I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8. The Butterfly Preparing for Employment (2)

Ruin pointed at one item.

【Corrupted- Barrier Totem (Special Grade)】 1,500pt

Then 1,500pt changed to 50pt and something amazing happened.

The totem that looked like a shamanic doll glowed and shattered, revealing a Special Grade Artifact before his eyes.

Yes, as the light gradually faded, a special grade item, a Special Grade Artifact revealed itself…

“…?”

What appeared before Ruin’s eyes was a plant in a flower pot.

“??”

A plant?

This is strange. A Barrier Totem should be clothing-type, right?

It’s a bit confusing, but… originally artifacts came in random types and forms anyway.

‘What matters isn’t the appearance but the effect.’

And for something with the strange modifier ‘corrupted’ attached to it, the power he felt was quite strong.

‘It’s definitely Special Grade.’

Yes, it seems right, but…

「What is this.」

That’s what I want to ask.

Why do I sense the Shadow God’s aura from that totem? No, beyond just sensing it-

「What is this!」

Why is the plant talking?

「Subordinate!」

Why does the voice sound like our old-fashioned Superior?

‘…No, did the Shadow God become a totem…?’

So he asked.

“Why do you look like that?”

「Wouldn’t the mini version be easier for you to manage?」

…That’s probably not what I was asking about.

Soon the plant walked out of the flower pot with tiny steps.

「As soon as you chose the item, I suddenly felt like I was being sucked somewhere… What is this naked appearance? It’s my first time seeing this form. How cool. Is it a plant-type demon?」

…No. That’s called Ginseng.

「Oh. Is it like a god that humans worship?」

No. Usually people just eat it…

Ruin pressed his forehead and felt dizzy. He seriously pondered the current situation.

So his Superior… the Shadow God seemed to have become an artifact.

At the same time, Ruin had a realization.

‘Could it be that ‘corrupted’ means…’

“Defective product?”

「What, you bastard?! Who’s a defective product!」

He didn’t know why this situation had occurred, but there wasn’t no clue. It was the price tag… no, note attached to the flower pot.

-Effect guaranteed!

…Who is this.

He didn’t know who attached it, but still, if it says effect guaranteed, he should check it out.

Ruin grabbed the root of the plant… no, the ginseng that was walking around with tiny steps and lifted it upside down.

「What are you doingaah!」

“Please emit some power.”

「This bastard! Look at this insubordination!」

However, at Ruin’s words, the ginseng released its power.

Flash!

Ruin quickly examined the dead man’s Cursed Artifact. Surprisingly, the magical energy had completely disappeared.

‘Oh. The gamble succeeded.’

They said it was a Special Grade totem, so it really does have the effect of blocking magical energy? Of course, the effect diminished when at a certain distance or more.

Ruin nodded as he moved the Cursed Artifact around and roughly grasped the range.

‘Hmm. At this level, I’ll have to carry it around with me.’

There was the disadvantage of having to carry it around constantly, but the blocking effect was certain. Just by holding this, it would be safe to use a bit of his power.

It seemed like the price was cheap not because of its capabilities, but because of restrictions in how it could be used.

But why ginseng of all things?

‘…Could this be the influence of absorbing Ruins Wayne, who majored in healing studies?’

You want me to boil and drink this?

Well, actually that’s not what’s important here.

“By any chance, has there been any hindrance to using your power?”

「That doesn’t seem to be the case.」

Hmm. So it feels like a god has been possessed into a totem?

Thinking about it that way is also absurd.

‘An artifact with a god possessed in it. Honestly, judging by grade alone, isn’t it special class or higher?’

I’m actually receiving racial buffs from the effect of summoning a god.

-Increased success rate of shadow-type abilities

-Shadow attribute enhancement: 【Aura Concealment (Stealth)】 enhanced

Originally, pt would be consumed even while summoning a god, but this doesn’t consume pt at all. In a way, it was like constantly summoning a god.

‘Wait, if that’s the case….’

“Give me some skills.”

「Are you going to keep ordering me around!」

However, contrary to its words, the Shadow God, no, the ginseng released its power.

Ruin felt a heavy power in his body and looked at his hands. The skills that had disappeared had returned. What was strange was that the abilities that returned were different from before.

【Citizen’s Vision】 became 【Shadow King’s Vision】-

【One-Time Copy】 became 【3-Minute Copy】.

I’d have to check for sure, but it felt like the abilities had evolved beyond what they were before.

He wondered why this phenomenon occurred, but Ruin, who soon figured something out, looked at the ceiling.

‘Hero. Did you perhaps lay buff magic throughout this entire house?’

It is a school after all, a place of learning.

‘Like a buff that allows students to learn abilities more powerfully when they’re acquiring them.’

If so, that’s sweet.

That stupid Hero bastard, helping his natural enemy.

However.

「No! The offerings are insufficient! I can’t give this away like this!」

At those words, Ruin’s serious eyes sparkled. He grabbed the ginseng’s roots and shook it vigorously.

“Now. O revered patron deity. How about giving me some items too.”

「No! Hey! That’s not a respectful tone at all… Ack!」

* * *

Haven’s Principal’s Office.

The butler reported news to his master.

“Professor Ruins Wayne has arrived.”

Even at the butler’s report, the master didn’t react. However.

“Surprisingly, Professor Wayne passed through the ‘main gate.'”

At those words, the Principal paused.

“He passed through the ‘main gate’?”

“Yes.”

Haven’s main gate is special. None of the professors had ever entered through that gate.

Among the current professors, at least.

The Hero, the Principal, and the Board of Directors had passed through that gate. Because they were people who possessed that level of Luck Power.

That’s why he was curious.

“Really through that gate?”

“Yes. It even opened very politely for him, they say.”

“Ha.”

The Principal sighed as if amazed. Even he, the Principal, hadn’t been treated so politely. In fact, though he won the bet, he was ignored and called a rookie.

“Interesting. At the very least, this time it’s the ‘real deal.'”

“Yes. Whether enemy or ally.”

“If he’s an enemy, that means he’s on Fire Butterfly’s level.”

“…Excuse me?”

Or he might be the very person himself.

The Principal’s eyes narrowed warily.

That butterfly.

‘Fire Butterfly’ was too excellent and simultaneously bewitched people. So in some sense, he was a phantom butterfly that needed to be guarded against more than the Demon Emperor, who was the strongest.

“But Fire Butterfly is already dead….”

Instead of answering, the Principal stood up from his seat.

“I should check what kind of person the newcomer is.”

“Excuse me? You mean the Principal himself will go personally? Because of a newcomer?”

“Oh my, if it’s true that he passed through, he might be a talent from whom we could receive toll fees for the first time in history. I should check.”

At the same time, the Principal looked at the Hero’s photograph hanging on the wall. He was the very Chairman who had established Haven in ‘this place’ for some reason.

“The Chairman said this. You must recruit Fire Butterfly. If you fail to do so-“

The Principal burned the letter he was holding.

“Kill him.”

* * *

Haven was stirring.

It was all because of one man walking from the main gate toward the campus.

“Who is that? Who?”

“I’ve never seen him before.”

“Is he a new professor?”

“What? At this time?”

“Well, several people got kicked out last time.”

“Ah, right.”

From the terrace on the second floor to the corridors of the classrooms. The students’ attention was focused on the ‘gentleman.’

“He’s tall. Is he a model?”

“If he’s a professor, he must be the Chairman’s person, right?”

Even his walking gait was like a model’s, but the person receiving all this attention was quietly seething with rage.

‘That Chairman bastard, I’ll slit his throat.’

Ruin forgot his spy mentality and almost revealed his true nature. It was all because of the Hero.

‘What the hell has this damn bastard done to someone else’s house!’

When he came as the Delivery Man, he had entered through the back gate, and he hadn’t known about the area near the main gate, but now that he had entered the interior, he couldn’t believe his eyes.

First of all, it infuriated him that the antique, no, not just antique but solemnly monastery-like castle that had been decorated with Ruin’s taste had been changed into an unnecessarily bright and flashy style castle.

‘My elegant mansion has become so tacky!’

But what was even more infuriating than that-

-Let all people and all military mobilize to exterminate Fire Butterfly!

-Let’s tear the filthy Fire Butterfly limb from limb!

-Comrades who will tear Fire Butterfly’s wings apart! Welcome!

They should rather hang Demon Emperor propaganda posters! Why are they hanging posters of the wrong person!

‘At this point, pay me a deposit and monthly rent.’

Damn unauthorized tenant bastard.

And that wasn’t all?

The mountain that Ruin cherished had been turned into a bare mountain. In the lake that had the aesthetics of emptiness, hundreds of statues of the Hero himself had been erected.

Even when he saw that the art statue Ruin had painstakingly created had been smashed and a Hero’s memorial hall built on top of it, even the great Fire Butterfly clutched the back of his neck.

‘I’m definitely not letting this one slide.’

How should I deal with that narcissist bastard?

But aside from that, he was curious.

‘Why are they so interested in ‘Fire Butterfly’?’

Then the ginseng flower pot he was holding in one hand sighed.

「Do you really not know? How many times do you think Pride has been revived because of you?」

‘Don’t eavesdrop on other people’s thoughts.’

「It’s the price for taking my elixir. Anyway, it’s not for nothing that the Demon Emperor adores you, is it?」

‘He adores me so much he wants to make me into a taxidermy butterfly.’

Of course he was angry, but if he were an enemy not worth worrying about, Union wouldn’t go this far either.

But Pride had many other famous enemies besides Fire Butterfly.

‘There are many more dangerous guys.’

Why are they making such a fuss over me? Moreover, the people belonging to Haven were all considerable power holders in Union.

‘Don’t pay attention to a mere low-ranking member.’

「Low-ranking? With your skills? That’s ridiculous. What low-ranking member makes a fool of Union for decades?」

Well, what’s important now isn’t Union but the Principal who’s the interviewer.

‘Haven’s Principal.’

A key figure in Union and the witch that all Pride forces tremble in fear of. She who shows no mercy to demons was the grim reaper of death to the demon race.

Fortunately, the ginseng seemed to be working effectively, as the sparrows didn’t recognize Ruin as a demon.

No, actually, rather than not recognizing him as a demon, they seemed unable to perceive the existence of this body itself.

‘I can just hide it in my bag during the interview.’

「What? Why hide me? Am I embarrassing or something! Want me to show you my power?」

‘This is exactly why.’

Ruin stuffed the ginseng trying to jump out back into the flower pot. If it wandered around carelessly, it might get caught by the Herbology Professor as a test subject.

Anyway, since he had passed the most problematic sparrows, the interview would be no problem too.

That’s because-

‘The Principal’s Office, which serves as the interview room, is a space I used to use.’

He knew exactly what devices were there. So his steps toward the interview room were light.

Even though he was carrying a suspicious-looking flower pot, he wouldn’t meet the Principal on the way there, and as long as that room was the interview room, this was his victory…

But just then.

“Excuse me, are you Fire Butterfly?”

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