I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 273

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Chapter 273. Butterfly’s Private Tutoring (3)

Cobra’s face turned grotesquely toward Ruin. At the same time, something that would be absolutely impossible for an illusion happened.

“…What. Is that you.”

That voice was definitely Cobra’s own. Ruin’s heart instantly went cold.

‘…The real Cobra?!’

That was no longer a projection of memory. Ruin muttered very quietly.

“Get out. All of you.”

“!”

It wasn’t his usual hopeless voice. An absolute tone, more commanding than a general leading an army.

The disciples said they would stay too, but Ruin firmly kicked them out the door. Thus, only two beings remained in the research lab: Ruin and Cobra.

Cobra looked around like a prisoner who had just been released from jail and was seeing the world. As if he didn’t understand why he, who had been in prison, was here. Then his gaze fixed on Ruin.

“I don’t know what this is, but seeing your face makes my blood boil. Is it really you, Fire Butterfly?”

“Yeah. It’s me.”

Cobra’s eyes gleamed wickedly. He had a history of failing the assassination mission on the First Prince at the party hall last time, and on top of that, he had touched Fire Butterfly and gotten thoroughly beaten by the Demon Emperor.

At that time, the Demon Emperor had beaten Cobra to death like a dog. Moreover, as punishment for touching Fire Butterfly, he thought he would never see sunlight again…

“Excellent, I thought I’d never meet you again, but to encounter you like this!”

Ruin said while drawing up shadows.

“Didn’t you… kill Kailen.”

Cobra tilted his head.

“Kailen? Who’s that.”

Ruin’s brow furrowed.

“…The kid you’re holding in your hands right now.”

Cobra looked down. The boy in his arms? Cobra chuckled.

“Ah. This kid? I thought I’d seen that face somewhere. I don’t know why I’m carrying around someone I abandoned again.”

“Answer me.”

“Rather than that, first explain what this situation-“

“Shut up and just answer.”

Cobra shrugged at that fierce voice.

“He told me not to kill him. Deceit did.”

Ruin’s heart stopped with a jolt.

“…What did you say?”

“When giving me the mission, Deceit said this. Kill them all. But since there’s a use for him, don’t kill the long-haired kid among the candidates and take him away.”

Ruin couldn’t even breathe anymore.

“And then?”

“I dumped him somewhere.”

Ruin’s shadow exploded.

‘Kailen. Could he really still be alive.’

Thump thump, his heart pounded. A trembling that could be either hope or fear shook his eyes.

Cobra sneered at him. He spoke while emanating cold and cruel killing intent.

“The explanation is over, so now it’s my turn, right?”

Killing intent filled the research lab.

“I don’t know what this situation is, but if you’re real… that means it’s a chance to kill you!”

In an instant, Cobra disappeared.

No, he charged forward like a streak.

Swish!

It was the same speed that had killed Hiren, Yuri, and Aina in an instant in the past.

However-

“Slow.”

Ruin’s shadow split long and smoothly, wrapping around Cobra’s wrist like a veil.

Crack!

“Grgh…!”

Cobra’s arm twisted and struck the floor. And at the same time, poison flew toward him.

Ruin lightly sneered at this.

“Poison? It doesn’t work on me.”

Ruin’s eyes flashed. The Power of Misfortune enveloped Cobra. At the same time, dozens of shadow strands shot up from the floor, sealing Cobra’s movements all at once.

Thoom!

Cobra’s body was slammed into the wall. Even though he was covered in blood, Cobra bared his teeth and laughed.

“…As expected! You’re the one I acknowledge-“

Just as Cobra was about to rampage, Cobra’s form tore apart like a net and disappeared. The reason was simple.

‘All artifacts shut down.’

Having heard everything he needed to hear, he ended the illusion’s duration.

Then, Ginseng Superior asked.

「Why did the real Cobra appear?」

“Ah….”

Ruin stood up straight in his place.

It was certainly different from last time when the Demon Emperor appeared inside Haven. Back then, it was a situation where the Demon Emperor deliberately invaded the illusion created by Kalon.

But now, rather than coming of his own will, it seemed like they had lured Cobra here instead. That meant….

“We summoned Cobra.”

「Summoned? Who? Why?」

Ruin caressed the artifact.

“Since the Hero’s Luck Power dropped, I thought my misfortune was dominant….”

So he thought what the disciples ‘feared most’ would appear.

But Ruin changed his thinking.

“Perhaps my ‘Luck Power’ was activated instead.”

「Luck Power? Where would you have such a thing!」

Instead of answering, Ruin narrowed his eyes.

“I think my Luck Power transferred to Master!”

The Hero had definitely said that.

Ruin glanced at the artifact. Actually, this Cobra wasn’t what the children ‘feared most’… but rather what he himself ‘most wanted to see.’

Otherwise, the real Cobra wouldn’t have been summoned. With the Hero’s Luck Power, it wouldn’t be strange at all for ‘what one desires’ to actually manifest.

So the real Cobra must have been temporarily drawn here.

‘Right. Somewhere in my heart, I might have wanted to find and kill the bastard who murdered my disciples.’

And that thought might have been bigger than expected.

So he let out a hollow laugh.

‘What appeared wasn’t my Master, but Cobra.’

…He was sure Natasha would appear.

On one hand, he felt relieved.

‘I was worried about what to do if what the disciples feared most was Cobra.’

He had been worried that bastard might have left trauma. That had been weighing on his mind all along.

But now that he was certain that wasn’t the case, Ruin smiled as if finding it interesting.

‘This means I can summon Cobra whenever I want.’

Those eyes were cold and cruel.

“Should I… use this for education?”

* * *

Ruin’s three disciples were in agony. Yuri’s hands trembled blue. Hiren’s breathing was rough. Aina gritted her teeth while sobbing.

Only one door separated the three of them from their teacher. But from inside came the sound of magic power exploding, poison scattering, and the horrible sound of something scraping against walls.

“Teacher… Teacher is….”

Dying.

That thought spread simultaneously through all three minds.

Hiren spoke up.

“Let’s go in.”

Yuri nodded as well.

“We can’t leave Teacher alone.”

“Teacher is strong too, but… Cobra is….”

At that moment, the two Princes and the Imperial Princess spread their arms to block them.

“Don’t go in.”

The First Prince’s voice was low.

“What’s inside there… is a Special Grade Wanted Criminal. If you go in too, the Professor will be in more danger.”

Hiren gritted his teeth.

They had to save their teacher, but how dare others block them? Teacher’s back kept flickering before his eyes. As if saying he would never put them in danger again this time.

But even so-

“If we don’t go in, Teacher will!”

That’s when it happened.

“…Phew.”

The door opened. There stood Ruin with a nonchalant expression.

“Why are you making such a fuss again?”

Thud, all three disciples’ legs gave out simultaneously. The three sat down on the threshold, unable to speak.

“Teacher…!”

“Are you hurt anywhere…?”

“Thank goodness you’re alive…!”

Ruin was momentarily speechless. He could read that despair in their eyes, the fear that their teacher might disappear again.

So he gently ruffled the three children’s heads.

“I have nowhere to go without abandoning you.”

All three of them choked up at once. This wasn’t just simple comfort. These were the words Ruin hadn’t been able to give them that day.

The First Prince, Second Prince, and Imperial Princess watched the scene in silence.

‘…To that extent?’

‘Professor Ruins to those kids…?’

Their eyes were mixed with shock.

Toward them, Ruin suddenly spoke coldly.

“This artifact.”

All three Imperial descendants straightened their posture at once. Ruin continued.

“This isn’t for student use. Yet you readily accepted a request to use it on me. Is that what heroes should do?”

“But it was the Hero who made the request….”

“What if that was a fake Hero?”

“!”

“Don’t be fooled by appearances. No, you probably had no intention of distinguishing whether the other party was real or not in the first place. You were only focused on your own petty victory.”

Silence.

The three Imperial descendants broke out in cold sweat.

‘…He’s really angry….’

‘This is the first time. Speaking like that.’

Soon the First Prince, Second Prince, and Imperial Princess all bowed their heads simultaneously.

“We’re sorry.”

“We were wrong….”

Ruin spoke briefly.

“Well, I’ll let it slide just this once. From now on, don’t rashly accept requests even if they’re from the Hero. If you’re to be Emperor, cultivate the habit of being more suspicious.”

“Yes! Yes!”

The Imperial descendants closed their eyes, thinking they were doomed.

‘This will definitely affect choosing the next Emperor, won’t it?’

Seeing the Imperial descendants stiffen up to make a good impression on Ruin, Ginseng Superior snorted.

「Pretending to educate them. You just don’t want the Hero to find out about your preferences.」

That was true though.

Ruin ignored it.

‘Anyway, there was a gain.’

Namely, the fact that Kailen might still be alive.

Ruin’s eyes narrowed coldly.

‘I’ll definitely find him.’

* * *

Meanwhile, in Haven’s Hero-exclusive training room.

The Hero wiped his sweat while examining a letter that had just arrived. The sender was none other than Ruin. As the Hero, his eyes couldn’t help but light up.

“M-Master… to me… a letter…?!”

If he had a tail, it probably would have been wagging wildly in all directions. And for good reason—it was a letter from Master. Written personally, no less.

The Hero was so happy his heart felt like it might burst. He had been so eager to know about his Master that he was using the Imperial descendants to find out what Master wanted to see most, waiting for their answer.

But a letter!

“What kind of… advice…? Maybe… praise…? Or perhaps a love letter?”

His heart pounding, he unfolded the paper.

There was exactly one line written there.

-You’re dead.

“…Excuse me?”

At that moment, the Hero’s legs gave out with a thud. Clutching the letter, the Hero let out a roar of despair.

Charlotte Principal, who happened to be passing by in the distance and heard this, muttered.

“…He got scolded again.”

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