The Graduate Student Wants to Assassinate the Professor - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95

Pongko tilted his head quizzically.
“Khalid is a bad person too, isn’t he? You said he’ll start a war in the future. So wouldn’t it be right to nip the seeds of misfortune in the bud?”
“You say the most terrifying things without batting an eye sometimes.”
“But isn’t that the right logic? The Pope and the Holy Maiden thought the same way, which is why they sent Leoryna to kill Khalid.”
At Pongko’s words, Leoryna shook her head and released a deep sigh.
“I don’t know anymore.”
“Know what?”
“Whether Khalid is truly… a bad person….”
Leoryna spoke with visible hesitation.
“His attitude toward others is one thing. But toward me… except when he treats me as a graduate student, the things he does….”
Leoryna spoke bitterly.
“They seem… kind….”
….
“Ugh! I know it sounds ridiculous coming from my own mouth, so don’t look at me like that, okay?! I told you! As a graduate student, he’s definitely a scoundrel, but in other respects he’s kind… Ugh! I don’t even want to use these words!”
Leoryna concluded her statement with considerable embarrassment. Pongko regarded her with pity and rebuked her.
“Khalid is only kind to you because there’s no one else to help with his research. That person massacred 108 members of his own clan. Isn’t that what makes him a bad person?”
“I, I suppose so?”
“He slaughtered his own family like that, so how would Leoryna know when Khalid might turn on her? Khalid is definitely a bad person.”
“But still….”
“What else is bothering you?”
“Because that person is nearby, I keep….”
Leoryna trailed off and tousled her hair again. Since the most irritating speech pattern was leaving sentences unfinished, Pongko tapped his hind legs against the floor to urge her on.
“Keep what? Why do you keep leaving your sentences incomplete?”
“I don’t want to say it.”
“Then don’t bring it up in the first place! Keep what?!”
“Ugh, I keep growing fond of him!”
Pongko’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“A graduate student growing fond of her professor?”
At Pongko’s reaction, Leoryna’s face flushed crimson and she let out a sharp cry.
“This is exactly why I didn’t want to say it! You think it doesn’t make sense too, right? I think so too!”
Leoryna pounded the sofa cushions repeatedly.
“How could I possibly grow fond of that Demon Race member?! He’s selfish, lacks common sense, his actions make no sense whatsoever, and he’s so full of himself—what could possibly be good about him?!”
After venting her frustrations against the cushions for a while, Leoryna huffed and collapsed back onto the sofa.
“Get a grip, Leoryna. It’s not for me to judge whether he’s a bad person or not. That’s for the Pope and the Holy Maiden to decide!”
Having said this to herself, Leoryna stared at the ceiling and exhaled sharply.
Yet despite everything, her heart remained unsettled.

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After resting at home for several days until Khalid’s return, the day I headed to the Academy, I steeled myself with solemn resolve.
“Hmph, even if I see Khalid’s face, it won’t bother me. That man has a talent for eroding people’s goodwill, so it won’t be long before he treats me coldly too.”
As I walked forward with determination, someone called out to me.
“Excuse me, I’m sorry to bother you….”
“I’m not doing surveys.”
When I answered without even glancing over, the other person responded in an embarrassed, faltering voice.
“It’s not a survey….”
Only then did I turn my head to look. The person who had called me was a woman of the Demon Race dressed in quite an elaborate gown. With golden hair a shade deeper than mine and strikingly refined features, she carried the ornate attire beautifully.
And from her, I sensed an aura similar to what I had felt from Philiamone.
‘Ah, this person is a warrior.’
As I blinked and stared at her, the woman asked again.
“Which way is the Department of Magical Formula Design Building?”
“Oh, are you heading there? I happen to be a graduate student in that department and was heading that way, so you can just follow me.”
“My, thank you. How fortunate to meet someone so kind.”
The Demon Race woman laughed heartily and followed me.
As I walked alongside the Demon Race woman, I stole glances at her. I wasn’t sure what business she had with the Department of Magic Theory, but it occurred to me that if she were of the same race as Khalid, they might know each other.
After a moment’s consideration, I asked casually, as if it were nothing.
“By the way, what brings you to the Department of Magic Theory?”
“Oh, I’ve come to meet my fiancé.”
At those words, I tilted my head in confusion.
Was there someone in this department whom a Demon Race woman would be engaged to?
Of course, there were countless cases of love transcending race, but the Demon Race was particularly reluctant to marry anyone other than their own kind. If this woman were also engaged to a fellow Demon Race member, then the only Demon Race person in this department would be….
‘Khalid?’
I asked the woman with wavering eyes.
“I… may I ask the name of your fiancé?”
“Oh, his name is Kaladniel Sigelo Huaderica. I’m not sure if you’d know him, but I heard he’s the only Demon Race professor at this Academy, so many people know of him….”
“What.”
A sound escaped Pongko’s lips—whether a sigh or an exclamation, I couldn’t tell. I fell silent for a moment before speaking again.
“Oh, what a coincidence! I’m actually a graduate student under Professor Khalid! I’ll personally escort you to him.”
“My, really? I’ve never heard that he had a graduate student. That’s fortunate. I always heard he was too busy with his research to have time to guide students, so I’m relieved to know he has someone to help him…!”
“Ha, ha ha, ha ha ha. Yes, that’s right.”
As I continued walking, my movements felt quite awkward.
Soon we arrived at the entrance to Khalid’s Professor’s Office, and I knocked politely.
When I heard a voice from inside telling me to come in, I opened the door and entered, only for Khalid to speak abruptly with a troubled expression.
“I’ve been thinking about it, and don’t you think you should rest for a few more days? You went on that Demon Beast subjugation and something like that happened, so….”
Instead of telling me to hurry and assist with my research, he was telling me to rest—my eyes widened in shock.
Khalid was the one suggesting rest first? Had the sun risen in the west? Had he taken some strange medicine?
Half bewildered and half astonished, I had momentarily forgotten why I had come directly to the Professor’s Office instead of the Research Laboratory, when a woman suddenly appeared from behind me.
“Khalid!”
She spread her arms wide and approached him. The moment Khalid saw her face, he leaped to his feet.
“Ugh! Seleya?! What are you doing here?!”
“What do you mean ‘what am I doing here’? Is it strange for a fiancée to visit her betrothed… Khalid? What are you doing right now?”
Before Seleya could even finish speaking, Khalid threw open the Window and hurled himself outside.
“Khalid?!”
“Professor?!”
Leoryna called out in bewilderment, but he ignored her and fled. As Seleya and Leoryna peered down from the Window, Khalid was sprinting away at full speed, faster than he’d ever moved before.
Seleya let out a hollow laugh, rolled up her sleeves, and stormed out of the Professor’s Office with heavy, thunderous footsteps.
“This bastard! How dare he try to evade me?!”
Killing intent radiated from her body. Fearing disaster would strike if left unchecked, Leoryna hastily pursued her.
“Um, you said your name was Seleya, right? Are you really Professor Khalid’s fiancée?”
Seleya bounded down the Staircase, skipping two or three steps at a time, her voice fierce.
“Yes! I am his fiancée! It was decided over 200 years ago!”
“200 years ago….”
Leoryna clutched her head.
‘This information wasn’t in the preliminary briefing, Zeles! Why are you doing such sloppy work?!’
Once outside the Building, both Seleya and Leoryna scanned their surroundings, but Khalid, having fled at an incredible velocity, was nowhere to be seen.
“Caladniel! You bastard, when I catch you, I won’t let you off easy!”
After her roar, Seleya bolted off in the direction Khalid had gone, not sparing a thought for Leoryna.
Left behind alone, Leoryna found the entire situation absurd. Not only was she shocked to learn he had a fiancée, but now he was fleeing without warning.
Still, drawing on her accumulated experience, Leoryna had a sense of where Khalid might be hiding. She walked leisurely with Pongko toward Zigzagel’s Professor’s Office.

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