Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 129

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82. Want to Learn Once?

 

 

 

 

 

The Academy was turned upside down once again.

 

Another incident in the Restricted Zone this time.

 

Of course, not all students know about it yet.

 

But reports from the guards about problems in the Restricted Zone have been filed.

 

Thanks to that, it’s only a matter of time before this issue beyond the Academy guard dimension becomes known.

 

“What the hell is with this damn Restricted Zone… Why has it been quiet for decades only to have incidents this year?”

 

It was the Academy Guard Captain’s lament.

 

“I’m going crazy, really.”

 

This time, people were even discovered.

 

Saint Aimar’s Hall couldn’t identify the culprit and had no evidence, so it was glossed over as an ‘undead rampage.’

 

However, this case is a bit different.

 

“One, two, three, four, five… Damn it. Quite a lot came in.”

 

The Guard Captain looked at the five fellows bound so they couldn’t move. Whatever they were doing, their eyes were full of venom.

 

“Did they open their mouths?”

 

When he asked the interrogating soldier, the answer came back negative.

 

“No. They haven’t said a word. It doesn’t seem like threatening will work.”

 

“Then we’ll have to work on them. When the higher-ups come to investigate later, move them straight to the torture chamber after the investigation ends.”

 

“Yes, understood.”

 

This case is very big.

 

After the Saint Aimar’s Hall incident, security was doubled.

 

Yet the Restricted Zone was breached, and five people trespassed without permission.

 

‘Being reprimanded is certain, and I should prepare to be stripped of my position.’

 

Honestly, there’s nothing to say.

 

The Guard Captain was at least not someone who avoided responsibility.

 

It’s slightly unfair though.

 

If they entered the Restricted Zone, they must have used extraordinary methods or bribed someone, but how could he prevent that?

 

‘Finding out is the top priority for now.’

 

It was just as the Guard Captain was approaching those five fellows.

 

“The investigation team from the Magic Department has arrived!”

 

At one guard’s shout, he turned his head to see the Magic Department’s investigation team arriving, led by Professor Denabo.

 

They deploy for incidents within the Academy involving magic.

 

But for Professor Denabo to come.

 

Who would have thought the heavy-bottomed Department Head would personally step out.

 

‘Damn it.’

 

The Guard Captain cursed inwardly.

 

If even the Department Head came, it’s proof that the matter has gotten bigger.

 

Sure enough.

 

“Are these the ones? Guard Captain.”

 

“That’s right, Professor.”

 

Professor Denabo approached him and asked, then clicked his tongue.

 

“The Academy guard’s reputation is also a thing of the past. Already two incidents this semester.”

 

“…”

 

Though he desperately wanted to make excuses about the first incident, the Guard Captain held it in and reported what he had found out so far.

 

“Hmm. So you’re saying… you came because of noise from this building, and when you arrived, the mana barrier had disappeared and you felt presence inside, so you went in and found these guys?”

 

“That’s correct.”

 

“That’s quite strange.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

Professor Denabo tilted his head.

 

“Saul Hanston’s mana barrier requires quite a long time, mana, and sufficient skill to dismantle. If those fellows dismantled it, why were they caught so obediently?”

 

“…”

 

He wanted to shout that if he knew that, would he be doing this?

 

“Five intruders… What were they doing inside?”

 

“We can’t know since they won’t open their mouths. But this came out.”

 

The Guard Captain presented the evidence.

 

A notebook and some notes.

 

Professor Denabo, examining the notebook, immediately guessed.

 

“It was an item sealed with magic that only authorized people could see, but someone forcibly broke it.”

 

Professor Denabo silently examined the notebook, then closed it and naturally put it in his pocket.

 

“I’ll have to investigate more when I return. There might be other magic cast on it.”

 

“Yes.”

 

How grateful he would be if he did that.

 

After Professor Denabo examined several notes as well, the Guard Captain carefully asked.

 

“Um… judging from the written content, these guys feel like some kind of secret society.”

 

“A secret society…”

 

Professor Denabo still looked like he wasn’t sure.

 

Then he looked at the five intruders with cold eyes.

 

They flinched when they made eye contact with Professor Denabo.

 

‘Damn bastards. At least they recognize who they’re dealing with.’

 

Professor Denabo is an 8-Chain mage.

 

Should it be called a strong person’s aura?

 

There’s something you feel just by making eye contact.

 

If they’re capable enough to infiltrate the Restricted Zone, they must be skilled at something, so they naturally would have recognized him.

 

“Ah, and a mana stone was also discovered underground. An incredibly large mana stone. It far exceeds human height.”

 

“You never say everything at once.”

 

“…”

 

Professor Denabo seemed to think about something for a moment, then asked.

 

“A mana stone. This place should be completely empty.”

 

“That’s what puzzles us too.”

 

Professor Denabo glanced at the five intruders, then immediately headed to the building.

 

And the moment he went to Basement Level 2 and faced the mana stone.

 

“…”

 

He silently stared at the mana stone.

 

The Guard Captain thought he had received a great shock.

 

‘It’s absurd. What’s Basement Level 2 in a place that should be completely empty, and what the hell is this huge mana stone inside?’

 

If he felt this way, how much more so would Professor Denabo, an excellent mage?

 

“…This is impossible.”

 

“I was… also shocked when I saw it.”

 

Instead of answering, Professor Denabo approached and placed his hand on the mana stone.

 

Having already had its essence extracted, it was just a large crystal now, with no value whatsoever.

 

Unless someone did the foolish act of pouring mana back into it.

 

Even that would only be possible for someone like Saul Hanston; ordinary mages couldn’t fill even 1/10th of this mana stone in their lifetime.

 

“Just what kind of bastards…”

 

Professor Denabo muttered.

 

The Guard Captain thought.

 

That his tone sounded very angry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Academy was turned upside down again.

 

This time it was because of us too.

 

Strictly speaking, it was because of those who infiltrated.

 

Those guys from some secret organization or whatever.

 

Of course, we led that too.

 

We didn’t just leave it as it was – we completely disabled the mana barrier and left the door wide open.

 

We basically set the table for them to be caught.

 

On top of that, we extracted and took Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

Of course, I don’t know if those guys will say that Saul Hanston’s essence was contained in that giant mana stone.

 

Anyway.

 

“We survived today too.”

 

“Crazy. How did we get back?”

 

“I still can’t believe it…”

 

We returned before dawn and scattered to our respective places, then after completing our morning routines, we gathered again in the club room to share our thoughts on the second expedition.

 

“I heard the Magic Department investigation team caught them? Professor Denabo came personally.”

 

“Really? If the Department Head came personally, doesn’t that mean it’s extremely serious?”

 

“That’s right. We caused something serious.”

 

Professor Denabo came out personally.

 

Does the Academy know how serious this situation is?

 

“It’s already in the Academy Daily. Look how fast these guys are.”

 

The Academy Daily that Priscilla showed us while clicking her tongue read like this:

 

 

 

[Shocking, Restricted Zone Breached Again.]

 

[Five Unknown Intruders, Currently Being Interrogated by Magic Department Investigation Team]

 

[Guard Captain, “Everything is My Negligence”]

 

 

 

“If the Magic Department investigation team is investigating, something should come out quickly, right?”

 

“Right. I heard that place is really brutal. They do all kinds of interrogations with magic.”

 

Ernest agreed with Leila’s words.

 

I’ve only heard about it too, never actually seen it.

 

Anyway, if the Magic Department investigation team stepped in, it means the Academy is taking this problem very seriously.

 

Of course, that doesn’t mean we did anything wrong.

 

“Even though it seems like we caused trouble, if you think about it, didn’t they catch the intruders thanks to us?”

 

Priscilla was right.

 

If it weren’t for us, those guys would probably have stayed there, extracted the essence, and escaped.

 

Without anyone knowing.

 

In the first place, no one knew there was a basement level 2 in that building used as a research lab, and they wouldn’t have known there was a mana stone either.

 

“Still, wasn’t it fun?”

 

Seeing Ernest’s eyes sparkling in the midst of all this, Leila and Priscilla shook their heads and said a word each.

 

“Adventure addict.”

 

“Adventure-crazy… freshman.”

 

Ernest, regardless, already opened his subspace and laid out the evidence we had secured.

 

“I wanted to see it but it was so hard holding back!”

 

Right, let’s take a look.

 

We didn’t have much time to examine it properly, but now we can finally look at it.

 

“Kyrruk?”

 

Karnas also showed curiosity.

 

But when he realized it wasn’t food, he became dejected and went to a corner, curled up, and yawned.

 

“That guy is like a puppy.”

 

“Right? The way he acts too.”

 

Anyway, we focused on the evidence.

 

We recorded what we could record and analyzed what we could analyze.

 

Also, we set aside things where mana flow was visible.

 

Since we don’t know how they might be used.

 

“Hmm…”

 

And after about two hours passed.

 

“It definitely seems like a secret society or secret organization?”

 

Ernest mumbled and added to my simple conclusion.

 

“Yeah. And the scale… seems quite considerable?”

 

Ernest showed us several sentences he had picked out.

 

“There are a total of 11 regions attached before the word ‘branch office’ that appears. ‘Baldus’ branch, ‘Delond’ branch, ‘Rihon’ branch…”

 

All those listed in succession are place names within the Alteon Empire.

 

There were five of those guys total.

 

Even if we assume minimum personnel at that level, it’s over 50 people.

 

But a place with only 50 people passes through the Academy’s restricted zone to target Saul Hanston’s essence?

 

Either there are guys backing them up, or there are even more of them.

 

Either way, it’s definitely dangerous.

 

“I feel like we’re gradually learning about something incredible.”

 

As soon as Priscilla finished speaking, Leila also told us what she had discovered.

 

“These… probably aren’t their real names, right?”

 

Leila showed us sentences containing several names.

 

 

 

-Relieved by Sled’s squad. That fellow Zeke is included too.

 

-The mana poison experiment Dalengard attempted was successful. Now more experimental data is needed.

 

 

 

“There’s no way they’d use real names in a secret organization, so they’re all probably aliases?”

 

“That’s right. Everything is full of unknowns.”

 

That’s correct.

 

But we can’t say we didn’t learn anything.

 

The existence of a secret organization.

 

Its approximate scale.

 

And that they were targeting Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

One more thing here.

 

“This is… a cipher table, isn’t it?”

 

Ernest found quite a good item.

 

It was a notebook with a cipher table used internally.

 

“This seems worth studying.”

 

Ernest seemed excited.

 

“Of course, cipher tables should be changed periodically, but just having this one allows us to roughly guess what words are used with what meanings.”

 

“Really? I’ll leave it to you.”

 

“Just leave it to me!”

 

Anyway, I came to a conclusion.

 

“For now, we don’t need to investigate any further here.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“There doesn’t seem to be anything more to come out, and if any theories come to mind later, we can discuss it again then.”

 

I pointed to the evidence we had laid out.

 

“Digging into this now wouldn’t benefit us, right?”

 

“That’s… true, isn’t it?”

 

Ernest looked disappointed that the ‘exploration’ was being temporarily suspended, but the other two actually breathed sighs of relief.

 

“Right. Exactly. Not now.”

 

“We should focus on other things rather than this.”

 

That’s right.

 

But that doesn’t mean I’ll completely ignore it.

 

It’s not like I want to uncover something about this secret organization as a loyal subject of the Empire.

 

It’s just… interesting, isn’t it?

 

Who knows?

 

Maybe tracking these guys’ activities will lead to a jackpot like obtaining Saul Hanston’s Essence.

 

“Well, we roughly know where their branch offices are, so let’s check them out if we come across any on our way.”

 

“Sounds good.”

 

That concluded our evidence search.

 

Of course, this whole matter isn’t completely finished.

 

“I’m going to visit Big Sister for a bit.”

 

Taking Karnas with me, I headed to the research lab, and as soon as I entered, I was greeted by Big Sister grabbing my shoulders and examining my entire body.

 

“You’re okay, right? You’re not hurt anywhere?”

 

“I contacted you as soon as we left the Restricted Zone.”

 

“Still. You never know. Are you really okay?”

 

“I’m really fine. You’re the one who looks tired.”

 

Big Sister had coolly sent us off, but she looked like she hadn’t slept a wink from worry.

 

Then, when I pulled out Saul Hanston’s Essence from my chest, life returned to her eyes.

 

“This is really… Saul Hanston’s Essence?”

 

“Yeah. I need your help, Sister. There might be Saul Hanston’s secret magic inside.”

 

“Secret magic… I couldn’t believe it even after hearing about it earlier.”

 

“Of course it’s just speculation. Maybe there’s something else inside.”

 

“That would be enough too. If there’s even a single piece of information related to Saul Hanston in here.”

 

The legendary mage, Saul Hanston.

 

He’s legendary, but died without successors, so there’s almost no information about his magic.

 

That’s because you can’t understand the code of magic just by looking at it.

 

So perhaps an incredible discovery awaits us.

 

“Let’s go to the analysis room. I’m closing the research lab today.”

 

Big Sister, thoroughly excited, actually shut down the research lab.

 

Then, while heading to the analysis room, she suddenly asked me.

 

“Oh, Dane.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“Since we’re on the topic, would you like to learn magic analysis from your sister?”

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