I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 113

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Chapter 113. It’s Been a While? (1)

Haven Operations Conference Room.

After the bomb terror incident cleanup report ended, one staff officer spoke while reading the room.

“And… Professor Ruins Wayne and Princess Judith are still missing.”

Silence.

The Hero’s fingertips stopped moving and the Principal drew in a breath. The Imperial Princess, who had been called as a witness, also silently lowered her head.

Then, Grand Duke Eden suddenly stood up.

“…Judith? She was really kidnapped?! Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?”

The Hero looked at him as if telling him to calm down.

“The Princess was last confirmed at the explosion site. The only one who went in that direction was Professor Ruins Wayne.”

The Grand Duke’s face contorted. Yet there was also a somewhat relieved expression.

“…So that bastard disappeared with her.”

“Yes. The only one who disappeared together with the Princess is Ruins Wayne alone.”

The Grand Duke flinched at those words. Because he caught the hidden meaning in them.

“Elaine Saint! Are you saying you think the culprit who took my daughter is Ruins Wayne?”

“To be honest, yes.”

The Hero’s gaze was firm.

“A person of unknown identity went missing with the Princess at the explosion site. This is hard to see as a simple coincidence.”

The Grand Duke looked incredulous.

“It’s absurd that we let such a person into the Academy in the first place. But you clearly saw how much my child recovered thanks to that Professor.”

“That’s why I kept him close and watched him.”

The Hero was resolute.

“But what if even that recovery was a stepping stone for this incident?”

“So you’re going to suspect him? To me it sounds like you’re saying to kill my child twice?”

“Grand Duke. I understand your feelings. But-”

At that moment, Principal Charlotte coldly cut him off.

“But? If it weren’t for that person, half the students would be corpses by now.”

“!”

Charlotte looked straight at her uncle Elaine. In her eyes was not anger, but deep disappointment.

“In a department that couldn’t even modify a single combat magic, we maintained face thanks to that one person.”

Several professors hung their heads.

“Of course, you all researched harder than anyone. The direction was excellent, and the results weren’t bad either. But-”

Charlotte wore a resolute expression.

“Ruins Wayne applied that to actual combat in just one semester. And with Frix, a non-mainstream messenger magic that was at best used for carrier pigeons and wasn’t even considered proper magic.”

Charlotte turned her head to face the Hero.

“Without that person, the children you so desperately wanted to protect wouldn’t exist either.”

The conference room fell silent for a moment.

After all, most of Union Military Academy had been hit by terrorism right now. The military must be in chaos by now too.

Among them, only Haven had zero casualties.

As if agreeing with those words, Princess Karin sighed as if fed up and stood up.

“If he had malicious intent, he wouldn’t have even healed that child.”

Right. Far from competing with her for the position of ‘King of Mages’, his name wouldn’t even be mentioned as a candidate.

The Grand Duke also nodded.

“…That’s right. That’s correct.”

Charlotte sighed.

“So Chairman, why don’t you research why that precious Luck Power of yours didn’t work. At least if you don’t want to be called the most incompetent strongest human.”

“…Ugh!”

“Whether Professor Wayne is dead or alive, I’ll bring him back. He’s too valuable a person to lose like this here.”

“…Well, fine.”

The Hero who sighed tapped the table.

‘If Ruins Wayne really is Fire Butterfly-‘

This time, he’ll finally reveal his true purpose.

Healing the Princess and saving the children to build Haven’s trust—if all of that was ultimately for this moment—

Then….

‘Judith Isles probably won’t make it back alive.’

But.

‘If he’s not Fire Butterfly….’

Then that man would truly be a ‘hero.’

* * *

Toad swallowed his irritation as he closed the Gate.

“…Damn. I brought along something unnecessary.”

His eyes took in both the bewildered Princess Judith and Ruin, who was calmly surveying their surroundings.

How annoying.

“Ruins Wayne. You were a Demon Hunting Professor, weren’t you?”

Instead of answering, Ruin looked at Toad. Toad laughed heartily at this.

“Well, this works out. You were annoying me anyway. Taking care of both of you at once would be simple, right?”

Toad snapped his fingers. Soon, Toxic Curse Power began writhing through the space.

“Then, before you two join hands to attack….”

But that’s when it happened.

“Sorry about this.”

With those words—

Thud!

Judith collapsed. A knife-hand strike had landed precisely on the back of Judith’s neck.

Toad’s eyes widened in shock.

What?

“?”

Did that professor just take down his own student?

“…What the hell is this. Betrayal? Are you on our side too?”

However, Ruin’s eyes had changed.

“No. Betrayal is only possible when you’re on the same side to begin with.”

Ruin said as he transferred Ginseng Superior from his pocket to Judith.

“And I can’t use my full power when a student is watching.”

What does that mean…

At that moment, shadows surged up from beneath Ruin’s feet. Toad looked bewildered.

‘Curse Power?’

“What. Were you a demon?”

No. Being a demon wasn’t what mattered. The Curse Power he could feel here—this wasn’t the aura of an ordinary demon.

‘At least a special-grade demon.’

Who is it? Such a being was hiding in Haven?

Just who!

Ruin took off his jacket. On his cold face, ‘Ruins Wayne’ no longer existed.

“You probably intended to take Princess Judith Isles, but I’m sorry. This child is my precious student.”

At that moment, space froze.

“…You bastard… Who are you?!”

Ruin smiled.

Shadows began to bloom. Even the air seemed to ripple sharply.

Toad flinched and stepped back. Instinctively, he tried to devour Ruin, but strangely, it felt familiar somehow.

‘This sensation… where have I…?’

That was when it happened.

Ruin cracked his wrist and said.

“Your speech habits have gotten quite nasty. Sion.”

Toad’s pupils shook.

“…What?”

How does he know that name…?

No, and his voice definitely changed just now.

“Right. Was this the voice I used when I was with you?”

“?!”

It was a voice sickeningly lower than Ruins Wayne’s voice.

That wasn’t all. Shadows writhed across Ruin’s skin, and his golden eyes were no longer human.

“Don’t go spouting nonsense about targeting military funds just because I’m staying quiet.”

At that moment, Toad’s mouth trembled.

“…No way… you…!”

Ruin laughed briefly.

Wanted name, Toad.

Generally, the names of Special-Grade Wanted Criminals are chosen to be the most unsuitable names for the wanted criminal. That discord actually makes them memorable and creates a strong impression. It was the complete opposite of a spy’s method of choosing something smooth and fitting like flowing water.

But there are cases where they just use their real name as their wanted name, and that’s because they’re such big shots that there’s no need to bother remembering them separately.

‘Fire Butterfly is a prime example.’

At the same time, as he swept back his bangs, his face rippled and changed into that of a strange man.

“You were quite cute when you followed your senior around like a chick, copying everything.”

“…!?”

It was in the blink of an eye. His face returning to Ruin’s.

However, Toad saw it clearly. That face just now, it was an unforgettable face.

‘Fire Butterfly!’

Pride’s youngest field agent, the senior he had truly followed, and the man who had mercilessly arrested him.

The moment he recognized that name, Toad’s face hardened. It wasn’t simply a name from the past. It was instinctive fear that had suddenly burst forth from beyond his memories.

Yes, the memory of that day.

“Orders came from above. Don’t move and stand by.”

“But… Senior. This is an opportunity. We can see the enemy’s deployment chart, those bastards’ movements, everything. Right now we could take care of them all… Gah!”

He was slammed into the wall without a chance to breathe.

“…I’ll only say this once.”

Fire Butterfly didn’t treat ‘disobedience to orders’ as a mistake. ‘Personal judgment during operations’ was, in his eyes, an internal rebellion that shook the organization.

That day, when Toad opened his eyes, ‘two fingers’ had disappeared.

“Aaaagh!”

“I’ll report it as an injury during the operation, so don’t ever think again that your judgment comes before my orders.”

It was from that moment. Toad didn’t make ‘plans’ in front of Fire Butterfly. Because he had learned with bone and blood that such things didn’t work.

And that was the same even on that day, many years later, when Toad had a top-priority bounty placed on him for the crime of turning his comrades and Superiors into bombs.

Fire Butterfly appeared without fail, and the words he left that day were still unforgotten.

“I taught you wrong.”

There were no pathetic excuses, no chance for defense. He was just mercilessly trampled.

There was no mercy. That man always said things only once.

And now-

“…!”

With the same eyes as that day, the same expression as that day, Fire Butterfly was looking down at him.

Cold sweat ran down Toad’s spine.

‘Damn it. Why!’

Toad, trembling all over, sneered with quivering lips.

“Ha… Why are you here, Senior! …You died fighting the Hero! No, are you crazy to be inside that Haven-”

“Your speech habits have gotten worse. I’ll need to re-educate you.”

“!”

At his cold smile, Toad trembled.

Fire Butterfly, what that name meant was just one thing.

‘The Demon Race killer with a 0% operation failure rate…!’

In other words, when he laid his hands on something, it meant you should prepare for something to disappear.

However, Toad was no longer just Fire Butterfly’s junior. He gritted his teeth and drew up his curse power. Soon, bomb-type magic was formed.

“Yeah, let’s see what you’ve got! Killing a senior will be even more satisfying!”

However, Ruin didn’t even lift his staff.

“…Slow.”

In an instant, shadows rippled. The curse bullet Toad fired sliced through empty air.

“…!”

Ruin was no longer there.

At the same time, the shadow burrowed into Toad’s shadow as if it were alive-

“Let me give you some advice.”

A voice like freezing aura whispered in Toad’s ear.

“Too much talking makes your hands slow.”

“Kugh!”

Toad reflexively twisted his body, but-

Thud.

Ruin’s fingertip touched his body.

At that moment, shadow burrowed in. Curse spread along his skin, and his arm began to rot away.

“Kuk…!”

His body swayed from the pain.

Staggering as he regained his balance, Toad clenched his molars. Even so, he instinctively stepped back.

‘…This bastard! He’s gotten even stronger than before!’

Still, he couldn’t back down here. Toad tried to draw up his curse power again.

Then Ruin muttered quietly.

“Last time it was a finger.”

That voice sounded almost like mockery. And his next words struck down like a death sentence.

“Then this time I should be able to hit at least an eyeball, right?”

“…!”

Bang! An explosion occurred.

Toad’s vision turned completely white.

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