I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 48

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Chapter 48. Misfortune vs Fortune (6)

 

This is driving me crazy.

 

Absolutely insane.

 

‘Hero, you crazy bastard. There’s no getting through to you.’

 

Well, I could understand why this bastard was acting like this. Because the Hero was a human who knew absolutely nothing about ‘failure’ thanks to his supreme Luck Power.

 

Whatever he did, things flowed exactly as the Hero wanted, exactly to his benefit. To put it simply, it felt like the universe was helping him.

 

But the one opponent this didn’t work on was Fire Butterfly. There was the Demon Emperor, the ultimate master of Curse Power, but her power was exactly equal to the Hero’s, so no conclusion could be reached. ‘Must survive’ and ‘must kill’ was ultimately no different from a battle between the strongest spear and shield.

 

But into this battle between the strongest had fluttered a single ‘butterfly’. Depending on which side that tiny butterfly attached itself to, it could change the outcome of a world war.

 

But that small butterfly was on the Demon Emperor’s side, and the Hero tasted failure for the first time because of Fire Butterfly. I can’t even imagine that humiliation.

 

‘So I understand his obsession with eliminating that threat, but the problem is that threat is me.’

 

Sure enough, the Hero’s eyes lit up as he looked at Ruin.

 

“You even prevented the barrier from going out of control. Speaking of which, the barrier seems to have been strengthened…”

 

Ruin answered halfheartedly as if annoyed.

 

“…Anyone who uses Dispel Magic can do that. It’s not something worth the Chairman’s concern.”

 

So please lose interest, you bastard.

 

“How modest. I like you more and more.”

 

I’m going more and more insane!

 

Ginseng Superior laughed like crazy.

 

「The Hero seems to like you. You’ll get scouted. Oh, then it’ll be a love triangle with the Demon Emperor?」

 

…This Superior bastard. Should I turn him into juice?

 

“But-”

 

As the Hero began to speak, Ruin flinched. The Hero’s eyes, which had been smiling brightly, changed in an instant.

 

Sure enough.

 

“I can sense Fire Butterfly’s aura.”

 

Thump.

 

At those cold eyes that changed in an instant like flipping a palm, Ruin felt pressure.

 

The Hero’s aura had changed. The Healing professors also looked at the Hero in surprise.

 

“Fire Butterfly?”

 

Ruin’s eyes also grew cold, but surprisingly the Hero looked at a different building, not at Ruin.

 

“There are traces of someone infiltrating the Western Barrier Tower. They stopped the barrier briefly. This wasn’t done from outside, but stopped directly from inside.”

 

At that answer, Ruin looked at the Hero with disgust.

 

This dog-nosed bastard. I hid all my aura, yet without even going to look, he grasped it so specifically.

 

But at least he doesn’t know the method.

 

‘I did well to infiltrate as a professor.’

 

“It seems Fire Butterfly’s spy has snuck into Haven.”

 

And he was only half right.

 

However, whether those words were shocking, the professors’ mouths fell open.

 

Those words meant…

 

“Right. It seems there’s a spy in Haven helping Fire Butterfly.”

 

“!”

 

“We’ll need to inspect all professors and students.”

 

At those words, Ruin flinched.

 

‘No. If they start inspections, I’ll be caught one hundred percent.’

 

Anywhere else might be fine, but inside Haven was dangerous.

 

Above all, there was the Principal. If she seriously used her techniques to find spies, I’d die.

 

Fortunately, they didn’t seem to think Fire Butterfly had entered directly, but this situation was still problematic.

 

‘I need to make the first move.’

 

The Healing professors also couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

 

“Inspecting the faculty, that’s no easy matter!”

 

It was something that could threaten the Hero’s position.

 

“Yes. There are many nobles among the faculty, and above all, there will be backlash from the professors…!”

 

“The opponent is a legendary wanted criminal. I trust they’ll understand that much.”

 

“But…!”

 

The Hero didn’t bat an eye even when the senior-level Healing professors stepped forward.

 

As the Healing professors looked around awkwardly as if troubled, Ruin stepped forward.

 

“Please stop.”

 

“Professor Wayne?”

 

“Everyone in Haven are those loyal to Haven and the Chairman.”

 

Except for me.

 

From the start, he had roughly grasped the political situation around the Hero from just a few words of conversation between the professors and the Hero.

 

This Academy has the Chairman’s faction, but there’s also the Imperial faction that keeps the Chairman’s growing power in check.

 

And just as important as the students’ classes is the politics among professors.

 

Then what follows is his domain. Digging into what the other party wants to hear is no trouble at all.

 

“The moment you mention an investigation, the Chairman will lose trust. I don’t want the Hero to be left alone.”

 

At this, the Healing professors looked at Ruin with apparent admiration. Indeed, he was a sharp professor who spoke his mind despite his youth.

 

On the other hand, the Hero looked at Ruin with puzzlement. He seemed troubled by Ruin’s approach.

 

“Even if Professor Wayne says so…”

 

“In the first place, the Chairman doesn’t need to go through such troublesome measures since I already know who Fire Butterfly’s spy is.”

 

…What?

 

“What?!”

 

Ruin’s eyes widened.

 

“The culprit is the person standing right in front of the Chairman.”

 

“What?”

 

The Hero, who had been looking at Ruin, was flustered.

 

Ruin pointed to the side as if to say that wasn’t the right place.

 

“Professor Doman.”

 

“What are you talking about?!”

 

Doman, who had been pointed out, turned pale as a sheet.

 

“What do you mean! No, why me!”

 

“Why, you ask.”

 

Ruin looked at Doman menacingly.

 

“You. Why did you interfere with my patrols at every turn?”

 

“What? No, I mean, what?”

 

“I tried not to suspect you because we’re colleagues, but you were suspicious beyond measure. Normally, when someone suggests going to check the barrier, you’d go at least once, but you deliberately blocked it. Strange.”

 

“…No!”

 

That was because I was deliberately trying to frame you, a Demon Hunting professor, to drive you out!

 

Doman couldn’t bring himself to say that and only beat his chest inwardly.

 

Ruin’s golden eyes became even more menacing.

 

“You even said you had sealed the package, but how can I believe that?”

 

“I really did seal it! I was going to show it to the Chairman!”

 

“So, is there anyone who saw that?”

 

“What?”

 

Ruin coldly raised the corner of his mouth.

 

“In the first place, it’s strange that a package even arrived. Don’t all packages to Haven get checked outside before being brought in?”

 

“That’s because a Pride spy disguised themselves-”

 

“Haven’s employee verification is extremely thorough. What madman would think to disguise themselves as Haven’s delivery person to get in?”

 

「That would be you, you madman.」

 

“Rather, wouldn’t it make more sense that the package arrival was a lie, and you brought it there yourself?”

 

“!”

 

“Above all, the ‘Union Magic Enhancement’ device in the Barrier Tower couldn’t be that flimsy. If you had really used sealing magic, it wouldn’t have exploded. No, perhaps you never cast any sealing magic from the beginning?”

 

“I really did use sealing magic!”

 

“You did? Then how weakly did you cast it? Did you perhaps deliberately cast it weakly?”

 

“…Wh-what!”

 

“Ha, even if I wanted to investigate whether you really cast it, it already exploded and the evidence disappeared.”

 

「…You’re going to pin it on me like this?」

 

“It would be best to investigate deeply for espionage.”

 

By then, the other people were also looking at him suspiciously.

 

“That makes sense. Didn’t he keep interfering with Professor Wayne to an almost forced degree?”

 

“If he’s Fire Butterfly’s spy, it makes sense. From a spy’s perspective, blocking the Demon Hunting professor would be the priority.”

 

At the other Healing professors’ words, Doman turned pale. Fire Butterfly’s spy!

 

“This is unfair! I was just trying to drive that person out…!”

 

At those words, the Hero’s eyes looking at Doman turned cold.

 

“Why drive him out?”

 

Doman gritted his teeth and spoke honestly.

 

“That… Damn it! Because I covet the Head Professor position!”

 

“So you frame a colleague?”

 

“…Ugh!”

 

Doman hung his head. Receiving such a look from someone he admired was both unfair and heartbreaking.

 

“Still, being framed as a spy is truly unfair. Just because of this one incident, calling me Fire Butterfly’s agent!”

 

He glared at Ruin.

 

“There’s nothing suspicious about other aspects, is there! Just based on a package, to suspect me…”

 

Then Ruin’s eyes flashed as if asking where he thought he was escaping to.

 

“Oh right, I heard you’ve been going around badmouthing students not to take my classes. Perhaps that was a scheme to prevent students from taking Demon Hunting Studies. Since Demon Hunting Studies is a discipline that harms the Demon Race. It’s exactly what Pride spies do. Ah, right. You’re one of the professors who neglected the ‘professor expulsion’ incident. Was neglecting the Imperial Princess’s incident also because of that?”

 

Doman was even more dumbfounded.

 

He, he’s connecting it like this?

 

The Healing professors’ eyes widened even more as if they found it even more unforgivable.

 

“Did you really curse at Professor Wayne?”

 

“…No. Well, I did… No!”

 

“To go so far as to mess with young cadets, how despicable!”

 

This is driving me crazy!

 

Doman was going insane with frustration.

 

Seeing this scene, Ginseng Superior said a word to Ruin.

 

「Vicious bastard.」

 

‘The vicious one is that bastard who sent a student to the Problem Student Class for ridiculous reasons.’

 

Ruin could feel Ginseng Superior grinning wickedly.

 

「You were holding a grudge? Now I see it was out of care for the student.」

 

‘I just didn’t like him.’

 

「Still, isn’t that too harsh?」

 

‘He was selling drugs with Linzy anyway.’

 

「Ah, drugs. I thought it was something else… Wait, what?!」

 

Ruin chuckled.

 

‘Do you think Linzy moved all those drugs by herself? The old Healing professors couldn’t have carried them, so she needed a partner. So I investigated. Sure enough, he was getting students addicted.’

 

「Ah.」

 

Well, it was suspicious that such things were happening in Haven.

 

Ginseng Superior grinned even more wickedly.

 

「You rascal, you rascal! I thought you were a heartless bastard. But you have such a kind and warm heart for students…」

 

‘If I hand over that pathetic letter where he tried to frame me as a spy and pin false charges on him, he’ll have a hard time getting out.’

 

Ginseng Superior’s eyes narrowed as if feeling betrayed.

 

「…Wasn’t it out of pure concern for the student?」

 

‘That’s not what’s important right now anyway.’

 

「Then what is important?」

 

At Ginseng Superior’s question, Ruin smiled rarely.

 

‘I can finally quit this damn professor life.’

 

「Considering the money, wouldn’t it be better to stay at Haven? You won’t have any money left after paying your debts. Didn’t your Superior contact you? They said they’d give you a bonus if you just work at Haven as Fire Butterfly.」

 

‘It’s the price of my life.’

 

Ruin made a disgusted expression.

 

Anyway, the important thing was to cover things up and go retrieve the hidden safe box. Well, there was a small problem with that.

 

Sure enough, that small problem – the Hero – approached.

 

‘The target must be Fire Butterfly.’

 

They hadn’t caught Fire Butterfly outside yet.

 

Sure enough.

 

“Well then, Professor Wayne. Shall we go chase Fire Butterfly together?”

 

Ruin looked at the Hero like looking at a bug.

 

“I absolutely hate moving without a plan.”

 

The Hero was very surprised by that reaction. This Demon Hunting professor is a planner…!

 

“Don’t tell me someone called a Hero doesn’t even have a deployment map of the Special Grade Heroes?”

 

And annoyingly demanding too…!

 

“I’ll wait, so bring out the Heroes’ deployment chart first.”

 

“Ah, sorry. I’ll tell you the professors’ positions now. Let me explain the plan. If you look at this map here…”

 

“…”

 

“…Professor Wayne?”

 

The Hero was speechless looking at the empty spot.

 

Ruin had already fled.

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