Demon King – Chapter 758 – Fear of Change

After telling him the location and meeting up, Jiaqi figured it was getting late. He didn’t dare keep dragging these two troublesome lolis around outside, so he hurriedly escorted the sisters home.

Of course, the most important reason was that he was worried someone might see him wandering around holding onto his little girlfriend and suddenly transform into some vinegar king or something. Even though Yuki wasn’t that unreasonable, it was still better to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

But after they got home, Eiya sat on the sofa looking sullen. Not just Jiaqi, even her own sister couldn’t figure out what was going on.

“Lu Brat, what’s up with her?”

“Don’t ask me. She was fine earlier, then suddenly got unhappy… I think it started when she saw you?”

Thinking back over the details of the day, Her Majesty the Demon Lord felt puzzled. Girls’ thoughts were really hard to guess. Although she seemed to have forgotten that she herself was currently a girl too.

Everything had been fine before. It seemed to start when they met up with Stupid Qi? More precisely, when Eiya saw Stupid Qi slinging an arm over that idiot Hero’s shoulder and calling him bro?

“So, my dear little sister, what exactly are you unhappy about?”

The little Demon Lord scooted over and wrapped an arm around Eiya, using the tone of someone coaxing a child to show her concern.

“I’m not unhappy. I’m just tired.”

As if anyone would believe that. The words unhappy are basically written all over your face. Eiru grumbled inwardly. Anyone with eyes could see you’re upset.

Even if her mouth wasn’t very honest, Eiya was different from before. At least when it came to emotions, she had become the type who couldn’t really hide what she was thinking.

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“Is it because you saw your Brother Jiaqi being close to someone else, and you didn’t like it?”

“Hey?! Am I that unreasonable? When have I ever been so bored that I interfere in other people’s relationships?”

Eiya protested loudly. But under her sister’s half smiling gaze, her voice inexplicably grew softer.

“Uh… maybe a little before? Because I was worried you’d get tricked… But look, now I don’t care at all that you’re dating Brother Yuki.”

“You really don’t care?”

The little Demon Lord poked her sister’s forehead, a subtle smile on her face like she saw through everything.

“I’m your real brother, you know? Do you think I don’t understand my dear little sister? In the end, aren’t we similar in some ways?”

“For example, our body shape?”

“Hey! Be serious!”

That one sentence instantly broke the Demon Lord’s composure. Her face flushed red as she reached out and tugged at Eiya’s cheeks in embarrassment.

“Mmm… then what else could be the same? We didn’t even grow up in the same environment…”

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“Um, could you two not just leave me standing here?

Jiaqi weakly raised his hand to interrupt. You won’t let me leave, but you’re also ignoring me. What exactly do you want?

“Huh? Oh, you’re still here?”

“Lu Brat!”

“Just kidding, just kidding! Don’t get mad… Weren’t we figuring out together why our silly little Eiya suddenly got unhappy?”

She made Eiya sit sideways on her lap, wrapping her arms around her sister and resting her head on Eiya’s shoulder as she spoke to Jiaqi in a placating tone.

Although she had been confused at first, after some simple questioning and sorting through things, Her Majesty the Demon Lord more or less understood what was going on with Eiya.

She had said it herself just now. The two sisters were very similar in certain ways. For example, how much they valued the relationships around them… and their fear of change.

Close family and friends gradually getting their own lives as time passed, no longer being as close as before. Maybe when they were little they didn’t realize such things, but as they grew older and more aware, they were deeply afraid of that kind of change.

Back then, Eiru didn’t dare to come clean to Yuki because she feared a negative change in their relationship. When Eiya had strongly opposed the two of them dating, part of it was because she was worried Eiru would get hurt, but the most important reason was that she was afraid the sister who had grown up with her would leave.

Neither of them were saints. At least in this regard, both Eiru and Eiya knew they were selfish. The more mature Eiru would quietly bury that fear in her heart, not letting it affect others. Eiya, on the other hand, would vent that fear through small bursts of temper.

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So of course Eiya felt unhappy seeing Jiaqi being close with Xixia. Since Eiru was already dating Yuki and had a tendency to run off, it wasn’t about jealousy or liking Jiaqi or anything like that. But if she lost another childhood friend, then she really would be left all alone.

Having learned a lot from her sister, Eiya knew everyone had the freedom to build their own relationships. She wouldn’t jump out to block them like before.

But she learned the good and the bad. Feeling upset inside, Eiya also copied the Demon Lord’s habit of bottling everything up instead of saying it out loud… which led to her current state of silently sulking.

“Oh my, little sister’s grown up… already has someone in her heart…”

“Sis! Don’t talk nonsense!”

Knowing her sister’s personality too well, Eiya could tell from the opening words that this loli was about to stir up trouble. She immediately reached out and pressed a hand against her sister’s cheek, interrupting her chant.

“Yuh can, jush shay it out loud~”

The little Demon Lord mumbled through squished cheeks. If you don’t want Jiaqi to run off and leave you, then just say it clearly.

‘You’ve seen what I went through, and you’re still walking my old path? And besides, Stupid Qi likes you anyway.’

Even though the thought of her little sister getting taken away was a bit unpleasant, if Jiaqi really left, Her Majesty the Demon Lord knew how sad Eiya would be.

“So… could you two stop leaving me out of this?”

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Standing at the side, Jiaqi weakly raised his hand again. He had been standing here for a long time. He didn’t want to watch sisterly bonding. After wandering outside all day, he just wanted to go home and lie down on his bed.

“If you don’t tell me what’s going on soon, I’m really leaving, okay? You two are fine at home. There’s no need to keep me here, right?”

With that, Jiaqi slowly started edging toward the door. But very quickly, the next sentence from Eiru made his legs feel like they were filled with lead, freezing him in place.

“Then… how about Eiya gives you a hug?”

“Okay! I’ll take the hug!”

Eiya was instantly sold off by her own sister, her head full of question marks. Before she could even react and say anything, the person beneath her had already changed.

“I ditched Stupid Yuki today, so I need to go say hi to him~ You stay here and keep Eiya company for me.”

“But if you dare do anything excessive, I will…”

Leaning close to Jiaqi’s ear, Her Majesty the Demon Lord spoke in a volume only the two of them could hear and made a throat slitting gesture with her hand. After leaving that threat behind, she turned and, under their dumbfounded gazes, climbed out the window and left.

“Not again, sis! Can you please just use the door properly?!”