I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 145

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Chapter 145. What? A Prince? (1)

Ruin pressed his forehead.

His mind quickly organized itself.

So, if he chewed over what he just heard…

‘I beat up a Prince, and not only did I dare to feed him Special Diarrhea Medicine, but I even tried to cut open his stomach.’

And not just once, but multiple times.

‘Ahhhhh…’

His vision became slightly dizzy.

Thinking something about him in that state, the Grand Duke suddenly gripped Ruin’s hand tightly.

“No, am I asking with empty words? Last time, didn’t I put furniture in your Professor’s Office, dispatch a Knight Order for magic testing, and even get you Magic Scrolls?”

That’s right. So that’s how I’m connecting with you.

“Besides, I’m not even chasing after you anymore!”

“…Only the person chasing changed. From the Grand Duke to the Princess…”

Ruin narrowed his eyes with slight resentment.

In fact, Rose was continuously sending letters that read ‘Aren’t you really Fire Butterfly?’ Not just one or two, but enough letters to build a mountain.

When his Younger Sister Judith, who came for healing by chance, saw that, she did freeze up though.

‘…Right. She wouldn’t like her sister chasing after a criminal.’

Perhaps reading Ruin’s reluctant expression, the Grand Duke gripped Ruin’s hand even more desperately.

“Don’t worry about bloodline! Rather, he could be considered much more precious than the current Imperial Princes.”

“Yes…?”

“Noah is of the First Imperial Family’s bloodline.”

“Ah?”

Ruin was momentarily surprised and recalled.

‘Odd eyes. Red and purple eyes.’

The symbolic eyes of the great founder of the Magic Empire, called the ancestor ‘Red Heart.’

“Does that mean… he’s of the Magic Empire founder’s bloodline?”

“That’s right. There was only one person who had those eyes, and now only Noah has inherited them.”

That’s incredible. He could suppress both the Hero and the Demon Emperor.

Then the Grand Duke spoke confidently.

“He has legitimacy, he has ability, and though the Hero didn’t recognize it, I did. Noah is a child who can become Emperor.”

“…Is that why he’s at Black Moon?”

“That’s right. That child’s ability is ‘Word Spirit’.”

Ruin reacted to that term.

Word Spirit .

As soon as that word flashed through his mind, he recalled the time he had struggled with that child.

“…Let go!”

It was a simple shout.

But at that moment, his hand was automatically repelled. Without any Physical Power or magic.

Word Spirit was precisely this kind of ‘power that makes words come true’.

And that was definitely…

‘It’s similar to the 2nd Prince’s ‘Ruler’s Time’. But…’

The 2nd Prince’s ability had no effect on him at all.

‘Could it be related to the Five Evil Grade Power I felt from the Word Spirit?’

The Grand Duke let out a heavy sigh.

“Word Spirit. It’s a power that could rule the world. But…”

His voice was like the sigh of a weary lion.

“There’s a clear reason why the Hero put that child in Black Moon.”

“…What reason is that?”

The Grand Duke closed his eyes for a moment and muttered as if searching through the past.

“He killed his own mother with Word Spirit.”

“…”

At those words, Ruin’s fingers froze. A chill spread to his fingertips.

A familiar memory. But now it was something from the past he could no longer speak of with his own mouth, the day his Master died.

Yes, you too killed someone close to you with a power you couldn’t control.

The Grand Duke continued speaking.

“That’s not all. The Hero Corps forces that came to retrieve him… were completely annihilated. With just a single word.”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“…You’re saying the entire military was wiped out by one child’s single word?”

“That’s right. To be precise, it was ‘Go die!’ Blood splattered, bones broke, and breath stopped.”

At the Grand Duke’s quietly resonating words, the temperature in the room seemed to drop several degrees.

“Even the Hero, who so values talent, judged him unusable. Then coldly threw him into Black Moon.”

Ruin fell silent.

If the Hero made that judgment, that’s the end of it.

Though he originally had abilities suited for Silver Moon, they concluded he would never be able to control that power.

‘He is a disaster.’

Then, the Grand Duke’s expression changed.

“But at the same time, he’s also an opportunity. We could win the fight against Pride.”

That would be troublesome though.

“If it’s you, who suppressed the Power of Katalun, couldn’t you properly guide that power too? Besides, if you raise a remarkable talent, it would be to your credit.”

“But-”

“You could even catch that Fire Butterfly you so desperately want to capture! Just say ‘Fire Butterfly, appear!’ and it would appear!”

That would be even more troublesome!

“Of course, I am Eden Isles Grand Duke, master of the prestigious Isles Family and Iron Blood Alliance Leader. I don’t make requests without compensation. I’m not asking you to do this for free.”

Ruin rolled his eyes.

Of course, it was true that the Grand Duke was someone who ensured proper rewards. But.

‘I don’t want to get any more deeply involved with the Imperial Court.’

Especially since the First Prince had already been spouting nonsense.

“Actually, when I told my Great Aunt about the necklace, I got scolded.”

“…Scolded?”

“When I said the gem was cracked, she asked how I dared use it… though I never used it.”

‘No, you did use it… That’s why you’re alive.’

More than that, the fact that Lucherin noticed she had used that necklace might mean she also noticed that Fire Butterfly had been there.

‘Ugh…! I need to quickly get my severance pay and run away.’

As Ruin was racking his brain, the Grand Duke watching him flashed his eyes.

“Trying to run away?”

…Can this human read minds?

“It’s written all over your face. If you run away, I’ll keep chasing after you!”

“That would be a breach of contract. The contract clearly stated ‘will not chase after asking to become a son-in-law.'”

“Right. I won’t chase after you asking to ‘become a son-in-law.’ But-”

The Grand Duke looked at Ruin with a pleased expression.

“I can chase after you asking to become an adopted son, can’t I?”

Ruin’s pupils shook mercilessly.

“Don’t sneakily create contract clauses that don’t exist!”

“Why, isn’t it actually better? A son-in-law becomes a stranger if you break up, but an adopted son is a son for life. It’s natural for a father to chase after his son.”

…This old man!

“Don’t worry. Your parents were harmed by Fire Butterfly, right? As your new father, I’ll definitely catch Fire Butterfly, your son’s enemy.”

Ugh!

* * *

“So… you were a Prince.”

Ruin spoke slowly while looking at the odd-eyed boy. The boy was still in the corner, denying reality.

Rather, it was Ginseng Superior who was surprised by Ruin’s words. He was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks with a clatter.

「…A, a Prince?!」

‘…I just found out too.’

Ginseng Superior trembled violently. In those eyes was a tremor that said ‘We’re in big trouble, though I don’t know what exactly.’

「Why didn’t you tell me!」

‘Because I didn’t know!’

Ruin felt wronged, but Ginseng Superior was flabbergasted.

If he had known, would he not have beaten him up?

「You already have a record of beating up the 2nd Prince anyway!」

‘That wasn’t beating him up, it was healing.’

「…Ah, yes… Healing.」

‘Yes. No matter how crazy I am, I couldn’t cut open a prince’s stomach.’

「Then what were you planning to do?」

‘Just… maybe make a small hole.’

「…A hole, that’s the same thing!」

Ginseng Superior screamed as if in agony and grabbed his head at the same time.

Meanwhile, the prince sitting in the corner suddenly began crawling desperately. He seemed to feel he had to escape somehow.

Ruin grabbed him with a serious expression.

“Why are you suddenly trying to run away when you were sitting quietly?”

“Anyone who doesn’t run after hearing that is crazy?! Be, besides, you said you hit the 2nd Prince?!”

“…2nd Prince?”

A chill ran through him for a moment.

“Don’t tell me… you can hear what he’s saying?”

“…Was I not supposed to hear it?”

“….”

“?”

“?”

Silence.

Their eyes met.

That was the moment. Ruin’s eyes slowly grew cold, gradually changing into the reddish-gold eyes of Fire Butterfly.

“…Not a hole, I should just cut his throat.”

“Aaaahhh!”

As the prince fell backward as if about to faint, Ginseng Superior shouted.

「I didn’t do it! I didn’t say anything! I didn’t mention Fire Butterfly at all! Kyaaak!」

Ruin shoved Ginseng Superior into the toilet bowl.

Then he looked at the Prince again. The boy was already trembling with his back pressed against the wall.

“I won’t say anything! I don’t know what Fire Butterfly is, but I won’t say anything about Fire Butterfly! I won’t say that you went to bury the priest! I won’t say that there’s severance pay buried under the school!”

“….”

“Ugh, hey! What are you doing confessing everything like that—”

Thwack!

Ruin’s eyes flashed.

This bastard, is he begging to be killed right now?

“…Whatever the Grand Duke says, I’m killing you now.”

The moment he drew his knife-

“Wait a moment!”

The Prince desperately waved his hands.

“I didn’t know it belonged to someone else! Really! But I’ve known for a while that a huge amount of money was buried in this land!”

“…What?”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

“When, how?”

“Everyone made fun of me saying I was useless. So in anger, I tried using Word Spirit. ‘If there’s treasure buried in this land, appear before my eyes!’ I said.”

“…And then?”

“Really… 1 quid fell down.”

“…1 quid?”

“To be exact, one gold coin…. But every time I asked, it kept falling. Even though it was only 1 quid, it kept falling so… I found it so fascinating that I’ve been hiding it until now.”

“….”

Ruin’s eyes went wild.

Ruin quietly grabbed the Prince’s shoulder. Slowly, carefully, but with the momentum to strangle his neck.

“Right now, say ‘Fire Butterfly’s retirement money, appear before my eyes.'”

“…Pardon?”

“Come on! Quickly! ‘Fire Butterfly’s retirement money, appear before my eyes!'”

「…Is it okay to say it so openly like that?」

Just erase those memories!

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