Demon King – Chapter 677 – Father and Daughter’s Everyday (Not-So-Everyday) Conversation

After an incident like this, aside from a certain loli who simply did not take it to heart at all, everyone else was more or less affected emotionally.

Especially a certain father. Sitting on the sofa, watching Hulu struggling on the table as it tried to prop itself up and move around, Ei Yuan kept his face dark, not saying a single word.

At first, he had thought it was nothing more than some unidentified little pet that his daughter wanted to keep. But today he learned that this thing was actually closely tied to Eiru, and that its true nature was even a fragment of that disgusting giant crystal?

Learning that Hulu’s true identity was a shard of Amber Crystal, Ei Yuan, who had lost his younger sister and almost lost his daughter as well, truly regarded Amber Crystal as an enemy…

If Eiru had not added further explanations afterward, Hulu would not have been able to continue staying in this house at all. Ei Yuan would have already thrown it outside.

“Just a fragment, unrelated to the one in the lake… How exactly did something like this get tangled up with my daughter.”

Lightly pounding his own head, the chaotic information gave Ei Yuan a real headache.

And according to his daughter, this little thing could now be considered a part of her. In other words, no matter how uncomfortable it made him feel, this thing was bound to his daughter and absolutely could not be treated lightly.

“I thought you’d put it in a cage or something… Though I guess that makes sense too, it can barely move right now, so there’s no real need to lock it up?”

Walking out of her room, the Demon Lord looked at the scene in the living room and mocked him without restraint. And yet, those words did not sound like mere sarcasm, carrying instead a sense of something left unsaid.

“For your safety, to be honest, I really want to lock it up…”

Ei Yuan sighed.

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“But you already told me about the connection between you two, didn’t you? I can’t exactly put you in a cage either.”

“Don’t you lock me up all the time anyway? When I was little, and even recently…”

With a plop, Her Majesty the Demon Lord sat down on the sofa. As she spoke, she took off her gloves, grabbed a bag of chips, tore it open, scooped up a handful, and tossed them straight into her mouth.

“Huh?”

“Huh what? You want to say that wasn’t a cage? Lock the door from the outside and it’s just a bigger cage, isn’t it?”

Even as she said that, Eiru’s face remained calm, with no trace of accusation at all, as if she were simply stating an ordinary fact.

“No, that’s not what I meant, you were covered in injuries. I was afraid you’d run outside to play and end up in another accident or something… I just wasn’t reassured about you in your current state…”

“Not reassured? But I lived on my own outside for several years, you know? Why weren’t you so unreassured back then?”

‘So she was still hung up on that, was she? Or maybe not exactly…’

Ei Yuan felt awful inside, not only because her words sounded like blame or complaint, but more importantly because of the tone she was using right now.

If this girl had been angry, resentful, or even sarcastic, it would have been fine. No matter how she blamed him, Ei Yuan believed he could accept it humbly and correct himself.

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But the problem was that Eiru’s tone right now was so flat that there was no emotional fluctuation at all. It was like she was talking about someone completely unrelated over casual after-dinner conversation. That kind of indifferent attitude made Ei Yuan even more uneasy.

“Dad promised you before that I would protect you properly, and that I would respect you. So if you ever feel something isn’t right, tell Dad about it. I’ll fix it, okay?”

Although these were words a father should say, if Yuki were here to hear them, he might not be able to resist smacking Ei Yuan on the head. No wonder Lu Brat says you have absolutely no understanding of kids at all!

If Lu Brat would proactively say what she was really thinking, that would be the sun rising in the west. I already get headaches over her habit of bottling everything up, and you think a couple of sentences will magically fix it?

“Huh? Even if I say it, would you actually listen?”

Tilting her head in disbelief, in the Demon Lord’s eyes, most adults believed they could never be wrong.

Just like her troublesome mother. Elders admitting their mistakes in front of juniors was, to Her Majesty the Demon Lord, something utterly inconceivable.

“What are you saying? Everyone makes mistakes. Look at how we messed up in the way we treated you. As long as I realize my mistakes, Dad will definitely work hard to correct them.”

After all, Ei Yuan was a close friend of Officer Li. If they could not reach a consensus on certain things, how could they have remained so close? He knew that his main issue was neglecting his family, and what he needed to work on now was making up for that long-standing neglect.

“Oh… then when will you—ugh?!”

Before she could finish her question, the Demon Lord suddenly felt a wave of discomfort surge through her chest. Instantly realizing what was happening, she jumped up from the sofa and rushed toward the bathroom.

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The moment she reached the sink, a mouthful of fresh blood burst from her lips, splattering into the basin. This horrifying scene was also witnessed by Ei Yuan, who rushed in right after her, nearly scaring the soul out of him.

“Little Lu! LittleLu! Dad will call a doctor right now… You can’t let anything happen to you…”

Ei Yuan pulled out his phone and was just about to call Doctor Su Yuze when a hand pressed down on the one holding the phone, stopping him.

“Don’t make such a big deal out of it, it’s not a serious problem…”

The Demon Lord shook her head at her father, signaling him not to call someone so late at night and disturb them.

“What do you mean it’s not serious? You’re coughing up blood, is that a small problem?”

Ei Yuan was momentarily angered by her attitude. Just as he shook off her hand and was about to continue, her next words froze him in place.

“I’ve been coughing up blood like this for eight or nine years already, and I’m still fine…”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord gave a bitter smile.

“It started when I was seven or eight. I didn’t see you this anxious back then… Oh right, you didn’t even know about it.”

‘Eight or nine years…?’

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Ei Yuan could hardly believe his ears. Back then, Eiru was not even living outside. They had been under the same roof, and yet the family had completely failed to notice something like this?

“So don’t make such a fuss. Honestly, this time was actually relatively mild, because of the way I replenished my mana…”

Thinking back to what happened at noon, a faint blush crept onto the Demon Lord’s face.

“Basically, it’s an issue with conversion efficiency during dormancy. The absorbed energy doesn’t get refined finely enough, and leftover impurities cause symptoms like coughing up blood… Anyway, it really isn’t a big problem.”

“No, I still need to call a doctor to come check on you…”

Ei Yuan clearly did not believe this explanation at all. Seeing him insist on making the call, the Demon Lord’s temper flared up.

“Didn’t you say you trusted me?! I already said I’m fine! I know my own body better than anyone. You people don’t understand me at all, and you’re always dragging others into trouble, what’s the point!”

“But…”

“No buts. Isn’t everything normal already? And you don’t need to clean the sink either. Look, it’s already gone.”

Following the direction of his daughter’s finger, Ei Yuan’s eyes widened. The bloodstains that should have been all over the basin had completely vanished. The terrifying scene from just moments ago was gone without a trace, as if it had all been nothing more than a dream…