I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148. Royal Food Taster (1)

Meanwhile, in the Senior Professor’s Office.

Ginseng Superior tilted his leaves curiously.

「But what are you going to do about all this poison filling the Senior Professor’s Office?」

Moreover, these weren’t just ordinary poisons. They were poisons mixed with truth serum.

So Ruin was secretly curious.

‘Truth serum. Could it be related to the cause of Ruins Wayne being framed? Like confessing something.’

What did he confess? What did he confess that led to being framed as Fire Butterfly?

Anyway, if this kind of thing keeps coming in, it would be annoying even for Fire Butterfly.

「Even for you, it seems like it would be difficult to find all of this.」

Ruin chuckled softly.

Well, that’s true. Even for him, finding all this poison would be too much.

However.

“Don’t worry. There’s a very suitable scapegoat for this kind of work.”

…A scapegoat?

* * *

“…You, what scheme are you calling me for this time?”

The one Ruin called out was Professor Kalon.

Ruin smiled like a fox.

“Why are you always so sharp whenever you see me?”

“That’s because you’ve only screwed me over once or twice.”

That’s why Kalon strode in and thrust his face forward menacingly.

“So, what are you trying to say by calling me this time?”

“Please take over as Head Professor.”

At the nonchalant answer, sparks instantly flew from Kalon’s eyes.

“…Are you trying to mess with me right now?!”

He had fallen for that fox-like flattery and made such a fool of himself!

“What’s the big deal? You can handle it for a few days, can’t you?”

Just a few measly days? Was he joking?!

“To be precise, I’m asking you to receive the ‘handover in advance.’ I don’t plan to hold this position for long.”

Kalon froze for a moment.

He didn’t plan to hold it for long?

“I don’t plan to stay in the Head Professor position for even a year.”

“What did you say…?”

“So you can think of this as receiving the handover in advance from now on.”

“…!”

Kalon seemed shocked after hearing Ruin’s secret.

Why would he do such a thing!

But Ruin’s next words were even more shocking.

“I’ll be leaving Haven soon.”

“…?!”

“Of course, this conversation is a secret between the two of us.”

While it was surprising that he was sharing a secret with him, Kalon seemed unusually flustered.

Then Kalon moved his lips and asked with a serious expression.

“…You haven’t contracted some incurable disease, have you?”

“It is a chronic condition, but it’s not that kind of thing.”

Well, if it was a chronic condition, it was a chronic condition. The disease of having to wander around.

However, whatever he interpreted those words as, Kalon’s pupils shook even more violently.

‘A chronic condition…! Does he mean a disease so serious that he’d give up his professor position!’

After a moment, Kalon reluctantly nodded and bit his lip.

“…Fine. I’ll help you for now. But-”

“But?”

“I hope you’ll reconsider… leaving Haven.”

“…?”

Ruin looked at Kalon with an indifferent expression.

What did he just hear?

‘Don’t leave?’

He thought that when Kalon heard he was leaving, he would naturally welcome it with both hands raised. That’s why he was going to use that to leave Haven.

But unexpectedly, Kalon…

“Someone like you should remain at the Academy.”

At those words, Ruin raised an eyebrow.

Strange. Last time in front of the Empress, he also tried to stop him.

“…Are you joking?”

“No. I come from the Defense Family. I pride myself on knowing the true meaning of protection. And thanks to you, all the students survived. It was a situation even I couldn’t handle.”

For a moment, Ruin’s expression wavered ever so slightly.

It was an unexpected emotion.

Respect? Or… recognition as a human being?

“I thought you hated me, Professor.”

“Of course, personally, you’re quite unpleasant. Your personality, your methods, even your coffee preferences don’t match mine. But skill is skill.”

“…It’s a compliment, but I don’t feel good about it.”

“Neither do I.”

The two men’s gazes met. There was a strange atmosphere suggesting they acknowledged each other.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

Ruin stood up.

Kalon, left alone in the Senior Professor’s Office, smiled as he stroked the chair’s handle.

“…Hmm. Indeed, this position should be held by someone of this caliber.”

Then, Lily, who had heard the situation from Ruin, entered.

“Professor, please have some coffee.”

“Mm.”

The precious coffee cup and coffee that only the Head Professor could enjoy.

Kalon examined the coffee cup in his hand with satisfaction. A subtle aroma swirled around the cup.

“…Surprisingly, you drink something with decent taste.”

He brought the coffee to his lips as if acknowledging Ruin.

And then.

“…Ueeeeek!”

Along with the sound of something falling under the desk with a thud, Kalon’s scream erupted. The Teaching Assistants rushed over in alarm.

“Good heavens, Professor! Are you alright?!”

“What happened!”

“Poison, poison…!”

“Good heavens, it’s poison! Poison in the cup!”

“Someone targeted the Head Professor!”

Ruin, who had been watching that scene from beyond the door, nodded his head. He had been aiming for this poisoning from the very beginning.

‘Good. The handover was done properly.’

「…Handover? This is why you have no people around you.」

‘Then would you like to drink it yourself, Master?’

「…It was a flawless handover, my dear fellow.」

* * *

‘Professor Kalon was poisoned.’

This news caused a huge stir throughout the entire Academy. And for good reason, since it was a Professor with tremendous influence within the Academy who had been attacked.

The Professors of the Kalon Faction immediately began their own investigation, and all the poisons hidden in the Senior Professor’s Office were removed.

They even cleaned every nook and cranny to prevent any Divine Ability user interference, and were in an uproar with their determination to catch the culprit.

Therefore, Ruin nodded as if everything was going according to plan. With this, they would strengthen the Senior Professor’s Office security on their own.

‘It would have been too troublesome for me to clean up all that poison one by one.’

「What crime did Kalon commit…」

‘Then what crime did I commit to have to clean all that up myself?’

「…Ah, your way of thinking is different from ours.」

Just then, there were people who had rushed over urgently upon hearing the news of the poisoning.

“Professor Ruins!”

“!”

The ones who rushed into the medical ward were the Hero and the Principal. They looked at Kalon lying there with strange expressions.

“Huh? What. The Head Professor who was almost poisoned to death was…”

“Professor Kalon?”

Both of them sighed in deflation as if asking what this was about.

At this, Ruin, who was delivering ‘Impact Healing’ to Kalon, clicked his tongue.

“If you make those expressions, Professor Kalon will be sad. He’s someone who was happy just from sitting in the Head Professor’s chair until just now.”

…You bastard are even worse.

Kalon squeezed his eyes shut as he was dying.

Then, the Principal asked.

“Do you have any idea who the culprit might be?”

“Can you catch them if I tell you?”

Then the Hero stepped forward.

“Of course! I built this academy to catch Fire Butterfly. Once I consider someone an enemy, I’ll chase them to hell!”

“…”

“It’s not for nothing that I did things in Haven that would piss off Fire Butterfly if he came in. The motto was made for that reason too!”

So that was on purpose, you son of a bitch.

“Anyway, since you say you’ll catch them, I’ll tell you. It’s the Blackmoon Dormitory Supervisor.”

“Ah! That much is… ah, ahhh.”

The Hero’s face, which had been smiling brightly, began to convulse. Principal Charlotte tilted her head, and Ruin looked at him as if it was as expected.

Right, I knew it from when he helped hide the former Head Professor’s identity. From his reaction, it seems the Principal doesn’t know. And Kalon… got pissed off and sat up.

“So you’re saying that gloomy bastard fed poison into my mouth?!”

“That’s right.”

“That bastard, I’m going to kill him…”

A curse magic circle began to bloom in Kalon’s hand.

Seeing this, Ruin pressed his temples and added unnecessarily sad acting ability.

“He threatened me to give up the Head Professor position. So I refused, but I never thought he would try to kill me. And I never thought Professor Kalon would eat it.”

The magic’s grade went up another level. His eyes were full of murderous intent.

With this, he successfully built up resentment stacks with Kallon, who had been close to the Former Senior Professor. Thanks to achieving his goals without direct action, Ruin was satisfied.

“Anyway, this is a big problem.”

“Yes. To think someone would poison a Professor…”

“Thanks to this, I haven’t been able to eat anything since yesterday. Now that it’s settled, I’d like to eat something.”

Then the Hero raised his hand high.

“Professor! I’ll do the food tasting!”

“You will, Chairman?”

“Don’t you know my Luck Power! No poison works on me. But I can detect poison. Useful, right? I’ll be helpful, won’t I?”

“Oh, that’s good.”

Ruin immediately held out his water cup.

You’ve won the Royal Food Taster lottery, you bastard.

“Please taste this right away. I want to drink some water.”

The Hero, thinking this was a chance to score points, quickly drank the water.

And soon after.

“Po… Poison!”

When the Hero dropped the teacup and collapsed with a thud, the surroundings erupted in chaos.

“Uncle!”

“Chairman!”

“This is impossible! A poison that can even bring down the Hero?!”

Ruin was also inwardly surprised.

It was good that he detected the poison, but that Hero collapsed? Why?

‘…Could it be because of Misfortune?’

So Ruin patted him with a somewhat apologetic yet serious expression.

“Next time, please taste my lunch too.”

「…Show some remorse!」

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