Demon King – Chapter 671 – The Reason for Hibernation

The moment they heard something had happened to a certain little loli, everyone who was supposed to move moved immediately.

In less than twenty minutes, aside from one person who was still driving over because of the distance involved, the small school infirmary was already packed with people.

Besides the invincible homeroom teacher, Officer Li and Doctor Su Yuze were the first two to arrive. Yuki had originally been worrying about how to hide things, only to realize this was something he did not need to worry about at all.

Because Seventh High had changed its school doctor not long ago. As for who they changed to, of course it was one of the members of Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s medical team. This was insurance arranged by higher ups, just in case something happened to Eiru at school and it could not be handled in time.

Qi Rong, who rushed over after hearing the news, also used a glance from Officer Li as a cue to send the homeroom teacher and Qian Chen out of the infirmary and wait by the door. Now inside the infirmary, only those who knew about the Demon Lord’s identity remained.

“So then, what exactly is her condition?”

“Isn’t that your job?”

As he spoke, Doctor Su Yuze realized with a headache that most of the equipment he brought had completely shut down and could not be used. Only things like stethoscopes and thermometers that did not rely on power were still functional. In the small infirmary, even the lights could not be turned on.

“She ran out of magic power and entered hibernation. In this state, she will violently plunder all usable energy around her to replenish her magic power.”

Yuki stepped forward in time to explain the situation, but this answer did not help much with the situation at hand. Even if they knew this, they could not exactly haul in a generator on the spot to charge this little loli.

“Then put her by the window first, let her get as much sunlight as possible.”

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The adults understood quickly and immediately thought of the sun, but clearly this level of exposure was not enough to wake Eiru.

“I told her to be more careful, over and over again. How did it still turn out like this…”

Yuki grabbed his hair in frustration, cursing in his heart why this girl just would not care more about herself.

‘No, Little Lu had never gone back on something she promised. Even if she did not care about herself, anything she promised to someone else, she would never take lightly.’

After calming down a little, he realized he was being too impulsive.

And besides, Eiru had powered down while sleeping. That alone was extremely strange. Sleeping in the sun should have been a state of recovering magic power. She had not done anything, had not consumed any magic, so how did she suddenly power off?

Once the logic was sorted out, there was only one answer. Something had consumed Eiru’s magic power without her knowing. And it had been a short term but intense drain, which led to her current condition.

“If something weird happens to me and you can’t find the reason, go look for Hulu first. Either it can deal with it, or it’s its fault. Oh right, before this, Little Ya’s issue was also pinned on it.”

Suddenly recalling these somewhat strange words his girlfriend had said not long ago, Yuki abruptly stood up. Even though he did not know what exactly was going on, going to find that little thing first was definitely the right move.

Just as he was about to leave, Ei Yuan pushed the door open and rushed in. The moment he saw the little Demon Lord curled up unconscious under the window, his emotions instantly spiraled out of control. Grabbing the bedpost, he shouted loudly.

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“Little Lu. Little Lu don’t scare me. Wake up. Don’t scare Dad, alright?”

“Calm down, calm down. The girl isn’t in danger for now, she’s just unconscious. The reason is already known, we’re thinking of a solution.”

Officer Li hurried over to hold Ei Yuan back and comfort him. He understood how the man felt, but was this reaction not a bit too intense?

“You don’t know, something like this has happened in our family before. Fell asleep and never woke up, then never woke up again.”

Thinking of his younger sister who died young, who had been exactly like this back then, Ei Yuan could not accept something like this happening to his own child again.

All Daughters of Amber Crystal were the same. If Eiya had not been saved by her older sister, she too would have fallen into a dream she could never wake from, gradually weakening until she left the world. There would not be much pain. Perhaps this was Amber Crystal’s final mercy.

“Uncle Ei, do you know where Hulu is? Little Lu shouldn’t have brought it to school.”

Forcing down the resentment in his heart, Yuki stepped forward and asked politely. Among everyone present, Ei Yuan was probably the only one who had clues about Hulu.

“Ah, you are…”

Even though they had not met many times, Ei Yuan still remembered this close friend of his child. After all, he was often used as the textbook example of someone else’s kid. Forgetting him would be absurd.

“Oh right, this is my son. He was the one who noticed something was wrong with your daughter and brought her here. He was also the one who found your daughter back then.”

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Officer Li explained. Thinking about it carefully, he really had never formally introduced his son to this old friend.

“Oh, thank you, thank you…”

Ei Yuan tightly grasped Yuki’s hand, his nerves stretched to the limit, with no energy left to marvel at coincidences in the world.

“Uncle, you still haven’t answered my question. Hulu might be the breakthrough for Little Lu’s current situation.”

Yuki forced a strained smile, constantly suppressing the urge to slap the man’s hand away.

“Hulu, that little thing? Even I don’t know what it really is. But generally speaking, it never stays properly inside the house.”

Since it concerned his daughter, Ei Yuan also began thinking seriously. But that unknown creature at home was, to be honest, even harder to manage than a cat.

It had the intelligence to open windows and sneak out to play, could fly, and could even turn itself transparent and invisible. At least cats could be kept in by locking windows. This magical unknown little cutie was genuinely impossible to keep contained.

Usually no one knew where Hulu went to play. As long as it had its fun, it would come back on its own. It normally did not cause any trouble, so Eiru’s family did not pay it much attention. From that angle, raising it really was more worry free than raising cats.

So what exactly happened to Hulu?

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For that, we need to rewind time back to the morning.

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As Her Majesty the Demon Lord opened her eyes and climbed out of bed, Hulu also bounced up with her, shook the fur on its body, and began a new day of life.

Under normal circumstances, the little Demon Lord would not bring Hulu with her to school. Unless it insisted on following on a whim, the three little animals would stay inside, happily playing together.

But Hulu was not something that could be kept shut. Filled with curiosity toward everything, its range of activity was naturally not limited to just one small room.

Often playing outside, it had long since mingled with nearby stray cats, stray dogs, and even the little sparrows that occasionally landed on the ground.

Another morning of sneaking out to play happily. After chasing around and roughhousing with a few stray cats for a while, a somewhat tired Hulu fluttered its wings and leisurely walked along the road, planning to find a place to rest properly for a bit.

Because it had been told not to draw attention, Hulu stayed invisible most of the time while outside. But as it passed a certain intersection, it suddenly felt a sense of danger.

Turning its head, an isekai reincarnation device… nope, a large truck came roaring straight toward it.