I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 106

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Chapter 106. Attack vs Defense (1)

 

Ruin was leaning against the research lab window, looking outside.

 

Seeing this, the students cheerfully waved their hands shouting ‘Professor!’ When Ruin casually waved his hand once in response, the students were shocked and went into a frenzy.

 

“Kyaaaah! Professor Ruins responded!”

 

“Oh my! Professor Ruins! Over here! Here too!”

 

…Well.

 

It’s bothersome, but social life is important. And the way they chatter and follow around going ‘Professor, Professor!’ does have a somewhat chick-like charm to it.

 

“Professor Eren, please wait! We’re training with holy swords for you!”

 

“You’ll be our opponent, right?!”

 

“Aaaah! Don’t come! Don’t swing that!”

 

…That one’s in a pitiful state.

 

Of course, Ginseng Superior seemed to be dumbfounded.

 

「To think they’d let even a Special Grade Wanted Criminal into Haven. Living to see such black comedy…」

 

It seemed Echo was quite suited(?) for the professor position. Recently, there were even rumors that he’d been summoned by the Hero.

 

“You’re the new Combat Department professor, right? I heard weapon crafting is your specialty. Could you craft holy swords for the Combat Department students?”

 

“Ah, no, I’m busy right now…”

 

“We’ve met somewhere before, haven’t we? …Shall we have an interview?”

 

“You’ll make holy swords right away, won’t you?”

 

‘Already getting favored by the Hero, not bad.’

 

「…He’s looking at you crying and requesting rescue right now, you know?」

 

‘Has discipline already become lax? I should give him more work.’

 

「…He’s seriously sending an SOS request, you know?」

 

‘That’s exactly why.’

 

He needs to survive on his own. How dare he give me overtime work?

 

Ruin was currently in Kalon’s research lab. No, now it should be called what ‘used to be’ Kalon’s research lab.

 

That’s right. In the end, Kalon succumbed to the Head Professor position and handed over his entire research lab to Ruin.

 

‘As expected of the Combat Department head, it’s overflowing with artifacts.’

 

Ruin quickly sorted out anything that could make money and sold it off. So that Kalon couldn’t complain later.

 

Meanwhile, Kalon, who had become Head Professor, became even busier with all sorts of miscellaneous tasks. Of course, it didn’t seem like Kalon was lying when he said becoming Head Professor had been his lifelong dream, as he really worked hard at it. From Ruin’s perspective, this was laughable though.

 

‘He’s working as hard as if it were his own job. Anyway, since the seal is fake, I’ll get it back in a few days.’

 

「…This demon.」

 

Now it was time to gradually go and target the military, but there was one problem remaining.

 

* * *

 

-There are signs that a terrorist (presumed to be a Special Grade Wanted Criminal) is targeting Judith Isles, a candidate for ‘King of Mages’. Caution advised. Requesting curriculum focused on improving defense capabilities.

 

“This is the document you submitted recently, isn’t it?”

 

With a thud, the documents fell roughly in front of Ruin. Ruin glanced at them and nodded.

 

That’s right. This was definitely a report he had personally written and submitted to Haven. Even though they were enemies, student safety was important for now.

 

Especially if it was Toad targeting Judith, Haven itself could come under attack.

 

‘Then my severance pay would be in danger…!’

 

That’s why he had told the military to use their heads a bit. He had also deliberately tried to increase their workload.

 

‘Raising defense capabilities doesn’t matter.’

 

After all, Shadow has the ‘Defense Penetration’ attribute.

 

‘As long as their attack power doesn’t increase.’

 

Because it hurts when hit. No matter how much of a shadow he was, it hurt if attacks contained certain attributes.

 

…But now this had come back like this.

 

-Union Allied Forces Supreme Command Operations Conference Room.

 

The Union military wasn’t simply divided into Hero forces and Empire forces.

 

At the General Headquarters there were Commander-level Generals and the Chief of Staff, Military Legal Advisory Council members, military committees from various Military Academies, advisory groups, and so on… Well, in short, it meant there were many higher-ups.

 

In that sense, this wasn’t an invitation but a ‘summons’.

 

Sure enough, the military higher-ups spoke.

 

“Our answer to this is simple.”

 

The one who spoke among them was Commander Letius.

 

“The Haven Demon Hunting Professor will promptly teach students ‘Attack Magic’ to deal with Special Grade Wanted Criminals, just like the other Military Academies.”

 

Ruin quietly flared with anger.

 

Are these bastards joking around?

 

“I told you to research defensive measures, didn’t I?”

 

Then Letius let out a big sigh.

 

“You still don’t seem to understand.”

 

“?”

 

“I’ve heard your story. The Union General Headquarters is growing anxious that Haven’s Demon Hunting Studies, which should become an important military asset for the Union, is teaching nothing but shadows at best. At the very least, you should be teaching about Fire Butterfly.”

 

How unfair.

 

I taught really well about me (Shadow).

 

“Anyway, that’s not what’s important. To obtain the ‘Wish Stone,’ you need to teach magic that can capture Special Grade Wanted Criminals. There’s an appropriate magic that the Magic Tower invented recently. Start by teaching that. We’ve already distributed it to all Military Academies anyway.”

 

Ruin let out a hollow laugh when he looked at the documents, wondering what kind of magic could cause all this fuss.

 

‘It’s Berserk Magic.’

 

It’s magic that increases attack power dozens of times over, on the condition of abandoning defense. Ruin’s eyes couldn’t help but turn cold.

 

‘These bastards are obsessed with achievements.’

 

It was absurd. So he said.

 

“Large-scale terrorism could occur in Haven. No, throughout the Union.”

 

The conference room fell quiet for a moment at Ruin’s words.

 

Echo said the terrorist was ‘Toad.’ And Ruin knows Toad well. That bastard wasn’t the type to only target Haven.

 

In other words-

 

“I believe now is the time to focus on defense, not attack.”

 

Berserk?

 

Are you kidding?

 

It hurts when you get hit.

 

And I thought I’d given quite a lot of information by now, but these guys don’t know how to be grateful.

 

The Union Chief of Staff frowned.

 

“Do you think we’d tell you to teach that magic for no reason? Read it properly, Professor Wayne of Haven.”

 

“!”

 

The documents didn’t only contain information about Berserk Magic. There were defensive measures on the back.

 

Specifically, the ‘Guardian Badge’.

 

“This is a magic item we developed together this time. It’s an item that automatically deploys a barrier when it detects danger. This should solve any defense problems, right?”

 

…These bastards. They’re completely ignoring Toad.

 

‘A badge like that won’t work on him.’

 

Come to think of it, that guy might have been the one who killed the student during the Demon Hunting Practicum a year ago. Back then, what happened? Did they get completely destroyed because their defenses were lacking?

 

But they crossed their arms and continued speaking.

 

“Professor Ruins Wayne. Listen carefully. Assuming enemies who won’t even attack, causing unnecessary fear, and teaching Defense Magic that might be meaningless – that’s not education.”

 

Then Letius finished with a mocking remark, mixing casual and formal speech.

 

“Besides, isn’t he just a Special Grade Wanted Criminal?”

 

“!”

 

“The premise that a Special Grade Wanted Criminal could even terrorize the Union is problematic from the start. You think some troublemaking thieves could neutralize the Union’s surveillance and defenses?”

 

Could they neutralize them?

 

How ridiculous.

 

A few minutes later, Ruin emerged from the bathroom and let out a hollow laugh. He was no longer in the form of Ruins Wayne, but appeared as a middle-aged man.

 

A neat military uniform, silver rank insignia of the Union Command.

 

Fire Butterfly looked in the mirror and smiled briefly.

 

‘When it’s this easy to infiltrate.’

 

At that moment, Ginseng Superior whispered from inside his pocket.

 

「This is only possible because it’s you…」

 

Ruin ignored it and headed to the conference room. Inside, they were still in the middle of discussing him.

 

“That professor has no real combat experience, right?”

 

“Well, I guess it’s because he’s from ducal nobility.”

 

“Duke? No, I heard he’s from a marquis family.”

 

“Either way, he’s not a card that’ll make it to the main event.”

 

“You really think the Union would be targeted? The Union’s interior has never been breached even once until now.”

 

That talk about there being no possibility of breach – it’s always heard right before getting breached.

 

“Rather, at a time like this, we should be teaching students more attack magic. Defense? Evasion? Those things don’t make it into victory reports.”

 

Results-oriented thinking. Check complete.

 

“Besides, Special Grade Wanted Criminals?”

 

The Chief of Staff chuckled.

 

“Have they ever attacked us head-on?”

 

“We just need to be careful around Rhine.”

 

“If we had taught this Berserk Magic from the beginning, wouldn’t the ‘Demon Hunting Studies incident’ that happened in Haven a year ago have been prevented?”

 

They sneered as if they were right.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“But…”

 

Someone asked.

 

“What if, by any chance, a terrorist attack occurs?”

 

A moment of silence.

 

And then came the answer.

 

“Then it would mean Ruins Wayne was right.”

 

“Then…!”

 

“Let’s not think about things that haven’t happened yet. We’ve already issued badges on our end anyway. That’s sufficient.”

 

Ruin let out a hollow laugh.

 

So it was all about arrogance and pride in the end.

 

* * *

 

“I will focus on Defense Magic from now on.”

 

“Eh, yes?”

 

The students were bewilderment itself.

 

The Imperial Princess felt the same way.

 

And for good reason…

 

“Aren’t you going to teach the Attack Magic that the Magic Tower developed? I heard rumors that orders came down directly from above?”

 

Word travels fast. As expected from Blue Moon’s Information Department.

 

However.

 

“That’s right. But if you want to live, master what I’m about to teach you.”

 

The Gold Gate students, who had already undergone mental conditioning, nodded almost reflexively.

 

In contrast, Blue Moon, which had many Information Department students, looked at Ruins suspiciously. This was because Lionel, Blue Moon’s dormitory supervisor, had directly told them this:

 

“Don’t trust Ruins Wayne too much.”

 

Indeed, they raised their hands with doubtful expressions.

 

“Why defense magic all of a sudden?”

 

Ruin didn’t smile.

 

“Why? Because I can’t let students die to some Special Grade Wanted Criminal.”

 

If students died, the school would close. School closure!

 

That wasn’t all.

 

‘The students’ attack power is increasing? Then Echo will die before I can collect my severance pay.’

 

This was because Echo was serving as a test subject for the students’ attack power under the Hero’s command(?).

 

‘Echo needs to stay alive until I collect my severance pay.’

 

But at Ruin’s words, the Gold Gate students’ eyes widened.

 

Ruins seemed to find students bothersome, but perhaps that wasn’t actually the case?

 

The Gold Gate students, now moved, nodded their heads.

 

“Right. We just need to trust Professor Ruins. Obviously he’ll teach us magic that’s more brilliant than what the Magic Tower distributed—”

 

“What are you doing? Everyone take out your ‘Frix’.”

 

The devoted Gold Gate students’ eyes went wide.

 

“F-Frix? Why?”

 

“That’s the magic you’ll learn today.”

 

“?!”

 

Gold Gate students gaped while Blue Moon students sneered. All the students murmured as if they couldn’t understand.

 

The Imperial Princess’s pupils also shook.

 

Well, that makes sense. Frix?

 

Frix was a concept of messenger birds, a magic that created summoned creatures suited to oneself.

 

Depending on each person’s disposition, they would create Frix to deliver messages or treat them like pets… In any case, they were difficult to consider as beings for actual combat.

 

And above all.

 

‘Frix magic is at the level of Light magic that 1st years learn…’

 

‘Why would he teach just that now?’

 

‘Last time he said he taught Shadow to Red Moon.’

 

However, Ruin was resolute.

 

“Frix is used for simple messenger bird purposes, but if you utilize this principle well, it can be applied as automatic defense magic.”

 

‘…Au-automatic defense? Is that possible?’

 

The Blue Moon students, who were most sensitive to information at Haven. Also called by another name, ‘Iron Wall of Reason,’ they furrowed their brows.

 

“For defense, couldn’t we just wear the badges that the Military distributed?”

 

“Magic tools have a chance of breaking down. They could be neutralized too. On the other hand, this magic will never break down once you learn it.”

 

“Isn’t that unrelated to Frix’s properties?”

 

“It’s not unrelated. The principle of Frix is ‘flying to the desired target.’ If you interpret this differently, it could become ‘flying toward the opponent’s attack.'”

 

“!”

 

Certainly, if such a thing were possible, survival rates on the battlefield would increase dramatically.

 

At that point, Ruin lightly swung his staff. Then a spell technique floated in the air. The single-line spell technique was simple and clear.

 

-Serve me from the darkness. Reject everything except me.

 

The students were bewildered.

 

“…It’s a spell technique I’ve never seen before?”

 

“Of course. I created it.”

 

To be precise, it was an application of magic he had learned from the former Magic Tower Master, Imperial Princess Lucherin.

 

For some reason, Goldsky covered his mouth again with a gasp… let’s ignore that.

 

“Can you really block Special Grade Wanted Criminals with that?”

 

The Blue Moon students only showed suspicion and didn’t even think to try following along. Seeing this, Ruin furrowed his brow.

 

Gold Gate was problematic because they were rich spoiled brats, Red Moon was problematic because their damn convictions were too strong, and Blue Moon was problematic because they only thought a lot but had zero action.

 

Therefore, Ruin, who had been thinking about something, chuckled.

 

“If you had mastered this, that unfortunate incident from a year ago wouldn’t have happened.”

 

“…!”

 

Blue Moon’s eyes changed in an instant.

 

The air froze in that moment.

 

…What kind of bullshit is that Professor spouting right now?

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