The Graduate Student Wants to Assassinate the Professor - Chapter 94

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Chapter 94

Part 11: Khalid’s Fiancée

Leoryna and Zeles stared intently at the object before them. It was Khalid’s left horn—the one they had obtained from Talamans yesterday but had brought home without returning it to Khalid.
That much was fine, but…
“Hmm, what should I do…?”
Leoryna tilted her head in confusion.
She needed to report yesterday’s events to the Papal Church, but since even she couldn’t make sense of the situation, she was at a loss for how to write the report. So she had requested assistance, and Zeles had come to find her directly.
Today, he appeared as a boy with grey hair.
“I can’t figure out what this horn is for.”
What Leoryna had witnessed was Zigzagel cutting off Khalid’s horn, implanting it into Nifra, and then Nifra’s condition becoming strange afterward…
Beyond that, she couldn’t comprehend anything.
So why had they sealed it? What were they sealing?
“I don’t know! I just don’t know! And why did they call Nifra ‘Halgrok’? Zeles, what do you think?”
“You’re rambling so much that I can’t understand either. Do you really think I can make sense of an explanation like that?”
Zeles gave an equally vague response to Leoryna’s question.
Halgrok must have lost his power in a conflict with other gods thousands of years ago and vanished from this world. As far as Leoryna knew, it would take several more thousand years for Halgrok to recover his strength. And since the morale of the Demon Clan Members who served him was weak, there wouldn’t be anything capable of supporting him either.
“But based on what you saw and heard, if we reason it out… what you glimpsed when you peeked at the horn’s records probably wasn’t the real Halgrok. At best, it would be something like a remnant or afterimage of Halgrok.”
At Zeles’s conjecture, Leoryna crossed her arms and fell into thought.
So why would Halgrok’s remnant remain in the horn…?
Regardless, thanks to Petila’s power driving out that dark and ominous aura, the horn no longer emanated the presence she had felt in the Underground Prison.
“Could this also be Petila’s arrangement?”
If the Holy Maiden hadn’t given her that sacred power ring at that moment, Leoryna shuddered to think what would have happened.
In any case, the horn had returned to being an ordinary horn.
Leoryna licked her dry lips with her tongue.
“I still don’t know what’s what, but one thing is certain—using this horn’s power to attack Khalid actually works. You saw it too, didn’t you, Pongko?”
Leoryna asked Pongko, who stood beside her, also staring intently at the horn. Pongko nodded vigorously.
“Since this horn is Khalid’s power, it seems his defensive magic doesn’t work against it.”
“So I want to try using this horn… but how do I activate it? I tried channeling my own magical power into it, but it rejected my power—Khalid’s magical circuits must still be embedded in the horn. Is there another way?”
She asked Zeles, but the answer came from Pongko instead.
“What about implanting it into you like Talamans did…?”
At Pongko’s suggestion, Leoryna flicked his head with her finger.
“Say something that makes sense. I won’t resort to such a horrific method.”
“Besides, implanting another Demon Race’s horn into a Demon Race is quite reckless to begin with.”
Zeles tilted his head as he spoke.
“The magical circuits have to not repel each other. That person called Talamans probably chose horns that were as similar as possible to his own magical circuits when implanting other Demon Clan Members’ horns.”
“So according to Talamans’s words, magical circuits between different life forms can actually merge?”
“Theoretically, it’s not impossible. That doesn’t mean the number of circles increases infinitely, though. No matter how many circles a horn has, the increase would be at most one or two.”
“Then what happened when Khalid’s horn was forcibly fused with Nifra?”
“Probably a repulsion reaction occurred between the mana circuits….”
At Zeles’s words, Leoryna furrowed her brow.
“But that’s strange, isn’t it? Nifra was born without horns, so she’s a member of the Demon Race without mana circuits, right? So how could she repel Khalid’s mana circuits? If anything, she should have accepted them.”
“That’s true. It’s worth investigating.”
Zeles stroked his chin and continued.
“If what you saw in that horn really did come from Halgrok, then it makes sense that Petila’s divine power could drive it out. In the past, Petila and the other gods made a covenant preventing Halgrok from setting foot in this world…. Since it’s a promise between gods, it couldn’t be broken.”
“Then again.”
Leoryna tilted her head.
“Why would the Huaderica Clan still try to summon Halgrok? How?”
“Based on what you’ve told me, there’s something I can speculate about….”
“What is it?”
“I’m not certain yet. I’ll investigate and tell you later.”
“Alright.”
“For that reason, I’ll be taking this horn.”
“Wait. Then how am I supposed to attack Khalid?”
“You’re not planning to use this horn right now anyway. Besides, His Majesty isn’t pressing you to kill Caladniel immediately. Stop being so anxious and wait.”
Zeles shrugged with a leisurely attitude, but Leoryna felt frustrated.
“No, I mean, the reason I want to handle this quickly is….”
Leoryna closed her mouth mid-sentence. Then, after groaning to herself for a moment, she barely managed to speak.
“It’s nothing.”
“How dull.”
Zeles chuckled softly and carefully placed Khalid’s horn into his bag.
“Is there anything else you need to tell me?”
“No. I think I’ve told you everything I know.”
“Alright, good. If anything comes up, send the automata again.”
With those words, Zeles returned to Yorken using spatial transfer magic.
Left alone, Leoryna let out a deep sigh and sprawled across the sofa. After lying there for about three minutes, she suddenly began convulsing, thrashing her limbs about.
Pongko, who had been gnawing on apple tree branches in his nest, jumped up in surprise, but Leoryna’s convulsions didn’t subside easily.
“Ugh! Ahhh! Damn it! I just want to go back to my home quickly!”
“Leoryna… Do you really hate it that much when Khalid bothers you?”
“Of course I hate it! But that’s separate from why I’m frustrated right now…!”
Leoryna trailed off while complaining to Pongko. Her complexion darkened rapidly.
“I have a bad feeling that I can’t keep going on like this with Khalid. As much as he torments me, he keeps….”
Leoryna continued, squinting her eyes.
“He keeps being kind to me.”
“Hmm….”
Pongko reflected on how Khalid had treated Leoryna recently.
As he had told Leoryna before, whenever something happened to her, Khalid would roll up his sleeves and rush to her faster than anyone else. And even at Huaderica Castle, he had continued trying to protect her.
“I don’t want to create a debt of gratitude! I’d rather he treat me like a worthless graduate student and roll me around, but instead he’s spouting nonsense about protecting me?”
Leoryna ran her hands through her hair in frustration.
“When I think about it, it’s been like this from the start. He’s always trying to protect me. Remember the Festival? He practically jumped out of his skin worrying something might happen to me!”
After long deliberation, Leoryna had concluded that Khalid only reacted with such nervous sensitivity in situations where she faced danger.
“I hate that! Why does he care so much about my affairs? Why does he keep saying he’ll protect me regardless of what I want?! I can handle things on my own without him doing all that!”
“So you’re saying that Leoryna is currently suffering from pangs of conscience because Khalid keeps being so good to her?”
“Yes! Exactly! This has never happened before. No matter how many assassinations I’ve carried out, I’ve never once felt pity or compassion for my targets, and my conscience was always clear! Because those people were villains!”

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