Demon King – Chapter 621 – Holding Expectations? Not a Chance

But seeing Eiru’s pitiful expression, Yuki still softened in the end. With the thought of at least trying, he made a call to the roommates in Dorm 1503 to ask about the situation over there first.

Relax and stay with your wife, we’ve got the dorm supervisor covered for you. That was the reply from the other end of the call, and Yuki finally let out a sigh of relief.

As long as it wasn’t too frequent, Jixian, Ziyu, and the others could still think of ways to fool the dorm supervisor for Yuki. If it really came down to it, they could even drag Jiaqi over as a human tool and have him hang around the bathroom or something, pretending Yuki was in the dorm and calling it a day.

With his brothers backing him up, Yuki was able to stay over there smoothly tonight and keep his little girlfriend company. That said, the two of them had only just confessed their feelings to each other, so there wouldn’t be any special activities or anything. Just staying together, that was all.

Since they still had school, the two of them went to bed early. Early the next morning, Yuki carefully got up, preparing to head to school, afraid of waking the silver-haired girl sleeping beside him.

But just as he threw on a jacket, before he even got out of bed, his hand was grabbed. Turning his head, he saw Eiru, who had somehow woken up at some point, tilting her head and staring at him expressionlessly.

“What’s wrong, waking up so early… not sleeping a bit more?”

Yuki reached out and rubbed her little head. Her slightly dazed look made him uneasy. This girl was obviously someone who loved sleeping in. Waking up this early really wasn’t normal.

“I had a dream… and then I woke up.”

The little Demon Lord replied blankly, looking like she still hadn’t fully come back from the dream. She reached out, wanting to pat her own face to wake herself up, then remembered that one of her hands couldn’t move.

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“A nightmare? It’s okay, it’s okay, it was just a dream… I’m here, no one can do anything to you.”

Yuki’s first thought was that she’d had a bad dream. He’d heard before that Eiru’s dreams were unusually vivid. Dreams had a big impact on her.

“It wasn’t a nightmare… if I had to say, it was more like a good dream? I’ve had similar dreams before.”

In the dream, she was like Eiya, happily running around at home, acting cute, being spoiled in her parents’ and elders’ arms. Treated like the family’s precious treasure, completely surrounded by happiness and affection.

After hearing Eiru describe the dream, Yuki’s emotions immediately became complicated. That kind of dream… her parents had already gone that far, and yet Eiru still had expectations for them?

Yuki wasn’t incapable of understanding. No child didn’t long to be spoiled in their parents’ arms and receive their love. But to still hold onto expectations at this point, Yuki genuinely felt it wasn’t worth it for Eiru to have parents like that.

But in truth, that little girl wasn’t thinking that way at all. And through this dream, she had arrived at a conclusion completely opposite to Yuki’s.

The little Demon Lord had had similar dreams before. That feeling of being wrapped in happiness meant that even after waking up, she would remain immersed in the dream for a long time. But once she fully woke up from that illusory happiness, all that remained in her heart was emptiness, disappointment, and grievance.

This time was different. After waking up from the dream, Eiru didn’t feel that hollow ache at all. It was like watching a movie as a bystander. She felt something, immersed herself for a moment, and once she was clear-headed again, there was no reaction left.

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So that’s how it is. I really don’t feel anything for them anymore. Reaching that conclusion, Her Majesty the Demon Lord instead felt a sense of relief. Not only did she not feel like she’d lost something, she even felt as if she had been freed from shackles.

“Go to class. I’ll sleep a bit more. Otherwise you’ll be late?”

Eiru reminded Yuki with a smile. She felt light all over now, and once she relaxed, drowsiness came rushing back, making her yawn.

But in Yuki’s eyes, that relieved smile from his little girlfriend carried a sense of regret and unwillingness. Feeling heartache, he rubbed her hair gently. After Eiru lay down again, Yuki quickly washed up and left the hotel.

Throughout the entire day at school, Yuki was completely distracted, his mind filled with Eiru’s relieved smile. Jiaqi noticed that something was off with his good brother and came over to check on him.

“What’s wrong, looking so troubled… I’m guessing it’s about Lu Brat, right? What did she do this time?”

“No… she didn’t do anything… it’s just that I’ve been thinking…”

Yuki paused, not knowing how to put into words what he was thinking about.

“Thinking about what? When to get the marriage certificate and throw a wedding banquet? That’d at least have to wait until you graduate high school… or even college, right? Didn’t your mom oppose early dating?”

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“No. I’m thinking about family relationships… about Lu Brat… and her relationship with her family.”

As he spoke, Yuki’s tone grew conflicted again. It wasn’t that he was considering letting Eiru go back home or anything. He was just wondering what kind of place ‘home’ occupied in her heart now.

“What’s there to think about? If my dad beat me half to death without even figuring out what happened, I’d definitely run away from home. Even if Lu Brat’s always been like a doormat, just swallowing everything, she couldn’t tolerate that kind of thing either, right?”

Jiaqi understood his childhood friend pretty well in this regard. Rather than enduring it, it was more that she shifted her attention and didn’t want to dwell on too many things. But for someone with such a high level of tolerance, once others crossed her bottom line, the backlash would be terrifying.

“She starved and slept rough outside for three days and still didn’t want anyone to know about it… even if she did still have some expectations for her family, it’s already beyond saving now.”

As he spoke, Jiaqi reached out and gave Yuki a hard pat on the back, reminding him of his responsibility as a boyfriend, and of the fact that he was already the only support and anchor in Eiru’s heart.

“Instead of thinking about all this pointless stuff, you’d be better off thinking about how to take care of her in the future and how to live your lives together. You snatched my childhood friend away to be your wife, you better take responsibility. Otherwise, I’ll snatch her back, you know?”

“Hold it, that’s not called snatching… we competed fairly, I just made the first move. You can’t just slap that label on me.”

Yuki immediately corrected him. I got my wife through my own ability. How can you say I stole her from you? She wasn’t even yours.

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“Forget it, forget it, there’s no point arguing with you… damn, I’m so mad. Childhood sweethearts losing to a sudden arrival. If I’d known she was a white-haired girl, why would I have gone abroad?”

“Her younger sister’s also a white-haired girl, and she counts as your childhood sweetheart too. Why don’t you consider her?”

Yuki suggested with a laugh. There’s clearly another girl right there. You don’t even need to pick.

“No, no, that’s bad for my health. She’s way too hard to deal with, okay? When she finally calms down and stops being so bratty, then I’ll think about it.”

Most of the time Jiaqi could keep Eiya in line, but he couldn’t deny how troublesome that girl was.

“Got it. Then you’ll have to call me brother-in-law later.”

“Get lost, I never said I was going after her!”