Demon King – Chapter 594 – The Demon Lord and Snoring

After agonizing back and forth, Ei Yuan ultimately still told his son about Eiya’s situation. And when Eiru heard this news, even though she had long had her suspicions, her mind still went completely blank.

‘That’s impossible. I personally used magic to adjust Little Ya’s physical condition, and there were also regular checkups. How could she suddenly be hospitalized without any warning at all?’

The facts were right there. No matter how confident the little Demon Lord was in her logic and in her own abilities, no matter how unwilling she was to believe it… the moment she saw Eiya’s medical record, she had no choice but to accept it.

Her brain began spinning at high speed, constantly replaying all kinds of past details, as Her Majesty the Demon Lord tried to search for clues she might have overlooked. But to Ei Yuan, this behavior just looked like a brief moment of surprise followed by nothing else. His son’s reaction was far calmer than he had imagined.

Well, they had been separated for so long. Back when Eiru went astray, the two of them had clashed constantly and things had been unpleasant in all kinds of ways. Thinking like that, Ei Yuan could more or less understand his son’s reaction.

The siblings had only just made up not long ago, even if Eiya was very attached to her brother now. Looking at it this way, Eiru’s view of the current family relationships was really a complicated problem, not something simple at all.

Regret spread through Ei Yuan’s heart. Maybe his son really had to suffer to grow up, but trading that growth for his relationship with his family… he did not know if it had been worth it.

If back then he had paid more attention to what was going on at home, if he had opposed Liu Wan’s decision before Eiru left, would his son’s relationship with the family be much better now? At the very least, he would not be reacting so indifferently upon hearing that his own biological sister was in danger.

But there was no such thing as regret medicine in this world. Since it was a bitter fruit sown by his own inaction, he had to swallow it himself. Instead of dwelling on regret, it was better to think about how to make things right… to put it bluntly, if Eiya could not hold on, then the two of them would truly only have Eiru left as their child.

“Pack up your things. I’ll take you to the hospital to see your sister…”

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Ei Yuan sighed. But as soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted by an ill timed remark from the other party.

“If Little Ya is hospitalized, at this hour the hospital wouldn’t allow visits anymore, right? How are you going to take me there?”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord pointed out the window at the darkened sky. At this time of night, the two of them going to the hospital would just mean getting turned away. They would not be able to get in at all.

Although things like curfews could not possibly stop a certain girl, not knowing which hospital or which ward it was, even if she was anxious, she was not about to rush over blindly like a headless fly without thinking.

“Then we’ll go tomorrow. We’ll go early tomorrow…”

Ei Yuan, reminded of this, nodded.

“Perfect timing for you to take over from your mom. She’s been taking care of Little Ya for several days, who knows if she’s already exhausted.”

Hearing this, the little Demon Lord felt somewhat uncomfortable, but since this was indeed something she ought to do, she did not say anything. Even if Ei Yuan did not let her take over, she would still have to find a way to create an opportunity to be alone with her sister. Only then could she use magic to check things and deal with the problem.

“Go to bed early. Dad will send you over early tomorrow morning. Don’t stay up late.”

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Leaving these words behind, Ei Yuan went back to his room to rest. Meanwhile, Eiru returned to her own room and hugged her little kitten, thinking about whether she should tell Jiaqi about this.

But telling Jiaqi probably would not be of any use, it would only make him worry. Forget it, she would see how things went later… Just as Her Majesty the Demon Lord was feeling a bit restless, the little kitten in her arms gently burrowed into her chest and rubbed against its small owner in a coquettish way.

“Sure enough, having a well behaved kitty really is very healing…”

With the adorable little thing acting spoiled in her arms, Eiru’s mood eased quite a bit. She reached out and rubbed it, but this action drew some dissatisfaction from Hulu.

“Goo yi…”

Somewhat like how Eiru herself would sulk, Hulu, who was lying on her head, puffed out its cheeks. Looking down at the girl below who was busy petting the cat, it wore a faintly jealous expression.

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The night was deep, yet the little Demon Lord lay in bed unable to fall asleep. It was not just the news she had learned today that made her anxious. Her mind itself also felt like it was in the middle of a brawl, a complete mess.

It was as if some kind of switch had been triggered. In Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s head, fragmented bits of information had been intermittently input throughout the entire day.

How fragmented was it? It was about like taking an entire article, scrambling the order of every character, then sending them to you one character at a time. And on top of that, each individual word file had been compressed and encrypted, requiring you to crack a password just to extract it.

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So if it were not for her miraculous multi core brain, with information processing and calculation abilities far beyond ordinary people, Eiru’s mind would have been buried under garbage data long ago.

‘Stop stuffing it in, let me catch my breath,’ she did not even have the energy to complain like that. The little Demon Lord’s invincible brain was rarely pushed into a full load state. By the time the information input stopped, she herself was already in a completely dazed, blank state.

After running at full capacity for so long, the sorted information was just left there untouched, without even time to skim through it, as her brain went straight into a crash. Eiru lay face down on the bed, her gaze unfocused as she stared at the headboard. Even when Hulu poked her with its little paw, there was no response.

“Goo yi…”

Because of their special connection, the little creature naturally knew something was wrong with her. There was no way it would not be worried.

‘Are you okay? If something happens to you, I won’t be able to escape it either.’

This kind of message was sent over through their special mental link, but Her Majesty the Demon Lord was already unable to respond.

The clever Hulu quickly came up with a way to deal with the situation. Because their minds were bound together, their sleep states influenced and synchronized with each other.

Right now, Eiru’s brain was already in a crashed state. What Hulu wanted to do was use this direct connection to force her into sleep, giving her time to recover.

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The method was there, but Hulu realized it did not feel sleepy at all. Not to mention influencing the other party to sleep, it could not even fall asleep itself without Eiru’s help.

Panicking in place, Hulu paced back and forth beside Eiru’s head several times, then rushed out to the living room and found the medicine box under the TV cabinet. Using its little paws, it dug out a bottle of sleeping pills. Taking two pills, the little creature swallowed them directly…

It was only meant as a try, but after a while, Hulu discovered with pleasant surprise that human medication actually worked on it unexpectedly well.

Drowsiness washed over it. After passing the effect on to the other party, Hulu, dizzy and groggy, flew back to the bedroom. With a soft plop, it sprawled onto Eiru’s back, and just like that, one person and one beast fell into a deep sleep.

Author Note

Eiru and Eiya are less than two years apart in age. Because of their birth months, Eiru is currently in her second year of high school, while Eiya is in her third year of middle school.