I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 209

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Chapter 209. The Disciples’ Misunderstanding (3)

“You’re going back to Haven?”

At Ruin’s words, someone burst into the classroom. It was Suon, who held a professorship and was known as a symbol of conservatism within the Academy.

“Going back? After all the achievements you’ve made? Don’t talk nonsense.”

Ruin turned his gaze.

Of all people, Suon?

“Is there some problem?”

“His Holiness the Pope said not to let you go.”

At those words, Ruin clicked his tongue.

‘That Pope, what a liar.’

The Pope had clearly smiled at his words about ‘going home’ and said, ‘Do whatever you want~’.

「The Pope seemed like he wanted to score points with you.」

Well, more precisely, he wanted to get closer? Despite his notorious reputation for being calculating and strict, he did seem to provide convenient favors.

‘Since he’s the Pope, he must have some ‘purpose’… but I don’t know what it is yet.’

Anyway, he told me to do as I please, but then arranged things like this with his subordinates.

However, the Holy Empire professors seemed too reluctant to let Ruin go.

“Just a little longer, even just one more month, couldn’t you stay?”

“Yes. The students want to attend more of Professor Ruins’ classes.”

“If there’s anything you want, we’ll accommodate you.”

The students in the classroom began to stir.

“Are you really going back?”

“We haven’t learned enough yet!”

Ah. This is troublesome.

‘Thanks to the Pope, I’ve gained plenty, so it’s enough now.’

He’d already received land deeds for his retirement location, and thanks to the Pope, he’d earned a substantial amount of money.

Well, staying here had the advantage of not being bothered by the Demon Emperor and Hero, but one of them had already come anyway.

‘It might be better to just go back to Haven.’

Honestly, being in a demon body surrounded by priests made his heart race with anxiety.

Of course, regarding that matter, the Pope had…

“Hmm. I’ll turn a blind eye, but avoid the priests on your own.”

No, take responsibility to the end, you damn bastard.

‘Ah, I miss it. My home.’

Just as he was feeling troubled, Suon and the professor priests appeared.

Thanks to that, Ruin had a good idea.

“If I happen to defeat you, will you let me go home?”

Suon let out a hollow laugh.

“Me?”

Suon seemed incredulous. No matter what, he was a combat priest, and Ruin was a frail mage.

“I am a guardian of patience, suffering, and faith. I won’t lose to some mere mage.”

Ruin snorted.

“Patience and suffering? How old-fashioned.”

“What?”

“I said you’re old-fashioned.”

Instantly, the air in the auditorium turned cold. At the same time, Suon’s face flushed red.

Was this bastard insulting his faith?

At that expression, Ruin smirked.

Good. Decided. I’ll crush this guy and get kicked out of Gransia Academy.

‘Patience and suffering are the mainstream beliefs of the papal family.’

In other words, attacking that would be blasphemy against the entire Holy Empire. Then the priests would have no choice but to send him away, saying their beliefs didn’t align.

Sure enough.

“It might have been respected in the past, but in modern warfare, you can’t help but consider cost-effectiveness and efficiency.”

“Are you spouting nonsense about being anachronistic?”

Yes. Exactly that. You understand well.

Ruin smiled as if disgusted.

“Your manner of speech is poor. Since I helped you awaken Full Bloom, I’d like you to know some courtesy. Or are you disrespecting His Holiness the Pope? Did you forget his words to serve me like the Pope?”

At those words, Suon bristled and emanated holy power.

“His Holiness the Pope’s name is not one that some foreign nobody should dare mention!”

At that sight, Ruin smiled.

‘As expected, he’s strong enough to have awakened his Full Bloom ability.’

Full Bloom is a special ability that qualifies one as a ‘Special-Class Hero.’

But just a Special-Class Hero?

‘This body has raised humanity’s strongest.’

He wasn’t about to lose to some little kid who had just become a Special-Class Hero.

But blue Sacred Fire instantly gathered in Suon’s fist.

“As expected of a heretic. I’ll judge you in God’s name for defiling the orthodox path!”

Suon’s body charged straight toward Ruin.

But at that moment-

Thud.

Ruin’s hand caught Suon’s wrist.

With that single motion, Suon’s entire body stiffened. Ruin’s fingers had lightly touched Suon’s nerve pathways.

And immediately, Impact Healing!

Crack!

Ruin smoothly threw Suon with a takedown.

Suon’s body rolled across the auditorium floor before coming to a stop. Rough breaths burst from his mouth.

“Huff… huff…!”

Suon was bewildered.

‘My strength won’t come out?’

What he had just been hit with wasn’t a simple strike. It precisely targeted his nervous system to stop his body’s Holy Power circuits.

“You relied only on strength and neglected training your nervous system.”

“?!”

Impact Healing could destroy not only the body but also Holy Power circuits depending on how it was used, so this much was simple work. That’s why Ruin smiled leisurely.

‘It was worth studying the physical structure of clergy members back in the day.’

Suon gritted his teeth and shot up.

But his right arm hung completely limp. The fist that had been imbued with Sacred Fire no longer glowed.

“This… this kind of trickery!”

Enraged, Suon tried to draw a Sacred Magic circle with his left arm.

But then it happened.

Thud.

“…!”

Ruin’s fingertip touched Suon’s left shoulder again. An extremely light, gentle contact.

But at that moment, Suon’s left arm and leg collapsed powerlessly.

“…Guhk?!”

Ruin muttered coldly.

“This time I’ll turn off your lower body’s nervous system too.”

Suon’s body crumbled. Like a doll with its strings cut.

“Wh-what is this…!”

“‘Vile heresy,’ you said? You’re wrong.”

Ruin tilted his head slightly.

“This isn’t heretical technique, it’s efficiency.”

His fist drove deep into Suon’s solar plexus.

Crack!

“…Grrk!”

From that impact, Suon collapsed.

“Now do you understand the importance of efficiency?”

A cold smile crossed Ruin’s lips.

“Well, a primitive like you might not be able to understand.”

“Kuk…!”

Suon gritted his teeth in frustration. Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

‘Good, this should be enough.’

Clear blasphemy that directly denied the Papacy’s beliefs.

‘Now they’ll kick me out saying our ideologies don’t match.’

However-

“Bravo!”

Suddenly thunderous applause erupted. The priests who had been watching, even several cardinals, were clapping.

“This is exactly what we wanted!”

“How perfectly you’ve pinpointed the direction we’ve been discussing in our recent meetings!”

Ruin was dumbfounded.

“No… patience and suffering are clearly the papal family’s beliefs…”

In other words… hadn’t he just blasphemed His Holiness the Pope?

But all that came back were words of praise.

“His Holiness the Pope also wants to reform old inefficient traditions and find new solutions.”

“That’s right. To show such a clear demonstration of the need to pursue practical benefits!”

「In short, I presented a ‘plan that aligns with the Pope’s reform agenda’?」

Ruin swallowed his curses internally.

Damn it… I made a mistake.

* * *

After that, it was too difficult for Ruin to escape from the priests. He could only get out after making the excuse that he would ‘go get the luggage left at Haven.’

When he arrived at Haven, students came rushing like a storm from the dormitory and lecture building.

“Professoooooor!”

“Waaaah, the professor has returned!”

“Don’t die, Professor!”

There was no chaos like this crying and wailing chaos.

Even the professors were crying in the midst of it all.

“Professor Wayne… sob sob… terminal illness, we were… sorry…!”

“We’ll never let you go again… absolutely never!”

Ruin raised his head and looked up at the bright blue sky.

‘…I’m not terminally ill though.’

However, he didn’t have the energy to explain.

‘Since I was fired, I should collect my severance pay for the purpose of removing my luggage.’

When the Hero appeared shortly after, Ruin got straight to the point.

“Since I was fired, may I remove my luggage?”

“I canceled the firing, you know?”

Hey, who said you could cancel it.

“Chairman.”

“I’m going to sleep. Don’t disturb me.”

…It’s broad daylight though?

“I need to receive important inspiration.”

The Hero took his pillow and strode off somewhere.

Ruin watched that bewildering scene for quite a while.

‘…Well, it’s better than being clingy.’

For Ruin, it was a good thing since it gave him less of a headache. He reaffirmed his duty once again.

“…I wonder if the Squirrel Prince and Crocodile Prince did well.”

The Squirrel Prince said he had found a treasure chest in the Chairman’s Office using Frix. However, since he said the contents weren’t gold, it wouldn’t be severance pay.

‘I’ll have to search diligently for a while under the excuse of removing luggage.’

And as for the Crocodile Prince’s side…

-Great Aunt says she wants to meet you personally in a month.

‘Lucherin… this will be troublesome.’

Ruin, who received the First Prince’s Frix note, pressed his temples. There was a high possibility she suspected his identity, so he had to be careful.

Meanwhile, at that moment.

In the Chairman’s Office, the Hero was lying face down on the bed, guarding his pillow. Under the pillow, the ‘box drawing’ that the Pope had drawn for him was neatly folded.

Two days, three days like that…

And at some moment-

“…There it is.”

The Hero’s eyes flashed.

Running out of the Chairman’s Office, he smashed the Hero’s statue. It was the great statue of the Hero in Haven’s central area. Then he began digging underneath it.

“I can feel it. What Master desires…!”

And not long after, his fingertips cutting through the dust touched an old box.

The Hero’s fingertips trembled. He didn’t know exactly what this object was. But his intuition told him.

‘If I give this to Master, I can hold onto him.’

The Hero was certain of it.

So he appeared before Ruin, who had been wandering around campus as if searching for something, and blocked his path. Movement so fast it was impossible to tell where he had come from.

“Professor!”

“…What is it now.”

“This is what you really want, isn’t it?”

“?”

What he held in his hand wasn’t a treasure chest, but a dirty box covered in dirt.

However, Ruin’s eyes shook violently.

‘…My retirement fund box?’

He was certain. That was his treasure chest.

‘He found that?’

Even the Shadow Servants whispered from Ruin’s shadow.

[There’s an incredible smell of money, Master!]

Sure enough, Ruin’s gaze was fixed on the box, completely entranced. His face was expressionless, but his pupils were trembling slightly.

‘…Money. It’s money.’

My severance pay!

He already knew what was inside. Severance pay, retirement funds, compensation for his hardships, the last hope for his golden years…

The Hero smiled, pleased with Ruin’s reaction.

“I didn’t check the contents. But… this is what you wanted, right?”

Ruin’s fingertips gently caressed the box. Then he carefully took it in his hands. His touch was trembling slightly.

But Ruin didn’t lose his composure and answered in a calm voice.

“…Yes.”

At that single word, the Hero’s eyes lit up brightly. It was the answer he had so desperately wanted.

“Then now, to Haven…!”

“Thank you for your hard work, Chairman.”

“…Professor?”

“Thank you for helping me get what I needed.”

“…Master, wait a moment? Where are you going?”

“Look behind you.”

“What?”

The Hero turned around and then looked back again, but-

“…Master?”

Silence.

Ruin had disappeared.

“Master?!”

He had run away.

In the end, the Hero was left alone in that spot, staring at his empty hands, and shouted at the sky.

“…Pope, that bastard… he scammed me! He ran away!”

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