Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 114

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 114

 

 

 

70. Club Room Change Chance (1)

 

 

“My fortune?”

“Yeah. Yours. I’ve actually been wanting to see it once.”

“You wanted to see mine?”

“Why? Is that bad?”

The battlefield is a place where all kinds of superstitions and jinxes run rampant.

For example, carrying a widow’s belongings on your body would make blind arrows avoid you due to the lingering resentment, or eating certain supply foods would bring bad luck and leave you with nothing.

In that sense, I in my previous life didn’t really care much about superstitions and jinxes.

“I don’t really have much faith in that sort of thing.”

“I’m pretty good at it though. I’m famous in our department. Kids who start dating always come to me first.”

“Is that so.”

Maybe because I grew up on the battlefield, I had no interest in superstitions created from the perspective of the world outside the battlefield.

Naturally, I also had little faith in the astrology that Priscilla was talking about now.

Above all, I believe that fate is something you create, not something you prophesy.

“Don’t be like that, let’s just do it once. It won’t take long.”

I eventually gave in to Priscilla’s request and sat down.

Priscilla spread the tablecloth again and placed the stand and crystal orb on top of it.

That familiar purple smoke began to rise slowly.

“Dane Sogress. The eldest son of the Sogress County and one born with the blood of Sogress…”

“Why are you saying things we all know so solemnly.”

“Geez, are you going to keep interrupting while I’m setting the mood?”

I quietly shut my mouth.

Priscilla even pulled up the hood of her robe and lowered her voice ominously.

“Your fate protected by the stars… now the stars shall look into you…”

Ah, yes.

I suppressed what I wanted to say and went along with Priscilla’s concept.

“What are you curious about?”

“Um… I’m curious about the future.”

“You must speak specifically. What future do you wish to see?”

Look at that voice.

Still, well, since I’m already here.

Since she says she’s good at it, let me try it once.

I thought for a moment and then spoke.

“What will I become best at in the future?”

I’m honestly curious.

I don’t really know about other things.

I’m not particularly interested in becoming the head of the family, nor in joining a knight order or becoming a renowned mage or summoner.

I’m just curious about what I’ll become best at in the future.

“What you will become best at… Are you referring to one of your abundant talents?”

“Probably?”

“I see. Wait. Oh stars…”

The scene of the Theology Department praying to the stars was quite impressive.

It seems there really is some efficacy to it.

The purple smoke responded to Priscilla’s prayer and began to swirl.

But…

The intensity of the swirl is unusual.

It’s a bit different from what I saw last time?

“…!”

Priscilla also seemed flustered.

Her trembling hands were proof of that.

“Why is this suddenly so violent…”

Priscilla’s trembling voice flowed out, and soon the purple whirlpool became even more intense, making the crystal orb shake as if it would break.

Thrum thrum thrum-!

The vibrating table.

And vibrations transmitted through the table to the ground.

Surprisingly, the crystal orb was holding up.

“My goodness…”

Now the purple smoke was no longer just swirling but gathering into one mass.

Then-

Bang!

It exploded.

“Wh-what happened!”

Dorian, who urgently entered by lifting the booth tent, turned pale seeing me, Priscilla, and the crystal orb.

“A-are you alright?”

“Uh, yeah.”

Because despite the loud explosion just now, nothing particular had happened.

Contrary to expectations, the crystal orb hadn’t broken.

“We’re doing a fortune reading, so could you come in a bit later?”

“Ah, yes. Understood.”

Dorian sighed in relief and went outside the booth, and we focused on the crystal orb again.

“It’s really okay, right?”

“…This is the first time I’ve seen such a phenomenon. The crystal orb has never shown this kind of reaction before.”

Priscilla was clearly flustered.

“There’s never been this kind of reaction?”

“That’s right. Usually it ends with swirling. It’s never swirled and then gathered into one mass… and exploded like this.”

The smoke that had formed a sphere and then burst was now spread low beneath the crystal orb.

And the stars that had been trapped in the smoke were finally revealing themselves completely and twinkling…

“Truly a wondrous thing.”

Priscilla’s reaction was truly extraordinary.

“For stars to twinkle this clearly is almost unheard of… It’s true that they twinkle when the power of stars manifests, but this clearly is a first.”

Priscilla was being consumed by her concept again.

Anyway, the stars are clear.

They certainly are clear.

The dozens, hundreds of stars visible inside were each emitting truly bright light.

Would saying the crystal orb looks incredibly beautiful explain it?

“In any case, it’s amazing. It might mean your future is just that wonderful.”

“So did you get a result?”

“Wait. Impatience and the power of stars are not very friendly.”

Ah, is that so.

Whooom.

The stars emitted light, and soon as if that power was transferring, the light and the smoke that had been spread below flowed out smoothly and entered through Priscilla’s hands.

And Priscilla closed her eyes…

“…This can’t be.”

She muttered blankly in a voice even more flustered and trembling than before.

“I… can’t see it?”

Huh?

“T-this can’t be right. This is strange. Why can’t I see the divination?”

Priscilla seemed so flustered that she even forgot her concept.

“You can’t see it?”

“I can’t see it… Normally, a vague future should unfold in my mind and the scenes should expand… How can this happen?”

Priscilla held her head in her hands for quite a while after that.

Unable to bear it any longer, I asked.

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“…”

Only after a long while did Priscilla finally speak.

“…It seems like I can’t see your future with my abilities?”

“What?”

“This kind of thing happens sometimes.”

Priscilla eventually withdrew the power of stars that had seeped into her hands and covered the now-quiet crystal orb with cloth.

“Are you giving up?”

“For now. But since this involves revealing heavenly secrets, I’m blocking my ears for a moment.”

Does covering it with cloth really work?

Well, anyway.

“Sometimes, things like this happen. Cases where the future is too vast to see.”

“The future is vast?”

“Yes. In some form or another. Either it’s on such a massive scale that I absolutely cannot see it, or it’s a level of future that shouldn’t be accessed even with the power of stars. Or… something that shouldn’t be seen.”

Something that shouldn’t be seen.

Interesting.

Various hypotheses come to mind.

For example, some future I’ll experience might be the kind I shouldn’t know about.

“It seems like some powerful force is preventing me from seeing your future. By any chance, would you consider paying and having it read? Since this was done with what I had left, the results might be different if you pay.”

Priscilla asked with subtle expectation in her tone.

But I shook my head.

“Actually, this worked out better. This is better than seeing something that would make me feel strange.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Let’s clean up now.”

I stood up without any regrets.

As I mentioned before, fate is something you create for yourself.

Actually, I don’t have any particular hostility toward astrology.

Rather, I think there are more positive aspects if people can find comfort in their hearts through such astrology.

However-

“This is my first time encountering a case like this… You might really have something special. Aren’t you curious?”

“Not really. I don’t want to know either.”

“Are you avoiding it?”

“No.”

What’s important to me is the present.

If I focus, the future will naturally be created.

“I don’t want to know about a future that hasn’t even arrived yet and let it influence my current actions.”

Honestly, I think it’s fortunate.

What if I had gotten some kind of result earlier, whether it was magic, spear arts, or any talent?

Then I might unconsciously neglect the development of other talents besides that one.

“…That’s disappointing.”

Priscilla seems to have significant personal disappointment.

“Cases like this are extremely rare. Usually I can see something. Of course, they’re vague things, and my interpretation goes into it too…”

Still, she eventually gave up and nodded her head.

“Well, there’s nothing more terrible than unwanted astrology. I understand. It’s disappointing, but it can’t be helped. But there’s one thing that’s certain.”

Something certain.

“What is it?”

“That you’re definitely extraordinary. More than anyone else.”

At those words, I shrugged my shoulders.

“You’re just realizing that now?”

“Hmm. I feel like I heard this before?”

Priscilla frowned.

So extraordinary that the future can’t be seen through astrology.

Well.

It feels good.

“This would be a case worth reporting to the astrology academic community…”

“You’re really going to report it?”

“As if I would? What good would it do those stupid old men? This is a secret, but quite a few of those people have already had their power of stars revoked.”

I burst into laughter at Priscilla’s words, which were still unbecoming of the Theology Department.

 

 

The next day.

“Dane, look at this!”

Ernest, who contacted me as soon as morning came and rushed over eagerly, brought good news.

What Ernest brought was the Academy Daily.

“It was published as a festival special article!”

“Oh.”

The daily newspaper read as follows:

 

[Large Academy Club Caught Trying to Ruin Other Clubs’ Events!]

[Large Club Official Mr. A: “Interview is Difficult”]

[Large Club’s Tyranny, Is This Really Okay?]

 

This was the article I expected.

“The next part is the highlight!”

Ernest was right.

 

[‘Romance’ Club Achieves 1st Place in Festival in First Year of Establishment!]

[House of Horror, Astrology, Treasure Hunt… All the Festival’s Hot Events are ‘Romance’ Club’s Work!]

[‘Romance’ Club Official, Exploration Department Student Cheers, “We Won!”]

 

Festival 1st place.

We had achieved overall 1st place, surpassing our initial expectations.

“I really never imagined we’d get 1st place!”

Ernest was jumping with joy.

While I wasn’t quite at that level, I felt pretty good.

First place.

Yeah, if we’re going to do something, we should do it properly.

This is the result.

Of course, this was partly due to our hard work, but also thanks to the Academy Swordsmanship Society guys doing something stupid.

“The Swordsmanship Society guys only managed 5th place!”

“They got 5th place?”

I clicked my tongue.

Well, it’s not like we ruined all of their events.

Given their scale, even with their main events failing, they could still achieve 5th place overall in visitor count and sales with their remaining events.

But this time, we’re 1st place.

Therefore-

“We’ll have to change our club room.”

“Yes! So we’re moving to a bigger place, right?”

“Of course.”

The 1st place benefit is ours.

The Club Room Exchange Ticket.

But the club rooms are already full.

It’s called an exchange, but in reality, it’s practically a forced exchange for whoever gets targeted.

“The Swordsmanship Club guys have the biggest room, right?”

“Huh? Probably? But that’s… Dane, don’t tell me!”

That’s exactly it.

I’m planning to take their room.

It’s much better and more satisfying than taking some innocent other club’s room.

Most importantly, it’s the biggest, right?

Then it’s the perfect room for 1st place.

“…You seem to think on a different scale.”

“It’s not really about scale.”

I’m just paying back the guys who messed with us.

I need to collect money from those guys anyway, so this works out well.

I’ll go collect the debt and deliver this good news at the same time.

But wait.

“Why does the article say Romance Club? Where did our cool name ‘Magic Summoning Exploration Spear Swordsmanship’ go?”

“Uh… um… the name was too long?”

“I don’t like it.”

If they were going to write it anyway, they should have written the full name.

Why did they write something that’s not even our official club name yet?

“And the ‘certain student from Exploration Department’ club representative is you, isn’t it?”

“Hehe. They asked for an interview on the spot, so I did a quick one. Oh, but it seemed like they wanted to interview you too, Dane?”

An interview.

That sounds good.

I’ve done a few on the battlefield too.

Was it when I rose to Quad rank?

Maybe because I was a legendary figure, I heard that several interviews were conducted and published in the capital.

I might look them up sometime if I ever go to Drenik.

“Anyway, now we need to go collect.”

Now it’s time to go to the Academy Swordsmanship Club guys.

I said I’d come collect at 11, so if we leave now, the timing should be perfect.

“Should I come with you?”

“Yeah. Let’s go together. Is Leila in class right now?”

“Yeah. It’s a major class. She said she’d come right after it ends?”

A major class.

I suddenly recalled the obvious fact that the Academy Swordsmanship Club was essentially the second company of the Swordsmanship Department.

“Leila will be okay, right?”

“Yeah. Probably.”

“Since Dane is here, no matter what, they won’t be able to mess with her.”

I shook my head at those words.

“No. Even if someone tries to mess with her, Leila won’t back down, right?”

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