Demon King – Chapter 854 – Time to Catch Ghosts

As everyone knows, in horror games, the place where you can usually make breakthrough progress in the plot is almost always the most cursed location in the entire setting.

And right now, the three girls led by the little Demon Lord were heading exactly to such a place to look for clues. After several rounds of discussion, they reached a unanimous conclusion that the so-called most cursed location was the restroom.

Usually built at the edge of the corridor, once something goes wrong there is often only a single route out, making escape difficult.

Inside are numerous stalls. Not exactly great for hiding people, but in scenes like this, it is common for something to be lurking inside.

One of the few places in school with large mirrors. Combined with the damp environment, these are practically indispensable elements in horror films.

Taking all of that into account, the three girls trembled their way to the restroom on their floor.

The environment had already been dim to begin with. If the restroom were completely dark, perhaps the little Demon Lord and the others would not have been this nervous. But the restroom entrance faced the stairwell, and the “Safety Exit” sign hanging there glowed faint green, adding an extra layer of eeriness to the scene.

“I’ve never run into a men’s restroom before…” As if trying to ease the tension, Eiya suddenly blurted out something completely random just as they were about to enter.

“Haven’t you seen plenty through my memories? There’s no one else around anyway. What are you scared of?”

“But this is my first time actually coming in! And I’m not scared, okay?”

Seeing this, Xixia felt the need to assert her presence as well. She reached out and patted Eiya on the shoulder, then delivered an equally bizarre line.

“Don’t worry, Demon Lord’s little sis. I’m familiar with men’s restrooms. I’ve got you covered!”

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‘Seriously, is that something to be proud of?’

Eiya complained internally as she looked at Xixia’s expression.

‘And besides, is that really something a girl should be saying?’

Even so, stepping into a men’s restroom for the first time still gave Eiya a strange little jolt of nervousness. But once inside, she realized it was just… that. From the way she showed zero hesitation and strutted in boldly, it was obvious she was a problem girl herself.

The three searched everywhere but found nothing. If there was nothing in the men’s restroom, then they could only check the women’s restroom next. And so the situation took on a rather amusing twist. Eiya stood at the front, while the other two problem girls suddenly chickened out.

“Uh… should I be saying right now that I’m familiar with the women’s restroom? That I’ll cover you guys?”

Imitating Xixia’s tone from earlier, Eiya teased them. But she was also a bit puzzled. It’s not like you two just turned into girls. Surely you’ve been in a women’s restroom before?

“Never have.”

“First time.”

The two problem girls shook their heads and, under Eiya’s black-lined expression, answered in perfect unison.

“Got used to it. Usually went into the men’s… uh…”

They suddenly overlapped lines and glanced at each other, then spoke again at the same time.

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“The line’s sometimes long in the women’s restroom.”

One look was enough to confirm it. They were absolutely kindred spirits. As if catching the same wavelength, the two problem girls even raised their hands and high-fived.

“I mean, my sister is one thing. She doesn’t really have the need to use the restroom anyway… But what’s your deal, dummy sis? You’ve been running into the men’s restroom at school these past few days?”

“Mm… habit, I guess? The way they look at me is a bit weird, but at least the men’s restroom has stalls, right?”

“Exactly. For us, going into the women’s restroom is even more awkward, okay? There are partitions anyway. Men’s or women’s, it’s all the same… Though Stupid Yuki doesn’t let me go into the men’s restroom anymore.”

As if he’d ever let you do that. Eiya was already too tired to deal with this mess. Her own sister had Yuki watching over her, but this Xixia? Mm…

After that little interlude, the three girls finally slipped into the women’s restroom. This time, however, they were not completely empty-handed.

The moment they stepped inside, they saw a ghost preening in front of the mirror as if showing off. The three immediately hid to the side, secretly observing the unnatural and somewhat ridiculous scene.

The mirror in front of the ghost did not reflect its figure at all. Yet in places where there was clearly no ghost in reality, the mirror showed a ghost moving about.

“Could there be two types of ghosts? One that can’t be seen in mirrors but exists in reality, and another that can’t be seen in reality and can only be seen in mirrors?”

“Spare me, okay? We didn’t bring any mirrors with us. How are we supposed to play this?”

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As they speculated, they quickly got their answer. One of the ghosts inside the mirror suddenly drifted toward it, then crawled straight out of the mirror itself.

At the same time it emerged, its reflection disappeared from the mirror. In other words, there was only one kind of ghost. The mirror was merely a passage for them to enter and exit.

“Sis, could the mirror be the key to us getting out?”

“No chance. Because we can’t just dive headfirst into a mirror.”

The little Demon Lord immediately denied her sister’s guess. She had already tested that theory earlier in the men’s restroom. At least for them, a mirror was just a mirror. It had no special function.

“And from now on, we need to avoid mirrors during our actions. If the version of us inside the mirror gets attacked by a ghost in there, I’m not sure what would happen… But right now though~”

Under the stunned gazes of the other two girls, Her Majesty the Demon Lord suddenly rushed out. She grabbed the ghosts within her line of sight, one in each hand, and before they could react, threw them all straight into the mirror.

The ghosts, having just regained their senses, tried to rush out to attack Eiru. The little Demon Lord responded by smashing the mirror to pieces with a backhand strike. To prevent them from escaping through the shards, she even deliberately blackened every fragment with her magic.

“Didn’t expect that, huh? You can’t outplay me! How dare a bunch of measly ghosts resist the Demon Lord?!”

Eiru’s outrageous maneuver left the other two girls completely dumbfounded. Xixia, however, quickly caught on. If you can’t defeat them directly, then seal them up instead. It felt like some hero in the past had used a similar trick on a Demon Lord before.

“I could probably just wipe them out directly… But there are too many of them. Now that we know there’s another method, we can pick them off one by one later~”

The ring at the tip of her tail lit up, blue light gathering in her hand. In an instant, she constructed an exquisite little mirror with a lid designed to conceal it.

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Then she created two more identical mirrors and handed them to her companions. They were not stupid. The moment they saw the mirrors, they already understood the plan.

“You get how to use it, right? You’re not dumb… Since you can’t grab them, just use it like a bug net. Catch one and snap the lid shut.”

“And next…”

After finishing her explanation, the little Demon Lord revealed a wicked grin.

“It’s time for us to catch some ghosts~”

Translator Note

It reminds me of Fatal Frame lmao

Only this time it’s using mirror instead of camera hahah xD