Demon King – Chapter 939 – Are They Both Pretending?

With a band-aid stuck under one eye and another on one side of her cheek, Yunxing frowned slightly. Used to being harassed daily by Yu Qiu, he felt oddly complicated seeing the fresh injuries on her.

He had only come to the cafeteria to deal with lunch. When the pink-haired girl walked over on her own carrying a tray, he had originally planned to scold her a few words. But seeing her current state, the words at the tip of his tongue were swallowed back down.

Especially when he saw the thick bandages wrapped around both of her hands. It had only been one day. It was honestly hard to imagine how a girl their age could end up with such serious injuries.

“You…” Yunxing looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself. Thinking it was probably this brat courting death again, he suddenly lost the desire to ask.

“Hehe~ I accidentally overdid it. But it’s fine. Not having to do homework is actually pretty nice.”

Although the homeroom teacher had scolded Yu Qiu harshly, seeing her hands in that condition, he still exempted her from homework. In the end, for this female little devil, it actually turned into a good thing.

“But is Little Gorilla worried about me? Hehe, can’t tell at all. But our relationship is actually pretty—”

“Get lost. Seeing you like this, I’m just short of popping champagne to celebrate.”

Yunxing poured a bucket of cold water over her smiling face on the spot, using a calm tone to say the most hurtful words possible.

“That’s so mean. We’ve known each other so long.”

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She said that, but the grin on the pink-haired girl’s face showed not a trace of hurt.

“You’re the one who came over. I’m not even close with you…”

“Their relationship is really weird…” Not far from them, a silver-haired loli muttered quietly while listening to their interaction.

Yuki had been called away by a teacher, so the Demon Lord had come to eat lunch alone. To avoid drawing attention, she deliberately wore a hat to hide her eye-catching silver hair.

She also put on a pair of plain glasses. Combined with the way she was quietly eating now, she carried a certain literary girl aura. It was hard for anyone around her to connect her with the mischievous Demon Lord from their impressions.

She had heard some things about Yu Qiu from Stupid Yuki. Although Yu Qiu had changed her hair color again, Eiru still recognized her immediately.

She had only come to solve the problem of lunch. Unexpectedly running into Yunxing and Yu Qiu sitting nearby was a pleasant surprise for Her Majesty the Demon Lord.

In the distance, Eiya stood holding her own tray, hesitating as she watched the subtle scene. This level of disguise was nowhere near enough to stop her from recognizing her own biological sister.

Judging from her sister’s current look, she probably didn’t want to be recognized. Better not go over and cause trouble.

After thinking it through, the little girl gave up the idea of having lunch with her sister and instead went to find a certain Hero Girl.

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That Hero Girl was currently arguing with the air beside her about something unknown. Wasn’t that far more interesting than whatever was happening over here? Holding her tray, Eiya bounced toward Xixia.

Back to the Demon Lord’s perspective, listening to the exchange between Yu Qiu and Yunxing, she couldn’t quite figure out what kind of relationship those two had.

Based purely on how they interacted now, sharp-tongued Yunxing might be seen as the classic tsundere who spoke harshly but had a soft heart. But as someone who could sense others’ true feelings to a certain extent, Eiru did not think his attitude was that simple.

The disgust and rejection in Yunxing’s words contained not the slightest bit of falseness. He genuinely despised the pink-haired girl in front of him. Yet despite hating her so much, for someone with a somewhat short temper, he was surprisingly tolerant of her.

As for Yu Qiu, the little Demon Lord could clearly sense that she treated Yunxing as entertainment. Did she like him? Impossible. Not a single word she spoke carried even the faintest trace of genuine feeling toward him.

Every sentence revolved only around herself. She could even sense that this pink-haired girl was no simple character. Every word that came out of her mouth was a mix of truth and lies, making it impossible to tell which was which.

“Stupid Yuki said they’ve known each other for a long time… How strange.”

Their personalities were completely different, yet oddly similar. As someone who could somewhat perceive people’s hearts, the Demon Lord was certain of one thing.

The two of them were definitely both pretending.

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“Little Gorilla, can you help me grab my backpack? My hands are kind of… hehe~”

After school, Yu Qiu blocked Yunxing before he could leave the classroom. Wearing that shameless grin, she completely ignored the way his face darkened upon hearing her request.

‘You didn’t even bring your backpack and came over here just to make me go to your class to fetch it? Who the hell do you think you are? Are we even that close?’

For such an unreasonable request, Yunxing didn’t even bother replying. He simply picked up his own backpack and sidestepped around her.

‘Psycho. I’d have a hole in my brain if I went to help you get it.’

Used to being rejected, Yu Qiu stomped her foot where she stood, but quickly chased after him, even leaving her own backpack behind in the classroom.

“Are you sick? You’re not even a day student. Why are you running after me? You’re not in the Honor Class. Doesn’t your teacher care about you?”

“Aren’t you going to evening self-study too, Little Gorilla? Just take me to see it. I want to see what the delinquent gang is actually like. Let me see how you usually stir up trouble.”

One ran in front with a backpack, the other chased behind with all her strength. And in a place neither of them could see, a certain loli was fluttering her wings in the air, observing from above.

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“Can’t tell at all. Saying you hate girls, but you’re actually pretty gentlemanly?”

From her high vantage point, Eiru immediately noticed that Yunxing had deliberately slowed his pace. Who would have thought this rough younger brother actually thought about things so carefully.

Of course, Yunxing wasn’t slowing down so that the nuisance behind him could catch up. Knowing Yu Qiu’s personality, he understood her inexplicable stubborn streak.

If he ran at full speed, she would definitely ignore her physical limits and sprint with everything she had. If that happened, she would inevitably end up tripping and eating dirt.

The injuries on Yu Qiu were already absurdly numerous. Even if he didn’t like her, he wasn’t cruel enough to watch her add more. Letting out a sigh as he ran, he didn’t even understand why he was softening like this.

‘So sis, why do you like and take care of this girl so much? What’s so good about her?’

Complaining inwardly as he ran, if Yunyue didn’t genuinely like this troublesome girl, Yunxing truly wouldn’t want to look after her.

‘So damn annoying. Just get lost already!’