Demon King – Chapter 866 – The Ghost Girl’s Wish

A person’s soul is not something fixed and unchanging. The so-called colors will shift over time or due to other changes.

Even at different times or under different circumstances, for the same person, the color displayed by their soul, even the same shade, may represent entirely different meanings.

“She’s a Demon Lord. Her level of mystery and status is higher than mine. So even I can’t see too much.”

Seeing Yuki rendered speechless by her rather nonsensical answer, Shang let go of Eiru’s neck and floated in midair, darting back and forth like a fish while explaining.

“But is she really okay like this? If someone sees her, she doesn’t have that invisibility like before, right?”

Yuki turned his head and asked his little girlfriend. If this scene were seen by someone, it would definitely be bad.

Shang looked like she was wearing nothing but a simple white dress, like someone draped in a bedsheet. Her semi-transparent figure, even in broad daylight, really did resemble a ghost from a horror movie. It would be easy to scare people. Though in a sense, she was exactly that kind of existence.

“No. But if she comes out, she can only affect things within a certain range.”

On the way back, the little Demon Lord had already tested it. About ten meters. Only when someone entered a radius of roughly ten meters around Shang would they be able to notice her existence.

And even within that range, Shang’s semi-transparent body under sunlight was not very conspicuous. It was easy for people to mistake her for a trick of the eyes.

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“Mirrors can’t reflect her. But cameras can capture her very clearly. Though since she’s always following me, we don’t have to worry about that.”

“More importantly, I actually want to ask you for a favor, Stupid Yuki. It’s about her.”

Aside from being bored from being cooped up for too long and finally finding someone interesting enough to talk to, Shang had another important reason for suddenly deciding to follow the girls out.

She had taken on the role of “Grim Reaper” at around ten years old. Because of the long passage of time and the lack of mental growth, Shang had gradually forgotten her own name and past. She only remembered that her former name contained the character “Shang.”

After all, she had once existed as a human. And she was always alone. So in her heart, the desire to reclaim her past grew stronger with time.

For the sake of maintaining her “small world,” Shang would occasionally slip into the outside world to “hunt.” During those excursions, she had tried more than once to search for traces of her past.

But without anyone to help her, it was not convenient for Shang to move around outside. Not to mention she did not want to scare people and cause panic, which made her actions even more restrained.

Under those conditions, relying only on the life experience of a ten-year-old, and trying to recover her former identity and memories without causing disturbance, was extremely difficult. There had been no progress at all.

But the appearance of Eiru and the others this time reignited that long-buried wish.

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Especially after seeing that they could communicate with her normally, and that two of them were even connected to the Daughters of Amber Crystal, she was overjoyed.

“There should be files on Daddy’s side, right? So I wanted to ask him to check if there’s someone matching the conditions… a missing person?”

After being asked by Shang, and considering that it was not an unreasonable request, Her Majesty the Demon Lord agreed to help her.

‘But even though I’m technically his future daughter-in-law… son-in-law.’ The Demon Lord corrected herself internally. ‘Still, something like digging into household registration records was not something I could conveniently inquire about.’

So it would have to be Yuki, as Officer Li’s son, to probe. If he could ask, then he would ask. If not, they would drop it and she would think of another way.

“Alright, I’ll ask my dad.” Yuki picked up the drink beside him. “But it would be best to have a time range. She looks about ten years old. Or is she like you, someone who doesn’t grow? How old is she? A time range would make it easier to search.”

“She’s probably seventy or eighty?”

Hearing Eiru’s answer, Yuki almost sprayed out the drink he had just taken into his mouth.

‘What? She clearly looks barely over ten, okay?’

She was not even taller than a certain pair of loli sisters. Combined with that mentality, and you’re telling me she’s from our grandparents’ generation?

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“Anyway, it’s around that range. At least the last time she ran outside was about thirty or forty years ago…”

Because time flowed differently inside that space, the little Demon Lord could only piece together a rough estimate based on scattered bits of information.

But considering Shang’s claim that she had been sacrificed to a fragment of the Abyssal Amber at age ten, maybe she was someone who had never even been officially registered. Thinking about the chaotic circumstances of that era described by the older generation, Eiru suddenly felt that this line of investigation might not hold much hope either.

“In any case, I’ll ask for you.”

Looking at Shang still darting around in the air like a fish, Yuki’s mouth twitched. For a moment, he did not know whether to treat her as a troublesome little sister or as an elder.

“But let’s put that aside. I’m going to your house for dinner tonight. You didn’t forget, right?”

After lightly clearing his throat and regaining his composure, Yuki pulled the topic back on track.

Other matters could wait. Meeting the parents could not be taken lightly.

Although Yuki was very displeased with certain aspects of Eiru’s family situation, if possible, he still hoped to leave a good impression. He did not want to clash with his future father-in-law and stir up unnecessary trouble.

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Setting aside everything else, having the support of the other party’s parents during a relationship was beneficial in every way. After all, who would choose a troublesome underground romance when they could date openly?

“Hehe. How could I forget~ Let me guess. Stupid Yuki, are you agonizing over what to wear? And now you want me to help you pick, right~?”

“Bingo. As expected of my wife. You get me!”

“Husband! Between the two of us, after knowing each other this long, how could I not guess what you’re thinking?”

After some discussion, and after reminding Eiya and Xixia to keep an eye on a certain ghost girl, the young couple slipped back to the dorm to pick out clothes.

Meanwhile, the little one, seemingly tired of floating around, suddenly developed interest in the Hero girl who was sitting there idly tugging at her pantyhose out of boredom.

Silently drifting closer, watching Xixia with all her attention focused on her clothes, Shang slowly leaned her little head toward her.

The next second, the Hero girl’s piercing scream echoed throughout the entire teaching building corridor.