Demon King – Chapter 801 – Where Did You Learn That?

Carrying Eiru back home, the moment Ning Xin saw her daughter sleeping so soundly against Yuki, she hurried over and took the child from him, bringing her into the room and settling her down properly.

‘I wanted her to sleep in my room…’

Yuki’s mouth twitched, but he didn’t dare say it out loud. Otherwise his mom would think he was trying to take advantage again, and that would earn him another lecture. Though to be fair, he really did want to take advantage, so she wouldn’t be wrong.

Still, no matter what, they were a couple. Ning Xin wasn’t unreasonable to the point of refusing to let her son keep her company. So even if he couldn’t lie down holding her for a while, Yuki could still stay alone with his little girlfriend and watch over her.

After a while, the little Demon Lord finally sat up groggily. Since she’d kept reminding herself not to sleep too long, she hadn’t dared fall into deep sleep. But after resting for a bit, her spirits had indeed improved.

“Mm, where am I?”

Tilting her head, Her Majesty the Demon Lord looked around. Clearly her brain still hadn’t started working yet, and she hadn’t processed the situation.

“Slept yourself silly and lost your memory, huh? This is my house, my mom’s room. You fell asleep outside and I picked you up and brought you home, you know?”

“Gu?!”

Eiru froze, and memories from her half-awake state slowly started resurfacing.

“Ahhhh, I embarrassed myself again!”

Covering her flushed face, the little Demon Lord wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She was supposed to be a macho man, so how did she end up acting cute and clingy in public again while half asleep?

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Wife’s cute… no matter how embarrassing you are, I love you.”

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Yuki smiled and patted his little girlfriend’s head.

“By the way, today it’s your main body, right? Then stay for dinner…”

Leaning close to her ear, Yuki blew a light breath against it and spoke in a low teasing tone with a wicked grin.

“Today, you’ve fallen right into my hands… no excuse to run anymore, huh?”

He’d expected a certain loli to get flustered and not know what to do from the teasing. But to his surprise, the little Demon Lord suddenly reached up, wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her face in his chest, rubbing against him hard.

“Lu Brat?”

“I can stay for dinner, but… Stupid Yuki doesn’t get to eat, hehe~”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord grinned mischievously. Yuki suddenly had no idea what this naughty little girl in front of him was planning.

“If you want to eat… you have to eat me first~”

“Hiss…”

Yuki sucked in a breath. As expected of someone with succubus blood, huh? That teasing skill was ridiculous. He almost couldn’t stop himself from pouncing on her.

“You, seriously, you’re getting more outrageous.”

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Yuki pulled the girl into his arms, taking in her scent while also steadying the emotions he’d nearly lost control of.

“But Lu Brat, even though you call yourself a macho man, you’re starting to look more and more like a little girl now, huh?”

“Mm… because I was a girl to begin with, right?”

Tilting her head as she thought about it, Eiru was actually pretty surprised by this change herself.

“To be honest, I used to be a bit worried… since you used to be a boy, I thought you might feel some kind of mental barrier or awkwardness with me.”

Yuki smiled as he spoke about his past worries. He really had been afraid that her former male soul might affect their relationship.

“Dummy~ actually, a long time ago, I already decided I wanted to be a girl.”

“Then why do you still call yourself a macho man?”

“A macho man is a macho man! Once a macho man, always a macho man!”

She protested briefly, then her tone quickly softened. Taking advantage of this heart to heart moment, she also told Yuki about the path her thoughts had taken in the past.

“Honestly, I did hesitate before about dating… whether it should be with a boy or a girl or whatever. But in the end, since I couldn’t figure it out, I just decided not to date at all.”

“I’m actually a really greedy person… I don’t want to lose anything. Back then I didn’t like you yet, but I also didn’t want you getting too close to other people and ignoring me.”

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There were many childhood friends whose bond was so close it seemed unreal, swearing as kids that they’d be brothers for life. Yet after growing up, for all kinds of reasons, they gradually drifted apart. When they were little they said how important they were to each other, but as adults they became like strangers with no more interaction.

Having seen so many examples like that, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had actually been very afraid that she and Yuki would end up like that too. So she didn’t want to grow up at all, and she didn’t want to lose the relationships around her. Even though she knew it was impossible, she still hoped everything around her could stay the same, that those beautiful times could last forever.

“Especially when I found out you had a girl you liked.”

Eiru lifted her head and pinched Yuki’s nose.

“My heart really hurt back then. It felt like you were going to leave… but I couldn’t possibly tie you down.”

Thinking back on her past self, she realized now that her reluctance to let go of Yuki and her stubborn attachment… maybe even back then, her soul had already been assimilated into a girl’s by her body.

“I was the same. To me, Lu Brat is the most important existence in my life… when I found out you were a girl and that our relationship had the chance to go one step further, you have no idea how happy I was.”

He rubbed his cheek against the girl in his arms, showing that he was the same kind of person. But now they had become each other’s only one, so that kind of problem could never trouble them again.

“And what you just said, about worrying I’d feel weird because you used to be a boy… you actually noticed long ago, didn’t you?”

Whether it was Yuki or Hui Jiaqi, before they knew her identity, both of them had said Eiru didn’t feel like a boy at all. It wasn’t that she acted girly, just that she was more like a lively girl pretending to be a tomboy.

“Since I was seven, I’ve already been a demon. Demons aren’t the same as humans. Humans are organisms, but demons… should probably be called lifeforms, right?”

The biggest difference between the two was that a human soul resided inside the body. But for demons, the soul itself was part of the body, and the body was also part of the soul. They fused together. There was no such thing as one housing the other.

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“So my soul, under my body’s influence, has already become a girl’s soul… essentially, I’m just a girl who always thought she was a boy.”

Giggling, the little Demon Lord rested her head against Yuki’s chest. Even if she still kept some habits and mentality from when she was a boy, she was perfectly clear about one thing. The essence of her soul was female.

“So~ when it comes to dating you, I don’t feel weird at all. I just feel happy, because you won’t leave me anymore… not to mention, I already like you now.”

“You’re getting more and more honest, huh, Lu Brat.”

“Hmph! A macho man always speaks his mind! I’ve always been honest, okay?”

Eiru put her hands on her hips with a smug expression.

“Yeah, that’s why I like you for that… easy to get along with, easy to understand, no need to guess your thoughts. Because you don’t have any hidden thoughts at all~”

“But…” Yuki cupped Eiru’s cute face. “Lu Brat, where did you learn all these flirty lines? You’re getting better and better at it…”

“Hm? From the little notebook you bought me… weren’t there lots of lines like that inside?”

“You learned romance from a notebook?”

Yuki’s mouth twitched. The moment those words came out, the ambiguous atmosphere between them instantly vanished. His little girlfriend’s completely tone deaf reply made him lose it on the spot.