Demon King – Chapter 590 – He Noticed Something Was Off, but Not Quite

“So dad, why did you run over here again anyway. Aren’t you pretty busy… came to see the cat?”

Unable to bear the strange atmosphere and pressure any longer, the little Demon Lord finally found an excuse to leave the apartment. She wandered around outside for quite a while, switched back into her male form, and only then came back.

“What kind of talk is that? How could a cat be more important than my son? I just came to bring you some stuff and see how you’ve been lately.”

She didn’t even feel like complaining about her dad’s words anymore. Honestly speaking, his visit actually suited Eiru just fine. She was planning to go home anyway, so having her dad drive her back was perfect.

“Oh right, dad, I was planning to go home today. Do you have anything going on later, would it be convenient to give me a ride?”

“Hm? Why the sudden urge to go back, missing home?”

He replied lightly, but the moment Ei Yuan heard that, his heart skipped a beat.

He came here not just to check on her, but mainly to keep his kid steady and stop him from going home. And now, right off the bat… this kid used to refuse no matter how much he was told to go back.

“Pretty much. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Little Ya, so I wanted to go back and see her. Hang out a bit, bring her some small gifts and stuff.”

“As for Little Ya, you probably won’t be able to see her.”

Ei Yuan frowned.

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“She went out with your mom. They most likely won’t be back for a few days.”

‘Huh? Little Ya’s on break again? Does middle school really have that many holidays? And wasn’t mom pretty busy with work? How did she suddenly have time to take her out for several days?’

Eiru remembered that her dad and mom were supposed to work at the same place. Even if her mom was usually a bit freer than her dad, it still didn’t make sense for one to be working hard while the other could go out and play for several days straight.

Even though something felt off, Her Majesty the Demon Lord couldn’t think of a reason for her dad to lie. Besides, whether it was true or not, she could just go back and see for herself.

“And if you go back, what about the cat? I told you before, you’re not allowed to bring it home to keep, right?”

Seeing that his son hadn’t given up on the idea, Ei Yuan also brought up the little tabby, trying to make him abandon the plan to go home today.

Ei Yuan’s abnormal insistence on discouraging her from going home was far too obvious, and Eiru felt even more that something was wrong. But her brain was working fast, and she immediately grabbed onto his wording and turned it around on him.

“Didn’t you say mom and Little Ya aren’t home and won’t be back for a few days? Then it’s fine if I bring it back to keep for a day or two.”

“Uh…”

With that move, Ei Yuan was instantly pushed into a dilemma.

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If he refused, it would look like he had something to hide and the kid would definitely get suspicious. If he agreed, then when he and Liu Wan took turns taking care of Eiya, it would be hard to get around or hide things from Eiru.

“Forget it, bring it back then. Pack everything you need into the car later. Bring both your stuff and the cat’s stuff.”

After weighing the pros and cons, Ei Yuan finally agreed to Eiru’s request. Legs were on the kid’s body. If something was off, he could just sneak back anyway. Rather than that, it was better to personally drive him back and keep things under his own watch. If anything happened, it would be easier to handle.

“You move your stuff first, the car’s downstairs. I’ll call your mom and ask about the situation.”

Handing the car keys to Eiru to send her off, Ei Yuan walked outside alone and called his wife.

“Wan, Little Lu’s insisting on coming home. I’m planning to drive him back to stay for a couple of days. Yeah, that’s right. Don’t come back these two days, sorry for the trouble. How’s Little Ya doing?”

After explaining the situation and listening to the other end of the call, Ei Yuan’s brows knit tighter and tighter. From his expression alone, it was clear that Eiya’s condition was far from good.

“Dad, I’m done moving everything. We should head back now.”

Ei Yuan hadn’t even finished his call when Eiru came over, holding up the car keys.

“I’ll hang up first. Contact me immediately if anything happens.”

He hurriedly ended the call, feeling surprised at the same time. He hadn’t helped on purpose, just to delay things and make Eiru take longer to move. How did his son finish so fast? Just a few sentences, and everything was done?

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“You moved the litter box and everything too? That was a lot of stuff. Even I’d need five or six minutes to move it all.”

“All done. Don’t underestimate me. You know I’ve never lost a fight. Moving stuff like this, is that even a thing?”

The Demon Lord had obviously turned on cheat mode. While her dad went out to make the call, she reverted to her true form and became a freakishly strong loli, hauling all the things that needed to be moved into the car in one go.

“So every time I asked you to move stuff, or help out back at the old house, that half-dead, can’t-move-anything look was all an act?”

Taking a look inside, Eiru really had moved everything that needed to be moved. The situation was just too bizarre, and Ei Yuan couldn’t help but pay attention to it.

Leaving aside how his son usually showed pitifully little strength, this display was completely beyond normal human limits. It couldn’t be brushed off with just being strong.

With his son’s abnormality combined with his daughter’s current condition, a terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to Ei Yuan.

‘Could it be that Eiya had learned of the wishes he and Liu Wan had, and used the power of the Daughters of Amber Crystal to cause Eiru’s change?’

Starting to miss home and urging to go back, knowing how to study properly, working hard and clearly having much greater strength. Thinking of this, Ei Yuan couldn’t help breaking out in a cold sweat. Because all of this perfectly matched what he and Liu Wan had hoped for Eiru before. They often talked about these things. Who knew when Eiya might have overheard them.

“Dad, what’s wrong. Not feeling well?”

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“N-No, nothing… give me the car keys. I’ll drive you back.”

Eiru’s voice snapped Ei Yuan back to reality. His voice trembling slightly, he took the keys.

The little Demon Lord wasn’t stupid either. Ei Yuan’s abnormally strange behavior made her suspect that something had happened. Did something go wrong at home? Or was there some issue at the company?

Since Eiya’s last physical check had been completely normal, she didn’t connect it to Eiya at all. And in some ways still rather naive, she didn’t believe her parents would hide something this big from her.

In her view, if something happened at home, everyone should work together to deal with it. Being kept in the dark always felt like being excluded. These days, her family had been paying quite a bit of attention to her. The little Demon Lord even had the feeling that she finally had some status at home.

“Little Lu, now that you know how to work hard, dad is very happy. From now on, this family will have to rely on you to take responsibility. You can’t be like before anymore.”

On the way home, weighed down by worries, Ei Yuan suddenly said this to his son beside him.

Eiru didn’t respond, just stayed silent the whole time. Not getting an answer, Ei Yuan let out a long sigh. He knew that his son was very likely preparing himself for the worst, so he was trying to hint at it from the side, wanting Eiru to be mentally prepared.

As for why Eiru didn’t answer, it was purely because she was holding back severe carsickness and couldn’t speak at all.