Demon King – Chapter 787 – Which Poor Sucker Is This Lucky?

After lunchtime passed, Eiya sat in her room holding a flyer, her delicate little face full of worry.

“I don’t want to learn piano…”

She muttered softly, then turned to look at Eiru beside her, who was currently punching a pillow out of boredom while practicing boxing moves.

“Sis, can you play piano?”

“Huh? Piano?”

The Demon Lord was idly thumping the pillow. After thinking briefly, she gave a vague answer.

“Skill-wise, no. Result-wise, yes.”

“Can you speak human?”

“Ugh, dummy… It means I can’t play piano, but I can remember the pitch of every key and calculate combinations to play.”

“I see… that’s so nice. I envy you.”

Saying this weakly, Eiya slumped over her desk, completely deflated.

“Don’t. I don’t think that counts as knowing how to play.”

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Even though Her Majesty the Demon Lord really could perform piano pieces using her absurd calculation ability, that kind of mechanical performance didn’t count as playing piano in her eyes.

“Even if I don’t really understand art or vibes or whatever, I do know that if you don’t put your feelings into something, then it has no soul.”

“Exactly. Mom wants me to learn this, but I feel like even if I learn it, it’s useless… I don’t even want to learn.”

What she envied was just her sister’s cheat-like calculation ability. Even if she didn’t truly learn something, she could still deal with it like flipping to the answer sheet during an exam. Someone like her who didn’t have that ability, if she wasn’t interested, probably wouldn’t even finish homework after class.

“Seriously, a hobby class with zero interest… can’t you just tell them? Didn’t you already learn dance?”

“Sis, did you forget? If you hadn’t moved out back then, Mom would’ve forced you to learn a bunch of stuff too…”

Eiya tapped her fingers on the desk as a reminder. If saying something actually worked, she would’ve slacked off like her sister ages ago, okay?

Stuff like skills never weigh you down. The little Demon Lord had heard someone nagging that kind of thing before. Although life got a lot quieter after she moved out alone, she still occasionally got nagged about it.

And the thing she got nagged about most was learning to cook. Because Eiya was a kitchen killer, the family truly didn’t dare let her enter the kitchen. Even Jiaqi would shiver twice when he heard she had gone in.

So back then, they kept nagging Eiru to learn some cooking so she could take care of her little sister when the adults weren’t around. But now they had become cautious and didn’t dare bring it up anymore.

By the way, that pair of trash parents still had no idea that their eldest daughter had secretly taught herself cooking skills not inferior to professional chefs outside. Though she couldn’t be bothered to mention it anyway.

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“By the way, where did Hulu go? Shouldn’t it be playing with our two cats?”

“Hulu? I sent it out to run an errand… and correction, Mango is mine, Gulu is raised by our dorm together. It’s just staying here for convenience.”

“Sure, sure, I won’t argue with you.” Eiya waved her hand and continued lying lazily on the desk.

“Hey, Eiya, if you really don’t want to learn, your bro here has an idea?”

Eiru leaned in beside her sister and spoke mysteriously. Seeing that mischievous grin, Eiya immediately grew interested…

“You don’t want to learn but still have to hand in results, right? Then just find some poor sucker to learn in your place.”

What kind of dumb idea is that? Eiya was speechless inside. She’d heard of people hiring stand-ins for exams, and later in college there were even people who did attendance check-ins for others. But a substitute learner was honestly ridiculous.

You signed up yourself. The hobby class staff aren’t blind. Where are you supposed to find someone to impersonate you? And for a skill-based thing like this, how would you fake the assessment results for Mom?

“Sis, someone who could impersonate me would first have to look like me… which means only you qualify. You want to go learn for me?”

“No no no…” The little Demon Lord raised a finger and shook it. “This macho man happens to possess a technique that can change appearances. As long as we find a poor sucker, I can casually make them look like you.”

“Don’t be silly. Even if you have magic, if you don’t want to get exposed, they’d still need to know my family situation and basic info… Where are we supposed to find someone like that? You’re not seriously thinking of just leaking that info to someone, right—?”

But right after asking, a very suitable candidate suddenly popped into Eiya’s mind. Looking at her sister’s wicked grin, her intuition told her the two of them were probably thinking of the same unlucky victim.

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Meanwhile, in the guest room of Eiru’s house, Hui Jiaqi, who was gaming online with his goofy group chat friends, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

As someone with rich experience being screwed over, Jiaqi knew that whenever he had this kind of reaction, it meant either someone was talking about him or he was about to be unlucky.

‘Nope. Gotta go hide.’

With that thought, he put away his phone. Even though he didn’t know where the danger would come from, Jiaqi still reacted quickly.

Unfortunately, he was one step too late. Hearing the sudden knock on the door, his heart turned cold. It seemed the source of danger had already arrived.

When the door opened, he saw the silver-haired loli standing there with an obviously malicious smile. Jiaqi swallowed hard, already predicting what was about to happen.

“Oi, Stupid Qi… your bro here has an opportunity that can raise Eiya’s affection toward you. What do you say? Rare chance, won’t come twice, y’know?”

“No! I refuse! You’re definitely up to something! Something this good would never land on my head!”

‘Huh? Did he get smarter… no, wait, has he already become this cowardly?’

Hearing Jiaqi’s reply, Eiru froze for a moment, then hurriedly organized her words to trick… persuade him to seize this rare opportunity.

“Look, you’re stuck in this neither-advance-nor-retreat state. Even I’m getting anxious watching. If this drags on, Eiya might get snatched away by some punk outside. On this point our interests match. Why would I screw you over?”

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“Makes sense…” Jiaqi stroked his chin and thought. “Wait, no! You’re fucking trying to screw me over! Even if our interests match, you’d definitely dig a huge pit somewhere in the process or method!”

“That stuff isn’t important. The result is what matters.”

The little Demon Lord patted his shoulder with a solemn expression.

“As long as you raise her affection and win Eiya over, that’s a good result for you, right? The middle parts can just count as a trial or something… besides, I might not even be trying to screw you. Don’t tell me you want to stay stuck like this and slowly watch Eiya get chased by someone else?”

Jiaqi sucked in a sharp breath. He had to admit, Eiru’s words really did move him a little. That’s true. If he could actually win Eiya over, as long as the result was good, then even if the process wasn’t smooth sailing, it wouldn’t matter, right?

Meanwhile, in her own room waiting for news, Eiya sat at her desk with her chin resting on her hands, thinking about the chances of this plan succeeding.

“Big Brother Jiaqi wouldn’t actually fall for it, right? With Sis’ personality, she definitely isn’t doing this just to help me… she just thinks it’s fun and wants to mess with him, doesn’t she?”

Eiya didn’t really want Jiaqi to get tricked. Even though she wasn’t lacking in a playful streak and did want to see what interesting development her sister would arrange, she still felt a bit guilty about screwing him over like this…

Honestly, going to class herself wouldn’t be that bad…

‘Damn it, I’m so conflicted. My conscience and the little devil in my heart are fighting like crazy!’