I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 170

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Chapter 170. Why on Earth? (1)

“…The Herbology Professor has returned?”

Ruin’s eyebrows shot up.

“Yes. Since Professor Ruins used his lifespan to heal the students, he urgently returned to see Professor Ruins.”

At Lily’s words, Ruin smiled brightly. It was like the expression when you find a spider in the coffee cup you just drank.

‘…Shit.’

The Revolutionary Army.

What kind of bastards were they?

Radical bastards who wouldn’t hesitate to do anything for their goals. Rumor had it that Special Grade Heroes were included among them. That meant they were that strong.

Of course, at this point where he just needed to collect his severance pay and run, he had no interest in revolution. But that very severance pay was causing problems right now.

‘I might not be able to use this identity.’

Right, if he got caught being fake, he could no longer remain as a professor.

In other words! He was someone to avoid.

So Ruin immediately took action. In just 30 seconds, he sealed all the windows and doors of the Senior Professor’s Office and put up an ‘Out’ message.

‘Rather than avoiding clumsily, it’s better to make them give up on meeting.’

Actually, Ruin posted an ‘official campus schedule’ to the professor shared channel.

-Princess Karin, magic lecture in progress.

-1st Prince Henry, regeneration magic stabilization.

-2nd Prince Ryle, precognition ability training

-Princess Judith, magic lecture and treatment, mana circulation retraining.

-3 lectures.

-Silver Moon Supervisor duties.

By filling up the schedule like this.

He only left Pricks standing at the Senior Professor’s Office door.

[Senior Professor Ruins Wayne is currently absent due to campus schedule.]

[The earliest available meeting is in 1 year.]

Thanks to this, Herbology Professor Beren, who had rushed over upon hearing that Ruin had contacted Spider, could only tilt his head in front of the door.

“…He’s changed?”

He had come to console him, expecting him to whine about not wanting to work.

That wasn’t all.

“There’s no way he’d be this diligent with lectures.”

That wasn’t just a simple guess. He knew the ‘real Ruins Wayne.’

‘…That lazy bastard… is now diligently conducting regular classes? Even educating the Imperial Descendants and students? Him?’

Right. The current Ruin was too perfect as a professor.

So this was the thought that came to mind.

“…Perhaps.”

Silence.

“…It’s not Ruins?”

His contemplating eyes narrowed.

“I need to check.”

* * *

[R.v218- Is the infiltration proceeding as planned?]

[Seeing no contact, did you change the signal?]

[I am still searching. Please confirm replacement status.]

Ruin groaned and pressed his forehead at the Herbology Professor’s message.

It was certain.

‘He strongly suspects.’

If he were a real Revolutionary Army comrade, he should naturally respond to this.

‘This is serious.’

For now, he was avoiding with the excuse of being busy, but this would only raise suspicion. And if this identity became suspect, the Union trying to execute the Hero and Fire Butterfly would drag him away for public execution….

‘Just imagining it is horrible.’

Anyway, being caught as Fire Butterfly was dangerous, but being caught as Revolutionary Army was also dangerous.

Especially considering that the ‘real Ruins Wayne’ was executed by the Hero as soon as he confessed to being Revolutionary Army, the Hero would probably show no mercy.

But then.

“Professor Ruins! You must become a Transcendent! Right now!”

“?”

The Hero, a full-grown adult, came running while shaking a rattle.

Ruin’s expression twisted.

‘Fuck. What the hell is that?’

“Let’s become the Demon King and escape from the Pope, us!”

That crazy bastard, seriously!

Just as Ruin was about to say something, someone appeared from the corridor and rescued Ruin.

Click-

Someone had dragged Ruin into the classroom.

“The Hero, that was close to being dangerous.”

“!”

The moment a hand touched his body, Ruin attacked the other person’s neck with ghostly speed. With his neck roughly grabbed, the man raised both hands in panic.

“Cough! Wait, it’s me, me!”

A moment of silence.

“Taking off even the bandages, I was surprised wondering if something that serious had happened. I heard you’ve been taking care of even the Imperial Princes recently.”

“….”

Who is this.

“I sent a Frix, but why was there no response?”

Ah. This bastard is the revolutionary army guy… no no, the Herbology Professor.

Then the problem starts here.

Until now, all the Haven Professors had no acquaintance with the hikikomori Ruin, so he could act however, but this guy was different.

Did Ruins Wayne use formal speech or informal speech with this dear colleague bastard?

There’s only one answer.

“Sorry. I was busy.”

“…? That’s not like you?”

Tch, this isn’t it.

“The Ruins Wayne in my memory never says sorry.”

Ah. So that was his character.

“So, was the ‘Diamond District’ safe?”

This bastard, I knew he was suspicious but checking the password code right off the bat?

Ruin was troubled.

‘Diamond… The dictionary meaning of ‘gem’ comes to mind first. Metaphorically, it symbolizes ‘wealth, trade, banks, upper class’. So is he talking about an ‘underground trading post’? A high-class noble district? Or a physical place like a mine? No. That’s too direct.’

If it’s the revolutionary army, they would have designed the code so it couldn’t be easily deduced.

‘A sector where money and information flow. In other words, a trading post or vault, or a secret meeting place.’

Ruin organized several possibilities in his mind. And soon he remembered.

‘Right. That was the nickname for the mining sector.’

“To do mining, shouldn’t we be careful?”

Then Berron opened his eyes wide in surprise.

“It’s fine. We can mine if we put our minds to it.”

‘Phew… Got through that crisis.’

“P is going well, right?”

Ruin furrowed his brow. Another code. He began deducing again.

‘P usually means Place or Plan. In this case… it would be the latter.’

“Which plan are you talking about.”

Berron was silent for a moment, then stared intently at Ruin.

“…You, do you really not remember?”

“….”

“The Imperial Family recovery operation. Ruins, that meeting back then. You pushed it through with your own hands during the executive meeting. The revolutionary army almost had internal strife because of you.”

At that moment, Ruin squeezed his eyes shut.

Well, of course…

‘…Damn Ruins Wayne, he wasn’t just a low-ranking member but an executive of the revolutionary army!’

This damn bastard. What’s this doll otaku doing being a revolutionary army executive.

‘What benefit could there possibly be?’

So Ruin cautiously probed.

“…Then what benefit do I have?”

Berron hesitated for a moment. Then looked at him suspiciously.

“…What, are you showing off? You have that thing you agreed to receive as compensation from the leader.”

“…What is it?”

“SS-grade Maid Frix. And it’s a limited production 3rd generation model, Rose series.”

“….”

“You even wrote a masterpiece scenario for the leader to get that, didn’t you?”

“….”

Ruin fell silent. His vision went black. Something began boiling up inside him.

‘…You did a national overthrow revolution just to get one damn ‘rare Maid Frix’, you crazy bastard!’

However, Ruin did his best to maintain his composure.

“…That’s right. That’s how it was.”

“Yes, that passion of yours hasn’t changed.”

The Department Head Professor hastily held out a paper while listening to the Hero’s voice banging on the door.

“By any chance… did you check this? It’s important content. You didn’t reply, so…”

-R.v218

The moment Ruin saw the contents of the paper, he furrowed his brow.

It’s a code.

‘R could usually be a specific code, cipher, Record, Report, or Request… but there aren’t enough clues with just this.’

But asking if I checked it means they delivered some message and are testing whether I confirmed it.

So he answered.

“The Chairman is always around. I didn’t have time to check.”

Berren muttered quietly.

“…It would be troublesome if you didn’t hear it.”

At those words, Ruin narrowed his eyes.

‘If I didn’t hear it…? Then this is…’

An audio message.

Then there’s one way I can probe here.

“Just send it through Frix.”

“It was meant to be sent to the entire army.”

Ah. A message sent to many people?

Then the answer was simple.

‘It’s a radio channel.’

He spoke as if annoyed.

“Are you telling me to listen all day long?”

“You just need to turn it on once at the appointed time.”

At that single remark, Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

Certain.

‘The contact method spies used in the old days. An old-fashioned way of broadcasting messages on specific frequencies at scheduled times. They’re still using this?’

He closed his eyes and opened them. His expression remained indifferent, but his mind was neatly organized.

‘Good. Just knowing it’s radio… from here on, it’s my territory.’

He sighed.

“I’ll listen, but it’ll probably be the usual worthless noise.”

“You must listen this time.”

“I wonder if it’s possible with classes.”

“Do you teach classes even when eating? Stubborn guy.”

Hmm. Is the time slot during meals?

Since there are no lectures in the evening, it must be lunchtime.

“Got it. I’ll check.”

“No. Another Department Head Professor who’s our colleague would have heard it, so ask that guy.”

Damn.

Ruin furrowed his brow. Actually, from what this guy is saying, it’s certain there’s one more Revolutionary Army colleague among the current Department Head Professors, but…

‘I don’t know who that guy is!’

Probing about who it is would be far too suspicious.

Then, Berren tilted his head and looked at him.

“You don’t happen to not know, do you?”

“Of course not. I know, naturally.”

“Then can you tell me?”

Ruin stared toward the door.

Berren said.

“It’s fine. I cast a silence spell. Even the Chairman can’t hear. It’s okay to speak.”

Troublesome.

He has the look of someone who won’t let me escape until I confess. Soon Ruin’s eyes turned cold.

‘Should I eliminate him?’

Or put him in the watch?

No. The Priest was a foreigner so making excuses wasn’t a problem, but a Fellow Professor is ambiguous.

Sure enough, Berren pulled out a knife with a suspicious expression.

But then it happened.

“You two, what are you doing in this dark classroom? You’re not leaving me out, are you? Include me too. Why do you two get along so well when you’re meeting for the first time? Or are you having a conversation that would be troublesome for me to hear? Or are you planning to start a revolution?”

The Hero opened his eyes eerily through the narrow window gap.

Berren was startled and put away his knife, while Ruin pressed his brow.

‘…Damn, that crazy Luck Power.’

More than that, isn’t that level basically a ghost!

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