Demon King – Chapter 903 – Strange Competition

After all the ruckus, the two couples were now sitting across from each other. Watching her sister laughing and chatting with Yuki on the opposite sofa, Eiya bit her lip and fiercely pinched Jiaqi’s thigh.

“Ow ow ow! Little Ya, what’s wrong?!”

“Nothing! You’re a pig!”

Faced with his childhood friend’s sudden reproach, Jiaqi was puzzled, he thought he’d performed pretty well back in the cubicle, and she’d even been acting cute, so shouldn’t his likeability have increased quite a bit?

“Good thing it’s Stupid Qi. If it were anyone else, their likeability would drop like crazy…”

Watching the interaction between this childhood sweetheart pair, the little Demon Lord leaned close to Yuki’s ear and whispered a complaint.

Yuki had no idea what had happened between those two, so upon hearing Eiru’s complaint, he was also completely confused, wondering if they’d had some kind of disagreement.

“Simply put, Little Ya wants some, Jiaqi didn’t give it~”

“Oh, I get it. Then he deserves it.”

When brothers became a couple, their communication could be understood even in code. Her Majesty the Demon Lord used an overly down-to-earth, weird explanation, and Yuki immediately understood the situation.

“To be honest, the three of us did grow up together. Stupid Qi, oh Stupid Qi, just set aside all those useless concerns~”

Jokes aside, seeing her little sister’s resentful expression, the little Demon Lord’s heart did go out to her a bit. Resting her chin on her hands on the table, she started trying to talk some sense into her childhood friend, who possessed impenetrable defenses.

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“Think carefully about what Little Ya, the person you know best, is really like? How you should get along with her would be clear…”

“Before you say all that, Lu Brat, pay attention to your posture.”

Yuki’s slightly low voice came from behind Eiru. The sight of this unlucky girl with her upper body on the table and lower body on his lap made it hard for his blood pressure not to rise.

‘Usually when we’re alone, it’s fine if you don’t act like a girl… But Jiaqi is here right now, can you please be mindful of your image? I don’t like others seeing this side of you!’

“Huh? Why do I get this deja vu feeling like Stupid Yuki is jealous… What did I do—Eep?!”

The little Demon Lord turned back, puzzled. Knowing that talking further was useless, Yuki didn’t waste words and simply reached out, picked her up, and placed her back on the sofa.

“How to get along?”

Hearing his childhood friend’s words, Jiaqi stroked his chin thoughtfully. But being the wooden block that the two sisters called him, there was no way he’d hit upon the key point anytime soon.

So it was up to Eiya to step in. Quietly sighing, she fiercely pinched his waist and proactively spoke some of her true feelings to Jiaqi.

“Bro~ther Ji~a~qi! Can’t you see how tolerant I am of you? If anyone else bullied me like this, I would have kicked them away long ago!”

“But didn’t you already kick me just now?”

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Hearing his childhood friend’s words, Jiaqi was even more confused. He was still reflecting what exactly he’d done back in the cubicle to make her upset.

“The hell I… Sis! He’s an idiot!”

“Alright, alright, Stupid Qi…” Eiru, sitting on Yuki’s lap, waved her hand. “Don’t forget, you two are childhood sweethearts. Just like Little Ya holds an important place in your heart, you hold an important place in hers too.”

Regarding the relationship within their childhood trio, the little Demon Lord could empathize with her little sister. The place Jiaqi held in her heart couldn’t be replaced by Eiya, and similarly, the place Eiya held in her heart couldn’t be replaced by Jiaqi.

The bonds of childhood made the three of them irreplaceably important to each other. So Eiya’s tolerance for Jiaqi had reached a level where even if he randomly screwed up, she could still accept it.

“If I didn’t truly know Stupid Qi was an idiot, I would think he was some kind of seasoned player playing hard to get, knowing Little Ya couldn’t bear to let him go.”

She whispered this complaint into Yuki’s ear, but Her Majesty the Demon Lord suddenly noticed that when this topic came up, Yuki’s expression wasn’t very good… as if he was unhappy or sulking.

“Stupid Yuki? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, you guys continue.”

Helplessly rubbing the head of the girl in his arms, the reason for Yuki’s unhappiness was quite simple.

‘You three are here talking about memories and bonds, and it makes me feel left out.’

Not to mention the girl even mentioned something about the place Eiya and Jiaqi held in her heart being irreplaceable by others. Although he understood what his little girlfriend meant, hearing her say this in front of him, her boyfriend, naturally made him feel uncomfortable.

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‘Whatever, I know this silly Demon Lord is straightforward, and her being completely unreserved with me is a good thing, right…’

Adjusting his mindset like this, Yuki suddenly felt his hand being held by a pair of small hands.

Looking down, he saw the silver-haired loli in his arms half-turned, gently grasping one of his hands with both of hers, smiling as she stared at him.

“You’re jealous? Ehehe… you idiot, what is there to be jealous about?”

The little Demon Lord shifted, gently lying sideways in Yuki’s embrace. One hand rested on his chest, the other intertwined fingers with him, as she spoke words no one present ever expected her to say.

“No matter what place others hold in my heart, don’t forget, the one who successfully pursued me wasn’t anyone else, but you~ So then, do I need to explain anything further?”

Her fingers traced circles on Yuki’s chest. Although she didn’t get a verbal response, the accelerating heartbeat transmitted through her fingertips gave Her Majesty the Demon Lord a satisfactory answer.

“Haha, Stupid Yuki, you’re blushing~ Let me see?”

“Hey! Don’t say weird things!”

‘Hiss? Is this Lu Brat? She can flirt like this?’

Usually it’s Yuki taking the lead between them, this sudden switch of attacker and defender is a bit hard to get used to. Staring dumbfounded at the interaction of the young couple across from them, not to mention Jiaqi, even Eiya beside him had her eyes wide open.

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But not long after, the normal play-fighting of the young couple across quickly escalated into blazing passion. Seeing these two suddenly embrace and tumble onto the sofa, the childhood sweetheart pair watching from the other side were instantly left in an awkward position.

‘Damn, shameless, actually doing this in front of others, it’s so… enviable! I want to be this close with Little Ya too! But I’d probably be hated, right?’

Casting envious and jealous glances at the silver-haired couple across, Jiaqi also occasionally stole glances at his own childhood friend sitting properly beside him. His heart was filled with the urge to scoop her up and suck and knead her fiercely.

“You don’t want to lose, right?”

Jiaqi’s cowardice had already made his unlucky childhood friend give up hope of an atmosphere. Shooting him a glare, she had to take the initiative, gently grasping the hand of this wooden-headed guy.

“If you don’t want to lose, then hold me… Do whatever you want to me. But only this once… This once, I won’t mind…”

Her voice grew softer and softer. Eiya blushed and turned her little head away. Gently squeezing the hand holding Jiaqi’s, she, shy as she was, still added one last sentence with a hint of tsundere.

Translator Note

…Can I drop this novel?