I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68. Urgent Butterfly (1)

 

Bang!

 

“Lily!”

 

“Yes! Professor!”

 

Ruin’s eyes flashed as he arrived at the Demon Hunting Department Teaching Assistant Office.

 

“The demon that the Chairman captured recently, is it still here?”

 

Right. It probably won’t be there anymore.

 

The demon Ruin was looking for was exactly that demon the Hero had captured during Fire Butterfly’s last invasion.

 

「That captured girl, isn’t she your colleague?」

 

‘Not a colleague. She seems like a rookie.’

 

「Isn’t she from another Intelligence Agency team?」

 

‘She’s from a team, but we’re rivals.’

 

Yes, exactly that demon!

 

He had definitely arranged an escape route for her. By now she should have escaped and…

 

“Ah! She was moved to the Anatomy Laboratory.”

 

The Anatomy Laboratory!

 

“Is she dead?!”

 

“No. Her body has been completely healed, but only her vocal cords couldn’t be treated, so interrogation is impossible.”

 

Oh, if interrogation is impossible, she can buy time…

 

“The Hero said he’ll just kill her and try Soul Communication.”

 

This extreme bastard!

 

She’s the Princess of Pride!

 

“Well, not killing her would yield much more, but right now interrogation is completely impossible.”

 

Dizzy, Ruin shook his head back and forth.

 

For now, I’ll put the Princess aside and rescue the Princess first.

 

“I’ll try interrogating that one myself, so don’t kill her yet.”

 

“Huh? You will, Professor?”

 

“If it’s a demon, isn’t that the Demon Hunting Studies department’s responsibility? I’m interested, you see.”

 

“But she’s really well-trained, even ‘Mind Control’ doesn’t work on her…!”

 

Of course. If she’s the Princess of Pride, she’s a child of the Five Evils. Would such petty Mind Control work on Great Demon-level royalty?

 

“When we tried to make her do Written Communication, she cut off her arms.”

 

Princess! That’s not how you use your body! More importantly, blood! Don’t waste precious blood! That’s all money!

 

「…You know you’re the most wicked one, right?」

 

* * *

 

It’s troublesome that the Princess of Pride was captured. Very troublesome.

 

Ruin rubbed his brow as he found the Anatomy Laboratory.

 

“Damn, another one collapsed!”

 

“Cover your eyes!”

 

The Anatomy Laboratory was literally chaos. Faculty members were carrying collapsed people to the Medical Ward, and sounds like subduing a beast could be heard from inside.

 

Soon as Ruin arrived, the Teaching Assistants who recognized his face bowed their heads.

 

“How is the situation?”

 

“Well…”

 

The Teaching Assistants looked extremely troubled.

 

“Even mobilizing professors and Special Abilities Department students, it’s still like this.”

 

Beyond the glass window was a woman bound and gagged with a leather gag. People kept collapsing from the aura she was emitting.

 

“Even putting on Sealing Devices is useless.”

 

Of course. She’s the Princess of Pride.

 

“The Chairman says it’s because of Fire Butterfly’s power.”

 

How unfair. I didn’t do anything.

 

“He says she’s definitely Fire Butterfly’s subordinate.”

 

How dare they call the royal family a subordinate, that’s grounds for execution!

 

“Anyway, I’ll take a look.”

 

It wasn’t called the Anatomy Laboratory for nothing – the smell of colleagues’ blood and flesh was overwhelming for Ruin who was sensitive to smells, but that wasn’t the important thing.

 

Creak!

 

When Ruin opened the door, chaos erupted.

 

“Professor! You can’t go in!”

 

“If it’s not special grade… huh?”

 

He was about to warn that anyone not special grade would collapse, but unexpectedly, Ruin was perfectly fine. The Teaching Assistants were surprised at what was happening, but for Ruin, this wasn’t the time to pretend to collapse and maintain his disguise.

 

‘As expected, it matches the intelligence.’

 

Lillius Grebaha.

 

Great Demon, daughter of ‘Famine’ among the Five Evils.

 

Since the Demon Emperor has no children, the children of the Five Evils were essentially the successors of Pride.

 

‘She’s basically royalty.’

 

Simply put, that thing with severed arms, exploded vocal cords, bound in chains and treated like a beast – she’s a really, really precious person…

 

‘But why did she enter the most dangerous Intelligence Agency Division 1 to suffer like that…’

 

Ruin rubbed his brow as if tired.

 

‘More importantly, I told her the escape route, so why didn’t she escape?’

 

If she’s a Princess, she should have been able to do at least that much, right?

 

「What kind of code did you use?」

 

What code? It was back alley code that the Intelligence Agency uses frequently…

 

「Isn’t that slang?」

 

“…”

 

Ruin rarely pressed his brow.

 

Don’t tell me she couldn’t understand the words because she’s a noble Princess!

 

‘My mistake.’

 

No, that’s not what’s important.

 

‘I need to extract her.’

 

If left like this, she would be killed by the Hero. And to extract her, there’s something I need to do first.

 

“I’ll remove the blindfold first to extract memories.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

The Teaching Assistants were shocked.

 

“You can’t! Making eye contact is dangerous!”

 

“Yes! The Confusion Studies Professor who tried to extract memories is currently hovering between life and death!”

 

“It’s fine. ‘Only the vigilant survive; the careless perish.’ The Confusion Studies Professor was inadequately prepared and fell victim to the enemy.”

 

‘Only the vigilant survive; the careless perish.’

 

“!”

 

At those words, the Princess seemed to perk up her ears. That was natural since what Ruin said was spy terminology frequently used by Pride’s Intelligence Agency when identifying each other.

 

“I’ve prepared Defense Magic, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

 

At those words, the Teaching Assistants’ eyes sparkled.

 

Could it be that they would get to see the Defense Magic of Professor Ruins, who not only passed through the Gatekeeper but also made Professor Kalon grind his teeth like that?

 

‘Professor Kalon said there’s no way such magic exists, but.’

 

Actually focusing the Princess’s attention, Ruin spoke.

 

“There must be a reason why Fire Butterfly specifically invaded on a ‘silent night’ and called out the professors.”

 

‘Silent night.’

 

It was an anagram that could be converted to ‘Listen Thing’ – meaning ‘listen because I’m about to say something important.’

 

“But with Soul Communication, you can’t ask such sophisticated questions. Fire Butterfly probably sent her, so killing her would be wasteful. Moreover, since ‘allies might come to rescue her,’ from a ‘Demon Hunting professor’s standpoint, it would be better to use her as a hostage.'”

 

In other words, ‘I am an ally disguised as a Demon Hunting professor and have come to rescue you, so don’t use your abilities.’

 

Having said that much, Ruin smoothly lifted the Princess’s blindfold. At that sudden action, Ginseng Superior was startled.

 

「Crazy, you’re just removing it? What about Defense Magic?! You said you’d use it!」

 

What am I supposed to do if even you get fooled?

 

‘Where would I have Defense Magic?’

 

「What about what you got from the Hero?!」

 

That’s limited to physical attacks, you old fool.

 

In other words, if the Princess didn’t understand, his own life would be in danger too. The power of a royal Demon Race member is at Transcendent level.

 

‘She couldn’t understand the slang code, so maybe she won’t understand this either.’

 

And sure enough, the moment he met the Princess’s beautiful red eyes, he felt powerful killing intent.

 

Thud!

 

“Professor!”

 

Even the Confusion Studies Professor collapsed from that!

 

Ruin narrowed his brow. He felt the pressure, but fortunately she seemed to have understood. The Princess hadn’t used her ability.

 

The Teaching Assistants who had already evacuated outside exclaimed in admiration.

 

“It really doesn’t work!”

 

“What kind of Defense Magic are you using!”

 

“Could you possibly be more skilled than the Defense Professor?”

 

Teaching Assistants? Could you please refrain from such words that might provoke the Hero?

 

Relieved, Ruin met her eyes and smoothly grasped the back of the Princess’s head.

 

“I’ll read your memories now.”

 

The Princess flinched in surprise, but Ruin used his Shadow Technique as planned.

 

‘Shadow Whisper.’

 

It was naturally Curse Power, but since this was the Anatomy Laboratory vibrating with the scent of the Demon Race, this level of Curse Power should be fine.

 

‘It’s even better since only the Teaching Assistants are here.’

 

And that wasn’t all.

 

“Someone go bring Owen, a 1st Year from Red Moon.”

 

“Huh? Oh, yes! You said he has Super Regeneration Ability, right?”

 

“You’re planning to treat her vocal cords?”

 

Not just her vocal cords. She was a Princess after all, so he should heal her completely before sending her out.

 

Anyway, he had to hurry before the Hero or other special-grade Professors arrived. He absolutely couldn’t do this in front of them.

 

So Ruin summoned shadows from his fingertips and infiltrated them into the Princess’s body.

 

[Can you hear me, Princess.]

 

“!”

 

[Shh- I’m an ally. Keep your mouth closed and respond only with your thoughts.]

 

Then a cold voice was heard.

 

[Who are you and from where. Who are you to know my identity-]

 

Though she was hiding it, this reaction. There was no doubt. This child was truly a Princess. Moreover, it seemed she wasn’t revealing her identity.

 

‘If I mess this up, my Superior will get caught in the crossfire.’

 

Ruin took a small breath inwardly. Trust had to come first for information transmission.

 

He usually didn’t reveal this, but he had no choice.

 

[My apologies for the late introduction. Code name ‘Fire Butterfly’. I’m currently infiltrating Haven and received orders, so I couldn’t properly show courtesy-]

 

The Princess screamed.

 

“Kyaaaaak!”

 

Ruin froze.

 

“…?”

 

The Princess screamed as if she had heard something she shouldn’t have. Of course, since her vocal cords were torn, it wasn’t really a sound that could be called a scream. It was closer to the sound of wind….

 

‘What? Did something get miscommunicated?’

 

Or maybe since 50 years had passed, she might not know Fire Butterfly’s name.

 

‘I was too arrogant.’

 

So Ruin seriously showed proper courtesy.

 

[I apologize. I am an agent of Pride Intelligence Agency Knox (N.O.X), 1st Division Infiltration Department, code name ‘Fire Butterfly’. Currently on a field operation under orders from 1st Division Chief Sasha Chef during infiltration-]

 

“Kyaaaaaaak! Kyak! Kyaaak! Kyak! Kyak kyak!”

 

Bang! Bang! Crash! Bang bang!

 

“…?…???”

 

The Princess was now thrashing about and banging her head against the pillar. She looked like she was in great agony….

 

[Kyaaaaaaak! Oh my god, she must be crazy!]

 

Apparently she wasn’t in agony.

 

[Are you really Fire Butterfly?!]

 

[…Yes. That’s correct. I’ll treat your vocal cords soon, so please bear with it a little….]

 

“Kyaaaaaaaak! Kyak! Kyaaak! Kyak! Kyak kyak!”

 

Bang! Bang! Crash! Bang bang!

 

Excuse me?

 

Don’t bang your head.

 

[To actually meet Fire Butterfly! Oh, what should I do! In this state! Ah, Fire Butterfly came to rescue me personally! Kyaaaaaaak!]

 

[No, I’ll treat you so please be quiet-]

 

[Kyaaaak! Fire Butterfly said he’ll treat me, oh my! Goodness, kyaaaak! What should I do! Fire Butterfly’s hand touched my head! Kyaaak!]

 

The Teaching Assistants watching this chaotic scene gulped.

 

“Memory extraction must be incredibly painful.”

 

“….”

 

Ruin looked at the ceiling with dead eyes.

 

…Her vocal cords… he shouldn’t treat them.

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