I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 258

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Chapter 258. Teacher (1)

Chains of Immortality.

The Demon Emperor’s suicide prevention magic placed on the Solitude Curse.

Ruin had hated this from the beginning. According to his creed as a spy, he should commit suicide without hesitation when faced with danger. His way was to erase himself rather than be caught.

Ironically, Ruin’s creed crumbled during a spy mission related to the Hero.

That day, Ruin was infiltrating deep inside the Union. The trouble was a very small human emotion – wanting to see how his disciple had grown, especially what kind of person the Hero had become.

Did that desire to see his face just once bring disaster? Uncharacteristically, he fell into the Union’s trap. A barrier was deployed, and all escape routes were blocked. On top of that, the Hero’s Luck Power got entangled in it.

“So you’re that famous Fire Butterfly. I didn’t know you’d be such a cute child.”

Normally, he could have escaped using his Shadow Ability, but Luck Power didn’t allow such things. There was no way to flee, no way to disguise himself.

Ruin made up his mind then. Rather than have his identity exposed here, he would self-destruct.

It was the moment he gathered shadow and the Power of Misfortune at his fingertips to thrust forcefully toward his heart.

[Who is it. Who made my shadow choose this path.]

A strange resonance echoing from the shadows. The power that suddenly extended swept away all the surrounding enemies.

“Ahhh! This power!”

“Damn it, gah!”

Taking advantage of that gap, Ruin was able to escape.

And after that day, Ruin made a decision.

‘Phew. Let’s never go near the Hero again.’

Well, he never expected that later the Hero would steal his entire house and make him angry.

Still, it didn’t matter. Thanks to that, he learned about his own power.

‘Well, honestly, I used it quite well.’

There was the disadvantage of becoming unable to commit suicide, but instead, whenever he tried to kill himself, the Demon Emperor’s power would burst out and sweep away his enemies.

And now was the same.

“The hierarchy you speak of? Fine, try defying it in front of the Demon Emperor too.”

The moment he finished speaking, the Demon Emperor’s Magic Power rippled toward Deceit. Even the Five Evils’ characteristic intimidation seemed weak before the Demon Emperor’s aura.

Deceit’s face hardened. He was certainly one of the Five Evils. But now he was trembling as a being placed beneath the Demon Emperor.

Meanwhile, the Demon Emperor’s Magic Power searched every corner of the Research Lab for Deceit. More precisely, for the culprit who made Ruin attempt suicide.

At this, Deceit instinctively stepped back. Then he glared at Ruin resentfully.

“…You dare to use the Demon Emperor as your backing?”

His voice mixed anger and fear simultaneously. As one of the Five Evils, wounded pride was intolerable, but his heart pounded as if caught in a tightening grip.

Ruin smirked. And at that moment-

[Am I not speaking. Deceit, is it you?]

Thump.

The space resonated. As if an invisible giant hand was strangling Deceit’s neck, the air itself bound his body.

“Grrk…?!”

Deceit’s eyes widened. His body was caught by the Demon Emperor’s Magic Power, lifted into the air, then slammed against the wall.

Bang!

Bones broke with harsh screams, and his limbs were mercilessly twisted and crushed against the wall.

“Grrk… This is… the Demon Emperor’s power…!”

Demonic Energy strangled his throat. Deceit struggled, but couldn’t even resist. That was the absolute hierarchy of the Demon Race.

An absolute law that forcibly subjugated according to predetermined positions regardless of power. Actually, this was why hierarchical battles among the Demon Race were important, and why Ruin couldn’t think of defying the Five Evils or Upper Echelon, but now was different.

“The hierarchy you mentioned, try defying it in front of the Demon Emperor, I said.”

A cold sneer.

At that moment, the Demon Emperor’s black power protecting Ruin exploded.

“Ahhh!”

Deceit’s skin split and blood flowed.

“Gah…! This can’t be… the Demon Emperor should still be sleeping…!”

Even while sleeping, he could display this much power!

Ruin watched the scene and smirked.

“Thanks to that hierarchy you were so proud of, you’re screwed.”

Deceit let out a scream.

“Gah…! Stop…!”

Broken moans burst from Deceit’s throat along with blood. The bricks cracked and the ceiling shook.

“This is cheating…! It’s not your power, Ruin!”

“So what?”

Ruin’s lips twisted in a sneer. His eyes shone coldly, yet as if pursuing pleasure. Never before had he been able to corner one of the Five Evils this much.

Ruin slowly narrowed his eyes and muttered.

“Wake up, Demon Emperor. I understand the shock sufficiently. But how long will you continue sleeping.”

At that moment, the air resonated.

Dong-

A vibration like a heart beating in the depths of an underground abyss. At this, Ruin chuckled and added.

“If you wake up, I’ll grant you at least one wish.”

Thud.

Then, as if the world was shaking, a massive shadow writhed somewhere. Cold demonic energy surged up as if awakening from centuries of slumber.

[…Who dares.]

The Demon Emperor’s energy burst forth as he opened his eyes from sleep, immediately taking form. The black magic power that boiled up from the shadows instantly solidified into the beautiful form of a human.

“De… Demon Emperor…!”

Deceit’s eyes shook with terror. The Demon Emperor’s shadow walked straight toward Deceit. Deceit instinctively stepped backward.

But it was already too late. As black chain-like magic power spread out and wrapped around Deceit’s body-

“Kugh?! …This can’t be. My power… is sealed?!”

Deceit resisted, but the Demon Emperor’s authority was absolute. Deceit’s energy, forcibly blocked, rapidly faded away.

Deceit’s eyes rolled around frantically.

‘…I can no longer move with this body. Then-‘

Deceit’s gaze turned toward the medical ward. The children who hadn’t awakened yet but could breathe thanks to their immortality ability and were being examined by the Healing professors.

Deceit chuckled wickedly. As if he could abandon this useless body sealed by the Demon Emperor’s power and transfer to a clean body.

Sure enough-

“Kugh…! No matter how much you seal me… you can’t block this mind.”

Black mist rippled from his body. It was Deceit’s unique energy. At the same time, Deceit’s eyes flashed.

Rumble.

The medical ward shook. Just as the Healing professors were checking the students’ conditions, suddenly the eyes of the lying children snapped open.

“Wh-what?!”

“They were in a coma just moments ago…!”

Strange patterns were carved in the children’s eyes. It was Deceit’s mark. The energy of lies and manipulation.

The boy Hiren, the girl Aina, and Yuri. Three Hero candidates simultaneously rose from their beds and walked out the door with expressionless faces.

“Stop!”

The professors tried to catch them, but it was already too late. What emanated from those young bodies around fifteen years old was power and speed that was hard to consider ordinary students.

The revived children’s Luck Power was already that of the continent’s strongest Hero candidates, and moreover, the combat techniques they learned from Ruin were ingrained in their bodies.

“Kugh!”

“Kuhek!”

The Healing professors were subdued in an instant. The other students remaining in the medical ward stirred uneasily.

“Those kids… they’re Hero candidates!”

“Why are they suddenly attacking the professors?!”

The three ran straight out without a word. The place they headed to was the campus broadcast room. Ruin’s eyes flashed as he realized the situation.

“The broadcast room….”

This was Deceit’s doing.

Just as he was about to chase after them, a voice echoed in his ears.

[Teacher.]

“!”

A familiar voice.

His heart sank. The children’s voices, heard for the first time in decades, made Ruin’s steps come to an abrupt halt.

“…!”

Although they were children raised by the Upper Echelon and the Five Evils, they were already precious children to Ruin. That’s why he had placed his last hope and asked the First Prince. To wake the children up.

He believed that because of the Hero’s wish, the children’s souls would still be nearby, and if so, there might be a way to return them to their bodies. If he applied the principle of immortality ability, it might be possible.

It was a forced hypothesis, and though Ruin usually dealt only with certain information, at that time he had no choice but to rely on it.

But miraculously, that reckless attempt had succeeded.

‘Thank goodness. Really thank-‘

However, Ruin’s expression twisted at the children’s words that followed.

“Teacher. Why… did you kill us?”

“…!”

Ruin’s eyes shook. The guilt he had hidden deep in his heart, the guilt he didn’t even want to bring out, was carved right out.

“….”

As if suffocating, no words came out. Toward such a Ruin, the bound Deceit smiled wickedly.

“Those children were by their bodies the whole time in soul form. Naturally, they would have learned about you too. They know that you’re alive and living as Ruins Wayne of Haven. In other words, those words are the first thing they’re saying to you upon awakening.”

The frozen Ruin couldn’t say anything. Deceit laughed mockingly.

“Did you dream for a moment? That you could live happily with those children?”

“!”

“Give up that dream of being able to settle down somewhere, Misfortune.”

That voice was not mere mockery but a curse.

“You cannot belong anywhere.”

Deceit was piercing and shaking the deepest part of Ruin, his ‘longing for a home.’

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