Demon King – Chapter 773 – Prankster Gets Pranked Themselves

A certain pair of irresponsible parents, having just returned from a long business trip, called their eldest daughter to catch up on things. After getting the situation, they then set about contacting Eiya.

“Well, why don’t you just call her back home? Out every day… She’s not like she used to be, you know.”

“Alright, alright, you can’t keep her tethered to you forever, can you?”

Ei Yuan brushed off his wife’s urging. He didn’t really see Eiru’s going out as something unacceptable… as long as she told them where she was.

“Little Lu’s been living on her own outside for quite a while now, it’s not as bad as you think… She said she’s playing at a friend’s place, she’ll come back when she’s had her fun.”

Of course, the main issue was the guilt Ei Yuan felt. Right now, he was genuinely afraid of offending this daughter of his. As long as there wasn’t a major problem, he’d rather go along with what the child wanted… If she got upset and ran away from home again, he’d have no one to cry to.

“How can you be so dense! It’s BECAUSE she’s at a friend’s place that I’m worried!”

Seeing her husband still taking such a laissez-faire attitude, Liu Wan suddenly became anxious. Being more sensitive in this area, she immediately thought of a serious issue.

“Huh?”

“Little Lu used to be a boy! So do you think her friends are more likely male or female?”

Hearing this, Ei Yuan immediately understood his wife’s meaning and realized the problem. So he stopped dialing Eiya’s number and redialed their eldest daughter’s phone.

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“Hmm? What’s up? Calling again?”

The call connected, and although the voice on the other end still maintained a polite tone, Ei Yuan could detect a hint of impatience in the childish voice.

“Nothing, just Dad wanted to ask you… You said you’re at a friend’s place, is that friend a boy or a girl?”

“Emmmm… It’s a classmate of mine. You don’t need to worry too much, we’ve hung out a lot. It’s nothing like what you’re thinking.”

“So is it a boy or a gi—”

“Dad…”

The voice on the other end suddenly drew out the word, interrupting Ei Yuan.

“Since I answered you like that, it means I don’t want to answer that question… You really don’t need to worry so much. Besides, instead of fretting over this, wouldn’t you be better off checking on little Eiya right now? Who knows, she might have already been nibbled on by a rabbit.”

With his daughter saying this, Ei Yuan couldn’t very well keep pressing. But Eiru’s last two sentences left him somewhat baffled. Even after hanging up for quite a while, Ei Yuan remained completely baffled.

“You’re pretty good, directly selling out your little sister, huh?”

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Having listened to his little girlfriend’s entire conversation with the other end, Yuki couldn’t help but tease her about this move to divert attention.

“You know it’s just to divert attention, right? Anyway, nothing’s gonna happen to Eiya… Stupid Qi’s a total coward.”

Tapping away at her phone a few times before putting it away, the little Demon Lord leaned back and lay down on Yuki’s bed again.

Besides, Eiru hadn’t given any useful information, so the pressure would definitely fall on her dad, who dared not offend his daughter. Her extremely controlling mother would surely start pressuring him like crazy.

So, knowing her mother’s temperament well, the little Demon Lord’s act of selling out her sister was actually conveniently giving her mom a target to focus on, preventing her from being caught between two pressures with nowhere to turn.

So Ei Yuan, following the out his daughter had given him, went to ask about Eiya’s situation. After finding out what was going on, and thinking they hadn’t gathered in a while, the couple decided to pay a visit and also pick up their youngest daughter.

“Waaah! My parents are coming to get me! What do I do, what do I do?!”

Grabbing Jiaqi by the neck and shaking him repeatedly, Eiya, who had been trying to avoid those two in the first place, completely panicked upon learning they were coming to apprehend her.

“Stop shaking, my brain’s getting scrambled…”

A helpless expression on his face, Jiaqi couldn’t wait for the kid’s parents to come and take her away.

You might ask, doesn’t he like Eiya? Isn’t living with the girl you like a good thing? Why would he want her to be taken away?

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Because Her Majesty the Demon Lord once said that Jiaqi was an ultimate coward, the kind you only see once in a century, no longer able to bully him like before, facing Eiya’s unconscious temptations and various pranks, he was truly being tormented to the point of exhaustion.

Like last night, for example. Even though they were under two separate quilts, this troublesome kid still managed to burrow through both layers, into his covers like she was grabbing a doll and cuddle up to him… Judging from the dark circles under Jiaqi’s eyes, this sudden ‘happiness’ was indeed a form of torture.

“Brother Jiaqi! Think of something for me, quick! How about you open up the bed slats and hide me inside! Then just say I went out to play!”

‘And then I can just throw this bed away too, and send you back…’

Silently commenting to himself, Jiaqi imagined Eiya lifting her bed slats only to find herself at home. Already able to picture the look of horror on her face, he suddenly thought this scenario might be pretty fun too?

“Save me! Brother Jiaqi! I don’t wanna be grounded! They’ll sign me up for enrichment classes too!”

“Alright, alright… I’ll save you, I’ll save you…”

Responding weakly, Jiaqi patted the silver-haired loli in front of him on the head.

But the moment Eiya let go, Jiaqi flopped onto the bed with a thud. Having been awake all night, he simply couldn’t take it anymore. If he didn’t get some shut-eye soon, he might actually die of exhaustion, which would be truly disgraceful.

“Huh? Hey… You’re asleep already? Are you faking it or what?”

Leaning close to Jiaqi, sniffing here and poking there, trying to expose his supposed fake sleep, Eiya discovered that this big boy on the bed really did seem to have fallen asleep like that.

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“Geez, totally unreliable…”

Without any hesitation, she straddled his stomach and sat down. Suddenly remembering a prank her sister had once pulled, she whipped out a marker, intending to imitate it.

“Gotta think of some way to avoid getting caught and dragged back…”

Scribbling and drawing on Jiaqi’s face and body, Eiya was simultaneously racking her brains for a way to dodge her parents.

But she wasn’t Eiru, after all, and didn’t have so many mischievous, ingenious ideas. Her head about to burst from thinking, she still couldn’t come up with a viable method after ages.

‘Should I ask my sister for help again? She’s probably still lovey-dovey with Brother Yuki right now, right? If I call now, won’t I just get roasted for being the third wheel?’

Hesitating while clutching her phone, Eiya finally gave up on the idea of bothering Eiru. Exhausted in mind and body, she lay down sideways on top of the sleeping Jiaqi. Then, the next second, a strange sensation made her jump straight up.

“Ahhh! I forgot I’d just drawn all over him! Why did I lie on top of him?!”

Running to the mirror, staring at her own little face now stained with black marker ink, Eiya hopped up and down in place in frustration…

‘How could I make such a stupid mistake!’