I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 254

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Chapter 254. Unexpected Truth

A moment of silence descended.

At Zera’s bombshell statement, the Hero’s head snapped around with a creak.

“…Marriage? Did you just say marriage?!”

Ruin looked up at the ceiling with a calm expression.

Ah… I expected the Princess to come out like this, but I didn’t think about someone else hearing it.

“Oh, well, yes. I’m at an age where I should be thinking about marriage.”

「Marriage? A demon beast bastard like you?」

No. It’s because demon beasts live way too long.

That’s when it happened.

“Master…!”

The Hero looked at Ruin with a shocked expression.

“You’re going to abandon me and get married?!”

What? Abandon? Why would it turn out that way?

“What am I lacking! Swordsmanship? Magic Power? Character? …Or is it my face?!”

Your face is overflowing with beauty. The problem is your gender.

「Still, you can’t beat our Seed. You’re becoming an idol among the students.」

That’s true. He’s already becoming public property and turning into a novel protagonist.

Zera stared intently at Ruin’s face and clutched her own face.

“Hehe, I’m ready anytime.”

Princess… you’re serious?

With just one word of ‘marriage’ to her favorite, she seems to have already achieved everything and is ascending to heaven?!

Meanwhile, the Hero watching the two of them twitched his eyebrows.

How dare they engage in romance in this sacred Academy?

“Staff romance is prohibited.”

It was the Hero’s strong move, knowing that Ruin was obsessed with Haven, but-

“Then I just need to write a resignation letter.”

“?!”

At Ruin’s words, the Hero turned pale as ash, as if asking whether he was that serious.

Seeing that expression, Ruin said one thing.

“Then please get me my severance pay.”

“I’ll get it for you, so let’s quickly set our wedding date!”

…What a mess.

* * *

Ruin slowly organized what he needed to do going forward.

‘First, protect this house.’

‘Second, find the last hidden funds in Haven.’

‘Third, deal with the terminal illness.’

‘Fourth, prevent the Demon Emperor’s regression.’

If I handle these four things, perfect retirement is possible!

‘First, protecting the house… well.’

I just need to prevent the school closure. Originally I was going to just find the funds and run, but the Hero had said he’d transfer the ownership back to me.

‘Then couldn’t I set up an apiary on one side of Haven?’

And honestly speaking, lately I’ve started thinking for the first time that it might be okay to continue as a professor at Haven rather than somewhere like the Demon Emperor’s Land.

‘Because the students are quite cute.’

Maybe I should make this place my ‘home.’

And second, find the last hidden funds in Haven.

‘Let’s use the Hero for this.’

Fortunately, the Hero was currently favorable toward him.

Of course, Elaine was asking him to ‘side with the Union,’ but such things could be set aside for now. Anyway, he could just ignore the Hero’s demands.

‘Third, dealing with the terminal illness…’

I’m having the Magic Tower nerds work on it, so maybe that’s fine.

‘No, if I leave it only to the nerds, it might take hundreds of years.’

Then should I try the method the Pope mentioned?

The Pope had definitely said:

“If you prevent the Demon Emperor’s regression, I can tell you how to deal with the terminal illness.”

Right. The only one who could prevent that regression was the 2nd Prince, who was a regressor.

‘The problem is, according to the current routine, the regressor Prince needs to die once more for the balance of power with the Demon Emperor to be matched.’

I can’t go back again when retirement is right around the corner just to prevent the Demon Emperor’s regression. There must be another way.

‘Right… For example, just triggering it.’

He slowed his steps for a moment.

‘Right. I’ll just try touching the trigger.’

The trigger, meaning the First Prince witnessing Ruin’s death.

It was worth testing.

‘Maybe it’s not that the 2nd Prince gets stronger by dying, but that the condition is the First Prince witnessing my death.’

Does it even make sense that the Demon Emperor who has regressed tens of thousands of times and the Prince who has only regressed nine times would have equal regression power?

The key might be with the First Prince. Then maybe he could stop the Demon Emperor’s regression without having to regress himself.

‘Then I need to plan my own death.’

Well, if the Hero sees it, there might be chaos…

‘I’ll send her on a business trip.’

And for that, there’s something I need.

* * *

A city quite far from Haven.

Ruin, who had come on a business trip, headed straight to a certain shop.

Entering the shop, Ruin immediately looked for someone.

And-

“You bastard!”

He strode over and grabbed someone by the collar.

“Ack!”

It was none other than Echo, who had been eating fruit.

“Why are you here?!”

Why would he be here, that son of a bitch.

“Did you enjoy taking money from the Hero and running away?”

“It was… it was enjoyable!”

What? Enjoyable? It was enjoyable?

“Because you didn’t erase the Hero’s memory, things got complicated!”

Originally I was just going to take the severance pay and run!

Echo, who probably didn’t expect Butterfly to track him down this far, finally raised both hands in surrender.

“I was wrong! Should I go back with you now and erase it?”

Ruin’s grip tightened even more.

After a long silence, Ruin burst into laughter. No, it was a sound that was indistinguishable between laughter and irritation.

“No. Surprisingly, I found a use for you.”

Then Echo looked at Ruin as if he didn’t understand.

“Then why did you come here?”

“First, you said before. That there’s a spy hiding in the Academy. Watching me. Is it by any chance Five Evils?”

“!”

Looking at his expression, that’s right.

“Who is it? I have my suspicions, so it’s fine to tell me.”

“Hmm. Now that the leash is off, I guess it doesn’t matter if I tell you.”

Echo said nonchalantly.

“The Defense Professor.”

“…?”

Ruin looked surprised.

What? Wasn’t the Assassination Studies Professor, that crazy woman with flowers in her hair, from Five Evils?

But there was more unexpected news.

“Actually, I think there’s one among the students too.”

“A student?”

“When I received the order to kill you, I saw a student’s silhouette.”

…No way, Haven! Is it okay for your defenses to be breached this easily?

And if it’s a student, that’s even stranger.

‘That means they’re among the students I taught.’

That’s when it happened.

“So is your business finished now?”

“No. Make me a corpse.”

“!”

Echo’s hand, which had been picking up a grape, stopped abruptly.

“A corpse?”

“Right. Like what you did to the Princess last time.”

Ruin muttered lowly.

“Make it convincing enough to show the First Prince. To the level where even if a Hero came to examine it, they’d think it’s a corpse.”

“Did you consult with anyone around you?”

Echo looked at Ruin with concern. And for good reason—asking him to create Ruin’s corpse…

“The Demon Emperor is going to go crazy.”

Then Ruin said calmly.

“If you’re worried about the Demon Emperor’s regression, it’s fine. Right now he can’t regress.”

“No, wouldn’t that make him go even crazier? And the Hero will go crazy too.”

“Why him?”

“…?”

Echo gave him a look that said ‘do you really not know?’

Think about it—the Master he finally found is dead again. Wouldn’t his eyes roll back?

However, Echo extended his fist.

“Alright, since our Butterfly even freed me from my leash, I’ll help you wholeheartedly.”

Ruin bumped fists with him.

That’s good to hear.

* * *

The First Prince stood with his arms crossed and a cold expression, looking down at the medical ward.

On the beds lined up in rows lay young Hero Candidates who couldn’t open their eyes.

At that moment, a brief memory flashed through his mind. Words Ruin had spoken not long ago.

“Could you use your immortality ability on these children? You can use it to some extent, can’t you?”

“But that’s an ability I can only use on myself.”

“Your Highness’s immortality ability is comprised of super regeneration combined with magic that strongly binds the soul to the body. Using my triple buff ability, you might be able to use it on others too. Please, just try it once.”

In exchange, Ruin had promised to open the path to the throne for him.

Honestly, the First Prince couldn’t understand what connection Ruin had with these children. However, the expression he showed was sincere. The one who had been cold and only threw sarcasm was looking down at the children with human-like sorrow.

That was strangely refreshing, so the First Prince thought it was worth helping at least once.

He closed his eyes and deployed his ability. At that moment, an aura of light seeped into the children’s bodies and quietly began to glow.

“…Teacher.”

“!”

The First Prince was inwardly surprised.

Ruin had said it was possible, but this actually works?

‘What kind of professor is he, really.’

Then someone’s lips opened slightly and whispered.

“Teacher…”

The First Prince smiled briefly.

‘…I wonder who this ‘Teacher’ the children are looking for is.’

Now for the last one, he reached out his hand and bestowed his ability.

But at that moment—

Crumble—

“?!”

The body before his eyes instantly crumbled into ash and disappeared into the air. The ash fell to the floor and crumbled pathetically.

The First Prince’s eyes shook greatly.

“…A doll?”

It hadn’t been a corpse from the beginning. It was an elaborately made fake, a shell mimicking a human.

A cold sensation ran down the First Prince’s spine.

“…No way.”

The First Prince’s whisper froze the air in the medical ward.

Including Elaine, there were five Hero Candidates in total. That meant there should have been four here.

But one was a doll.

Then—

“…Where did the one go?”

The First Prince frantically rummaged through the pile of ash with his hands. Among the crumbling debris, a black fragment caught his attention. The seal mark carved on it was clear.

“This seal mark is…”

That seal mark wasn’t just a simple brand or prank.

The absolute rulers of Pride, the Five Evils who despise humans, a seal mark identical to their symbol…

“…Five Evils. Deception.”

Come to think of it, they said Fire Butterfly and Cobra had come to kill the Hero Candidates.

And their upper echelon was the Five Evils…

With that thought, the First Prince realized with alarm.

‘Could it be… one of the Hero Candidates is from the Five Evils?’

Could it be that one of the Five Evils had infiltrated as a Hero Candidate to conduct surveillance?

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