I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 1

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Prologue. Fire Butterfly

“Emergency! Emergency!”

The Empire was thrown into chaos.

“Fire Butterfly has entered!”

“It’s a national emergency!”

“All forces, full response!”

On a new moon night when even the moon hid its face.

The Empire trembled in fear at the sudden intruder. The enemy wasn’t an immeasurable army, nor a mountain-like Monster Legion.

The opponent was just one person.

“Find Fire Butterfly!”

“Stay alert! If you lose focus, you’ll be taken down immediately!”

His codename, ‘Fire Butterfly’.

They say a ‘butterfly’s’ small wing flutter can cause a massive storm in the future.

Fire Butterfly was a symbol of terror. The highest priority target who silently approached enemies and ignited the flames of destruction.

“Find Fire Butterfly quickly! If we don’t find him, we’re done for!”

“Damn it, how many countries have fallen to that bastard! Argh!”

In the darkness, Imperial Army soldiers fell mercilessly. There was no telling who would be first.

“Aaah!”

“Urgh!”

The uninvited guest who took advantage of the darkness struck down the trained Imperial Army and vanished without a trace.

“Aaah!”

There was no trace left. Only screams of hell and silence remained.

And in a moment’s carelessness, even their heart was stolen.

“This is terrible! Fire Butterfly has stolen the Core!”

“What?!”

“He stole the Core and broke through the Imperial Army’s Barrier!”

“We can’t activate the Empire’s Defense Wall like this!”

“The enemies are invading— Aaahhh!”

Bullets poured down from the sky like meteors. As the Monster Legion finally broke through the Castle Wall, the Imperial Army general ground his teeth.

‘That damn disaster!’

He was a butterfly that brought destruction. Truly like a hell butterfly—wherever he went, that place would surely become hell.

He was a mysterious being whose face, gender, and age were unknown. The Human Allied Forces tried to capture him for 20 years but failed, and the entire Continent desperately searched for him.

But failure, and more failure!

‘Fire Butterfly’ was the Continent’s highest priority target and in some sense, a legend. Like a phantom butterfly that no one had ever seen and no one could ever capture.

But Fire Butterfly, with all his fame and infamy, suddenly disappeared without a trace. Really in an instant.

No one knew the reason.

The time he had been missing was a full 50 years. Despite all that time, everyone still spoke of Fire Butterfly.

“He must be dead by now, right?”

“He was an enemy, but a genius. His skills were incredible.”

“I wonder if another legend like him will appear.”

But the Human Allied Forces didn’t let their guard down.

“We must never be fooled by him. Fire Butterfly is definitely hiding and waiting for an opportunity.”

“Yes. He’s cunning, so he’s probably trying to make us humans lower our guard.”

His disappearance was surely Fire Butterfly’s scheme. He had always been the type to strike from behind. That’s why they moved busily.

“His disappearance definitely has some meaning. Hurry and figure it out, then prepare!”

“Yes!”

The Continent seriously put their heads together to understand Fire Butterfly’s true intentions.

‘Fire Butterfly, what’s your purpose…!’

‘What the hell does this disappearance mean…!’

While they had been struggling for 50 years like this.

“Damn. This cursed wandering fate.”

A man appeared, wiping off monster blood.

“Lost my way again.”

The Continent’s greatest and most unlucky man had returned.

Chapter 1. What Did You Just Say?

This damn wandering fate.

Fire Butterfly still can’t forget it.

“Well, I’ve never seen anyone this terrible before.”

When Fire Butterfly was still ‘Lee Do-jin’, the Fortune Teller said that.

“You have the wandering fate, kid.”

Simply put, it meant a drifter’s destiny—unable to settle in one place and constantly wandering. At worst, it was a troublesome fate of leaving family behind and even dying in a foreign land.

So I said with a smile.

“I heard it’s actually good these days. Why, they say even visas only come out if you have the wandering curse.”

Of course, even saying that, I knew better than anyone that wasn’t the kind of fate I had.

【Fate of Wandering 】

Causes misfortune. Brings bad luck to oneself and others.

Wasn’t it a wretched fate that devoured even my parents and younger sibling because of this damn constitution? That’s why I couldn’t settle in one place even if I wanted to—such was my life.

“Well, I’m used to it. My job is also quite unstable. Strange incidents happen wherever I go, so moving houses and workplaces here and there—well, I’ve gotten used to it.”

If not that, then.

“Does it mean I’m fated to die away from home?”

But the Fortune Teller smiled with yellowed teeth.

“You’d be lucky if you just died away from home. Listen well, you stupid brat. Your wandering curse won’t disappear even after you die.”

“Ha…”

That smile annoyed me, so I snapped at the Fortune Teller.

Damn, how unlucky.

“What? After death? Then what, will I wander the nine heavens or something?”

“That’s right. You’re fated to keep wandering even after you die.”

“Then I should come here and beat you up first.”

“That would be nice. But you’re strangely fated to wander only Death Grounds without even having a home.”

Right. Back then I thought he was a quack, but that Fortune Teller was damn accurate.

Indeed, after that ‘Lee Do-jin’ died away from home at a young age, and then opened his eyes in another world.

Yes, as ‘Ruin’.

The problem was that being reborn was good, but since I was reincarnated as a demon, far from settling down, having my house stolen daily by those damn humans became routine. Even when I didn’t give up and built houses, it was useless.

“You natural disaster bastards! Stop destroying other people’s houses, damn it!”

I always lost my house to curses. So eventually I joined the army that provided ‘lodging’ as a principle, and while working there, I caught the eye of the Demon Emperor, the leader of the demon race, and was working as a spy.

‘Thinking about it, the wandering curse that crazy Fortune Teller mentioned was the perfect aptitude for a spy.’

Because being a spy is a job where you can’t stay in one place.

Rather, it was a natural characteristic that made me think I went through all that hardship for this purpose, so I understood everything. Moreover, wasn’t it an extremely high-risk, high-return characteristic?

Right. So I understood why I only chose Death Grounds in many ways…

“Professor! I have a question!”

“How can we kill demons painfully!”

“Should we pull out their tongues and smash their heads after all?”

-Hero Foundation, Hero Training Academy Haven.

-Motto: Kill and Exterminate.

-Exterminate the demon race’s nine clans.

…Isn’t this a bit much?

To conclude, the demon Fire Butterfly had to become a professor at the hero school.

And all because of severance pay.

* * *

So it was a few days ago.

Ruin heard an incredible story from his superior.

“…Excuse me? What did you just say?”

“So retirement cannot be allowed.”

“Pardon?”

“To be precise, it would be correct to say it became impossible.”

Ruin doubted his own ears.

His code name ‘Fire Butterfly’.

How famous was he on this Continent that even children would know if they heard it? Humanity gnashed their teeth at his wicked and ruthless actions, while the demon race considered him an idol.

And for good reason—Fire Butterfly was the very person who backstabbed various heroes and princesses, and annihilated countless Imperial Army forces and various countries. To that extent, Fire Butterfly was a legend.

Such a legend was hoping for retirement. Precisely, after the war with the Hero 50 years ago as his last mission.

“Didn’t you say I could retire after completing just that mission?”

Of course, unavoidable circumstances did arise after that retirement mission.

“Damn it! Why is a Space-Time Portal opening here!”

A Dimensional Rift had occurred above Fire Butterfly’s head.

“Damn it, even the lottery would have better odds than this!”

It was a kind of natural disaster that sent you to another dimension. Originally, it was something with lower odds than winning the lottery ten times while getting struck by lightning.

Eventually, he was sucked into the mysterious rift and suffered deadly hardships. That’s exactly why Fire Butterfly had disappeared for 50 years.

But after overcoming that and barely returning, what?

‘Retirement became impossible?’

Of course, he was now around thirty years old. It was far too early an age to retire, but he wanted to settle down now.

“Do-jin. You must be happy.”

His Grandmother from his previous life, who raised him alone, worried about her grandson until the very moment she closed her eyes.

“If you wander, fortune runs away. Don’t wander…”

Ruin wanted to fulfill that wish. He wanted it for himself too.

‘Right. Without a house, life is hell.’

He had been the finest agent, but he hated living according to a fate created by mere superstition. What could be appealing about a curse that made people wander penniless and ultimately devoured even their families?

So he scraped together every penny he had and didn’t have to buy a house site and even built a house on it. For him, a ‘house’ was proof that he had escaped the wandering star curse.

The fortune teller, well,

“With your wandering star curse, having a house is meaningless! You’re destined to be a beggar despite your abilities, so what’s the point of a house! Do you even have money to buy a house? I’ll give you a talisman, so just fix your wandering star curse!”

…is what she babbled, but please.

Does it make any sense that I can’t even acquire a single house because of mere superstition?

‘I’ll prove that such superstition is useless.’

Of course, he had massive debts and had been employed as a national spy until now, but that was over. With the massive severance pay, even his slave contract would be resolved.

But what?

“I successfully annihilated the army led by the Hero as ordered. All the missions you assigned were perfect too. So why won’t you send me home? Although it took 3 years to return here due to unavoidable circumstances, well, 50 years had passed here, but still- surely, I didn’t fail the mission?”

“No. Calm down. Your mission was successful. Thanks to you, we dealt a major blow to the allied forces and the Hero.”

“Then did the higher-ups not approve it? As expected, there’s a problem with the severance pay amount-“

“No. Although the amount equals the Demon Army’s budget for decades, considering your contributions, it was a reasonable level. The severance pay was also placed in the secret location at your house as you wished.”

“Then!”

What on earth is the problem!

“Well, there was an accident after you disappeared. You can’t go to your house.”

“Excuse me?”

“Your house became Hero Academy.”

…Excuse me?

“The Hero built an academy on top of your house site.”

…Excuse me??

“That Hero probably thought it was an empty house and built it there. Now, 50 years later, it’s become a place where a prominent Hero Corps has set up camp.”

“….”

“In other words, all your assets are buried there.”

“Then the severance pay reissuance….”

“The severance pay has already been issued, hasn’t it.”

“Fuck.”

“What did you say?”

“Nothing.”

In conclusion, it means they can’t give the severance pay again.

But should I give up the money that’s already there saying ‘Yes, please take it’ and work like a dog for decades again from now?

Are you insane?

That massive severance pay was something I could receive because it was a special mission in the first place. It would be difficult to accumulate that amount again.

“Then it’s simple. I just need to go in and take out the money.”

“Hold on. That place may be called an academy, but it’s actually the heart of the Hero Corps with the highest security level. Even the Demon Emperor would find it difficult to infiltrate. The secret vault probably wasn’t discovered, but no matter how skilled you are, your head would be pierced within 1 second of entering.”

What that means is.

“The only way for you to enter that place is either to get captured by the Hero Corps or to go in as a staff member.”

“….”

“You don’t look young enough to be a student, so wouldn’t professor level be good?”

“….”

Hero, you bastard. I’m going to kill you.

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