I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 20

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Chapter 20. What Kind of Guy Is This? (2)

Kalon looked at Ruin as if asking what his ulterior motive was.

Ruin smiled lightly.

“My apologies. You seem so worried that even Gloucester himself offered to help, but honestly, you don’t need to worry that much.”

At that, Kalon let out a hollow laugh.

“I’m saying this for your sake. In educational settings, not only what you teach is important, but how you teach is also crucial. With my course syllabus-“

Then Ruin looked at the torn course syllabus and let out a snicker.

“Nothing is more dangerous in the field than outdated strategies.”

“What?”

Well, honestly, if it were him, he could turn them into human weapons in a month, but there was no reason to do that for the Union.

But Kalon seemed quite irritated by that.

“Really? If you’re more confident than me, may I hear your teaching plan?”

Hear my ass, whatever he said, they’d find fault with it and kick him out anyway.

So Ruin smiled as if pulling up roots.

“My teaching method is simple. It’s called the stigma effect – people naturally remember negative examples better than positive ones. So I’ll go with examples of what not to do.”

“So what are you talking about from earlier…?”

“For example, the story of how the Gloucester Family got completely cleaned out by Fire Butterfly.”

“…?!”

The professors receiving guidance from Kalon were startled, and Kalon seemed flustered for some reason. Students and professors began murmuring.

“What story is that?”

However, Ruin played completely innocent.

“Oh, didn’t you know? The Gloucester Family has already been cleaned out by Fire Butterfly before. Even 50 years ago, the Family Head at the time was deceived by Fire Butterfly and personally opened the fortress gates for him. Oh, come to think of it, could that have been Professor Kalon’s grandfather…?”

Professor Kalon’s face hardened, and the professors screamed.

“What did you say?”

“Is that true? He personally opened the fortress gates?”

Kalon looked at the professors and Ruin as if they were crazy. His face showed how does that bastard know about that.

‘We definitely deleted all the records.’

But what was even more maddening were the clueless associate professors under Kalon.

“Professor? Is it true?”

“You definitely told us that we were never cleaned out by Fire Butterfly!”

But Ruin shamelessly continued speaking.

“Where did it end with just opening the fortress gates? He foolishly handed over precious family treasures directly.”

“Good heavens, family treasures?”

“…N-no!”

“Finally, he even provided hospitality and sent him back well-fed. Oh, just so you don’t misunderstand. This isn’t slander – I learned about it from the Wayne Family’s investigation records.”

“…Are you joking? There’s no way such a thing…!”

The professors under Kalon protested, but Kalon himself was bewildered.

‘If it’s the Wayne Family, it’s entirely possible.’

The Wayne Family not only kept records of the Eight Great Families but also collected all case files from incidents that occurred in the Union. Moreover, they even had a Secret Investigation Unit operating covertly, making it even more likely.

But still, in a place like this?

Did he have no social skills?

As Kalon froze, the Combat Department professors were shocked asking if it was really true, and the professors under Kalon experienced pupil earthquakes.

Though bewildering, if this was true, he had to manage the situation. Fortunately, it was still within manageable range…

“Oh, is that why you, being a Gloucester, couldn’t be assigned Defense Studies?”

At Ruin’s words, sounds of suppressed laughter finally came from the faculty seats, and students swallowed screams of horror in a different sense.

To say the one thing that should never be said to Professor Kalon!

In reality, Kalon harbored resentment for not being assigned major subjects.

The students broke out in cold sweat.

“Is, is it really okay?”

“Si-since it’s the Wayne Family, it might be possible?”

The professors looked at Kalon, who was frozen like someone who had received culture shock from seeing a barbarian.

The flustered professors under Kalon looked at Ruin, signaling in the air that he was wrong and to please stop-

But Ruin clapped his hands naturally as if he had realized something.

“Ah, now I understand?”

The professors under Kalon screamed internally.

Stop it, you crazy bastard!

“I thought it was strange. That a Gloucester with Defense Vision wasn’t a Defense Studies professor but a Hero Studies professor. While Hero Studies, which trains the mind, is certainly an important subject, isn’t Defense Studies the core subject of Haven?”

We get it, so stop, you lunatic!

In front of the Combat Department professors we finally brought over, what is this!

Kalon seemed dizzy.

However, Ruin didn’t stop.

“The wise Principal must have known about that incident and had concerns about the Gloucester Family.”

“…You!”

Ruin cut him off.

“Don’t worry about that. It seems like you want to take over Demon Hunting Studies to get revenge on Fire Butterfly.”

Ruin smiled brightly as if telling him to trust only him.

“I’ll use Gloucester as a cautionary tale and create guidelines so students never get fooled like somewhere else did.”

Kalon pressed his forehead.

That bastard really! Even if I want to grab him by the collar and drag him down right now, I can’t attack someone from the Wayne Family!

Just then, Ruin grabbed Kalon’s hand as if this worked out perfectly.

“Come to think of it, didn’t you say you’d help with the lectures, senior? Then how about this? If Professor Gloucester could personally tell us about the case where he was fooled by Fire Butterfly, I think it would be very helpful to the students.”

This bastard really…!

Kalon cursed under his breath.

“What do you think? It’s not like Professor Kalon missed anything – it’s a family matter. Ah, it might be a bit embarrassing that a Defense family opened the door themselves, but that’s Fire Butterfly’s fault for deceiving them. When will you start joining the lectures? Or since you’re here, how about today? I’ll leave the timing completely up to you, Professor.”

Kalon shook off Ruin as if scolding him.

“Handle it yourself!”

Ruin looked troubled and grabbed Kalon who was trying to leave.

“Wait a moment. I haven’t told you about the method to catch Fire Butterfly yet.”

“Forget it, just take Demon Hunting Studies!”

Kalon left the classroom. The professors under Kalon were surprised and chased after him.

“Professor! Professor!”

“Please tell us what happened!”

After the professors under Kalon left, Ruin’s expression had returned to an emotionless face as if nothing had happened. And wiping his hands clean was a bonus.

Ginseng Superior said a word to his subordinate.

「Vicious bastard.」

Well, who told him to mess around.

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“My goodness, this is amazing, Professor!”

How annoying.

“The attendance rate for Demon Hunting Studies lectures is no joke!”

Very annoying.

Ruin rubbed his brow. A few days later, teaching assistant Lily was holding the attendance record and rejoicing.

“This is the first time I’ve seen such a good attendance rate! Professor! Usually the attendance rate is only 50%!”

Ruin was dumbfounded.

I heard attendance rate was Haven’s chronic problem, but was it that bad?

“What kind of nerve do the other 50% have? Is kicking cans their career aspiration?”

“Haven doesn’t have attendance scores. It’s a rule set by the Chairman. He says you just need to do well on exams.”

What a rule that suits him. Insincere.

“The Principal has many complaints about this too… but the Chairman says what society needs isn’t ‘sincere people’ but ‘outstanding people.'”

His philosophy is the complete opposite of mine.

Right. That’s just like that guy who gets everything through luck.

Anyway, what an unlikeable bastard…

“At the same time, it’s also the Chairman’s method for evaluating professors. Since attendance isn’t mandatory, a good student attendance rate means high satisfaction with the professor. Bonus salary is given.”

…What a likeable employer.

“I think the story about Gloucester you told in class the day before yesterday worked. They probably thought it was a good opportunity to hear gossip about the 8 Great Nobles.”

Ruin nodded as if that wasn’t bad.

“The motivation is impudent, but since brain activation differs greatly depending on interest, it’s a good condition.”

Well, to be more honest, the more students gather, the more Kalon avoids coming, so it’s beneficial for me too.

“So what’s the attendance rate?”

“A whopping 90%! Not only bonus salary, but high personnel evaluation is confirmed too!”

The teaching assistant was very happy, but Ruin was unexpectedly troubled. Because while bonus salary was very good, the problem was that Demon Hunting Studies was a ‘practical’ subject.

‘A practical subject is definitely one where you have to look at each person’s skills individually.’

In other words, it means having to dedicate a lot of time…

「Still, you get bonuses if you have many students. Then isn’t it better to have more students?」

Ruin made a tsk, disgusted expression.

‘You shouldn’t put the cart before the horse like that. Don’t forget that our goal is severance pay, after all.’

「Yeah, not ‘our’ goal, ‘your’ goal.」

Tsk. That ginseng bastard. Should I pluck the leaves off his head.

“Instead of severance pay, how about teaching at Haven? That seems like it would pile up more money.”

Fire Butterfly has his pride. As if he’d be teaching at some Hero academy.

So he asked haughtily.

“When will the cleaning of my assigned room be finished?”

Lily smiled brightly.

“Ah! Since it’s right next to the Principal’s room, we’re doing repairs and taking extra care with it. Love-love, I mean, it seems like you’ll be visiting each other frequently.”

Love? Visiting frequently?

I don’t know what that means, but yes, next to the Principal’s room…

Suddenly Ruin froze.

What?

Where…?

The teaching assistant smiled innocently.

“How wonderful! The Head Professor’s research lab is ‘right next to’ the Principal’s office, and it’s the best room in all of Haven!”

“…”

Ruin drew a map of Haven in his mind.

And 2.8 seconds later.

Shit!

Ruin pressed his brow as if tired.

‘That unnecessarily large room next to the Principal’s office was the Head Professor’s office?!’

This was like a demon ending up boarding at the Hero’s house. Next door to a woman who could kill me, though actually that wasn’t the important part.

‘The vault isn’t in that direction!’

That’s right.

The professor research office Ruin wanted was in the old building where the new professors and general professors stayed.

But the building where the Principal was located was premium grade where just breathing would make gold fall, but it was the site furthest from the vault!

An object of envy for professors, but a premium site that wouldn’t help Ruin!

‘Damn, not there! Things got twisted!’

“Everyone’s envious. Most people use the professor building in the most remote place. It’s not good – bugs come out in summer too.”

Damn! I need that place!

“Can’t I switch with there?”

“…Excuse me?”

Her face said ‘why would you do such a thing?’

Ginseng Superior was about to die laughing with a “Puhahaha.”

Finally Ruin’s eyes blazed. Of course it wasn’t like there were no other methods, but those methods had high difficulty…

‘If it comes to this, I have no choice but to secretly infiltrate the professor building!’

“Is that even possible from right next to the Principal?”

…Damn!

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