Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 105

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 105

 

 

 

62. What Kind of Fellow Are You?

 

 

Arcanium.

The moment I heard it, I thought of Arcana.

And sure enough.

“It’s an extremely rare metal. The ruins of Kingdom of Arcana are very few in number, and there’s almost nothing left of the old royal castle site. And among all that, only a very small amount has been discovered.”

So that’s why it was named Arcanium.

“But we only know it’s a metal – no one has been able to figure out its use or composition.”

“Why not?”

He answered as if it were obvious.

“Because it can’t be smelted or analyzed. The reason is unknown. No existing technology can analyze or melt that ore. I’m no exception either.”

Well, this is something.

What kind of kingdom was Arcana exactly?

To think that such a kingdom’s legacy is now flowing through my body.

“That Arcanium couldn’t be melted even with heat reaching thousands of degrees. So at best, it’s only treated as a rare collection item for collectors.”

“That’s impressive.”

“That’s why I just left it there, so look at something else. That thing next to it is called ‘Atma’ – it’s a mineral found only in the deep veins of the Habarosk Mountain Range. If you alloy it properly, most weapons will get chipped the moment they clash with it…”

I couldn’t hear the rest of his words.

My gaze was fixed solely on the Arcanium, just that one thing.

What is this feeling?

It feels like it’s calling to me.

This unremarkable-looking ore seemed to be speaking to me from the moment I focused my gaze on it.

Telling me to take it.

“Are you even listening to me right now?”

Without hesitation, I reached my hand toward the Arcanium—

“Looking at it is useless…”

Whooooom…

The Arcanium began to glow with a green light.

“…is what should be happening.”

I thought maybe, but.

That feeling of it calling to me was real.

It really did react after all.

I picked up the Arcanium and showed it to him.

“Can you smelt it like this?”

“…What in the world is this?”

He stared blankly at the Arcanium and muttered.

“Did I put it in the wrong place… That can’t be right…”

Then he barely managed to ask me, as if squeezing out the words.

“I’ve been curious since earlier… What kind of fellow are you exactly?”

I smiled and answered.

“I’m Dane Sogress, eldest son of Count Sogress who rules the Southern Region, and a first-year student in the Autonomous Department at Imperial Academy.”

He let out a hollow laugh as if dumbfounded.

“That’s not what I was asking.”

 

 

Bulbark.

Bulbark, a mutant born between a dwarf father and human mother, couldn’t understand the current situation.

‘The Arcanium reacted.’

Because of that, he had been ostracized by people since childhood, called a ‘monster.’

On the other hand, thanks to his abilities, he was able to enter Termion’s Forge, which supposedly only the greatest master blacksmiths could join.

The ability to smell metals.

That was an ability even ordinary dwarves didn’t possess.

Bulbark’s level was particularly exceptional – just by smelling metals, he could tell not only whether they had been processed, but also how they had been processed.

Simply put, he was extremely sensitive to the state of minerals like metals.

In that sense, the Arcanium’s reaction was truly an incredible event.

‘Even the most outstanding dwarf in history didn’t know the method and couldn’t even touch this ore.’

Arcanium.

A metal that was only used in the Ancient Magic Kingdom Arcana, and after Arcana’s destruction, no one could use it.

Even objects made from this Arcanium had all been lost, so its capabilities weren’t properly known.

It was truly a metal shrouded in mystery—

‘Maybe we can finally find out about it.’

That kid.

It reacted the moment Dane Sogress touched it.

So for a moment, he even thought this.

‘Could it not be Arcanium? Or did this fellow play some trick?’

Bulbark, like dwarves typically do, didn’t particularly like magic.

Still, he didn’t extremely hate it like ordinary dwarves did.

If he had, he wouldn’t have even glanced at the magically operated facilities that existed here in Termion Forge.

He was different from dwarves who unconditionally insisted on traditional methods.

“Hand it over here.”

So Bulbark extended his hand.

If it was trickery or a different metal, it would be exposed immediately.

“Here you go.”

But the moment he received it, he could tell.

That it had a metallic scent he’d never smelled before in his life.

Arcanium.

Until now it had no scent at all, but after reacting to Dane, it finally began to emit a metallic fragrance.

“Sweet…”

In terms of food, it was a sweet fragrance that would make even priests or sages on ascetic journeys lose their minds.

To smell such a fragrance from metal.

It seemed to be crying out for him to smelt it quickly.

Thanks to that, his heart began to race.

Arcanium.

This metal that no dwarf in the world had been able to handle…

Maybe he could smelt it after all.

“Can you smelt that?”

“I’ll try.”

Bulbark stopped his dreamy gaze and asked Dane.

“You… were you born with something like me?”

Dane shrugged his shoulders.

“Maybe so.”

“…You’re the most amusing fellow among all who’ve come here.”

Until now, many incredible people had visited Termion’s Forge.

Figures commonly called ‘heroes’ in history books, of course, and in the very distant past even royalty had visited, and though it’s a secret known only to a very few, even villains who shook the world had come here.

‘Back then they weren’t villains yet.’

But now, this fellow too might perhaps…

Shake the world.

Whether as a hero or as a villain.

“You said you wanted to make a sword? Good. Let’s try it. I’ll make it for you personally.”

“Was it originally supposed to be made by someone else?”

“For ambiguous fellows’ items, other Master Blacksmiths usually take the lead. That doesn’t mean those fellows lack skill though. It’s just that I’m overwhelmingly superior.”

Dane let out a hollow laugh at Bulbark’s consistent attitude, but on the other hand thought that was exactly why he could trust him.

“Looking at your build, the length should be about this much… The center of gravity should be positioned here. Hmm. I’ll have to try smelting first to know for sure. Since I don’t even know what characteristics this Arcanium possesses.”

But one thing seemed certain.

That something completely different from all the metals he’d encountered so far was hidden within.

But that’s when it happened.

Woooong…

The light disappeared.

“Why is this happening.”

The Arcanium had returned to that unremarkable state it was in before Dane touched it.

“Huh.”

Had the reaction time ended?

Bulbark handed the Arcanium back to Dane.

Then the Arcanium reacted again.

However, when a similar amount of time as before passed, the Arcanium’s light extinguished again.

‘…An unexpected obstacle.’

Could it be a metal that only reacts to specific beings?

“Do you have any interest in learning metallurgy?”

It was an absurd suggestion, but Bulbark was that desperate and curious.

“No. Rather than that, how about staying nearby until it’s finished?”

Dane just smiled at those words.

That expression looked like he didn’t really care either way, and in fact, from when he’d entered earlier, unlike the other fellows, he seemed to have little interest in weapons.

‘Surely he won’t refuse.’

But-

“That won’t work.”

“You might possess a unique weapon that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world?”

“I have to participate in the Academy Festa, and I need to study and train too.”

“…”

The words ‘just for such trivial reasons’ rose to his throat.

“It would be difficult to stay here.”

“…Phew.”

Bulbark was extremely disappointed.

To have to waste this opportunity for such reasons.

Of course, it wasn’t completely wasted.

“Right, vacation. There’s vacation. How about then?”

“Ah. I have some plans during that time”

“…Damn.”

Not now, not during vacation either.

“You have incredible qualifications and opportunity right now!”

Bulbark was angry.

This was a situation that every blacksmith in the world would dream of, and the person involved had a golden opportunity to obtain a weapon unique in the world!

But he couldn’t do it because he had plans, because he had to prepare for the Festa?

“Fine. Then surely a brief moment would work.”

Bulbark, holding the Arcanium, immediately led Dane to a space where intense heat could be felt.

The source of the heat that had been felt since entering the forge.

Precisely, the place where iron is melted.

“For ordinary steel or metals, I’d shape them so they could be quenched immediately, but that’s raw ore. It needs to be melted first.”

Dane, as if understanding, injected mana again to make the Arcanium react. Bulbark, taking it, continued speaking.

“No matter how much it reacts, if it doesn’t melt, a weapon can’t be made.”

Then suddenly he threw the Arcanium into a furnace where bright red flames were blazing fiercely.

“Let’s see if it melts while in a reactive state.”

But the result was disappointing.

The Arcanium retrieved shortly after was merely hot, showing no signs of having melted at all.

“As expected.”

Bulbark was disappointed.

This wasn’t something to be happy about just because it reacted.

If he were a collector it might be different, but he needed to melt this to make a weapon.

“This won’t work then.”

Just as frustration was washing over him.

“Kyirik.”

Hearing some kind of cry, he turned his head to see what looked like a baby wyvern flapping its wings.

“Karnas, want to give it a try?”

“Kyirik!”

Bulbark asked blankly.

“What is that thing?”

“It’s a secret.”

“…Huh?”

Dane placed the Arcanium he’d received in front of the furnace and spoke to Karnas.

“Just shoot it lightly.”

“Kyirik!”

Whoooosh!

Fire burst forth unexpectedly.

And the moment the flames touched the Arcanium-

“It’s, it’s melting.”

The Arcanium instantly turned bright red and began to melt.

Bulbark blinked his eyes.

Something impossible was happening.

An object that wouldn’t melt even in Termion Forge’s furnace, which could melt anything, was melting in that creature’s flames?

“Karnas, that’s enough now.”

“Kyirook!”

As the flames subsided, the bright red heated Arcanium became visible.

Bulbark stared blankly, then had a brilliant idea.

“Right.”

Those flames.

Those flames were all he needed.

“Wait a moment.”

What Bulbark hurriedly ran to fetch was precisely a Flame Containment Artifact.

“I never thought I’d use this.”

The furnace made at Termion’s Forge is the best.

But furnaces at other forges are different.

It’s difficult for temperature to rise to a certain level or maintain it.

So in the past, Termion’s Forge had captured flames needed by other forges here and sold them.

‘To think I’d use it like this.’

“Shoot that fellow’s flames in here.”

Dane immediately caught on and asked.

“You’re trying to contain the flames.”

“Right. Since you said you can’t come often.”

“Alright. Karnas, you okay with that?”

“Kyreuk!”

Karnas answered as if to leave it to him.

Whoooosh!

The artifact that looked like a large crystal orb absorbed Karnas’s flames, and soon the fire began churning inside.

“That’s enough. Stop. It fills up quickly as expected. This is no ordinary flame.”

Karnas’s flames are powerful enough to melt even mana barriers.

The high temperature is one thing, but what’s important is that it’s a special flame.

“Phew. This should do it.”

Now I can do it.

I don’t know how long these flames will last, but at least I can try now.

“…By the way, what exactly is that fellow? I don’t know much, but it doesn’t seem like a wyvern…”

Dane just smiled.

Bulbark just shrugged at that reaction.

“Well, it doesn’t seem like an evil creature, so it’s fine. You seem reluctant to talk about it, so I’ll let it pass.”

Whatever it is doesn’t matter.

Now I can melt this arcanium.

Regardless of how it reacts, I can at least make something now.

Bulbark swallowed his dry saliva.

He wanted to make it quickly.

He wanted to melt that ore and create the masterpiece of his lifetime.

The greatest master blacksmith working at the Empire’s greatest forge was now drooling with anticipation.

“Ah, if you’re curious about the progress, drop by sometime. I need to check how it reacts after processing too. I’ll probably know soon. What kind of thing will be created.”

“I will.”

Dane was still answering with an expression showing no particular expectation.

Perhaps because of that.

It actually sparked his competitive spirit.

‘I’ll definitely satisfy this guy.’

He had never disappointed a client even once until now.

“Good. You can go now.”

“Yes. Karnas. Let’s go.”

“Kyreuk!”

Bulbark escorted Dane outside, and watching Dane’s departing figure, he thought.

‘What exactly does this fellow do.’

Dane Sogress.

He knew of Sogress County by reputation, and had heard rumors that the family’s heir was extraordinary.

But it seemed like there was something unknowable hidden about him.

‘It’s not something I need to worry about.’

No matter how much he worked at Termion’s Forge, client information was top secret among top secrets.

He would never tell anyone about it.

“Good.”

From now on, he just needed to focus on melting and hammering this metal, arcanium.

He was curious.

What kind of item would come out.

‘Kid, next time you come, your jaw will drop.’

It was the moment when the Empire’s greatest master blacksmith made a tremendous resolution.

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