Demon King – Chapter 794 – Chains

As the origin of all demons, the Demon Lord’s body contains the abilities and bloodlines of every demon race. Aside from bearing the responsibility of continuing the race, the Demon Lord is also the true leader and ruler of demonkind.

Inside a pitch black space, faint blue lights flickering like fireflies illuminated the magnificent throne at the very center.

And seated upon that throne was a petite girl. Though the throne looked somewhat too large for her, there was no sense of mismatch.

The pair of mismatched horns on her head, the enormous wings whose patterns still glowed faintly, and the floating ring above her slender tail all revealed that this still immature girl was the owner of that throne.

But anyone observant would quickly notice something strange. Both her wrists and ankles were locked in shackles. The chains attached to them stretched endlessly into the depths of darkness, and no one knew where those chains came from.

“Uh… here again?”

The little Demon Lord glanced at the shackles on her hands and feet. They did not completely stop her from moving, but she really was bound to this throne by something.

This was not the first time she had this kind of dream. Starting a few days ago, whenever she closed her eyes to sleep, she would find herself in this strange place when she opened them again.

As the dream deepened, Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s memories from the previous days also gradually recovered. At first this dream only locked her hands. The next day it added her legs. Today it seemed like nothing had changed?

Just as she thought that, Eiru moved her wrists twice. The chains clinked together with her motion. She lowered her head and looked. Sure enough, she found another new chain on her body.

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“Uh… this time it even added my neck?”

Tugging at the chain connected to her neck, the little Demon Lord had no idea what exactly had been put around it.

“Please don’t tell me it’s a collar. That would be some seriously messed up taste…”

Sighing, Her Majesty the Demon Lord directly chose to give up resisting. She leaned back and slumped into her throne.

‘Sigh, guess I’ll just stay bored like this until I wake up again. It feels like the more chains there are on me in the dream, the longer it takes for me to wake up. Then where else could chains even be added tomorrow? There’s nowhere left to put them, right?’

“Aren’t I the Demon Lord? Who the hell is so immoral they’d bind the Demon Lord to her own throne…”

She muttered quietly. If she did not know this was her own dream, Eiru would almost suspect this was some weird development out of a shady booklet.

‘If Stupid Yuki wanted this kind of thing I wouldn’t really mind, but who the heck did this? I don’t want to play some kind of bondage play with some weirdo. I’m the Demon Lord after all. I’ve got dignity, right?’

“Don’t tell me this is something I wanted myself? No way… I don’t want to be some kind of pervert.”

Suddenly thinking of a terrifying possibility, the little Demon Lord shook her head and hurriedly threw that strange thought out of her mind.

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‘Sure I like being passive, but that’s just because I’m lazy, okay? I don’t have weird kinks like that. There’s definitely something messing with me behind the scenes.’

Sticking her small head forward, Eiru followed the direction the chains extended and looked into the depths of the darkness. Maybe the end of the chains held the answer she wanted. But for now, since she could not leave the throne at all, she had no way to seek that answer.

“In such an obviously dangerous situation, you’re still this cheerful? Should I say you’re fearless because you’re broad minded, or just stupid because you haven’t realized how serious things are?”

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice suddenly came from the darkness. As the voice sounded, the little Demon Lord recalled some details from previous times in this dream. Yes, this voice actually appeared every time.

After frowning briefly, Her Majesty the Demon Lord returned to her usual expression. She leaned back again and sprawled like she was lying on the sofa at home, completely looking like she had abandoned thinking and accepted defeat, as if the chains on her body did not exist at all.

“At least act a little nervous! Why can you still be this relaxed when something like this is happening?”

The voice on the other side clearly sounded somewhat exasperated. Perhaps they were dissatisfied at not seeing Eiru panic. This Demon Lord’s give up attitude really exceeded the other side’s expectations.

“Would being nervous help? I can’t undo these chains anyway…”

She had wanted to shrug out of habit, but the pull of the chains made her give up on that idea.

“Besides, if I got nervous you’d definitely be happy, right? Dream on. So I’m not panicking. What can you do about it?”

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“You…”

The other side was obviously choked up by that reply for a moment. But after a while, laughter came from that end.

“Fine. Stay there then. Anyway, it’ll get harder and harder for you to return to reality. When the day comes that you can’t wake up at all, my goal will be achieved.”

“Well, I can actually guess who you are. I also more or less know what your goal is. But things aren’t that simple, you know?”

The little Demon Lord let out a snicker. The other side’s standard villain speech really gave her a strong sense of déjà vu.

“First of all, you can’t hurt me, right? After all, this is my dream. You can only bind me with tricks like this. And this isn’t just a simple dream. This is my deep consciousness, isn’t it?”

The other side fell silent for a moment. That reaction made Eiru even more certain of her guess. No matter what their goal was, if they could attack her they would have done it already. So even though she looked bound, the advantage was actually still on her side.

“You little brat, your hair hasn’t even grown in yet and you’re already acting arrogant? I admit you’re a smart little seedling. But you won’t be able to act cocky for much longer. The mistake you made has already pushed you toward a slow death.”

“Still better than someone who hides and doesn’t dare show their face, right? Sneaking around inside someone else’s deep consciousness to pull dirty tricks. That’s pretty low~”

She whistled, completely unconcerned with the warning and provocation.

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Although they did not know what low meant, they could still sense the rough meaning from Eiru’s tone. But the other side did not lose their temper this time. Instead they held back and said nothing further.

‘Uh, so provoking doesn’t work either…’

Her Majesty the Demon Lord felt a headache coming on. These past few days this was not their first conversation in this dream. She had used all sorts of methods, yet still failed to make the other side reveal their true form.

‘Then tomorrow I’ll try pretending to be scared and begging for mercy?’

Thinking about her plan for the next day, based on experience from the past few days, the little Demon Lord knew that once the other side fell silent, she would not be able to talk with that mysterious person again until she woke up.

‘How should I put it? They look easy to provoke, but they’ve never actually exposed any flaws… I can tell she’s anxious, but she’s not so anxious that she’d lose her composure. Pretty deep schemer.’

But after these days of probing, even though the other side had not revealed any information about themselves, the clever little Demon Lord had already slowly grasped their tail through the limited clues.

‘The calmer you stay, the more I can guess who you are. Once I know who you are, your goal naturally becomes obvious.’