I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 200

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Chapter 200. The Kidnapped Butterfly (1)

A massive marble ceiling came into view. The light pouring through brilliant stained glass was dazzling.

An elaborate and magnificent cathedral-like palace, and the flag fluttering beyond the window was definitely…

‘The Holy Empire?’

Ruin’s face hardened instantly.

“…What the hell is this!”

Ginseng Superior also screamed.

「Hey, this really is the Holy Empire! It’s full of Holy Power! Just breathing here would kill all demons!」

Ruin’s eyes widened.

“…Shit.”

That’s when it happened.

Click.

The door opened.

The first to enter was Suon. Behind him, the Holy Maiden slowly approached.

“Have you awakened, Professor?”

Clear displeasure was evident on Suon’s face.

However, the Holy Maiden smiled kindly.

“You must be very surprised. I understand.”

Ruin looked at them with disgust.

“…So you finally suspected I was a demon and kidnapped me. Is that it?”

The Holy Maiden shook her head.

“If we left you alone, it seemed like the Hero would deal with you.”

“…What?”

“That would be troublesome.”

“Troublesome for who?”

That was the moment.

“Who else-“

The door burst open.

“It would be troublesome for me.”

“?!”

As the door opened, another figure entered.

A young man with platinum hair. A face so handsome it seemed God had carved it personally. But his eyes held both mischief and coldness.

‘…!’

It was the Pope.

Ruin froze for a moment.

‘…So it’s that person. The Transcendent who stands among the continent’s strongest.’

Saint Isaac.

In terms of power, he was equal to the Hero, or perhaps even stronger. But his face was far more mischievous than expected.

Ginseng Superior whispered urgently.

[…So, the Pope kidnapped you? Right now?]

“That’s right.”

Instead of answering, the Pope looked directly at Ginseng Superior.

“I kidnapped you because I have business. Got a problem with that?”

Ginseng Superior was startled.

[That bastard can hear what I’m saying?!]

Ruin’s eyes trembled greatly. This bastard, can he really even hear Ginseng Superior’s voice?

As if answering that question, the Pope’s red eyes narrowed.

“A Pope is originally one who listens to God’s words.”

The Pope smiled slyly.

“Couldn’t I hear the words of one fallen god?”

The Pope leisurely spread both hands.

“Well, anyway. Welcome to the Holy Empire.”

Then he slightly withdrew his smile.

“But let’s save the welcome ceremony for later… there’s something we need to do first.”

Snap.

The Pope snapped his fingers. Instantly, the pocket watch in Ruin’s possession vibrated ominously.

“…!”

The seal was broken. Light burst forth as the clock opened, and from within, a white-haired priest came tumbling out as if throwing herself down.

Ruin was startled.

‘She broke the artifact’s seal…?’

The Pope smiled coldly.

“The reason you imprisoned our priest. I should hear it before we begin, shouldn’t I, Professor?”

The playfulness had already disappeared from his smile. He slowly walked toward Ruin, filling the entire air with holy power.

Ruin felt his shoulders being pressed down heavily.

‘…Shit. This is really dangerous.’

Meanwhile, Suon and the Holy Maiden were shocked in a different sense.

“Hareon…?!”

“…You hid her in there?”

Ruin tensed up momentarily. And for good reason – the Pope disliked the Hero. There was no way he would view favorably someone who was that Hero’s close associate.

Meanwhile, the white-haired Hareon clung to the Pope, crying messily with tears and snot.

“Your… Your Holiness! To think this is the Holy Empire! I’m alive! Haaaaah…! Your Holiness, the grace of saving me, for my entire life- Urgh?!”

But the next moment.

Bang!

Hareon was struck by the Pope’s fist and sent flying into the wall. It was an impact strong enough to make the temple walls shake greatly.

“…Your Holiness?!”

Suon and the Holy Maiden rushed over in panic, but the Pope looked down at Hareon with a coldly smiling face.

“I sent you to find the child, and you end up trapped in some lowly artifact like that.”

“…”

“And you call yourself a senior priest of the holy nation?!”

The Pope’s voice echoed thunderously throughout the palace.

“Did I teach you like that?! You should know to be ashamed!”

Hareon began crying “Waaaah!” while being hit.

“I’m, I’m sorry! Waaaaaaah! Your Holinessssss!”

Suon squeezed his eyes shut as if it was terrible to watch. Actually, when Suon had returned, he had almost been beaten like that too. He barely avoided it by saying he had awakened… He had almost ended up in that state.

Meanwhile, Ruin couldn’t understand the situation.

‘…This is quite different from the Pope I had imagined.’

He had thought he would be an incredibly charismatic and dignified figure…

The Pope dusted off his hands and turned back to Ruin. Then he smiled brightly.

“And you need to compensate 10 billion quid for the crime of imprisoning our children.”

Ruin’s expression turned serious.

You bastard. That’s a national budget.

“I don’t have that kind of money.”

The Pope smiled even more brightly as if he had been waiting for those words.

“Perfect. Then work.”

“…Excuse me?”

“You awakened our child, didn’t you? I heard you have tremendous abilities. I can trust and entrust things to a teacher with that level of skill.”

The Pope snapped his fingers as he spoke.

“Work at our Holy Empire’s academy for the equivalent of 10 billion. Try teaching the students well.”

Ruin was dumbfounded.

…That guy is troublesome in a different way from the Hero and Demon Emperor.

“You kidnap me and suddenly tell me to work? This… violates Union labor laws.”

The Pope cracked his knuckles and grinned.

“It’s fine. In our Holy Empire, fists come before the law.”

‘…Is this a Pope or a thug.’

The Pope smiled warmly as he spoke.

“If you don’t like it, you can try to escape.”

But at that moment, Ruin felt the aura of a Transcendent rising from the Pope. It was a power as heavy as the Hero’s, no, even heavier.

‘…Shit. If I just try to run away, I’ll die.’

Then the Pope withdrew his smile slightly and added.

“-is what I would have done normally…”

Then he took another step closer.

“Since you’re my precious guest, I should welcome you properly.”

“…?”

The Pope glanced at Suon. Suon was startled. The Pope said nonchalantly.

“You should also think of this person as me and serve him.”

“To treat him as Your Holiness, Your Holiness! That person is the one who imprisoned us-!”

Then the Pope’s eyes gleamed brightly.

“One? How dare you call a precious teacher who will educate the students of the Holy Empire, one?”

Ruin looked at the ceiling.

…No, I never said I’d work here…

“Suon. Did I teach you to speak so rudely to a foreigner?”

“Shuon. Did I teach you to run your mouth so rudely to a foreigner?”

“Ah, aah. I’m sorry.”

Shuon immediately prostrated himself flat on the ground.

Meanwhile, Ruin silently counted the patterns on the ceiling.

No, actually the Pope seems to be the most rude one though….

‘…Let’s not add anything more to that.’

He’s one of the Union’s top power holders. Cross him and you lose your head.

Anyway, Shuon was shocked, but the Pope himself looked at Ruin with expectation.

“To produce a hero, what a valuable professor indeed.”

You created a hero?

Not only Shuon and the saint, but even Ruin was surprised in a different way.

“And most importantly—”

A gleam appeared in the Pope’s eyes. It was the kind of look one gives when seeing someone they had been waiting for a long time.

“That person is my nephew, no, the white mage who will stop Maje’s return.”

…What?

Ruin’s eyes wavered greatly. He was at a complete loss as to where he should even begin to react.

The White Mage, the return of the Demon Lord….

No, before that-

‘A nephew?!’

Maje is the Pope’s nephew?

“Exactly what I said?”

No, you bastard. Don’t make such an innocent expression…

“Somehow my family married into the Demon Race and a mixed-blood child was born. Since the demon blood was strong, we sent him to the demon side, and somehow he became the Demon Emperor.”

The Demon Emperor was a human hybrid!

Ruin’s pupils shook violently.

More than that, isn’t this Pride level 1 classified information? It’s top secret that would get you killed if you found out.

‘That aside.’

Only now did Ruin understand why the Holy Empire was passive about Pride’s affairs despite being part of the same Union.

‘Because he was his nephew?’

Right, I thought it was simply for that reason-

The Pope, who had been smiling brightly, lifted up the handcuffs and said something even more shocking.

“In that sense, won’t you marry our family’s child?”

“In that sense, would you like to marry my child?”

An expression that says, ‘Of course you’ll do it, right?’

Thanks to that, Ruin’s expression became worth watching.

…why are all these damn people in power like this!

“What?!”

“I heard the Chairman fired him directly?”

“…Professor Ruins got fired.”

“What?!”

“Really? Why?!”

“I heard the chairman cut it himself?”

“He was managing both Demon Hunting Studies and the entire Healing Department, so who’s going to take over the classes now?”

Not only the students but even the professors were stirring with excitement.

“Are you kidding? The senior professor has more than just one or two things on their plate right now!”

“You’ve been handling both Demonology and the entire Medical Department, so who’s going to take over the classes now?”

“Without the senior professor, Haven will be paralyzed!”

It’s already been 2 weeks since Ruin disappeared. Classes and administrative functions began shutting down one by one. Starting with the undergraduate department that Ruin was in charge of, then dormitory management, and even collaborations with the Combat Department. More than half of the school’s systems had effectively come to a complete halt.

Thanks to this, the hero was rubbing his brow as if troubled.

‘The entire school paralyzed just because he disappeared.’

Thanks to this, I only now realized what a major pillar of the school he had been.

He hadn’t realized the professors relied on him so heavily. It seemed Ruins Wayne wasn’t just talking nonsense when he said, “You should give me a bigger bonus.” Now he regretted dismissing it every time.

‘I had so many things to ask.’

Honestly, he hadn’t expected him to disappear so completely without any lingering attachment.

‘Don’t tell me he went back to the Demon Emperor?’

Killing intent flashed in the Hero’s eyes.

The Principal was worried about Ruin’s disappearance, but upon hearing that the Hero had put handcuffs on him, he gasped in shock and hit his uncle’s back.

“That’s why he left! How could anyone treat a person like that!”

“If I didn’t do at least that much, he would have run away!”

“Don’t talk back after doing something wrong!”

“Ugh!”

He had even fired him, so now there was really no reason for him to stay at Haven.

“Who told you to fire him! More than that, how much must you have tormented him while I was away for him to leave so completely without attachment! Do you have a brain or not?! How could you treat such talent like—”

“Hey!”

Even after mobilizing Haven’s full power to search for two whole weeks, he was nowhere to be found. Whether he had gone to the Demon Emperor or was hiding somewhere, there was no way to know.

‘It was finally a clue about Master.’

Just let him show up somewhere, and he would torture him asking why he killed his companions, then kill him if he felt like it. But then on the other hand, he would pray that everything was fine and please just appear.

“Chairman, a letter!”

A single letter urgently delivered to the Academy’s administrative office.

The moment they saw the envelope with the seal stamped on it, everyone’s faces turned pale.

It was the seal of the Holy Empire.

“Th-this is…!”

“They say it’s a letter sent directly by His Holiness the Pope!”

“The Pope?”

The Hero said to throw it away since he didn’t even want to look at it.

However.

“Professor Ruins Wayne’s name is written on the front of the letter…”

Immediately the Hero snatched the letter away.

When he opened the letter, there was a short single line written inside.

-Heard you fired the Head Professor? Thanks. We’re taking him, you idiot ^-^

“…”

“…”

The surrounding professors couldn’t hide their shock.

The Hero’s expression hardened.

“…The Holy Empire?!”

…The Pope kidnapped Master?!

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