Demon King – Chapter 827 – The Little Demon Lord’s Abnormality

As a certain Chaotic Evil Demon Lord’s plan fell through, Eiru also woke up amid everyone’s worry.

Originally, everything should have been heading back toward normal. Yet it seemed that a small problem had appeared again…

“Dinner’s ready, girls…”

“Coming, coming!”

At dinnertime, following Liu Wan’s call, Eiya responded, taking her sister’s hand as the two sisters walked together to the dining table.

Since Jiaqi’s parents had also returned from their trip, he had no real reason to keep staying here and reluctantly went back home. Though it was hard to say who it was that had felt awkward all over at the beginning.

The family quietly yet peacefully enjoyed the lavish dinner. The table was filled with dishes both sisters loved.

But precisely because it was so quiet, the scene felt especially wrong.

Picking at the rice in her bowl, the Little Demon Lord seemed not to see the abundant dishes on the table at all. She only numbly ate what was in her bowl.

Only eating rice without touching the dishes would not do. The three of them did not even bother eating their own food, frequently placing some dishes into her bowl before she could finish the rice.

And Eiru accepted everything without refusal. It was as if her eyes could see nothing but the contents of her bowl. She silently acted as an emotionless rice-eating machine.

Through this mechanical way of eating, the little girl quickly finished her portion of dinner. After drinking the soup her mother had served for her, she simply sat there quietly, staring blankly ahead.

Ei Yuan and Liu Wan let out a sigh. Looking at their daughter like this, their hearts felt extremely heavy.

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At a complete loss for what to do, the two of them could only follow the doctor’s advice and try their best to give their child more care and attention.

When Eiru had woken up earlier, Ei Yuan, who had been by her side the longest, was the first to notice.

Overjoyed beyond words, he had lost control of his emotions for a moment and pulled his child into a tight embrace.

But he quickly realized something was wrong. In his excitement, by the time he remembered that his eldest daughter disliked having her head touched, his hand was already resting on her head, gently stroking it.

He had expected her to react, to resist.

Yet she showed no reaction at all.

Upon closer observation, Ei Yuan realized that Eiru’s eyes no longer carried their usual clever sparkle. What remained was only dullness and confusion.

Terrified, he immediately called for Doctor Su Yuze to examine what exactly was going on with his daughter.

While Doctor Su Yuze was conducting the examination, Yuki arrived at the hospital with a group of friends.

As Ei Yuan was still explaining to Officer Li and Ning Xin about how something was wrong with his daughter, Doctor Su Yuze’s conclusion was also reached.

Leaving the others behind to accompany Eiru, Yuki followed Doctor Su Yuze out of the ward to confirm a few things. While explaining the situation to the adults, he tentatively asked a question.

“She’s lost her emotions. Right?”

Doctor Su Yuze naturally gave an affirmative response.

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For some unknown reason, while retaining all of her memories, Eiru had lost her emotions and her capacity for subjective judgment.

Happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, liking…

Even though the girl completely remembered what those emotions had once felt like, she could no longer feel anything.

Beyond that, after losing her emotions, she had become indifferent to everything. She had entered a state of confusion where she did not know what she wanted, nor what she should do.

Simply put, she was now like a puppet.

She would not take the initiative to do anything, nor would she refuse anything.

It was a state where she would do whatever others told her to do, and if left alone, she would simply sit there without thinking about anything.

“It may be psychological trauma. It will take some time to recover. For now, there’s no particularly good solution. As her parents, you can only try to give her more care and see if her emotions can be awakened again.”

Calling it psychological trauma was not exactly wrong…

Yuki thought helplessly. It was just that this so-called trauma was not quite what these adults imagined.

Sure enough, the moment Ei Yuan heard the words psychological trauma, he collapsed back into the chair behind him with a thud.

Such a conclusion made him believe that it was their family’s lack of care that had caused this, that he himself was the culprit.

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“I’m not fit to be a father, I’m not fit! Why couldn’t I spend more time looking after her? What was I busy with, that damned work… She’s my daughter!”

As he spoke, emotionally breaking down, Ei Yuan raised his hand to slap himself. But Yuki quickly reached out to stop him.

“Uncle, there’s really no need for that. You may not fully understand her, but Lu Brat isn’t someone who would turn out like this from that kind of blow. And hasn’t your family’s situation improved recently? If nothing happened before, how could it suddenly become a problem now?”

Although because of past matters Yuki did not have much goodwill toward his future father-in-law, objectively speaking, this truly was not the man’s fault. There was no need for him to shoulder everything.

“She’ll recover slowly. And if your daughters see you like this, would that really be appropriate?”

A few simple words awakened Ei Yuan.

As the head of the household, carrying the weight of the family on his shoulders, no matter who else collapsed, he could not.

Leaving the adults behind to think and discuss how to deal with the situation, Yuki once again entered the hospital room.

“Lu Brat?”

Hearing Yuki’s voice, the Little Demon Lord tilted her head and turned her gaze toward him.

Though her dull expression lacked its usual cleverness, it carried a different kind of cuteness.

Yuki smiled. In front of their friends, he hugged the adorable girl before him.

Since he had been given advance notice, he had already mentally prepared himself for things to turn out this way.

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“Don’t worry. It’s not permanent. Once my soul and consciousness are fully restored and I clean up the mess she left behind, I’ll naturally return to my original self.”

Back in the subconscious world, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had already explained to Yuki the various possible developments that would follow.

As for what she would become in reality and to what degree, she already had a rough idea.

“It’ll be troublesome for you during this period though. In this state, I’m extremely, extremely, extremely easy to deceive. Though calling it deception isn’t quite accurate. Even if I see through it, I wouldn’t react. It’s more like I’m easy to be taken advantage of.”

“So please, make sure to protect me properly. When I recover, I’ll repay you well…”

With her hands pressed together in a pleading gesture, the Little Demon Lord stuck out her tongue slightly. The playful look made Yuki laugh.

But what kind of relationship did they have?

Even without being asked, even without any special circumstances, Yuki would always protect his mischievous yet innocent little treasure.

“Of course. If you want to take this opportunity to train me into your shape or something, I wouldn’t min—mmph?! You hit me again!”

Back in reality, Yuki looked at the adorable girl in his arms with her blank expression and gently kissed her on the forehead.

“When you recover, we’ll settle the score properly. Just you wait.”