Demon King – Chapter 706 – The Sister-Protecting Demon Lord on the Brink of Going Berserk

“Hasn’t your family come to pick you up yet? Is it your brother today? Or your dad?”

Glancing toward the school gate and not seeing any sign of the girl’s family, the boy asked in confusion.

“It’s my sister picking me up today. She’s in high school, so she only comes after school lets out. That’s why I’m out this late.”

Checking the time, Eiya also felt a bit puzzled. She wondered if her sister had been held up by something. This was really getting a bit too late.

“Your sister? Oh, oh, I’ve heard about her. Silver hair like yours, a really cute girl!”

That girl’s appearance at the parent meeting really had caused quite a stir. It hadn’t even been that long, yet almost the entire grade already knew that Eiya had an older silver-haired girl sister who looked a lot like her.

Still, people found it strange. With a sister like that, news of her should’ve spread ages ago. But before the parent meeting, nobody had heard anything at all. She’d been hidden way too well.

Hearing the boy praise the two sisters, Eiya showed an awkward but polite smile. While responding courteously, she also kept looking around, trying to spot her sister at the nearby intersections.

Meanwhile, Eiru was hiding in the shadows, secretly observing the two chatting and laughing at the school gate. The way those two were acting now looked way closer than what she’d heard before.

“So what exactly is going on with those two now…”

Muttering to herself, the little Demon Lord could clearly feel an ambiguous vibe coming off that boy. If you said he didn’t have certain intentions toward her sister, she absolutely wouldn’t believe it.

Rеаԁ оո ΚαtRеαdіոɡCαfe

She understood all the reasoning. If Eiya really did start dating, barging in would not only be inappropriate, it could easily backfire. Not to mention she herself was already dating Yuki, so she didn’t exactly have much moral high ground to interfere.

But this was her own little sister. No one else could replace that spot in her heart. Thinking about how her own precious cabbage might suddenly get dug up by some pig from outside made Eiru feel genuinely sick to her stomach.

“You little bastard. If you dare do anything harmful to Little Ya… I’ll cripple you. I’ll turn you into a girl.”

As she made this dangerous declaration, Her Majesty the Demon Lord then saw a scene that sent her blood pressure skyrocketing. That boy suddenly took out a small gift box about the size of his palm from his bag and secretly stuffed it into Eiya’s hands.

‘No way. They’re already exchanging gifts now?!’

Eiru’s eyes went wide as she watched her sister laugh and take out a small pendant in return, handing it to the boy.

‘It’s over. My sister has fallen…’

Holding her head and hiding in the corner, the little Demon Lord stared at the scene and started questioning her life choices. Thinking back on her own life, if her sister could be this easy, she definitely bore some responsibility herself.

From this third-person perspective, no matter how you looked at it, the scene at the school gate was absolutely two people flirting while exchanging gifts.

“Why don’t you head home first? It’s going to get dark soon.”

Eiya glanced at the sky, feeling it was getting late. She felt bad about delaying someone else’s trip home because of herself.

Reαⅾ оո КatRеаԁіnɡСаfе

“That won’t do. How can I leave you, a girl, here alone? I’ll wait with you until your sister comes.”

Putting on his gentleman act, the boy insisted on staying. Though maybe he also had his own little calculations in mind. Like wanting to spend more time with a girl he liked.

“No no, this is the school gate. What could possibly happen? And if it gets dark, it’ll really be troublesome for you to get home…”

“But…”

“No buts. Hurry up and go home. Worst case, I can take a cab. You don’t need to worry so much.”

Pushing against his backpack with both hands, Eiya coaxed him for quite a while before finally convincing him to head home. After saying goodbye and stretching lazily, she stayed where she was, continuing to wait for her sister.

“Gifts, huh. It’s been a long time since I got one. Well, aside from Brother Jiaqi and my sister, of course?”

Holding the small gift box between two fingers, Eiya examined it curiously, feeling quite happy inside.

But she’d also given him a pendant in return. If you accept a gift, you should give one back. Wasn’t that what their parents always taught them?

Not just Eiya. Eiru actually shared the same awareness and habit. Even though their parents were extremely awful in many ways, when it came to basic upbringing for the two daughters, they’d done a decent job.

Don’t casually owe people favors, or you’ll easily end up being led by the nose and losing your judgment. That kind of teaching made both sisters dislike owing others anything.

Rеаԁ оn ΚatReаⅾiոɡСаfе

“Returning a gift also helps keep some distance. I don’t want to be that kind of scummy girl who just takes benefits one-sidedly…”

Muttering to herself, Eiya put the gift box away. The boy hadn’t confessed or anything either, so she wasn’t narcissistic enough to assume he liked her. Even though friends could be close, maintaining a sense of distance was still necessary.

So while Eiya and that boy looked very close on the surface, a closer look would show that she always kept about half a person’s distance from him.

Even when pushing and joking around, she mainly pushed his backpack, avoiding physical contact as much as possible. At least in this regard, Eiya was clearly more capable than her ditzy older sister.

Because of her sister’s influence, Eiya did prefer hanging out with boys more. But there was a fundamental difference between her and Eiru. She always had a clear awareness of herself as a girl. After all, she wasn’t like her sister who used to be a boy.

“Big sis is so slow. It’s already half dark…”

Looking up at the sky, Eiya complained softly, when a resentful voice suddenly sounded behind her.

“Little~ Ya~”

“Wah! Don’t sneak up like a ghost, sis!”

Eiya jumped on the spot.

“With this lighting and our hair color, it’s super easy to slap on a horror-movie filter!”

Rеаԁ οո КаtReaԁіոɡСαfe

“That little bastard… who was he?”

Clearly not listening to a single word her sister said, Her Majesty the Demon Lord continued to move closer with that resentful look.

“Huh? You mean Junfeng?”

Smart as she was, Eiya immediately understood what was going on and roughly guessed why her sister had only shown up now.

“Don’t misunderstand, sis. We’re just normal classmates and friends. We just get along well, so I like hanging out with him, that’s all.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Just like you and… and those people in your dorm. Pretty much that kind of relationship!”

Rushing to give examples, Eiya was very aware of just how terrifying the girl in front of her could be once she went berserk.

After all, they were friends. She really didn’t want someone to suffer some completely undeserved disaster just because of her.