I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 119

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Chapter 119. Joint Class (2)

“…!”

A woman revealed herself.

Her hair was gentle like moonlight, and her eyes were cold yet somehow tragic. Elegant steps. But a heavy presence….

The students jumped to their feet. The students were terrified by that being they had seen in photographs.

“Th-that’s the Demon Emperor, isn’t it?!”

“The real Demon Emperor was summoned?!”

Ruin’s eyes trembled faintly, which was rare. The magic wand in his hand shook slightly.

‘…Why does that face….’

The illusion before his eyes. That face was exactly the same as his master whom he had killed with his own hands and the lover who had been by his side for so long. Ruin’s gaze wavered unusually.

As everyone turned pale and looked at the Hero, the Hero sitting in the spectator seats laughed “Ahaha.” He seemed unable to imagine that Kalon would come out like this.

“Kalon, just how angry are you.”

“Chairman, is this really okay?! Isn’t that dangerous?!”

Even Teaching Assistant Lily, who was watching, was angry enough to raise her voice. The Hero waved his hand dismissively.

“Calm down. It’s probably a memory of the Demon Emperor that Kalon saw in his childhood.”

“…Excuse me?”

“Look at the manifested state. It’s not perfect.”

“!”

The teaching assistant hurriedly examined the illusion.

There was definitely something that felt off about it. The steps weren’t smooth, and the flow of mana was slightly distorted. The face and body also had vague details in parts. Like a half-finished sculpture.

“Illusion Magic’s manifestation level varies depending on the user’s memory.”

This wasn’t a properly completed summoning.

“In other words, it’s an illusion for intimidation.”

The Hero smiled indifferently.

“Kalon should be able to eliminate it. If worst comes to worst, I’m here too. If the real Demon Emperor had appeared, I would have moved first.”

Even after hearing those words, the teaching assistant couldn’t take her eyes off it. The illusion before her eyes, that woman’s appearance was beautiful despite not being perfectly manifested.

So she was curious.

‘If it looks this impressive even with this level of manifestation… just how incredible must the real thing be…’

For the first time, she felt the aesthetic contained within the word ‘Demon Emperor’.

Meanwhile, Ruin stopped dead in his tracks upon seeing the woman before him. More precisely, he couldn’t breathe.

“….”

His heart constricted. One side of his chest felt strangely heavy.

That face-

That expression-

Even those gestures.

‘…No way.’

Even knowing it was impossible, he couldn’t deny it.

…That face was identical to his Master’s.

The person he had killed, and the Great Demon who had raised him.

“…Haah…”

His body swayed. It felt like blood was rushing backwards.

That’s when Ginseng Superior let out a sharp scream from inside his pocket.

「Hey! Snap out of it! That’s not your Master! It just has the same face, but the contents are completely different!」

At that cry, Ruin sharply drew in a breath. A single stream of oxygen felt like it cleared his chest completely.

‘…Right. There’s no way it could be.’

Coldness settled in Ruin’s eyes as he took a deep breath.

The being before him was a Demon Emperor. Moreover, it was just an illusion manifested from Kalon’s memories, a crude magical construct.

“To play such a trick…”

Ruin readjusted his grip on his magic wand.

“If it’s an incomplete memory anyway, it’ll end in one blow.”

Flash!

It was the moment the magic circle was about to unfold.

The woman slowly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled wickedly.

‘!’

Ruin’s eyes widened.

‘…What?’

And in an instant, the atmosphere changed.

“…!”

An ominous aura was felt.

The magic entity’s presence suddenly changed. The illusion magic entity that had merely been moving began to emit an aura like a living being. Even Ruin’s weapon trembled in the intense magical energy.

Ruin realized his mistake.

‘This… isn’t a memory manifestation.’

The Hero in the spectator seats finally showed a reaction.

‘Demon Emperor.’

The smile disappeared, and his eyes became serious. Then snap! He urgently grabbed his sword.

Teaching Assistant Lily muttered while frozen in place.

“Ch, Chairman? That couldn’t possibly be…!”

His eyes turned urgent as he instantly kicked off from his seat and rushed out.

That was the moment.

“It’s been a while.”

The magic entity opened its mouth.

Ruin flinched. This voice, this sweet and dangerous voice was all too familiar.

The woman slowly approached. Just as Ruin was about to step back, she grabbed his face.

“…!”

“Don’t run away. I might have loved you more than ‘that child’ did.”

Then she pressed her lips to Ruin’s. It wasn’t an illusion. It was a real kiss, with flesh and body warmth.

At that moment, Ruin’s heart stopped completely. The auditorium became quiet as if holding its breath.

“…!”

The kiss continued only briefly before Ruin roughly pushed the woman away.

Smack!

The Demon Emperor, no, the Demon Emperor’s form staggered and stepped back.

She still radiated a beautiful and overwhelming aura, but her eyes were no longer expressionless. Rather, she raised the corners of her mouth in a satisfied smile.

“See you again, Demon Hunting Professor.”

With those words, the Demon Emperor’s form scattered like flames.

Following that, the Hero’s ‘Execution’ strike came down on her form-

Bang!

But the Demon Emperor had already disappeared.

“Professor! Are you alright?!”

At the same time, screams erupted.

“Aaahhh!”

“What… what just happened?”

“That… that was really the Demon Emperor, wasn’t it?!”

Belatedly, the students screamed with faces full of panic.

The Hero’s eyes also trembled slightly. This piercing pressure was…

‘…Just now, that was really the Demon Emperor.’

Kalon also bit his lips and spoke.

“It seems there was an error in ‘Battlefield Memory’. What was manifested was definitely the Demon Emperor from my memories, but… why did it go that far…”

“An error?”

Ruin looked at Kalon sharply.

“That was real just now. We almost all got wiped out.”

Kalon also had a hardened expression.

The Hero spoke as if providing the answer.

“…That’s right. What was manifested was just a ‘model’, but the Demon Emperor borrowed that empty shell.”

Kalon was shocked as if struck by lightning.

“It was really the Demon Emperor?!”

The Hero finally sheathed his sword.

“It would be best not to use the Demon Emperor version of that magic. It seems the Demon Emperor used the same wavelength to possess you.”

“Yes.”

But at those words, the students became even more agitated.

This was a shocking event that would turn the Union upside down.

“Really… the Demon Emperor came here?”

It was terrifying.

But at the same time, the female students screamed for a different reason.

“But why Professor Ruins…!”

“Don’t tell me… he’s targeting the Professor?!”

The moment those words burst out, the students’ eyes all changed at once.

“Kill him!”

Ruin silently stared at the spot where the Demon Emperor had disappeared. The Demon Emperor’s final laughter still echoed in his ears.

“See you again, Demon Hunting Professor.”

At that moment, his heart strangely froze.

‘Demon Emperor, why on earth.’

But Ruin wasn’t even given time for his heart to completely freeze.

“Hey! I can’t forgive this! That Demon Emperor, I’ll go and beat him to death!”

“Protect Professor Ruins!”

It was Teaching Assistant Lily and the female students. Madness filled their eyes.

Ruin pressed his forehead and threw out a comment.

“…Could you… calm down for now.”

“That Demon Emperor is the one who should be calming down!”

While the students and teaching assistants competed to express their anger, the Hero was lost in thought.

‘Unexpected…’

While it was unpleasant that the Demon Emperor had appeared at the Union and stirred up trouble, he recalled the scene from earlier. The Demon Emperor’s attitude was certainly one-sided, but that… was definitely ‘affection’.

Most importantly, Ruins Wayne’s reaction.

‘…He froze for a moment. That man of all people. I’ve never seen him show emotions like that before.’

With those thoughts, the Hero turned his gaze to Calon who was beside him.

“Previously, I asked you what kind of ‘memory’ you saw of Professor Wayne.”

“!”

“You don’t need to tell me about that. But why did you judge that Ruins Wayne wasn’t a spy?”

Calon’s answer was simple.

“Because he showed ‘hostility’ toward Pride.”

“Hostility?”

Ruins Wayne had hostility toward Pride?

The Hero’s eyes flashed sharply for a moment.

“…I see.”

The Union Commander’s head began to turn.

‘If that’s the case… this might actually be possible.’

Bringing Ruins Wayne to his side.

The Hero quietly repeated to himself.

“…This might be a golden opportunity beyond what I imagined.”

* * *

That day’s ‘joint class’ literally became a legendary class that would be preserved in Haven’s history.

“Wow…! Who knew watching two professors fight could be so educational!”

“That was the first time I’ve seen real magical combat…!”

“Professor Ruins… is totally overpowered.”

“If it wasn’t for Professor Ruins, we might have all died to the Demon Emperor.”

The student bulletin board was instantly covered with Ruins Wayne’s name. There was even a post in one corner that read:

“Professor Ruins is ours.”

“We can’t let the Demon Emperor take him away.”

The female students had awakened. After that day, the attendance rate for Demon Hunting Studies classes surpassed 100%, and it even reached the point where classmates would cast magic at late students, telling them “Don’t insult the Professor.”

Ruin pressed his forehead firmly, looking tired.

‘…What the hell is this.’

「Puhup. It’s worship, worship. It’s almost in the realm of faith, isn’t it?」

Well, the joint classes with Kalon had unexpectedly become ‘practical’ study.

While he was still officially a ‘lower-grade mage’, Kalon was a ‘Union Special-Grade Mage’.

Ruin acknowledged this difference. The fundamentals of combat magic, mana flow control, the methods and timing of using magic, reaction speed – it was definitely helping with practical training.

The problem was that he didn’t want to have joint classes with Kalon. Just look at what happened this time.

‘I don’t know when memories might be dragged out, or what kind of memories might surface.’

As Fire Butterfly, he didn’t want to create unpredictable situations.

Right. That’s how it was…

-Please continue joint classes with Professor Kalon for the time being. Fighting, our Head Professor! o(^^o) (o^^)o Let’s go!

…Should I kill this bastard?

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