The Graduate Student Wants to Assassinate the Professor - Chapter 97

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Chapter 97

“I prefer strong people. Among the Demon Race… no, across all races, there are few as formidable as Khalid. Just imagining what kind of magnificent bloodline our child would possess makes my heart race!”
‘Oh, a child…?’
I couldn’t keep pace with Seleya, who was already charging ahead and transcending time and space itself with her enthusiasm.
‘Now I understand why Khalid was so appalled.’
“But breaking off the engagement? How can we simply undo a decision once made? Marriage is a union between families. We cannot dismiss what the elders of the family have decided so easily.”
“Well… the head of the Huaderica Family is Professor Khalid, and all the elders are deceased, so there’s no one above him. Therefore, no one can object to Professor Khalid’s decision… and marriage cannot be forced if one party refuses.”
Seleya responded flatly to my logical argument.
“So you’re telling me to give up on him? If I were going to abandon him so easily, I wouldn’t have dragged this out like this.”
“Still, Professor Khalid objectively isn’t a suitable husband candidate. I’m saying this for your sake, Seleya.”
I meant this sincerely. What could one possibly do with Khalid?
“He has no interest in anything beyond research, his practical life skills are questionable, he pours every coin he earns into research, his face is merely average at best, and that’s truly all there is. I don’t believe he’ll be devoted to family life. You could certainly find a far better husband candidate.”
Yet Seleya shook her head with stubborn determination.
“Khalid is the most suitable husband for me. Even if he isn’t devoted to family, I can manage the household. After all, I will be the next head of the Hestro Family. I can embrace his indulgences.”
“Is that really so…?”
I looked at Seleya with uncertainty in my eyes. She turned her head away from me with unwavering resolve.
“I understand you’re not helping me find Khalid. I’ll search for him myself.”
“Wait, hold on.”
As I tried to stop her, someone emerged from the shadowy area behind the Bench.
“You’re really persistent. Why won’t you listen when someone’s talking?”
I spun around, startled by whoever had surprised me, only to find Khalid grinding his teeth. It seemed he had been following us with concealment magic and observing the entire time.
“Khalid!”
Seleya brightened at the sight of Khalid, but I immediately grabbed her first. She looked ready to seize him by the collar.
Seleya struggled to break free from me while continuing to speak.
“Khalid! Talk to me! You have to marry me anyway! There’s no other family that can take you now!”
“Oh, you think I’d yield to such threats?”
“Without our family, who else would marry you? So marry me, Khalid!”
“Why would there be no one to marry?”
Khalid raised one eyebrow and countered as if what she said was absurd. Then he suddenly draped his arm around my shoulders and declared boldly.
“I’m sorry, but I’m already in a relationship. Let me introduce you. My girlfriend is Leoryna Yuren.”
I froze in place for a moment, unable to immediately process Khalid’s words. I lost my grip on Seleya because of it, but that wasn’t the important issue right now.
“What?!”
Seleya looked between me and Khalid in bewilderment, then suddenly erupted in anger.
“You there! Leoryna, was it? What is the meaning of this?! Are you saying you’re in a relationship with Khalid as he claims?!”
“That’s right. My girlfriend.”
Khalid pulled me closer with affection and smiled brightly.
“Be quiet! I’m asking Leoryna! Was the reason you tried to persuade me because you wanted to separate me from Khalid, the obstacle to your love?!”
Seleya’s face became terrifying. I wanted to clear up this wretched misunderstanding and quickly opened my mouth, but my lips were sealed shut by Khalid’s hand.
“Woof! Woof!”
“See? That’s right. Leoryna agrees with me too.”
“Woof! Woof!”
In translation, this meant: ‘Stop spouting nonsense, you bastard.’
Unfortunately for Leoryna, Seleya’s fury had consumed her reason entirely, leaving her incapable of perceiving the situation clearly. All she could see was the two of them clinging to each other with apparent affection.
“How dare you mock me!”
“Woof! Woof!”
Just as Leoryna was about to shake her head stubbornly, Khalid leaned close to her ear and whispered urgently through gritted teeth.
“Leoryna, I’ll give you a wish token if you just go along with me on this. Please, I’m begging you!”
“Woof?”
“Yes, a wish token! I’ll grant you anything I’m capable of doing!”
Leoryna’s ears perked up at those words.
A chance to ask Khalid for something? That was an invaluable opportunity indeed! Whether it became something necessary for an assassination or turned out to be trivial and worthless, having such a promise in her pocket would surely prove useful somewhere down the line.
But to obtain it, she would have to pretend to be Khalid’s lover…
Leoryna felt goosebumps rise across her entire body, yet as she turned the words ‘wish token’ over in her mind, she managed to force her lips upward with great effort.
‘Damn it! If I’m going this far and still fail at the assassination, I’m not even human!’
Sensing that her resistance had crumbled, Khalid gently released Leoryna’s mouth. Then, with a smile still playing at his lips, he spoke to Seleya.
“Surely you’re not so lacking in refinement as to lay hands on my lover out of jealous rage?”
Leoryna squeezed her eyes shut and clung to Khalid, speaking in a coquettish tone.
“I’m scared, Khalid.”
Even as the words left her lips, Leoryna felt like retching.
Yet she was an assassin accustomed to concealing her emotions and mastering her expressions. For her, appearing as though she adored someone was no difficult feat at all.
“Khalid!”
Seleya’s voice cut through the air, filled with fury, but Khalid responded with cold indifference.
“Now do you understand the situation? There’s no room for you between Leoryna and me. So break off the engagement quietly.”
“You think this will make me give up?! Never! I’d rather die!”
“By the way, I can’t stand clingy women.”
“Khalid!”
Seleya fell silent for a moment, composing herself, then returned with a somewhat softer tone.
“I can endure a passing fancy. If you return to me after this, I can bear it, however painful it may be.”
“That won’t happen.”
“But she’s human, isn’t she? Humans and Demons experience time differently. That human will die far sooner than you. When she does, you’ll return to me.”
“Then I’ll remain celibate for the rest of my life.”
“Are you really going to be this stubborn?”
Seleya bit her lower lip as she glared at Khalid and Leoryna, who were stuck together like a pair of cockroaches.
“Very well. I’ll leave for now. It seems persuading you immediately is impossible.”
“Don’t just leave—stay gone. I’m not in the mood to be persuaded anyway.”
“I’ll come back tomorrow.”
“Don’t come back! Why won’t you listen to what people say?!”
Regardless of Khalid’s exasperation, Seleya turned and disappeared into the crowd.
Leoryna and Khalid remained affectionately close until Seleya’s figure disappeared from view, then quickly separated. As they pulled apart, Leoryna pushed Khalid a bit too forcefully, sending him tumbling to the ground.
She wanted nothing more than to stomp on him with her heel, but she barely restrained herself and looked down at him instead.
“So what’s your plan now?”
“What plan? At least I’ve gotten rid of Seleya for now…”
“If we don’t keep up the pretense of dating, I doubt she’ll agree to break off the engagement.”
Leoryna replied flatly, but Khalid suddenly seemed to remember something and blurted out.
“Wait, what did you say earlier?”
“What?”
“That you’re unsure if I have good survival skills, and my face is just average at best…?”
“…You heard all of that?”
“I did.”
“Well, to make Seleya back off, I had to emphasize how incompetent you are, didn’t I?”
“That may be true, but wasn’t it a bit harsh?”
Khalid protested indignantly, but Leoryna, believing every word she’d said was accurate, remained unfazed. She dismissed his objections and casually scratched her ear as she spoke.
“I wonder what Seleya will do tomorrow.”
“No idea. That stubborn woman seems to be plotting something…”
Khalid muttered ominously.
Leoryna felt a chill at the misunderstanding she’d caused, but she was also anxious, unable to predict what Seleya might do next.
And the very next day…

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