I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2. First, I Need to Infiltrate

“The most unforgivable thing in this world is laying hands on someone else’s property.”

The Hero said that.

Right. That’s what he said.

And yet…

-Breaking News. Hero Academy ‘Haven’ Solves Capital Incident!

-Hidden Demon Spies Executed Immediately!

-“Can Humanity Annihilate the Demons?!”

-Haven Faculty: “All thanks to the Hero. We’re grateful to the Hero for building the academy in such a place!”

Rip!

Ruin tore up the newspaper he was reading. The people in the restaurant looked at him in surprise, but Ruin didn’t care.

No, did it look like he’d care about such things?

‘Are you kidding me?’

My house became a Hero Academy?

My severance pay… meaning my entire fortune is now in the middle of enemy territory?

What kind of nonsense is this? What is this, some bullshit about my entire fortune being transferred to North Korea?

Still furious even after thinking about it again, Ruin looked at the torn newspaper.

There was a man with a familiar face. The image quality was a bit poor, but the guy smiling brightly in the newspaper was definitely that bastard he knew.

‘Right. That bastard I fought at the end.’

That bastard is the shameless one who completely took over someone else’s private property to build an academy.

Seeing that smug face reminded him of fighting that guy.

“Doing this again! Show me your real face! Fire Butterfly!”

“I don’t see why I should.”

Ruin, who had transformed into the Hero’s closest aide, succeeded in annihilating the Allied Forces.

Since his opponent was the Hero, he did quite a bit of overtime, but it was fine. It was his last mission anyway.

“And you won’t have to see me again, so you don’t need to grind your teeth like that.”

“What?”

“I’m retiring after this.”

Fire Butterfly dropped the last ember.

With that as the finale, the Human Allied Forces that had been charging toward the Demon Army Capital fell into a trap and were annihilated. It was all Fire Butterfly’s work alone.

But who could have known that afterward, unluckily, when the Hero’s power clashed with his own, a space-time rift would open.

‘…The place I was thrown to being what it was, it was hard to get out too.’

When I returned, 50 years had passed?

‘My precious house fell to the enemy?’

Ruin was so rarely dumbfounded that he immediately confronted his superior afterward.

“I bought land in demon territory and built a house. Why did it go to the Hero?”

“Why? Because the Hero took that land.”

“Excuse me?”

“After you disappeared, that land happened to be taken by the Allied Forces.”

To put it in perspective, it was like a war breaking out and Seoul becoming North Korean territory.

“Ah. No. But it’s still a house where someone lives. Why are they using it as they please? No, before that, if it’s a house on demon land, it should be a demon’s house. Why!”

“Do you remember where you built your house?”

“On a mountain. The Canyon Wasteland where no one would come.”

“Right. No crazy bastard would build a house in such a place. The Hero built an academy there, saying it was clearly a gift from God.”

This damn Hero!

What kind of shit is he pulling with someone else’s house!

“Looking at the terrible design, it definitely wasn’t built for people to live in.”

You bastard! There’s a limit to ignoring someone’s taste!

Ruin had always hated getting involved with others. He never even imagined having neighbors, so he deliberately chose such a place.

Anyway, it was a troublesome situation. This place where Ruin was reborn was a society of extreme factional opposition. In fact, instead of national borders, only two factional colors existed on the map.

White and black.

The glorious ‘Union’ and the immortal ‘Pride’.

All human nations had formed alliances with each other as the Human Allied Forces, opposing the demons.

‘It’s like watching America and the Soviet Union from some era.’

This situation is the same.

‘There’s no way the enemy would return someone’s entire fortune.’

You bastard! There’s a limit to how much you can disrespect other people’s tastes!

Ruin had always disliked getting involved with others to begin with. He had deliberately chosen such a place because he couldn’t even imagine having neighbors.

In any case, it was a troublesome situation. The place where Ruin had been reborn was a society of extreme factional conflict. In fact, the map showed only two factional colors instead of national borders.

White and black.

The glorious ‘Union’ and the immortal ‘Pride’.

All nations of humanity had formed alliances with each other, standing as the Human Alliance against the demon race.

‘It’s like watching America and the Soviet Union from some bygone era.’

This case is no different.

‘There’s no way the enemy would return someone else’s entire fortune.’

So he boldly made the request.

“Since I practically didn’t receive my severance pay, I should be able to request it be reissued, shouldn’t I?”

“I understand you’re shocked and not in your right mind, but how much do you think we gave you?”

“Excuse me?”

“It’s decades worth of our Intelligence Agency’s budget. If we give you that money again during wartime, the Demon Army would collapse.”

How would I know?

He genuinely thought so, but saying more would only get him branded as a reactionary and hurt himself, so he gave up.

‘Damn it. I really need that money.’

That was because Ruin was carrying a massive debt. That’s why he had been stuck in the Intelligence Agency he hated working for, but now even that was over.

“Are you really going to submit your resignation? A top talent like you…”

“I’ve saved up enough money now, so I’m submitting my resignation. Don’t forget my severance pay and overdue bonuses.”

“No, wait! What are you going to do after retiring? Don’t tell me the enemy recruited you…!”

“Farming.”

“…What? What?!”

“Returning to farming is the perfect remedy for this damn wanderlust.”

Combined with his severance pay, he could pay off that astronomical debt in one go. More importantly, with that amount, he could achieve his dream retirement life.

So he had been deliberately calculating dates while working, but for things to turn out like this.

‘Ugh, I’m sick to death of spy work now.’

Ruin rubbed his forehead.

In fact, he had been an operative for the National Intelligence Service in his previous life, working for national interests. He was even a black agent who died like a dog after being caught when a high-ranking official’s mistake exposed the agent list during infiltration.

Of course, thanks to his experience from that time, he had become a flawless spy who would never get caught in this life, but what? What was he supposed to let slide?

Once again, rage welled up at the Hero who had seized his house, but he held it back.

‘Well, he probably couldn’t get to the safe anyway.’

Because even though it was his house, that house wasn’t an ordinary house.

‘That house was made by renovating a temple of the ‘Nameless God.”

As such, it was full of mysterious devices.

‘But damn it, that Hero bastard…’

He felt his neck tensing up again, but that wasn’t what mattered.

Anyway, he had hidden the most important safe in the most difficult place to find, even in such a location.

‘So the Hero probably didn’t discover it either.’

In other words, he just needed to get in and quietly retrieve his belongings.

The problem was…

-Hero Academy, the massive headquarters of the Human Allied Forces.

-A place of learning and the command headquarters of the Human Allied Forces.

“…”

This is really too much.

…This is really like my house becoming the residence of North Korea’s supreme leader. And I can’t really disguise myself as a professor to get in.

‘There’s no way the Hero wouldn’t recognize his own colleagues.’

Anyway, just going in normally wouldn’t end well, but if they discovered an enemy spy had entered?

‘It would be a brutal death.’

Then there was only one method.

* * *

“Thank you for your hard work today!”

“May the brilliant light of the Union be with you!”

“Dirty Pride can get lost!”

Hero Academy Haven.

Haven, called the ‘absolute safe zone,’ was an educational institution that produced heroes and the heart of the human faction.

As such, it was an environment directly connected to actual combat, and all the professors were famous heroes as well. There was even a saying that the day Haven falls would be the day of humanity’s end.

In other words, Haven was an impregnable fortress among human territories. Although recently, they had been desperately recruiting talent, having their heads turned by Pride’s offensive.

“Got it! From this moment until break time, don’t let anyone in. Not even a single cockroach gets through!”

“Yes!”

“Even if His Majesty the Emperor comes, the answer is no! Understood!”

“Yes! We’ll stay alert!”

Indeed, the veteran Security Unit’s surveillance was formidable.

Yes, an iron-clad security network that even the Emperor couldn’t breach-

“Delivery service~”

“Ah, thank you for your hard work!”

“Please go in this way!”

It was breached.

Ruin leisurely pushed his cart and entered through the entrance.

‘No matter how impregnable a fortress is, they can’t resist deliveries.’

No matter how great a fortress was, it couldn’t be completely without visitors.

‘Janitors, gardeners, delivery men, security guards… there are plenty of identities that can get in.’

All of Haven’s employees underwent strict screening and were even issued exclusive access passes. The process was so notoriously difficult that demon intelligence agents cursed it as pathetic, but Ruin actually liked it that way.

‘The guards don’t even suspect people who have already been verified.’

And borrowing the identity of such a person was a basic skill for Fire Butterfly.

【Skin Swallowing】

It was a mimicry technique that transformed him into the target he swallowed.

‘Well, I didn’t kill him.’

I just ‘ate’ and ‘spat’ him out.

The delivery man whose face he borrowed would be sleeping soundly until the job was finished. Though what the security guard had said was a bit concerning.

“Not long ago, that filthy ‘Fire Butterfly’ bastard tried to infiltrate! Do you know what I mean!”

What? This is my first time entering.

An imposter?

Well, it’s been 50 years, so it’s plausible. It wasn’t something to worry about too much.

‘Anyway, it’ll all be over once I find the safe.’

His keen senses told him so. Neither the guards nor the students paid him any attention. The moment their gazes turned away, his cold eyes flashed.

He pulled down his hat and passed among the students. His movement was like a silent butterfly. No one suspected him. Naturally, like the wind, he blended in with the other staff.

And there was a real reason why Ruin specifically chose this person, the ‘delivery man.’

“Get this to the dormitory quickly!”

“Check the address!”

Ruin instantly stole the delivery address list from among the delivery men. For this black agent who was considered outstanding even by Pride Intelligence Agency standards, it was nothing.

Swish-

The list contained delivery addresses and recipient names. Of course, most of the names were dormitory students who made up half of the school’s population, but…

‘As expected, they’re here.’

Staff members.

Haven was strictly an internal military facility, so staff information wasn’t disclosed to the outside. What little was public included the Hero who was the chairman, the principal, and a few heroes who liked showing their faces.

But with the delivery address list, he could know who was at Haven. Even their locations.

And even just this much information would be worth a fortune in Fire Butterfly’s hands, but…

‘Garden… garden… there it is.’

A smile crossed Ruin’s lips.

Because the door leading to the safe was right in this ‘garden.’ It was the easiest route that didn’t require dangerously entering Haven’s interior.

‘Now it’s a greenhouse used as a Herbology classroom, wasn’t it?’

Moreover, according to his prior investigation, the Herbology Professor position was essentially a demotion. In other words, an insignificant hero.

In short, once he knew who his opponent was, defeating them and infiltrating would be a piece of cake.

‘Now then, this low-level hero’s name is…’

-Gransia Farewell.

…Hm?

Why does this seem familiar?

Ruin called over a nearby delivery man.

“Excuse me, senior. About this person.”

“Ah. Professor Gransia? She’s an elf with a nasty personality, so just leave it in front of the greenhouse and go. All the teaching assistants ran away, so there’s only that professor.”

…Damn. That’s right.

And far from being insignificant, she’s a special-class hero!

‘Damn, why was the Hero’s companion demoted!’

No, actually the real problem isn’t that.

Gransia Farewell was one of the ‘targets’ Ruin had approached on a mission. He had deliberately become her ‘lover’ to obtain information before leaving her, so her anger toward Fire Butterfly would be at its peak.

Ruin let out a brief groan at his former lover’s name and rubbed his brow.

‘…Let’s avoid the greenhouse route for now.’

There had been talk that she was frantically searching for Fire Butterfly after he left, so there would be nothing good about running into her.

Most importantly, that cautious elf would obviously have barriers set up, so sneaking into the garden would also be high risk.

‘It’s fine. There’s more than one route.’

In fact, there was a route even safer than the garden.

His superior had told him to take the professor hiring exam, but was he crazy? He knew the target’s location, and if he just breached security it would be over immediately, so why go through all that trouble?

-It would be better if you did.

No. There’s no need for that.

-If you want, we’ll help you.

You think I don’t know you’re trying to use that as an excuse to give me more work?

His superior’s messages kept appearing in real-time as Fire Text, but Ruin paid them no mind. What they wanted was likely internal reconnaissance of Haven, the heart of the Union.

-If you investigate Haven’s conspiracy, I’ll give you a reward.

The reward was tempting, but he didn’t want to do the work. Couldn’t he just take the money?

It was right when Ruin, annoyed and lost in random thoughts, was taking a detour around the Garden.

“Found you, Fire Butterfly.”

“!”

What?

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