I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 271

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Chapter 271. Butterfly’s Tutoring (1)

Ruin was troubled. It was none other than because of the professors’ gossip.

“Professor Ruins, you’re giving private tutoring to the Imperial Princes, aren’t you? There have been fierce inquiries from other students’ parents, so do you have any plans to expand your tutoring?”

When he wondered why they said such things-

Right, it was exactly the tutoring problem.

“Doesn’t Professor Ruins have any students he favors?”

“!”

Ruin’s eyes trembled at the professors’ words.

This… could this be the scene of rumor distortion?

It was troublesome. Very troublesome.

“He only takes care of specific students.”

“He shows favoritism.”

If such rumors spread, it would be annoying. Because professors who show favoritism are targets for removal. So he decided to specially open tutoring sessions.

‘Well, if it’s a lecture I’m giving, it’ll fill up quickly…’

-[0 Applicants]

“…”

Opening his eyes and checking the documents again.

-[0 Applicants]

“…”

「Puhahahaha! You really counted your chickens before they hatched! There’s not a single person who wants to take classes from you!」

It was shocking.

‘…0 people, 0 people!’

Why? Both Healing Arts and Demon Hunting Studies classes are packed full, aren’t they?

「Are you stupid? Those are required major courses.」

…Could it be that students are forced to take my classes?

Shocked, Ruin staggered to the Teaching Assistant Office. And pretending not to care at all, while pretending to get coffee, he casually asked the teaching assistant.

“…Was the announcement not posted?”

The teaching assistants answered.

“No! We posted it long ago.”

“You posted it but students aren’t coming?”

At Ruin’s menacing gaze, the teaching assistants realized their mistake.

“Aah! Th-that, that, maybe there are many students who haven’t seen it yet? Right?”

“R-right! The students probably haven’t seen it!”

So Ruin specially announced publicly during Demon Hunting Studies class time.

“Students who want supplementary lessons, come to the Professor’s Office. I’ll only accept those who want it.”

But then!

-[0 Applicants]

‘…Really no one’s coming?!’

Ruin was secretly hurt in his pride. So he asked the gathered students for the reason. Then…

“We’re sorry! Rather than receive tutoring from Professor Ruins, we’d make a contract with a devil! Sob!”

“???”

What kind of situation is this?

Why on earth are they avoiding me!

Then Ginseng Superior flipped over and said.

「Why are they avoiding you? Think about your usual conduct!」

Why? What did I do?

‘Could it be they think the professor will drag them to graduate school!’

Then Ginseng Superior sneered.

「No. In your case, graduate school isn’t the problem.」

“?”

「In your case, it’s workplace accidents. Major workplace accidents at that. Their lives are in danger.」

“…”

Am I that bad?!

No. Even so, having not a single applicant is strange. At the very least, those fan club kids should have been hooked and applied.

‘Especially it’s strange that even the academically passionate Blue Moon didn’t apply.’

But just in case, if they really didn’t apply…

“…”

Am I perhaps hated by the students?

At the same time, a shadow fell across Ruin’s face.

‘That would be troublesome.’

「Oh, now you don’t want to be hated by the students?」

‘Unpopular professors get fired! Then what about my retirement!’

「….」

As Ruin, wounded in his pride, was pressing his brow-

Creak-

The door opened.

And simultaneously, two people burst in.

It was Hiren and Yuri. Both were panting as if competing to see who entered first.

“Professor.”

Hiren was the first to bow his head.

“Please, I beg you. Let me receive tutoring.”

“!”

Ruin’s complexion brightened.

As expected, my disciples! You don’t betray me!

「Just masochistic little kids…aack!」

However, before Hiren could finish speaking, Yuri stepped forward.

“I also request it. …Teacher’s lessons, I want to attend them together with Adeline too.”

Ruin’s eyes widened.

That Yuri with zero social skills… friends with Adeline?

It was shocking.

And finally…

Bang!

The door flew backward and shattered.

“Teacher-!”

It was Aina.

Ruin pressed his temple.

“…Why do you break the door.”

“I’m sorry! Please include me in tutoring too! Oh, Professor Ran said she’d pay the tutoring fee for me!”

“…What?”

Tutoring fee?

Ruin’s eyes sparkled. When he was surprised, Hiren and Yuri were also surprised.

‘That crazy girl even threatened professors from other departments…?!’

‘Using such dirty methods?!’

However, they soon smiled triumphantly.

‘Teacher doesn’t care about money!’

‘You dug your own grave, Aina!’

‘Right, Teacher is-‘

“Aina, accepted.”

“?!”

“?!”

Doesn’t care about… money?!

Both froze.

“Ah, my mistake. You two come in too.”

The two disciples were dumbfounded.

When they entered Ruin’s Research Lab, they saw three familiar people already inside.

‘First Prince, 2nd Prince, Imperial Princess?’

The three Imperial Descendants were equally surprised. They simultaneously widened their eyes.

“…?”

Why are those kids here?

“Is this a class observation?”

Then the Hero Candidates looked as if their pride was hurt.

Ruin said.

“You’ll be learning together.”

At those words, wariness immediately rose in the Imperial Descendants’ eyes.

‘It was a joint thing?’

The Imperial Descendants thought of them as far beneath themselves, so the fact that they came to ‘tutoring personally called by Ruins Wayne’ was displeasing.

At this, Ruin gave a warning.

“Now. Let me start with the simple rules.”

Rules?

“Today, whoever comes in last place in class will clean this entire research lab.”

“…!”

The Imperial Descendants were startled. Making Imperial Descendants clean was typical of Ruin’s personality, but Ruin’s research lab was ridiculously spacious.

As if reading their gaze, Ruin smiled in a way that looked wicked.

“There needs to be some fun like this to focus on class. If you have complaints, feel free to leave.”

The Imperial Descendants clenched their fists with a groan. After all the effort they put into persuading Ruin to let them take this class…!

They looked at the Hero Candidates as if they absolutely could not leave.

‘Since they’re Hero Candidates, their abilities must be quite outstanding.’

Soon Ruin swished his magic wand. Then small stones settled down in front of each of them with soft thuds.

“Now try moving these magic stones. These are magic stones used when the Demon Race deploys barriers. To destroy barriers, you need to move these stones. You can use any method, just try to move them.”

The Imperial Descendants felt relieved.

That’s simple enough.

‘I just need to use levitation magic!’

Stones of that size should be easy to move.

Immediately the Imperial Princess raised her magic wand, while the Princes formed seals with their fingers. Then the magic stones slowly floated up.

However, not one of them could move even a few centimeters. Ruin said that was surprisingly good.

“Even that much is impressive. They’re premium-grade magic stones.”

Well, they’re hard to obtain items, but right now the Demon Emperor is working as a teaching assistant. Of course, the Demon Emperor was glaring with a face full of complaints like a sulking cat, but what could she do about it.

‘This is when I should put her to work.’

Soon the gazes of the Imperial Descendants who had succeeded with magic simultaneously turned toward the Hero Candidates.

‘What are the Hero Candidates’ results?’

Just how skilled would they be!

They caught them at the end of their wary gazes.

However-

“?”

The three Hero Candidates were struggling and couldn’t even lift the stones.

“It won’t move…!”

Ruin sighed and consoled them.

“Right. Since magic stones have grades, it might be difficult.”

At that sight, the three Imperial Descendants snickered.

‘They can’t even do this?’

‘To think Hero Candidates were only at this level. How disappointing.’

Ruin said.

“Then you don’t need to move them, just tell me a method to transport them. You can mention types of magic or strategies.”

He was trying to see their abilities as commanders.

However, the Hero Candidates became mute as if they had honey in their mouths. The Imperial Princess raised her hand high, but Ruin frowned and looked away. Instead, he looked at Hiren.

“Hiren. Try answering.”

“I don’t know.”

“….”

Finally, Ruin said a word.

“I’ll change the rules a bit.”

Ruin narrowed his eyes.

“Research lab cleaning will be assigned to first place, not last place.”

At that moment-

Kwaaaaang-!

The first magic stone shot up through the ceiling. It was because of Aina’s punch.

The Imperial Descendants’ jaws dropped.

‘She sent that flying with her bare fist?!’

That wasn’t magic but a collaboration of brute strength and intuition.

And then-

Bang!

The second stone flew toward the Imperial Descendants like a fierce storm. It was Yuri’s wind magic.

The 2nd Prince, who almost got hit directly, swallowed a scream and rolled his body to dodge. Even the Imperial Princess and 1st Prince opened their mouths.

‘That’s 3rd-tier basic wind magic! But what is this power…?!’

‘What?! That’s beginner magic?!’

However, that wasn’t the end.

Tukwaaaaang-!

The third stone flew right through the wall. It was so fast and strong that the hole it made was smooth without a single crack. Precisely, Hiren had used the wind Yuri created with his own power.

The expressions of the Imperial Descendants who saw this were spectacular.

“…?”

A completely different sight from before. Even the magic stone that they couldn’t lift more than a few centimeters despite using all their strength, those three had tossed around like toys.

Seeing this, Ruin let out a deep breath.

‘As expected… they were pretending to be incompetent.’

There was no way his personally trained disciples couldn’t handle even this much. It meant they had deliberately controlled their power to come in last place…

‘But why on earth?’

However, the eyes of Aina, Yuri, and Hiren were burning with determination.

‘A chance to be alone with Teacher.’

‘A chance to steal Teacher’s belongings.’

‘A chance to analyze Teacher’s preferences.’

…Their motives were all impure.

As they went through all the subsequent tests, the Imperial Descendants’ mouths gradually closed. Combat coaching. Information analysis quiz. Magic power control. Situational judgment. Close combat tactics… Even the First Prince’s mind went half-blank watching Hiren solve a national exam problem in 10 seconds. On top of that, they were overwhelmed in every category: detection ability, intuition, judgment.

Finally, Ruin crossed his arms and looked at the Imperial Descendants.

“Is this all the people who will shoulder Britannia’s future can manage?”

“No… those guys are…”

“Tsk.”

“…!”

Did he just say ‘tsk’? …Ruins did?!

‘Well, it makes sense. We are Ruins Wayne’s disciples after all.’

As the Imperial Descendants despaired, Ruin sighed.

“I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves. The final test is 3 vs 3 combat. I’ll evaluate your comprehensive abilities including strategy and technique.”

The Imperial Descendants widened their eyes and entered into strategic discussion. It was the first moment these normally antagonistic individuals had united.

‘The Imperial Court’s honor is at stake.’

‘We can’t lose anymore.’

Above all, they couldn’t be kicked out by Ruin.

On the other hand, the Hero Candidates didn’t even have a meeting, let alone a conversation. They were already at a level where they could understand each other’s intentions with just eye contact.

After the strategy meeting time ended, they faced each other. Then, a metallic sound rang out from the Imperial Descendants’ side.

Hiren, with his sharp hearing, smirked. He immediately realized the Imperial Descendants’ plan.

‘They’re planning to use artifacts to exploit an opening.’

That much was within expectations. That’s why Hiren, who always handled strategy among the disciples, immediately conveyed tactics to Aina and Yuri through hand signals.

‘Against those guys, the way to win is simple…’

But at that moment, the air suddenly turned cold. Soon, Hiren’s expression turned pale at what he saw. Yuri’s knees stiffened. Aina’s teeth chattered with fear.

Ruin tilted his head for a moment.

‘…Why are those kids acting like that?’

But soon, seeing the artifact used by the Imperial Descendants’ side, his expression changed. That was-

‘【Heavenly Evil’s Bewitchment】…?!’

A malicious artifact that reads the opponent’s memories to manifest either ‘what they most want to see’ or ‘what they most fear’ into reality, causing mental collapse.

It was Elaine’s artifact. The one Elaine had lost and desperately searched for, which he had found during the Head Professor exam and returned to Elaine.

‘But why did that end up in the Imperial Court’s hands?’

No, that wasn’t what mattered. He immediately realized what his disciples were seeing.

Hiren’s throat trembled. Yuri’s breathing became labored.

“K-Kailen has been captured.”

“Kailen…!”

Sure enough, someone walked out from the darkness.

Ruin felt chills run down his spine. What they were seeing was Cobra. The special-grade demon who had brutally killed Hero Candidates in the past and disappeared. That scene, the screams, smells, blood, despair, the aura of magic power… The nightmarish memory was being completely recreated.

Of course, the Imperial Descendants knew nothing. They simply thought it was an artifact that showed what you most wanted to see or most feared.

But that wasn’t such a simple artifact.

「Isn’t that an artifact that manifests trauma into reality?!」

That was correct. He didn’t know what Elaine had been doing with that thing, but at least right now it was certain that Cobra was appearing.

The manifested Cobra was holding a young child.

‘Kailen.’

One of the disciples who was never found.

Ruin quickly stepped forward.

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