I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 252

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Chapter 252. The Spy’s Secret Art (3)

The restaurant was quiet.

Then, a man dressed as a chef approached. He had a warm appearance, a kind smile, and the demeanor of an old head chef and father figure.

“Professor.”

He said quietly with a smile.

“This is a public place. To do such things with your teaching assistant, your dignity…”

Ruin casually looked around the restaurant and shrugged his shoulders.

“There’s no one here.”

The man’s eyebrows twitched. Ruin added indifferently.

“Besides, we’re going to get married soon, so what’s the problem?”

“…!”

Zera’s face instantly turned red.

Wh-what? Marriage?

Soup splattered, bread rolled, and a fork fell to the floor.

“Gyureoooo…!”

Ginseng Superior screamed. However, the tips of Zera’s ears were burning bright red. The kind smile of the chef-dressed man slowly twisted.

“…Marriage?”

Ruin raised his eyebrows.

“Isn’t that right? Do you want to?”

When Ruin stroked Zera’s cheek, Zera explosively shot up.

“Yes!”

Zera nodded her head vigorously.

At the same time, the ladle in the man’s hand fell with a clang.

“…”

His face was no longer warm. His eyes twisted strangely, emitting a light mixed with hunger and hatred.

“How dare you… steal my ‘daughter’ away in front of me?”

Suddenly all the lights in the restaurant flickered and went out. Even the remaining soup began to bubble and rot.

Ruin smiled calmly.

“Finally showing your true colors… Grebha.”

Ruin kept his hand on Zera’s cheek and smiled slightly. In fact, Ruin had called the Princess to the restaurant targeting this.

‘Hunger cherishes his daughter.’

There was a specific reason he felt this way.

It was when he gave him the Wish Ticket for saving his daughter. If he had been a merciless parent, he wouldn’t have given such a reward in the first place. So although he felt sorry for the Princess, he thought the parent would come out if he used her.

Sure enough.

[Marriage… To think such a word would come from the mouth of a shameless bastard like you.]

The chef’s body suddenly swelled up, and shadows flowed throughout the kitchen.

[And for a lowly bastard like you to dare speak my daughter’s name and mine…]

Ruin calmly crossed his arms.

“You should have come out earlier. Why hide while pretending to be a chef?”

Shadows swirled beneath his feet.

When Hunger’s eyes flashed, the objects in the restaurant began to corrode. The tableware instantly transformed into spears and flew at him.

Ruin quickly took the Princess and dodged.

Bang! Bang!

At the same time, shadows surged up and dining tables were erected like walls.

Bang! Bang bang!

Zera screamed and curled up.

“Professor!”

When Hunger revealed his true form, all the food in the restaurant began to rot. The meat soup instantly turned into black mold, and the bread hardened like stone and cracked. The plates left by students turned to dust and disappeared.

Hunger’s eyes gleamed black like a beast mad with starvation. Even Ruin’s shadow was swallowed by hunger.

The Princess shouted.

“With Father’s power, Haven will turn to ash in an instant!”

But Ruin remained calm. The moment he snapped his fingers-

Thud-

The food on the dining tables began to glow. At the same time, the moldy bread affected by Hunger’s power swelled warmly with a freshly baked aroma, and the rotting soup began to boil again, steaming white vapor. As if time had flowed backward.

Hunger’s eyes narrowed.

[…What is this?]

Ruin smiled.

“This house isn’t just a house.”

Just as one might wonder what that meant-

-[House Function Activated: ‘Tribute Revival’ – Offerings within the temple never decay.]

The food on the dining table that Ruin and Zera had been eating together began emitting an even more intense light. As if those foods were actually ‘tribute for the temple,’ each one became a sacred object for ritual and glowed.

Hunger seemed surprised. The temple’s function had clearly activated, but Ruin hadn’t done anything like offering sacrifices, had he?

As if reading that question, Ruin smiled serenely.

“What’s so surprising? This dining table is the altar.”

[!]

Hunger curled her lips and raised her eyes.

“…This dining table is an altar? Hmph, such sophistry-“

“Sophistry? This is a temple, and the restaurant is where tribute appears daily. It’s recognized as an altar. Do we need a separate altar? The dining table is the altar.”

Even Zera swallowed her breath. The sight of an ordinary meal instantly transforming into a sacred ritual.

Hunger raised her eyes.

“Don’t mess around!”

At that moment, the air in the restaurant suddenly became heavy. As Hunger’s eyes flashed, invisible hunger spread out like waves. She was trying to spread starvation throughout all of Haven.

In that instant, Ruin suddenly pulled Zera, who was beside him, into his arms.

“R-Ruin-nim!”

When Zera tried to push him away, Ruin smiled.

“Didn’t you ask for a kiss earlier?”

“Th-that was!”

Soon Ruin gently pulled the Princess’s head and whispered.

“If you stay still, I’ll do it for you.”

“But-“

“Or something else?”

“!!!”

When Ruin whispered right in her ear, Zera lost her mind. Ruin took advantage of that opening.

“Isn’t this too harsh on your son-in-law? Father-in-law.”

[What son-in-law, I know you two are scheming together!]

“We’re not.”

Ruin pulled the Princess closer. Then Hunger raged greatly as if asking if he was insane.

[How dare this bastard lay hands on my daughter!]

“Stop right there.”

[!]

Dark energy rose from Ruin’s fingertips as he held Zera. It was a wave of misfortune.

It wasn’t visible from Zera’s line of sight, but Hunger could clearly see the misfortune concentrated at his fingertips approaching her daughter’s nape. It was as if one more step would entangle her daughter in disaster.

Ruin still didn’t lose his smile.

“If you spread your power like this… you know what will happen, right?”

“You bastard…!”

Hunger’s hands trembled. The Power of Misfortune could take a life in an instant, so she had no choice. Soon the wave of starvation stopped after spreading only halfway.

Zera, unaware of the situation, rather curled up in Ruin’s embrace as if on the verge of fainting.

“R-Ruin-nim, this… is too close…”

Ruin spoke low as if for her to hear.

“It’s okay. Your father can’t treat his son-in-law carelessly, right?”

Hunger’s pupils shook greatly. While getting angry at the word son-in-law, Hunger had no choice but to withdraw her power for fear her daughter would be caught up in misfortune.

When Hunger stopped her power, Ruin slightly raised the corner of his mouth. Then, while embracing Zera, he gathered misfortune in his hand threateningly.

“Now, please release the leash.”

Hunger’s eyes flashed.

[Do you think that will work.]

Ruin hugged the Princess even tighter and smiled cheekily.

“Father-in-law can’t even do that much for his son-in-law-?”

“R-Ruin-nim!”

The intensity of misfortune increased. It was a threatening wave that seemed about to touch Zera’s nape.

Hunger gritted her teeth and finally muttered.

[…Fine. I’ll release the leash. But the Wish Ticket disappears with this.]

Instantly Ruin shook his head.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something-“

[What?]

“I didn’t ask you to release the leash with the Wish Ticket.”

[What do you-]

Hunger’s complexion turned cold. Ruin patted Zera’s shoulder and spoke sharply.

“Sorbin.”

Ruin recalled the name he had seen in the deified document.

-Sorbin: Deification X, “Increased probability of students dying”

“Sorbin. This is exactly your reputation.”

[So what about it?]

Ruin’s eyes flashed.

“Become my believer.”

Hunger’s eyes shook greatly.

[You bastard, what nonsense are you spouting!]

Ruin answered calmly.

“The probability of students dying is increasing because of you. But if you become +ized, that is, my believer, the effect will be reversed. And if you become my believer, I’ll naturally have to remove the leash, so why bother?”

[What’s going on?!]

“Why? Can’t you grant your son-in-law’s request?”

Misfortune drew closer to Zera’s neck.

Hunger’s hands trembled. He forced himself to appear calm, but tension he could no longer hide seeped through the end of his voice.

Becoming a believer was something he could do easily, whether temporarily, using a clone, or whatever. But-

[That… would be encroaching on ‘Death’s’ domain.]

Death, one of the Five Evils.

All the Five Evils were strong, but Death boasted tremendously powerful strength even among the Five Evils, literally living up to the word. He couldn’t be carelessly provoked.

At the same time, even after saying that, Hunger felt a sense of ‘oh no.’ Because-

‘…Don’t tell me, he deliberately aimed for this?’

That’s right. Death was in charge of turning students into sacrifices within Haven as part of creating the Wish Stone. Yes, while hiding as a professor.

But could this bastard possibly know about that?

Hunger’s pupils trembled subtly.

‘The possibility is high.’

That bastard was a spy who had been through all kinds of battles. As evidence, Ruin looked at Hunger leisurely, even with eyes that seemed to enjoy the situation.

There was no fear in that gaze. Rather, only the composure of someone holding a toy filled it. An ominous confidence as if he had seen through all their relationships.

So Hunger laughed as if disgusted.

[…Sowing discord is your bread and butter. Trying to shake things up between us? I’m not one to fall for such tricks.]

Hunger muttered low as if pulling himself together. But Ruin calmly raised an eyebrow and twisted up the corner of his mouth.

“If you don’t like it, then hand over your daughter.”

Instantly, Hunger’s mouth twitched. Forcibly suppressed anger seeped through his voice.

[No, that’s a different matter from this. You’re saying you’ll save your daughter while encroaching on Death’s domain? That means-]

He said through gritted teeth.

[We’ll end up fighting.]

A moment of silence.

Ruin slowly tilted his head.

So what?

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