I Became a Murderer in the Academy.

Chapter 24

I Became a Murderer in the Academy. - Chapter 24

TN: Thank Matthew for the chapter.

The Seeds of the Demon King are created when monsters eat the remnants of the Demon King.

Because of this, any monster can become one if it finds a fragment, and it can exist anywhere there is one.@@@@

So, if someone were holding a fragment, they could easily create a seed of the Demon King anywhere, anytime.

The one in the cave was also a seed planted by someone.

Logically, there’s no way the scattered remnants of the dead Demon King could reach such deep underground places.

So it made sense to think that some group intentionally fed the fragments to monsters to create seeds.

But for what purpose?

“......”

I thought about it several times but couldn’t figure it out.

Even after organizing the memories I absorbed from the monster in my head and thinking it over, I couldn’t find the answer.

I carefully observed the golden fragment I took from the monster’s body.

So even though it looks like this, this is the Demon King, huh?

It’s just one of thousands of scattered fragments though.

Conversely, does that mean the Demon King had at least a thousand times more power than a seed?

I could understand why the Demon King was still an object of fear.

“Iria? What’s that?”

“It’s nothing.”

On our way back after finishing the practical, I put the golden fragment into my pocket.

I thought I should investigate this separately later.

***

“I... I’ll go in first.”

After the practical ended, Iria hurried towards the back alley.

When she arrived at the Central Empire walking on an empty stomach, she felt like she was about to lose her mind.

Upon arriving, Iria wandered around the area and found a person.

They weren’t ordinary but seemed to be a criminal who had imitated Iria, like Asha from before.

“Asha was so stupid. To think she’d die while trying to kill someone. See, you should act smartly like me.”

Her name was Eileen.

A self-proclaimed smart serial killer.

The reason she was better than Asha was as follows:

While Asha seemed to have been caught and killed by the knights while operating openly, Eileen hid the fact that she was a serial killer.

She approaches, seemingly harmless, then stabs and kills immediately when she sees an opening.

Today too, she was wandering the back alleys looking for prey.

She’d prefer it if it were a woman.

Eileen was also a crazy lesbian.

“Hmm~ Hmm......”

As Eileen was humming and wandering around, her eyes met Iria’s.

“Oh my.”

She was an incredibly pretty girl.

Silky smooth pure white hair and ruby-red eyes like embedded jewels.

Eileen got excited on the spot and approached Iria.

“Hello~ You’re really pretty, aren’t you? Want to go somewhere quiet with big sister?”

“......”

Therefore, investigating and researching this was also the Empire’s job.

“So, it continued much deeper? And in there, a monster too strong to handle came out, so you had to end the exploration?”

This is Professor Eve’s office.

She was sitting with her legs slightly crossed, reading the log of the three people’s practical training.

According to the records, there were a great number of monsters in the cave.

Moreover, at the end, a shadow monster of unknown identity appeared.

It didn’t seem like such a dangerous place during the preliminary investigation.

Surely, there were fewer monsters than recorded, and the concentration of magical energy was lower.

So she thought it would be suitable for the student level, but...

Was the measuring device wrong? If not, did some variable occur in that short time?

In any case, this was Eve’s mistake.

So she bowed her head slightly and apologized.

“It seems my investigation was inadequate. I’m sorry. I’m glad you’re all safe for now. Are there any injuries?”

“Iria hurt her wrist, but other than that, we’re fine.”

“Your wrist, can you show me?”

I scratched my cheek and stretched out my hand.

It was a wound I had cut myself during battle to draw out magical energy from inside my body.

I hope they don’t think it’s too strange.

“We treated light wounds from the battle with holy water, but Iria strangely refused treatment, so we left it alone.”

By the way, holy water is excellent not only for healing wounds but also for repelling monsters.

So if you pour holy water on me, a monster, you can see the rare sight of one burning alive.

Of course, I didn’t want to burn, so I didn’t apply holy water.

“It’s a minor injury. Are you sure you don’t want treatment? There’s a skilled priest among the academy staff...”

“No.”

“You don’t need it?”

“No.”

Priest, I wish they wouldn’t mention such a terrifying word.

I instantly got goosebumps all over my body and quickly pulled my hand back.

In fact, I could regenerate this level of wound anytime if I wanted, but I couldn’t because of the watching eyes.

It was no different from blatantly revealing that I’m not human.

So I wiped the blood flowing from the wound and lightly wrapped a bandage around it.

Then, I showed a satisfied expression.

This should make me look human.

It’s truly a perfect disguise.

“This is enough.”

Seeing Iria refuse treatment several times, Eve didn’t insist further.

She couldn’t force treatment if she said she was fine.

And it wasn’t a big enough wound to need treatment.

Eve put down the documents she was holding.

“Alright. I’ll review the practical log separately and reflect it in your grades. But there were some misspelled parts in the middle...”

“That’s what Iria wrote.”

“......”

Rena pointed at Iria as she spoke.

Although Rena was responsible for recording the log during the practical, she didn’t rewrite the first part.

Iria was deducted points for lack of basic knowledge.