I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 159

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Chapter 159. You’re Back Again Without Even Dying (1)

“Kyaa! It’s the professor who likes students!”

“Is his human side for real…”

“Did you hear? Did you hear?! He said he likes students!”

“That cold Professor Ruins!”

Ruin pressed his forehead.

‘Damn it.’

How did it end up like this.

But it was already too late. The students’ chants of ‘The professor said he likes us~’ spread through the corridor like a chorus. Someone’s post was already up on the academy bulletin board.

-[Breaking News] Professor Ruins tells students he ‘likes them’… Heaven Lecture Hall turned upside down…

Thanks to this, Ruin had torn up his lecture materials three times.

‘This damn academy, I’m quitting soon.’

That’s why Ruin was supervising Noah’s training again today.

“The training method is simple.”

“Yes…!”

Ruin held out a ceramic piggy bank.

“Now, look at this cute piggy bank.”

“…This is training?”

“Yes. This is a retirement fund piggy bank containing the Head Professor’s soul.”

“?”

“Now, imagine breaking this piggy bank-“

Ruin used mind control magic with a serious face. At the same time, he synchronized his mind with Noah’s-

“Now, shout! ‘Fire Butterfly’s retirement money, come out all of it!'”

“…Re-retirement money, come out all of it…!”

Clang clang clang clang-!

100-quid gold coins began pouring from the sky. Ginseng Superior danced and hopped around excitedly.

「Wow, gold coins! Gold coins!」

It felt like some kind of money shower. The amount had increased compared to when Noah used it alone.

Ruin clutched those gold coins tightly in one hand and pressed his eyes.

‘Damn it. The reward for my efforts. This is how I receive it.’

Well, it still felt like 100-won coins dropping, so it wasn’t much anyway.

“Still, quite a bit has accumulated.”

Ruin counted each gold coin individually and wrote in his ledger.

‘Interest is frozen for now since I’m serving as Head Professor, and the debt… this much should at least make a tiny dent.’

If he paid off the debt, the repayment deadline would extend by one day each time. It meant his life would also extend by one day each time.

‘This much might extend it by 5 days…’

…Ha, still better than dying and becoming the Demon Emperor’s stuffed butterfly.

Just then, something fell with a clang from a gap in the piggy bank. It was a silver pendant.

“Hm?”

As Ruin bent down to pick it up, Echo, who had been receiving punishment, quickly ran over and snatched it first. Ruin narrowed his brow.

“Wait, what are you doing again-“

“It’s a pendant, right? Let’s open it! It’s obviously something important!”

Click.

The moment the pendant opened, photograph fragments inside were revealed. In the photos were boys and girls around 16-19 years old and one woman of transcendent beauty.

“Wow, the butterfly boy was cute in his youth. A real pretty boy.”

“Shut up-“

“Are those next to him family?”

“You could say that. Master and death brothers…”

The woman next to Ruin was Sasha, his current Superior.

But then, Echo was startled by an unexpected part. He pointed at the silver-haired woman of transcendent beauty and said.

“W-wait a minute. This face… could it be the Demon Emperor?”

Echo said in shock.

“You said Master… don’t tell me you… were the Demon Emperor’s disciple?! Holy shit! No wonder you were so strong!”

As soon as Ruin heard those words, he frowned.

“No. Twins.”

“…What?!”

“The Demon Emperor is a crazy woman, and this one in the photo was a Master who was sincere to me.”

Echo’s eyes widened.

No, not just because he was badmouthing the Demon Emperor like that…

“Wait a minute. So the Demon Emperor and your Master were twins, and they both liked you…?”

“…Let’s not talk about it.”

Ruin sighed and snatched the pendant from Echo’s hand. Then he let out another deep sigh.

‘Yes… Those days were harsh, but they were happy.’

Master was a legendary spy, a living monster. There were even legends that despite having one body, she was spotted simultaneously in twelve different countries.

At the same time, she was thorough, ruthless, and perfect.

“Don’t mistake yourself for surviving because you’re strong. The reason I kept you alive was because you were useful.”

Those words were praise.

“The reason you’ve endured this far isn’t because you’re strong. It’s because I didn’t kill you.”

Yes, you have value worth not killing.

Of course, Master, being a legendary spy, was skilled in martial arts and had several disciples. But only he and Sasha were taught spy techniques.

The reason was simple. All the other death brothers had left. So Ruin received the brutal spy training alone.

Because he had memories from his previous life, he was well-versed in the theoretical aspects, but this was a world with heroes. He was truly worked to death, learning every spy technique she possessed.

On the day he became an adult—

Master brought out the final test.

“Good. There’s only one technique left that I haven’t taught you. Are you ready?”

Ruin steadied his breathing. He had learned heart-piercing martial arts and faceless assassination techniques.

Now finally, the last one…

“Yes. I’m ready.”

Master nodded with a serious expression. Then she said.

“What’s left is… ‘honey trap.'”

“…Excuse me?”

“Why do you have that expression?”

“…Usually in situations like this, wouldn’t you give a different kind of test? For example, killing the master as a graduation assignment…”

“We’re spies, not assassins.”

“…”

“Just to confirm. Do you have experience?”

“…No.”

Master nodded.

“Then. Let’s practice that with me.”

“Excuse me?”

“Of course, it’s my first time too, so I have no practical experience. But I’ve perfectly mastered the theory.”

“Excuse me???”

“So… you try it first.”

“…Excuse me?????”

Ruin stood there dumbfounded, unable to close his mouth.

Master was serious. Very serious. She even draped a blanket over her shoulders and leaned against the bed, saying this.

“Now, think of your target as… me and try it.”

“Master.”

“Yes.”

“Your eyes are slightly filled with anticipation right now.”

“…It’s your imagination.”

“Why did you drape the blanket?”

“Role immersion. You’re the seducer, I’m the one being seduced.”

“I’m retiring from being a spy with this.”

“No. You have to become a legend in my place.”

…That was truly bewildering at the time.

Anyway, the Demon Emperor was the problem. Since she was the one who picked him up and threw him to Master, naturally he was acquainted with the Demon Emperor.

So even when Master was dying because of his misfortune, he begged the Demon Emperor. Please save Master.

But the Demon Emperor refused. Even though she was her own blood. That’s why he couldn’t help but harbor something like resentment toward the Demon Emperor. In such a situation, whatever the Demon Emperor said would inevitably be twisted.

Now he follows her as the Emperor of Pride, but he’s never given his heart. So the Demon Emperor, unable to win Fire Butterfly’s heart, wants to kill Fire Butterfly and make him into taxidermy. To possess Ruin that way.

‘Probably, that is.’

Anyway, there were good reasons why Ruin was so desperate for retirement. One of them was to escape from the Demon Emperor.

Anyway, it was such a complicated relationship.

‘Well, the best thing would have been not to make a contract with the Demon Emperor.’

Realizing that his misfortune grew stronger in proportion to his emotions, he made the contract to protect Master. If he gained the power to control it, he might be able to save Master.

‘But I failed anyway.’

He gained the power to control misfortune, but couldn’t save the person he loved.

Anyway, once he paid off his debt, there would be no reason to cling to Pride anymore. Once he retired, he could escape from everything.

“Now, shout it again! Fire Butterfly’s retirement money, come out!”

“Fi, Fire Butterfly’s retirement money, come out…!”

Then, Echo said something.

“Shouldn’t the Demon Emperor’s heart come first…?”

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The detention cell became noisy. Heizen was somehow filled with rage and making a fuss, demanding to see the Assassination Studies Professor.

So Ruin went there personally. When Heizen saw Ruin’s face, he turned pale as a sheet.

“Why are you surprised to see me?”

“You bastard…!”

Ruin walked slowly, raising the corner of his mouth.

“What. Are you sad that you tried to kill me but it didn’t go as planned?”

Ruin whispered into Heizen’s ear.

“So you should have made an ‘in-app purchase.'”

At that low whisper, Heizen’s face turned red with rage. He screamed desperately as if he had lost his mind.

The professors held him back, wondering why this professor was acting like this, but Ruin smiled serenely.

“You… you damn bastard…!”

Sighs and sneers erupted from among the professors as well.

“This kind of person was a Head Professor?”

They looked at Ruin as if contrasting him with Heizen.

“Professor Ruins said a year ago that he would go collect the students…”

“There are rumors that the Imperial Palace wants to scout him too.”

At the mention of the Imperial Palace, the Hero stepped forward with bulging veins.

“Professor Ruins will stay at Haven! Right?”

“As expected, my… What?!”

At that reaction, Ruin looked at the Hero like he was looking at a worthless bug.

“Public opinion is bad, so I need to collect the students.”

“Public opinion is bad, so we need to get the students under control.”

The Black Moon dormitory supervisor incident had grown so serious that complaints were pouring into the Imperial Palace. Parents were protesting heavily, asking whether the authorities would just stand by and let the incident from a year ago potentially happen again, so it had to be resolved immediately. In fact, both the Union and the Imperial Palace were paying close attention to the situation. The news bureau was even preparing to make it front-page news.

‘The imperial family told him to come to the palace so they wouldn’t get dragged into this mess for no reason, but well.’

But the fact that Lucerin is alive is a bit…

‘Well, I’ll just use Echo to create a corpse or something.’

He planned to take time off under the pretext of recruiting students, then focus on digging the tunnel.

‘Using Noah to squeeze out severance pay would take way too much time, after all.’

I’ll have to go look for it myself.

In any case, just confirming that the hero hadn’t embezzled the severance pay was a huge gain.

But Heizen was flabbergasted.

“Ah. Was it called Fire Butterfly?”

“You seem to think you won’t get criticized if you make excuses about a demon that even the Hero couldn’t catch.”

Ruin smiled thinly.

“He’s just a runaway after all.”

Ruin smiled faintly.

“Even so, you’re still a fugitive.”

“That bastard’s power is real! Don’t think you’ll be able to recover even a corpse after facing him!”

That bastard. I wasn’t planning to meet him anyway… but who the hell is he.

“The opponent is ‘Spider.’ They’re called the elite of the elite.”

Ruin flinched at the unexpected name.

‘Spider?’

Why is that name coming up there?

“Isn’t that a Papal priest?”

That’s right. What entered the detention cell was a Papal priest.

However, unlike the previous priest, what was draped over his shoulders was a golden stole.

“I heard all the professors were here.”

That’s right. It was a Vatican priest who had entered the confinement room.

However, unlike the previous priest, what he wore draped over his shoulders was a golden stole.

“They said all the professors are here.”

The white-haired priest bowed his head as if apologizing for the intrusion.

“The Vatican sent a priest, but we haven’t been able to reach him even though it’s past the scheduled time, so we came to look for him ourselves. We were worried something might have happened.”

Oh no…

Ruin’s eyes rolled around.

The ginseng merchant also screamed.

“Hey, the thing we were worried about happened! That kid looks too smart to just lock away in the labyrinth, don’t you think?”

The professors stirred and looked at Ruin. Every single one of them had the expression that said, ‘Weren’t you the last one to see the priest?’

“What?”

「…Now he’s even selling out his death brother.」

Then Ruin rested his chin on his hand with a serious expression.

“You said you sensed a very powerful demonic aura and were going to eliminate it… Don’t tell me… you were dragged away by the ‘spider’?”

“Yes?”

“…Now you’re even selling out your senior brother.”

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