I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 44

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Chapter 44. Misfortune vs Fortune (2)

Hero Elaine was rarely angry.

It was none other than because of the Union’s military conference.

[We heard. Information about the Demon Emperor has come in?]

[But if you step in, Hero, it would be resolved quickly, yet you’re handing it over to others.]

[Above all, you said not to bring anything unless it’s about Fire Butterfly.]

Those conversing through magic holograms looked at the Hero with great pity.

[Are you still obsessing over Fire Butterfly?]

At those words, the Principal attending the meeting’s eyes turned cold.

‘Nothing but people trying to bite wherever they can.’

The Union was composed of various factions. And as coalitions always are, there were bound to be power struggles between factions.

They pretended to worry, but they were actually keeping the Hero Corps’ power in check. Haven, composed of professors who were each hero-level, excellent students, and military, was no small faction.

The Hero sighed.

‘How bothersome.’

There was another real reason for establishing Haven, but anyway, he had founded it wanting to focus on catching Fire Butterfly.

He looked at the messengers as if deeply disappointed.

“If you came for such reasons, you’ve misjudged. What if all these simultaneous incidents are Pride’s doing?”

[!]

“Pride has many cunning named ones no less than Fire Butterfly. Then we can’t move according to their will even more.”

Then another academy’s Chairman chuckled.

[You say that, but well. To me, it only looks like you’re obsessing over Fire Butterfly.]

Then Charlotte raised her fine eyebrows.

‘Tactics specialist, Derelin’s Chairman.’

Though one of the Five Great Military Academies along with Haven, they were among those trying to pull the Hero down from his commander position.

With recent aggressive professor recruitment, unlike Haven, they were proudly producing upper-level heroes.

[In the first place, it’s not even a miscellaneous school, yet Haven, one of the Five Great Academies, has Fire Butterfly extermination as its slogan. How anachronistic. I wonder if there are any proper professors there.]

Derelin’s Chairman smiled cunningly like a fox.

[Ah. Of course, we know Fire Butterfly too well. How much our Union has been toyed with and suffered because of that cunning bastard.]

Even in the ‘Heart battle’, wasn’t it because of that one butterfly that the Hero couldn’t thrust his knife into the Demon Emperor’s throat?

“As long as Fire Butterfly exists, Pride cannot be brought down.”

The Hero’s words were established truth. That’s why the Union was desperately trying to catch Fire Butterfly.

But well.

[Even so, hasn’t that great Fire Butterfly not shown himself for 50 years?]

[Are you saying Fire Butterfly is dead, contrary to your words, Hero?]

[Yes.]

[But Fire Butterfly appeared recently too. That’s why Haven is also tracking-]

Then Derelin’s Chairman sneered as if he’d been waiting.

[Well. There were incidents presumed to be Fire Butterfly’s doing, but there was no ‘evidence’, wasn’t there?]

Evidence.

At those words, Charlotte bit her lips.

The evidence that bastard was talking about meant ‘symbols’.

‘Right. Symbols.’

When Pride’s named ones appear, there are always symbols that appear with them, but the Fire Butterfly appearing in the Union now had no such symbols.

That’s why everyone was half-believing. Opinions were split fifty-fifty between ‘the methods are the same so it’s real’ and ‘no symbols so it’s fake’.

[Fire Butterfly is dead. Wouldn’t it be better to stop being stubborn and focus on other matters?]

In other words, they were trying to tear him down by saying the Hero’s edge had dulled and his judgment had declined. That no matter how great Fire Butterfly was, he was dead, so there was no reason to worry.

Charlotte didn’t distrust her uncle either, but even she couldn’t say anything since there were no Fire Butterfly symbols. And as if this was the main point, Derelin’s Chairman spoke.

[Stopping someone who’s gone down the wrong path is also part of our leadership’s job.]

Charlotte gritted her teeth. Even being attacked like this, she was angry that there were no words to refute with.

Soon Derelin’s Chairman also bared his teeth as if revealing his true nature.

[Now. So let’s redirect the military budget to other areas-]

But just then.

Eeeeeeeng-

Suddenly the military became chaotic.

At the alarm sound different from before, all the messengers were bewildered. The Hero was the same.

Just as everyone was trying to identify that warning sound, a soldier entered. The flustered soldier who saw the Hero saluted and raised his voice.

“This is serious! It’s the ‘Butterfly Path’!”

Butterfly Path?

The messengers tilted their heads for a moment, but soon turned pale.

[A butterfly path!]

[Could it be Fire Butterfly’s symbol?]

The ‘Special-Class Wanted Criminals’ couldn’t possibly not know the symbol of Pride’s Named.

The soldier immediately activated an artifact. A hologram-like magic unfolded. And soon, everyone’s faces hardened at the sight of downtown reflected above it.

“…!”

The Hero’s eyes also changed. There was a butterfly of light gracefully flying over the bridge above the beautiful river.

“That’s…!”

It was a self-luminous butterfly. Every time the butterfly flapped its wings, fragments of light scattered. It was just like sparks flying from fire.

And that butterfly was unmistakably Fire Butterfly’s Frix. Simply put, it was Fire Butterfly’s mark. He wasn’t called Fire Butterfly for nothing.

“Where there are butterflies, there are seeds of destruction.”

The places where butterflies passed always shone with hellish light. So everyone followed those traces, but no one had ever seen the face of their master.

The butterfly now was the same. Like a hellish butterfly from the underworld, it flew leisurely as if daring them to catch it.

All the messengers couldn’t help but be shocked. Since it was Fire Butterfly’s symbol appearing after a full 50 years, the conference room had no choice but to stir. It was that significant a symbol.

Even Derelin’s Chairman, who had been criticizing the Hero in the video conference, stiffened. At that, Principal Charlotte chuckled.

“He was alive. Unlike what someone who was trying to embezzle the budget said.”

[Kuk…!]

The messengers stirred.

[Could it be that what appeared until now was really Fire Butterfly!]

The Hero shot up. There was no way he wouldn’t recognize it. That wasn’t fake.

Soon he turned around.

“I’m suspending the meeting. I don’t need to explain the reason.”

The Hero who ended the meeting came out of the conference room. Then the Generals and soldiers also looked at him in surprise.

“Commander!”

“Did you see it! It’s really that Fire Butterfly!”

“Fire Butterfly, finally appearing near Haven!”

The Hero gave urgent instructions.

“If the opponent is Fire Butterfly, Superior-Class alone will be defeated immediately. Assemble the Special-Class.”

The soldiers were bewildered. Superior-Class Heroes would be defeated? Was Fire Butterfly’s combat power at that level?

‘Wasn’t he just a spy who used his head a bit?’

Everyone thought so, but the Commander’s reaction was different.

“Sound the Level 3 alert.”

“Then…!”

“I’m going myself.”

* * *

Eeeeeeeeeng-

“Good, good. They’re moving noisily.”

Ruin was very satisfied with the siren sound echoing through Haven.

The ‘Fire Butterfly’ everyone saw was a chrysalis that Ruin had awakened from sleeping in the warehouse and sent flying. It was one he used to raise before.

Normally he would have created it with magic power, but was there really a need to do that?

In reality, Haven was turned upside down by just one small butterfly. At most, it was just one toy to Fire Butterfly.

“Catch Fire Butterfly!”

“He’s appeared!”

He could feel the Professors and Hero going outside Haven. The Dormitory Tower lit up and chaos ensued.

Ruin was watching that scene from the rooftop. Ginseng Superior was extremely excited.

「Look! That Hero is scurrying out of Haven! It worked!」

However, Ruin himself looked up at the sky as if having a slight reality check. Well, it was certainly a very good thing for him….

‘This kind of thing really works.’

But what’s good is good.

‘Finally I can dig the tunnel.’

Above the Healing Arts Classroom were research labs, but there were no people in the building at all. Why weren’t there any? Because Ruin had driven them all out.

How did he drive them out?

“You all, why are you working until this hour?”

“Professor Ruins!”

The Teaching Assistants with dark circles down to their chins had been flustered when a professor came at such a late hour.

“What brings the Demon Hunting Professor all the way here…!”

“Is it strange for a professor to check on research labs?”

“No, no. It’s just that all the professors would have naturally left work by now…!”

“After dumping all the work on you?”

“Well… it’s our job?”

“Your appearances are terrible. Have you eaten?”

“Ah… not yet.”

“What time is it now. That’s enough, go eat something.”

“Excuse me?”

“Call all your companions and go have something delicious to eat.”

When Ruin pulled out a large sum of money from his wallet, all the Teaching Assistants were shocked.

‘A professor who buys meals for Teaching Assistants actually exists?’

Like everywhere else, Haven’s Teaching Assistants were notorious for their harsh working conditions.

“B-but we have to do night patrol…!”

“Leave that to me.”

“Pardon?”

“Go wash up, visit your parents, and take your time coming back.”

They couldn’t help but be even more surprised.

What he meant was… go have fun!

The Teaching Assistants stirred with excitement.

However, his behavior seemed suspicious. Suddenly appearing and showing such kindness? Without any reason…?

“Why is Professor Wayne…?”

“I want to change Haven’s educational environment. The treatment of Teaching Assistants as well. If there are any unreasonable matters, tell me. I’m going around investigating the working conditions of Teaching Assistants.”

“W-working conditions…!”

“So don’t worry about it and go. I’ll put this matter directly on the professor meeting agenda.”

The Teaching Assistants stirred. It wasn’t for any other reason.

“Hey. Didn’t the professors tell us not to listen to Professor Ruins?”

“…Is that the problem? You’re saying that in this situation?!”

The Teaching Assistants’ eyes gleamed.

“I’ll be back by tomorrow morning! Uhahahaha!”

And so he drove them all away.

Looking at the now completely empty surrounding buildings, Ruin laughed as if disgusted.

“As expected of Union pigs, their defenses are sloppy.”

Ruin spun the keys he had obtained from the Teaching Assistants round and round.

Creak-

Finally, Fire Butterfly succeeded in entering the ‘Healing Arts Classroom’. It was the route directly connected to the vault room.

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