I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 225

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Chapter 225. Mage King (3)

Crack!

As the mage with a broken arm groaned and fell to his knees, the entire classroom held its breath.

The students huddled together as if hiding behind Ruin, while Ruin glared at the mages with cold eyes.

“The moment you lay a hand on my students, you’ve touched my fingers.”

At those words, the expressions of the mages standing at the front all hardened in unison. Suddenly, uneasy whispers burst forth.

“…Professor?”

“It seems to be Professor Ruins Wayne.”

The moment they confirmed his identity, the mages’ momentum faltered briefly. After all, he was a Military Academy professor, and one who had recently been making a name for himself in the Healing Department, making him difficult to handle carelessly.

However, their gazes soon sharpened again.

“Ruins Wayne. From a Marquis house. Low-level mage rank. According to official records, he has shown recent growth in healing magic, but he’s absolutely unrelated to the Mage King.”

Sure enough, they spoke.

“We’re here to confirm traces of the Mage King.”

“We won’t cause any harm to the Professor.”

The Magic Tower already had complete records of all faculty members anyway. Because the Magic Tower measured the Heroes’ ranks, and since professors were already Heroes, the Magic Tower possessed all their information.

‘There was no one among the professors who could become the Mage King. Then they must be among the students.’

The mage beside him added.

“The Mage King is an absolute being who commands all magic in the world. What could such a position have to do with a low-level mage? We’ve simply come to confirm the Mage King’s existence.”

Ruin was dumbfounded. Normally, he would have turned a blind eye and let it pass. No, as a spy, that would have been the standard approach.

But-

“Professor…!”

The terrified students were looking at him like chicks. The will and expectation in their eyes cut through Ruin’s patience in one stroke.

“If even a fingertip touches my disciples’ bodies-“

Crack!

He broke the mage’s arm and threw him to the floor. The remaining mages panicked as they watched the mage who had fallen to his knees with a scream.

“We said we only came to find the Mage King!”

“That’s right! We have no intention of causing any harm to Haven!”

Ruin’s eyes drew a cold sneer.

“You bastards who would gleefully exploit a student if they were the Mage King, where do you get off?”

“That’s impossible! That person is humanity’s pillar! We must escort them immediately!”

“It’s a matter on which humanity’s fate depends!”

Ruin scoffed at their fanatical attitude.

“But what if that Mage King doesn’t want to go?”

Suddenly, the air grew heavy. The mages looked at each other as if they couldn’t understand.

“What do you mean by that?”

“…?”

Ruin’s lips curved coldly.

“In other words, you’ve been marked.”

“…What?”

“What do you-“

Before the words could finish, flames erupted from beneath Ruin’s feet. They weren’t ordinary flames.

The mages all stepped back in unison.

“High-level fire magic?!”

The mages stirred.

“But… didn’t you say that guy was recorded as a low-level mage?!”

At that moment, a familiar voice pierced Ruin’s ears.

「Using magic is fine, but Seed. Is it okay to reveal your identity?」

‘I’m not the one revealing it.’

「What?」

Ruin gritted his teeth.

Ruins Wayne, that corpse was strangely emanating magic power from within someone else’s shadow. As if showing off ‘this is the Mage King’s power.’

[Those bastards are arrogant. Make them kneel.]

‘Shut up, you corpse.’

[What are you doing, leaving power unused?]

‘You make them kneel, you! You dumped all your power on me because you found it bothersome!’

Ruin’s eyebrow twitched. Even at that small reaction, the mages recoiled in shock.

“C-could it be… really the Mage King?”

The classroom stirred as if it had become a mess. Even the students and professors’ eyes widened.

Instead of answering, Ruin swept the back of his neck with one hand.

‘…How do I clean this up?’

As expected, the classroom erupted into a great commotion.

“The Professor is the Mage King?!”

“Ah, so that’s why he could even control vampires?!”

“Then when I didn’t turn in my homework last time and he forgave me… that was the Mage King’s mercy?”

The students’ gazes had already gone beyond respect and were heading toward worship. And the problem with this situation was-

“Master is… the Mage King?”

It was the professors and the Hero who had come running after hearing the commotion. Sweat trickled down Ruin’s nape.

‘Of all people, the Hero…’

At the same time, the students began murmuring.

“Master, you said?”

“Wait, hold on. If Professor Ruins is the Mage King…”

“Then he’s not just some master who cooks noodles, but the real master who raised the Hero?!”

“That’s highly likely!”

Ruin pressed his brow.

‘Ugh. Why is this happening…’

Just then, a familiar hoarse voice came from within the shadows.

[Since this is happening, enjoy it.]

“…Shut up, corpse.”

[Just live happily with your disciples.]

“…”

Since he was in the shadows, Ruin couldn’t tell if he was saying this because he could read Ruin’s mind or if he was just talking, but Ruin’s eye twitched.

At that moment, the Hero stepped forward. His brilliant sword flashed as it pointed toward the mages.

“I don’t care who the Mage King is. But I won’t let anyone who lays even a fingertip on Master get away with it.”

Instantly, the mages’ expressions all hardened in unison.

At the same time, tension filled the air as if the classroom atmosphere had dried up completely. The authority of the Magic Tower and the Hero’s declaration had collided head-on.

Low whispers flowed among the mages.

“The Hero… That one is dangerous.”

A swordsman with the strongest Luck Power.

“Someone even the Magic Tower can’t carelessly touch… is going that far?”

“But if Professor Ruins really is the Mage King…!”

The mages whispered among themselves as if flustered. They seemed to be discussing what to do about the situation now.

Seeing this, Ruin crossed his arms and looked up coldly.

“Do you have the luxury of time to discuss among yourselves?”

“Pardon? What do you mean by that…”

Ruin coldly raised the corner of his mouth.

“I told you, didn’t I? You’re all marked.”

“…?!”

“I command you as the Mage King, get lost from in front of my students.”

“!”

The mages finally realized they were screwed. They glanced at each other and eventually stepped back.

“…Fine. We’ll withdraw.”

As the students breathed sighs of relief, Ruin tilted his chin and sneered.

“You’ll withdraw?”

“…?”

“You still haven’t come to your senses.”

Ruin raised his magic wand.

“I’ll make sure you can never cross Haven’s threshold again.”

“?!”

The moment he showed signs of using magic, the mages flinched in surprise. They were afraid of what kind of magic the Mage King would use.

「Huh, but you can’t use magic.」

‘Of course I’m just pretending to use it.’

Ruin pretended to activate magic.

“Now then-“

Then the startled Archmage suddenly bowed his head and spoke in a desperate tone.

“…Mage King! We apologize. Please give us just a moment to talk!”

“?”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed coldly. The other mages also bowed their heads in unison and clasped their hands together.

“We are merely those who wish for humanity’s well-being!”

“Now that your existence has been confirmed, the Magic Tower must officially escort you. Please, just for a moment!”

“Ridiculous. Why should I be summoned by you people?”

Then the Archmage reached out with a desperate face.

“Mage King, please! The future of humanity depends on this! Just one word!”

The desperate cries of the mages clinging to him.

However, Ruin let out a cynical laugh.

“Not interested.”

I can’t even use magic in the first place, damn it…

Just then, the classroom door opened and the Teaching Assistants rushed in. They were carrying a box decorated with golden ornaments.

“Professor! The Holy Empire has… sent a gift to celebrate the birth of the Mage King!”

The mages’ faces instantly hardened.

The priests of the Holy Empire were the mages’ greatest enemies and bitter rivals they had always fought bloody battles against.

“Priests?”

The mages ground their teeth.

“This is an insult! How dare mere priests!”

However, their eyes soon gleamed. Perhaps this could be an opportunity to score points with the Mage King.

“Good. We’ll personally drive out those wicked priests!”

What? Who’s driving out whom?

Ruin narrowed his eyes and sneered. Then he glanced at the Hero.

“Elaine.”

“!”

The Hero’s eyes flashed wide.

His name…! Had he just called his name?

The Hero’s face brightened like cherry blossoms blooming.

But the next moment-

“No, Chairman.”

As he immediately returned to the original title, the Hero felt like the sky was falling.

But regardless, Ruin coldly pointed his finger at the mages.

“Drive those things out.”

As soon as the words ended, the Hero’s sword swung like lightning.

Crash!

The mages’ screams echoed through the classroom.

“Aaah!”

“Wait, this is our Magic Tower?!”

“No, this is a misunderstanding-!”

However, excuses were meaningless before the sword strikes. The Magic Tower mages were helplessly driven out with screams.

* * *

The screams of the expelled mages faded beyond the classroom door. The students cheered, but Ruin inwardly swallowed cold curses.

「Hahaha! You’ve caused trouble, Seed.」

“…”

「You drove out the Magic Tower mages and even dragged in the Hero. This will turn the continent upside down, won’t it?」

Ruin rested his chin on his hand and ground his teeth.

‘Well, driving them out was the right answer in that situation though…’

What’s annoying is Ruins Wayne.

[Since I helped, now get me the ‘Ultra Limited Edition Liza’.]

“…”

This shameless dead bastard, really!

Ruin’s fists trembled with rage. He wanted to hide, but things had gotten strangely big. People from all over the world were babbling about coming to meet the Mage King.

‘I can’t use magic, damn it…’

「What will you do now?」

Ruin pressed his brow and answered.

“Well, since it’s come to this, I have to use it to the fullest.”

「Use it?」

They said only the Mage King could break the Solitude Curse.

‘Then I should be able to break it now, right?’

If that happened, he too could finally obtain complete freedom.

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