I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 166

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Chapter 166. The Returning Students (3)

The door opened.

At that elongated silhouette, the Hero’s red eyes widened. Light flashed in his eyes as he accurately recognized that silhouette.

‘He’s here. Fire Butterfly has really arrived.’

However, at the same time, the Hero’s face completely crumbled.

Step. Step.

Black shirt, cold gaze. It was certain.

As always, a neat appearance. But within it flowed an inexplicable intimidating presence.

‘Ruins Wayne.’

The Hero’s breath caught. His mind went blank.

“Professor Ruins was… Fire Butterfly…?”

Though he asked this, the answer was already determined. The notebook was telling him so.

Eventually, the Hero shot up from his seat. His fists trembled and anger mixed into his voice.

“It was you. Fire Butterfly.”

Ruin tilted his head slightly. He raised his eyebrows neatly and asked back calmly.

“What do you mean?”

The Hero slowly held out the notebook.

“According to this notebook, ‘Fire Butterfly’ is right here in this Healing Arts classroom.”

Ruin seemed incredulous.

“…Such printed text is your evidence?”

“For a coincidence… it’s too accurate. And Professor Ruins, you’re too perfect for a professor.”

Ruin tilted his head.

“Are you complimenting me right now, or insulting me?”

“It’s no use avoiding the answer.”

The Hero’s eyes narrowed.

“You… have you ever answered any of my questions sincerely even once?”

At those words, Ruin’s gaze stopped for a moment.

He slowly raised his head and looked directly at the Hero. His eyes weren’t smiling, only his lips curved up shallowly.

“Then how much of what I say seemed sincere to you?”

“…!”

The Hero’s heart sank. At the same time, his suspicion hardened into certainty.

“As I thought-“

The Hero’s eyes turned murderous. A sword extended from his hand.

‘Master’s enemy.’

I must eliminate…

“Professor! Should I put this over here?!”

“?!”

Along with the voice-

Thud thud thud thud thud!

“Waaaaaaaah!”

Suddenly a storm-like sound came rushing in.

“It’s a partyyyyy!”

Dozens of students came flooding in carrying cakes.

Following behind them, the Healing Department faculty, Magic Department, and Information Department professors came streaming in one after another. Even Principal Charlotte appeared and threw out a comment.

“Oh? What’s this, Chairman, you’re already here. I was looking for you since I couldn’t see you.”

“?!”

Pop!

Champagne burst open.

“…Huh?”

The Hero froze in place.

“…Huh???”

When he looked around as if asking what this was, Ruin smiled like a fox.

“I came with the students. They wanted to express their gratitude.”

What?

The flustered Hero looked around. The students who had entered through the back gate at the same time as Ruin were busily moving about.

He opened the notebook again with trembling hands.

-【Special Grade Wanted Criminal】

-Fire Butterfly: Current location, Haven Healing Classroom

It was still pointing to that place.

“Damn… if this is the case… who is Fire Butterfly-“

“What does it say in the notebook?”

A quiet voice came from behind.

So quietly that he didn’t know when he had approached, Ruin reached his hand next to the Hero’s shoulder.

“This should be returned to its owner.”

“…Ah… that’s…!”

Swish.

The notebook slipped from his hands.

“Wait! No! That’s!”

Ruin lightly put the notebook into his chest and smiled.

“Well, since I made it, there are still many minor errors. When it becomes more perfect, I’ll donate it to the Union.”

A perfect smile without a single flaw.

However, underneath that smile, he was cursing profusely.

‘Anyway, that damn Echo.’

I almost had a heart attack just because he dropped the notebook. And when I heard it had fallen into the Hero’s hands, my heart almost dropped.

Ruin immediately caught on to the Hero’s next move.

‘Of course he’ll activate his Luck Power, and my location will be revealed.’

Normally, all prophecies about himself would go astray due to misfortune, but somehow he felt that this time misfortune would lose. The Hero’s obsession with Fire Butterfly was something to acknowledge.

That’s why he deliberately listened to the students’ requests.

“Professor. We’d like to express our gratitude…”

“We want to do something for the professor who even used his lifespan for the students.”

“But we don’t have anything to give…!”

To those words, Ruin smiled and replied.

“Then shall we have a snack party?”

“Really?”

And he deliberately called the professors too.

“It would be nice if the other professors joined us too.”

The professors gladly gathered at those words. Naturally, he brought Echo along too. Ruin’s eyes flashed as he watched Echo innocently enjoying the party.

‘Come on. Hurry up and suspect Echo of being Fire Butterfly! Now there’s only him left! Who else but Fire Butterfly could make Fire Butterfly Frix!’

So Ruin deliberately put an object containing traces of Fire Butterfly into Echo’s pocket.

Unaware of this scheme, Echo munched on snacks.

* * *

“How is the youngest doing these days?”

The Emperor leisurely took a sip of tea.

The secretary carefully lowered his gaze.

“…There is something to report regarding that matter.”

The Emperor’s eyebrow twitched slightly.

“Speak.”

The secretary hesitated before opening his mouth.

“Heizen… caused an incident.”

“…An incident?”

The Emperor’s voice dropped momentarily.

“He attacked Her Imperial Highness.”

“Karin?”

“Fortunately, Professor Ruins Wayne was nearby, so Her Imperial Highness is safe. Moreover, through this incident, he apparently rescued all the students from a year ago. It seems the press bureau was about to run malicious articles but hastily changed them.”

The students – did he mean those students who were reported to have crossed over to Pride?

Haven had suffered greatly because of that incident. At the time, there was backlash about a traitor emerging from the school where the Hero taught.

Of course, there was no solid evidence so it was glossed over, but the damage to their image was real. But they returned?

The malicious reporters became like mutes who had eaten honey. As if they had been threatened by Ruin, they began publishing proper feature articles.

-30 Missing Haven Students Return After One Year, “Miracle or Conspiracy?”

-Those Who Disappeared Have Returned… Will the Union’s Biggest Missing Persons Case Meet a Turning Point?

-Unprecedented Rescue Operation… ‘Who Made the Impossible Possible?’

Heizen became a complete criminal.

Sure enough, the Emperor spoke.

“…That professor’s name comes up quite often.”

The secretary nodded.

“Yes. To be frank, there are already records of contact with all three of your children.”

“Henry, Karin, and… Ryle.”

“That’s correct. Moreover, they all follow Ruins Wayne well. There are even reports that the youngest prince has made contact.”

The Emperor remained silent for a while, lost in thought. Then, he narrowed his eyes and spoke.

“Then how about we scout that professor as an exclusive imperial educator instead.”

The secretary’s eyes widened as if sensing the weight of those words.

“Your Majesty, that’s…!”

“One of the four will definitely succeed me. So what’s wrong with me extending my hand first to someone those three acknowledge.”

“…But!”

Not just one of the successors, but all four. Wasn’t this practically appointing him as an imperial advisor?

“Does this mean you’ll grant Ruins Wayne permission to use the Wish Stone?”

“If it’s for the imperial family, there’s nothing I can’t do.”

* * *

Ruin tilted his head as he looked at the person in front of him.

“What’s this?”

The Imperial Princess was holding out a gift with her face flushed red.

“I, I wanted to express my gratitude.”

“Gratitude?”

“Well… you didn’t unleash the students’ resentment… as their representative…”

“I can’t hear you well. Please speak normally.”

“Tch! So it’s a gift from my heart!”

“That’s too normal.”

“Th-this humble one offers a gift from the heart!”

“…You’ve gone too far in the other direction.”

At that mockery, the Imperial Princess bit her lip tightly. Echo watched Ruin and thought ‘Isn’t he actually enjoying teasing the Imperial Princess?’ as he sipped his coffee.

“A-anyway, it’s true that I’m really grateful…”

“Yes, yes. I understand, so don’t strain yourself.”

Ruin smiled lightly. Of course it was clearly a mocking smile, but Karin’s face brightened purely at that smile.

‘I, I made this person smile!’

Maybe there was a little hope? Had his bad impression of her changed even a little?

“Th-then… if it’s not too presumptuous…”

“You mean lessons.”

“!”

“Well, I might be able to accommodate you occasionally.”

“!!!”

Did he say he’d accommodate her? Really?

Karin was so happy she looked like she might levitate on the spot.

‘Well, I’m going to run once I get my severance pay anyway.’

Accommodating her once or twice in the meantime was nothing.

Unaware of his thoughts, Karin bounced away with quick steps.

“Wow. You’ve got even the Imperial Princess wrapped around your finger.”

Echo approached while sipping his coffee. From this incident, not only Karin but also the First Prince and Second Prince seemed to have greatly increased their trust in Ruin.

“Please have lessons with me.”

“Didn’t you promise to have lessons with me.”

They were all rushing at him like this.

“At this rate, won’t even the successor studying abroad in another country come looking for you?”

“Nonsense.”

Well, for now he’d have to take care of the bastard prince the Grand Duke mentioned.

‘I need to extract the Demon Emperor’s heart and my severance pay.’

Of course, even though he was a bastard prince, he must be a child the Emperor was interested in, since word came that he was directly requesting education for the princes. With this, he could get both information and money in his hands.

‘The retirement plan is going very smoothly.’

Imperial favor was very nice indeed.

So he was thinking. Teaching students also suited his aptitude quite well. If his identity wasn’t discovered, wouldn’t it be fine to continue living as Ruins Wayne like this?

Of course, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out why the spider had kidnapped the students.

‘It’s not like he devours humans, and he’s not one to do pointless things. Why on earth?’

Just as he was thinking that.

A Frix like mail flew to Ruin. It was a delivery-type Frix that only contained the sender’s voice, like a birthday card.

“Who is it?”

Surprisingly, it was from the currently absent Department Head Professor of Healing Arts.

Right, that person who had gladly given up the department head position after fighting with Healing Arts Professor Lindsey before.

So he was puzzled.

‘Why is this person…?’

But the contents were even more shocking. When Ruin activated the Frix, a crackling sound came through.

[To my dear R. I heard you made contact with the spider. Did you properly receive the soldiers for the coup?]

…Coup? Soldiers?

What the hell is this about now?

[My mission is finished too, so I’ll be returning soon.]

…Mission? What mission?

[You must turn the ‘Royal Blood’ into puppets as planned.]

Royal Blood…?

…Imperial blood?

Are they talking about the Prince and Imperial Princess?

[Let’s end the Imperial Nation. For the beautiful Britannia Republic!]

Both Echo and Ruin fell silent.

“…”

“…”

Echo was the first to break the silence.

“…Butterfly. I didn’t mishear something just now, did I?”

“…”

Ruin froze as he realized the meaning of those words.

…Don’t tell me, Ruins Wayne really was…?

A member of the Revolutionary Army plotting to overthrow the Imperial Palace?!

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