Demon King – Chapter 836 – Believe It or Not

“Hm? Xia… huh? Bro?”

Looking at the deskmate beside him wearing the school uniform dress, a certain young man still couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on.

Returning to school in her identity as a girl, the Hero girl naturally caused a huge uproar in the class.

‘That chuunibyou dummy is a short-haired pretty girl? You’ve got to be kidding.’

Not just the classmates, even Xixia’s homeroom teacher wore a face of complete disbelief. If her parents hadn’t personally come to confirm it and modify the records, who would believe that such a big guy was actually a girl?

On the first day back at school, when he saw this familiar yet unfamiliar girl sitting beside him, Wei even wondered if she had walked into the wrong classroom.

Then, under the complicated gazes of the entire class, the girl beside him calmly took out her homework and textbooks from her bag and placed them neatly on the desk. The whole process was natural and practiced. She even shot him a slightly disdainful glance when she saw him hesitate to speak.

“Um, excuse me—”

Before Wei could even finish his question, Xixia removed a doll keychain from her bag, hooked her finger through the loop, and lightly shook it in front of him.

“So after all these years as bros, I’m only worth a two percent discount to you, huh?”

Looking at the doll in her hand, Wei finally realized where he had seen this girl before. But what she said still left him confused. That didn’t explain why she was sitting here.

‘After all these years as bros? What did that even mean?’

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Now that he thought about it, she did look a lot like Xixia. Not just a little like. More like…

Taking a closer look, aside from some light makeup and slightly longer hair, Wei realized the girl beside him wasn’t just familiar. Strip away the clothes and the hair length, and didn’t she look exactly like his good bro?

“Stop guessing. I am Xixia…”

She put the doll away, leaving him alone to digest the massive amount of information in that one sentence. Truth be told, the Hero girl’s own mental state wasn’t much better right now.

Honestly, she didn’t want to come to school at all. After this move, her image, her social circle, everything would have to be completely reshuffled. Who wouldn’t be scared of that kind of change?

Returning to school had stressed Xixia out far more than exams or studying ever had. But her parents absolutely refused to budge, and she had no way to fight back.

So one time when she went out with Eiru and the others, Yuki needed to buy something and temporarily handed that Demon Lord over to her to look after.

With no one else around, and with this loli Demon Lord temporarily emotionless and unlikely to mess with her, Xixia seized the chance to pour out her grievances.

“But you didn’t really have a good image with them to begin with. And your only friend is that deskmate Wei, right?”

Facts proved that even after losing her emotions, a certain loli could still be merciless when it came to stabbing where it hurt. ‘Xixia, you were already socially dead. How much worse could it get? What’s a little extra seasoning?’

Successfully persuaded by Eiru, Xixia bit the bullet and obediently returned to school. Even though she showed up, the pressure on her shoulders was still enormous.

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Sure enough, after confirming that she really was Xixia, the class immediately exploded. Considering her usual baffling chuunibyou antics, everyone assumed she was pulling some weird stunt again.

“Bro Xia! You’ve escalated your skits to crossdressing with makeup now?! Wait, let me think… what’s the explanation this time?”

Wei held his head, trying to use his deskmate’s usual brain logic to rationalize the situation.

“The Hero dresses up as a girl to debut as an idol and save the world, right?”

“Hahahaha, that’s just Xixia… nothing he does is surprising.”

“But I seriously didn’t expect crossdressing this time… You’ve got to admit though, he actually looks pretty good. At first glance you can’t even tell he’s a guy.”

Listening to the teasing and mockery from her classmates, the poor Hero girl sighed. It was like all the strength had drained from her body as she slumped onto her desk in silent frustration.

“I’m just saying, you really don’t have to go this far…”

Like usual, Wei casually placed a hand on Xixia’s shoulder and leaned closer with a helpless tone.

“I get the Hero stuff… but if you’ve got a crossdressing hobby, at least keep it at home? Bringing it to school is kinda…”

“I’m a girl.”

“Yeah yeah, you’re a girl. So what’s the excuse this time… wait? What did you just say?”

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Wei was laughing as he spoke, thinking there was no helping his good bro, giving a perfunctory response. But halfway through, his words got stuck in his throat as he belatedly realized something. Those four simple words seemed to carry some insane meaning.

The expression on Xixia’s face was also different from her usual argumentative look. What Wei saw was only a kind of exhausted helplessness.

“I said, I’m a girl. Got it? I’m not a crossdresser. If anything, before was crossdressing.”

“Bro, you’re really good at joking…”

Wei laughed and lightly slapped his deskmate’s back. Even though something felt off, he still couldn’t quite believe her.

“You might look kinda like a girl, but we’ve known each other this long. How could I not tell if you’re a guy or girl? And even if I couldn’t, your records clearly say—”

“Believe it or not.”

She dropped back onto her desk, glancing out of the corner of her eye at the classmates who were still pointing and whispering about her. Having mentally prepared herself beforehand, the Hero girl didn’t react much to the situation.

While pointing and gossiping about the suddenly crossdressed Xixia, the classmates gradually returned to their seats, chatting while waiting for the homeroom teacher to arrive.

After a while, with the teacher’s entrance, the noisy classroom quickly quieted down. But even with her head on the desk, Xixia could still sense classmates occasionally glancing at her. Judging from the teasing looks in their eyes, they were still secretly discussing her.

What none of the students noticed was that before entering the classroom, the teacher on the podium had been staring down at the file in his hands, wearing an expression that looked like he was questioning his entire life.

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“Is Xixia here?”

“Ah? Yeah. I’m here.”

Finally lifting his head from the document, the homeroom teacher looked toward the Hero girl. After confirming she was present, he spoke with a complicated expression.

“I’ve already learned about your situation from your parents.”

The students below were instantly confused. The strange exchange made them sense something was wrong. And what the teacher said next nearly made their jaws hit the floor.

“After class, come with me to the records office and have the staff update your information… And Xuan Wei, take your hand off her. She’s a girl.”

Wei, whose hand was still resting on Xixia’s shoulder, was completely stunned by that sentence.

He could brush it off when Xixia said it. But coming from the teacher’s mouth…

‘Wait. He’s not actually a girl… right?’

“So I told you. Believe it or not.”