I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 205

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Chapter 205. Encounter with Master (2)

Bang!

“Professor!”

A familiar face came rushing in. The moment Ruin saw him, he pressed his temples firmly.

“…Chairman.”

“No. You should call me ‘student’ now.”

Words with clear intent. His attitude was so confident that one might mistake him for an actual new student. He was even boldly holding a freshman handbook in his hand.

“…Have you lost your mind?”

“The one who’s lost his mind is the Pope. He stole my professor.”

The Hero plopped down in a chair with an expression that said ‘it’s all that bastard’s fault.’

“I’m now a student of the Holy Empire. So you can’t kick me out.”

Ruin held his forehead.

“…So what exactly are you planning to do?”

“I’ll attend every day until the professor returns.”

“What if I still don’t go back?”

“Then I’ll deduct one point from your lecture evaluations.”

…This bastard. Messing with someone’s precious lecture evaluations.

Ginseng Superior, who had been watching the scene, clicked his tongue.

「Wow… This guy’s really crazy.」

But what was even more absurd came next.

“And look at this.”

The Hero pulled out cheering picket signs from who knows where.

-Professor Ruins, please come back!

-Haven students are crying.

-The Chairman cries every day.

Ruin closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh.

“…Was it your head that got injured, not your body?”

The Hero ignored him and began to speak.

“Professor. No… Fire Butterfly.”

“!”

The Hero’s eyes sharpened.

“Are you really Fire Butterfly?”

Ruin pressed his brow firmly. As if tired, as if annoyed.

“…Chairman, what exactly are you expecting when you ask that?”

It was just the indifferent tone of a tired professor.

But the Hero couldn’t miss the meaning contained within those words.

‘Playing dumb.’

The Hero knew well that he wouldn’t tell him honestly. The possibility of Fire Butterfly, the enemy of the Union and called the worst of humanity, saying ‘Yes, that’s me’ was zero.

He had to ask differently. The Hero quietly took a breath.

“Then let me change the question.”

At that calm tone, Ruin’s eyes narrowed slightly. Soon after, from between the Hero’s lips, a question he had long harbored fell clearly.

“Are you my Master?”

In that moment, Ruin’s fingertips stopped.

His face wavered. Unable to brush it off indifferently as usual, his brow slowly hardened. His expression remained the same, but deep in his pupils, something trembled minutely.

This was an angle he hadn’t expected. He could always make excuses when questioned about being Fire Butterfly, but-

“Are you my Master?”

These words… were both a ‘confirmation’ from someone who already knew the answer, and a gesture reaching for salvation.

“…”

Ruin’s shoulders sank ever so slightly. He was cautious about both exhaling and inhaling.

‘…This guy is just waiting for me to answer.’

Right, being Fire Butterfly is important too, but this guy wants to hear those words ‘Yes, I am your Master.’

However, Ruin kept his lips sealed.

‘I can’t say it.’

So without moving an eyebrow, he said:

“Master? What kind of joke is this now?”

At those words, the Hero’s pupils trembled minutely.

Ruin slowly raised the corners of his mouth. However, that smile was thorny.

“If you were hoping to hear such a dramatic story, you should look for someone else.”

Even so, the Hero’s gaze did not waver.

“…There’s evidence remaining. Master.”

He slowly pulled out a piece of paper and held it before Ruin’s eyes. It was a memo written by Ruin and a crescent moon symbol.

At that moment, Ruin frowned.

This bastard, did you ransack my research lab too?

“I’m sorry. But I wanted to confirm it so badly. So, are you Master Rabian?”

Ruin’s face hardened slightly for a moment. The Hero’s gaze did not waver. Eyes without hesitation that wanted to hear the truth.

…But he couldn’t tell him. The moment he spoke the truth, the shock his disciple would receive would be beyond imagination.

‘I had infiltrated to kill the Hero Candidates from the beginning.’

The memories of cherishing his companions, ultimately having to embrace the tragedy that his master had killed his disciples.

Moreover, this guy’s companions were the same. Even the companions the Hero had loved were actually Regressors who had approached him to kill the Hero. Rei was also part of that.

Ruin quietly sighed.

“…I don’t know what you’re mistaken about.”

That’s when it happened. The Hero looked straight into his eyes and asked.

“Master. You had a reason for eliminating my companions, didn’t you?”

That question was a gesture of trust. The belief that you wouldn’t be that kind of person. Eyes that still held lingering attachment.

‘Ah, this is troublesome.’

If he acknowledged it here, this guy would definitely be curious about the reason.

Why did you kill them.

The moment he learned that, this guy would never be able to get back up.

‘That can’t happen. You need to keep the Demon Emperor in check.’

Then what would be better. Knowing the truth, or hating Fire Butterfly as his nemesis.

Soon Ruin, having decided on an answer, laughed heartily.

The Hero was bewildered by that audible laughter. It was the first time he’d seen Ruin burst into laughter.

“Ah, excuse me. I was going to play along if possible, but I didn’t know the Hero would be this stupid.”

“…?”

The Hero’s eyes wavered.

Ruin slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

“You seem to have some big misunderstanding-“

“It’s not a misunderstanding. It’s certain that you’re Fire Butterfly since you reacted to the medicine the Herbology Professor made, and given the circumstances, you’re also my master. And as long as you’re my master, I’ll make you my ally even if you’re Fire Butterfly.”

Ah, this is more troublesome. He’s convinced that I’m Fire Butterfly, yet says he’ll accept it?

‘Trying to deny being Fire Butterfly would be pointless now.’

He was completely convinced. That’s why the Hero was now speaking words that could be dangerous even to himself without hesitation.

In other words, the conversation they were having now was strictly military classified. And if he tried to deny it here, he would only try to find more evidence of being Fire Butterfly, which would only increase the risk.

Therefore, after confirming there were no recording devices or wiretaps, Ruin met those eyes head-on.

The lingering attachment contained within, the thread-like hope… Ruin had to tear that apart. In the most merciless way.

“I’m not your master. I killed your master.”

The Hero gritted his teeth.

“I know that’s a lie.”

“Why? Don’t want to accept it?”

“If you weren’t my master, it doesn’t make sense that you’d use the code only my master used, or that you saved Haven’s student. Even appearing recently…!”

“Ah. That was to stop your plan. After appearing with that face, you also gave up on eliminating the Demon Emperor’s Land, didn’t you?”

“…!”

“I also achieved my long-cherished wish thanks to you, so I’m telling you as a special favor.”

The Hero’s fist struck the floor. Hard enough to draw blood. Then he shouted.

“Don’t lie-!”

That wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

But at that moment, the Hero saw stars before his eyes.

Bang!

A bloody impact sound. Ruin’s palm had struck the Hero’s cheek directly. The Hero’s gaze shook greatly from the blow.

Ruin dusted off his wrist and sneered.

“Even after being hit like that, you learned nothing. Do I have to personally crack your head open like this for you to understand?”

“…Why are you saying such things.”

The Hero’s voice trembled, but it was filled with suppressed emotions.

But Ruin laughed endlessly lightly. Then he tilted his head.

“Good, then shall I tell you an even more terrible fact?”

“…?”

“I heard you tried to find your companions’ corpses. But you couldn’t find them, right? Of course. I ground them all up and fed them to Demon Beasts.”

“…!”

The Hero’s fist trembled again. Ruin casually placed his foot on that fist, cleverly mixing truth and lies.

“And I entered Haven, gained your trust, and succeeded in finding out your weakness.”

“!”

“The Emperor’s blood. Why do you think I became close with the Imperial Descendants. And now, it’s time to inform Pride of that weakness.”

Ruin’s tone was filled with mockery. Words thrown entirely to make the Hero hate Ruin.

But….

“Yes. Tell him. I’ll gladly drink that damn Emperor’s blood. Let’s see who dies first.”

“!”

Is this bastard insane?

Soon, Ginseng Superior, who couldn’t stand it anymore, spoke.

「What? Wouldn’t it be better to reveal everything to the Hero and collect your severance pay?」

‘Then the Hero would be even less likely to give up. Even now it’s like this, so how would the Demon Emperor react.’

「Ah. He’d blow up all of Haven.」

Right. My house is precious.

And it’s not just Haven.

‘With that temper, he’d start a war immediately.’

Then I’d be dragged back into war too…! Retirement would become even more distant!

「Then what about your severance pay?」

‘I’ve prepared Plan B.’

Since the Demon Emperor is acting like this, the debt?

Bullshit. I’m not paying it back.

‘That severance pay is all my retirement fund.’

The Solitude Curse on my heart?

‘I’ll break it.’

Fire Butterfly was originally an enemy of the Union anyway.

In that regard, it would be better for the Hero to hate Fire Butterfly. From the moment the Hero calls Fire Butterfly Master, the Hero would also be implicated as a traitor.

Ruin didn’t want his precious disciple to be remembered as humanity’s traitor, even if he died as a hero.

However, the Hero wiped the blood from his mouth and said.

“Yes. Fine. Then let me ask just one last thing.”

“?”

He still has something to ask after getting beaten?

“Cobra said he couldn’t kill me because of your interference. Why did you save me?”

“….”

…Hmm.

What should I say?

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