The Graduate Student Wants to Assassinate the Professor - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

Khalid gently patted my shoulder as he observed my distressed state.
“It’s alright. I’m here—what’s there to worry about? Stay by my side for now.”
“Yes, Professor. But what happens to us now?”
“Hmm…”
Khalid groaned with irritation, foreseeing the tedious procedures that lay ahead.
“The atmosphere here isn’t conducive to accomplishing anything further, so it would be best to return to the Academy. However, the Police don’t seem likely to release us easily… Blast it.”
True to Khalid’s words, he was taken to the Police Station.
He wasn’t dragged there as a suspect, but rather to give a victim’s statement—yet Khalid found dealing with the Police officers extraordinarily bothersome.
“Look, I’m an innocent victim. Isn’t that sufficient? What more do you need?”
“You were present at the crime scene. Afterward, you also went about searching for the perpetrator.”
“And that’s the end of it?”
As Khalid responded to the Police officer’s questions, the sky had already grown dark.
Eventually, Khalid stretched and entered the Cafe where Leoryna had been waiting, collapsing into the seat across from her.
“Ugh, how tedious! I have to give another statement tomorrow, so I’m staying here tonight! I have no idea why you insisted I remain here!”
Khalid grumbled and ordered something light to eat. Leoryna spoke with visible relief.
“Still, I’m truly grateful you weren’t injured, Professor. Now that I think about it, how did you survive that explosion unscathed? Are the Demon Race so resilient that they can withstand bomb blasts?”
“That’s thanks to the protective magic inscribed on my clothes…”
“Your clothes have protective magic on them? Are you referring to these magical circles here?”
Leoryna asked Khalid with an innocent expression, and he scratched his head in response.
“That’s right.”
“Then couldn’t you tell me about the clothes you’re wearing, Professor?”
At Leoryna’s words, Khalid glanced down at his own garments and asked.
“My clothes? Why these?”
“Why? Because aside from what you just mentioned, they’re covered with all sorts of magic. They’re all in the style used by the Demon Race, so I don’t know much about them—and you’ve never properly explained what they are. Of course, mages typically wear clothes with cleansing magic or temperature-regulation magic, but… why would you need clothes with so many spells inscribed on them?”
At Leoryna’s direct question, Khalid scratched his temple.
“Managing everything individually is too bothersome, so I simply loaded the clothes with magic.”
“Then couldn’t you tell me what kinds of magic they are? I’ve become curious about the Demon Race’s magic.”
Khalid nodded more readily than expected, then pointed to each magical circle inscribed on his clothes one by one and explained.
“You’ve probably seen others use this one frequently, but I’ve modified the cleansing magic slightly. And the temperature-regulation magic you mentioned is this one…”
Leoryna listened intently to Khalid’s explanation with curious eyes. He continued his explanation while pointing to five magical circles in succession.
“And these are defensive magic—if I come under attack, the magic activates.”
“What types of attacks are they effective against?”
“They’re most effective against blade attacks, and I have provisions for magical attacks as well. This one detects when magical forces arbitrarily alter physical laws and prevents them from affecting me. It was thanks to this magic that I remained unharmed even within that explosion.”
Leoryna clicked her tongue inwardly.
So essentially, nearly every attack would be rendered useless.
“And this one is less a defensive magic and more a reversal circle that prevents magic from being cast upon me. So no magic whatsoever can affect me. Though I can disable the function when I need magic cast on me occasionally.”
“Then potions wouldn’t be effective either?”
“Mystic potions work on different magical principles, so some are ineffective, but others do work.”
“Oh…”
That was welcome news to hear. There were many varieties of mystic potions, and if I ever had reason to obtain one, I could attempt something with it.
Of course, that was only if this plan fell through.
“But why did you carve five of these onto yourself? What reason would you have to be attacked, Professor?”
Khalid paused for a moment, then rolled his eyes before answering.
“Well… I could be attacked, couldn’t I? Like today?”
“But today’s attack wasn’t just targeting you—it was terrorism aimed at Veldract Company employees and the representative. Surely you don’t face terrorist attacks like this every day?”
“Today’s terrorism was actually something I didn’t anticipate either. The main reason is to prepare for when other Demon Race members come at me.”
“Other Demon Race members?”
Leoryna’s eyes widened. Why would other Demon Race members attack Khalid?
“You’re making a face like you don’t understand, so…”
Khalid seemed to be thinking about how to explain this.
“Basically, the Demon Race fundamentally follows those with stronger magical power. Those with average magical power naturally obey without question. But those with sufficiently strong magical power are different. Such individuals maintain high pride even before other strong ones.”
Leoryna had to tilt her head again at that point.
Was Khalid someone with strong pride?
Regardless, Khalid continued.
“So they want to establish dominance over those whose magical power is similar to theirs or slightly greater. And it’s awkward for me to say, but I was born with considerable magical power. That’s why some come at me occasionally.”
“So you use such powerful defensive magic to protect yourself from those Demon Race members?”
I didn’t know all the details, but given Khalid’s strength—the kind that had slaughtered 108 members of a clan—he should be able to subdue most opponents in one strike.
But Khalid narrowed his eyes and spoke.
“You never know when or where such opponents might appear. It’s better to be prepared. After nearly getting cut a few times, I’d rather avoid that altogether.”
“But Professor Zigzagel sometimes smacks Professor Khalid on the back of the head. Doesn’t that mean the defensive magic isn’t performing properly?”
Leoryna recalled how Zigzagel and Khalid would exchange blows whenever they bickered.
“Ah, these spells don’t work on Zigzagel. I set them up so that Zigzagel can attack me in case of emergency.”
“I’m confused about this, but is there a reason Professor Zigzagel needs to attack you?”
“Well, like when I need to be stopped.”
“Stopped from what?”
“Um… when I’m about to do something bad?”
Leoryna made an ambiguous expression, but Khalid didn’t know how to package and explain this any further.
“Anyway, that’s how it is.”
“Then what about the magic circles on this side? I can see patterns unique to the Demon Race, but I’ve never seen them before, so I’m not sure.”
Leoryna pointed to several magic circles inscribed on Khalid’s clothes that he had omitted from his explanation.
“This one is, um…”
Khalid adjusted his clothes and subtly covered them.
“This is also a type of protective magic. But it only activates in non-ordinary circumstances, so you don’t need to worry about it.”
Khalid seemed unwilling to explain it in detail and glossed over it.
Leoryna wondered if explosions and sword strikes counted as ordinary circumstances. If those were ordinary, she was curious about what would qualify as extraordinary.
“Well, Professor.”
Leoryna carefully broached the subject.
“How would I kill you, Professor?”
It was quite a bold question for Leoryna to ask. But Khalid seemed to treat it as nothing serious, smirking as he replied.
“You’d have to break through all my magic. Go ahead and try.”
‘So confident, this bastard…’
Leoryna felt a surge of frustration welling up inside her.
Because Khalid had inscribed a magical circle imbued with considerably advanced magic, even if Leoryna unleashed her full power, destroying those magical circles would be impossible.

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