I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 173
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Chapter 173. Vault (1)
The Hero was rarely perplexed.
And for good reason.
“The person who will give me my severance pay.”
At Ruin’s answer, the Hero fell into shock.
No, what does that mean? Severance pay? Don’t tell me-
‘Me…?’
Right. If it’s someone who gives severance pay, wouldn’t that only be the Chairman?
That’s why the Hero urgently asked.
“Why do you think that?”
“? Because it’s the most important thing in my life?”
Severance pay.
However, the Hero clutched his heart with a gasp.
“…!”
Could this be a confession? That he recognizes me enough to want to elevate me to Emperor?
He wondered if it might be a misunderstanding, but.
“I think you’d be better than the current Emperor, at least.”
Gaaaasp! It’s not a misunderstanding?!
This great Head Professor, who doesn’t know how to flatter and only knows how to spit sharp criticism, was actually praising him as Emperor material.
The Hero was extremely pleased by that tremendous acknowledgment.
However, Ruin thought nothing of it.
‘Honestly, anyone who gives severance pay would be fine.’
But the Hero, who was misunderstanding, cleared his throat as if this wouldn’t do.
“Still, you mustn’t defy the Emperor.”
“?”
He didn’t know why he was suddenly saying such things, but the Hero was leashed by the Emperor. Right. By the Emperor’s Full Bloom ability called ‘Absolute Domination’.
So Ruin answered the Hero.
“Don’t let yourself be dragged around by the Emperor.”
“Pardon?”
“Chairman, you already have higher value than the Emperor.”
“Pardon? What do you mean by that…”
“Because the Hero is someone who can give dreams to others.”
“!”
At those words, the Hero couldn’t say anything for a while. It felt like hearing his Master’s words again, whom he thought had disappeared.
And at Fire Butterfly’s whisper, the Hero’s heart was momentarily shaken.
Right. There’s no law saying the Wish Stone must be used for the Imperial Palace, is there?
“But before that-“
“?”
Ruin snapped his fingers.
At that moment, crack-!
Invisible magical waves in the air shattered. Ruin laughed as if it were pathetic.
“There were five wiretapping spells installed.”
Fortunately, they were attached to the Hero.
The Hero was startled.
‘He noticed magic that even I couldn’t detect.’
Around that time.
The actual perpetrators who realized their wiretapping spells had been broken were perplexed.
“…As expected, he’s not an easy opponent…”
The 2nd Prince bit his lips and muttered-
“…Aw, I can’t hear anything. Really Professor, totally unfair!”
Princess Karin pounded her pillow.
“…If it’s someone who can destroy Aegis’s surveillance network, then indeed…”
Information Department Head Matthias Laine was sweating on his forehead, inwardly surprised.
“…Hmm. Suspicious indeed.”
Herbology Elf Professor Gransia clicked her tongue-
“…He deflected my magic? This is quite interesting.”
Magic Department Head Professor Inora had installed wiretapping magic thinking ‘unauthorized listening isn’t polite but one can be curious’, only to be deflected spectacularly.
* * *
The next day. In a heavy atmosphere, the Hero summoned all professors. Everyone was tense because the atmosphere seemed ominous.
What the Hero said was unexpected.
“Something is stirring underground.”
At those words, the conference room fell silent.
Ruin also rarely hesitated.
‘…Underground? Don’t tell me… that priest I put down there isn’t going berserk, is she?’
Echo quietly poked Ruin’s side.
“What did you do this time?”
I haven’t done anything yet, you bastard.
“Then why is the Hero setting such a serious mood.”
How would I know.
Just then, the Hero with clasped hands spoke with a serious expression.
“My treasure vault has been robbed.”
That single statement froze the conference room.
“…Excuse me?!”
Unlike Fire Butterfly and Echo’s indifferent gazes wondering what they were supposed to do about it, the faculty’s reaction was intense.
“By treasure vault, do you mean the war trophy warehouse that you personally accumulated, Hero?”
“Wait, then the ‘Holy Sword fragments’ and ‘military supplies’ that were there too….”
Ah, I see. The nation’s treasures have disappeared.
“My goodness, then the items for seducing Fire Butterfly too?!”
…Don’t hide stuff like that!
Anyway, Haven had a secret sector containing the Hero’s military supplies, Imperial Palace artifacts, and even Empire records.
‘There’s also that absolutely forbidden zone the Demon Emperor is targeting. Is there a connection?’
“To think such items were stolen, we must find the culprit immediately!”
At that outcry, the Hero raised his hand to quiet them. His calm smile somehow seemed to hide irritation.
“If anything was taken out of Haven, the Gatekeeper at the main gate would have noticed.”
Ah. That golden goblin who’s probably working without underwear?
“I’ve checked all visitor records and magic traces. So it’s fine.”
“But-“
“The problem is actually something else.”
Something else?
He held out an item his attendant had brought.
“During patrol, I found one strange item.”
The professors’ gazes all focused on the box. Soon the professors looked puzzled.
“That’s… just a box.”
But Ruin’s face hardened completely.
‘…Shit. That’s my treasure chest.’
I was wondering why that appeared-
“There were traces of a tunnel dug in my warehouse, and this was discovered there.”
In other words, they got caught because of the tunnels the revolutionaries dug everywhere.
And inside that are artifacts….
Clank!
“…Artifacts! And quite high-level ones too!”
“They must be quite expensive.”
Nice! They’re there!
Thanks for finding them for me!
However, rather than showing interest in the artifacts, the Hero focused on something else.
“The important thing is this box – I never hid this in Haven.”
Silence. Wariness appeared on all the faculty’s faces at once.
“Then… what is that?”
“Who brought it there?”
“Exactly.”
The Hero’s smile was meaningful.
“Perhaps there’s ‘hidden treasure’ in Haven?”
“Excuse me? Whose treasure?”
Ruin’s eyes widened.
Mine, mine! So give it back right now!
“Does the owner matter. It belongs to whoever found it.”
“That’s right. Since we found it anyway, let’s donate it to the Academy.”
You bastards!
“I don’t know whose it originally was, but if we use it for the Union, the former owner will surely be satisfied.”
Satisfied my ass, give it back! You Union pig bastards!
“Of course, even so, the owner is most likely a god. Because this place was originally a temple. So it could be a fragment of ruins that were called god’s treasure.”
No, that’s my severance pay!
Ruin squeezed his eyes shut.
But regardless, the Hero spoke.
“And here’s the real topic. This is my intuition.”
What intuition!
“If this is truly god’s blessing, wouldn’t there be more of these in the academy?”
Damn, what a sharp guy!
At the same time, Ruin pressed his brow. It was good that he found a box for him, but still.
‘He found out about the existence of the boxes!’
One of the situations he was most worried about had occurred.
Meanwhile, among the professors, only Veron’s expression wasn’t very good.
‘It seems the box the revolutionaries were targeting really is my treasure box.’
It’s troublesome that it was discovered.
Sure enough, the Magic Department professors got excited seeing the artifact.
“Let’s use it right away! Should we send it to the Magic Tower?”
That won’t do!
Ruin hurriedly spoke.
“No. Let me investigate first to see if there are any problems with the artifact.”
“Huh? There’s no need to…”
“We can’t cause harm to the Magic Tower.”
“Ah, that makes sense.”
The Hero handed over the box. The Magic Department professors whined in disappointment.
‘Phew.’
He had somehow easily obtained the item, but the real problem was starting now.
‘The Hero found out about that box.’
He might mistake this for god’s blessing and put it in a museum.
‘This looks like I’ll be invited to a national treasure donation ceremony instead of retirement.’
* * *
‘I need to retrieve my severance pay first.’
Originally, he planned to slowly empty the vault using Noah, but this was troublesome.
‘On one side the Hero is targeting my box, and on the other side the revolutionaries are too.’
“I should handle this first.”
The artifacts could be stolen again so that was fine, but once the money was found, it would all be spent. That meant it was urgent.
That’s why he came to the Healing Magic Classroom. Behind Ruin was Princess Jera. She covered her mouth as if moved. Was being mobilized by the legendary spy such a touching thing?
“The family’s glory- sob…!”
…No, calling it glory for royalty, how deeply honored I am.
Anyway, what’s important isn’t this chaotic situation.
The Healing Magic Classroom.
It was hidden, but when he whistled-
[Master! Master!]
The shadow that was pretending to be a plank wiggled and returned to its true form-
「Oh. It’s been a while. This underground tunnel.」
Right. The underground tunnel he had dug before appeared.
The path he dug down 10 minutes each day after class. At the end of that route was Ruin’s vault.
‘…Well, it’s been several months since I first discovered it, so I’ve almost finished digging.’
The two entered the underground tunnel. It was quite deep, but before long they arrived at the final barrier.
Right above the vault was the ‘magic barrier’ that the Hero had set up. He couldn’t enter the vault because of this.
‘But with the power of the Five Evils-‘
That’s why Ruin had brought Princess Jera.
“Teaching Assistant.”
“…Yes!”
The princess who had followed into the tunnel placed her hand on the ground.
At that moment, two layers of magic barriers collided.
‘Hunger’s’ curse power that devoured everything. As it overlapped, the Hero’s defense wall began to tremble and collapse.
“It’s done!”
Finally, as the princess devoured the troublesome defense wall, Ruin dug through the earth with his shadow ability. Simultaneously, holes were punched through, and below the holes, a familiar space appeared.
‘Finally.’
It was Ruin’s vault room that they had been searching for so desperately.
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Please, let Ruin have his severance pay already 🥹🙏 he’s too employed atp