Demon King – Chapter 679 – The Wind Has Changed

Jiaqi actually had a girl he liked? Hearing this, the Demon Lord was shocked, but at the same time her gossip instincts were instantly stirred. After all, he was a childhood friend and a sworn enemy. If she did not take this chance to mess with him a bit, how could that be acceptable?

“What the hell? What kind of brain circuit is that?”

Jiaqi genuinely could not understand how Ziyu had arrived at such a conclusion. Sure, he had been thinking about things lately, but liking someone? That was a bit too absurd.

As someone who had transferred in halfway through, Jiaqi had quickly gotten along with the boys in class, but he was not particularly familiar with the girls.

At most, he was somewhat close with Qianchen, who had a tomboyish personality. As for Eiru? Jiaqi still had not fully started viewing her as a girl, so that was out.

“Don’t be shy, let your bro guess. Su Qianmeng? Or Su Qianchen? Or could it be some other girl in class? But I haven’t seen you interacting with anyone, so that seems unlikely?”

“I already told you that’s not a thing. You’re the one going crazy because you want to get out of being single, and now you’re projecting it onto me.”

Jiaqi smacked Ziyu on the back a little, mildly annoyed.

“You yell about wanting to get a girlfriend every day, why don’t you actually put in some effort.”

“Hey, I want to too… but effort doesn’t help. I’m not familiar with them anyway, right?”

Ziyu collapsed onto the desk, wearing a look that screamed I’ve given up on trying.

‘You have not even tried at all. What do you think dating is, just be proactive…’

Yuki complained silently, then rubbed the head of his little girlfriend beside him.

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‘Look at my Lu Brat. She is someone you only get by putting in effort. If I had just waited around for her to make the first move, she would have been tricked away by some other bad guy long ago…’

“That won’t work, Stupid Yu. If you want to get out of being single, you need a clear goal, a clear target to pursue.”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord expressed her opinion seriously. The four of them gathered together and discussed the issue enthusiastically, completely ignoring the fact that they were still in class.

Illusions were just that outrageous. With a certain loli around, even if the four of them started dancing on the spot, no one else would react, let alone them just chatting like this.

Although she had just run out of mana and shut down yesterday, and today she was already wasting magic again… Yuki felt a bit helpless about his little girlfriend’s behavior, but did not plan to interfere too much. After all, it was not like there was no solution. Worst case, he could just kiss her again~

“I’m not picky at all. As long as it’s a girl, anything goes. Anyone is fine. Let me experience some sweet romance already. Stop making me eat the dog food these two assholes keep feeding me every day.”

“What do you mean not picky, are you fishing with a net here?”

Yuki raised an eyebrow. Looking at Ziyu howling toward the sky, he felt a sense of frustration at wasted potential.

“Yeah, yeah. Look at Aunt Mu, before or now, she always had a clear person she was pursuing, right? If you want to get out of being single, at the very least you need someone you like, and then go chase her. Sitting here waiting for someone to knock on your door is honestly pretty stupid.”

While echoing Yuki’s point, the Demon Lord thought that although Ziyu was usually kind of dumb, he probably would not have such a casual attitude toward romance. If this was born out of envy, then could it be that…

“Ziyu, do you actually already have a girl you like?”

Suddenly leaning over onto Ziyu’s desk and staring straight into his eyes, Her Majesty the Demon Lord grinned as she patted his head, her tone full of playful intent.

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At her words, Ziyu’s body jerked violently, but he quickly returned to normal. That little movement, however, did not escape the eyes of a certain loli.

“Oh ho? I guessed right?”

“No. Who could I possibly like? Besides, how could someone like me ever be liked by anyone? Stop thinking about it, stop thinking about it…”

Facing Ziyu’s outright denial, the smile on the Demon Lord’s face only grew wider. Right, always shouting about wanting to get out of being single, yet extremely passive in action. If you ruled out pure lip service and laziness, then having someone he already liked explained everything perfectly.

“Got it. You’re afraid she won’t like you, so you don’t dare to confess. And because you already have someone you like, you have zero interest in other girls.”

Yuki also caught on. Who would have thought that Ziyu, usually dumb as hell, could be this calculating? Using the act of constantly yelling about wanting a girlfriend to numb everyone’s nerves and avoid people gossiping about him.

“Good grief, no wonder you suddenly asked me if I liked someone. Turns out you were feeling guilty yourself!”

“I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense!”

Ziyu instantly fell into chaos, trying to figure out where he had slipped up.

“Let me guess, it’s Qianmeng, right!”

The Demon Lord slapped the desk and pressed on. “Right? Right?”

“You little loli, stop gossiping for no reason! Little lolis shouldn’t be learning this stuff!”

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The wind on the field suddenly shifted. Although it was still a three-on-one situation, it instantly turned from persecuting Jiaqi to persecuting Ziyu.

“No no no, Lu Brat is a macho man, okay. And didn’t you just gossip about me too?”

To avenge the gossip attack he had just suffered for no reason, Jiaqi decisively stood on the side of his childhood friend. You trying to drag me down with you to divert attention? You’re dead now.

“But why Qianmeng? Shouldn’t Qianchen be closer to Ziyu?”

Yuki focused instead on Eiru’s guess. He was curious how his little girlfriend had come to that conclusion.

“Heh. heh. Being close doesn’t mean you like someone. Some people lose their sense of distance because they are too familiar, and that is exactly why they cannot end up together, you know…”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord put her hands on her hips, tilting her little head up with a smug look. Ever since Yuki’s grades had gone up, it had been a long time since he had asked her for advice on anything.

So now that she finally had a chance to be the teacher again and properly give these ‘students’ a lesson, Eiru could not help but feel a little carried away.

“Generally speaking, when we talk about those two sisters together, aside from when we are literally calling their names, we usually bring up Qianchen first, right?”

Compared to her quiet and somewhat airheaded older sister, the younger sister Qianchen had a loud, carefree, tomboyish personality and a much stronger presence. So when people mentioned the two sisters, the first one that came to mind was usually the younger sister.

But Ziyu had immediately asked if Jiaqi liked Qianmeng. That was not particularly abnormal, but it did not quite match the usual habit people had when talking about the two sisters.

And Ziyu usually messed around quite a lot with Qianchen. If he really liked her but was too timid to confess, generally speaking it would be impossible for him to be this familiar and playful with her.

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On the other hand, with Qianmeng, whom he understood to a certain extent yet still kept a fair distance from, the probability of Ziyu liking her was naturally much higher.

Of course, things could not be said with absolute certainty. Ziyu’s social circle was broad. Girls from the class, or even girls from other classes, were all possibilities.

But that would be awkward to say. The Demon Lord did not even know those people. If you asked her to guess in that direction, she could only pick from the three girls she actually knew anyway…

Translator Note

Z-Ziyu…?

Y-You… betrayed me…

Hwaaaaaaaa!!

Unfairrrrr!!!

Why am I the only one…!! Hwaaaaaa~~~