Demon King – Chapter 669 – Morning Study

“Skipping-class Demon Lord, haven’t seen you in a while. How did you get this pathetic?”

Teasing the loli slumped over her desk with a mischievous grin, Jiaqi was basically one step away from crawling under the desk and rolling around laughing.

It was not just him. Qianmeng and Qianchen in the front were also covering their mouths and snickering. Even Yuki beside her had his lips pressed tightly together, looking at his little girlfriend eating dirt while desperately holding back laughter.

“Guwu…”

With everyone around her treating this like free entertainment, Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s cheeks puffed up even more.

She had just slipped out of the classroom and barely made it a few steps down the stairwell when the homeroom teacher, who had clearly been lying in wait, caught her on the spot. Grabbing her by the back of the collar and hauling her back like a cat, the absurd scene nearly made the rest of the class laugh themselves silly.

“It’s not that you’ve fallen off. Our homeroom teacher is just too damn invincible. He is the school’s ace teacher, after all.

Ziyu patted Eiru on the shoulder in consolation, but the grin on his face sold him out completely.

“Don’t let his early-thirties look fool you. He’s a veteran with over forty years of work experience.”

“?”

“Just kidding.”

Jokes aside, the homeroom teacher really was an experienced educator. After dealing with all kinds of students for so many years, even if he had never seen anyone quite like Eiru before, catching students skipping class was hardly difficult for him.

When to skip, where to run, which route to take. There were only so many options. Once he had already guessed that a certain loli was planning to skip class, unless Eiru went all out with invisibility or illusions, wherever she ran she was getting caught.

When she was first grabbed, the Demon Lord still thought she might be salvageable and immediately begged for mercy.

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‘Look, I already know all this stuff. Can’t I just not attend class?’

“This isn’t about academics. It’s about discipline. You were in another class before, so I couldn’t manage you. Now that you’re in my class, I have to.”

The iron-faced homeroom teacher was not afraid of this kind of cute-acting assault and shut her proposal down on the spot.

After reminding the class about the key points of morning study, and leaving a declaration of “run once and I’ll catch you once” to a certain troublemaking loli, the teacher returned to his office to organize teaching materials.

“Not running anymore?”

Yuki was honestly pretty happy. Even if it was forced, at least this girl could finally stay put.

“I can’t get away. I can’t exactly turn cheats on. That would expose me.”

Slumped over the desk looking utterly dispirited, the Demon Lord was so unhappy she started gnawing on her own sleeve.

Ruffling Eiru’s little head, Yuki focused on his own morning study. He was not some cheat-enabled existence like her. He still had to study properly.

“Mm…”

Lying on the desk, Eiru tilted her head slightly and stole glances at Yuki beside her, who was seriously studying.

Even though she could not go sunbathe on the rooftop, her seat happened to be bathed in sunlight streaming in through the window. Feeling the warmth of the winter sun, the Demon Lord wondered if even her seat had been deliberately chosen by Yuki in advance.

Her gaze softened at once, like a little kitten whose fur had been smoothed and who had gone limp. Looking at Yuki beside her, the Demon Lord recalled the phone call she had with her little sister yesterday.

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——Time rewinds to yesterday——

“I don’t care if you don’t care about yourself. Even if you don’t value yourself, shouldn’t you at least care about Brother Yuki?”

“How am I not caring about him? I care about him the most, okay?”

Being questioned about how much she valued Yuki, the Demon Lord immediately fired back.

“Then what does he care about the most right now? Don’t tell me you don’t know.”

“It should be… me, right?”

She might be slow when it came to herself, but at this point even Eiru could not get this kind of dumb question wrong.

“Exactly. If you don’t value yourself, you’re not valuing what he values. You’re abusing and wasting your own body. Isn’t that also hurting him?”

“I… I know that. You don’t have to tell me.”

After being scolded so fiercely by her sister, the Demon Lord’s tone softened completely.

“You know my ass. Dragging things out, slacking off. When something goes wrong, all you’ll be able to do is apologize in Brother Yuki’s arms while he’s heartbroken. Is that how you want things to end up?”

“I… I was wrong.”

Imagining that scene, Yuki’s heartbroken expression made the Demon Lord feel scared.

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“I really do plan to look properly. Don’t say it like that.”

She might call it slacking off, but she was actually doing things seriously. Her original plan was to go back to her hometown during the New Year to see if there were any clues. Calling it slacking was really just squeezing it into spare time. Probably.

Recalling the conversation from yesterday and carrying guilt and unease in her heart, Eiru unconsciously reached out and lightly rested her hand on Yuki’s arm.

“Hm? Lu Brat… what’s wrong?”

Noticing her movement, Yuki responded with a gentle, caring smile.

“It’s nothing, nothing.”

Thinking she had disturbed him, the Demon Lord hurriedly pulled her hand back. Seeing his smile, a faint blush inevitably crept onto her face.

“Be good. Lying down and soaking up the sun is fine too.”

Smiling, Yuki pinched her cheek lightly and lowered his head to continue the study session he had been interrupted from.

“Mmn…”

Looking at her boyfriend’s serious expression, the Demon Lord did not even know what she was thinking anymore. It just felt like there was some kind of magic about him that made it impossible for her to look away.

With nothing else to do and feeling bored, the Demon Lord stayed there, lying down and admiring the focused posture of the person beside her. It was still morning, and under the warmth of the winter sun, as time passed, drowsiness inevitably crept up on her.

After studying for a long while, planning to rest for a bit, Yuki rubbed his temples and glanced toward the girl beside him again.

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The girl was lying on the desk with her eyes closed. At some point, she had fallen asleep. With her even breathing, Yuki had no idea what kind of dream she was having.

Her mouth was still smacking lightly, that childlike look appearing especially cute in his eyes.

“Silly loli. It’s winter. Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?”

Yuki smiled helplessly. Having already expected this, he turned and rummaged through his bag, pulling out a jacket he had prepared in advance.

Using the jacket as a blanket, he gently covered her small body. His movements were light and slow, afraid of waking the little cutie beside him from her dreams.

Qianmeng and Qianchen in the front noticed what was going on at the back. Sneaking glances, they could not help but sigh.

“Wow, that’s so warm.”

“So sweet.”

Translator Note

What sweet! Go let ant armies swarm them!