I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 237

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Chapter 237. A Friend Has Come (1)

Ruin lifted the corners of his mouth in a grin.

His gaze turned directly to Echo, who had just burst in.

“Echo. How timely that my friend has come?”

“…?…???”

Echo blinked his eyes.

Friend? Who’s calling who a friend?

An ominous premonition swept through his entire body.

However, Ruin’s smile deepened.

“‘First’ perform memory manipulation.”

“…What?”

“Make all of this Toad’s doing.”

…First?

That word caught his attention strangely, but Echo was shocked when he looked around.

The surroundings were completely in ruins. The destroyed Imperial Palace, the Emperor torn in half… Everything was like a nightmare.

“…Wait, wait! What the hell is this situation?!”

Ruin’s voice rang out coldly.

“The Emperor ended up like this because of the Hero’s Luck Power. Pin the blame on Toad.”

“What? Are you kidding me right now?! If we just leave it alone, the Hero will take all the blame and disappear as dew on the execution ground! That would be a huge benefit for you and me!”

Then Ruin’s eyes, which had been glancing at the Hero, narrowed menacingly.

“…If you don’t want to, I could frame you as the culprit instead.”

Echo’s eyes widened.

“What… what did you say?!”

The Imperial Palace sank into suffocating silence. Ruin’s shadow slowly wrapped around Echo’s ankles, emanating a silent pressure that said ‘choose quickly.’

Echo drew in a breath. Ruin’s gaze was no joke. That cold stare was clearly saying:

“If necessary, I’ll make you the culprit.”

Echo’s brow furrowed deeply. Cold sweat trickled down the back of his neck.

“…Damn it.”

Curses burst forth one after another in his head.

He instinctively knew. That wasn’t just a threat. It was the look of someone who would really make him the culprit.

And Fire Butterfly’s manipulation?

‘…Shit.’

Echo trembled with rage.

What kind of guy was that bastard? A crazy bastard who framed even the Empire’s tyrant and made him dew on the execution ground. What made that possible was Fire Butterfly.

So Echo pressed his forehead and squeezed his eyes shut.

“Hah…”

If he made a mistake, he’d inevitably be framed as the real Emperor’s assassin and be hunted to death throughout the entire Union.

Then Ruin sighed.

“Ah, forget it. If you don’t want to do it, don’t.”

“Really?”

Ruin was about to cast leash magic.

“It would be faster to just put a leash on you and give you commands.”

“What?!”

At that moment Echo realized. That he was standing at the edge of a cliff. That one wrong step would be the end.

Echo felt wronged.

“…Why did I trust Butterfly again?”

But Ruin was fiercely pointing his magic wand. That gaze was already demanding an answer. That there was no right to refuse.

‘This bastard. His disciple comes before his friend.’

In the end, Echo bit his finger to draw blood. He drew a spell technique with that blood.

“Memory Manipulation, activate.”

Instantly, the pupils of the attendants and soldiers in the Imperial Palace wavered. At the same time, all the damage inflicted on the Imperial Palace began to change into Toad’s atrocity.

“Guh…urk!”

“Ugh!”

People opened their eyes wide one by one, then soon hung their heads low and collapsed.

The Court Mages collapsed to the floor first, followed by soldiers and attendants losing consciousness as if their souls had been drained.

Even the Emperor’s face turned pale blue and his eyes seemed to spin and waver. Cold sweat flowed down his forehead where veins bulged.

“These bastards… how dare…!”

The Emperor’s cracked voice. At that meaningless resistance, Echo approached lightly and smiled.

“Resisting?”

“Grrruugh…!”

At the same time, Echo’s power grew stronger. It was impossible to block Echo’s power with his seal released.

But then, unexpectedly, Ruin blocked Echo’s path.

“The Emperor doesn’t need to have his memory changed.”

“What?”

“It’s fun to remember the truth alone, isn’t it?”

“…Are you a devil?”

“And-“

“?”

Ruin glared at Echo with menacing eyes.

“Because you need to become the Emperor.”

“…Excuse me?”

Echo’s expression became completely blank.

“I’m telling you to become the Emperor.”

“…What did you say?”

At that absurd declaration, Echo burst into hollow laughter.

“Suddenly going cra- no, no. That’s not something I should-“

“What do you think will happen when the Emperor is found in that state?”

“…National emergency?”

“That’s right. Then we need a double.”

“…And that’s me?”

“Then who else would do it?”

Ruin replied as if it were obvious.

“So why does it have to be me!”

However, Ruin flicked his finger as if there was no room for discussion.

Instantly, shadows wrapped around Echo’s body and flowed like liquid. The fairy race’s characteristic slender frame widened and flesh was added as his physique changed.

Even his eyes and wrinkles changed, and soon Echo’s body was perfectly disguised with the Emperor’s build and face. It looked as if the real Emperor had been duplicated.

“Good. Fake Emperor complete.”

Ruin nodded with satisfaction.

“…Hey, this, this kind of cosplay part-time job wasn’t in the contract!”

“Shut up and act like an Emperor. Your expression and speech too.”

At that moment, the real Emperor bound in chains trembled with rage and shouted.

“These bastards… how dare they conspire over my body!”

Ruin raised an eyebrow and sneered coldly.

“Ha. How noisy.”

The moment he muttered lowly-

Thud.

The Emperor’s heart twisted as if being crushed. As invisible thorn-like pain pierced through his entire body, the Emperor instinctively clutched his chest.

“Urgh…! Aaaah!”

Pain rushed through him as if invisible insects were tearing through his blood vessels. His breath was cut off and his vision went white.

Fake Emperor Echo whispered while breaking out in cold sweat.

“…Hey. You know if we get caught, the leash and everything will be finished, right?”

“That’s why you need to work harder. Like an Emperor.”

The Hero’s eyes flashed as he watched that scene. There was a mixture of surprise and awe.

Had Master… always been doing work like this?

‘Fire Butterfly… no, Master.’

He muttered to himself. Ruin’s figure no longer looked like a simple professor, but like the very power that the Union needed to capture.

‘As expected… what the Union needs is this power. And Master will ultimately side with humanity.’

He swelled with anticipation.

Just as he was thinking that, Ruin, who happened to make eye contact, smiled at the Hero. The Hero’s heart raced at that smile.

‘…Master smiled at me!’

They understood each other. Master finally acknowledged me. He’s going to become a force for the Union!

The Hero’s chest swelled with emotion.

But.

“Now, erase it.”

…What?

At the words that flowed from Ruin’s mouth, the Hero’s eyes widened. Fake Emperor Echo raised his eyebrows.

“Erase what?”

“That bastard’s memory.”

Ruin pointed his finger at the Hero.

“Wh…what?!”

The Hero’s voice rang out loudly. He froze with his eyes wide open at the bolt from the blue.

However, Ruin paid no attention.

“Erase all of that bastard’s memories about me. If you make another mistake, you’ll really… die.”

Though his voice was low, each word flew like a blade and struck home. Echo subtly turned his gaze elsewhere.

‘…I’ve been found out.’

The expression as he held his forehead was shrouded with both exhaustion and despair.

“…Well, now that my power has returned, I’ll manage somehow.”

“This time I’ll help you too.”

Ruin’s eyes flashed. At the same time, the surrounding air twisted coldly.

‘Misfortune.’

Black ripples arose from the shadows and enveloped the Hero. Before, it had been repeatedly broken by the Hero’s Luck Power, but this time was different. If he pressed down with misfortune, the memories would surely be erased.

Then Echo was delighted. He didn’t know exactly what Butterfly’s power was, but he had never failed when using that.

“Oh! Then that changes everything.”

As the two joined forces, the Hero reflexively stepped back.

“…No.”

The Hero’s pupils shook greatly. His heart sank with a thud. He could tell by intuition.

‘This time it’s real. This time my memories will truly be erased.’

However, the Hero wouldn’t just stand there and take it in this situation. Sure enough, the Hero cried out as if coughing up blood.

“If you erase my memories, what will happen to these children!”

At those words, Ruin’s body flinched.

What Ruin saw was something the Hero was embracing with both arms. It was none other than the corpses of the Hero Candidates, holding a cold light. Ruin’s gaze froze.

“Their souls are still… around here. If you erase my memories, I won’t be able to save these children!”

The Hero’s voice was desperate.

Ruin glared at him with a cold gaze and sneered.

“Save them? Such an impossible thing…”

A suffocating silence hung in the air. Then the Hero cried out again.

“Master… don’t you want your friends, no, these children to come back to life?”

That question pierced straight through Ruin’s heart. He couldn’t possibly have the right to wish for such a thing.

Ruin’s lips pressed tightly together.

However-

“…Teacher.”

“…!”

Ruin’s eyes shook greatly.

The coldly hardened girl’s eyelids slowly lifted. A thread of breath. Her small fingertips twitched faintly.

“…It is you, Teacher… right?”

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