I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 43

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Chapter 43. Misfortune vs Fortune (1)

The professors couldn’t hide their astonishment.

The Order of Radiance. That position was the highest seat of humanity recognized by humanity’s strongest. And yet to mention such a position…

‘This has never happened before…!’

On the other hand, the Principal seemed more concerned about something else as she spoke.

“Is Professor Ruins alright? Did they perhaps harm you while committing theft?”

At that frightening gaze, the professors startled and cried out.

“N-no! We swear we did nothing to Professor Wayne…!”

The Hero also spoke.

“He should be fine, Charlotte.”

He thought of Ruins. In fact, he had sensed Ruins watching the scene of the incident.

‘Though I wonder why he was in such a place.’

Had he perhaps arrived and just observed the situation? If so, it was a very good judgment.

‘Having people rush in en masse would only increase the number of possessed.’

If he had moved with that awareness, he was certainly a capable professor. That’s why his heart was pounding for the first time in a while. Just like when Fire Butterfly was around in the old days.

The Hero stood up from his seat.

“You all will be removed from your assigned classes. Research funding will also be deducted for the classes you missed.”

“…Chairman!”

He spoke coldly.

“Rather, I’m grateful to Professor Wayne. For helping me discover professors with such ulterior motives early.”

Grr…!

The professors who ultimately hung their heads ground their teeth. The Hero was the commander of the Union army and the idol of all Heroes. They couldn’t say anything.

The professors who had tried to build achievements also ground their teeth.

‘To have my research funding taken away because of Wayne, that brat.’

But research funding was still okay…

Just then, the Principal smiled a million-dollar smile and said.

“Oh, here’s the bill for Haven’s property damage and compensation costs. Don’t forget to pay this as well.”

As the Principal scattered the bills and left, the professors’ jaws dropped. It was an amount that transcended common sense.

“Oh, the cost of ransacking the Senior Professor’s Office is included too.”

That cold gaze was frightening. It was essentially a recommendation to resign.

Eventually, leaving behind those who had lost their minds, the professors who came to visit lit up mana cigarettes.

“Ruins Wayne. At this rate, he’ll really become a Senior Professor.”

“Shh. The Chairman is still here.”

“…No, but shouldn’t he at least step down from Demon Hunting Studies if he becomes Department Head Professor of Healing Arts?”

“That’s what the Principal said. There’s a VIP request, so he can’t step down from his Demon Hunting Studies professor position, and moreover, the Healing Department Head Professor position was approved by the original department head, so she can’t interfere.”

“…”

Principal… aren’t you being too openly biased toward Ruins?

“Ha, isn’t there some way to kick that guy out for about a year?”

“How can we touch someone under the Principal’s protection?”

Then, someone brought up a topic. It was a particularly young professor among the Healing Arts professors.

“With this method, even the Principal would have no choice.”

“What method?”

“Espionage charges. Originally, if you’re suspected of being a Demon Race spy, you don’t get treated well. You get called out daily to prove yourself, so you can’t do classes or anything.”

The professors who were smoking cigarettes laughed slyly.

“Hey now. How can you say such things. Let’s pretend we didn’t hear that.”

“Right. How can we frame an innocent colleague as a spy.”

However, they all seemed to have gotten their answer as they grinned wickedly.

And there was someone listening to that conversation through a wiretapping device.

‘Next time, should I use those guys as teaching materials.’

It was Ruin, the real spy.

* * *

“What? A strange letter?”

Ruin looked at his teaching assistant. The teaching assistant held out a letter.

“Actually, I had something to mail, so I went to Haven’s post office. That’s where I found your letter, Professor.”

He wondered what the problem was, but Lily said.

“The sealing wax mark is strangely different. The handwriting is also strangely different from yours, Professor.”

Ruin examined the brown-toned letter envelope.

-[Sender] Haven Demon Hunting Department Office, Ruins Wayne

-[Recipient] Rollst Newspaper Office

“Did the Professor really send this? If so, I’m sorry…”

“I certainly don’t remember writing anything like this.”

“Ah, then…!”

“It’s a forged letter.”

“I knew it!”

Lily got angry, saying she knew it would be like this.

Ginseng Superior, who was sucking on flower pot fertilizer like alcohol, asked.

「What’s going on?」

‘It’s nothing major.’

Ruin immediately guessed what was contained in the letter.

‘Obviously it would be a letter containing Haven’s information.’

Leaking Haven’s information was a serious matter. In other words, it was tantamount to selling information to Pride.

As evidence of this, newspaper offices were regular facilities that demon spies used as disguises.

‘Yeah, ’80 years ago’ that is.’

In other words, it meant someone had created this letter to frame him as a spy.

“I suppose they planned to pretend they accidentally discovered it at the post office and report me as a spy.”

“What? Really? Who on earth would!”

Who else would it be.

The professors.

Well, he already knew about the professors’ schemes thanks to the wiretapping devices he had scattered everywhere. So he deliberately caused incidents in related departments to keep them too busy to think of anything else.

‘Hmm. So there was still someone among them who went through with it. Who could it be?’

Well, no real spy would get caught by such a crude method anyway.

Rather, what was more frightening than this was Lily, the teaching assistant.

‘To notice that the wax seal mark and handwriting were different…’

Ruin stared intently at the letter.

‘It’s forged, but done so well that ordinary people would never be able to tell the difference.’

Ruin asked.

“How is the wax seal mark different?”

“Professor always stamps it cleanly in the exact center without even a millimeter of error, but this one is tilted about 5 degrees to the right.”

“…”

Is she a pervert?

“How did you know the handwriting was different?”

“Huh? Huh? It’s just subtly different from the Professor’s handwriting that I always see?”

At this level, she’s a stalker.

Honestly, even Fire Butterfly would find this creepy.

「It’s affection. It’s love.」

What are you talking about.

But Lily seemed angry that Ruins had almost fallen into a trap.

“Espionage charges are the best way to get someone kicked out of the Union. But with forgery done to this extent, it would be difficult to find the culprit…”

However, Ruin brought the letter envelope to his nose and took a deep breath. Soon Ruin analyzed the subtle scent.

‘The smell of herbs.’

This could narrow down the culprit to the Herbology Professor, but it wasn’t that professor.

They were common herbs, but among those scents, there was exactly one completely different type of smell.

‘This is a special medicinal ingredient used only for treating internal injuries.’

Ruin immediately knew who the culprit was.

“The culprit is Professor Doman from Healing Arts.”

“What?! This quickly?”

“The smell contains herbs mainly used for internal injuries. Plus the scent of peppermint. This is prohibited for students, and it’s the smell of mana tobacco that faculty members often smoke. In that sense, it could be teaching assistants, but seeing that expensive alcohol smell is mixed in, it’s not the work of a teaching assistant who has to watch the professor’s mood all day. You can’t assist while reeking of alcohol, can you.”

Ruin flipped the letter over.

“Most importantly, this ink slightly stained on the letter envelope. It’s commonly seen blue ink, but when light shines on it, gold is revealed. It’s a luxury item that costs 100,000 quids per drop. And currently, there’s only one professor at Haven who uses this. Only Professor Doman of 【Extremely Difficult Internal Injury Studies】.”

Ruin threw the letter envelope onto the desk as if his analysis was complete.

Lily stared at Ruin with her mouth wide open.

“Am-amazing.”

“You look stupid, so close your mouth.”

“Eep.”

Lily closed her mouth.

Ruin’s eyes, with fingers interlocked, narrowed as if finding it ridiculous.

‘So they tried to report Fire Butterfly as a spy.’

Excellent.

‘I’ll squeeze it dry and use it as nourishment.’

Just in time, a reward had come from the Demon Emperor for completing the mission well.

【Shadow Fate (Special Grade)】

A gemstone that dominates fate in darkness

It was a precious item that amplified magic power. Well, it had the effect of extending a 1-meter range to a 10-meter range for the same magic.

‘It’s a perfect item for me.’

Usually, range is proportional to the amount of magic power, but Ruin was a demon, so he was naturally born with little magic power. In other words, he was advantageous in close-range one-on-one combat, but couldn’t develop wide-range magic.

‘At least it’s ten million times better than the academic bragging staff that Ruins used.’

Ruin sighed as he looked at the inscription on his staff.

-Haven 40th Class Alumni Association

‘Good grief, this is the first time I’ve seen a hero use a graduation staff as his personal weapon.’

So it felt like this. The feeling of a guy who still uses prestigious university department jumpers and handkerchiefs even after graduation…

‘Well, with Ruins’ level of magic skill, using something like this wouldn’t have been insufficient…’

Anyway, with a gemstone of this grade, the abilities of his magic would be considerably amplified.

‘Thanks to the Hero, I did get a good item.’

The problem is that Hero is driving me crazy.

Because after the Catalun incident, the Hero hadn’t left the Healing Magic Classroom even more.

‘So why are you eating and sleeping there, you bastard.’

Does he think it’s a campground?

「No, he’s waiting for you. To take you as talent.」

What are you saying? Even the three visits to the thatched cottage only go up to three times! Beyond that is stalking! Even Liu Bei wouldn’t do such a thing!

That’s why Ruin became serious.

‘I can’t let him stay in Haven.’

So he diligently scattered bait ‘outside’ Haven that a ‘Hero’ would naturally have to respond to. It was to drive him out.

Yes, for example…

-Location of the Demon Emperor’s treasure

-The Demon Emperor’s dwelling

-Place where the Demon Emperor’s weakness is hidden

-The Demon Emperor’s familiar appears

-Information on the Demon Emperor’s movements

-About the Demon Emperor’s spies infiltrating the Union

-About the Demon Emperor’s traps installed in the Union

They were information tempting enough for not only the Union, but even Pride.

However.

‘I scattered this much, so why won’t you move! You Hero bastard!’

Of course they were fake information, but he gave them some degree of credibility. If they were too absurd, he wouldn’t move.

But do you know what he said when he dismissed those reports?

“The professors will handle this kind of thing well. Leave it to them.”

“Leave the Demon Emperor’s treasure to the treasure team.”

“Have the military handle the Demon Emperor’s dwelling.”

“Isn’t the Demon Emperor’s power and movements the inspection department’s responsibility?”

“Have the Intelligence Agency handle the Demon Emperor information.”

“Anyway, send all Demon Emperor-related matters to the special-grade heroes of each department.”

Why won’t you go yourself! Why!

‘You’re the Hero who has to deal with the Demon King!’

Ruin rarely beat his chest in frustration.

「Well, what bosses originally do is make all their subordinates work for them.」

Damn, if that’s what it was, I’d at least understand!

“Understood? Everything except Fire Butterfly is a waste of time. Don’t bring me anything other than Fire Butterfly. Fire Butterfly is the priority over the Demon Emperor.”

You crazy bastard! The Demon Emperor will be pissed!

Does he think I just randomly scattered information?

Do you know how difficult it is to plant fake information that looks real, but doesn’t end quickly, never gets traced, and is so meticulous that even the local people believe it! Do you think manipulation work is easy!

「At this point, aren’t you being treated as superior to the Demon Emperor? It’s an honor. Other demons would cry with joy.」

Ugh! I don’t need the Hero’s attention!

「Why, humanity’s strongest is acknowledging you. Thanks to that, your value is also rising.」

That’s nice, but let me retire!

Anyway, he needed a way to drive out the Hero. Additionally, it would be better if he could deal with the mischievous professor at the same time.

Then Lily’s eyes flashed as she spoke.

“Professor, shall I cast ‘Frix’ on all the students to mess with Professor Doman?”

“No. I’ll handle it, so you…”

However, as if something came to mind from Lily’s words, Ruin interlaced his fingers.

…That Hero bastard didn’t even blink in front of the Demon Emperor… but surely something like that wouldn’t work on him, right?

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