Demon King – Chapter 705 – The Demon Lord Caught the Little Brat

He was a bit too quiet today… Watching his deskmate lying facedown on the desk looking utterly dejected, Wei, who was already used to the other guy’s usual chuunibyou rambling and nonsense, actually started feeling uncomfortable.

“Hey, Brother Xia? What’s wrong with you? Get up and start preaching your Hero-versus-Demon-Lord exploits already? Lying there like this really doesn’t suit you.”

He nudged the person beside him with his elbow. As a good bro, seeing Xixia this listless made Wei feel pretty bad too.

“It’s nothing, I’m just… sad.”

“What happened? Tell your bro about it?”

Xixia’s weak reply didn’t clear up Wei’s confusion at all. Normally this guy was thick-skinned and optimistic as hell, so how did he suddenly get emotionally wrecked like this?

“I’ll give you an example. Say you’re really into mecha models, then you see a physical store that sells them. You run in to talk to the owner, and the owner hits you with ‘you’re already this old and you still play with this stuff’… I basically ran into something like that, get it?”

‘Who are you? You’re not our chuunibyou Brother Xia! Since when did you learn how to give normal examples and analogies? I was already mentally prepared to listen to incomprehensible nonsense…’

After hearing that explanation, Wei’s face was filled with shock.

‘Oh shit, oh shit. He can already talk like a normal person now. This is bad, clearly he really got hit hard…’

Panicking, Wei started desperately searching his brain for a way to comfort his good brother.

“Brother Xia, I’ll go along with your example then. Do you think there’s a possibility that the shop owner misunderstood you?”

Even though he wasn’t very bright, Wei still managed to come up with a line on the spot, trying to comfort him by following his train of thought.

“Huh?”

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“I mean, could it be that the owner misunderstood and thought you didn’t genuinely like models, so they used that kind of line to just brush you off and send you away?”

Hearing this, Xixia lifted his head and stared at his good brother with eyes wide open, his face full of shock.

“No, I mean, maybe the owner only wants to sell to people who truly love them, and because they misunderstood you, they felt you weren’t worthy… shit, what am I even saying?”

‘Isn’t this just making it worse?’

Wei wanted to slap himself right then and there… Saying it like that would just hurt him even more, wouldn’t it? What is wrong with my mouth?!

“What you said makes sense? So that means she actually believes it herself, but because she never saw me as a real… so to avoid trouble, she said that kind of thing to brush me off?”

“Yeah yeah yeah, as long as you can understand it… anyway, I think this kind of thing is just a misunderstanding, you really don’t need to be sad about it.”

Seeing his bro’s condition improve quite a bit, Wei hurriedly nodded along. Even though he didn’t understand a single word of what the other guy was saying, agreeing was definitely the right move!

“Got it. I’m going to lay it all out with her right now. No matter what, I have to make her face me seriously!”

Watching Xixia suddenly slam the desk and stand up, Wei suddenly felt like he could smell the sour stench of romance in the air.

‘This guy… don’t tell me he fell for someone and is about to confess?’

“Let me ask this boldly. That person you’re talking about… male or female?”

“A girl. You’ve seen her before, haven’t you? You even called her senior.”

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“Calm down, calm down! She’s not some random cabbage you can just dig up. Brother Xia, you need to calm down. There are so many good girls out there, no need to fixate on just her, right?”

‘Sorry, senior! I shouldn’t have talked this guy into going to dig at your wall!’

Even though the two of them weren’t on the same wavelength at all, it didn’t stop Wei from realizing just how serious the situation was. Knowing he’d messed things up again, he blocked his brother with one hand while silently apologizing to Yuki in his heart…

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“Lu Brat, no one’s picking you up today?”

As usual, Yuki walked his little girlfriend to the school gate after class, but today he noticed something was off. Where was the car that usually came to pick up this loli? Why was it gone today?

“Huh, didn’t I tell you? My family’s all on business trips, and my cousin Miao too… so for this period, it’s just me and Little Ya at home.”

“Then who’s picking up your sister? Can she get home by herself?”

“I am, obviously. Do you even need to ask?”

The little Demon Lord looked a bit puzzled. With even the slightest bit of elimination logic, the answer should’ve been obvious.

Having lived alone for many years, Her Majesty the Demon Lord was actually very reassuring to her family when it came to being independent. Especially Lin Miao. Since his cousin used to be a guy, plus her combat strength being what it was, he was quite at ease leaving certain things to this girl.

“What’s with that look? It’s just picking up Little Ya, it’s not like I haven’t done it before…”

Seeing the look on Yuki’s face that clearly said ‘are you really okay’, Eiru felt like she was being underestimated.

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“No, it’s nothing… want me to go with you? I’m pretty free.”

“You should focus on your evening self-study. Finals are coming up soon, you know? If you don’t work hard, first place in the grade will be mine. Afraid?”

‘Yeah right. If you seriously wanted it, what would I even use to compete with you…;

Yuki complained silently in his heart. But he really did need to prep for exams. The competition and pressure in the Honor Class were honestly pretty intense.

Just look at Ziyu, who was usually hyped up nonstop. He was already about to get rolled over by the grind and wasn’t he now studying obediently? Even the dorm had been much quieter lately.

“Even if I’m being a bit naggy, I still have to say this… be careful.”

Squatting down halfway, Yuki reached out and gently pinched the girl’s cheek.

“Got it~”

Looking at his cute little girlfriend, a mischievous urge suddenly rose in Yuki’s heart. While the girl in front of him wasn’t paying attention, he quietly leaned forward and lightly pecked her on the cheek…

“Huh? Huh?! What are you doing?! You just suddenly…”

Standing there frozen for a few seconds, once the little Demon Lord reacted, her cute face instantly flushed red.

“Y-You… if you want to kiss, you can say it… say it in advance! Why do a sneak attack? I wasn’t prepared at all…”

Because only a sneak attack lets me see this flustered, adorable reaction of yours… Thinking mischievously, Yuki suddenly pulled out a bag of chips from behind him like a magic trick and immediately soothed her down.

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After that little interlude, Her Majesty the Demon Lord said goodbye to Yuki, found a hidden spot, and started flapping her wings. Not long after, she arrived near her sister’s school.

Landing in a small alley, she looked around to make sure she hadn’t attracted any attention. Only then did the little Demon Lord step out and head toward Eiya’s school gate…

“Little Ya gets out earlier than me. I wonder if she’s been waiting impatiently?”

Muttering to herself, she noticed quite a few unfamiliar yet oddly familiar figures along the way…

“Yo, Little Eiya!”

“Little Eiya my ass. Didn’t you see her at the parent meeting? That’s her sister. Her hair’s way longer!”

“Ohhh, then… yo! Little Eiya’s sister!”

Faced with these extremely questionable greetings, Eiru returned awkward smiles. Those were probably Little Ya’s classmates? Looks like she was pretty popular…

She waited at the school gate for a bit, but seeing that almost everyone had already left, the little Demon Lord started to feel anxious. She was even considering using her deceptively harmless appearance to sneak inside and look for her.

Just as she was about to do that, a familiar silver-haired girl suddenly appeared from near the field, entering her line of sight.

Seeing Eiya appear, Eiru was about to call out to her, but then she noticed there was a boy walking beside her sister… The two of them were chatting and laughing, looking extremely close.

‘This little brat… who the hell is he?!’