Demon King – Chapter 628 – Uninvited Guests

Eiya’s words stirred up a huge uproar among the relatives. No one could have imagined that Eiru, who was thought to have gone bad and become some delinquent street punk, had actually managed to solve a problem that countless families had failed to resolve for years.

Ei Yuan and Liu Wan looked as if they had been struck by lightning, their minds completely blank. Their son had taken on the Amber Crystal curse in place of their daughter? So the reason their daughter had been able to live until now was because of this?

Before they could even finish processing it, Eiya delivered another heavy blow. Because she had taken on a great deal for her, along with other reasons, Eiru’s body had always been in poor condition. Even some old lingering issues had worsened over time.

With all her memories restored, Eiya also spoke of a scene from her childhood, when she had seen her brother secretly vomiting blood by the sink. Back then she had been young and ignorant and did not really remember it. It was only through the memories sent over by the Insurance Mechanism that she recalled it now.

“And there was that time when my brother was bitten by a snake and almost didn’t make it. Her heart was affected to some extent too… she’s been forcing herself to hold on with a sickly body all this time, afraid of causing trouble for you, so she kept hiding it.”

With every sentence Eiya spoke, Ei Yuan and Liu Wan’s hearts clenched painfully. And with all these things being said in front of so many relatives, the two of them felt as if they were being publicly executed, their own daughter announcing to everyone their neglect and failure as parents.

“Then… about your brother going bad out there…”

With a forced smile, they asked the question. But they were not stupid. After hearing Eiya say so much, they could already guess the answer.

“It was fake. She deliberately made you think she’d gone bad… so that you’d distance yourselves from her and put all your attention on me.”

As she spoke, Eiya pressed a hand to her chest and lowered her head.

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Having seen her sister’s experiences and psychological journey through the memories transmitted by the Insurance Mechanism, talking about this made Eiya’s heart ache as if being twisted. There was sympathy and sadness, disappointment and unwillingness toward herself, and even more so, guilt.

“She never thought she’d be kicked out of the house and burdened with all kinds of negative reputations. All she ever wanted was to not cause trouble for any of us.”

Back then, she had even felt that her days were numbered, and wanted to use emotional distance so that everyone would not feel sad when she was gone. She had always been thinking of others, yet all she got in return was this kind of treatment.

Because her soul had only just finished re-fusing, Eiya still did not have full control over her body. Not only was she weak, she even still had trouble walking… but aside from that, there were no other problems. These were things that would quickly recover with time.

So Ei Yuan and Liu Wan went ahead and completed the discharge procedures for their daughter. But along the way, they were still in a daze. That truth, so heavy and shocking, left them not even knowing how they had made it back home.

They did not dare tell their daughter about the vicious beating they had given Eiru. After Eiya returned to her long-unoccupied room to rest, one of them stayed in the living room while the other remained in the bedroom, each trying to digest the information their daughter had revealed earlier. Neither of them had any appetite to eat.

“No, we have to hurry and find Little Lu!”

The first to lose patience was naturally Liu Wan. She rushed out of the bedroom and said this to Ei Yuan.

“Keep it down, don’t let the child hear…”

Ei Yuan felt the same way. He had originally wanted to calm down a bit more before going to look for his son… but now, there was no way he could calm down at all.

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Just as they were discussing heading out to look for the person who had previously given them information about their son, their doorbell rang at that very moment.

When they opened the door, the person standing there was precisely the one they had been looking for. As if he had guessed their thoughts, he showed up at this exact moment…

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Because he had school the next day, Yuki only reluctantly said goodbye to his little girlfriend after having dinner and keeping her company for quite a while.

The little Demon Lord did not really mind. Just having Yuki come over to see her and keep her company already made her very satisfied. When it came time to sleep, she had the teddy bear he had given her, and on the floor there were still two cats, one big and one small, play-fighting with each other.

More than half an hour after Yuki left, Eiru, feeling a bit bored, leaned on her crutches and played with the cats for a while. Just as she was thinking about whether to go to bed early today, the room’s doorbell suddenly rang.

“Huh? Uncle?”

Opening the door and seeing that it was Officer Li, Her Majesty the Demon Lord was a little surprised. After all, it was already quite late… coming to visit her at this hour would not affect his work?

“Wait a sec, wait a sec, I’ll go make some tea for you, Uncle!”

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As she spoke, Eiru turned around, hopping over to the cabinet on her crutches. She rose slightly onto her toes, using the crutches for support as she reached out to grab the tea canister on the upper shelf.

“No need to be so polite, I’m just here to sit for a bit…”

Officer Li gently helped Eiru close the door. Because her movement was inconvenient, he had indicated before that she could leave things like closing the door to him. Having come so many times, it had more or less become a habit.

“Eiru… have you thought about what you’re going to do in the future?”

Sitting on the chair and looking at the girl’s back as she struggled on tiptoe to get the tea leaves, Officer Li suddenly asked in a heavy, earnest tone about her future plans.

“Huh? Plans… for now I can only trouble you all. I need to recover here first.”

Having just gotten hold of the tea canister, the little Demon Lord froze for a moment when she heard the question. After thinking for a bit, she answered seriously.

“After I recover, I probably won’t stay in Huanghai, right? I’ll see if I can find some work in the neighboring Qionglong City or something? Anyway, I can’t go to school anymore…”

She tilted her head and stuck out her tongue slightly. Of course, since she had her back turned, Officer Li could not see her expression.

“You’re just a little girl, going to Qionglong by yourself?”

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Officer Li frowned.

“You can’t stay in Huanghai?”

“I can’t stay in Huanghai. I don’t want them to find me… and I can’t just freeload and let you all keep taking care of me forever. I have to find a way to make a living, right?”

Hugging the tea canister, Her Majesty the Demon Lord carefully chose her words, thinking about how to explain things without making him misunderstand.

“To put it simply, I really care about human connections! I owe you all so much, Uncle, at the very least I have to earn money to pay back the rent here, right~ And then once I can support myself, I’ll come back to look for…”

As she spoke, Eiru turned around. She had originally wanted to make a silly face to tease him, but the scene in front of her almost scared her soul out of her body.

In this not-so-large room, two additional figures had suddenly appeared. Completely unprepared, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had never imagined these two would show up in front of her like this.

Looking at the two uninvited guests, the little Demon Lord instantly went into a shutdown state. Her grip loosened, and the tea canister she was holding fell straight to the floor…