I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36. I’m a Professor, and I’d Like to Cancel My Own Classes (1)

50 years ago.

Fire Butterfly received an order.

“The Union has invaded all the way to the capital. Deal with it.”

Hero Elaine.

This time, he seemed to have come with serious determination. Indeed, he had led his companions and the Imperial Army in a crushing advance into Pride’s territory.

“Surprise attack!”

“Emergency! The ‘Annihilator of Radiance’ is approaching the heart!”

The Demon Emperor faced them, but it was evenly matched. The standoff dragged on.

No, actually Pride was being pushed back somewhat. Thanks to that, the agent famous as the ‘Demon Emperor’s Fire Butterfly’ was deployed.

“It’s a maximum difficulty mission. But if you handle it, they’ll approve both the severance pay of whatever amount you want and your resignation letter as hazard pay.”

“Really?”

Fire Butterfly immediately infiltrated the Hero’s inner circle.

All of the Hero’s companions were special-grade, so stealing their faces wasn’t easy, but who was he? He was the Butterfly of Destruction who hadn’t been caught for 20 years. As they say, one spy is more terrifying than a million soldiers – having infiltrated the Union group, he leaked false information and annihilated the Imperial Army.

He also inflicted serious injuries on the Hero’s companions. Of course, the Hero, realizing he’d been backstabbed again, was furious—

“Fire Butterfly, doing this kind of thing again!”

In the end, he faced off against the Hero who was left alone after losing everything.

Was it because he had stolen the face of his closest ally, or because his carefully crafted plan had been destroyed by a ‘butterfly’ ‘again’? The killing intent was tremendous. There was even a saying that the Hero’s enemy wasn’t the Demon Emperor but just ‘one butterfly.’

“Always sneaking around so cowardly. Show me your real face!”

“That won’t do. My face is rather expensive.”

“Our special-grade wanted criminal certainly has a strong ego.”

“Still can’t do it.”

“Why not?”

“Because showing my face would be Fire Butterfly’s end.”

The Hero drew his sword. This time, he was determined to capture humanity’s worst wanted criminal.

“I can’t let you infiltrate again.”

“Don’t worry. I have no more business with you people.”

“What do you mean—”

“This is my retirement.”

“What…?! Gah!”

Tremendous light swept across Pride’s battlefield.

That was the great battle later recorded as the ‘Battle of the Heart.’ Well, Fire Butterfly only learned that from reading history books, but anyway.

‘So that bastard has returned?’

At the news of the Hero’s return, Ruin pressed his brow.

That damn bastard, of all times to return, he comes back now!

‘Damn it. Even back then, I risked my life infiltrating because I thought it was my last mission.’

He wasn’t called the only human who could face the Demon Emperor, humanity’s strongest, for nothing.

‘At least I managed to escape well after that.’

If I hadn’t escaped, I would have really died… No wait. Was it that the dimensional gate opened then, allowing me to flee?

Anyway, the Hero had been ready to chase him even there. It showed just how pissed off he was because of Fire Butterfly.

“Fire Butterfly! Just join the Union instead! Such abilities should be used for humanity!”

“Are you insane?”

“If you refuse, then die!”

Of course, I never expected that bastard would illegally occupy someone else’s house without even paying rent.

‘Damn it, it’s my fault for not marking that this was my house.’

I should have put up a sign saying it was Fire Butterfly’s house.

「If you had done that, wouldn’t there be no bones left, and even the safe would have been robbed?」

Damn it! Not the safe!

Anyway, the reason I thought of entering Haven was because I knew the Hero was always absent. He was at the frontlines called the ‘Rhine’ under the Emperor’s orders.

So I tried to enjoy some benefits while he was away.

‘Things have become troublesome.’

And an even more annoying matter arose.

As evidence of this, familiar faces stood before Ruin. They were the professors. After suddenly canceling classes on his own and running off, they must have been curious about the circumstances.

“A professor canceling classes on his own because of a stomachache – what a comfortable life you lead.”

No, they came to pick a fight.

Anyway, those who came looking for him were Self-Defense Professor Charlie and…

“Was it Medium?”

“…It’s Edas Weldon from Defense Studies.”

“Right. Weldon.”

“Am I burnt meat now?”

The beautiful woman in uniform, Weldon, laughed heartily.

“You said to wash my neck and wait, so I thought you were coming to the dormitory and kept waiting.”

“I don’t think I said anything like that.”

Rumor had it she was a professor who coveted Demon Hunting Studies. So even saying such things only sounded pathetic.

“To suddenly cancel class. I was worried, but since you were at the village bookstore, I guess it wasn’t a big problem after all.”

“No, there was a very big problem. I’ve been holed up in the bathroom for 5 hours straight throwing up and can barely sit here now. Lightning is still flashing even now. So if you don’t want to see me vomiting all over that face of yours, turn around right now and go back the way you came. I’m so disgusted I might spew at any moment.”

When Ruin said this while casually flipping through his book, Charlie snorted. Was he really a patient?

And a professor canceling class when he wasn’t even sick? This was a big enough problem to discuss as grounds for dismissal.

Sure enough, Charlie examined Ruin closely, as if he hadn’t come looking for him without reason for canceling class unnecessarily.

“For someone who threw up for 5 hours, your face looks perfectly fine?”

“Right. More fine than you who looks like a squid.”

Charlie grabbed the back of his neck.

That guy never loses with words.

No, more than that-

“Right, speaking of faces, you spoke well.”

Charlie was dumbfounded seeing Ruin’s bare face. It was already surprising what happened to Lindsey, but his appearance with the bandages removed was, what?

‘There’s no way that monster could be this handsome!’

For Charlie, who remembered his face from school days, it was incomprehensible.

“Is that really your face? You’re not pulling a scam, are you?”

Or if not that-

“Are you really ‘Ruins Wayne’?”

“!”

Charlie’s eyes turned menacing.

Charlie, who had clashed with Ruin, hadn’t found it strange.

There was no way Ruins could be this strong. Wasn’t he already irritated that everywhere he went, only stories about Ruins came up because of this incident?

“Hey, did you hear? All the 1st and 2nd year students who went in there chose Wayne’s class.”

“What? Even kids who have nothing to do with Demon Hunting Studies specialization?”

“Eh, they probably just picked randomly because they don’t know anything.”

“Hey… Don’t look down on the 1st and 2nd years now… These are kids the Imperial Templar and Magic Tower want to recruit.”

“Then that means they really chose based on skill, right?”

The students who entered the Healing Arts class at that time were only a handful. Curiosity was bound to explode.

But if ‘Fire Butterfly’ had infiltrated pretending to be a Haven professor…

Soon Charlie’s eyes sharpened, and Ruin sighed.

“I know you’re ugly, but jealousy is unseemly.”

Finally, as Charlie screamed and tried to rush at him, the Defense Professor grabbed him from behind.

“Ruins! You bastard, I’m going to contact the Wayne Family! I’ll tell them to test whether you’re real or not!”

Ruin sighed as if pathetic.

“Viscount Whiskey is pitiful too. Having such a thing as a son, even a paternity test wouldn’t change anything for him.”

“What did you say? Are you bringing up someone else’s father now!”

The Defense Professor once again physically blocked Charlie.

Ruin sighed. Knowing Charlie’s personality, he was deliberately provoking him, but there was nothing good about dragging this out.

‘It would be troublesome if that guy really contacted the Wayne Family.’

Of course, since he had devoured Wayne, there was no biological risk of being caught. He was confident he could avoid any test.

The problem was the Wayne Family’s ‘family business.’

Wayne.

Though called the Empire’s watchdog, a family that maintains public order, behind the scenes they work as secret police. Their job was catching, torturing, and killing spies.

…Simply put, they were natural enemies of Fire Butterfly. Going to the main house would be troublesome.

‘Actually, many Intelligence Agency colleagues were caught.’

It wasn’t called the graveyard of Pride spies for nothing.

Recently, the eldest daughter called a genius… that is, Ruins Wayne’s much younger sister, was sweeping through the Intelligence Agency. Catching Fire Butterfly, they said.

‘I heard she’s a ‘Silver Moon’ student at Haven, but on leave. Lucky I didn’t run into her.’

The youngest, the second son, was fortunately at another prestigious school, so he just needed to avoid going to the main house.

No matter what, real family members had a high chance of noticing. The fortunate thing was that the family thought of Ruins Wayne as pathetic tras… no, a reclusive loner. So there was no contact.

‘Well, they wouldn’t come to see him suddenly, but I should hurry.’

That’s why Ruin firmly closed the book he was reading. Anyway, what was important now was the Hero’s side rather than family.

“So you didn’t come to check on someone else’s bathroom frequency. What business brings two distinguished Haven department professors all the way here?”

“The Chairman was looking for you.”

“It’s touching to think you came all this way to foolishly deliver facts I already know. Thank you.”

As Ruin stood up from his seat, Professor Edas quickly continued with wide eyes.

“Oh right. The female student you saved in Healing Arts class was the Grand Duke’s daughter, wasn’t she?”

What did he care.

More than that, the teaching assistant made such a fuss. Of all people to save, it had to be the Grand Duke’s daughter?

“The Grand Duke’s family is very grateful. So this time, they might specially attend the parent-teacher conference.”

Grand Duke or whatever, what did he care. Whether parents attended or not, it had nothing to do with him…

“They want to give you a great reward.”

…Let’s get to that conference right away.

“If things go well, you might receive a general position along with research funds.”

No, dear parent. Could you just give me a bribe instead?

“I’m envious that you’re receiving attention from those in power.”

I don’t need any attention other than money!

“Not just the Grand Duke House and the Chairman, but I’m also very interested in you.”

“Ruins, you bastard! Come outside right now!”

“As a Defense Professor, I’d really like you to join the ‘Chaser’ work of hunting demons.”

Ruin pressed his forehead with the spine of his book, looking tired.

He hated troublesome things.

Especially being noticed by those Union bastards!

‘Now that it’s come to this, I’ll quickly rob the vault and run!’

* * *

Principal Charlotte.

She was in a difficult situation. All because of the student right in front of her.

“So… you’re asking me to assign Professor Wayne as your direct professor?”

“Yes. Principal.”

It was Princess Karin.

“You hold the authority over professor assignments, don’t you, Principal?”

A direct professor meant, in simple terms, a one-on-one dedicated professor. Just like how the First Prince had been assigned the Head Professor before.

In that case, the professor’s reputation would rise, but…

“I don’t think Professor Wayne would take on a direct professor position. His classes have already increased.”

“Of course! I’m not just asking for a favor. Along with proper compensation, I’ll apply for the position of Professor Wayne’s assistant!”

The Principal was greatly surprised.

An assistant, that meant…

“You’re saying you’ll do Professor Wayne’s menial work?”

“Yes!”

Why would someone from the Imperial Court, who could command any personal professor just by asking, do this?

But she seemed to understand why the Princess had come to make this request, even swallowing her pride.

‘She wants to receive teachings from Professor Ruins.’

There were already rumors going around that the Princess had been thoroughly defeated by Ruins.

Moreover, perhaps due to the Demon Hunting Studies incident, she heard rumors that although he attended classes, he didn’t even glance her way. So she must be getting anxious.

‘No, it’s actually because of the Princess who was saved by Professor Ruins.’

That Princess’s brother had tried to reward Ruins. And that Princess’s brother belonged to Red Moon. She was worried about the possibility of him becoming close with Red Moon.

‘Red Moon has the First Prince and Second Prince.’

Although the Princess had driven out the Head Professors while the princes were away from Academy, those two princes were very close to the throne.

If Ruins were to become Red Moon’s supervisor, they would be able to receive guidance even more easily. The Princess had reason to be desperate.

Was that why? How desperate must she have been to come with disheveled hair, and for that prideful Princess to offer not only to be an assistant, but also to accept any punishment related to Demon Hunting Studies incidents.

Conversely, it also meant she highly valued Ruins’ abilities.

That’s why the Principal clasped her hands and let out a deep sigh.

‘This is very troublesome.’

Of course, it wasn’t because a noble had come with an unreasonable request. It was because of her uncle, who was a Hero, and Ruins Wayne.

“Charlotte. The Demon Hunting Professor needs to catch Fire Butterfly with me, so don’t assign him Academy duties.”

“I want to focus only on nurturing students, so please let me handle only Academy work. Principal.”

Good grief. What should I do about this.

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