Demon King – Chapter 710 – Sudden Attack

It was already past dismissal time, yet a certain loli was still staying in the classroom, sprawled on her desk with a look of utter despair.

Had she forgotten she needed to go pick up her sister and entered salted fish mode? Not really. The reason she was still here was simple. There was still someone standing on the podium.

“I am begging you, stop dragging this out… Little Ya is still waiting for me to pick her up…”

Biting her lip with irritation written all over her face, when had Eiru ever suffered this kind of grievance?

She had thought the words dragging class had nothing to do with her, the legendary class-skipping Demon Lord of Seventh High. But as the saying goes, campus life without ever experiencing dragged-out classes is incomplete. And so Her Majesty the Demon Lord fell gloriously right here.

“It is finals period. You will get used to it.”

Yuki smiled bitterly and patted the girl’s head beside him. He had long since gotten used to this.

Already a class-skipping king who hated staying in the classroom, and now she had to suffer through dragged-out classes. This girl still had a long road of adaptation ahead of her.

On the other side, Eiya, who had already been dismissed, received a message from her sister. Teacher is dragging class. Go play outside for a bit. Do not go too far.

So now Eiya was wandering around the convenience store and stationery shops near the school. But behind her was a little tagalong.

“Eiya, I was wrong. I really messed up the gift. I did not mean to give you a spider. Do you believe me?”

“Junfeng, do you want to get shocked again?”

Holding the self-defense electric shocker up beside her head as a small threat, Eiya did not believe a single word he said.

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That was a spider the size of a wristwatch. She had opened the gift with full anticipation. The moment she opened it, it was a straight-up sanity-draining close-up shot. It almost scared her soul right out of her body.

So today she had chased him through three floors of the school holding the shocker. Judging by the look of successful mischief on his face back then, this guy absolutely did it on purpose. There was no such thing as an accidental mistake.

“I will treat you to milk tea, okay? Let me off this time. There is a new shop over there that just opened and tastes pretty good. Be the bigger person and spare me, alright?”

The boy called Junfeng clasped his hands together and apologized very sincerely. Seeing him like this, Eiya was not exactly soft-hearted, but she also did not feel like pursuing it further.

‘Forget it. Nothing really happened anyway. That spider had been caught by Hulu this morning and chased out.’

Thinking that, Eiya decided not to give him a good face, but she was no longer going to keep sulking either.

“If it does not taste good, I will keep shocking you. Let us go.”

She raised the shocker again as a threat, then stood up and gestured for him to lead the way.

Junfeng swallowed. Eiya looked like a cute little ferocious milk kitten and honestly had no intimidating presence at all. But the shocker in her hand was something he had personally experienced. That shit really hurt.

Joking around was one thing, but really pissing her off was not a good idea. So from buying the milk tea to walking back while drinking it, Junfeng did not dare pull any tricks. He behaved very honestly the entire time.

However, since this was also the time when teachers and discipline staff were leaving the school, to avoid being seen by them and misunderstood, the two chose a less-used side path when heading back toward the school gate.

“My sister told me to avoid walking through alleys like this…”

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Sipping her milk tea, Eiya glanced at the surroundings, still feeling somewhat resistant.

“No choice. If the teachers see us, we will both get nagged to death. Relax. If anything happens, I will protect you.”

Junfeng was also quite helpless. To be honest, he did not like walking through dark creepy places like this either, but it was better than getting caught by teachers.

“By the way, that extra cup you bought, is it for your sister?”

He pointed at the milk tea Eiya was carrying, asking while also keeping an eye out for anyone else nearby.

“Yeah. It tastes pretty good, so I bought one for her to try.”

“I see…”

After making sure there was no one else around, Junfeng suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at the silver-haired girl in front of him with a solemn expression.

“Hm? What is it? Teacher up ahead? Did we get spotted?”

Seeing someone who was usually carefree suddenly turn serious, Eiya was confused, wondering if a teacher had rushed over.

“No. Actually, I chose this route for another reason…”

He scratched his head. Junfeng, who usually looked fearless, suddenly started hesitating, looking embarrassed.

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“Well, I often tell my bros that I am really close with you. That I can mess with you however I want and it is fine. So a lot of times they egg me on or give me ideas, and I would occasionally prank you.”

‘Hm? I know that very well. Are not middle school boys all like this? Even my sister liked pulling pranks when she was young.’

Watching his serious yet hesitant expression, Eiya suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

‘Wait. This guy is not about to…’

‘What is with this confession-like setup?’

“Actually, the first time I saw you, I was already attracted to you. So all those pranks were really just me trying to get your attention, leave an impression on you, you know… I mean…”

There are not many chances like this. There is no one else here. You do not have to worry about pride or anything. Be brave. Do not chicken out.

Cheering himself on internally, Junfeng swallowed, bit his lip a few times, and after making up his mind, slowly opened his mouth and said the words he had been holding in his heart.

“Eiya. I lo—”

“Oh my, how did two little brats wander into a place like this?”

Several mocking voices suddenly came from deeper in the alley, cutting off the unlucky guy’s confession. Looking toward the source of the sound, a few boys who looked like high school students walked out.

‘Why would there be high schoolers around here?’

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There was no time to think. Seeing that things were going bad, Junfeng immediately grabbed Eiya’s hand and ran in the opposite direction.

This place, this time. These people were definitely not good guys. There was no doubt about that. Dodging the group of high school-looking boys, Junfeng pulled Eiya along, weaving through the alley as they ran.

But their ages were what they were. They were not going to outrun high schoolers easily. And Eiya was a physically weak loli to begin with. Dragging her along seriously slowed Junfeng down, and they were gradually caught up to.

Getting caught meant either being robbed or beaten. Seeing how fierce those people looked, Junfeng gritted his teeth, then in Eiya’s stunned gaze, let go of her hand and disappeared in a flash.

“…Wow. What a coward. And you still wanted to confess?”

She muttered a few quiet complaints. Even though she had been abandoned as dead weight, there was not a trace of panic on Eiya’s face.

Because her beloved sister had long since established silver-haired loli deterrence in the Eastern District. Seeing that head of silver hair, those punks would not dare rush in recklessly at all.

“You okay, little girl? Looked like you were having a hard time dealing with that guy, so we scared him off for you.”

An unexpected yet entirely expected line. Just as Eiya had judged, these people were not punks at all. If they were real street thugs, the moment they saw her hair, they would have already run away.

However, among these people, Eiya noticed a rather familiar figure.