I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 263

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Chapter 263. A Butterfly That Wants to Settle Down (2)

However, Ruin touched the textbooks on the desk as if he still had lingering attachments.

“Well, I did submit my resignation, but it’s not that I want to leave.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s greedy of me, but now I too want to have something called a ‘home’ to return to.”

“!”

“That resignation letter is something to cut ties with me in case of emergency. If anything happens, show them that and say that professor is no longer a Haven person. If necessary, you can even say that the Chairman was also betrayed by Fire Butterfly.”

Elaine was dumbfounded.

Master was like this until the very end. A person who was always prepared to abandon himself so as not to cause harm to his disciples.

…I wish he would at least discuss things with us instead.

“I hope you’ll allow me to stay at least until my former disciples graduate.”

“!”

What? So he’s saying he’ll only stay for a mere 6 years and then leave?

Perhaps misinterpreting Elaine’s frozen expression, Ruin let out a small sigh.

“I see. Six years is too long, isn’t it. Fire Butterfly would find it disgusting to even look at me, yet a mere spy like me made an unreasonable request to the Union Commander. Then I’ll just deal with ‘Death’ from the Five Evils hiding in the Academy and leave-“

“No! Please stay until I die!”

“?”

Ruin drew a line as if asking what nonsense that was.

“Sorry, but that’s a bit much.”

At Ruin’s gaze telling him to consider his lifespan, Elaine shouted.

“If Master leaves, I’ll die!”

“Huh?”

“I was trying not to tell you because I was worried you’d be concerned…!”

“?”

“Actually… I think my Luck Power has disappeared.”

“…”

Ruin’s eyebrows slowly rose.

What… the hell?

I carefully and lovingly raised you, and now what? You lost what? You damn bastard?

“I… don’t know the exact reason, but my Luck Power disappeared after I saved Master.”

“…”

After saving me… could he be talking about the 4th stage Misfortune I used when I tried to commit suicide together with Deceit?

「So that’s why you didn’t die even after using the 4th stage. If what he’s saying is true, you could probably withstand the 5th stage too, right?」

Ginseng Superior’s words were correct, but Ruin groaned.

“Did it all disappear?”

“Ah, for now it seems only my luck with money has decreased! My financial situation has suddenly… deteriorated since I fought Deceit!”

“?!”

Ruin was rarely surprised, but Elaine cheerfully shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, don’t worry though. How important is financial luck when it comes to living in this world?”

Ruin’s mind came to a screeching halt.

That’s the most important thing, you stupid bastard! Without that, you’re just a corpse with muscles!

「…Is that how you evaluate the Hero’s worth…」

No, it’s a fact.

Elaine continued seriously.

“But I realized something. It didn’t exactly disappear, but rather transferred!”

“…Transferred?”

“Yes!”

“To whom?”

“To Master!”

“???”

“My Luck Power must have transferred to Master!”

…This guy, he’s not lying, is he?

However, Elaine spoke with confident eyes.

“Haven’t you been getting luckier lately? For example, lottery tickets you bought out of boredom winning 1st place 10 times in a row…”

I don’t know. I’m Misfortune itself to begin with, so even if I get lucky, it’s plus-minus zero.

‘More importantly, were you that much of a lucky man normally? You enviable bastard.’

「You’re the one who raised him.」

‘Damn it.’

Elaine smiled triumphantly at Ruin’s appearance of resting his chin and seeming to ponder. At least he looked like he was earnestly worrying about his troublesome disciple.

‘With this, I can stay with Master forever!’

Soon, Ruin finished thinking and spoke calmly.

“Well, since I’m the one who developed your Luck Power, it won’t be difficult to develop it again.”

Elaine smiled brightly.

Haha, of course you would. But from now on, even if my Luck Power returns, I’ll pretend it hasn’t…

“Instead, I’ll set a condition.”

…A condition?

“For my peace… no, for world peace, go on a blind date with the Demon Emperor.”

“…What?”

Elaine’s eyes became as round as beans. He felt that things were going terribly wrong somehow.

However, Ruin calmly pulled out an envelope. It was a neatly folded black invitation.

“When I asked the Demon Emperor if she was interested in a blind date with you, she readily said ‘good.'”

“…What?”

“Though I’m not sure why she told me to come to that meeting too.”

…What?

The Hero’s mind became tattered.

Oh God… why such a dog-like trial.

“Are you joking? Who with what?”

“A blind date between the Demon Emperor and you.”

“Why would I do that with that woman?!”

“You said you wanted to get your Luck Power back. That’s the condition.”

“…What does that have to do with this!”

“It took 7 years to create your Luck Power. Back then it was possible in such a short time because you were in your youth when you absorbed everything, but now that you’re an adult, who knows how long it’ll take. It’ll probably take quite a while. But I don’t want war to break out in the meantime. I’d have to do that dog-like spy work again. So promise me peace. I want perfect peace if possible. And historically, there’s nothing better than an engagement for perfect peace.”

“…#$*#$&*!”

Elaine covered his face with both hands as if he was about to faint. He realized he had fallen into his own trap.

“I still don’t want to-“

“Really? Then I’ll go in your place.”

“?????”

The Hero’s eyes rolled even more.

“Who is going on a blind date in whose place?”

“Seeing you get angry, yes, it’s not that you have no feelings. Right. The Demon Emperor has cute sides even though she looks like that.”

Elaine reached a point where he didn’t know where to start protesting.

“Does such a cute woman drug people and sexually harass them?!”

“No, that was.”

“Don’t you remember the chaos that happened back then?!”

“Ahem.”

Ruin coughed as if remembering that day. The Demon Emperor would be fine if she just reduced her overly obsessive tendencies. He thought she was respectable enough as a ruler, really.

Anyway, how did this situation come about-

The situation had to go back to right after Deceit disappeared.

* * *

After Deceit disappeared, Haven was strangely peaceful for several days.

But as always, the peace was temporary. That’s when she woke up.

The Demon Emperor.

The sleeping absolute ruler opened her eyes, breaking her long silence. At the same time, she sent a Frix and said one thing.

[Fire Butterfly. Return to Pride immediately.]

It was a firm command.

However, there was a slight anxiety mixed in her voice. That’s why Ruin asked.

“…May I ask the reason?”

[The Five Evils are moving. They’re targeting you.]

Ruin was silent for a moment.

Her words were right. But-

“I cannot return now.”

[What?]

“The children have awakened. I cannot abandon my disciples who have just opened their eyes.”

At his answer, which was more certain than before, the Demon Emperor’s voice grew cold.

[Is that your answer?]

“Yes.”

A short silence. The Demon Emperor, who immediately sensed Ruin’s intention, said coldly.

[Do you intend to betray Pride?]

“I will not take actions that harm you.”

[The Union cannot be trusted. You might be executed as an example.]

“If that guarantees my disciples’ lives, that wouldn’t be bad either.”

“…”

Her Frix disappeared with a small sigh. He had expected a more intense reaction, but it was strange that she withdrew so obediently.

Perhaps the fact that the Five Evils were scheming while she was asleep was more shocking than Ruin’s words about betraying her.

‘Anyway, I bought some time.’

Anyway, Ruin went to the medical ward after that. There, Hiren, Yuri, and Aina were there. Hiren was organizing a chess board while chatting, Yuri was grumbling, and Aina was making silly jokes while eating soup.

In front of them, Elaine was so happy that he could chat with his friends again that he couldn’t stop laughing for a while.

But when Ruin approached, the atmosphere instantly froze. The disciples’ expressions hardened all at once. Wariness, unfamiliarity, anxiety, fear…

Elaine was flustered by that reaction. So he gestured brightly and kindly.

“Don’t be scared. It’s Teacher.”

“…Teacher?”

At that one word, the disciples’ expressions changed dramatically. Their eyes shook, their lips trembled upward, and hope slowly bloomed.

“It really was Teacher…?”

“As expected… Teacher…”

‘He’s back.’

Just as those words were about to burst out, Ruin coldly cut him off.

“Not Teacher, but Professor.”

The disciples froze. Ruin spoke without a trace of warmth.

“Your teacher is Rabian Crawl, and I am Haven’s Demon Hunting Professor, Ruins Wayne.”

The blood visibly drained from Elaine’s face.

‘Wait, why go so far… to that extent…’

Was he really planning to hide the fact that he was Rabian Crawl?

However, Ruin showed no expression.

‘It’s better to hide it.’

If by any chance his identity was revealed, this was the only way to protect these children. So he spoke harshly.

“You’re not children anymore, so don’t look for anything like a teacher in me.”

The disciples’ expressions crumbled. Yuri’s eyes reddened, Hiren turned his head to hide his emotions, and Elaine silently stared at Ruin. There were no questions, no pleas. He was just asking with his eyes.

‘Is this… really what you want to do?’

The children couldn’t make a sound for a long while.

But then it happened.

“…The scent is the same though.”

At those words, Ruin froze solid.

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