I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124. Younger Sister (1)

Adeline’s eyebrows twitched.

“…What?”

She looked at the paper once more. Thinking there might be other content hidden, she examined even the back thoroughly.

However, nowhere was there an apology, a greeting of reunion, or even a trace of brotherly affection.

Just one line.

-Demon Hunting Textbooks: 139 major types, 487 minor types, transcribe all. Failure to comply results in failing all subjects.

“…Has this bastard really gone insane?”

The moment those words burst from her mouth, the friends around her flinched and stepped back.

“Ah, Miss Adeline… What’s wrong?”

“What did Professor Ruins say…?”

Professor Ruins?

Adeline crumpled the letter in her hand and shoved it into her fist.

Crunch!

The sound of thin paper tearing could be heard, but her anger did not subside.

“Professor? Professor?! Who!”

“Uh…?”

Adeline’s eyes burned with killing intent. The surrounding air seemed to crackle with lightning.

It was a phenomenon that occurred whenever her ability manifested—the aura of the ‘Misfire’ ability.

“That insufferable shut-in is now acting like a Head Professor and giving me assignments?! Even threatening to fail me?”

One of the friends trying to calm her down cautiously intervened.

“Still… it’s true that the Professor is a hero now, isn’t it? He saved the Princess and is even acquainted with the Imperial Princess…”

Adeline gritted her teeth.

That made her even angrier. The guy who locked himself in his room alone even during their parents’ funeral without saying a word, and did nothing out of fear when their parents’ inheritance was being stolen!

Adeline’s insides boiled with rage.

‘That bastard Ruins… Not only did he get into this academy that I barely managed to enter through blood and sweat, but he easily obtained everything… and he’s even revered by everyone?’

And most of all-

-…Textbooks major 139 types, minor 487 types, complete transcription…

At this damn homework, Adeline clutched her head.

‘…No. Shit. Are you kidding me?!’

Even Fire Butterfly would come and run away in disgust at this!

Adeline looked up at the sky with furious eyes.

“…Fine. Let’s see if you’re qualified to be a professor.”

Her eyes flashed.

* * *

Students bustled in the corridor. At the center was a space where time seemed to have stopped.

So… that is, one was Ruins Wayne in a neat formal suit. And standing before him was Adeline Wayne, a Silver Moon 3rd year student with cold eyes.

The two stood facing each other exactly two steps apart.

“Was the assignment a bit much?”

Ruin spoke first. He seemed to be smiling at first glance, but his voice had the typical tone of an instructor.

Therefore, Adeline looked up at Ruin and smirked.

“Isn’t sending down assignments right before class time a violation of regulations, Professor?”

“Academic regulation Article 12, Section 4 states that preliminary assignment adjustments are possible according to the student’s individual ability. Don’t you remember?”

“…”

Crack.

The bastard who ran away scared of regulations is now citing regulations?

Just as Adeline was about to say something, Ruin smiled coldly.

“Why. You weren’t hoping for special treatment because we’re family, were you?”

Family. At those words, Adeline’s eyes turned cold as ice.

“…Family, you say?”

“I heard rumors about your poor academic performance, so I specially prepared this. I thought it would comfort your cursed grades, but what a shame.”

…This bastard.

His pleasant pronunciation, leisurely tone, everything was irritating. Someone who always mumbled timidly and trailed off his words.

Because of that, Adeline let out a bitter laugh.

“How nice that you call it family. So, who are you?”

“!”

She didn’t know such a brother.

“There’s no one like you in the Wayne Family. Who are you? A Spy?”

Adeline’s sharp gaze flashed.

Her suspicion had valid reasons.

His facial features? No.

Of course, this was Adeline’s first time seeing Ruins’ bare face without bandages too. Ruins’ beauty certainly surpassed both Father and Mother.

While it was suspicious that there wasn’t a single resemblance, it wasn’t impossible since he could have inherited only unexpressed genes. Moreover, a Spy wouldn’t go around with such a flashy face.

But there was just one thing-

Something decisive.

‘There’s no way that shut-in could have changed like that.’

Sure enough, mockery appeared in Adeline’s eyes.

“Of all places to infiltrate, you chose the Wayne Family. Your head is damn stupid, Spy.”

…Do you think I wanted to infiltrate a Watchdog Family…?

Ruin seemed to feel reality hitting him, but his opponent was a Bloodhound. That bloodline was born with a terrifying sense for distinguishing fakes. In fact, suspecting Ruin was also an instinct only those who inherited Hound’s Insight could possess.

However, if the great Fire Butterfly would cower at this level, he wouldn’t have made it onto the wanted list in the first place.

Therefore, Ruin shrugged his shoulders indifferently, as if dealing with a novice.

“Not only denying family but branding me as a Spy. Your personality has gotten even filthier. Our Parents in Sky would cry.”

“…What?”

In that moment, Adeline’s heart dropped with a thud.

“…Did you just mention ‘Parents’? You?”

“Yes.”

She felt as if her whole body was freezing. Her vision cracked with a sharp sound. Rage surged within Adeline.

“Do you think you even have the right to speak that name?!”

However, Ruin didn’t even blink an eye. If anything, he was calm.

“Then do you?”

“…What?”

For a moment, Adeline’s breath caught. It felt like her guilt had been struck head-on. Ruin took another step closer and said.

“Your parents’ relics, you disposed of them as you pleased, didn’t you?”

“…Shut up.”

“The house, the inheritance, the artifacts, you threw them all away at auction. Living expenses? Looking for sponsors? How pathetic.”

“…I told you to shut up!”

At that moment, Adeline threw the cup that was in front of her. Fragments scattered in all directions. Tears were welling up in her eyes.

“If you had protected that position, if you had properly inherited that wealth! I wouldn’t have had to do such things!”

Resentment filled with spite, surging emotions pressed down on Adeline.

That’s when Ruin looked down at her as if pitying her.

“…A bloodhound of the Wayne Family can’t even control her emotions properly.”

“!”

“That’s why you’ll always be a different class from me your whole life, because you’re so emotional.”

“…You dog-!”

A curse almost burst from her mouth, but Adeline gritted her teeth and shut her mouth. Rage that felt like all the blood in her body was flowing backward.

‘Really, if this person is truly Ruins Wayne, could he say such things?’

Or maybe really…

‘Someone who stole the Wayne Family’s face?’

But at the same time, Adeline shook her head. That’s because these infuriating dog-like attitudes…

‘This seems like that blood-related bastard is right…’

No, wait.

Adeline recalled the people at the academy who praised Ruins.

‘A hero, they said. Would a spy act so openly different from the original?’

In the increasingly complicated situation, Ruin quietly shrugged his shoulders. As if all of this was going according to plan.

“Well then, I hope nothing strange gets caught in the dormitory confiscation inspection.”

At those words, Adeline froze completely.

…A confiscation inspection?

As if answering that expression, Ruin smiled lightly.

“There are rumors going around that dangerous pranks have been trending at Silver Moon recently.”

Silver Moon.

Though called the ‘Corridor of Geniuses’, it was actually closer to the ‘Corridor of Eccentrics’. It was a place where the most notorious oddballs from across the entire continent gathered.

And now that the dormitory supervisor position was vacant, Silver Moon was completely out of control. For instance, it was full of crazy bastards who would drink poison and sleep, claiming they wanted to understand the feelings of the dead. Silver Moon was a place overflowing with such eccentric students.

As proof of this, Ruin smiled like a fox, as if asking what could possibly be wrong.

“…Surely the genius of Silver Moon, representing Haven, wouldn’t be keeping any troublesome items that shouldn’t be found?”

The flustered Adeline let out a “Urk,” and hurriedly looked toward the dormitory. At that expression, Ruin smiled.

‘Right. I knew you’d have something.’

Ruin knew.

‘The treasure chest you took from the military, it’s in your room right now.’

He wouldn’t risk a dangerous direct confrontation with the Watchdog Family. Instead.

‘…He aims for forced confiscation through a ‘legal inspection’. A method that leaves no records, clean aftermath, a reasonable special measure within professorial discretion that everyone would accept. Hehe, perfect.’

At the gleaming Fire Butterfly eyes, Ginseng Superior made a comment.

「…Really petty.」

* * *

“Ah. Announcing to all of Silver Moon.”

Ruin’s voice spread throughout all of Haven through amplification magic.

“In 1 minute, we will conduct a random search of the Silver Moon Dormitory. The criteria are ‘dangerous materials and externally brought magic tools’. If discovered, the student in question will face class suspension and complete grade reassessment.”

The students stirred restlessly.

“Wow… are they really going to inspect?”

“Surely there’s nothing to worry about….”

“Come on, no way, that’s an elite Silver Moon student over there?”

However, contrary to the students’ thoughts, one of the parties involved felt her heart sink with a thud.

The urgent sound of high heels echoed through the corridor.

“Please, let no one have touched it…!”

Adeline bit her lips as she ran down the corridor. Her face was tense enough to make her feel suffocated.

‘I don’t want to be caught by that bastard of all people.’

Slam!

Fortunately, it seemed the inspection hadn’t started yet.

But at that moment-

Bang!

A familiar and exasperating voice came from behind.

“Oh, my. Silver Moon is either extremely clean or filthy, one of the two, so no matter how I look at it, I can’t get used to it.”

It was Ruin who had entered the room.

Adeline was shocked by this.

“…Are you crazy? Did you forget this is the female dormitory?!”

“It’s fine. I’m the dormitory supervisor here now.”

“…What did you say?”

“Silver Moon Supervisor. The position became vacant when they suddenly resigned. The assistant supervisor quit too.”

At those words, Ginseng Superior’s voice came from his pocket.

「Didn’t you say you’d absolutely never enter the family dormitory, going on about ‘fairness and such’?」

Ruin smiled slyly.

‘When it’s for the goal, there’s no such thing as fairness or anything else.’

Then, without a moment’s hesitation, he opened the underwear drawer.

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