Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 108

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 108

 

 

 

65. Welcome to the House of Horror

 

 

Aneld helped with installing the traps for the House of Horror.

That fellow from the hunter family who ruined the dormitory initiation he’d been looking forward to because of me.

“Wow, you can install it like this too.”

“Yeah. Just apply a bit more paint there. Spray it lightly. About 1 second?”

“Okay, got it.”

Aneld looked like he was having the time of his life.

This fellow seemed to know quite a bit about traps, but he kept marveling at the traps used by assassins.

“What’s this? Does it work with magic?”

“It activates the moment you enter the area. It instantly makes gravity stronger to make movement difficult.”

“Oh, so when an illusion is chasing from behind and you suddenly slow down, you’d be really panicked?”

“Exactly.”

The fellow was truly enthusiastic.

At this rate, he seemed ready to learn all the traps used by assassins.

Thanks to that, installing the traps to scare students entering this House of Horror, including the illusion generators, went very smoothly.

“Good. The traps are almost finished setting up…”

I looked down from the second floor.

“Teacher Arabella! Where should I move this?”

“Ah, put that over there. It’s a magic curtain, so set it down carefully.”

“Yes! Of course!”

Things were going very well down there too.

Big Sister was literally commanding the Physical Fitness Club members around with just one finger.

“Dane, how’s it going over there?”

“Ah, it’s going well. How about you, Sister?”

“It’s going great here too. How wonderful, having four friends who are so good at physical work. Shall we work just a little harder?”

“Yes!”

At those words, Numbers 2, 3, 4, and 5 answered without hesitation and grinned foolishly.

Who would have thought they’d be so weak to this.

At this point, isn’t Big Sister enjoying this too?

“I’m going to check on Leila.”

“Oh! See you later.”

I left Aneld, who was absorbed in the traps, behind and went to find Leila.

And I found Leila crouched in a corner of the corridor, completely frozen.

“…”

When I approached, Leila was startled and looked at me.

“D-Dane? When did you get here?”

“Were you concentrating? Or were you too scared to do anything?”

“Sc-scared! Of course I was concentrating!”

Leila, who was obviously terrified, had a box in front of her.

“What’s wrong?”

“D-don’t open it! I’m not mentally prepared yet… No, I can do this!”

Like hell you can.

I opened the box with a snap.

Then-

“Kyaaaah!”

Leila’s scream burst out.

Understandably so.

The box contained terrifyingly fierce-looking monster masks.

“D-don’t show it to me!”

How did this kid manage to defeat undead?

“Do you have some trauma with ghosts?”

“D-don’t ask!”

It was amusing seeing the kid who always tried to act tough like this. But I thought she might cry if I teased her more, so I closed the box again.

“…I hate ghosts.”

“You mean you’re not scared of them?”

“I’m not scared, I just hate them!”

That’s what being scared means.

“…But I did put up all the decorations. I worked really hard.”

“Yeah, good job. You did really well.”

“Praise me properly!”

“You’re the best.”

I began examining the various decorations with Leila.

“The atmosphere is really good?”

Thanks to Leila working hard on the decorations, it had an atmosphere that would make cowardly people’s knees shake just from looking.

First, the abandoned building we borrowed had been neglected for a long time, giving it a basic eerie atmosphere.

Add to that spider webs, broken windows, magic sound sources set to periodically make ominous noises, and various traps.

The preparations were almost finished now.

“Physical Fitness Club members, could you look here for a moment?”

And one last thing.

“Ah. So we just need to activate this whenever people come.”

“If we wear this and go out, people will be surprised?”

“Oh, voice modulation. That’s good? We just need to laugh?”

The role of the guys who would work inside.

Once again, the Physical Fitness Club would be doing the hard work.

Of course, even so, making them work for free would be a bit much.

“I’ll share the profits when we’re done. I’ll take good care of you, so look forward to it.”

“Teacher…!”

Thanks to that, the guys burned with determination with even more moved expressions.

“We’ll definitely make this House of Horror a success.”

“Just trust us!”

Good.

Then the setup should be finished now.

Now we just need to do this one thing and preparations are complete.

“Then let’s test once to make sure the effects are certain.”

 

 

[House of Horror Preview Event!]

[-Magic Summoning Exploration Spear Swordsmanship (Romance) Club-]

 

Near the Central Plaza, there was a sign that caught the attention of passing students.

“House of Horror?”

“A festa is a festa indeed. A House of Horror.”

“House of Horror? But what kind of club name is that?”

“That’s the club Dane Sogress made. You know, that freshman who ranked first.”

“Ah! The one from the Autonomous Department?”

Many students showed interest in the House of Horror that Dane had opened in advance as both a test and for word-of-mouth promotion.

“Should we go? It looks fun.”

“W-won’t it be scary?”

“Scary? It’s just a house of horror after all.”

Some students showed confidence, while others were afraid.

What was certain was that it was drawing plenty of attention.

“This is an unused abandoned building, so he must have rented it.”

“It’s already eerie from the start.”

“Were the windows originally broken?”

Following the map, they arrived at a gloomy abandoned building.

The surroundings were already dark, so even the confident students swallowed their dry saliva and couldn’t muster the courage to enter.

On top of that, there was a warning notice posted in front.

 

[From the moment you step inside, the only way to leave the House of Horror is to escape. Those with weak hearts should turn back immediately.]

[*Please note that you will be required to wear a Mana and Divine Power Restriction Bracelet.]

 

The writing looked as if it had been written in blood.

Everything was filled with horror.

“I-it should be fine, right?”

“W-well, it’s just a house of horror anyway… S-surely nothing like fainting would happen…?”

The two students passed between the dim amber lights and finally entered through the entrance.

Then at that moment-

 

[Welcome to the House of Horror.]

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

A scream burst out at the truly eerie voice.

And then-

Clang!

The door the two had just entered through suddenly slammed shut!

“…”

“A-are we trapped?”

 

[From now on, you must escape this House of Horror filled with ghosts, spirits, and monsters. In this House of Horror, countless beings filled with resentment are waiting for victims… Remember this. Never look back… Follow the light…]

 

Click.

After the eerie voice ended, the interior gradually went dark.

And when it became dark enough that they could barely distinguish the outlines of objects, a faint light turned on.

“I-I’m going crazy. We… w-we can get out, right?”

“W-we have to get out. Over there, over there! It’s a light!”

The two students trembled as they headed toward the light.

But before they could take even a few steps-

Clang!

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

“Uaaaaaaah!”

A cabinet beside them suddenly burst open, causing the two students to collapse right onto the floor.

“Huuuuung…”

“I-I want to get out…”

Whiiiiing…

On top of that, there was even the sound of wind seeming to blow through the broken windows.

“L-let’s get up. We have to go! The light over there!”

“I-I can’t go anymoooore…”

“You have to get up!”

The somewhat braver student helped the other one up, and the two began to move forward like that.

And when they finally reached the light.

Puff.

As if someone had blown out a candle, the light suddenly disappeared.

At that moment, their eyes had somewhat adjusted to the light, but suddenly their vision went completely dark.

“W-what do we do!”

“Don’t move carelessly!”

The brave student shouted calmly.

“I-I can’t see ahead!”

“I said don’t move!”

Gulp.

Dry saliva went down involuntarily.

‘The light will come back on.’

He wanted to scream and run out right away.

But having come this far, they had no choice but to go to the end.

Flicker.

Then a faint light became visible.

“Over there.”

It was the moment that student took a step-

Saaaaaaah…

An ominous sound was heard-

“Heheheheh…”

“Hihihihihi…”

Laughter echoed from all directions.

In the darkness, dozens of gleaming eyes flashed.

Toward the two students.

“Uaaaaaaaah!”

“Kyaaaaaaaah!”

And the two fell backward as if they had made a promise and fainted.

 

 

After some time had passed-

“S-save me!”

“Uaaaah!”

The two students opened their eyes while screaming.

But it wasn’t the House of Horror.

Where they opened their eyes was behind the House of Horror.

As soon as they opened their eyes, the two looked at each other and trembled.

Then they looked up at the House of Horror and muttered blankly.

“That place is insane…”

“A place you shouldn’t go…”

The two grabbed their shaking legs and left that place as fast as they could possibly go.

And Dane, who had been watching the two from the window, said.

“Too strong? I didn’t expect them to faint from the very beginning like that.”

“Did we set the atmosphere too intensely?”

“It could be that those guys are just cowards.”

While Dane, Priscilla, and Arabella shared their opinions, only Leila kept her mouth tightly shut.

Because she had almost fainted along with them.

“We’ll need some adjustments. Right? We should gradually increase the intensity.”

“Hmm. When it was my turn, I think I said even that was too weak. But we don’t have enough time to make two different courses.”

“Then let’s reduce the horror in the beginning for now and test it. It looks like more guests are coming anyway.”

After saying that, Dane went to the opposite side and looked out the window.

He could see students hesitantly approaching this way.

And a moment later.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

“Uaaaaaaah!”

This time, three people fainted.

“They didn’t even make it halfway.”

“About 30%?”

“Better than before. I think it would be good if we move the fainting point back a bit.”

After more than ten additional victims occurred, Dane finally obtained satisfactory results and nodded his head contentedly.

“This should work.”

It wasn’t scary enough to make people faint right at the beginning, and this level shouldn’t cause people to avoid coming because it’s too frightening.

“Friends, you’re doing great.”

“Hehe, just leave it to us!”

“This is fun!”

And even the Bodybuilding Club members who performed with eerie voices and jumped out in ghost costumes giving passionate performances.

“This is going to spread by word of mouth like crazy, isn’t it?”

Even Arabella, who had been watching critically, smiled contentedly as if she was pleased.

‘Maybe our youngest’s club might take first place overall?’

Festival first place was an achievement even Arabella had never accomplished.

Not only first place in the club division, but with this, overall first place seemed possible too.

“The kids are going to love this. Well, I’ll go promote it to the Theology Department.”

“On the condition that they don’t use divine power. Though we do have the bracelets.”

“Those bracelets were amazing, senior. I tried them earlier and my divine power was completely blocked. It was my first time experiencing something like that.”

Incidentally, the magic and divine power blocking bracelets were items provided by Arabella.

Naturally, they were Arabella’s inventions.

And they were unreleased inventions that hadn’t even been commercialized yet.

“Even so, they don’t last long. An hour at most?”

“Still, that should be enough to block the professors’ mana for 30 minutes, right?”

At Priscilla’s praise, Arabella gritted her teeth.

“When I was doing the House of Horror back in my department days, those damn… no, those very bad guys came to ruin it.”

Arabella wore a dangerous smile.

“That won’t happen this time. This House of Horror is perfect.”

Then she added.

“Oh, but that’s a binding oath. It has no effect unless the other party agrees. It only exerts strong binding force on those who consent. And it’s weaker than you’d think too. It’s difficult with bare hands, but it breaks easily if you use artifacts.”

Naturally, the bracelets had weaknesses.

But they were sufficient for festival events like the House of Horror.

Anyway, all preparations were complete.

From now on…

It was festival time.

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