Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 100

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 100

 

 

 

58. It’s Been a While

 

 

The banquet at Duke Termion House was quite luxurious. It was luxurious enough to rival the Southern Region, which originally enjoyed extravagant banquets.

Because there were so many types of tarts. Starting with strawberry, which I love most, then fig, egg, grape, blackberry…

“This is driving me crazy.”

I picked up a tart first.

If the world were ending and I could eat just one food before dying, I would choose a tart.

Preferably a strawberry tart.

“You really are addicted to tarts, aren’t you? Good thing I mentioned it.”

“Leila. Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.”

Leila chuckled as she watched me and asked.

“You’re not hurt anywhere, are you?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

“Really. You defeated five candidates and even subdued a knight, yet you don’t have a single injury.”

“Well, you know.”

I shrugged and picked up another tart.

As expected, I need to eat at least three strawberry tarts. I worked hard today, so three should be fine, right?

“There are quite a few people here today too?”

I sat down with Leila and looked around. There were many people. However, they weren’t outsiders but all insiders.

“Yeah. Father invited all the knights to the banquet too.”

“Ah.”

No wonder they all looked familiar.

They had all changed into attire suitable for the banquet at some point.

The big fellow was there too.

His name was Quantas, wasn’t it?

“Quantas seems to have been invited because he has the best skills among the candidates?”

“That’s right. He’s treated almost like a quasi-knight?”

“Right. And you defeated someone like that.”

Well now.

Still, he doesn’t look upset.

Rather, when our eyes met from a distance, he even smiled and bowed his head.

I nodded back in response and continued my conversation with Leila.

“By the way, how is Mother doing?”

“I saw her earlier and she’s fine. She had a slight fever last night that went down, but she seems stable.”

“That’s a relief.”

What exactly is wrong with the Duchess?

I thought about asking, but since Leila didn’t seem to want to go into details, I didn’t bother to question her.

“You really seem amazing.”

“Hm?”

“I believed you could do it, but you actually won.”

Leila puffed her cheeks slightly.

“Our family’s knight order isn’t a place just anyone can enter.”

“When did I ever boast about winning?”

“It’s not that, but… just. It’s fascinating. I wonder what it feels like to live with talent like yours.”

In most people’s eyes, there wouldn’t be much difference between me and Leila. We were both born into families that are well-regarded in the Empire and are evaluated as having the greatest talent.

But it’s different from the perspective of those involved.

Leila was envious.

“I thought about how many candidates I could defeat, but, well. I’m not sure. I’m not confident.”

“You could win too.”

“Hm?”

“You didn’t think so?”

Leila looked at me with surprised eyes.

“Do you really think so?”

“Of course. You’re a genius, aren’t you?”

She doesn’t seem to like my answer.

Leila rolled her eyes and snatched one of the tarts from my plate.

“Hmph. I don’t know about others, but when you say it like that, I’m not particularly happy.”

“Is that so?”

“Well, you’re saying something nice, so I feel good anyway. Ah, this tart is delicious.”

I’m serious though.

The candidates’ skills are definitely good.

But there’s a clear difference compared to the official members.

I can see why Duke Termion House’s knight order strictly manages admission under the prerequisite of ‘challenge.’

In that sense, with Leila’s talent and her current skill level having created two cores, she could definitely defeat candidates.

However, the problem is that as a member of Duke Termion House, there’s no way the candidates would have a proper sparring match with Leila.

The candidates would want to join the knight order by any means necessary, but would they really try to win against Leila in a sparring match?

Leila seems to have lost some confidence now.

Therefore…

“She’ll need a suitable opponent.”

“Hm?”

“Nothing. This tart is delicious.”

“Right?”

She’ll need an opponent or method that Leila can defeat to regain her confidence.

Well, let’s think about it slowly.

It’s not too late to worry about it after returning to the Academy.

“Quantas Daggerweld greets Young Master Dane Sogress.”

After finishing our meal and walking around the banquet hall, Quantas came to greet me.

“Your skills are remarkable. I understand you’re the same age as Young Lady Leila, which is truly tremendous talent.”

I smiled.

“Your skills are remarkable too. It’s been a while since I faced such solid heavy sword arts.”

“My skills are still lacking. I may be ranked first among the candidates, but I’m nothing compared to the official members.”

He was quite good for saying that.

Even if not now, he’s a talent I look forward to seeing in the future.

“And I sincerely thank you for the advice you gave me. I’ll work harder and greet you more confidently next time.”

Does greeting me more confidently mean he’ll greet me as an official member?

“I look forward to it.”

Dreams should be big to be worthwhile.

“Young Master, I watched the sparring well. That was incredible spear arts. I really gained some insight.”

“Thank you.”

There was a big shot too.

“I’m Ilard Lumen, ranked third in the knight order. That’s after the Captain and Vice-Captain.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Dane Sogress.”

“The pleasure is mine. Ah, that thrill from earlier comes back to me. It was like watching Count Sogress on the battlefield.”

Then other knights also came to talk to me.

Ilard Lumen.

Ranked 3rd.

Just from shaking hands, I can feel his strength being transmitted.

“Do you know my father?”

“Of course I do. We fought together. The spear techniques Count displayed on the battlefield were nothing short of a war god’s prowess.”

This feels good, hearing praise for my father.

“Young Master has also inherited tremendous talent following in such a person’s footsteps.”

“I’m still far from my father’s level.”

By the way, I didn’t see Donnie who was defeated by me.

I asked the knight named Ilard.

“It seems not everyone came.”

Ilard, understanding the meaning of my words, subtly informed me.

“That fellow Donnie is currently devoted to training, shocked by his defeat. All the other members came, but only that fellow Donnie is doing that.”

“I see.”

“The shock seems quite significant. He never even thought he could lose.”

Well, who would think that way.

I am, after all, just an Academy freshman.

But incomprehensible things often happen in this world.

“I hope he recovers well.”

“He’ll get back up soon. He’s a member of the knight order. Rather, it would have been a good experience. Actually, when you’re around 30th rank, there are no opportunities to spar except with fellow members. It’s a peaceful time, isn’t it?”

Ilard winked.

“I’m also dying to spar with you if I get the chance, but I’ll hold back today.”

What tremendous competitive spirit.

His expression is smiling, but his eyes are different.

Should I come to the Duke’s mansion periodically for sparring?

“They say warriors become closer the more they spar, and here you are already having such friendly conversation.”

Just then, Duke Termion approached.

“Duke.”

Duke Termion looked very pleased.

“The sparring, I watched it very well. Dane.”

“Thank you.”

“Thanks to you, it became a great stimulus for our knight order.”

“It was a great help to me as well.”

Even without sparring, I would have completed 3 cores, but thanks to this, dramatic timing was created.

Actually, thanks to this, I loosened up my body tremendously.

Even if it wasn’t long, it was genuinely enjoyable.

“Quite some time has passed since the war ended. So I was worried we might become frogs in a well, but thanks to you Dane, I don’t think we need to worry about that.”

As Duke Termion said, it’s a peaceful time.

The war has ended, and while small-scale local battles occur occasionally, large-scale full wars like before don’t happen.

The military is necessary to maintain peace, but even so, it functions properly when peace is broken.

The knight order would be the same.

Political reasons aside, ultimately without war, it’s difficult to gain experience.

Though Duke Termion was praising me, it seemed true that thanks to me, the knight order members received stimulation after a long time.

“So I prepared a modest gift.”

When Duke Termion gestured, an attendant who had been waiting nearby approached and gently presented me with a tray covered by cloth.

“Remove the cloth.”

When I removed the cloth, an unexpected item appeared.

It was several books.

But on the book covers…

Characters I recognized were written.

“I heard from Leila that you Dane have great interest in ancient languages. You spend all day at the library reading books written in ancient languages?”

Ancient Arcana language.

That’s exactly what it was.

“This is an amazing gift.”

“These have been in our family library for a very long time. They were items our ancestor acquired through chance circumstances, but as you well know, there was no way to decode them, so they were just gathering dust.”

For such items, they’re in very good condition.

I was just wondering whether I should ask the Prince to let me access the Imperial Library as payment for the debt he owes me.

Because the books available at the Academy Library are limited.

“I gratefully accept them, Duke.”

“Good. Come visit often with our Leila anytime. I think of you no differently than a son.”

Those are touching words.

Yet my feelings are quite strange.

The person who cut me down in my previous life now thinks of me like a son.

Naturally, I hold no ill feelings.

That was a battlefield, and according to the laws of that battlefield, I was simply defeated and died.

“If my sons were here, they would have really liked you.”

He seems to be referring to Leila’s big brother and little brother.

“One fellow is out in the Eastern Territory, and one fellow is wandering… If even one fellow had been by my side, it would have been reassuring.”

This seems to be the first time Duke Termion has spoken like this.

Then he made a request of me.

“So please take good care of our Leila. She has two fellows as brothers, but they’re all outside, so she’s been quite lonely since childhood, but her expression has brightened considerably since attending the Academy with you.”

This was not Duke Termion, but father Bout Termion asking me as a father.

“Of course. I’m the one enjoying Academy life pleasantly thanks to Leila.”

“Thank you for saying that.”

Duke Termion smiled broadly as if pleased.

Suddenly, I became curious.

“But is there a particular reason why the Young Master is wandering?”

Noble family children usually either enter the Academy or stay in the territory receiving successor education.

This would be even more true for a prestigious family like Duke Termion’s house.

I wondered if perhaps he was pushed out of the succession structure and was wandering due to that disappointment, but that wasn’t it.

“…It’s due to my lack of virtue.”

Duke Termion sighed.

“I seem to have caused discomfort with an unnecessary question.”

“No. Discomfort, what discomfort. Let’s talk about that story later when we have the chance.”

That’s how the conversation concluded, and the banquet ended not long after.

Afterward, I strolled through the garden with Leila for a walk.

“Where’s Ernest?”

“He went to the artifact storage with the butler earlier. He was so excited he was about to die.”

Hmm.

I wonder if he’ll beg to come again next time.

No wait, next time I should show him our family’s exhibition hall, shouldn’t I?

“Dane, you’re going to the forge tomorrow, right?”

“Yeah. I told the Duke about it.”

“What are you going to make?”

“I haven’t decided yet, just looking around this time? They said with the token, I can look around without restrictions.”

Leila nodded at those words.

“Ah, good. The exams are over too, and it’s nice to come home after a long time and see people. It makes me think I should work harder.”

“Think you should work harder?”

“Yeah. Hard enough so I won’t lose to anyone in the knight order later. Actually, I really want to spar with them now, but it’s obvious they’d go easy on me.”

Leila is the precious young lady of Duke Termion’s house. Naturally, no one would go all out sparring with Leila.

“Yeah, let’s spar again when we get back.”

“Good. This time I won’t lose as easily as last time?”

Leila is a good fellow.

She’s straightforward, and even when she gets sulky, she recovers quickly.

That made me even more curious.

The existence of the brothers that such a Leila always speaks of with longing.

“Your Big Brother is currently in the Eastern Territory, but you said your Little Brother is wandering around?”

“Uh, yeah. He’s wandering. I don’t know the reason though. Father won’t tell me either.”

Leila’s expression darkened again.

“Sigh. It would be nice if I at least knew the reason. Big Brother sends letters occasionally, but Little Brother doesn’t even do that…”

Just as I cherish my sisters dearly, Leila seemed to think of her brothers very much too.

Like that, we continued walking through the garden.

“Oh right, you said you gained one more core? How do you make them starting from the third one?”

“I’ll teach you some breathing techniques when we get back. It’ll be a bit harder than when you were 7, you know?”

“Hmm. I’ll know once I try it. Who knows? Right now I have two, but maybe later I’ll suddenly have four or five?”

Leila then mentioned a story we had forgotten about for a while.

“But when are you going to tell me your wish?”

“Wish? Ah.”

My 7th birthday.

We had promised to grant each other’s wishes.

I still haven’t told Leila my wish.

“Think of one quickly before you completely forget about it later. Where in the world is there a wish that gets dragged out for 7 years?”

“Alright, alright. I’ll think about it.”

What could there be.

A wish worth asking this little kid for.

“Hmm, but honestly, even I would probably struggle with what to ask for. You have pretty much everything, don’t you? Big Sister will make you any artifacts… Hmm. What could there be?”

It was when we were both deep in thought like that.

Rustle.

A sound could be heard.

The garden grass field.

“An intruder?”

“Huh? What sound?”

Leila tensed up and stopped.

Did I somehow become enemies with gardens?

It seems like something happens every time I go to a garden.

“I can sense a presence.”

I looked toward the grass field that my sensing ability had detected.

It was quiet now, but since it had already been caught, I could feel it even more clearly with my sensing ability.

Someone’s breathing.

“Come out. Before I come over there myself.”

I spoke while ready to draw up my mana at any moment.

No, I was already drawing it up.

So I could cast magic the moment I sensed any sign of trying to escape.

It couldn’t be Duke Termion, could it?

“…”

But then, a voice I had never expected to hear reached me.

“Well now, how menacing. I was just checking out what kind of man my little sister was walking with.”

My little sister?

Rustle.

The person who walked out through the grass field was…

A man with the exact same rose-colored hair as Leila.

And behind me came Leila’s voice full of surprise.

“Little… Brother?”

At those words, the man grinned and raised his hand.

“It’s been a while, our youngest.”

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