Demon King – Chapter 865 – The Color of the Soul

“So that’s how it was. You ran into something like that…”

After hearing the whole sequence of events and the outcome, Yuki nodded, indicating he understood the situation.

“Um? You’re not mad?”

The little Demon Lord asked weakly. Feeling a bit guilty, she had been wondering whether he would get angry that she got dragged into this kind of trouble and even kept it from him.

Originally, Shang had the ability to freely enter and leave that place. As the administrator of that space, although she was extremely reluctant, under the strong pleas of the girls, she still sent them out.

“What would I be mad about? Eiya already told me some of it.” Yuki smiled and reached out to rub Eiru’s little head. “At least this time, you did really well, didn’t you?”

There was no longer that mindset of disregarding her own safety. While protecting Eiya and Xixia, she had also prioritized protecting herself. After learning that, Yuki was more happy than anything else.

And Yuki was self-aware. Although he wished he could stay by Eiru’s side twenty-four hours a day and shield her from even the slightest danger, he did not want to become her burden.

In that kind of situation, he truly would not have been able to help much. He might even have been the one holding everyone back. The fact that his little girlfriend had not informed him at the time meant that, at least in this incident, he had absolutely no grounds to blame her.

“So you see, you’re fully capable of handling these things properly. It’s just that before, you never took your own safety seriously.”

“Guwu~”

Receiving a light flick to her forehead, Her Majesty the Demon Lord covered it and let out a cute sound. Though she puffed out her cheeks in protest, she could not come up with anything to refute him.

“But Lu Brat, the one on you right now…”

Stroking his chin as he observed, the reason Yuki had not immediately pulled his adorable little girlfriend into his arms was the one currently hanging around her neck, that semi-transparent girl floating in midair.

Reαԁ оn KаtRеαdiոɡСαfе

“This is the heavyweight loli I told you about. She said it was too stuffy inside and insisted on coming out for a stroll.”

Eiru reached out and tapped the little one beside her, who looked young but was actually over half a century old. She stubbornly insisted on following along, and the little Demon Lord could not do much about her for now.

But come to think of it, she was basically like a bound spirit. How could she travel this far? She had followed her all the way from the Southern Port District to the Eastern District. It seemed her range of movement was indeed quite large.

“But little Demon Lord~ you have such powerful strength, right? With great power comes great responsibility. Come with me and capture all the bad people to be toys, okay~”

“As you can see, she wants to drag me onto her pirate ship, so she chased me out.” The Demon Lord shrugged. She had absolutely no desire to get involved in this kind of trouble.

She was not some bleeding-heart saint. In Yuki’s words, Eiru was someone who was easy to satisfy and afraid of all kinds of troublesome matters. As long as she could protect her own little world, that was enough.

The people around her were the most important. As for others, if something happened right in front of her and would not cause too much impact, then with her kind nature, she would most likely step in to help as best she could.

But operations like Shang’s, proactively hunting people down, even if it was to punish evildoers, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had no mood for such hassles. Catching criminals was better left to the police uncles.

Besides, her future father-in-law worked in that field. If needed, she could certainly help out. But handling evildoers directly like Shang did, honestly, Eiru preferred leaving it to professionals.

“I just want to stay by Stupid Yuki’s side~ guwu~ I don’t want to run off to weird places.”

Slipping over to Yuki’s side, the Demon Lord slightly raised her head and narrowed her eyes. Yuki understood immediately and began rubbing her head again.

“I see. The reason you won’t come with me is because of him…”

Shang suddenly revealed a dangerous smile. That eerie expression, one that could never belong on a human face, looked especially frightening even under the sunlight outdoors.

Rеаԁ оn КаtReαⅾinɡCаfе

Seeing the sudden change in her expression and sensing the inhuman aura of danger emanating from her, Yuki had not even recovered from his daze when the girl beside him moved first.

An invisible pressure spread outward from her. Even Yuki had rarely seen such a terrifying expression on Eiru’s face.

The little Demon Lord turned her head coldly and locked eyes with Shang, who was still hugging her neck. The two auras collided. The surrounding air seemed to grow heavier. Off to the side, Eiya was already hugging Xixia and trembling.

“I don’t dislike you. But if you have any ideas about Stupid Yuki…”

The tense atmosphere of swords drawn and bows bent lasted for a while. In the end, facing the Demon Lord’s pressure, Shang was the one who yielded, retracting her aura and putting on a pitiful expression.

“I was just scaring him. Don’t be so angry… His soul isn’t turbid. Why would I attack him?”

“You can scare anyone you want, but not Stupid Yuki. He’s my wife. Got it?”

“Got it…”

After sulking for a moment, Shang started acting like she was throwing a little tantrum, arms still wrapped around Eiru’s neck as she spun in midair.

“Clearly your soul looks especially clean and comfortable, little Demon Lord. It’s the cleanest I’ve ever seen. So why is there that one stain?!”

“It feels awful! Awful! I want to yank her out! I want to tear her into pieces and stitch her back together, peel her off bit by bit, and then… hehehehehe~”

As she complained, that ghost-like, horrifying grin once again appeared on Shang’s face. The Demon Lord could only sigh and turn her head away, refusing to look at that sanity-draining expression.

“But I could tell at a glance that your relationship isn’t ordinary…” Shang suddenly turned to Yuki. “Because every time your gaze shifts to the little Demon Lord, it turns pink.”

Rеαⅾ οn ΚаtRеаԁiոgСαfe

“What is she talking about?”

Yuki looked baffled by the strange statement. But the little Demon Lord beside him immediately understood, a faint unnatural blush appearing on her face.

“Her eyes can see the level of turbidity and the colors of souls, and what those colors represent.”

“Then what does pink mean?”

“It probably represents doting and affection? Or maybe also…” The blush on Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s face deepened.

But the ghost girl who abruptly took over the conversation clearly did not understand concepts like atmosphere or restraint.

“It also means you want to do lewd stuff.”

“Hey!”

Yuki could not help bursting into laughter. Then he picked up his adorable little girlfriend and directly left a cute little strawberry on her neck, expressing his stance through action. That’s right, I’m honest.

“But since you can see colors and meanings, can you help me check what color Lu Brat’s soul is?”

“Hm? Let me see. It’s blue and black.” Shang glanced at Eiru and promptly gave Yuki his answer.

“The blue and black in the little Demon Lord’s soul represent…”

Yuki waited eagerly for the rest, desperate to know what those two colors in his little girlfriend’s soul signified.

Read oո KаtRеadіnɡСаfе

“They represent that blue and black are her favorite colors.”

“?”

Translator Note

That’s it…?

No more action? No new main plot?

Just a new character that is related to the old plot?

What about fighting a boss ghost?

Why now suddenly back to eating dog food?

I’m disappointed! Hmph!