I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10. Principal Interview (2)

Charlie’s eyes trembled.

The thin corner of his mouth visible between the bandages, eyes that seemed to mock people. His teeth ground together at that obvious ridicule.

‘I definitely used the technique.’

Why won’t this bastard… fall down…!

‘Why?’

The Ruins Wayne he knew was a loser who got beaten up even by neighborhood kids.

That guy withstood the Self-Defense Professor’s technique?

Of course, he had attacked with a light heart since he only intended to knock him down…

‘Does that make sense?’

Did he train in the meantime? That famous loser from university?

That’s when it happened.

“It’s an artifact!”

Charlie let out a hollow laugh as if he had figured it out.

“Ha, how are you still the same, you!”

“!”

He stood up, dusting himself off as if his curiosity had been satisfied.

“All our classmates know you’re an artifact scammer! So what is it this time? Those expensive-looking shoes?”

Ruins’ outfit screamed nobility even from 100 meters away while running. Since he was from the Wayne Family, it wouldn’t be strange if even his clothes were expensive artifacts.

In fact, he had barely avoided failing grades with those during his student days.

But what?

Turning his own words back at him?

“Ha, a hero who relies on artifacts is no different from a professor who copies answer sheets! Acting all high and mighty when you’d be the first to die on the battlefield!”

The watching professors also seemed bewildered but understanding.

“Ah. Ahh…! So it was an artifact!”

“That’s how he withstood the Self-Defense Professor’s attack…!”

“I thought so…!”

The professors confirmed with hopeful faces.

“If it’s an artifact, could it be related to passing through the main gate too?”

No, they seemed to hope it was related.

Several important positions were already vacant, including the head professor position. With everyone eyeing promotions, a standout talent wouldn’t be welcome.

“If artifacts could solve everything in the world, there’d be no need for training.”

“We can’t be worse than the students. The level of this applicant really…”

However, the Principal was different. She was looking at Ruin with an unreadable expression.

Soon Charlie shouted.

“Look, Principal! Can a professor who relies on artifacts teach students? And having known this guy, I can dare say this. He’s inadequate to teach Haven’s students-“

“Yes. You pass the interview.”

Charlie smiled as if he had expected this.

“See, interview pass-“

…Excuse me?

The professors looked at the Principal while frozen. Then the Principal smiled brightly.

“Mr. Wayne demonstrates excellent defense arts. That alone is sufficient qualification to be a Haven professor.”

What?

“Excuse me?”

“Principal!”

The professors objected, but the Principal cleanly ignored them.

“I have decided. The interview is over, so please withdraw.”

“B-But Principal! We need to examine his qualifications more thoroughly!”

Then the Principal gave an icy smile.

“Examining qualifications. That’s also a valid point. But I was impressed by the sight of the Self-Defense Professor screaming. If we’re going to conduct qualification evaluations, we should include the existing professors as well. Shall I oversee that?”

The professors couldn’t possibly misunderstand the meaning of those words. They became speechless.

Ruin also turned his head as if this was unexpected. Originally, he had thought to use Charlie to score points in a different way.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

What’s important is that he passed the interview and can now go collect his severance pay.

And staying here long wasn’t a good option right now. As evidence of this, Ruin glanced down at his gloved hand.

The Principal spoke.

“Let me tell you about the employment contract procedures. Ah, but before that, there’s something special we need to give you, Mr. Wayne, so you’ll need to wait a bit in the Administrative Office.”

Something special to give?

Not knowing what it was but accepting it, Ruin left his seat.

“Then I’ll see you shortly.”

From beside him came Charlie’s voice saying ‘His shoes are artifacts!’, but the Principal just smiled quietly.

‘No, they’re not. The shoes are ordinary.’

Of course, the shoes contained magic power so they could be mistaken for artifacts, but that was just ‘Warmth’ magic contained in the fabric.

The only noticeable artifact was the bandages. Even those were low-grade items with only ‘Constant Cleanliness’ effects.

That’s why she smiled meaningfully.

“The Chairman will find this quite interesting.”

After losing her master, she was a Hero who had closed her heart and devoted herself only to missions. But with such talent?

As the Principal turned around, the butler approached her side. An elderly man with a gentle impression, but in fact he was a skilled assassin. He had been her guard since the Principal’s childhood.

That’s why he eventually added his words.

“How unexpected. You said you wouldn’t be hiring anyone for a while.”

But even a meeting? Are you really going to pay the toll fee for the main gate?

“With this level of special treatment, he’ll stand out, and then the professors’ actions will be obvious.”

They would certainly take ‘that action’ they had used to drive out troublesome professors until now. Yes. Using the students.

‘Haven’s recent headache.’

Already several times, certain senior students had sat on top of professors and tormented them. Openly, at that.

“So you really didn’t want to seat him even as a liberal arts professor?”

Because it’s the prestigious Wayne Family, are you trying to drive him away through irresponsible methods?

Then the Principal smiled and said.

“That Professor Ruins. He held my hand.”

“…Excuse me?”

Instead of answering, the Principal looked at her own hand subtly.

【Possessed Fear Fire】

Burns all mana that touches the hand. Reacts more strongly to Curse Power.

The Principal knew her own power well.

It was a convenient body specialized in executing demons, but because it burned even allies’ power, even comrades absolutely refused to touch her. They would lose their strength and suffer agonizing pain. Rather, she could never forget those eyes that treated it as taboo.

But Ruins was different. Without the slightest hesitation, he had grabbed this hand with confident eyes instead. As if such a thing was nothing at all.

“If he were a demon, he absolutely wouldn’t have grabbed it.”

“The assumption that he didn’t know about your ability…?”

“If it’s only that much, he’s not even worth being wary of.”

The Principal’s eyes narrowed subtly.

“Anyway, he’s not a man of ordinary courage. I’ve become interested in observing him more.”

The butler was inwardly surprised. For the Principal to say such a thing.

“Isn’t there a possibility he’s a spy?”

“He passed my test, so he’s passed ‘for now’.”

The butler’s eyes narrowed.

Passed. Then at minimum, he’s a human from the Union.

“About 60%.”

The butler’s expression became displeased.

“That’s ambiguous.”

He’s not a demon, but it’s not a number to consider him an ally. In these times when we must be wary of spies, we should be cautious.

“Hmm, and it’s also interesting why the sparrows don’t recognize him.”

At those words, the rarely surprised butler said.

“Surely it won’t happen, but if by any chance a spy managed to avoid your magic…”

“It’s fine.”

“Excuse me?”

The Principal smiled with the eyes of an executioner, as if that would be beneficial instead.

“Great power comes with great cost. Even if there was a way to safely overcome my magic, by now he would have to pay a tremendous ‘price’, wouldn’t he?”

“!”

Her magic is not ordinary magic. And if there’s something that could block her magic, the cost certainly wouldn’t be light.

Yes. He would have to pay a penalty severe enough to self-destruct or a tremendous price.

Then it would definitely show, and he’d naturally be caught. Rather, it would be a foolish thing to do.

“Well, conversely, if he’s human… he’d be talent we absolutely can’t let slip away.”

“Excuse me?”

The Principal smiled instead of answering.

The only weakness of the Sparrow Surveillance Unit is that they can’t detect people with excellent Luck Power.

And so far, only she and the Hero haven’t been caught in the Sparrow Surveillance Unit’s sight. She couldn’t help but be interested.

‘Whether they couldn’t see him because he’s such talent, or couldn’t see him because he’s such a spy.’

The Principal smiled subtly with eyes that seemed wary of Fire Butterfly.

“But I didn’t know Professor Wayne would be so tall.”

The butler tilted his head.

Ruins Wayne was certainly tall. Unlike the rumors of him being a gloomy reclusive mage in a small room, his physique and style were quite decent too.

‘If he could withstand the Self-Defense Professor, he must have trained quite a bit.’

Even so, he wasn’t such a special giant or noticeable enough for the Principal to specifically mention it like that.

Or maybe it had a different meaning?

“Fufu. He’ll be quite popular when he starts teaching classes.”

…That mummy?

* * *

Ruin, who had escaped from the Principal and returned to the bathroom, let out a sigh.

Honestly, there was nothing good about facing the Principal for too long. Above all, getting this discovered would be a problem.

‘That was almost a disaster.’

As he slightly removed the black leather gloves he was wearing, an astonishing sight appeared.

「Gasp, you!」

The Shadow God also looked at Ruin’s hand in surprise.

Though only slightly exposed, his palm was burned and peeling bright red. No, it was beyond peeling—muscle tissue was visible.

The Shadow God looked at Ruin as if disgusted.

「You crazy bastard, you were enduring this?」

If I hadn’t endured it, I would have been reduced to bone powder.

Ruin sighed.

“Altar.”

Simultaneously, a Shadow Altar appeared before his eyes.

Ruin picked up something from Ruins’ Medical Bag as if it were filthy.

【Gatekeeper’s Underwear】

“I offer this.”

I hadn’t offered it because it seemed too low-grade for an offering, but I have no choice. I have to make porridge even with straw…

Then instantly 1,000pt… what? 1,000?

‘…?’

1,000pt for a pair of underwear?

When he looked at the Shadow God as if asking about his preferences, an embarrassed-sounding answer came back.

「W-well, they’re Golden Panties. In our industry, they’re quite a reward…」

…Ah. I see.

You have broad tastes.

Ruin chose one of the items he could buy.

【Recovery Totem (Low Grade)】 500pt

Then with a flash of light, the totem shattered and a reagent bottle fell in front of Ruin. As soon as he dripped it onto his burned hand, something amazing happened.

Flash!

The reagent regenerated the wound. Of course, it wasn’t perfect, but at least it improved from third-degree burns to first-degree burns.

This much should be enough to fool the Principal, and the rest would heal naturally.

Anyway, the Principal had been perplexing.

‘To request a handshake when she has an ability that torments even allies.’

If it had been anyone else, they absolutely wouldn’t have accepted the handshake. They would have just handed over a business card or exchanged simple greetings.

Of course, if he had dealt with it as carelessly as others would have, ‘Ruins Wayne’ would have been eliminated in various ways.

‘She probably kept it to this level because it was an ‘interview.’

Right. A level of power that’s fine for humans but brings hellish pain to the Demon Race.

But it didn’t matter. As long as I don’t die, such pain is nothing.

‘I just need to endure it.’

How many times have I been tortured during spy work?

Then Ginseng sneered.

「Don’t act cool, you show-off. Are you perhaps into that kind of… guhak!」

Ruin tried to dunk Ginseng in the toilet.

‘You must be thirsty, so drink up.’

「You crazy bastard!」

‘You seem to have a taste for toilet water.’

「I’m your patron god!」

Ginseng spread out like a starfish to avoid falling into the toilet.

Anyway, thanks to that, he had overcome the big mountain called the interview, but Ruin actually had a serious problem remaining.

‘That woman was planning to completely incinerate Ruins Wayne.’

That’s why she had such a surprised expression when they shook hands.

Of course, Ruin, being thorough in nature, was also activating ‘Misfortune.’ It was to prevent the Principal’s ability from working properly.

But-

‘I ended up using more power than I expected.’

I thought she’d know how to control her strength to some degree since her opponent was the Wayne Family, but she didn’t hold back at all.

‘I didn’t expect her to be that bold.’

What a terrifying woman.

Of course, misfortune is a constitutional curse, so it’s invisible and the opponent doesn’t notice it, making it useful, but still.

【Misfortune Injection】

An ability that can be used by training ‘Wanderlust’. Injects misfortune to bring ‘Misfortune (Stages 1-5)’ upon ‘others’ and ‘myself’.

This ability was practically cheating, but it was a double-edged sword. Because it injects misfortune into both the opponent and myself simultaneously. In other words, it was like saying ‘Let’s both die together from misfortune!’

The problem was what exactly that misfortune entailed, which literally meant ‘random bad things happen’.

‘That’s why I deliberately only used Stage 1, but…’

Well, Stage 1 had some patterns that made it somewhat predictable. So that level wasn’t really misfortune for Ruin anymore, but…

‘The problem is that it was a Stage 1 that was almost like Stage 2. Then the misfortune coming to me will be considerable too. This is troublesome.’

Maybe the reason that woman just sent me away was because she guessed this. Knowing that I wouldn’t be able to handle the misfortune coming my way.

‘But it still hasn’t come yet, I can’t even guess what it’ll be.’

The later it comes, the stronger the intensity. Damn it!

Just then, Ginseng, who had finally climbed up from the toilet, staggered into the flower pot and muttered.

「What are you talking about. Your misfortune already came, didn’t it?」

What? It came?

But nothing happened?

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