I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 183

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Chapter 183. Fire Butterfly’s Scheme (3)

“Master…. *sob*… ugh… waaahhh….”

“….”

Ruin quietly rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a box of tissues.

“At least take this.”

“*sniff*… Th-thank youuu….”

The Hero sniffled and pulled out a tissue to blow his nose. The sound was so pitiful that Ginseng Superior couldn’t hold back and said something.

「No way, the Hero is… you’ve completely broken this person.」

Well, he’s still humanity’s strongest, so it’s quite a sight to see.

And seeing that appearance reminded him of the old days when he taught the Hero Candidates. The image of students who chattered and followed him devotedly, yet he had to stand by and watch them get killed for the sake of his mission.

That’s why Ruin sighed and spoke.

“Just forget about your master.”

When those words dropped like a bomb, the Hero’s eyes widened.

“…What did you say?”

“Think about it coldly. If he was alive, what was he doing for decades? Someone who was hiding without even saving his disciples and only shows up now—is he really the master you longed for?”

“….”

“The more people idolize someone, the greater their disappointment becomes. The person you respected might not have been such a great existence from the beginning.”

At those words, the Hero’s face gradually contorted.

“…Shut your mouth.”

“I heard that when you were young, all your companions were killed by the Special Grade Wanted Criminal Cobra. What was your master doing then?”

“Shut up!”

The Hero’s shout echoed loudly through the Chairman’s Office.

He gritted his teeth and strode up to Ruin, grabbing him by the collar. His pupils were burning red as if stained with blood.

“What do you know about him!”

Those eyes contained both uncontrollable rage and despair at the same time.

But Ruin didn’t back down at all. With an expressionless face, he let out a single remark.

“…An incompetent fool who couldn’t save even one disciple despite being alive. He deserves to be cursed at least that much.”

“Shut your mouth!”

The Hero shouted angrily.

“Do you know what kind of person he is?”

I know. Because it’s me.

However, he didn’t voice those words. The Hero gritted his teeth as if disappointed in Ruin.

“Fine. Even if I tell you, you won’t believe me anyway.”

The Hero’s hands trembled violently. Then he took out something he had been carefully protecting.

A glass orb the size of his palm.

Inside it, an address was written in faint letters.

-【Britannia Village Registration】

Harveran Street, 11th Address, Wilter L.

“There’s something he dropped and left behind. I’ll definitely find him with this.”

Ruin’s brow twitched slightly. Ginseng Superior was also worried.

「Will this be okay? That guy might actually find you.」

Ruin smiled.

‘Rather, he needs to find me. I have to use that guy with my master’s face.’

「You devil. What if he finds out that his master was actually Fire Butterfly? Will he still follow you then?」

‘He won’t find out. Even during the Heart battle, I was the one who revealed my identity.’

「Be careful. If you’re caught, it’s really going to be kidnapping, imprisonment, and mind control for you.」

Ruin chuckled softly.

Anyway, he had done some groundwork with this opportunity….

At that moment—

Beep!

A signal appeared on his Frix.

Ruin immediately called up his Frix and checked the contents.

-Sender: Mole

-Content: OK.

At that brief content, Ruin smiled with satisfaction.

“Perfect.”

Now he could handle the Hero with this.

* * *

“Is this really the place?”

At the Hero’s question, the Guide carefully nodded.

“Yes. This is… correct.”

Harveran Street, 11th Address.

The walls of the low house built with earthen walls were cracked, and the windows were covered in thick dust as if they had been closed long ago.

The Hero stood in front of the door. Among the weeds that had grown along the window frame, an old wooden signboard hung crookedly. A name was faintly written on it.

-Wilter L.

The Hero narrowed his eyes. That name… was the alias Master used when traveling incognito.

At that moment, the Guide kept glancing at him strangely.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Well…”

He smiled awkwardly and averted his gaze.

“If you go inside… you’ll understand soon.”

When he opened the door, a familiar scent brushed past along with the dusty air. It was somehow nostalgic and lonely.

But that wasn’t what surprised the Hero. Inside the building were ‘photographs of himself’ plastered everywhere.

Photos taken in the middle of the battlefield, photos taken at graduation ceremonies… all the faces of the hero that had appeared on newspaper front pages. His breath caught.

“…This is…!”

He slowly stepped into the room.

On the bookshelf, the books he had given to his Master as gifts were still neatly arranged, and on the dining table sat an empty tin case of the black tea his Master always drank.

“Master’s… scent.”

The Hero gently touched the wallpaper with his fingertips. In one corner, something was written in faded brush strokes.

“Always watching over you.”

The Hero quietly read the phrase aloud. It was certain. This handwriting was definitely his Master’s.

He quietly knelt down. In the room where no wind blew, hot droplets formed beneath his eyelids.

“…I’m sure. This is it. The place where Master… stayed.”

To someone else, it might have been just a meaningless abandoned house. But to him, this place was the legacy of his ‘benefactor’ and Master’s final trace.

The Hero searched through everything as if chasing his Master’s shadow – under the bookshelf, inside drawers, even in old shoe boxes. Then he discovered a small envelope on the desk.

‘!’

A white envelope carefully taken out. On the front of the envelope was familiar cursive writing.

-To Elaine.

In that moment, his heart beat loudly.

“…Master.”

His fingertips trembled. He slowly tore open the envelope.

Inside was a short letter.

-Elaine.

I’m leaving this in case you might come. Resent me for leaving without even seeing your face. You can curse me as a coward who just ran away without a proper farewell befitting a master.

…But I will catch Fire Butterfly. So don’t chase that demon anymore.

You have an important mission to eliminate the ‘Demon Emperor’. That’s the only wish I have for you. Until the day you can live freely, I will bear that darkness.

-Rabian Crawl

“…This can’t be.”

The moment he finished reading the letter, the Hero’s hand fell limply. Fire Butterfly, whom he had been so obsessed with. His Master was bearing all of that burden instead.

“…Why…”

The truth he had searched for so desperately was cruel.

‘I will catch Fire Butterfly. So you become free.’

Right. If that’s Master’s wish…!

The Hero clenched his fist as if making a firm resolution.

“Then I’ll capture Professor Ruins even more to catch Fire Butterfly!”

* * *

And around that time.

Ruin was in an extremely good mood.

“He must have read the letter by now.”

That’s right. Ruin had deliberately purchased a building using the real estate agent Mole and decorated it as Rabian Crawl’s house.

Well, the disguise wasn’t difficult at all.

‘It’s not even really a disguise.’

He could just disguise and place his old belongings as they were, and for the handwriting, since it was Ruin’s real handwriting, he could just write it as it was.

At the same time, he left a powerful letter for the Hero that would make him give up on Fire Butterfly.

‘Now he’ll give up on Fire Butterfly and focus only on the Demon Emperor.’

So he won’t return to Haven and will go straight to Rhine!

Yes! Now I can safely collect my severance pay—or so he thought.

‘What kind of situation is this now.’

“Professor Ruins! This is a transfer student.”

The faculty office door was open, and two people were standing in front of it.

“I’m Leonhart Wayne.”

A familiar face with blonde hair, golden eyes, and cat-like features.

Beside him stood a Holy Maiden with softly flowing silver hair and a gentle smile in her eyes.

“And this is the Holy Maiden who has come from the Holy Empire.”

‘…Shit, a Holy Maiden? What the hell is this…’

Ruin slowly raised his hand to his forehead.

“No, more importantly Leon, why are you here?”

His younger brother Leonhardt.

Also known as the boy who reads minds. Of course, thanks to Misfortune, he could only read Ruin’s thoughts sporadically, but still, he was Fire Butterfly’s natural enemy! Yes, that’s how it should be…

But Leon smiled brightly.

“If I’m going to attend somewhere… it’s better to go where my brother is!”

It seemed the recent incident had earned him points with his younger brother in a good way.

But for Fire Butterfly, the danger level increased!

‘…Ahhhhh why such trials…’

But it wasn’t over yet.

“Hello.”

As the Holy Maiden bowed her head in greeting, Ginseng Superior shook his shoulders as if dying of laughter.

「Puhaha, more and more executive-level people are coming. Is this really okay?」

Damn it. A Holy Maiden!

Echo had already fled.

But it wasn’t all bad news.

“His Holiness the Pope has deep interest in Professor Ruins.”

Deep interest?

“Yes. He’s especially grateful that you stopped the Hero this time.”

“This time?”

“The Hero tried to destroy the Old Demon Emperor’s Domain, but you stopped it.”

“I didn’t stop that. Rare resources appeared so the Hero…”

Then the Holy Maiden smiled subtly with eyes that saw through everything.

“If that was ‘someone’s’ scheme, they would be an excellent strategist.”

“…”

“His Holiness the Pope cannot leave the Holy Empire, so he always likes outstanding talent. Especially someone who can control that disobedient Hero. So he told me, ‘You go in my place and learn many things as a student.'”

Ruin looked up at the ceiling.

‘Even so… the Holy Empire is sending their precious Holy Maiden as a student?’

「Still, if you teach her well and send her back, the Pope might become your ally too, right?」

‘…How can a demon teach a Holy Maiden!’

Then, the Holy Maiden said something unexpected.

“And I’m also curious about how the two priests sent ahead are doing. Where are those two?”

…Damn it. What had to come has come.

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