I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 161

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Chapter 161. Death Sentence (1)

“What if we suck in the priest too!”

Echo screamed.

However, Ruin just brushed off his clothes and spoke as if it was no big deal.

“Then what can we do. At this rate, both you and I will face exorcism. I don’t want to be exorcised together with you.”

“What about the aftermath?! If the professors find out-“

“I don’t know either.”

“…What?”

Echo was speechless.

This bastard… really has no thought for consequences at all. Right, I guess you have to be like this to be able to spy.

“Ha. I’m dying of annoyance because of the body’s owner.”

…Is it just because of Ruins Wayne.

But Ruin had his own thoughts too.

“It said the spider was in the forest, right? Then we’ll make excuses that we lost the priest there.”

“…You devil.”

“Anyway, you stay here and keep erasing memories. I’ll pretend to track for now.”

“Are you really going to track?”

“Well, I don’t like it either.”

“!”

Honestly, from the perspective of the missing students, they became traitors who went over to Pride because of Heizen, so wouldn’t they feel wronged. Same for their parents, their children disappeared but they were even branded as deserters, so they must feel wronged.

Since I can resolve that much injustice.

Then he swiftly went outside.

Echo picked up the notebook. The more he looked at it, the more he thought it was an amazing notebook. From Haven professors to all Haven students’ names were written in detail.

So Echo was amazed.

“Hey, I wondered how the dormitory supervisor 3-second cut was possible, but it was possible with this…”

But that’s when it happened.

Echo was surprised by what he saw.

“…Huh? Why is this suddenly acting up?”

The forged writing that Echo had manipulated. It was moving on its own. Line spacing was shifting, some words were shaking and disappearing then reappearing, and certain words were even moving to different positions as if running away.

“Damn… shit…!”

Especially, the part where he wrote ‘spider (SPIDER)’ had changed.

“…Wait, this… why is it suddenly like this!”

Then suddenly one person came to mind.

‘The Hero!’

Surely he had touched this notebook slightly. Moreover, from the chairman’s perspective, the spider is an existence that must be caught…

‘No way!’

“Could it be… because of him, the ‘fake information’ I forged is becoming real?”

Echo’s fingertips trembled.

The spider’s location was originally false information that he had roughly scribbled down as Ruin had said. But right now at this moment. Those letters were moving alive and becoming real.

The bigger problem was that ‘location’.

-Spider: In 30 minutes, next to Ruins Wayne.

…Huh?

* * *

Fog hung low.

“It’s the spider! Catch the culprit who took the students!”

“Find it quickly! Look for traces!”

The professors scattered and ran around busily. Loud voices echoed through the damp forest.

Meanwhile, Ruin also pretended to cooperate and stepped into the forest.

‘Now, where should I dispose of the priest?’

At that moment.

“Oh? Professor Ruins!”

A familiar voice as if coated with honey.

It was the Hero.

“What about the priest?”

Ruin reflexively answered.

“Ah, the priest said she would move separately. She seems to really dislike mages.”

The tone was gentle, but his eyes had the cold gaze of a spy.

The Hero nodded casually. Even though it was a suspicious situation, he seemed to trust Ruin absolutely.

“Let’s look for the spider. It’s a special grade wanted criminal deeply connected to Fire Butterfly.”

No, maybe Fire Butterfly is the only one he cares about.

‘Even so, there’s no spider here.’

It was a fake location that Echo had hastily made up in response to his words.

But that was the moment.

“Thread! It’s spider webs!”

“!”

Ruin flinched at the sudden outcry.

Between the tree branches, taut mineral threads were layered and stretched. He frowned and approached.

‘…Thread? …Why is this here?’

Ruin, who touched the thread directly, stiffened at the sensation. Eerily smooth, yet with a texture as if it were alive.

There was no doubt. This belonged to that bastard.

That’s why he was bewildered.

‘This doesn’t make sense… It should have just been a randomly picked location.’

Amid the spreading confusion, one professor shouted.

“Over there! Something’s caught!”

Everyone’s gaze focused. Between the leaves, pieces of blood-stained Haven uniform were fluttering in the wind. Next to them, several student IDs were tangled in the threads, hanging damply.

Those who confirmed the names on the student IDs turned pale.

“…No way!”

“Were the students who went missing a year ago here?”

“Then could they still be alive?! Professor Ruins said… that spiders don’t eat their prey right away…”

The professors’ expressions changed all at once. They tried to head toward where the children were.

That’s when it happened.

“Stop.”

Ruin raised his hand to block the path.

“It’s a trap.”

“What did you say?”

“That thing… enjoys being followed. It hunts those who chase it in reverse.”

But some professors didn’t listen and rushed forward.

Thunk.

Snap.

Slither.

“Aaaaah!”

“What, what is-!”

The sticky threads suddenly began to move as if alive, coiling around them. Wrists, legs, and necks were dragged by the threads.

Ruin muttered as if sighing.

‘Flame Kill!’

Whoooosh!

The Flame Kill that burst from his magic wand instantly melted the threads.

“That’s why I said it was a trap.”

One of the professors approached Ruin and said.

“But, from inside… I heard the children’s voices from inside. Definitely!”

Ruin turned his head.

“…Voices?”

He had clearly said ‘spiders don’t eat their prey quickly,’ but a whole year had already passed. There was no way any students could still be alive.

‘There’s no way that thing would have kept prey alive for a whole year, feeding them.’

But Ruin looked toward the deep forest beyond.

The professor who claimed to have heard voices was a Hero with dramatically enhanced physical abilities. Perhaps the voices he heard could actually be real.

Ruin sent the shadows at his feet as they were.

‘Go check if there are any signs of life.’

The shadows immediately shouted ‘Yes!’ and disappeared.

The answer came quickly.

[There are lots of humans deep inside!]

[Humans who are breathing!]

Ruin narrowed his brow.

‘…Which is it.’

If the students were alive, then rescue was the priority as Head Professor. But if it was a trap, the professors would be annihilated.

The spider was honestly stronger than him. And if the professors were annihilated… the Hero would be held responsible, and then Haven would be shut down…

‘No way! My money!’

Just as Ruin was freezing up for different reasons,

someone came running roughly through the grass.

“Haa… wait! Professor Ruins!”

Ruin turned his head over his shoulder.

“What. Why are you here again?”

It was Echo.

“I have something to tell you.”

“What. That the spider’s nest was really here?”

“What?! Ah, no, well that’s right, but that’s not it…”

Ruin smiled eerily and patted Echo’s shoulder.

“Well done. You’ve been getting involved with the Hero a lot lately, did you gain some luck power? You guessed and got it right.”

Echo looked at Ruin with a bewildered face.

“…Well done? Right now…?”

Did the butterfly just praise me?

Then Ruin chuckled lightly and whispered.

“Yeah. I think we can dump the priest here.”

…Are you insane, you bastard?

“Why. If the priest went missing in a place with traces of spiders, all the circumstances would naturally point ‘that way’.”

Echo pressed his lips tightly together.

‘Really… he’s insane. But the logic is sound, which makes it even more maddening.’

Soon Ruin turned around slightly and gave a very dangerous instruction.

“You, make a Fire Butterfly Frix right now.”

“…What?”

“Make my Frix.”

“…Huh? Can I really do it…?”

Ruin silently reached out into the air. With a flash of light, the Maid Frix popped out.

[Did you call for me, Master?♥]

“While I’m using this, if a Fire Butterfly Frix appears over there-“

“…Oh! They’ll think it’s a separate person!”

When Echo understood immediately, Ruin nodded.

“That’s right. And we’ll drive the nail in. We’ll turn the Hero’s suspicion completely that way.”

Heizen said Fire Butterfly was the culprit because ‘it would be embarrassing as a hero to admit being defeated by a special grade wanted criminal’.

But if it was Fire Butterfly that even the Hero missed, it wouldn’t be shameful.

Echo, who immediately caught the meaning of those words, nodded.

“…Okay. Leave it to-“

“I’m leaving it to you.”

When Ruin left, Echo grabbed onto a tree like a monkey and headed for the highest point.

Thud!

Landing lightly on a high ground where no one would come, he sighed.

“Hah… Why do I have to live with my heart pounding like this in the heart of Union…”

More than that, the Infiltration Division spies do this stuff every day, right? Among them, Fire Butterfly who only takes S-rank missions – this is daily life for him. Echo felt newly impressed by Fire Butterfly’s greatness.

At the same time, Echo set up a barrier to avoid detection and bit his finger. He drew blood and poured curse power into it.

Flash!

The red blood flashed as blood and mana mixed together.

After a moment, a small and beautiful fire butterfly was completed on his palm.

‘Fire Butterfly Frix.’

An elaborate forgery made by imitating Ruin’s real Frix. It was so similar to the genuine article that even he found it eerie.

“…Go, now… Take a bunch of curses in my place…”

Echo released the Frix with a whoosh.

The fire butterfly lightly rode the wind and flew to the opposite side of the forest. The sight of it flying while scattering sparks was both frightening and extremely beautiful.

Echo breathed a sigh of relief.

“…Done-“

However.

“Professor Eren. You know how to make Fire Butterfly Frix too?”

Echo turned to the side in surprise.

At nose-touching distance-

There was the Hero with gleaming eyes. Red-tinged pupils. His lips were curved upward, but that smile was definitely not human laughter.

Echo finally screamed.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

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