I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 88
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Chapter 88. Crossing the Line?
Ruin arrived in front of the Haven Dormitory building.
The Haven Dormitory building had a distinctly Gothic monastery-like atmosphere. Though the Hero had changed it to a flashy palatial style, breaking the aesthetic…
‘Still looks impressive.’
There were five Haven dormitories in total, all accessible only through the central common lounge. Security was thoroughly maintained since students considered it their home.
‘And yet a kidnapping incident occurred.’
Since the dormitory’s security had been breached, Haven was already in complete chaos.
“The dormitory supervisor was kidnapped.”
“Professor Ruins!”
The Principal’s face showed what seemed like relief upon seeing Ruin. The other male professors looked at Ruin with wariness. The feeling of rivalry was strong.
Completely ignoring them, Ruin headed straight for Red Gate Dormitory.
The entrance to Red Gate Dormitory was already in chaos with professors and students. And for good reason – because of the writing carved into the wall.
-Don’t set foot in my territory.
-Ruins Wayne.
The writing was done in blood. Around it, glasses that appeared to be Charlie’s were scattered along with Ruins Wayne’s fountain pen.
It was natural that professors and students were sending suspicious glances.
“Surely… this wasn’t your doing, Professor?”
“Would this be my doing?”
The professors nodded at Ruin’s sharp gaze.
“Professor Wayne couldn’t be the culprit, but… Professor Charlie is from Haven’s Combat Department, a Self-Defense Professor! He wouldn’t be taken down so easily!”
Then Ruin answered nonchalantly, as if wondering why they’d think such a thing.
“Professor Charlie is currently weakened by severe food poisoning and diarrhea. Kidnapping him wouldn’t have been difficult.”
「Ah, so it’s because of you.」
…
“…”
…Ah, so that’s how it connects?
「You even laid down misfortune to make him resign faster.」
Ahem, cough. I’m feeling a bit sorry.
But the situation was indeed serious.
Sure enough,
“Deploy Haven’s full force to find the student and professor.”
The Hero appeared.
“This is an emergency that threatens Haven’s very existence.”
“…Existence?!”
The professors asked back in disbelief.
Instead of answering, the Hero looked at the graffiti left on the wall.
“A student disappearing from the academy means Haven’s defenses have been breached, and outsiders will soon notice. And if the perception that ‘Haven is dangerous’ spreads… then pressure to close the school will begin.”
“School closure…!”
Ruin’s blood pressure also rose.
‘No! Not that situation!’
That’s right. The ‘school closure’ situation that Ruin feared most had occurred. At this rate, other military academies or political nobles, not the Hero’s faction, could seize Haven’s operating rights.
That’s why the Hero said,
“To the professor who solves this matter, I will grant one wish, whatever it may be.”
Murmurs spread among the professors.
This meant the Hero’s ‘personal guarantee.’ It was an unimaginable opportunity, but it also meant the situation was urgent enough to warrant such words.
「But why kidnap people? It’s a big risk for them too.」
Instead of answering, Ruin looked around. The fallen glasses, blood, his fountain pen. And the familiar handwriting.
-Don’t set foot in my territory.
-Ruins Wayne
This wasn’t manipulation but clear mockery.
‘Extreme methods. Did they think it would take a disappearance incident to bring me down?’
Sure enough.
“I’m sorry, but Professor Ruins will need to wait in my office for a while. You’re also banned from entering the dormitory.”
The Hero’s words fell. It was going according to their plan. With that single line of writing, Ruin was forcibly excluded from the center of the incident.
Ginseng Superior was furious.
「…Kek. You have to sit quietly in the Hero’s office twiddling your thumbs?! There’s no evidence that you’re the culprit!」
Ruin glanced at the blood writing.
This writing was, yes. Both a warning and intimidation.
Disappear quietly. Otherwise, the next one to disappear will be you.
But Ruin smiled.
‘Good. Since you drew your knife first, now I can legally cut you down.’
His eyes gleamed sharply.
* * *
“Kuk!”
One male student clutched his stomach and rolled over. It was because of a gentleman who had suddenly barged into the dormitory room.
“Kuk, what the hell suddenly…!”
Cedric had simply opened the door when someone knocked. Even when they were pounding on the door like crazy.
Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Thinking the owner was going crazy again, he opened the door, only to get punched in the stomach the moment he did.
“1 minute 23 seconds to open the door.”
“!”
“Too slow. If I were your supervising professor, you’d already be dead.”
The fact that this intruder was the notorious Demon Hunting Professor left the student utterly bewildered.
But the bewildering part came after that. The moment Cedric confirmed his face, he tried to call people from nearby rooms.
Yes, he tried to.
Whoosh!
He was kidnapped. So quickly that he couldn’t understand what had happened.
Cedric, attacked at the neck with lightning speed, instantly lost consciousness. Such clean technique was something even the Imperial Knights had never seen.
But when he realized it was Ruin who had kidnapped him, he nearly fainted again.
‘Why would Professor Ruins Wayne kidnap me?’
The place where the bound Cedric was confined was the bathroom of the dormitory room… and inside the bathtub at that!
And Ruin, sitting beside him fiddling with a MacGyver knife, was terror itself. It was like seeing the scene just before drowning.
‘Wait, why would a professor kidnap a student in the first place!’
“Now then, shall we begin our counseling session.”
Counseling?
Not torture?!
“Oh right, I put you in the bathtub since the floor seemed cold. Better, right?”
No, this is way more terrifying!
But Ruin paid no mind and simply carved something with his MacGyver knife. It looked like an apple.
“Cedric Erol. 21 years old, Red Moon 4th year. You’re the one who kidnapped Charlie, right?”
“…!”
Cedric’s face turned deathly pale.
Damn, he found out?
At his look of ‘how did you know that,’ Ruin smiled as if disgusted.
“If you wanted to hide traces, you should have hidden them better. The writing impersonating Fire Butterfly was infused with the scent of incense candles first used in Demon Hunting Studies class. Only you Red Moon 4th years were the target of the incense candle lessons.”
Cedric was dumbfounded.
Are you kidding? There are so many Red Moon 4th years—
“You identified me specifically with just that…!”
“When estimating the height from where the writing was written, the height is over 180cm. You may have tried to hide your handwriting, but you can’t hide it perfectly. Do you think I assign punishment writing assignments for no reason?”
“…!”
Cedric froze.
Come to think of it, Ruins was particularly notorious for punishment writing assignments. Could it be that he assigned such tasks to identify all students’ handwriting?
At that shocked expression, Ruin smiled lightly.
“Since Fire Butterfly might disguise himself as a student and infiltrate anytime, I need to have samples of students’ handwriting.”
Well, actually there was no need to look at handwriting.
That’s because babbling sounds were coming from Cedric’s shadow.
[Master! This guy’s the culprit! This guy’s the culprit! This guy’s the culprit!]
Well, handwriting or whatever, it was actually just the shadow that had been attached to Charlie whining and telling him.
“Now then, let’s talk about how you kidnapped him.”
‘For attacking a Superior Hero, the crime scene seemed too leisurely handled when I saw it.’
Right, as if someone knew no one would come to the crime scene.
Sure enough, Ruin picked up Cedric’s book.
Rustle!
“!”
“Oh. So this was it.”
Ruin discovered Cedric’s notebook with text that changed in real time.
The notebook had specific people’s names written in cursive. For example, if it were the Hero—
—Elaine Saint: Dormitory basement in 5 minutes. Chairman’s office in 38 minutes.
It would be displayed like this.
Ruin, who had actually confirmed the Hero’s location, was extremely satisfied. It seemed to only predict movement routes up to a maximum of 1 hour, but this was an incredible ability.
“H-how…?”
When Kedrick was shocked, Ruins smiled.
How indeed.
Ruin had figured out the culprit from the content written in this guy’s cadet roster: ‘Location Precognition: Predicts the target’s location.’
“Right, your ability is perfectly suited for tracking and keeping watch. It’s perfect for searching for ‘restraint artifacts’ while avoiding the dormitory supervisor’s eyes during curfew.”
“…!”
Kedrick’s face turned the palest it had ever been.
‘There’s a hidden treasure chest in Red Moon.’
And hidden inside it was a ‘restraint artifact’. His master and subordinates were targeting that artifact.
But did that professor know about the treasure chest that no one should know about… no, even its contents?
And the fact that he had come all the way here meant…
“It seems you’re doing this to learn about that artifact. But I won’t tell you even if my mouth is torn-”
“Ah, I’m not curious about that at all.”
“What?”
I’m the owner of that artifact in the first place. Do you think I’d know less than the likes of you?
So the main point is this.
Chapter 88. Crossing the Line?
Ruin arrived in front of the Haven Dormitory building.
The Haven Dormitory building had a distinctly Gothic style feel reminiscent of a monastery. Although the Hero had changed it to a flashy court style, breaking the atmosphere…
‘Still magnificent.’
There were five Haven dormitories in total, and you could only reach them by going through the central common lounge. They maintained thorough security as much as the students thought of it as home.
‘And yet a kidnapping incident occurred.’
Since the dormitory’s security had been breached, Haven was already in complete chaos.
“The dormitory supervisor has been kidnapped.”
“Professor Ruins!”
When the Principal saw Ruin, his face showed what seemed like relief. At this, the other male professors looked at Ruin with wariness. The feeling of rivalry was strong.
Completely ignoring them, Ruin immediately headed to Red Gate Dormitory.
The entrance to Red Gate Dormitory was already in chaos with professors and students. That was because of the writing carved into the wall.
-Don’t set foot in my territory.
-Ruins Wayne.
It was writing done in blood. Around it, glasses that appeared to be Charlie’s were scattered along with Ruins Wayne’s fountain pen.
It was natural for the professors and students to send suspicious glances.
“Surely… this isn’t your doing, Professor?”
“Would this be my doing?”
At Ruin’s sharp gaze, the professors nodded their heads.
“There’s no way Professor Wayne could be the culprit, but… Professor Charlie is from Haven’s Combat Department, a Self-Defense Professor! There’s no way he’d be taken down so easily!”
Then Ruin answered nonchalantly, as if wondering why they’d think such a thing.
“Professor Charlie is currently weakened by severe food poisoning and diarrhea. Kidnapping him wouldn’t have been difficult.”
「Ah, so it’s because of you.」
…
“…”
…Ah, so that’s how it works out?
「You even laid down misfortune to make him resign faster.」
Ahem, cough. I’m feeling a bit sorry.
But the situation was indeed serious.
Sure enough,
“Deploy Haven’s full force to find the student and professor.”
The Hero appeared.
“This is an emergency situation where Haven’s entire survival is at stake.”
“…Survival?!”
The professors asked back as if they couldn’t believe it.
Instead of answering, the Hero looked at the graffiti left on the wall.
“A student disappearing from the academy means Haven’s defense network has been breached, and outsiders will soon notice. And if the perception that ‘Haven is dangerous’ spreads… then pressure to close the school will begin.”
“School closure…!”
Ruin’s blood pressure also rose.
‘No! Not that situation!’
That’s right. The ‘school closure’ situation that Ruin had been most worried about had occurred. If things continued as they were, other military academies or political nobles, not the Hero’s faction, could take away Haven’s operating rights.
That’s why the Hero said.
“To the professor who solves this matter, I will definitely grant one wish, whatever it may be.”
Murmuring spread among the professors.
That meant the Hero’s ‘personal guarantee.’ It was an unimaginable opportunity, but in reality, it meant the situation was urgent enough to warrant such words.
「But why did they bother kidnapping someone? It’s a huge risk for them too.」
Instead of answering, Ruin looked around. Fallen glasses, blood, his fountain pen. And a familiar handwriting.
-Don’t set foot in my territory.
-Ruins Wayne
This wasn’t manipulation—it was clear mockery.
‘Quite extreme methods. Did they think only a disappearance case would be enough to bring me down?’
Sure enough.
“I’m sorry, but Professor Ruins will need to wait in my room for now. You’re also banned from entering the dormitory.”
The Hero’s words fell. It was exactly as that bastard had planned. With that single line of writing, Ruin was forcibly excluded from the center of the case.
Ginseng Superior was furious.
「…Kek. So you have to sit quietly in the Hero’s room just twiddling your thumbs?! There’s not a single piece of evidence that you’re the culprit!」
Ruin glanced at the bloody writing.
This writing was both a warning and a threat.
Disappear quietly. Otherwise, the next one to disappear will be you.
But Ruin smiled.
‘Good. Since they drew their knife first, now I can legally cut them down.’
His eyes gleamed sharply.
* * *
“Kuk!”
A male student clutched his stomach and rolled over. It was because of a gentleman who had suddenly barged into the dormitory room.
“Kuk, what the hell suddenly…!”
Cedric had simply opened the door when someone knocked. Even when they were pounding on it like crazy.
Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Thinking the owner was throwing another fit, he opened the door, only to get punched in the stomach the moment he did.
“1 minute 23 seconds to open the door.”
“!”
“Too slow. If I were your supervising professor, you’d already be dead.”
The fact that this intruder was the notorious Demon Hunting Professor left the student with no choice but to be bewildered.
But the real bewilderment came after that. The moment Cedric confirmed his face, he tried to call people from nearby rooms.
Yes, he tried to.
Whoosh!
He was kidnapped. So quickly that he couldn’t understand what had happened.
Cedric, attacked at the neck with lightning speed, fainted instantly. Such clean technique was something even the Imperial Knights had never seen.
But when he realized it was Ruin who had kidnapped him, he nearly fainted again.
‘Why would Professor Ruins Wayne kidnap me?’
The place where Cedric was confined with his hands tied was the bathroom of the dormitory room… and inside the bathtub at that!
And Ruin, sitting beside him fiddling with a MacGyver knife, was terror incarnate. It was like seeing the scene just before drowning.
‘No, but why would a professor kidnap a student!’
“Now then, shall we begin our counseling session?”
Counseling?
Not torture?!
“Oh, I put you in the bathtub because the floor seemed cold. Better, right?”
No, this is more terrifying!
But Ruin paid no mind and simply carved something with his MacGyver knife. It looked like an apple.
“Cedric Erol. 21 years old, Red Moon 4th year. You’re the one who kidnapped Charlie, right?”
“…!”
Cedric’s face turned deathly pale.
Damn, he found out?
At his look of ‘how did you know that,’ Ruin smiled as if disgusted.
“If you wanted to hide traces, you should have hidden them better. The writing impersonating Fire Butterfly reeked of incense candles used for the first time in Demon Hunting class. The only targets of the incense candle lesson were you Red Moon 4th years.”
Cedric was dumbfounded.
Are you kidding? There are so many Red Moon 4th years—
“You identified me based on just that…!”
“When estimating the height from where the writing was written, the height is over 180cm. You may have tried to hide your handwriting, but you can’t hide it perfectly. Do you think I assign copying assignments for no reason?”
“…!”
Cedric froze.
Come to think of it, Ruins was particularly notorious for copying assignments. Could it be that he assigned such tasks to identify all students’ handwriting?
At that shocked face, Ruin smiled lightly.
“Since Fire Butterfly might disguise himself as a student and infiltrate at any time, I need to have samples of students’ handwriting.”
Well, there was actually no need to check the handwriting.
That’s because babbling sounds were coming from Kedrick’s shadow.
[Master! This guy is the culprit! This guy is the culprit! This guy is the culprit!]
Well, handwriting or whatever, it was actually just the shadow that had been attached to Charlie whining and telling him.
“Now, the question is how he carried out the kidnapping.”
‘For attacking a superior hero, the crime scene cleanup was too leisurely when I saw it.’
Right, as if he was someone who knew no one would come to the crime scene.
Sure enough, Ruin lifted up Kedrick’s book.
Rustle!
“!”
“Oh. So this was it.”
Ruin discovered Kedrick’s notebook with text that changed in real time.
The notebook had specific people’s names written in cursive. For example, if it were the Hero—
—Elaine Saint: Dormitory Basement in 5 minutes. Chairman’s Office in 38 minutes.
It was displayed like this.
Ruin, who actually confirmed the Hero’s location, was extremely satisfied. It seemed to predict movement routes up to a maximum of 1 hour, but this was an incredible ability.
“H-how…”
When Kedrick was shocked, Ruins smiled.
How, you ask.
Ruin had figured out the culprit from the content written in this guy’s student registry: ‘Location Precognition: Predicts the target’s location’.
“Right, your ability is perfectly suited for reconnaissance in the Tracking Division. Good enough to go around looking for ‘Restraint Artifacts’ while avoiding the dormitory supervisor’s eyes during curfew.”
“…!”
Kedrick’s face turned the palest it had ever been.
‘There’s a hidden treasure chest in Red Moon.’
And what was hidden inside was a ‘Restraint Artifact’. The master and his subordinates were targeting that artifact.
But that professor knew about that treasure chest that no one should know about… no, even knew about its contents?
And the fact that he came all the way here meant…
“It seems you’re doing this to learn about that artifact. But I won’t tell you even if my mouth is torn—”
“Ah, I’m not curious about that at all.”
“What?”
I’m the owner of that artifact to begin with. Do you think I’d know less than the likes of you?
So the main point is this.
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This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
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