Chapter 43
Author: Kaikazima4
last update2024-03-07 23:38:04

Nobody answers, because nobody does. Diana was probably searching for clues in the library, but clearly found nothing. If a creature powerful enough to possess a teacher exists, I doubt the school has made it easy to obtain information about it

"Seriously? None of you?"

Wait, what? He's surprised?

Does that mean he actually knows something?

Sighing, Antoine adjusts his sitting position, making himself more comfortable. "The teachers mentioned The Pull That's the first stage of being contacted by that thing. His name is Choronzon, one of the creatures residing in the tree of Qliphoth."

Qliphoth? That's related to the studies of Aleister Crowley, a famous occultist. I should've guessed some of that stuff was real or rather, that it created symbolism for real magic.

"What does he want?" Maria asks. "And what is he? A demon? A ghost?"

Demons live in Gehena, while ghosts live in our world. Not surprised she doesn't know that.

"Beings from Qliphoth and Sefira are their own thing, as far as
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