Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 131

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

84. He Must Be Shitting His Pants Right Now

 

 

 

 

 

Arabella, who rushed over at the urgent call, was left speechless at the sight of the Investigation Team Office in complete chaos.

 

“Suicide, you say.”

 

Dane had said.

 

That he had removed all the poison from inside their mouths.

 

But they committed suicide with poison?

 

‘Something’s definitely up.’

 

Arabella trusts her little brother Dane infinitely.

 

Though he’s still young, his thoughts and judgments often surprise people.

 

Just look at how he brought Saul Hanston’s essence and figured out the code through ‘Direct Analysis’.

 

That’s why Arabella decided to first understand the situation.

 

“Junior.”

 

She spotted the Investigation Team junior who had contacted her.

 

“What happened all of a sudden? Suicide?”

 

“Well… Ah. I’m going crazy too. Sorry for calling you so suddenly.”

 

“Never mind the apology, explain the situation first.”

 

The junior looked around and led Arabella to a corner. Then he cautiously opened his mouth.

 

“This is still classified.”

 

“I know. Me too.”

 

The junior looked around once more and finally began his story.

 

“At first, they wouldn’t talk during our investigation. The Chief Investigator and I went in, but they kept their mouths shut without saying a word.”

 

This wasn’t strange so much as expected.

 

There was no way those guys caught in the Restricted Zone would cooperate easily.

 

“Then Professor Denabo went in personally.”

 

“Why would someone who’s only nominally on the Investigation Team?”

 

“I wondered about that too. Anyway, Professor Denabo came back without much to show for it either… but about an hour later, those guys committed suicide.”

 

Professor Denabo went in and came out, then they committed suicide.

 

Right now, only Arabella here knows the fact that their poison had been removed from the start when they were captured.

 

That’s why-

 

The type of bewilderment she was feeling now was definitely different from her junior’s.

 

‘Could that professor have…?’

 

One speculation that came to Arabella’s mind.

 

But it was an absurd speculation.

 

‘Could someone have secretly passed it to them during transport?’

 

That method wasn’t very realistic either.

 

Arabella thought of Professor Denabo again.

 

‘Then why?’

 

She couldn’t think of a proper reason.

 

For what reason exactly?

 

“The atmosphere now seems to be heading toward case closure. After all, the guys who could talk are dead, and while evidence came out, it’s insufficient for judgment.”

 

“Insufficient for judgment?”

 

“Yes. Some notes came out, but they were already significantly damaged from the start.”

 

Damaged.

 

No.

 

Dane said he left behind something that could serve as solid evidence.

 

But now it’s damaged and hard to use as evidence?

 

“Professor Denabo also examined and judged that.”

 

“…”

 

All the guys who could talk are dead, and the evidence is damaged.

 

And Professor Denabo is likely ‘connected’ to all of this.

 

“Whew. So it’s complete chaos right now, but Professor Denabo is saying he’ll try to resolve it somehow… There shouldn’t be any big problems, right?”

 

Probably other people’s thoughts aren’t different from what this junior is saying now.

 

They just hope this chaotic situation caused by the perpetrators’ ‘deaths’ gets resolved somehow.

 

Naturally.

 

Since it could damage the entire Investigation Team.

 

“Anyway, senior, thank you for coming. I feel a bit more at ease with you here.”

 

“At ease? A storm is about to hit.”

 

“Exactly. Sigh… The Professor tells us not to worry, but how can we not? Reports must have already gone up.”

 

Another question suddenly arose.

 

The opponent is Professor Denabo.

 

If he’s the one who ‘made them commit suicide’-

 

Why would someone already ambitious and greedy go this far, even creating a blemish on his record?

 

‘I never would have thought of it, but Dane figured it all out.’

 

Her little brother, Dane.

 

If it weren’t for Dane, she might not have even had these suspicions and just accepted it as another case.

 

‘He’s really amazing. Not getting caught while entering and leaving the Restricted Zone is one thing… but even creating something like this.’

 

Thanks to that, the Investigation Team is suffering terribly, but if it weren’t for Dane, it never would have been discovered in the first place.

 

‘Wait, if all the speculations are true…’

 

Professor Denabo came to mind again.

 

She wants to believe otherwise, but circumstantially, there’s a high probability Professor Denabo killed them.

 

Since he made such a drastic move-

 

‘He must be shitting his pants right about now.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the same time.

 

Professor Denabo sat in the Investigator’s Office, tapping his desk.

 

Tapping the desk with his fingertips was his long-standing habit.

 

Usually a habit that showed when he had something to think deeply about…

 

Today, the intervals of his desk tapping were extremely fast.

 

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.

 

The Department Head of the Magic Department and one of the Empire’s finest mages.

 

Such a person was trembling with anxiety.

 

“This is driving me crazy.”

 

Eventually, he couldn’t hold back and let out a sigh.

 

“It was almost in my hands…”

 

Saul Hanston’s Secret Magic.

 

The thing he had searched for so very long.

 

It had been right before his eyes.

 

The organization’s informants had found the existence of the Mana Stone containing Saul Hanston’s essence after a long investigation.

 

So it had already been several months since they extracted it-

 

“Just what bastard…”

 

Everything had gone wrong.

 

The organization members were captured, and the essence contained in the mana stone had completely vanished.

 

Something unbelievable had happened.

 

Moreover, there was no way to even guess how it had occurred.

 

There were absolutely no traces of anyone else entering or leaving the Restricted Zone, and the organization members said they suddenly lost consciousness and woke up to find themselves captured.

 

“Stupid fools.”

 

So he killed them.

 

Disguising it as suicide by poison.

 

The dead tell no tales.

 

Those who die by poison even less so.

 

So there was no worry about anything leaking out, but…

 

This was just a stopgap measure.

 

Someone had definitely stolen that essence.

 

It was only a matter of time before information leaked.

 

‘Could it be the ones who switched shifts? No, that’s impossible.’

 

Professor Denabo wasn’t particularly worried for now.

 

There was certainly room for suspicion.

 

He had moved somewhat hastily to make them commit suicide.

 

But-

 

As a result, he was able to eliminate the evidence.

 

Nothing could be done with mere circumstantial evidence.

 

The fact that he was one of the executives of the secret organization was known only to a very select few.

 

Professor Denabo thought of something completely different, never dreaming that Dane and that strangely named club were responsible.

 

“Could there be… another organization targeting Hanston’s essence?”

 

Professor Denabo’s purpose as a high-ranking executive of the secret organization was to secure Saul Hanston’s essence and discover the code for secret magic.

 

But if someone had stolen it…

 

“Damn it. No matter how much I investigate, nothing comes up!”

 

Professor Denabo finally gritted his teeth in frustration.

 

Everything had gone wrong.

 

Just when his long-cherished wish seemed about to come true!

 

“If only I had that…”

 

He could have finally achieved his dream of 9-Chain!

 

In truth, the organization’s goals didn’t matter to him at all.

 

He had accepted the organization’s recruitment offer in the first place because of that secret magic.

 

But who would have thought things would turn out this way.

 

‘I must find it.’

 

Those above still didn’t know about this incident.

 

Then he had to find it before they did.

 

At least the culprit.

 

“But how?”

 

Professor Denabo slumped down heavily and let out a deep sigh.

 

He had already searched everywhere but couldn’t find anything.

 

‘I’ll have to lay low for now.’

 

Professor Denabo thought it was important to act normally for the time being.

 

He had eliminated the evidence, but if he moved carelessly and aroused suspicion, it would be disastrous.

 

However, he needed to know who the hell had done this.

 

‘I should visit the Restricted Zone soon.’

 

And one more thing.

 

‘I need to contact my superiors too.’

 

Of course, he had no idea that all these events had been caused by someone he never would have imagined.

 

The genius Dane Sogress, whom he was trying so hard to recruit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Sister, who had returned, explained the general situation, and I confirmed that it was similar to what I had thought.

 

“They made them commit suicide, right?”

 

“That’s highly likely. Given the circumstances.”

 

To Big Sister’s speculation, I added one question.

 

“When I think about why… I think there’s only one possibility.”

 

“What’s that?”

 

“Professor Denabo doesn’t seem like such a righteous person, so um… maybe he’s from the same secret organization as those guys?”

 

“As expected.”

 

Big Sister seemed to think the same way.

 

There are several reasons for thinking this.

 

The circumstances suggest it, but-

 

“Saul Hanston’s essence.”

 

Something that any mage would naturally covet.

 

“Of course, nothing is certain yet, Dane.”

 

“But we should be careful.”

 

“Right. He’ll probably call you again separately from this incident and try to recruit you somehow… we need to be careful.”

 

Big Sister then brought up the artifact matter.

 

“Oh, and you can use the artifact as is. If anyone asks, tell them I made it for you. Then no one will suspect anything.”

 

“They won’t sense Saul Hanston’s mana inside?”

 

“Of course not. If you coat it with your ancient mana, even Saul Hanston wouldn’t recognize it if he came back to life.”

 

Anyway.

 

The next day, heading to the club room, I roughly conveyed the situation to the guys.

 

“Suicide?”

 

“Didn’t we remove all that poison?”

 

“Was there more hidden that we didn’t know about?”

 

Everyone was naturally shocked.

 

These three had directly witnessed me extracting and disposing of the poison from between those guys’ teeth.

 

“This expedition felt really unsettling.”

 

“I know. We did find and discover things, but those kinds of people had to be involved.”

 

Our club’s second expedition following Saint Aimar’s Hall.

 

We definitely gained something, but on the other hand, there’s something we need to make sure of.

 

“But if someone like Professor Denabo is involved in something like this… isn’t this really huge?”

 

“Honestly, I’m a little anxious.”

 

Everyone was feeling a bit anxious.

 

So I needed to reassure them.

 

“Don’t worry. Just keep this knowledge to yourselves for now. It’ll be troublesome if you get unnecessarily involved.”

 

Everyone seemed relieved for the moment.

 

I have many people who will help me.

 

Professor Keltas.

 

Sidrain, the Magic Tower Master of Niryxion.

 

My sisters.

 

Father and Mother.

 

Professor Denabo may have considerable power, but he’s not an opponent I couldn’t handle if we clashed later.

 

I’m just a bit worried about these guys getting too deeply involved and causing problems.

 

“Still, we’ll help you. Dane, you can’t do this alone.”

 

“Right. We started this together. We should resolve it together.”

 

“If you need Divine Power, just tell me. Even if your limbs get blown off, I’ll reattach them as long as you bring them back.”

 

Still, seeing them say they’ll somehow try to do it together makes me laugh.

 

Such admirable fellows.

 

“Good.”

 

Then let’s do it this way.

 

We’ll monitor Professor Denabo’s condition, and soon proceed with evidence collection by tailing him or something like that.

 

Burying this incident like this would definitely leave a bad taste.

 

Because the idea that the Department Head of the Academy’s Magic Department is actually a member of a secret organization is absolutely ridiculous.

 

Of course, I don’t plan to move hastily right away.

 

“I’ll have to put it on hold for now.”

 

If you move hastily, even things that would work out won’t work out.

 

I just need to steadily collect evidence and find people who will help me.

 

Anyway, I decided to think positively.

 

Because from now on, I’m going to make artifacts.

 

“For now, I’ll think about what to do with Professor Denabo. We can’t move immediately, but we’re holding the knife handle.”

 

Everyone nodded.

 

We definitely have the initiative.

 

Professor Denabo doesn’t know about us, but we know about him.

 

“And if you guys need any artifacts, tell me.”

 

“Suddenly? Did you get artifacts from this exploration?”

 

“It’s not that, but I’m going to make one each with Saul Hanston’s essence we obtained this time. One for each of you that you need.”

 

The three’s eyes widened.

 

Artifacts.

 

A general term for objects that utilize mana to produce special powers.

 

But even among artifacts, their powers vary tremendously.

 

How much more so for an artifact made with mana extracted from Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

“R-really? An artifact with that?”

 

“Amazing… If it’s made with Saul Hanston’s mana, it would be incredible.”

 

“Crazy…”

 

By the way, the last one was Priscilla’s reaction.

 

And artifacts can be used without major problems even by people with Divine Power.

 

Because unless it directly affects the body, it’s a method of using and returning the mana contained within the artifact.

 

“I’m really torn. What should I make?”

 

“Leila, you have a good sword, so how about armor?”

 

“Armor? That’s cumbersome. Ah, but if it’s undergarment-type armor like a brigandine that you wear underneath, that might be okay?”

 

“Hmm… I’d like to have something for self-defense?”

 

I chuckled watching the excited three.

 

“Ernest, a bow would be good for you too.”

 

“A bow? Ah! Right. That would be good too. I’ve been practicing intensively lately! Though I didn’t get to use it this time…”

 

Leila seemed to have roughly decided too.

 

“I think armor would be good for me too, like Ernest said? As for swords, well, I have the one Father gave me.”

 

“Then I’ll go with a suitable self-defense item? If someone approaches, I can just beat them up with my fists. But given my image, I can’t go around wearing gauntlets and cracking jaws, right?”

 

I shook my head at Priscilla’s prim expression.

 

“Alright, then I’ll relay it that way.”

 

“Great!”

 

“Awesome!”

 

Priscilla suddenly asked.

 

“Is Big Sister Arabella going to make them?”

 

“Yeah. I might make them together too?”

 

“Wow… So we’ll be using something that famous person specially made for us?”

 

“Something like that.”

 

Come to think of it, using artifacts directly made by my sister is an incredible thing.

 

To me, she’s family and my sister, but to other people, she’s a respected inventor and an incredibly talented mage, and Big Sister’s inventions are already being used everywhere in daily life.

 

Anyway, the invention side seems roughly decided now.

 

“Oh, Dane. This notice came up in our department earlier.”

 

Then Leila suddenly held out a piece of paper.

 

“What is it?”

 

“Regular monster subjugation.”

 

At this story I was hearing for the first time, I tilted my head and took the paper to read through it.

 

 

 

[Academy Regular Monster Subjugation Support Guide]

 

-Regarding this year’s Imperial Academy regular monster subjugation, each department is recruiting volunteers, so please participate actively.

 

-This monster subjugation will move under the command of the Imperial 4th Knight Order.

 

-The application qualifications for each department and separate qualification selection test schedule are as follows.

 

*Grade: No restrictions

 

*Department: No restrictions (assigned by branch after passing separate qualification selection test)

 

*Separate qualification: Must pass selection test

 

 

 

“Monster subjugation.”

 

Seeing that the Imperial Knight Order is participating, it seems like it’s led by the Imperial Palace but receives support from Academy students in a dispatch format.

 

Wait.

 

If it’s the 4th Knight Order…

 

That’s the knight order led by that person named Delphion Onet who came with the 3rd Prince back then.

 

If I meet the Prince directly like this… I might be able to get help regarding Professor Denabo’s matter.

 

“They’re going to ruins near the Capital.”

 

“Ruins?”

 

Ernest showed interest at the mention of ruins.

 

“Yeah. There’s one ruin where excavation was cancelled due to circumstances, and it was left abandoned, but at some point monsters moved in and set up camp there.”

 

“Excavation cancelled…!”

 

Ernest was already out of his mind at the word ruins.

 

“Anyway, we go there and subjugate monsters together with the Imperial Knight Order. But wait, if it’s the Imperial 4th Knight Order…”

 

I think I’ve heard of it somewhere.

 

Ah.

 

“Isn’t that the place led by the knight commander who came with that Prince back then?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Then does that mean His Highness the Prince is coming too?”

 

“Probably not. Even if he comes, he’d just observe. And even if he comes, he won’t have time to chat leisurely with us. It’s an official occasion.”

 

Anyway, the test schedule is next week.

 

“Do you all want to do it together? The rewards are substantial too.”

 

“Is there no club category?”

 

“Unfortunately not. You participate by department and individual evaluations are done together. Of course, departments with few people will probably team up with other departments.”

 

If it’s few people, our Autonomous Department can’t be left out again.

 

“Then do I just randomly join some department?”

 

“Maybe? Oh, Ernest, doesn’t your department also have few people?”

 

“Then would I be on the same team as Dane?”

 

Ernest’s eyes sparkled but soon became gloomy.

 

“I don’t think I have the skill level to pass yet.”

 

“Why not. You can just try it for experience. Hmm. If Ernest passes, he’d probably go in with the Marksmanship Department, right?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

Leila agreed and asked Priscilla.

 

“What about you, Priscilla?”

 

“We’re being forcibly drafted.”

 

Priscilla sighed as if she had been waiting for this.

 

“It’s the Theology Department. We don’t even need to take tests – we’re forcibly drafted to heal the injured.”

 

Well, that makes sense.

 

Then this time it seemed like we’d be moving individually for survival rather than as club units.

 

“The rewards look pretty good though.”

 

-Various evaluation criteria will be reflected to provide comprehensive ranking rewards to the top 3 students and departments, with rewards as follows:

 

 

 

*Department Division

 

1st Place: 500 Crown Gold Coins

 

2nd Place: 300 Crown Gold Coins

 

3rd Place: 100 Crown Gold Coins

 

 

 

By my standards, the department-level rewards aren’t particularly appealing.

 

But the individual rewards were a bit different.

 

2nd and 3rd place get Crown Gold Coins plus special artifacts bestowed by the Imperial Family-

 

The individual 1st place gets an artifact plus one additional ‘special’ reward.

 

Specifically-

 

“The Imperial Treasury?”

 

“My goodness, they’re opening the Imperial Treasury?”

 

The Imperial Treasury.

 

And it’s not just letting you look around, but granting the right to choose and take anything you want.

 

This is tempting.

 

Who knows?

 

It’s the Imperial Treasury after all.

 

There might be clues about the Ancient Magic Kingdom, Arcana, inside.

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