I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 221

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Chapter 221. Me?

The first time Lisha saw Ruin was when she had just become the Demon Emperor.

A boy who had just enlisted in the army and was eating alone. Everyone avoided him, saying strange things happened whenever they were near him.

However, Lisha found this sight fascinating. Moreover, while everyone called her Demon Emperor but couldn’t even meet her eyes, only Ruin would look her in the eye.

So she asked.

“Aren’t you afraid to look into my eyes?”

“I apologize for my rudeness.”

“No, I’m genuinely curious. Everyone’s afraid of me.”

“For someone who’s supposed to be a fearsome Demon Emperor, you just seem like an ordinary girl.”

It was clearly a casual remark that flowed out like a light joke. But strangely, it contained sincerity.

At that, Lisha’s heart dropped with a thud.

“…You’re an interesting fellow.”

Though born as a Demon Emperor candidate and raised constantly in blood and flesh, in that moment, the pure desire to ‘cherish him’ came first.

But at the same time, her instincts whispered.

‘This child could use the Power of Misfortune. He’d be perfect as a spy.’

Thus, after much deliberation, she took Ruin to the person she both feared most and trusted most – her sister and rival, Natasha, and made a request.

“Raise this child for me. As your disciple.”

Natasha looked down at Ruin for a long while.

“Hmm… You brought this little one?”

She seemed to accept it indifferently, but in truth, her eyes flashed sharply. She immediately recognized the budding potential of misfortune sleeping within Ruin.

‘Interesting. This child will definitely be useful.’

So eventually Natasha accepted Ruin under the name of disciple. After that, she treated him coldly on the surface but inwardly watched Ruin’s growth more closely than anyone.

However, as Ruin grew, he fell in love with Lisha, who came to visit him. Perhaps that’s why he refused the order to kill the Demon Emperor.

When Ruin wouldn’t comply, Natasha finally decided on ‘disposal.’ At the crucial moment, Natasha secretly leaked information to Ruin.

“The Demon Emperor has been captured by the Hero. You must step forward. Help find the Demon Emperor.”

However, this was completely different from the truth. It was a false instruction to drive Ruin into a trap.

Ruin laughed helplessly.

“Ah. Right. As long as she’s safe, that’s all that matters.”

At that time, Elaine was an emotional Hero overflowing with a sense of justice. Moreover, he didn’t know that the one who had raised him, the Master he had been searching for, was none other than Ruin.

Elaine, who simply loved humanity, ultimately killed Ruin with a single stroke. Lisha gritted her teeth and swallowed her screams inside.

‘Natasha… You, you ultimately killed that child.’

She knew the resentment and desire her sister harbored toward her. But that was the fate a Demon Emperor had to bear.

However, she never thought she would ultimately kill Ruin so cruelly – the one she had shared love with, her own disciple no less.

After that day, Lisha’s regression began.

And from then on, everything became hell. The Ruin she loved became Natasha’s lover, Ruin kept dying… Throughout countless regressions, she had to watch Ruin always return to his Master’s side.

Among all those regressions, Natasha had never once appeared alive again.

But how…

* * *

At that moment, Ruin was facing his ‘Master’ who had removed her mask. That face was definitely Natasha. So he was confused.

‘Master died that day.’

After completing a long-term mission, he had gone to find his Master with excited steps. He could forget all the hardships. It was a journey to meet the person he loved.

“Master.”

“…”

“Natasha? Are you there?”

However, what he encountered was a scene different from usual. His Master was raising her voice toward someone.

“You mustn’t let that power be used.”

He couldn’t understand the meaning. However, he could clearly tell that his Master was being threatened at that moment.

There was no time to think. His instincts reacted first. What happened next was…

“…”

…his memory was hazy.

When he came to his senses, his Master was already collapsed, covered in blood. His misfortune had gone on a rampage, breaking the seal and triggering ‘Stage 5’ for a brief moment.

Hell unfolded. Until he was dragged away to Pride as a ‘criminal who murdered Demon Emperor blood,’ Ruin’s mind didn’t return.

But now, the Master who should have died long ago was before his eyes. In the Revolutionary Army’s meeting room, as if she had been alive from the beginning.

‘Has the dead returned? Is this a clever illusion orchestrated by the Revolutionary Army?’

Ruin’s pupils trembled sharply.

If she’s real, why is she here? In the position of a patron helping the Revolutionary Army’s commander?

However, his Master was still looking at him with warm eyes.

“Ruin.”

“!”

That voice. At that resonance, Ruin nearly collapsed. He wanted to embrace her right away.

But he held onto his reason. The very fact that the dead had returned wasn’t normal. His spy instincts raised his guard.

His Master looked at such a Ruin with pity and smiled quietly.

“You don’t know yet. But you’ll find out soon. Why I’ve returned.”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed coldly.

“Were you alive all along… or did you come back to life?”

His words trailed off coldly.

Those two possibilities were completely different. If she had simply been pretending to be dead, that would be betrayal.

Ruin’s fingertips trembled slightly. Anger and confusion were intertwined. However, he soon sighed, covering his face with his hands.

‘How is this any different from what I did to Elaine…?’

Did Elaine feel this same sense of betrayal that he was experiencing now? The bitter realization pierced his chest.

Ruin raised his head while holding his forehead. His eyes no longer wavered.

“…Fine. Then let me ask again.”

A cold, hard question followed.

“What is your purpose for reappearing?”

At that cold distance, Natasha smiled bitterly. For a moment her eyes flickered as if wounded, but soon hardened again.

“Lisha has gone mad.”

“!”

“She plans to kill the Demon Emperor to stop the regression.”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

‘It doesn’t concern me, but… is that even possible?’

He knew the Demon Emperor’s abilities better than anyone. A monster-like existence who could detect presence even while sleeping and see through even the slightest killing intent. Killing such a being was nearly impossible.

Then Natasha chuckled lowly and said something unexpected.

“The strongest often show vulnerabilities precisely because they are the strongest.”

“…?”

“When the Wish Stone, which holds the fate of an entire race, appears before their eyes. In that moment.”

Instantly, the air in the meeting room froze. Ruin’s heart sank.

‘The Wish Stone…?’

His wariness instinctively surged.

As far as he knew, there was only one sure way to obtain the Wish Stone—

‘Killing the Hero.’

If she was involved with the Revolutionary Army for that purpose…

“There are various ways to obtain the Wish Stone.”

Natasha’s voice continued, piercing through his wariness.

“Killing a certain number of people who share the same beliefs. Sacrificing the most powerful being. And… having the Mage King summon it directly.”

The Mage King.

The tension in Ruin’s eyes gradually eased. In other words, it wasn’t necessary to kill the Hero.

Natasha didn’t miss that opening and added quietly.

“And the Revolutionary Army had an item that could make someone the Mage King.”

…Had?

Ruin’s ears reacted sensitively to that subtle past tense.

“That’s right.”

Natasha’s eyes flickered with something almost playful.

“An item where the former Mage King supposedly divided and sealed his own power.”

Ruin’s voice cracked lowly.

“…What is it?”

“A figure.”

“…Excuse me?”

“To be precise, the 【Ultimate Super Rare Limited Edition Alice – 10th Anniversary Memorial Figure DX ver】.”

“…”

…Damn it.

* * *

Having left the Revolutionary Army meeting place, Ruin rolled his eyes.

“…Limited edition Alice, so putting power in there was basically asking to get his own stuff back.”

He gritted his teeth inwardly.

‘Ruins Wayne, that fucking idiot. Always going on about Alice, Alice… Did he really stuff his power in there?’

The Revolutionary Army’s explanation was simple. They frequently visited auction houses to secure valuables, and once a large quantity of items from a fallen noble family had been put up for sale.

Items from the Wayne Family happened to be included among them, and within those, the problematic ‘Alice’ containing Ruins Wayne’s power was discovered.

‘…I never thought it would connect like this.’

Ruin pressed his temple.

He recalled his conversation with his Master.

“So why did you use the past tense?”

A moment of silence. Then his Master’s indifferent answer.

“A Revolutionary Army subordinate sold it without recognizing what it was. But they still kept asking for continued support, so I just told them to try convincing me.”

So that was what persuasion meant.

Ruin pressed his brow and asked again.

“Then you’re saying you’ll create a Mage King with that?”

Master’s answer was unexpected.

“No. You should become the Mage King.”

“…What?”

Even thinking about it again, it was absurd.

In the end, Master left behind meaningful words and stood up from his seat.

“This time, I don’t want to let you go.”

So he was going to make him use the Wish Stone after all?

He was quietly pondering the meaning of those words when.

“What are you doing in a place like this?”

“!”

Ruin, who had been wandering around the high-end doll shop, was startled. It was because it was an unbelievable face.

“Your Maj-“

“Shh.”

She was none other than Lucherin.

Ruin made a puzzled expression.

‘Why is Lucherin at a doll shop? Was that her hobby?’

“I came because I saw your face. Seeing you wandering around here, it seems you’re looking for the limited edition Alice.”

“No… I’m here for the Wish Stone-“

Ruin closed his mouth. He had said something unnecessary to avoid looking like a doll otaku.

‘No, more than that, how did she know I was looking for that-‘

But Lucherin’s following question was even more unexpected.

“Don’t tell me, are you thinking of using the Wish Stone again?”

“…That’s.”

Lucherin’s eyes sank strangely. As if looking at someone pitiful. And as if she was someone who had committed the same act.

“Someone who has already used the Wish Stone cannot use it again without any conditions.”

“…”

Ah. I see. Someone who has already used it cannot again…

‘Again?’

As those words pierced his heart, Ruin’s expression hardened. Slowly, very slowly, his mind turned white.

“…Wait.”

Ruin’s voice cracked.

“…You’re saying I’ve already used the Wish Stone?”

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