Using “studying” as an excuse to cover her tracks, Kaika managed to enter the interior of the Clock Tower without much trouble.
The Clock Tower on the night of a day off was devoid of people, save for the occasional patrolling school worker on night watch at the entrance.
This was even truer for the Hidden Sea Church’s small chapel on the second floor, which was not open to the public in the first place.
With the morning tour concluded, this was the time when the chapel’s defenses were at their most lax and sparse!
The girl had suppressed her secrets in front of her mother for several days, playing the role of a good daughter for just as long… all for this very opportunity!
In an empty classroom, she quickly changed into a set of black night gear suited for mobility.
To be safe, she donned a fox mask she had quietly purchased while shopping with her mother at noon.
Once finished, she headed straight for the small chapel on the second floor of the Clock Tower.
It was just as she had expected.
The nuns, who had spent the entire day busy as guides for the morning tour, had grown careless.
They had simply locked the main doors of the chapel without setting a single magical ward.
A hurdle of this level was child’s play for someone who had carried out countless missions for her mother.
Kaika entered the small chapel effortlessly.
Moonlight filtered through the stained-glass windows on both sides, casting cold spots of light across the darkness of the chapel.
Without the surging crowds and the noisy chatter, the chapel at night was so silent it was unsettling.
Kaika could clearly hear even the sound of her footsteps and her intentionally suppressed breathing.
Within the highest institution of the Havoc Empire, she was wagering her and her mother’s secrets—and even their lives—to steal a Holy Relic…
A normal person would have their legs turn to jelly and freeze like an NPC just thinking about it.
But in her heart, there was only excitement!
“Found it…”
There was no mistake. The hair accessory in the display case matched the description of the Holy Relic she had obtained from Emma’s intelligence.
It seemed to be the same one her mother had noticed during the tour this morning.
At that time, the look in her mother’s eyes was as pitiful as a little girl looking at a doll.
‘Ha… ha… so cute, so useless…’
Therefore, as long as she stole this Holy Relic tonight without a sound and brought it before her mother, her mother would surely show a ridiculous expression as she pretended to want to take it.
Ah, that wasn’t enough. Right! She would simply pretend she didn’t know the item in her hand was a Holy Relic.
That way, her mother would be worried to death and start racking her brain for ways to trick her.
Then, she would coldly expose her mother’s clumsy lies.
Wouldn’t she then get to see her mother’s flushed face as she desperately tried to lecture her while maintaining the dignity of the Demon King and a parent?
It was too delicious, too interesting.
Just thinking about it made the girl tremble with joy.
She simply wanted to see that incompetent expression on her mother’s face and the way she acted like a useless person who couldn’t survive without her.
However, the moment she prepared to make her move…
A cold, calm female voice suddenly came from behind, yanking Kaika back from her fantasies and into reality!
“A Holy Relic can only be used by its recognized compatible wielder. To anyone else, it is nothing more than an ornament.”
A cold wind kicked up dust from the floor, and a blonde nun wearing indigo robes with a side slit manifested the moment the wind dissipated.
“My dear student, it seems you were a bit distracted during your studies at the Clock Tower.”
Using Wind Magic as a source of power? And that ability to hide her presence…
She hadn’t sensed even a hint of it just now!
Kaika felt a sense of crisis she hadn’t felt in a long time — a feeling that hadn’t even appeared when she was previously assassinating the Female Hero!
She remembered that the nun before her had appeared during the morning tour. She seemed to be the Sister Superior named Kenes…
“Unfortunately, for certain reasons, I will be spending the night in this chapel. Your plan has failed.”
As the nun spoke, she straightened her body and closed the book in her hand with one hand.
She turned to look.
“Those invited to the morning tour are supposed to be students with excellent characters and grades from the Clock Tower.”
“Are you committing this act because you could not resist the temptation of the demon in your heart?”
“Regardless, please remove your mask. You will need to explain your identity and how you realized there was a Holy Relic here in detail.”
Following her tension, Kaika immediately felt the urge to kill — this was the only solution!
Unlike those students in the Clock Tower who were just playing house…
She had never been a flower in a greenhouse.
The girl crouched low.
In the next instant, she lunged toward the blonde nun while simultaneously drawing the daggers strapped to her thighs with both hands.
Luckily, she had brought weapons just to be safe…
However, before that bit of relief could even fade from her mind, the instinctual part of Kaika screamed with a powerful sense of danger!
It forced her to perform a mid-air backflip and retreat the very moment she was about to enter her attack range!
As expected! A split second later, a small tornado suddenly swirled up from the ground in front of her — it might not have been lethal, but it would have been more than enough to shred her clothes and mask.
The only action the nun in her sight had taken was moving a single finger.
“Student, could you please try to avoid causing damage?”
“After all, the collection here is very precious. The conflict of positions and purposes is a sign of civilization; only mindless beasts destroy everything indiscriminately during a fight.”
Another one who could use magic without chanting…
She had run into a tough opponent.
Gritting her teeth secretly, Kaika instinctively prepared to “get serious” — to use her Holy Relic, the [Flower of Fel Energy], which could control the power of Fel Magic without limits.
But the moment she was about to crush the rose in her palm, she realized the true problem: she could no longer act as willfully and recklessly as she had in the Demon King’s Castle.
She now had restrictions and weaknesses.
If she exposed a Holy Relic clearly related to the Demon King in front of anyone other than the Female Hero…
How would she and her mother continue to hide their identities in the Clock Tower?
‘Mother… Mother, Mother! This is all your fault!’
Time would not wait for her!
Seeing that she had no intention of surrendering, the nun in front of her actually chose to take the offensive!
Ha… Hmph, she actually gave up her magical advantage to choose a physical attack? Then she wouldn’t…
That thought quickly vanished without a trace!
Kaika discovered that even with a weapon, she was no match for the nun in terms of skill or strength!
This woman’s movements were as agile as the wind!
The Wind Magic on her hands was like sharp claws, tearing wounds into her body over and over!
Finally, the nun even caught a small opening, grabbing her by the neck with one hand and lifting her into the air!
“Student, if you continue to resist, this will become more than a simple interrogation.”
“Please let me remove that troublesome mask.”
She was still a daughter, still a young girl… until this moment, Kaika finally clearly experienced the emotions of panic and fear.
She felt a bit of regret: why had she planned to steal a Holy Relic just to tease and humiliate her mother?
She felt even more unwilling and resentful: ‘Mother, it’s all your fault! If you hadn’t been defeated, if you were a powerful Demon King… if you weren’t such a loser… we wouldn’t have to stay in a place like this in hiding!’
However, as her emotions drained away, the final feeling was… guilt.
This time, she would likely have to sincerely apologize to her mother, because her actions would also make it impossible for her mother to continue her disguise.
If she still had the chance to apologize…
No! Heehee… she hadn’t lost yet! She had to survive!
It didn’t matter how her mother hit her, scolded her, or punished her afterward!
Now was not the time to be secretive and leave the Holy Relic unused, was it!?
‘I’m sorry, Mother! I’ve reached my limit!’
Pain and discomfort radiated from her neck.
Looking at the nun who was focused solely on unmasking her, Kaika squeezed the [Flower of Fel Energy] in her hand, preparing for the worst: whether she managed to kill her opponent or not, she would have to take her loser mother and flee immediately!
Later, she would use her own way to apologize to her mother…
But in the next instant…
A cold wind rushed in as the doors burst open!
A white figure flying through the air snatched her away from the Sister Superior’s hands!
Then, holding her like a headless fly that couldn’t brake, the figure crashed through the glass of the display case and tumbled into the corner of the chapel!
Kaika’s eyes widened instantly!
Because… black wings behind the waist and a long tail, two horns atop the head, and pointed ears.
The characteristics of the Demon Clan were fully revealed, leaving no room for excuses.
This was her mother’s true form as the Demon King, Valo Lant… even if her loser mother couldn’t maintain this form for long.
But why was her mother here?
“Mo — “
Just as Kaika was about to speak, her mother’s palm slammed against her mask, silencing her.
“Shut up. Do you think we’re safe?”
“Honestly… I would have been better off raising a piece of barbecued pork than you.”
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