and live like that?”

Her answer to her father was extremely vague. If you asked her what she actually wanted to do in the future, even Her Majesty the Demon Lord herself had not really figured it out.

After all, she learned things incredibly fast. As long as she took something seriously, she could basically do it well. She even had the ability to reload and start over. A near all-purpose cheat existence like that instead ended up troubled by having too many choices.

But then again, the way this dumb loli handled life was to go with the flow. She generally did not think too deeply about things. Living happily and freely was her creed. Why pile on so many worries and exhaust everyone.

“As long as you have some ideas, that’s good. I was always afraid you’d go back to hanging around with those little punk friends again. As long as you don’t do bad things anymore, that’s enough.”

Ei Yuan sounded somewhat relieved. After all, the impression Eiru left on everyone was that of a troublemaking delinquent boy. Feeling emotional, he reached out his hand, wanting to pat his son on the head.

“Don’t touch my head.”

Eiru reacted instantly, jerking her head back to dodge her father’s hand. The look she gave him was full of vigilance.

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“Fair enough. You’ve grown up quite a bit after all.”

Thinking that boys at this age really did not like others touching their heads, Ei Yuan did not dwell on it and withdrew his hand.

“Have I? I feel like I’ve shrunk quite a bit.”

Eiru gestured at her head a couple of times, though the person sitting across from her could not possibly understand what she meant.

“Maybe not grown up, but you sure sound a lot older?”

She tossed out a self-mocking remark, but it ended up displeasing her father.

“Don’t say things like that in front of your parents, understand? How old are you? Do you know how heartbreaking it is for parents to hear their own child talk like that?”

“Oh.”

Eiru responded perfunctorily.

“So I’m still your child. If you didn’t mention it, I would’ve forgotten.”

“Eiru.”

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“Alright, alright, I was joking. Pretend I didn’t say anything.”

Knowing she had gone too far, the girl did not dare actually provoke the person in front of her. Life still had to go on, after all.

“Your mom and I know that when we made you move out back then, you weren’t happy about it. But we just wanted you to suffer a bit and learn to study properly.”

Ei Yuan sighed as he explained. Back then, he had been firmly against it. But by the time he found out, the kid had already been kicked out, and there was nothing he could do.

After that, once he heard Liu Wan’s explanation and intentions, even though he was unhappy about it, since it was ‘for the child’s own good’, he did not say much more.

Liu Wan was his beloved partner after all, and Ei Yuan trusted her greatly. Otherwise, he would not have handed everything regarding their two children over to her. Knowing his partner’s bad temper when it came to the kids, he did not want his son to harbor resentment toward her, so he helped smooth things over and say a few good words.

Of course, he did not know that he himself was also someone being resented. Because of his inaction.

“Huh? It was fine, I guess. I was actually pretty happy about being kicked out?”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord froze. None of those words really went into her heart, and she casually voiced her opinion.

Back then, she had just turned into a girl and was having a headache over how to hide it from her family in daily life. Being kicked out to live alone at just the right time honestly solved her urgent problem. At least in that sense, it really did help her out.

What Eiru cared about had never been the issue of being kicked out or not. She also knew the reason and purpose behind it. What she cared about had always been her parents’ coldness and neglect before that.

Could you imagine a child barely having any contact with their parents throughout their entire childhood? Watching other children, even her own younger sister, acting spoiled in their parents’ arms, and feeling only envy without jealousy. That in itself was already unbelievable.

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However, Ei Yuan misunderstood her words. He thought the child meant she understood their good intentions. Coupled with Eiru’s obvious improvement in grades, coming to that conclusion was not strange.

In this completely mismatched conversation, Ei Yuan was inwardly sighing about how his child had finally grown up and the like. Little did he know that the piglet in front of him had already shrunk into a tiny cabbage. And had even been plucked away.

“But speaking of that, Little Lu, are you… dating someone?”

“Huh?!”

This sudden question nearly scared someone out of her chair.

‘What the hell. Was I exposed? How did he know I’m dating Stupid Yuki? You do not guess things like this, do you.’

“No no no no, don’t spout nonsense. How would a low-tier loser like me be dating anyone? Anyone who’d like me would either have something wrong with their brain or something wrong with their eyes.”

At the very moment Her Majesty the Demon Lord said this, somewhere in Huanghai City, a boy and a girl sneezed at the same time, both feeling like someone was trash talking them.

“Then who was that silver-haired girl going in and out of your apartment today? I heard about it from the landlord grandpa and the others. They said a white-haired little girl often runs over to your place.”

Ei Yuan said calmly. To be honest, he understood these adolescent stirrings, but still felt it was necessary to get a clear picture.

“White hair? Who… oh, could it be Little Ya?”

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Eiru relaxed inwardly while decisively playing dumb. Her real body was undocumented anyway. As long as I deny it to death, go ahead and investigate. If you can find anything, I lose.

“I’ve seen that child, and I know she’s already sixteen. Otherwise, the one calmly sitting here asking you about it wouldn’t be me. It would be your mother.”

“At your age, having thoughts like that, I understand. But studying should still come first, right?

Your grades finally improved. I don’t want you to fall back again because of this.”

Ei Yuan spoke earnestly, while also thinking about his son’s not so great reputation. Things like flirting with female classmates everywhere. He did not want his son to become that kind of person who went around messing with flowers and grass and ruining other people’s daughters.

“After you get into university, or after you graduate and start working, there will be plenty of excellent girls you can get to know. There’s no need to insist on this kind of thing right now, isn’t that so?”

“Then Dad, what if I said my grades improved because of her? If two people being together can support each other and grow together, would you still oppose that?”

Although it was off from the truth by a huge margin, the Demon Lord’s playful side suddenly surfaced. Propping her chin up with one hand, she tossed out this soul-crushing question with a slightly teasing expression.

“That’s…”

Ei Yuan froze. He had to admit, that one really stumped him. If such an ideal situation actually existed, maybe it was not impossible to support. But… that would still be puppy love, right?