I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15. Use It, Instead

The students trapped in the same barrier froze.

“W-wait, why is this happening!”

“How can that professor use this?!”

How? Because I copied it.

【3-Minute Copy】

Can imitate anything touched or seen for ‘3 minutes’.

The name had changed from ‘One-Time Copy’. What used to be usable ‘once’ had similarly been upgraded. As expected, it was an ability that evolved thanks to the Hero.

Not even a special-grade hero, just some crude student’s magic – I could copy it perfectly just by looking.

Of course, this magic was well-made enough for the professors to hold meetings about it, but it was at a level that Haven’s heroes could easily break.

However-

‘They said it was connected to the Imperial Court.’

Hadn’t the teaching assistants said so? That Imperial Court people were also involved in this matter, so don’t get hurt.

Right, actually from the moment Ruin heard those words, he had already figured everything out. What kind of magic it was, why the professors couldn’t break the magic.

‘Obviously it uses the Imperial language.’

There was an Imperial language passed down only to the Imperial Court. Continuing from ancient times, it was the Empire’s Imperial Court’s secret language. Something that no one except the Imperial Family should know or be allowed to know.

Anyway, when the important parts were in that Imperial language, how could they decode it?

Then what about me?

‘I’ve dealt with the Union’s Imperial Court and royal families once or twice.’

Among Fire Butterfly’s missions were many related to the Imperial Court. Easy missions ranged from stealing classified documents to infiltrating as a general, while more difficult ones included missions to change the Emperor’s mind and replace the successor.

The most extreme among them was seducing the Imperial Princess who was the Magic Tower Master to make her plans come to nothing. Of course, I succeeded in the mission and left immediately, so I never saw her again after that…

‘Well, the Imperial Princess probably forgot everything and married someone else to live happily.’

Anyway-

‘The mastermind of this incident is probably someone from the Imperial Family.’

A young Imperial Family member attending Haven?

That made sense.

‘They knew that even if an Imperial Mage came, they wouldn’t be able to solve it.’

This wasn’t a matter of skill level. Even if they got the Imperial Court’s cooperation to decode it, what came next was the problem.

To break magic, you just needed to decode the formula and find the core to break it. But that very action would be challenging the Imperial Family’s authority.

Why?

‘Because the shape of the formula’s core happened to be the Imperial Crest.’

In other words, the mastermind had deliberately made it impossible to break.

‘Vicious.’

They made it so no one would dare attempt to break it from any direction.

Was that all?

Whether it was their intention to definitely execute someone for lese-majeste, there was even marking magic set up so that breaking the core would immediately leave a mark. That was truly powerful enough to be considered the real purpose and ‘identity’ of this magic.

‘The mastermind was a senior student who’s a transcendent-grade candidate? Quite excellent but vicious.’

Among the professors, there must have been some who noticed the magic’s true nature, but they all chose neglect over destruction for their own safety. Not only was breaking it not easy, but they judged it wise not to get involved in the first place.

Whatever the Principal’s intentions were, it didn’t matter to Ruin. The Wayne Family had power at a level to oppose the Imperial Court, and they weren’t part of the Imperial Faction either.

And most importantly-

‘As long as no evidence remains, isn’t that perfect?’

I just need to make sure there’s no evidence of insulting the Imperial Court.

‘Some Union brat.’

If Fire Butterfly was afraid of something like this, his wings would have been torn off long ago.

Besides, breaking magic was Fire Butterfly’s specialty.

‘Well, isn’t that side what’s important right now?’

What was important was thoroughly smashing that magic they were so proud of and restoring the collapsed professorial authority.

Indeed, the mastermind students trapped in the barrier were paralyzed with fear. They never imagined a professor who could break this would appear.

No, if he had just broken it, they wouldn’t have said anything.

‘He’s copying something with a code that even professors can’t easily imitate, and he imitates it in one go?’

They never thought there was a professor of this level.

‘We underestimated him too much!’

“Understood? If you’re going to torture them, use water torture and fire torture to the point of death, but never let them actually die, tear apart both mind and body to make them spill information. No poison. The pain is too intense so they can’t move their tongues.”

No, we didn’t underestimate him, we just picked the wrong target!

The Class President screamed as he watched the flames rising from Ruin’s body. Murderous flames blazed like a Fire Demon. Magic at a level that made even him, the Class President, freeze instantly.

‘Crazy, isn’t that Advanced Magic?’

Did he mean to burn them to death inside the barrier!

Soon the students screamed as the fire reached their feet.

“We’re sorry!”

“We’ve committed a mortal sin! Professor!”

“Please save us!”

“We don’t want to burn to death!”

“We’ll never do it again!”

At the students’ desperate cries, Ruin instead furrowed his brow.

No, this fire isn’t something I cast.

He was the one who was actually flustered by the fire at his feet.

‘Suddenly fire magic?’

That’s why he couldn’t understand it. Because….

‘I can’t use magic.’

Of course, he could use magic if he used Copy, but even then it was just a copy shadow. Ruin could never use magic unless he imitated someone else’s.

That was the fate of the ‘shadow’ called a parasite. That’s why shadows who could only imitate had no ‘true self.’

In fact, there were many who looked down on Ruin for this reason.

“How is such a lowlife the same rank as us?”

“If only he could use magic, he might have climbed to the top position, but that’s absolutely impossible for someone of demon origin.”

The lowborn ‘demons’ could use racial techniques called ‘skills’ instead of magic, but those had great limitations.

On the other hand, magic had no restrictions or limits. Generally, you could crush opponents with higher-grade magic. It wasn’t for nothing that magic was the main weapon of both Union and Pride.

In other words, it meant he was inherently unable to use magic….

So he wondered if it might be the Principal’s magic sealed in his wrist-

「Oh, this is magic I’ve never seen before in my life. Did you create it?」

It was even new magic that God had never seen before. That meant it wasn’t a copy. So he was bewildered.

‘What? I can use magic?’

“Well, whatever.”

Ruin looked at the students.

“I have no intention of torturing you.”

“…!”

The students sobbed.

“Please put out the fire before you speak!”

“I don’t know how to put it out.”

…Is this a threat!

“I’ll get you out of there. But-“

The students flinched at Ruin’s serious gaze.

Was he going to proceed with the class instead?

‘Well, he did break through the magic, so there’s no reason not to.’

Was he planning to proceed with the class like this and take the Head Professor position?

But even if he forced them to sit, it would be useless. That wouldn’t break the students’ noble will….

“Everyone, follow me to the rooftop.”

Huh?

“Excuse me?”

They were bewildered by an instruction they’d never heard before in their lives.

…Um, why the rooftop?

“You’ll know if you follow me.”

The students were terrified.

…So why!

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The students who came up to the rooftop were confused.

‘The rooftop? Why?’

No matter how much they racked their brains, they couldn’t figure out what Ruin’s intention was.

‘Is he going to take away the classroom as punishment?’

“Or is he going to hold outdoor classes since it’s cold?”

Moreover, since most of them were from noble families, they couldn’t understand the meaning even more.

Soon, Ruin spoke to those students.

“Why are you all acting like that? Are you scared because it’s the rooftop?”

No, we don’t understand what you mean by rooftop!!

‘Don’t tell me he’s going to burn us to death on the rooftop since the classroom shouldn’t be burned?’

They were cold and hungry and wanted to complain, but after seeing him use magic earlier, they couldn’t say anything.

“Hey, didn’t that teacher use magic without an incantation earlier?”

“Could it be Keeping Magic?”

“Didn’t he use it on an object?”

“No, he had a seal mark on his wrist.”

“Really? Isn’t that difficult? That’s the first time I’ve seen a mage who can actually use that….”

They glanced around nervously, but soon sneered.

“What could he possibly do anyway?”

“Besides, everyone here is from ‘Gold Gate’ dormitory.”

Among the five dormitories, Gold Gate dormitory consisted entirely of nobles.

“If he hurts us, our parents will come looking for him, won’t they?”

The parents of Gold Gate students were all distinguished grand nobles. Even a professor wouldn’t be able to harm them.

Still, they acknowledged that they had played a nasty prank. Though they absolutely had no intention of repenting.

“He’s just going to make us stand in the cold as punishment.”

“Hmph. Does he think we’ll be scared of that?”

Since they somewhat thought they had done something wrong, they were willing to endure the cold.

But among the students, there was one person who was avoiding eye contact.

‘Even if I told them the meaning of the rooftop…’

He was Owen, a first-year special scholarship student at Haven. A commoner who was the ‘odd one out’ in Gold Gate classes.

But Owen couldn’t help but turn pale looking at Ruin.

‘Is this professor crazy? I never expected to hear those words from a professor’s mouth.’

To say something that only street thugs would say. Honestly, he was shocked. But none of the people here would understand the meaning of those words.

‘Because they’re damn nobles.’

Who would know?

‘That “follow me to the rooftop” means he’ll beat the dust out of them on the rooftop!’

But even so, it didn’t matter. Haven was prestigious, but ultimately it was still a school. Schools were essentially a kind of service industry.

Haven professors were elites who were doing well within the Empire, but Haven’s parents were not to be taken lightly.

Businessmen, political and business leaders, military chiefs were the basics, from imperial family to grand dukes. Befitting the Union of Empire and All Nations, it was fair to say that all the leaders who moved countries had gathered here.

Anyway, the wealthy parents provided military funds to Haven in exchange for training and raising their precious children. But to raise a rod against their precious children? There would be immediate chaos.

Still, with Professor Wayne’s background, it might be okay?

‘Well, considering what they did to the professor, getting beaten up is something they should expect…’

“From now on, jump down one by one.”

“?”

What?

“Jump down. You bastards.”

It was worse than getting beaten?!

Even Owen seemed not to have expected this, his mouth hanging open. All the students were bewildered by Ruin’s declaration.

“J-jump down? But this is the 7th floor!”

They’d die if they fell?

“Right. So jump down.”

“What?!”

“Well. Don’t worry. My specialty is Healing Arts.”

“Then…!”

He’d heal them if they got hurt?

Right, so…

“Of course, I can’t heal males, females, neuters, hermaphrodites, children, young people, middle-aged, elderly, humans, animals, living things, or non-living things.”

The students all fell silent.

…Wait. Doesn’t that mean there’s nothing he can heal?

“It doesn’t matter though. The human body was originally made to return to dust anyway.”

Isn’t he a quack?!

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