I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 236

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Chapter 236. You Touched My Master?

The doors of the imperial palace burst open like a storm.

Bang!

At that magic power, the court mages outside screamed and collapsed. The soldiers trembled and sat down despite gripping their swords.

It was the Hero.

His gaze reached the center of the imperial palace. Ruin bound tightly in chains. At that sight, the Hero’s face hardened, then his facial muscles twisted.

“What have you done… to my Master!”

Crash!

The Hero’s magic power exploded like lightning, causing cracks to spread through the imperial palace pillars. The entire Imperial Palace shook as the Emperor’s protective magic rattled and swayed.

The Hero’s hand gripped his sword handle. His eyes, trembling with rage, were focused on only one target.

The Emperor raised both hands lightly as if troubled.

“Hero, it’s nothing serious. He’s just under a temporary misunderstanding. There’s no reason for you to get so excited.”

Then Ruin lowered his head and deliberately breathed heavily with difficulty.

“…Your Majesty, the chains… are too tight. At this rate… my arms might fall off.”

As his body slumped, the Hero’s red eyes flashed. The Emperor waved his hands in panic.

“Don’t be deceived by nonsense. He’s just acting. His voice just now was the same.”

But the Hero’s anger had already reached the top of his head.

“Acting…? My Master is expressing pain right now, and you call that acting?!”

Crash!

With one step from him, the floor of the imperial palace cracked. The court mages collapsed to the floor as if suffocating.

The Emperor shouted as if it were insolent.

“…It’s a command. Elaine Saint. Kneel!”

However, the Hero moved closer as if telling him to shut up.

When the Hero didn’t kneel, the Emperor’s eyes widened.

“I told you to kneel!”

That’s when it happened. Ruin, bound in chains, let out a chuckle as if he couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Without even a leash, would a fierce dog listen?”

The Emperor’s face contorted.

“…How dare you!”

However, Ruin calmly rattled his iron chains and added.

“So learn this lesson. A leash shouldn’t be carelessly removed.”

The Emperor’s fists trembled.

Who was it because of that he had no choice but to remove it…!

He couldn’t speak anymore between anger and fear. It was because of the Hero’s rage.

“More importantly, what are those ropes on my Master?”

At the same time, the Emperor glared at Ruin with a groan.

‘He came here deliberately bound, was this what he was aiming for?’

The Emperor’s face contorted but he tried to act nonchalant.

“It’s nothing much. He deliberately…”

However, Ruin deliberately groaned as if in pain.

“Ugh…! It feels like my heart is being squeezed…”

At those words, the Hero’s eyes blazed red. Luck Power burst out once more from beneath his feet, making the Imperial Palace pillars shake with a rattle.

“Your Majesty…! Must you test my loyalty to this extent?!”

The Hero’s anger echoed through the ceiling.

For a moment, the Emperor tried to put a leash on Elaine again. However, the Hero’s Luck Power burst out irresistibly, crumbling his contract magic like a sand castle. Confusion finally spread across the Emperor’s eyes.

‘Damn, now that the leash is off, he won’t listen to reason.’

Finally, he gritted his teeth and forced a smile.

“…Have you forgotten the children?”

A magic circle of cold light appeared above the Emperor’s head. Along with it, an illusion emerged from the magic circle.

That illusion was coffins containing the undecayed corpses of the Hero Candidates. It was the most horrific hostage that could shake the Hero’s mental strength.

Ruin’s eyes flickered sharply for a moment, and the Hero’s pupils froze in despair upon seeing his friends. The Emperor didn’t miss that opportunity.

“Have you forgotten that these children are somewhere in this Imperial Palace? No matter how great your anger, could you point your sword even in front of those children?”

A bitter smile spread across the Emperor’s lips.

But at that moment-

Chuckle.

Ruin, who had been kneeling while bound in iron chains, let out a snicker. His eyes were cold, and his voice was full of venomous cynicism.

“How disappointing. The descendant of the Emperor I raised has only learned such things.”

“?”

The corners of Ruin’s lips curved into a bitter smile. And as soon as he whistled-

Kuuuuung!

Black waves spread from Ruin’s body and swallowed the Imperial Palace.

It was misfortune. Even while bound in chains and kneeling, he was the master of the shadow that pressured the Emperor.

The Emperor raised his eyebrows for a moment but soon let out a sneer.

“Tracking magic? With that, you can’t find those corpses-“

But at that very moment-

Kwaaaaang!

The marble floor of the main hall cracked like a spider web.

“…!”

The Emperor’s eyes shook greatly.

The moment black misfortune swallowed the Imperial Palace’s defense formation, conversely, all the magic spread throughout the palace became completely useless. Not just stopped, but turned into complete garbage.

And what filled that void was the Hero’s Luck Power.

Swoooooosh-

‘I want to find the children.’

That wish moved. Golden waves surged forth, and the children hidden deep within the Imperial Court began to move.

The Emperor’s face hardened.

“What on earth is happening?”

At that moment, Ruin broke the chains that had bound him tightly using only his physical strength.

Crack! Crack!

“!”

The Emperor was shocked at the sight, as if breaking chocolate.

That bastard, if he could break free so easily, why the act until now?

However, cold madness lurked in Ruin’s eyes.

“Your Majesty, let me teach you something. Misfortune is ruin for the weak, but for the strong, it becomes a catalyst that overturns everything.”

“What does that-“

But the Emperor couldn’t continue his words. The corpses of Hero Candidates that had been detained without rotting for decades were coming to where Elaine was.

“…!”

The Emperor’s complexion turned pale in an instant.

“Stop! That’s my command! Don’t move!”

The Emperor’s Word Spirit rang sharply through the main hall. However, those words only scattered emptily in the air.

Kuuuuung-

The Imperial Palace floor shook, and golden light erupted through the cracks in the marble.

And then they appeared.

Boys and girls who hadn’t lost their brilliant light even in blood and dust. The corpses of Hero Candidates, thought to be dead, appeared one by one before their eyes.

Their eyes were closed, but they were so vivid as if breath still remained. As if they had been alive just moments before.

The Emperor’s lips trembled and stiffened.

“…This is impossible.”

His commands, his Word Spirit, became powerless the moment misfortune and fortune joined forces. The sealing magic was broken within the misfortune, and the Hero’s Luck Power created a path.

The Emperor’s feet trembled. At the sight of the corpses returning one by one before his eyes, the hostage situation he had carefully built up was crumbling.

Ruin slowly raised his eyes and watched the scene.

“Your Majesty, do you understand now?”

His voice rang coldly.

“Those children are no longer hostages. …They’ve left to find the family they’ll return to.”

Finally, the corpses revealed as Ruin’s misfortune and the Hero’s Luck Power overlapped. The Hero embraced his friends with trembling fingertips, then looked at Ruin as if startled.

“Master! I’m glad you’re safe! These children too… will be happy.”

Ruin’s eyebrows twitched subtly.

“…Why would those children?”

The Hero tilted his head innocently as if asking what he meant.

“Of course. Since we get to see Master again…!”

“So why?”

At the same time, Ruin’s eyes turned menacing.

“You, do you remember?”

“…Ah….”

The Hero’s gaze wavered.

The air is cold.

Master’s gaze is frightening.

“…Ah…uh….”

In an instant, veins bulged on Ruin’s face. And he soon realized.

“…You, your memory. It wasn’t erased.”

The Hero, too scared to even make eye contact, sweated profusely while only rolling his eyes around.

At that sight, Ruin’s face twisted coldly.

‘…Echo. That bastard.’

I won’t let this slide. I’ll tear off those unnecessarily long ears of his.

A flash of anger formed in Ruin’s eyes.

That’s when it happened.

“Kugh!”

The Emperor struggled desperately as if writhing. He couldn’t let that strongest human and Fire Butterfly slip away like this.

‘No.’

The Hero aside, he absolutely couldn’t let Ruin escape. If he could just capture that phantom butterfly coveted by all continents, he could become the strongest!

A contract seal mark flashed and spread from the Emperor’s fingertips. It was forced contract magic. A contract that would tear the wings of the fluttering butterfly.

Recognizing this, the Hero reached out his hand and rushed in front of Ruin.

Swish!

Blood splattered.

“…!”

From the Emperor’s neck to his torso, a red straight line burst open.

“Kgaak!”

The Emperor’s body split in half. Both the Hero and Ruin’s eyes widened in rare surprise.

“…Uh, ah, aah?”

“…”

An astounding silence settled over them.

“Your Majesty!”

“Huk… heok!”

The Emperor, torn in two, breathed with difficulty. Between his split body, something that looked like human organs was visible.

“Ah…”

This was undeniable evidence of rebellion. It wouldn’t be strange to die right now.

‘This crazy Luck Power.’

Even with a head full of flowers, he seemed to have the common sense that it would be troublesome if the Emperor died, so he wasn’t dead but still alive.

「No… it might be better to just die.」

‘Shit, what do I do about this.’

At this rate, I’ll be executed for treason before I can even retire. Elaine will also be dishonorably beheaded.

The Hero froze at his Master’s hardened expression.

“At least it’s fortunate his head wasn’t cut off…?”

How is that fortunate?!

Ruin, seemingly furious, gave the Hero a hard flick on the head.

Smack!

“Ow! That hurts!”

The Hero whined that it hurt, but Ruin seriously racked his brain.

What to do? How to overcome this situation? I need someone to pin the blame on.

At that moment, a cheerful voice rang out from behind.

“Butterfly~ Did it go well?”

A languid but resolute voice.

Echo, whose seal had been released, revealed himself. Birds were chirping and perched on his head and shoulders. In the chaos where fortune and misfortune coexisted, Echo chuckled and waved his hand.

“I came to see if your seal was released properly too… Butterfly? Why are you looking at me like that?”

The corners of Ruin’s mouth slowly curled upward.

…Hehe.

And meanwhile.

Thump, thump.

The fingers of the boy and girl corpses sprawled on the floor twitched.

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