I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 77

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Chapter 77. Are You Serious About This Course Syllabus? (2)

 

As Ruin had guessed, the Power of Katalun was judged as harmful to Ruins.

 

Flash!

 

As if crushing it, Ruin’s power pressed down on the Power of Katalun. And finally, Katalun’s magic power began to disappear.

 

At the same time, the hideous things also disappeared from the Princess’s face. As Ruin’s power slowly seeped beneath the Princess’s face, life gradually returned to her grotesque and pale skin. The Princess flinched at the cold energy, but soon her face became comfortable.

 

Even the students all gaped with their mouths wide open. As the light faded, the Princess’s face slowly began to become visible.

 

A slender, snow-white face with red eyes… Yes, the Princess’s face that had been monstrous was now a normal person’s… no, wait, isn’t that not human?

 

“…A goddess?”

 

A few seconds after someone muttered that—

 

The classroom was engulfed in screams.

 

“What the hell…!”

 

Even the Imperial Princess jumped to her feet.

 

‘Did he just use healing magic?’

 

The Evaluator rubbed his eyes.

 

Only Ruins was looking down at the Princess who was touching her own face.

 

The Princess had an expression of disbelief. She hadn’t seen her face yet, but that wasn’t what mattered. Her facial skin no longer itched or hurt.

 

Ruin smiled with his eyes.

 

“Your body isn’t ready yet, but your face has almost returned.”

 

“Ah…!”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at his right hand.

 

‘As expected, I obtained it.’

 

He thought that removing the Power of Katalun would leave a Seal Mark. He thought that with power on the level of the Five Evils, ‘Noble Selective Eating’ would also judge it as beneficial.

 

‘I have no idea what kind of magic it will transform into though…’

 

Then Ruin was startled by the magic that suddenly came to mind.

 

【Demon Devourer】

 

Not Disease Devouring, but Demon Devourer?

 

…It devours demons instead of diseases? But I’m from the Demon Race?

 

Ruin’s eyes rolled around.

 

But the Princess’s face was actually pale.

 

“P-Professor, your arm!”

 

“Ah.”

 

As if the curse had transferred to Ruins’s arm as well, dark magic power rose up.

 

However, Ruin knew the identity of that black magic power.

 

‘This is Katalun’s demonic energy.’

 

Of course, since he possessed the Talisman Written with Princess’s Blood, it couldn’t cause any harm.

 

「Now that you’ve accomplished your purpose, how about just eating Katalun’s Breath and making it your power?」

 

‘I have no interest in that.’

 

Usually, the Demon Race would devour their own kind to increase their power. This was because magic power dwelled in their flesh.

 

This Katalun’s Breath was the same—since it was made by putting in Katalun’s body, he was telling him to devour it and make it his power.

 

But Ruin had never done such things, calling them barbaric. Usually, he would absorb the enemy’s shadow and devour the opponent’s experience.

 

If there was a disadvantage to this, it was that his magic capacity wouldn’t increase… well, it hadn’t mattered much to Ruin who didn’t use magic until now.

 

But.

 

‘If it’s Demon Devourer, couldn’t I also absorb magic power?’

 

Ruin lightly touched Katalun’s demonic energy with his hand. Then, surprisingly, the magic power was absorbed. He actually felt like the amount of magic power had increased.

 

‘Oh?’

 

It was quite a substantial amount too.

 

‘Then if I treat the Princess, can I absorb Katalun’s magic power each time?’

 

「What?! Katalun’s magic power, you say! So you are aiming for the Demon Emperor after all!」

 

‘…Please be quiet.’

 

Then, the Princess, who knew nothing, looked at Ruin’s arm and whimpered.

 

“I’m sorry. The curse transferred to you because of me…”

 

“It’s fine. I just need to heal it. By the way, it seems your voice has returned too, which is fortunate.”

 

“Professor…!”

 

The Princess looked up at Ruin, but Ruin turned his head away. This matter came first for him.

 

“This proves it. The thing called Transformed Skin Syndrome.”

 

“Ugh…!”

 

The Evaluator looked greatly shocked.

 

‘Ruins, there’s no way that quack could use something like that!’

 

…Could he have really discovered it? Was he really conducting research? That research that everyone had given up on?

 

Could it be that persistently putting his name on Transformed Skin Syndrome research all this time wasn’t to embezzle research funding, but because of a thread-like hope?

 

Come to think of it, Ruins had once said something like this.

 

“I will definitely cure this skin disease. I won’t let people suffer because of that Great Demon anymore.”

 

Back then, I thought he was just spouting nonsense to get research funding, but was he serious?

 

This was a tremendous discovery on a continental scale. The evaluator seemed overwhelmed with emotion and was left speechless.

 

Perhaps that’s why.

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

“!”

 

“It seems I was misunderstanding you, Professor. I’ll report this great discovery to the Academic Society as well.”

 

The evaluator’s eyes had changed.

 

However, Ruin asked as if that wasn’t what mattered.

 

“What about the Master qualification renewal?”

 

“Ah, of course with this level of achievement, there’s no problem. However…”

 

“However?”

 

However what!

 

“…Will you proceed with the course syllabus as is?”

 

“That’s… just an aggressive expression.”

 

All the students felt relieved. They were worried they’d really get beaten, but it was just an expression to scare them…

 

“I’ll hit gently.”

 

…So you’re still going to hit us!

 

The evaluator nodded.

 

“If the effects are this good, then that ‘beating treatment method’ seems believable too.”

 

…No, you should be raising objections!

 

“Then I’ll be looking forward to the submission of related papers. We’d like to know the treatment method too. Please become the Union’s hope.”

 

The evaluator bowed as if in anticipation, but Ruin was screaming internally.

 

Damn it. A paper! I didn’t think that far ahead! What do I do? Even as a spy, writing a professor’s paper is too much!

 

At that moment, the students came rushing over with sparkling eyes.

 

“Professor! That’s amazing!”

 

“What’s the principle! Professor!”

 

Ruin spoke confidently as if this worked out perfectly.

 

“Analyze that and write a report.”

 

「…Excuse me? How can they analyze something when they don’t know anything?」

 

‘What do I care.’

 

Multiple heads are better than one.

 

“Today’s quiz will be replaced with that.”

 

…What?

 

“Any complaints?”

 

Well… the difficulty level is too terrifying for a quiz, isn’t it?

 

“It’s a substitute for the Demon Hunting Studies midterm, so it should be at least this difficult. Those who can’t do it will fail Healing Arts as I said. However, considering it’s a difficult assignment, I’ll specially let you avoid failure just by attempting it.”

 

Ah, well… right. It’s confusing, but we can’t easily learn magic that’s close to a secret technique.

 

Besides, he would surely give additional explanations from now on. There was still class time left. If we concentrate and listen well from now on…

 

“Oh, class ends here.”

 

Ruin left stylishly.

 

Silence fell over the classroom. And half a beat later.

 

“What?!”

 

* * *

 

Haven was turned upside down.

 

It wasn’t for any other reason.

 

“What? Professor Ruins is trying to treat the Princess?”

 

“What is this now!”

 

At the Red Moon student’s report, the professors clutched their foreheads. They wondered why the student had come to the faculty meeting room so urgently.

 

‘Is he causing taboo incidents in Healing Arts class this time?’

 

Of all people, the Grand Duke’s Princess!

 

Kalon clicked his tongue in disgust.

 

“Does Ruins Wayne get something growing on his butt if he doesn’t stay still? He caused all that commotion in the previous class too.”

 

The other professors also thought poorly of Ruins.

 

“Did he feel competitive with His Highness the First Prince?”

 

“After curing one incurable disease, he must have gotten greedy for achievements.”

 

“How is that the same as this? Maybe if he could actually cure it… but there’s no way he can cure it!”

 

At those words, the Principal said something.

 

“Well. Since he cured his own face, maybe the Princess is possible too?”

 

The other professors flinched at her statement.

 

“Well, that may be true, but….”

 

“That’s right. Didn’t he prove it in the Healing Arts class?”

 

Even the Healing Professor joined in, but Kalon still snorted derisively.

 

“Since it’s his own face, he could have used a human skin mask. Pride has plenty of such items.”

 

The faculty meeting room stirred in a different sense.

 

“Are you now accusing Professor Ruins of being a Union traitor!”

 

“Isn’t that obvious? He’s a quack. Have you already forgotten the incident where his wrong prescription nearly caused tremendous damage?”

 

At this, the professors fell silent in unison. When the Healing Professors belatedly tried to say something, the Principal stepped forward.

 

“Espionage is a serious crime. Rash speculation is problematic. Anyway, don’t inform the Grand Duke’s house about this matter yet.”

 

“Of course. If they find out we’re treating the Princess’s face, there’ll be chaos again!”

 

The professors looked horrified. How much the Grand Duke would rage at the mention of his daughter’s ‘treatment.’

 

‘It would be one thing if we had succeeded, but we only made everything worse.’

 

He had especially threatened the Haven professors not to even think about touching her.

 

If the Department Head Professor of Healing Arts hadn’t stepped in, there really would have been a few corpses.

 

Soon the professors came out of the meeting room, saying they should go check directly.

 

“What about the Princess’s brother at Haven?”

 

“He was definitely a 6th year, right?”

 

“If he’s a graduating class, he would have gone on a mission and wouldn’t be at Haven, so it should be fine… Gasp!”

 

The professors who came out of the meeting room lost all color from their faces. The very people who shouldn’t be there were standing outside the door.

 

“What did you just say?”

 

“…G-Grand Duke!”

 

It was Duke Isles, the Princess’s father.

 

The professors couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

 

‘Why is the Grand Duke here…!’

 

“Ah, greetings, Grand Duke.”

 

“What brings you to Haven…?”

 

They felt incredibly fortunate that their tongues weren’t tied. A cold ice storm seemed to be raging in the Grand Duke’s eyes.

 

“Didn’t I say I would come for a parent-teacher conference regarding what happened to my daughter this time?”

 

Ah, damn. That’s right.

 

“But did I hear wrong? Treatment?”

 

…Damn. We’re screwed!

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