Demon King – Chapter 862 – This Little Brat Is Seriously Not Right

The scene in front of them left the three girls at a loss for words for a moment. But very quickly, something even more speechless unfolded before them.

After flopping down with a smack and crushing the office desk that had likely long been in disrepair, the tiny girl who called herself “Shang” simply lay there amidst the scattered debris… and actually started snoring in her sleep.

“Good grief. This one’s on a whole different level.”

The little Demon Lord spread her hands. At this point, she genuinely could not treat this barely one point two meter tall brat as some kind of dangerous suspect anymore.

“So what do we do now… Sis, should we wake her up?”

“No need. If she can fall asleep like that, there’s no way we can wake her.”

“So why are you so experienced with this, Little Demon Lord?”

The three girls briefly searched the surroundings but did not find many useful clues. All that remained was to wait for this most suspicious little brat to wake up. Fortunately, this unlucky kid did not sleep for long. After a while, she crawled up again from the mess on the floor.

Though she still had that extremely lazy attitude, under the trio’s persistent questioning, the silver-haired little thing finally answered some of their questions and began introducing herself.

Unlike her childish appearance, according to Shang, she had been staying here for who knew how many years. At the very least, by her own estimate, the combined ages of the three girls in front of her might not even amount to half of hers.

“If I’m here, I’m basically the administrator. I maintain the stability and management of this place. It’s been so long since I’ve seen any guests… Though wait, is this even a place that can have guests?”

As she spoke, the silver haired little thing suddenly fell into deep thought, looking rather slow witted. As the administrator, she had just remembered the conditions required to enter this place.

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“In that case… are you… evil people?”

Her tone changed abruptly. One corner of Shang’s mouth slowly lifted into a strange arc. On that tender and cute little face, an expression emerged that no human face should ever be able to produce.

As her tone and expression shifted, the surrounding temperature seemed to drop several degrees. Eiru immediately stepped in front of Eiya and Xixia, one hand shielding them behind her as she took a combat stance.

“Hm, no. Your souls are clearly very clean… that can’t be faked.”

After scrutinizing the three of them for a while with that twisted, wicked grin, the silver-haired little thing suddenly withdrew her sinister expression.

Originally she had intended to lazily flop back down onto the desk like a deflated balloon, but upon realizing the desk had already collapsed, she could only stand there awkwardly, looking somewhat at a loss.

“Next time someone comes in, I need them to bring a desk with them. Or bring one in from outside…”

Muttering to herself, and after confirming the three in front of her were not evil people, the little thing slowly floated up like a ghost. Then she began chatting with them as if she had known them for ages.

“Do you have any good desk recommendations? Preferably something durable enough to withstand the wear of time. And ideally something that can handle… what was it again… over twenty tons!”

“I think… that requirement might be a bit excessive?”

Eiya’s lips twitched. Though she had indeed been frightened by the girl’s expression earlier, the other party’s sheer airheadedness made it hard to stay tense.

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“Sigh, can’t help it. In a materialized state, that’s just how much I weigh. I don’t want to stay intangible every day. Sure, walking through walls is convenient, but not being able to touch anything feels awful.”

‘So the desk collapsed not because it was old and broken, but because of you?!’

The three of them stared in shock at Shang’s barely one point two meter tall petite body. This little thing was not even as tall as the pair of silver haired loli sisters. How in the world… Even if it’s compression, it doesn’t compress like that, right?

“Don’t look at me like that. How should I put it… Here, I’m the administrator. Outside, the way you’d call me would probably be… Do you prefer Grim Reaper? Or Yama King?”

‘More like Yama Loli King, isn’t it? No, you don’t even qualify as a loli…’

The three of them silently complained in their hearts. Still, the amount of information in her words was explosive.

“But I’m not the kind of Grim Reaper you’re imagining. Since you’re guests, I’ll give you a brief introduction. My job is to run this place properly and manage the ‘food’ it requires.”

Just thinking a little was enough to know what this so-called “food” referred to. Hearing that, the little Demon Lord, who was no stranger to magical theory, could not help but have a complicated expression.

“Relax, relax. This place only eats evil people. Your souls are very clean, so there won’t be any problem. My eyes can see the color of souls. I won’t get that wrong.”

No matter who it was, once someone committed evil deeds, their soul would inevitably be stained with some filthy color. When that color became murky enough, it meant the person had become someone who disregarded life entirely. Those people were what the little thing in front of them referred to as “food.”

“When you were wandering around, did you see those cute little guys? They weren’t very cute before, but I scrubbed them clean myself!”

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‘Cute… little guys?’

The three girls looked at each other, confusion evident in their eyes. If there was anything in this hellish place that could be called cute, it seemed to be only this strange little girl in front of them.

“Excuse me for asking, but the cute little guys you’re talking about wouldn’t happen to be those floating skeletons outside, right?”

It was the little Demon Lord who reacted first. Just as she tentatively asked that question, several skeleton ghosts outside quietly slipped in through the still open door.

“Yep, them. They’re very warm and hospitable.”

As she spoke, Shang’s expression gradually changed again. The corners of her lips lifted into that eerie curve once more, and the frightening wicked grin reappeared on her face.

Seeing Shang suddenly leap forward with that twisted expression, the little Demon Lord was so startled she immediately shielded the two behind her. But Shang merely brushed past them and headed straight for the uninvited guests behind.

“Hehahahaha. Where did you get the guts to come in here?”

Like an evil specter, before the slightly horrified eyes of the three girls, several skeleton ghosts failed to make a single sound. Their necks were seized, and they were violently torn into pieces by the tiny girl.

“I already bleached you all nice and clean. Still can’t change your nature? Instead of properly turning those scumbags into your kind, you’re trying to attack the few guests I’ve finally gotten?”

Only after the skeleton ghosts were reduced to nothing, not even scraps left in her hands, did Shang stop. She then turned around and returned to her somewhat lazy demeanor.

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“Sorry you had to see that. Actually, those little guys used to be those scumbags. But I’ve already bleached them clean. Don’t they look much cleaner and cuter now?”

‘No. We just think they look even scarier, okay? Though not as scary as you…’

As the three silently complained in their hearts, Shang seemed to belatedly notice something. When she looked at the pair of silver haired loli sisters, surprise appeared in her eyes.

“Huh? Same white hair as me… Could it be you’re also… Daughters of Amber Crystal?”

Hearing that familiar term, Eiru and Eiya could not help but be startled. But before the sisters could react, Shang, seemingly having confirmed their identities, eagerly floated closer.

“And there are two of you? We’re the same kind! But you don’t look like you became a Grim Reaper like me. So how did you manage to survive?”

Translator Note

Main plot!!!