Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 119

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73. The Second Buyer (2)

 

 

 

 

 

Mana stones.

 

After initiating the first sale to Andes, the Deputy Tower Master of Niruksion Magic Tower, there had been no news for a while.

 

Naturally, there was no reason to sell in a hurry.

 

I wasn’t short on money, and if I hastily sold to just anyone and got my tail caught from the start, that would be problematic.

 

I planned to intentionally reveal my tail someday.

 

Since I had initiated sales, the existence would eventually become known to the world.

 

That’s why now was the time to spread rumors very gradually, bit by bit.

 

If I spread big rumors from the start, the plan I had established would become meaningless and Sidrain and I might even suffer harm.

 

Therefore, the second buyer was important.

 

It was still time to move carefully.

 

Of course, that didn’t mean there was any reason we couldn’t meet.

 

“You came?”

 

So I used the outing pass I had obtained by taking first place in the Festival to go outside, and met Sidrain at a quite excellent luxury inn on the capital streets.

 

“It’s a decent place. I thought you’d choose some shabby location.”

 

“Shabby places actually stand out more. All sorts of people gather there, so there might be someone who could overhear things.”

 

Sidrain said this while slightly removing his robe to show me.

 

“How is it? Amazing, right?”

 

“I almost didn’t recognize you.”

 

Sidrain had grown his beard even more unkempt and changed his eye color.

 

On top of that, he even looked more wrinkled.

 

Even if you looked very carefully, you wouldn’t think it was him at all.

 

“Hmm, you’re not bad either.”

 

For reference, I had completely changed my hair color.

 

Silver hair wasn’t a common color after all.

 

I changed it to dark brown, and while I was at it, I also changed the eye color I had inherited strongly from Mother.

 

And one more thing.

 

“I made myself look a bit older too.”

 

“I thought kids just grew up fast.”

 

It was just making me look older on the surface.

 

I should say I adjusted my facial features slightly with illusion.

 

Since my actual bone structure and skin weren’t transformed, it would show if you looked closely, but since I planned to wear the robe’s hood anyway, that wouldn’t happen.

 

“Wait, but how did you recognize me?”

 

“I can tell by looking at mana. Sidrain’s mana flow is stronger than anyone else here.”

 

“You can see that?”

 

Ah.

 

I hadn’t told him about what I gained when I obtained my second core and got another circle.

 

Since the topic came up, I told him about it appropriately.

 

Then Sidrain stared at me blankly for a moment before muttering.

 

“Infusing mana and throwing it to explode… reading the flow of bodily mana…?”

 

“Amazing, right?”

 

“It seems to have completely transcended the category of amazing.”

 

Sidrain said that much and shook his head.

 

“Phew, talking with you makes me feel like all my common sense is being completely denied. Good heavens, reading mana flow? Infusing mana and throwing it to explode is one thing to ‘accept’, but reading internal bodily flow is something that requires using the highest level 8-Chain magic…”

 

Sidrain looked at me as if dumbfounded.

 

Of course, it probably didn’t mean I was an 8-Chain level mage.

 

In the case of the Magic Kingdom, such magic might have just been everyday life.

 

Or… it might really be as Sidrain said.

 

“By the way, what about the person who first bought the mana stone? His name was Andes, right.”

 

“Mm. That fellow is having the time of his life lately. He’s absolutely beaming. I think good research results will come out soon.”

 

It seemed I had chosen the first buyer well.

 

I hoped the second buyer would be the same.

 

“Let’s talk about the person we’re meeting today again.”

 

“First of all, he’s quite a unique person. He has experience studying abroad in Drenik. Viscount Grax Otier. He’s a noble.”

 

Before the war broke out, the two empires Alteon and Drenik were said to have had a reasonably good relationship of exchange.

 

Even if they growled at each other politically, economically the two neighboring countries couldn’t survive independently.

 

Back then, the exchange of human and material resources was said to be active.

 

In fact, there were plenty of merchants who traveled between the two countries and could freely speak both languages.

 

“If he studied abroad in Drenik…”

 

“Right. By current standards, he’s a ‘subversive element’.”

 

It was a gloomy statement.

 

Drenik.

 

Not only the Drenik Empire, but this Alteon Empire as well had persecuted countless people related to Drenik for internal control and creating fear.

 

People who had studied abroad in Drenik were representative examples.

 

“So he probably experienced various difficulties, not just problems with mana stones.”

 

“I see.”

 

The prospective buyer we were supposed to meet today was probably such a person.

 

“And unusually, I heard no one knows his face.”

 

“No one knows his face?”

 

“Right. More precisely, no one has seen his face. It’s not like he’s some assassin or anything, but he always wears a robe and hood, so that’s why. It’s quite unusual for a noble’s face to be unknown.”

 

Could there be a reason he couldn’t show his face?

 

Perhaps it might be related to the treatment medicine.

 

“You said treatment medicine, but what exactly is it?”

 

Yesterday I heard from Sidrain that the person we were meeting was developing a kind of treatment medicine, so I looked up related academic fields.

 

But naturally, since it was an academic field I was encountering for the first time, I only knew about basic herbology, and for higher levels I could only understand comprehensive meanings.

 

“As I said, it’s treatment medicine that prevents infection and suppresses something called ‘germs’… hmm, honestly I didn’t really understand what it was even after hearing about it. But I could at least understand that if it gets developed, the number of people dying would decrease tremendously.”

 

“Is there data?”

 

“There is. I obtained information beforehand and looked at the experimental data. Animal experiments had succeeded, and it showed some effects on human subjects.”

 

Hmm.

 

So it meant he wasn’t a completely absurd person, but I was prepared to get up and leave if necessary.

 

There were countless people who wanted these mana stones.

 

“I should at least hear what he has to say.”

 

“Right. And since it’s your merchandise, I think it would be good for you to see this time too.”

 

Treatment medicine.

 

Actually, given that divine power existed, external wound treatment was possible just by receiving divine power from a high priest once.

 

I was so surprised when I saw an officer’s severed limbs reattach with just one application of divine power.

 

There was a prerequisite that the cut surface had to be clean, but even that alone was tremendous.

 

However, divine power also had limitations.

 

It couldn’t treat diseases other than external injuries.

 

While it could reduce bodily fatigue, it couldn’t cure illnesses like colds.

 

The treatment medicine being discussed here would probably serve the role of curing such diseases.

 

“Mm. I think that’s him.”

 

Just then, Sidrain looked up.

 

A man in extremely haggard condition was entering through the inn’s entrance.

 

His clothing wasn’t shabby, but the fatigue and desperation that strangely emanated from him seemed to overshadow everything.

 

There was no trace of noble leisure whatsoever.

 

He too wore a robe with the hood up so we couldn’t see his face, but we instinctively recognized each other.

 

“Ah. By any chance…”

 

He approached us and asked very cautiously. But at the same time, there was urgency in his tone.

 

“Welcome, please sit over here.”

 

He finally sat across from us.

 

We were in a corner seat, and he sat with his back to the interior of the inn.

 

“It’s, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Grax Otier, an independent inventor.”

 

Grax Otier.

 

The man who introduced himself as such seemed parched, repeatedly swallowing dry saliva before barely managing to speak.

 

“…Are you the ones who sent me ‘that item’?”

 

Sidrain and I nodded silently, and Grax immediately began to get excited.

 

“That’s revolutionary, revolutionary!”

 

I quickly raised my index finger.

 

“Keep it down. If you cause a disturbance, there will be no deal.”

 

“Oh, I, I’m sorry. Actually, I haven’t slept a wink properly, but I’m not tired at all. It’s just so amazing!”

 

When his voice seemed about to rise again, Sidrain waved his hand.

 

Then, a mana barrier was laid around us with a ‘silence’ spell cast over it.

 

6-Chain Advanced Magic that blocks outside sounds while allowing inside sounds to be released as desired.

 

Of course, Grax seemed too excited to properly notice.

 

“My goodness… with just that… with just that. I can save them. More precisely, I can create them. Medicine that can treat suffering patients!”

 

Eyes filled with longing.

 

Either mad, or filled with passion.

 

Usually the two often go together, but when it leans toward the former, dangerous situations can arise.

 

That’s why I asked.

 

To find out if this person had gone mad over something, or if he was someone worth our investment.

 

“Tell us more about this medicine in detail.”

 

Grax looked at me for a moment before opening his mouth.

 

“…First, I’d like to ask if you’re mentally prepared.”

 

Mentally prepared.

 

His voice was trembling considerably.

 

“Yes. We’re ready.”

 

At my answer, Grax hesitated before finally removing his robe’s hood.

 

What was revealed was-

 

“…”

 

Traces of an epidemic.

 

That is to say-

 

His face looked as if it had melted and stopped halfway.

 

Like candle wax.

 

Sidrain gasped beside me, and I silently looked at his face before speaking.

 

“Now I understand why you said no one would recognize your face.”

 

“…”

 

He pulled his hood down further.

 

Then I could see that those traces extended down to his neck.

 

Perhaps, they might go even further down.

 

I quietly waited for him to speak.

 

Rather than offering clumsy sympathy, it was better to remain silent.

 

Grax spoke again after a moment.

 

“You’re the third person to see my face without batting an eye.”

 

Well, I’d seen much worse things on the battlefields of my previous life.

 

It was just relative.

 

“You’re not emotionless, are you?”

 

“Of course not.”

 

When I chuckled, he finally seemed to relax a bit and smiled slightly. Though his face was hard to make out, I could clearly tell he was smiling.

 

“I was about five years old. People in our Otier Territory started falling one by one. By the time we realized it was an epidemic, it was too late. More than half the territory’s people died without knowing why, and the territory was sealed off. We had to be trapped there until it was all over.”

 

The story that followed was quite shocking.

 

Grax lost his Mother and Sister in the process, and his Father, who was Viscount Otier at the time, sent Grax down into an unused well in the territory to protect him.

 

But the epidemic eventually reached Grax as well…

 

“Surviving on food Father gave me in that Rotten Well, when I finally came out, the territory I faced… had no one left but me.”

 

Grax pointed to his face as he said this.

 

“This is the trace of that. A trace worse than being dead.”

 

Aftereffects of the epidemic.

 

I know.

 

I know from hearing about it, from seeing it.

 

Battlefields are the perfect environment for epidemics to spread.

 

How much more so in a prolonged war between two empires.

 

“So, developing medicine was to treat those aftereffects?”

 

Sidrain asked then.

 

I shook my head.

 

“Probably not. Since the epidemic has already passed, in this case… treatment for something else would be needed.”

 

The medicine he was developing would be for something else.

 

As expected.

 

“That’s right. This face is merely a kind of catalyst that got me interested in Pharmaceutical Science. It wasn’t a bad choice. I could just hide away and do research, staying out of people’s sight. Fortunately, I seemed to have talent, and I think I was lucky too.”

 

Afterward, Grax said he was able to learn many things while researching Pharmaceutical Science with his family’s remaining wealth.

 

In the process, several medicines he developed showed decent sales, allowing his family’s prestige to recover somewhat.

 

Up to this point, it was a good case of someone overcoming many adverse conditions from a tragic background and displaying their talent.

 

However, there was another reason why he was now devoted to developing ‘medicine’.

 

“I told you earlier, didn’t I? That you’re the third person not to be surprised seeing my face.”

 

Grax’s voice gradually lowered.

 

“That’s right. Whether God’s Blessing came down, I met a Wife who loved me as I am… and a Daughter was born too.”

 

I hoped it wasn’t the story I was imagining.

 

But reality was harsh.

 

“Those two are my everything. But my Wife… left this World before I could do anything… and even my Daughter fell ill.”

 

Medicine.

 

The reason he was continuing his research even going so far as to obtain such Mana Stones.

 

It was to save his Daughter.

 

“I saw hope in that Mana Stone.”

 

Grax’s voice became even more serious.

 

“Things that were impossible before due to Mana Stone efficiency problems now seem possible. Honestly, I wouldn’t have given up no matter what, but I was at a loss for what to do. My Daughter’s illness keeps getting worse, and my money is running out…”

 

His pleading voice reached us.

 

“That’s my last hope.”

 

His face gradually contorted.

 

“I’ll pay any price. Please… sell me that Mana Stone.”

 

I looked at Grax intently.

 

It wasn’t that my emotions were greatly moved or anything.

 

After all, Sidrain had already made a primary judgment that this person was worth selling to.

 

“I heard you brought data.”

 

“Ah, yes. Here it is.”

 

I immediately performed a covert Magic Scan on the medicine-related information Grax handed over. Then I completed transmission to Big Sister through the communication Crystal Orb.

 

It happens in an instant.

 

Good thing I practiced this beforehand.

 

“What did you do?”

 

When Sidrain whispered beside me, I answered simply.

 

“Verification.”

 

Now I just need to wait.

 

It won’t take long either.

 

Wooong.

 

Because the reaction came not long after.

 

I curled up the corners of my mouth hidden beneath my hood and said.

 

“I’m afraid it won’t work.”

 

“What…?”

 

Grax stared at me blankly.

 

At that voice that seemed to deny reality, I quickly continued.

 

“Selling it, I mean.”

 

“I… see.”

 

His disappointment would only be temporary.

 

I brought out the words I had prepared.

 

“Rather than that, how about I invest in Viscount Otier instead?”

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