I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21. What Kind of Guy Is This? (3)

Fire Butterfly.

There are countless aliases referring to him.

‘The Thief of the New Moon, Death’s Reaper, Butterfly of Destruction, Betrayer of the Dark Moon, Master of Backstabbing, Fox Bastard with 100 Tails…’

Just the ones registered in dictionaries number over 100. It was natural for a legend the Continent hadn’t been able to find for 70 years.

But even such a legend was currently facing the greatest dilemma of his life.

‘Damn it, my severance pay!’

That’s right.

The place he absolutely had to obtain to get to the vault, the ‘Professor Research Office’.

Right… Ruin had barely managed to get that place too…

‘So the location is different, the location!’

This is driving me crazy!

Of course, the research office he received this time was close to a luxurious penthouse. For a research office, being able to use three entire floors gave an idea of its scale.

The problem was that his next-door neighbor was the Principal! The bigger problem was that the house in front was the Chairman’s Office!

「Can’t you just ignore them?」

‘Those people are special grade among special grades.’

Those humans were the type who could figure out whether he had come home or not, whether he was sleeping or doing something else.

‘If I dug a tunnel to get to the vault, they’d excitedly come with a guillotine.’

Well… the Chairman who was the Hero was away from Haven more often due to missions, so that was manageable.

‘The problem is the Principal.’

Other professors looked envious saying it was nice to be neighbors with Lady Charlotte, but what did he care.

“Wow, originally the Principal’s Office and Head Professor’s Office are connected, so there have been many couples who fell in love before. Professor Wayne should try his best too.”

…It seems like blood will splatter before anything can bloom?

“Ha, with that mummy face, what could happen.”

“You think the Principal has special tastes?”

“He’s so damn ugly that he’s covering it up. Just how ugly must he be.”

Ruin pressed his forehead at the envious and glaring looks from the male professors. He had attended the faculty meeting since it was supposed to introduce the new professor, but this was the situation.

‘I did think the Principal’s appearance was extraordinary.’

Right… She was the school’s idol.

He had seen all kinds of women during missions, but among them, she was the best to the point of having otherworldly beauty.

If he weren’t Fire Butterfly, he might have been captivated too, but she was his enemy anyway. No use glaring like that.

“Hmph, even so. His lack of skill will be exposed soon and it’ll be taken away anyway.”

Right. I don’t need the Head Professor’s Office either, so won’t you switch with me?

Then, several Combat Department professors comforted Ruin as if telling him not to worry.

“The Chairman will like you, Professor.”

“That’s right. Usually he’s too busy to come to Haven often, but this time he might return to see you, Professor.”

No, I don’t need that Hero bastard’s interest.

Rather, leaving the Hero aside…

“That person? He passed through the main gate?”

“Did he really collect the toll fee?”

“Just how did he win over the students?”

“More than that, what’s with that flower pot…? A plant butler with that face? How cute.”

I don’t need your interest either.

Then, a sturdy old man who appeared to be an Honorary Professor approached with a smile.

“That’s right. Congratulations. I was surprised to hear someone had passed through the main gate, and you even got the Demon Hunting Studies position? Should I call you Head Professor then?”

“I’m not the Head Professor though.”

“Oh, then department head? So modest too!”

It’s not modesty.

“Recently, many professors died in the line of duty due to acts presumed to be Fire Butterfly’s schemes.”

So that wasn’t me.

“I also have a grudge against that bastard. I have high expectations for Professor Wayne.”

Looking closely, this gentleman. I think I remember seeing him.

「Ah, that’s him! The husband of the woman you seduced and abandoned for a mission!」

…Ah. Sorry about that.

And there was someone gritting their teeth in this situation.

‘Ruins, that bastard.’

It was Self-Defense Professor Charlie Whiskey. He couldn’t hide his frustration after hearing the story of Kalon, whom he thought of as a big brother, being humiliated.

‘To attack that bastard, I should have beaten him directly from the start.’

It was a mistake to treat him as a colleague from the beginning, offering to help with his lectures. Didn’t he just rack his brains unnecessarily and only provide entertainment for the students.

‘Even a 90% attendance rate.’

Was that even a possible attendance rate?

‘He’s only doing things that catch the Chairman’s attention.’

Honestly, even he would probably attend out of curiosity about the embarrassing stories of the academy’s most feared professor. It seemed like he’d spill various gossip during the lectures.

But gossip was just gossip.

The lecture plan that the ‘artifact scammer’ came up with was praiseworthy, but well?

Haven’s students were personally selected by the Hero through individual interviews. Their skills were definitely solid.

‘The students here have high standards.’

When they see a Demon Hunting Studies professor, who should be skilled in combat, getting beaten up helplessly, that attendance rate would drop quickly too. For heroic professors, ‘ability’ was more important.

‘I’ll make him embarrassed during class.’

With that thought, Charlie headed to the Demon Hunting classroom.

* * *

At the same time, students standing in front of the Demon Hunting classroom were buzzing.

“Did you guys get it? The 100x clothing bill?”

“You got it too?”

“You too?”

“Was that for real?”

The Gold Gate 3rd year students were flabbergasted.

There were 50 students who had entered the class that day. Bills were sent to all the Gold Gate 3rd year students among them. Directly from Professor Ruins Wayne. It was a bill for the formal suit they had torn up while defying Ruins.

“Are you kidding? I’d have to drain all my savings!”

“Father will go crazy if he finds out!”

“What kind of clothes are that expensive?!”

“…Well, it’s the Wayne Family?”

Even the Gold Gate dormitory students, who were all successful nobles, were spitting blood at the price.

But they couldn’t not pay it back.

Why?

-Clothing fee. Don’t come to class until you pay it back.

The students were flabbergasted by Ruins’ note that the teaching assistant had distributed.

“Didn’t he tell us to come in before?!”

“Now he’s telling us not to come in!”

“Goldsky got charged 1.5 times more…”

“What? So Goldsky alone has to pay 150 times? Crazy!”

Now everyone was naturally calling him Goldsky, but nobody cared.

Rather, what was important to them was Ruins.

‘Honestly, it’s frustrating.’

It was annoying that the barrier was broken, but he analyzed and destroyed the barrier in one go, then replicated it, and even used advanced fire magic he’d never seen before without any incantation.

It would be a lie to say they weren’t dying to attend his class…

“Why is the bill amount so high!”

“We want to learn, damn it!”

The Gold Gate students screamed.

Meanwhile, a few male students watching the scene whispered with displeasure. They were Kalon’s favorite disciples.

“What does the Imperial Princess say about this incident?”

“She says to leave it to her.”

“So we just watch? Honestly, it’s unfair.”

Honestly, although Kalon had asked various questions about Ruins, their inability to speak up was all because of Ruins.

‘Of all people, he had to pick Goldsky to try to drop from the rooftop.’

‘Didn’t he do it on purpose because he’s the guy Professor Kalon was coveting?’

Anyway, he had also destroyed Kalon’s mental state, and they were staying quiet for now because Ruins’ temper was scary…

“But are we just going to sit still?”

“Then what. Do you have a way to mess with that crazy bastard?”

Then one of them pointed to his face.

“That professor’s face. I heard he’s so ugly that he hides his face with bandages.”

“!”

Ruins’ face was famous even in social circles. Of course, nobody had actually seen it, but maybe it really wasn’t a human face like the rumors said?

“How ugly must someone be to wrap their face in bandages.”

And dignity was also life for a professor. He couldn’t ignore parents’ complaints either.

If they saw that inhuman face, they’d demand his immediate dismissal, right? There were actually powerful people who considered appearance important.

“Honestly, aren’t you curious how ugly he is?”

At those words, the students smiled wickedly.

“100,000 quids that all the girls will run away after seeing it.”

“200,000 quids that he’ll be kicked out by the parents.”

“Good. Let’s strip it off.”

The students were trying to open Pandora’s box that should never be opened.

* * *

‘This is troublesome.’

Ruin pressed his fingers to his temples.

‘Of all places, right next to the Principal’s Office.’

Of course, the room itself was dignified, and the neat furniture was all composed of high-end pieces. There was no way he couldn’t like it that much. But-

‘My severance pay!’

He had to get a research lab that could access the vault. And there was only one method left for Ruin.

‘I have no choice but to use the friend-friend strategy.’

Right, the so-called operation of visiting a fellow professor’s research office…

「Friend? Did you forget that all the professors at this academy are crazy about Fire Butterfly?」

Ruin raised his eyebrows at Ginseng Superior’s snickering.

‘There’s one professor who’s uniquely uninterested in Fire Butterfly.’

「Who?」

‘Charlie Whiskey.’

Moreover, he’s an alumnus of Ruins Wayne, so there’s a unique point of connection.

「Well. Instead, he truly despises ‘Ruins Wayne’, so I’m curious how you’ll become friends with him.」

Anyway, in such a situation.

He couldn’t understand the student who was holding out an envelope to him at the entrance.

“…Did you really bring the clothing compensation?”

“Yes! I brought exactly 150 times the amount!”

“…”

Ruin, who had entered the morning class, tilted his head. He was now guarding in front of the Demon Hunting Classroom.

-Clothing compensation. Don’t come to class until you pay it back.

That’s what he had conveyed.

Because it was to reduce the number of students. His goal was his severance pay after all, and if he looked after students one by one, when would he go find it?

So he billed the rude Gold Gate students an absurd bill to prevent them from entering at all. That way, he’d have free time during Gold Gate classes.

Right, that’s what he did…

‘Why does he want to attend class?’

He couldn’t understand the student standing before him.

‘Even a Gold Gate student.’

What kind of dormitory was Gold Gate among the five dormitories?

‘It’s the dormitory of bloodlines.’

Gold Gate originated as a place where Imperial Family and noble children formed power alliances. So the atmosphere was also a culture that enjoyed political games centered on Oratory and Political Maneuvering.

That’s why Gold Gate’s nickname was ‘Alliance of Thrones’…

‘…my ass, it’s just a gathering where they backstab each other trying to become king.’

Anyway, they’re the ones who see professors as their subjects.

Not only that.

No matter how he looked at it, this guy was ‘Goldsky’, the one who almost fell from the rooftop when his head was grabbed, and who was even charged 150 times the clothing compensation.

That’s why he was even more confused.

‘…Normally, after being treated like that, wouldn’t he curse the professor and not come to class?’

Of course, the reason Ruin charged Goldsky 1.5 times more was because right after the rooftop class, he dared to include the vulgar curse ‘fuck’.

‘As a professor, I had to responsibly correct him…’

「It’s just because he was the richest in that dormitory.」

That’s not it.

「Still, since you also get bonuses based on student numbers, depending on how you plan it, couldn’t the bonus alone exceed your annual salary?」

‘…’

Ruin’s eyes, weak to bonuses, wavered for a moment, but he held back.

‘My purpose is severance pay. I shouldn’t be tempted by mere honey in front of me.’

So Ruin looked at Goldsky coldly.

“Did Kalon send you?”

Then Goldsky said in confusion.

“No! I don’t particularly follow any specific professor!”

Strange. According to his investigation, he always got good grades in the demanding Kalon’s class.

‘Since he’s the richest in Haven.’

Did the professors just try to look good to him? The students at Haven have real parents and sponsors after all.

Anyway, if he’s not close with Kalon, there’s only one conclusion.

“Do you perhaps have a hobby of being bullied?”

“…Excuse me?”

Goldsky, who had been making a face like ‘what kind of bullshit is that’ at the serious question, said in surprise.

“That’s not it! I was curious about how you use such grip strength! Honestly, I’m fascinated.”

What a perverted bastard. To say in a roundabout way that he wants to be tortured.

“Actually, my dream is to become an excellent demon race specialist chaser (tracker)! I want to become like you, Professor, and catch Fire Butterfly, who is everyone’s wish!”

Why are they all so desperate to catch me.

“Two years ago, our family house suffered great damage from Fire Butterfly.”

Damn it. I need to catch that imposter first and deal with him…

“Even my grandfather had his secret blueprints stolen by Fire Butterfly and his business was ruined.”

…Sorry. That was my doing.

At those words, the Gold Gate students standing in line were surprised.

“Huh? Goldsky, you guys too? My grandmother had her family treasure stolen by Fire Butterfly.”

“Aha! So that’s why you bonded during the last parent conference! Saying you’d kill Fire Butterfly!”

…Am I really allowed to be at this academy?

Then Goldsky carefully looked around and seriously whispered to Ruin.

“I said that, but actually, I know.”

Know what?

“Your true identity, Professor.”

…What? My true identity?

When Ruin looked at him strangely, Ginseng snorted with laughter.

「Pfft, he must have figured out you’re Fire Butterfly.」

Are you kidding? My identity that even the Hero, humanity’s strongest, didn’t discover—there’s no way a brat who’s still wet behind the ears would figure it out.

…What is it? What does he think he knows?

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