Smart demon lord

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Looking at this magenta-haired woman that visited his apartment out of nowhere and was acting bashful in front of him. Yuki was suddenly reminded that originally after both she and Maou got ambushed while going back from work.

Maou lost his dear bike Dullahan, While Emilia lost her purse as she ran frantically along with Maou and she didn't notice it only when she was a long distance away, So she ended up following Maou to his apartment and sacrificing her dignity as a hero to ask for their permission to allow her to spend the night with them because it was late to go back to her own apartment that was on the other side of town plus she had no money on her so she was even more embarrassed the next day when Maou lent her the money showing her once more his kind-hearted side…

Yuki was completely focused on thinking about how to deal with his disgusting situation to the point that he missed this point, and he never thought that his presence would give Emilia another option. So, instead of asking a favor from the two demons she loathed, she can at least ask this same favor from a human instead, plus she would feel much more at ease since he owed her for saving him. Although she wasn't going to bring that up…

As countless thoughts kept mining through the wall of confusion that was clogging Yuki's mind, Emilia was starting to get creeped out as he kept eyeing her creepily and she couldn't help but think that Maou and Ashiya were starting to look cuter and maybe she should have gone to them instead...

'Why does he need to stare at me like this without saying anything? This look reminds me of that mercenary we hired one time and tried to kill us in our sleep after poisoning our food... Will this kid try to do the same?' Reaching this thought Emilia suddenly lowered her eyes and noticed that the kid was holding a knife and it actually had some red stains on it…

'Don't tell me!!! This kid already murdered someone! Is this why he's acting weird? am I walking into a crime scene? I should leave!' Emilia suddenly started getting nervous and unconsciously took a step back which woke Yuki from his daydreaming as he 'gently' smiled at Emilia who had a forced smile on her face to hide her nervousness before he said

"Sorry Emilia, I was surprised by your sudden visit, I wasn't prepared for it at all…" Said Yuki with a smile while thinking 'If I knew she was coming, I would have made dinner for two directly… well it's fine, this girl is worth the extra work, at least I can repay her for saving me earlier…'

But while Yuki was thinking happy thoughts, Emilia thought that her guess was confirmed 'I definitely came at the wrong time, he's obviously hinting for me to leave, this is my chance!' "I wi-" However, just as she opened her mouth to justify her escape, Yuki said at the same time "Please come in, consider yourself at home, I'm embarrassed that the place is a little messy" Yuki felt embarrassed by his messy room that had clothes thrown all over it so he looked at the knife in his hand to hide his embarrassment…

'A little m-m-messy? How cold-hearted can you be to think so little about murdering someone! This kid is dangerous' Thought Emilia, and seeing him playing with the 'blood' stained knife while looking at it didn't help… but then Yuki suddenly opened the door and she steeled her heart for the worst expecting some poor decapitated person with his guts splattered on the ground, yet the scene that greeted her was simply a messy room with some clothes on the floor and the smell of freshly cooked food suddenly entered her nostrils and made her stomach start to whistle…

"Please come in" Said Yuki with a smile, and Emilia's face couldn't help but turn beet red as she lowered her head in shame and entered, finally understanding that she misunderstood this 'innocent' kid once again…

"T-t-thank you for your hospitality" Said Emilia, her voice a whisper and Yuki almost couldn't hear it but he thought she was simply embarrassed thinking about the favor she was going to ask of him so he didn't mind it and said "I was just in the process of making dinner, I'm sure you didn't have anything to eat right?"

Emilia hearing how concerned he seemed about her, nodded her head while still feeling embarrassed by her earlier thoughts and she couldn't help but think 'This kid is really easy to misunderstand… Somehow I can't blame Ashiya and Maou for almost killing him…'

"I will go get some bowls from Maou and Ashiya because I don't have enough for two people" Said Yuki before he quickly went out leaving Emilia alone, as she started to look around his messy apartment, and this time she wasn't as hurried like she was in the morning and after some quick observation, she was left in shock "This kid barely has the bare necessities to live… no wonder he looks so emaciated…" muttered Emilia, feeling sad for Yuki to be forced to live such a tough life at a young age…

"Let's clear this mess first" muttered Emilia as she decided to help him out by clearing the messy clothes on the floor which weren't there before in the morning because this is what happened when Yuki kept searching for something suitable to wear when he went out to meet Mashiro leaving a mess behind him that he felt too lazy to clean…

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Meanwhile, Maou and Ashiya who were having their dinner while discussing the earlier incident found themselves suddenly interrupted by a knocking on their door and Yuki's voice suddenly followed after it "Maou, Ashiya, it's me"

The two demons shot each other puzzled looks before Maou stood up and opened the door before he said with a smile showing no hint that he was attacked not so long ago…"What's up Yuki, do you need anything?"

Yuki looked apologetically at Maou as he said "Sorry for bothering you guys again, but I have a guest and I don't have enough bowls to serve them, can you lend me two bowls please?"

'Well, this doesn't add up? Why do you need two bowls if you only have one guest? How did you eat before? From the fucking floor? This kid really doesn't miss any opportunity to take advantage of us… Hopefully, Ashiya won't fall for the trickery of this devil in the future…' Thought Maou who was still unaware that his trusted general had already fallen prey to Yuki's evil scheme... Then he said "Oh, I would love to help you Yuki-kun, but we actually only have one additional bowl…"

'This guy is tough to deal with unlike that idiot Ashiya' thought Yuki as some invisible conquerors Haki clashed between his eyes and Maou's, a battle unseen to someone like Ashiya who like an idiot suddenly blurted out "Oh, my lo-, Maou we actually have two additional bowls in case ours break, it seems you forgot about them, my lo- Maou is really so hardworking to completely forget about these mundane matters, I bow to you in admiration"

'You fucking idiot! Can't you see the evil grin on this kid's face? Wait, don't tell me he expected Ashiya to react this way from the start? How scary, it was checkmate from the start!' Maou suddenly started seeing Yuki's silhouette growing bigger and bigger in front of his eyes until it completely towered over him as he kept cursing Ashiya for his stupidity inside his head before he said

"Oh that's right, that's right, sorry Yuki-kun I completely forgot about this…" said Maou apologetically as if he truly wasn't lying earlier, and Yuki put on an accepting look as he patted Maou on the shoulder and said "Don't worry about it 'dear' neighbor, I'm sure you never intended to be a cheapskate with me… We are neighbors and both in difficult situations so we should help each other when needed!"

Yuki almost had a holy look on his face when he said this, but Maou noticed a hint of trickery and deceit hidden so deep in his eyes that gave him the creeps, and he was correct as Yuki never meant any single thing he just said and was only thinking this 'You can kiss your knife and bowls goodbye forever'

After achieving his purpose as Ashiya handed him the bowls, Yuki was about to leave back to his apartment when Maou suddenly asked him out of nowhere "Yuki-kun, is your geust a magenta-haired woman?"

Yuki suddenly stopped in his tracks as he looked at Maou's eyes and noticed the look of apathy in them clearly not wanting to hear any lies, so he simply shrugged and said "Yes, it's Emi, I got to know her this morning as she came to apologize for what happened at the stairs, but I don't really know why she visited me right now si I came right away to ask you for the bowls as I guessed she had nothing to eat yet…"

'I see, so the one that was following me is Emilia and not the people that ambushed us huh… that's good to know, but I should ask her tomorrow why she followed us…' Maou let out a sigh of relief before he said "Please pass to her my regards…"

"Sure, goodnight" said Yuki before he left to his apartment not noticing how Maou's eyes suddenly started swirling with a deep look as he shot Ashiya that was washing the dishes a look secretly as he thought 'Why's Ashiya so comfortable with our arch-enemy sleeping near us? Or did I overlook something?'

If Yuki had any idea about what Maou was thinking right now, he would have really felt creeped out by how smart and scary this guy was…

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Meanwhile, Back at his own apartment, he was surprised when he found out that Emilia was organizing his clothes and he couldn't help but say in embarrassment" Emilia-san, you shouldn't have done that…"

Emilia who already regained her calm, shot him a stern look before she said "This is the least I can do" 'After all you don't even mind sharing your food with me while you are living in this miserable state so how can I not do anything for you' thought Emilia convinced that she was doing the right thing.

Seeing her weird determination, Yuki let out a sigh and decided to accept her decision before he served her the food he prepared earlier since it was still hot which was another rice with eggs, but this time he also made a simple tomato salad which is the reason his knife had some stains of red.

"Thank you for the food" Said Emilia, not complaining at all about the simple dinner and while she was eating, Yuki started preparing another batch of food for himself and while doing so he finally asked her " So Emilia-san, how come you visited me all of a sudden?"

Emilia suddenly stopped eating as she lowered her head before she responded "You know I didn't completely believe you this morning, but now I trust your words… When I was coming back from work with Maou, we were ambushed in the middle of the street, and the assailant was using… magic!"

'Magic huh?' I can't wait to learn how to use it…' Thought Yuki as he asked Emilia "Please tell me everything…"

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