Demon King – Chapter 645 – A Hot Potato

At the police station, a petite silver-haired girl sat on a chair. With her back against the wall, she stared straight ahead, her entire body tense and on edge.

Of course, Her Majesty the Demon Lord was definitely not there because she had done something wrong and been dragged in for tea. Even though she looked extremely nervous right now, in truth, she was just taking an ID photo.

Normally, this kind of thing would be handled at a print shop or something similar. But because of this girl’s special circumstances, Officer Li and the others decided it would be better to deal with it directly at the station.

“Relax, don’t shake…”

The female police officer holding the camera gently coaxed her.

“It’s just taking a photo. No need to be so scared.”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord lightly bit her lip and did not dare speak. She was nervous, sure, but not to the point of trembling all over and being unable to talk. The reason she was shaking like this was simply because she was cold.

Why did a cold front have to hit today of all days? Yesterday she was still happily wearing a short-sleeved shirt. Today she had two long sleeves plus a thick coat on, and it was still freezing. This girl was about to die of cold.

But the long sleeves and tights also covered up the bandages wrapped around Eiru’s joints, so others would not get curious about them. That saved a lot of trouble.

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Only after sitting down did the little Demon Lord realize she had forgotten to hide the horns on her head. Normally she just explained them away as hair accessories, but this time she completely forgot about it.

ID photos were not strictly forbidden from having hair accessories, but the two horns on Eiru’s head were far too conspicuous. They clearly did not fall into the acceptable category.

Just as she placed her hands on the horns, preparing to create the illusion of taking them off, the female officer in front of her seemed to notice her intention and directly said that it was fine for Eiru to keep wearing the “hair accessories”.

Though full of confusion, the little Demon Lord obediently stopped moving. Naturally, she had no idea that the person in front of her actually knew her identity, and that letting her keep the horns was a deliberate choice.

“You said you wanted to reapply for the girl’s identity? But I already handled it on my end. I just modified her original identity.”

Somewhere else in the station, Ei Yuan and Officer Li were also discussing the registration of a certain Demon Lord’s identity. Ei Yuan had no idea that the higher-ups had already prepared all the necessary information for his daughter. He was still worrying about what kind of trouble modifying it might cause.

“Wouldn’t it be better to make a new one? After all, we can’t explain how she suddenly went from a boy to a girl. The photos would be completely different too. Doing it that way would be too troublesome and take too long.”

“But I’ve already taken care of it for you. We’re just waiting on a photo. By tomorrow, even today, you’ll be able to get her new documents.”

Officer Li was clearly a bit troubled. After all, it had already been registered on the other side, and now they were suddenly saying they wanted to redo it.

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And he could not tell the other party that the higher-ups already knew about Eiru’s existence, that there was actually no need to explain anything at all. Besides, the higher-ups knew far more than the few of them did. Who needed to explain things to whom was still unclear.

“Isn’t it supposed to be seven to fifteen working days? Is the efficiency that high now?”

“That’s because I prepared it in advance for you. On-site processing wouldn’t be this fast.”

On the other side of the station, Eiya, who had come along with her sister, was pulled aside by her mother. After hearing what Liu Wan said, she was so shocked that she did not know what to say.

“You… what do you mean you suspect my sister of what? Doing what outside?”

‘She was your biological daughter, alright? You could even suspect something like that, and you wanted me to ask around for you.’

Even though Liu Wan phrased it extremely tactfully, Eiya understood exactly what she meant.

“No, it’s not that I’m suspecting her… Your sister used to be a boy. There are many things about being a girl that she just doesn’t understand. I’m afraid that during these days she’s been outside, she might suffer losses or get tricked by someone.”

To be honest, Eiya really wanted to jump up and knock the other person on the head. Forget whether it counted as suspicion or not. Telling me all this is clearly just wanting me to investigate, right? You’re seriously overestimating me.

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My sister isn’t stupid. If she really wanted to hide something, aside from a certain male mom, who else could possibly get words out of her? When it comes to prying things out of her, there are only two outcomes. Either she forgets to hide it and it slips out casually, or nothing comes out no matter what.

“Forget it, forget it. Let’s just treat it as you being worried about her. But you don’t need to ask about this. I can tell you very clearly, Mom. My sister didn’t, and couldn’t possibly, do that kind of thing. Relax.”

‘I, Eiya. Even if I can’t pry things out of her, as someone who has fully witnessed my sister’s life from the first-person perspective since she was seven years old, she has no secrets in front of me.’

“Mom, are you asking about her clothes, those dolls and plushies, and the other gifts? Those were all given by her boy… cough cough, male classmates? No, just her old best friends, like Brother Jiaqi and the others.”

Clearing her throat, Eiya almost let the words “boyfriend” slip out. Thankfully she turned the corner in time, or this situation would have been impossible to clean up.

“Didn’t I tell you before? Those friends of hers have known for a long time and have always taken good care of her. You should give my sister more trust. Forget about her own matters. A lot of things at home are actually solved by her quietly behind the scenes, you know?”

After getting this explanation, although she was still half-doubtful, the stone hanging in Liu Wan’s heart finally dropped a bit. But then she suddenly thought of something else, leaned down, and asked her younger daughter a terrifying question.

“Then those friends of hers, they didn’t develop any ideas about her, right?”

“Mom! She lives in a boys’ dorm! If they had ideas, she’d have been eaten clean long ago, alright? And they’ve been protecting my sister all this time. We should be thanking them instead, shouldn’t we?”

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Even though she understood her mother’s temperament and personality, Eiya still felt a headache coming on. Why was it that whenever things involved her and Eiru, her mother became so suspicious and uneasy?

As for Yuki, Eiya felt that what she said was not wrong either. Yuki did have ideas about Eiru. And aside from the very last step, hadn’t they basically done everything else already?

“You absolutely cannot say that in front of my sister. Otherwise she’ll definitely get angry. Because aside from those close friends, you could say she doesn’t really value anything else.”

Holding up one finger to warn her mother, Eiya was now extremely afraid that the other party would run off to Eiru again and stir up something. Out of a bit of selfishness, Eiya actually hoped her sister would stay by her side, so she could keep her company.

“If you’re suspicious, Mom, why don’t you go ask Brother Jiaqi? Ask him whether he has any ideas about my sister. Wouldn’t that settle it? Anyway, when it comes to Brother Jiaqi, Mom, you don’t need to hold back. Just ask whatever you want, right?”

While explaining and warning her, possibly out of revenge for being bullied by Jiaqi all day that time, Eiya casually sold him out.

Meanwhile, Jiaqi, who was still in the dorm chatting and messing around with his brothers, had no idea that his little childhood sweetheart had just tossed him a hot potato, completely unaware of it.