Demon King – Chapter 580 – Changes in the Situation at Home

A few days later, over the weekend, while staying in her apartment, the Demon Lord was holding her beloved little kitten when the doorbell suddenly rang outside.

“Huh, Dad? Why did you come over?”

Having learned her lesson from a certain police officer, Eiru first switched into her male state, then went to open the door. When she saw who was outside, she was genuinely surprised.

Nervously, she glanced behind Ei Yuan. After confirming there was no sign of a certain loli or her unlucky mom, she finally let out a sigh of relief.

“I came to check on my son. You just started raising a cat, I was worried something might go wrong.”

Standing at the door, Ei Yuan was holding a large box. After coming inside, he began looking around for a suitable place to put it.

“You sure you’re not here to see the cat?”

“I’m here to see my son, not the cat…”

As he spoke, Ei Yuan found an empty spot and set the box down. While opening it, his eyes drifted toward the presence of another cat inside the room.

“Why are you also raising one… and this one…”

Looking at the lazy… giant cat sprawled by the sofa, Ei Yuan couldn’t help frowning.

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In his entire life, he had never seen a cat with such an exaggerated size. With a body length of over one and a half meters, it could no longer be described as just big. It was gigantic. And this cat’s appearance even felt vaguely familiar.

“This one belongs to a friend. It’s just staying with me over the weekend.”

Using the same excuse Yuki always used, the little Demon Lord gently placed the small tabby she was holding onto Gulu’s back.

“Meow?”

The big cat was completely confused. It was not some kind of cat-meat cushion. Why was this little thing being put on its back?

“But Dad, what did you get this time?”

Curious, the Demon Lord moved closer to inspect the thing her dad had brought. Combined with all his recent behavior, she could already guess this had something to do with raising cats.

“A pet drying box. After bathing the cat, you can put it in here to dry its fur.”

Since it was just a cat being boarded by someone else, Ei Yuan didn’t pay much attention to the big cat. He only wondered whether such a massive cat could even fit inside the box he’d brought.

“Wow, Dad, you’re really going all out. You even got something like this?”

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“I just want you to spend less time wandering around outside near your place. That way you won’t need to go to a pet shop to bathe the cat. You can handle it at home. You think I wanted you to live in a dorm for nothing? I was scared after that time you got abducted…”

If Yuki were here, he would probably be laughing so hard he couldn’t close his mouth. And then you send your precious daughter to live with a bunch of guys. Your tender little cabbage rubs up against me every day.

After setting everything up and eating a meal, Ei Yuan seemed to have other matters to attend to and didn’t stay long. After briefly showing concern and giving a few reminders to his son, he left.

As soon as her dad had just left, the Demon Lord immediately called her beloved little boyfriend over. If her dear parents ever found out the truth, who knew how high their blood pressure would spike from this move?

“My dad just brought this over. Good stuff. From now on, I won’t have to go through all that trouble using magic to dry Gulu anymore.”

Gently patting the newly installed drying box, Eiru’s cute face was filled with excitement.

Her dad had been unusually attentive to her these past few days, leaving her heart warm and fuzzy. Happy and excited, she spent all day holding Yuki’s hand, pouring out her joy to him.

Yuki was also very happy about this. He had always felt heartache over his little girlfriend not being well-treated at home. No matter how much resentment he might have toward her parents, as long as Eiru was happy and not being wronged, he was satisfied.

But while the young couple was making a ruckus in the apartment, Ei Yuan, driving his car, was not in a good mood at all. Whenever he had even a bit of free time, he found himself worrying about his two children.

Eiru’s performance lately had indeed been quite good. Her grades had gone up, and her recent efforts had made her seem less lifeless overall. But Ei Yuan felt it still wasn’t enough, because his son still treated other relatives, even her own mother, with that same lifeless, cold attitude.

“Maybe I shouldn’t have let him move out back then…”

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Driving, he sighed to himself. If he hadn’t let the child live on her own, would her relationship with the family and other relatives be better?

To be honest, the relatives on Eiru and Eiya’s side weren’t the kind of scheming, backstabbing people you’d see in TV dramas. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have helped behind the scenes with all the trouble at Eiru’s school, letting her skip classes all the time without being disciplined.

But it was also true that Eiru wasn’t well-liked by the relatives because of her bad reputation. Being fully aware of that, there was no way she would give them a good attitude.

So the situation became this. The colder Eiru acted, the more the relatives felt the kid was no good, and her reputation kept dropping. And the worse her reputation got, the less favor she had for them, becoming even colder. A complete vicious cycle.

For the sake of the child’s future, Ei Yuan still hoped his son could get along harmoniously with the relatives, and he had always played the role of mediator. Even if he didn’t manage household matters much, he was still working for the future of both children in other ways.

And now it wasn’t just Eiru. Eiya had also developed some rather troublesome issues. Receiving another call from Liu Wan while driving, Ei Yuan felt completely agitated.

“Are you still at Little Lu’s place?”

“No, I’m driving. I’m already on the road.”

“You didn’t let anything slip, right?”

“No.”

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The two spoke like riddle-talkers, having a strange conversation. On the other end of the phone, Liu Wan looked at Eiya lying in the hospital bed, her heart tightly clenched.

Along with the sleepiness, after Eiru returned to school, Eiya’s physical condition suddenly worsened over the past few days. In just a short time, it had progressed to the point of hospitalization.

The couple didn’t dare tell their son about this, afraid it would affect her mood and studies while she was away. Ei Yuan’s hurried departure earlier was also because he needed to rush to the hospital to check on his daughter.

“Is it really okay not telling Little Lu? No matter what, she’s his sister. Hiding it from him…”

Ei Yuan was quite conflicted. He knew very well how close the siblings were. Was it really appropriate to hide something like this from Eiru?

“Yuan, Little Lu’s grades finally went up. If you tell him now, do you think he’ll still have the heart to study? These things are for us as parents to handle. Don’t add trouble for the child.”

Liu Wan also understood how close Eiru and Eiya were. Precisely because she understood that, she strongly opposed telling their son.

Ei Yuan sighed. Liu Wan’s words truly convinced him, and he gave up on the idea of telling Eiru.

After all, what could their son do even if she knew? It would only add psychological pressure. This matter was better left to them as parents, left to the two adults to handle.