Demon King – Chapter 875 – The Hero’s Babysitting Log

After being tormented to the brink of exhaustion by a certain ghost toddler who had turned into a house wrecking husky, the hero girl’s troubles did not end there. Once her beloved father and mother came home, even more misfortune would come crashing down onto her head.

To avoid Shang’s existence causing any commotion, before her parents returned, Xixia shoved her into her own room and repeatedly warned her that without permission she was not allowed to run outside.

Then there was the damage to the furniture, which gave her another massive headache. Even if Eiru would reimburse or repair everything afterward, Xixia still had to come up with some kind of explanation for her parents today.

The TV was gone. The robot vacuum was scrapped. Even the air purifier and clothes dryer in the living room had not escaped unscathed. The hero girl desperately tried to salvage them, but it was obvious she had not put any skill points into this area.

“Ahhh! Why did I even bring you back with me?! This is torture! What kind of excuse am I supposed to make?! A husky suddenly ran into our house, tore everything apart, and then ran away?”

Luckily, the refrigerator, air conditioner, and computer had been fiercely protected by Xixia. If those had been destroyed too, she was already planning to pack her luggage and hide at a certain Demon Lord’s house for a few days.

“Little Xixia, Little Xixia. I saw lots of colorful dog pictures on that thing you called a computer. Do you have a dog? Why haven’t I seen it?”

“Because I just want one. My parents didn’t agree…”

If she could have caught Shang in spirit form, the hero girl would have wanted to grab her and spank her on the spot.

‘But considering this kid was already old enough to be a grandmother’s grandmother and then some, would that be a bit disrespectful?’

When she saw Shang casually leave another burst of static snow across the computer screen with a swipe of her hand, Xixia buried that thought in the deepest corner of her heart.

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‘Who cares about disrespect? I’m going to find a way to beat her up to vent my anger!’

‘Even if heroes exist to help everyone, they are not punching bags, okay? You’re clearly picking on me because you think I’m easy to bully, right?!’

“So Little Xixia, why do I feel like you’re very special? You’re clearly not a Daughter of Amber Crystal, and you’re not a Demon Lord either…”

The moment that question popped out of the little one’s mouth, a clear line of logic suddenly formed in Xixia’s mind. She finally understood why this ghost irritated her so much.

Shang was a Daughter of Amber Crystal. The Daughters of Amber Crystal were chosen to be transformed into Demon Lords, the so called larvae. Heroes were the mortal enemies of Demon Lords, so heroes were also the mortal enemies of the Daughters of Amber Crystal…

“Damn it! If I could touch you, I’d definitely grab you and spank you!”

“Huh? Little Xixia wants to touch me?” Shang tapped her finger against her lips, revealing a surprised expression that soon turned into delight.

“That’s easy. If Little Xixia wants to touch me, you can just say so.”

“Wait. What?!” Hearing those suspicious words, the hero girl suddenly realized something was very wrong.

“Stop! My house can’t handle your weight!”

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Lying on her own bed after a disastrous day, the hero girl curled up under the blanket and sulked. Meanwhile, the curious baby Shang continued floating around her.

“Little Xixia, are you going to sleep? I feel a little bored. Can you take me out to play?”

“Big sis, it’s already past ten… I just got scolded by my parents and had my allowance deducted. And you still want me to sneak out in the middle of the night? Do I have a death wish?”

Even after Xixia’s female identity was put out in the open, her family had not grounded her or anything. She could still go out and fool around as usual, at most receiving a few extra nagging words before leaving.

But that did not mean she could go out in the middle of the night. After nine P.M., leaving the house was strictly forbidden.

Besides, the hero girl was not some rebellious child, nor did she have the guts to openly defy her parents like that. No matter what Shang said, there was no way she would agree to such a request.

“So, where do you want to go?”

Dressed in a skirt, Xixia hugged her knees and sat on a stone stool outside, her face clearly spelling out the words unwilling.

“I’m telling you in advance. If my parents find out I snuck out in the middle of the night, I’m really dead…”

“It’s fine. Little Xixia can come be a Grim Reaper with me.”

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“Not that kind of dead! My parents aren’t actually going to… Forget it. That seems like a sensitive topic for you.”

Her voice gradually softened. Thinking about how Shang had mentioned being sacrificed before, Xixia tactfully avoided the delicate subject.

“But if you run out like this, don’t you need to keep managing your place? What if someone accidentally wanders in like me and the little Demon Lord did?”

“No need to worry. Only people with filthy souls can enter. You going in was an accident because the little Demon Lord has an evil person sealed inside her. That situation was too special.”

“As for you and her sister, it was because you were too close to her and never left each other’s sight. I couldn’t swallow just the little Demon Lord alone, so I swallowed all three of you together.”

While explaining how her territory operated, Shang said the probability of normal people accidentally entering was basically zero. Although there could be cases of swallowing people together, normally no one would stick that closely to an evil person.

“But what if a criminal drags a hostage in there? You said they need to be a certain distance apart and out of each other’s sight. What if the bad guy grabs the hostage and refuses to let go?”

Letting her imagination run wild, Xixia proposed another possibility. But Shang still said such situations were also considered in the mechanism.

“The little cuties inside are mischievous, but they only harm people with filthy souls. And as long as someone inside follows the clues and finds me, I can send the accidentally swallowed person back out.”

The difference in time flow compared to the outside world was also taken into account because solving the puzzle would take time. In short, aside from possibly being frightened a little, those who wandered in could basically leave safely.

“You call those things a little mischievous?”

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Just recalling the face of that Great Wraith made the hero girl shiver. A little frightened? That thing scared people unconscious, okay?

“But you said if they find you, they can leave. You’re outside right now. If someone wanders in at this moment, they won’t be able to find you, right?”

The ghost toddler floating in midair froze. That actually seemed to be true. For safety’s sake, maybe she should go back and check whether some unlucky person had wandered in.

“Alright then, safe travels. Come out and play again sometime.”

Seeing that she seemed ready to go back, Xixia happily waved her hand, thinking she could finally send this house wrecking husky away.

But Shang looked troubled. After thinking for a long time, she slowly floated back to Xixia’s side and softly voiced a request that made the hero girl’s expression change drastically.

“Um? Little Xixia, can you go back with me?”

“No! Don’t tell me you’re scared to go home alone! There’s nothing on the way creepier than your place!”

Even as warm hearted as the hero girl was, she had no desire to set foot in that underworld like place ever again.