Demon King – Chapter 591 – Unease

“So your dad didn’t catch you, right?”

“Nope nope. I hid super well. How could he possibly find me?”

Sitting on the living room sofa and rubbing the little tabby on her lap, the little Demon Lord spoke smugly into the phone to Yuki on the other end.

Her father really hadn’t lied. After Eiru got home, she truly hadn’t seen Eiya or Liu Wan. Judging from the state of the rooms, it did look like they hadn’t been back for several days, so she believed the explanation that the two of them had gone out to play.

Of course, Ei Yuan had never actually said that the mother and daughter went out to play. That was just what a certain Demon Lord assumed on her own. After dropping her off, he used having things to do as an excuse and drove away. Now that she was home alone, the first thing Eiru did was call Yuki to talk about how something felt off at home.

“I just feel like my dad is hiding something from me, but I can’t really say what it is… Little Ya isn’t here either. I don’t even know what she went out to do.”

“Then why don’t you secretly follow your dad and take a look, or ask Jiaqi? Your families are close. He might’ve heard something,”

Yuki suggested while giving advice to his little girlfriend, all while busy cleaning up the fur shed everywhere by a certain big cat.

“Forget it. If it’s something work related, it wouldn’t be convenient for me to get involved…”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord shook her head and rejected the idea. As for Jiaqi, she had already tested the waters earlier and didn’t get any useful information.

But now that she thought about it… what exactly do my parents do for work anyway? At that thought, the little Demon Lord suddenly realized that to this day, she actually didn’t know what her parents’ specific jobs were. Not just her. Eiya didn’t know either, because no one had ever told them.

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From her usual observations, Her Majesty the Demon Lord felt that her family’s financial situation was just average. Not rich or powerful, but not struggling either. So she had always assumed that Ei Yuan and Liu Wan were just ordinary office workers at some company.

“But Lu Brat, doesn’t your family have a driver? I even heard him call your sister ‘miss’ last time… You don’t think your family is some kind of hidden rich household that’s been keeping it from you, right?”

“No way, no way. You mean Uncle Ling?”

Eiru laughed and denied Yuki’s guess.

“He’s been helping out at our place for ages. Calling Little Ya ‘miss’ is just his habit.”

From what Eiru had heard, that driver she called Uncle Ling used to work for the daughter of a wealthy family. Later, something happened and he got dismissed. He never managed to change the habit, so he kept calling Eiya ‘miss’ all this time.

“Whatever. Stupid Yuki, I’ll call Little Ya first…”

After chatting for a while and saying that, the little Demon Lord hung up, planning to directly ask her sister where she had gone.

If she wasn’t coming back for the next couple of days, instead of waiting here, she might as well head back to school to hang out with Yuki. And if she could find out where they went, she could just go there herself. Her original goal was just to confirm her sister’s physical condition anyway.

“What’s going on, don’t tell me she’s sleeping? You can sleep even when you go out to play…”

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The call rang for a long time without being answered. Thinking of how sleepy Eiya had been lately, Her Majesty the Demon Lord came up with that guess.

While waiting for the call to connect, she paced around the house. When she passed by Eiya’s bedroom door, Eiru suddenly heard something vibrating inside.

After paying a bit of attention and searching around, Her Majesty the Demon Lord found her sister’s phone in the drawer of the bedside table. The discovery left her completely stunned.

In this day and age, sure, there might be some people who go out without their phones. But that group absolutely did not include someone Eiya’s age.

For kids around thirteen or fourteen like Eiya, phones were usually tightly controlled. Being able to have a phone of their own was basically something to treasure. Going out without it might be possible for others, but for Eiya, it was absolutely impossible.

“Something’s wrong. This is really wrong…”

Carefully sensing with her magic, Eiru realized that Eiya wasn’t even wearing the matching jade pendants the two sisters shared. The phoenix-patterned jade pendant lay quietly under the pillow, as if foreshadowing that something had happened.

“Ah, this is bad… I shouldn’t have been lazy and put the tracking imprint on the pendant. Where the hell am I supposed to find Little Ya now?”

Picking up the jade pendant, the little Demon Lord felt a headache coming on. This time, she really had miscalculated.

But that only made Eiru more certain that something was wrong. Their mother had clearly told both sisters that aside from bathing and sleeping, they should try not to take off the pendant. Eiya wasn’t careless, and if she was with Liu Wan, not wearing the pendant should have earned her a lecture. There was no way it would’ve been overlooked.

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“Unless… Little Ya was taken out by Mom before she even woke up? Did something happen to her?”

As she retrieved the magic from the pendant and made her guesses, Her Majesty the Demon Lord also tried to extract some useful information from it.

But the feedback from the magic showed that Eiya hadn’t suffered any injuries, and there were no abnormal indicators like a fever either. That made the weight on Eiru’s heart ease once again. She sat down on Eiya’s bed and spaced out.

‘So… what is actually going on? Nothing seems wrong, but why do I feel this uneasy?’

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At the hospital, Liu Wan, sitting by Eiya’s bedside, looked at Ei Yuan who had just arrived. Her expression was visibly agitated.

“Little Lu is at home now? You didn’t let him find out about Little Ya, did you?”

“No. I just said the two of you went out. He’s playing at home by himself right now. There shouldn’t be any problems in the short term. You should withdraw in the next couple of days…”

Liu Wan originally wanted to scold Ei Yuan a bit. They had clearly agreed that he was supposed to keep Eiru stable and not let her come back early. How did he mess it up so quickly? But after calming down and thinking it through, she swallowed the words back.

“That’s true. Little Lu is very smart… If you had forcefully stopped him from coming back, he definitely would’ve noticed something.”

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Liu Wan felt that Ei Yuan’s handling of the situation really was the best solution under the circumstances. If Eiru started suspecting, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to find this place.

“We can’t hide it forever, right? I’ve seen Little Ya’s reports too… Shouldn’t we tell him?”

“No. It hasn’t come to that yet. How can you, as her father, give up first?”

Ei Yuan’s words instantly struck a nerve in Liu Wan, making her agitated all at once.

“I’m not giving up, but what if… You can’t seriously make it so he doesn’t even get to see his sister one last time, say a few words to her…”

“Ei Yuan, I said it already. Little Ya will get better. Don’t say such unlucky things. She can still be saved. She won’t be fine… won’t be fine…”

As she spoke, Liu Wan lost control of her emotions. Covering her face with both hands, she couldn’t help but break down and cry.

If they really told Eiru or Jiaqi, wouldn’t that be the same as admitting that Eiya was done for, calling them over to see her one last time?

She had been by Eiya’s side this whole time. How could she, as her mother, not know what condition her daughter was in? Even though she understood it deep down, she couldn’t accept it. She was unwilling to give up that tiny, vanishing chance.