I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 143

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Chapter 143. What? A Priest from the Papal Court? (4)

The priest’s pupils trembled.

“…That seal mark…!”

In an instant, the atmosphere in the classroom changed. The students murmured, not knowing what was happening.

However, Ruin lowered his sleeve with a rustle and opened his mouth.

“You would know what this is, wouldn’t you?”

The priest looked at Ruin with a face mixed with awe and distrust.

“…Could it be… the seal of the ‘White Mage’…!”

At those words, quiet reactions arose among some of the students as well.

“White Mage…? What’s that?”

“A great hero who uses White Magic… isn’t it?”

Ruin quietly nodded his head.

That’s right. That’s it, my cute students.

On the other hand, the priest became extremely serious.

“That’s correct. A great hero who exorcised countless members of the Demon Race. Though a mage, he belonged to the ‘White Magic Monastery’ and was the master of White Magic that combined holy power and magic…! To think I would meet that person here, whom even the Holy Empire was searching for…!”

‘Well, I didn’t confirm it though.’

The priest looked at Ruin as if unable to believe it.

“…But didn’t he disappear decades ago? According to records, all the disciples who followed him also vanished without a trace…”

“Think whatever you like. However-”

Ruin looked straight at the priest and said.

“As a Papal Priest, you couldn’t possibly not know the meaning of this seal mark.”

The classroom was enveloped in suffocating silence. The priest, who had been silent, finally closed his mouth and bowed his head.

“…I apologize. My words just now were rude.”

Ruin smiled brightly.

“I’ll accept the apology.”

“Then would you come with me to His Holiness the Pope?”

…Not going, you bastard. Got any exorcism to do?

However, Ruin smiled even more brightly.

“Shall we discuss that story later?”

“…I shall receive your command.”

The priest bowed politely and turned around.

The students’ murmuring began to spread gradually, and he could hear Goldsky’s wailing sounds, but Ruin ignored them. Because a message had just come through Frix.

It was Echo. He seemed to have some conscience as he said this.

[Sorry, sorry! I ended up selling you out so the priest went your way… Are you alive?]

“…”

Ruin didn’t respond. He just whispered one short phrase.

“…You’re dead.”

* * *

‘…This crazy bastard actually swallowed the heart.’

Ruin looked at the Black Moon student sleeping soundly. That boy, whose name wasn’t even properly recorded, was sleeping peacefully without knowing Ruin’s feelings.

No matter how much of a troublemaker he was, voluntarily swallowing the Demon Emperor’s Heart was beyond common sense.

‘At that time, he definitely didn’t hesitate even a little. It looked as if he had received a command from someone.’

As if he had heard a command to swallow it immediately if it seemed like it would be taken away. It was such an immediate and intense reaction.

But who on earth?

Who gave him such instructions?

The Blackmoon Dormitory Supervisor?

No, that’s not what’s important.

‘…How did this child have my treasure in the first place?’

Ruin’s eyes grew cold.

Don’t tell me he opened a treasure chest?

‘No, no. That’s also a problem, but the bigger problem right now is… that heart.’

He had to remove the Demon Emperor’s Heart.

He had somehow managed to deceive and bring the dried seafood, but the Demon Emperor’s Heart had entered a student’s body? There was no way that Hero would just stand by and watch!

And now, to make matters worse…

“This is problematic.”

Right. There was also this damn priest.

There was no way the priest would just leave this situation alone. To remove the Demon Emperor’s Heart, he had to deal with the priest first.

But unexpectedly, the priest didn’t take his eyes off Ruin. He smiled quietly.

“…I smell the Demon Race.”

“Of course you would. The kid swallowed a demon specimen-”

“No. From you, Professor.”

For a moment, the surrounding air froze strangely.

If it had been Echo, he would have been sweating profusely, but Ruin didn’t even blink an eye.

“Being a professor at the Demon Hunting Academy, such aura must have seeped in while conducting dissection classes. I apologize for unintentionally giving off such a scent.”

The priest smiled subtly.

“No. What I’m referring to isn’t a scent, but behavior.”

…Behavior?

“When you observe the Demon Race for a long time, there are specific patterns in their gaze, movements, and gait.”

“!”

The priest’s gaze was sharp.

“Professor, your footsteps are excessively perfect. Like someone who’s always ready to flee at any moment. Almost like… a perfect spy.”

Ruin remained silent.

‘…This priest is no pushover.’

The priest slowly approached while speaking.

“Don’t worry. We value the Non-Killing Philosophy. We don’t kill just because someone is from the Demon Race.”

“What do you mean by not killing?”

“Usually we paralyze all four limbs. So perfectly that they’ll regret being alive. We leave them in a state where they can only think.”

Ruin was inwardly horrified.

‘…I’d rather you just kill me!’

This is even more serious!

Hey, Papal Court! What kind of lunatic did you send here!

So Ruin casually changed the subject.

“If I were from the Demon Race, the Hero would have noticed first.”

At the mention of the Hero, the Priest laughed lightly. It was a sneer.

“Don’t trust the Hero’s judgment too much.”

“?”

Ruin furrowed his brow. He knew the guy was an airhead, but strangely felt bad when the Hero was insulted.

But the Priest smiled smoothly.

“Professor, are you staying by that Hero’s side knowing what he’s doing?”

“?”

“He’s going against time. He’s keeping someone who should have died long ago.”

Ruin tilted his head.

“…Someone who should have died?”

At the same time, Ruin thought ‘Ah.’

Ah. The only thing that talent-obsessed Hero would go that far for would be members of the Knights of Radiance.

Right, those members called the ‘Hero’s Party’. Who had died by his own hand.

‘If that’s the case, he’s doing something pretty pointless.’

It wasn’t for nothing that he had wiped out the Hero’s Party.

“The Emperor also has him by the throat because of that.”

Ruin raised an eyebrow.

“…The Emperor?”

“You didn’t know. The Hero and the Emperor don’t get along. That’s why the method for creating Wish Stones is kept secret too. The Hero knows it but absolutely refuses to reveal it.”

Ruin smiled slightly.

‘As expected.’

It was the moment he became certain there was a rift between the Hero and the Emperor.

He could probably use that to destroy the Union, but that wasn’t what was important right now.

‘Right now I need to get rid of this guy.’

So Ruin brought up a topic.

“…Oh, actually, a suspicious box was discovered in the underground area.”

The priest’s eyes sharpened.

“A box?”

“Yes. It might be a Superior Mimic.”

“Oh, that would be dangerous in an educational facility.”

“So I was wondering, could you personally check it out?”

Ruin’s eyes gleamed like a tiger’s.

* * *

“Is it around here?”

The priest followed Ruin deep into the humid underground passage. Dimly flickering wall lights, the smell of mold, and…

“Even though this is a school built by the Hero, the curse power here is incredible.”

Well, of course. This might be the Temple of Misfortune after all.

That’s right. The place Ruin had brought him to was beneath the stairs of the underground passage. Surprisingly, that place was full of remains.

The startled priest jumped forward to examine the remains. The condition of the remains was serious. Rotted cloth fragments, skulls gleaming with magic power, and even corroded metal equipment.

The priest’s eyes widened.

“…This is. This is a trace of the Grave Robber King!”

“Grave Robber King?”

“This person was notorious even among grave robbers.”

“Really? He was a famous figure then.”

The priest said this was no ordinary matter.

“If someone of that caliber was targeting this place… then something beyond imagination must be buried here.”

The Priest nodded heavily and looked around warily as if surveying the surroundings.

However, Ruin’s gaze was already fixed on the seal mark carved into the wall. He secretly pressed the brick on the wall with his finger.

-【No.14 Labyrinth Gate Opening】

Underground, there are treasure and intruder labyrinths. The Red Labyrinth can be used as a useful space to deal with intruders.

Soon the ground vibrated, and the floor cracked open in the distance.

The Priest whispered in surprise.

“…To think there was such an Underground Labyrinth beneath the Academy…!”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

“Indeed. The Landlord must have been someone who kept quite a few secrets.”

Ruin walked ahead.

After a moment, the two stopped in front of a massive Sinkhole. The inside was dark and quiet like a beast with its mouth open.

Ruin spoke calmly.

“I heard the Hero also approached once but retreated. Haven belongs to the Magic Empire, so they lack healing classes.”

Ruin paused for a moment and then smiled lightly.

“But if it’s a Priest from the Holy Empire, you’d be different from the Hero.”

The Priest wrapped the rosary in her hand and nodded.

“It’s dangerous, but… it’s certainly worth investigating.”

“Right?”

Ruin’s eyes gleamed menacingly as he said those words.

At the same time-

Thud!

“Ugh?!”

Ruin gave the Priest’s back a push.

The Priest lost her balance and fell straight down into the deep Sinkhole before she could even scream.

“Aaaaah!”

Into the darkness, her body disappeared.

Ruin quietly pressed the brick in the wall firmly again. The entrance to the labyrinth automatically closed with a click. He dusted off his hands as if shaking off dust.

“Priest disposal complete.”

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