Demon King – Chapter 819 – Only the Hero Can Solve It

The joking had gone on long enough. It was time to start the real business of this gathering. The people around the table began seriously studying and fiddling with the… large pile of strange and bizarre items Xixia had brought.

“According to my research, there must be something evil inside the little Demon Lord causing trouble. She left the mirror behind so that we could use her dream to drag that thing out.”

You haven’t even seen her in person. What research are you talking about… Hui Jiaqi complained inwardly, clearly still hung up on the arm-wrestling incident.

“Let me tell you, I’m not what I used to be anymore! I’ve already grown into a fully qualified Hero in both strength and wisdom!”

‘Uh? Doesn’t look like it at all…’

The others all thought the same thing as they looked at the girl in front of them, who was clearly still deep in chuunibyou mode.

It wasn’t that they didn’t believe in Heroes or anything. After all, a certain loli really was a genuine Demon Lord. Aside from constantly acting cute and stirring up trouble, she didn’t go around being chuunibyou all day like someone here.

Yuki even imagined what it would look like if his little girlfriend ran around shouting about conquering the world and reviving the demon race. It was unlikely to ever happen, but somehow if she really did that, it would feel oddly adorable.

“I looked up a lot, a lot of things and focused on dreams as the key clue. I think dreams are a form of the subconscious, and also a pathway into the subconscious.”

“Okay, okay, Hero-sama. We don’t have your level of ‘wisdom.’ We’re just ordinary high school students, and there’s even a middle schooler here. So can we skip the philosophy and go straight to the conclusion and the method?”

Hui Jiaqi was about to lose it. Every day it was these incomprehensible theories like heavenly scripture.

‘Big bro… big sis, we’re here to figure out how to wake her up. Can you just tell us the method?’

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“I’ll handle the method. What I need to tell you now is that… this isn’t that simple.”

Xixia had gone through quite a few related materials at home. After learning she was actually a girl, certain information about Heroes also seemed to slowly surface in her mind through the pendant.

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“Senior, you’re really bored… you even went and created a whole mental world just to stuff my seal inside.”

The little Demon Lord watched Belonia fiddle with a magic circle. Since this was her own subconscious world, she could still sense what the other was doing.

The chains of consciousness locking her in place originated from a certain spell her senior had set up. High-level magic like that usually had fragile sources, so the caster would definitely spend effort protecting the source of the sealing spell.

Belonia had basically taken control of her junior’s subconscious world. She could reshape Eiru’s dreams however she wanted. So using the structure of the dream itself, she created a special dream world to protect the source of the spell from being destroyed.

Seeing her own dream from a spectator’s perspective for the first time, Her Majesty the Demon Lord found the experience rather novel. But looking at this world constructed from dreams, she felt a strange mix of unfamiliarity and familiarity.

“Hmm? Is this what your original world looked like, Senior?”

The scenery was completely different from this world. Magical beasts roaming around, waterfalls flowing upward, islands floating in midair… this whole collection of phenomena that would make Newton furious instantly sparked the little Demon Lord’s curiosity.

After all, this loli was something like a fusion of two worlds. Looking at this unfamiliar landscape, Eiru felt a peculiar sense of intimacy. But alongside that familiarity was confusion.

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Normally, when a villain sets up defenses to protect something, shouldn’t it just be traps and mechanisms? Going through the trouble of constructing an entire small world… was her senior simply too nostalgic for her homeland?

“Of course there are traps. Look over there…”

Belonia pointed toward a floating island in the distance. On it, a wolf-shaped magical beast as huge as an elephant strolled leisurely with a swaggering gait. With its massive body and ferocious appearance, even a movie veteran like the little Demon Lord could tell at a glance it was not something to mess with.

Then the unfortunate wolf stepped on something by accident.

A bolt of heavenly lightning descended from the sky.

After the thunderous explosion, there was no roasted wolf meat left behind. Only a massive lump of charred coal remained.

“It seems like someone out there might try to save you, so just in case…”

The people in this world were mostly powerless ordinary humans. The technological weapons they were so proud of couldn’t be brought into dreams. Whoever entered this world, Belonia guaranteed they wouldn’t get far before being permanently buried here.

Setting aside the dangerous magical beasts and terrifying spell traps, the sheer vastness of this world alone meant outsiders would get lost in minutes. Finding Eiru’s subconscious body sleeping at the center of the dream would be nearly impossible.

“So Senior, you’re planning to lock me directly in the center of that world?”

The little Demon Lord’s mouth twitched. Was she really about to become some fairy-tale princess waiting to be rescued?

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Honestly, she didn’t want anyone to come save her. Just like she had told Yuki before, absolutely no one was allowed to enter her dream.

If this were someone else’s dream, at worst they’d just wake up if their life was threatened. The worst-case scenario would be failing and having to start over from a save point.

But the little Demon Lord was different. Her dream fed back into reality. If you died inside, you wouldn’t escape outside either. It was the kind of hell difficulty where your character shattered on contact and you only had one life to clear the game.

Belonia smiled and waved her hands. The little Demon Lord gradually lost consciousness and responsiveness. Immediately after, at the center of the dream world, a massive crystal wrapped around a throne appeared out of thin air.

“Am I overthinking this? After all, the humans of this world aren’t worth fearing.”

Belonia stroked the giant crystal and muttered to herself.

“Still, better to be cautious. Now that this child, the only variable, can’t do anything… I can’t afford any more mistakes.”

—— Scene Break ——

After Xixia finished explaining the danger, her alarming words left everyone conflicted.

Especially when they heard they only had one chance. If they failed, Eiru would most likely never wake up, or if she did, she wouldn’t be the same person anymore. Even Yuki hesitated.

“Xixia, you’re the Hero. This… might really only be something you can handle.”

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Yuki spoke solemnly. He knew his own limits. In a situation like this, there was almost nothing he could do. Forcing his way in might just drag things down. It would be better to entrust it to the Hero girl who had the greatest chance.

“Senior, once upon a time there was a Demon Lord who gave up her position and fell in love with a Hero.”

Xixia didn’t immediately accept Yuki’s request. Instead, she began telling a strange story.

“But a Hero’s lifespan is short. After the Hero passed away naturally, the Demon Lord, in order to reunite with her lover, bestowed a ‘blessing’ upon all future Demon Lords.”

“Every Demon Lord would only ever fall in love with her Hero.”

‘Wait, what are you trying to say? Are you trying to steal my wife…’

Yuki’s expression turned awkward. He didn’t quite understand what Xixia meant.

“Senior, don’t you understand? The only one who can resolve this incident is the Hero. And for that little Demon Lord…”

Xixia reached out and tied the pendant around Yuki’s wrist. Then she spoke earnestly to him.

“Only you are her Hero.”