Demon King – Chapter 860 – You’re Not Worth Hearing It

The little Demon Lord could clearly feel that the voice echoing in her mind had been infused with some kind of suggestive magic that made people subconsciously feel what it said made sense.

That strange magic slowly guided and shifted the target’s thoughts, making it impossible for them to analyze the logical flaws in its words for a time. In a situation like this, unless someone had a strong enough will, it was very easy to fall into the trap.

But Eiru was a Demon Lord. Setting other things aside, when it came to magic resistance, her stat points were maxed out. The reason she had spaced out earlier was simply because she was wondering which idiot was talking nonsense.

“Don’t think that causing trouble in a place like this means I can’t guess who you are.”

She replied with that sentence inside her mind. One advantage of Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s multitasking brain was that she could deal with things outside while also handling things inside.

‘Even if I don’t have memories, Stupid Yuki told me everything afterward. Though I don’t know why you’re still able to talk here, there must be my own reason for it, right?’

Quietly grumbling in her heart, the little Demon Lord reached out and patted Xixia’s shoulder, giving her a meaningful look.

“Huh? Little Demon Lord, why are you looking at me like that? What does that mean?”

“Nothing. Just thinking it’s good you didn’t lose your job. There’s still work for you to do. Very professionally relevant.”

Xixia instantly produced three question marks over her head.

‘Do Demon Lords nowadays all like speaking in riddles? Could it be that every past Demon Lord got defeated by heroes because they didn’t know how to talk properly?’

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“Ahem. Classified. You’ll know when the time comes anyway. You’re a hero. There’ll be an important mission for you.”

Though she wasn’t sure whether that voice really was her, it was only a possibility. Muttering to herself internally, Her Majesty the Demon Lord continued leading the two girls in search of an exit while also waiting for the voice’s reply.

But the response contained no real substance. It was still the same rhetoric about Demon Lords being noble, human nature being evil and not worth Eiru standing with, urging her to become a ruler.

‘So it thinks I lost my memories, and that’s why it’s trying to guide me like this.’

As she gradually confirmed the other party’s identity from its words, the Demon Lord also became certain of one thing. The owner of the voice didn’t seem able to know her actual situation.

But then how did it know she had read that booklet? Was there some trigger condition? If what Stupid Yuki said was right, that Chaotic Evil should have been sealed inside her all along, without much ability to arrange things elsewhere. Especially not in a place she was visiting for the first time.

“Well, this actually explains why I got dragged into this place. The bug thing makes sense now.”

“Hm? Why?” When Eiru suddenly said that, the two girls were naturally curious.

“Because there’s an evil person sealed inside me. But since it’s not me, after pulling me in it couldn’t process me, so a bug happened.”

‘Seems like Senior mentioned this before.’

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Xixia suddenly remembered something Yuki had told her. She vaguely recalled him saying there was a truly evil Demon Lord waiting for her to defeat or something like that.

“Then where is she?! I’ll defeat her right now. If I kill her, can we get out?”

Watching Xixia suddenly pull out two sticks from who knows where, posing as if ready to fight, the sisters both rolled their eyes in unison. Why are you so fired up the moment this comes up?

“A Demon Lord isn’t that easy to deal with. She’s basically final boss level. If you want to fight her, my suggestion is that you first go beat the boss upstairs. Or downstairs. Anyway that vengeful spirit. Clear that stage first.”

Sure enough, the moment that vengeful spirit was mentioned, the terrifying giant ghost face instantly appeared in Xixia’s mind. Having faced that underworld-level horror at close range before, her legs went weak and she collapsed onto the floor on the spot.

‘Seriously, you’re this useless?’

Seeing the hero react like that, Eiru felt speechless inside, but she still stepped forward and comforted her like soothing a little sister.

“There, there. My fault. Shouldn’t have brought it up. Don’t be scared.”

One hand hugged Xixia’s head while the other gently patted her back. Thinking about it, that big ghost really had been scary, so Her Majesty the Demon Lord could understand.

Just then a ghost suddenly lunged out from somewhere and attacked the three girls. The little Demon Lord kept comforting her while casually reaching out with one hand, grabbing the ghost by the throat and tossing it away without even turning her head.

“See? They can’t hurt us at all, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

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“That’s just because you’re too strong. That’s not convincing at all, okay?”

Eiya couldn’t help complaining at the sight.

Thinking about it carefully, even that huge vengeful spirit earlier had been completely unable to fight back in front of her sister and got beaten senseless. So why had they run back then? Wasn’t that a winning situation?

“Actually I was hesitating before. If we found trapped people, I wondered whether we could save them too. But since I had to prioritize protecting you two, I put it aside for now.”

After learning that the ones stuck inside were all villains who deserved it, the Demon Lord no longer needed to struggle with that question. She wasn’t some absurd saint. Why would she bring those people out to keep harming society?

And she also found the logic that voice used laughable. Using specific individuals to represent an entire group was unreasonable in itself.

Stupid Yuki, Little Eiya, Stupid Qi, Dummy… all of them cared about her and didn’t mind her demon race identity. Using a few villains’ deeds to deny everyone would just be slander and insult to them.

But the little Demon Lord couldn’t be bothered arguing with that voice. The reason was simple. Knowing its deeds and mindset, she only had one thing to say.

Trying to reason with you, you’re not worthy of hearing it.

“Alright alright, sitting on the ground got your socks dirty. Your white stockings are dusty. Are your legs still weak? Try standing up first.”

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Helping Xixia up, the little Demon Lord even thoughtfully brushed the dust off her socks.

“Oh right. To avoid you accusing me of being a pervert, I suggest you dust off your butt yourself.”

“Hey! What kind of image do you have of me?!”

That teasing remark immediately made Xixia puff up angrily, instantly tossing her fear out of her mind.

“Oh, you can stand now. Then get ready. We’re going to fight the dungeon boss.”

Lightly patting her waist, the little Demon Lord giggled and told the two girls the result of her earlier mana scan of the area.

Since this small world reproduced each room’s original function to some degree, just like how key information appeared in the archives room.

Then which place in a school was most likely to break the situation and hide the big boss?

Of course it was the principal’s office.