Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 134

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86. Where Am I?

 

 

 

 

 

I burst out laughing in disbelief when I heard the news that the highest betting amount in history had been placed on me.

 

“Really? What’s the total amount?”

 

“1,340 Crown gold coins.”

 

“That’s no joke.”

 

“It’s an insane amount. Phew. If I wasn’t participating, I would have bet my entire fortune on you!”

 

Ernest, who delivered the news, trembled his fists as if he truly regretted it.

 

Oh, by the way, Ernest’s participation was confirmed.

 

“Still, isn’t participating in the subjugation force better?”

 

“Of course it is. It’s optimal for gaining real combat experience. But it’s a bit disappointing.”

 

“Why, because you were assigned to the reconnaissance unit instead of shooting?”

 

“Yeah. I can barely draw a bowstring, so it’s natural but…”

 

Ernest was assigned to the reconnaissance unit.

 

He chose what he could do better at this point rather than shooting early on.

 

“You made a good choice. There’s next year, and the year after that too.”

 

I don’t think it was a wrong or bad choice.

 

Rather, it’s a good choice.

 

It’s right to do what you can do well now, and the real combat experience gained through subjugation will greatly help Ernest’s growth.

 

“But still, the highest amount…”

 

Well, it’s not disappointing. If I were interested in that from the start, it would be match-fixing. It would mean it’s not legitimate.

 

Still, I heard that Big Sister, Little Sister, and Professor Keltas bet that way.

 

So I feel good about it.

 

And thinking about the money I’ll earn for those three people makes me smile.

 

“Why are you smiling like that?”

 

“Nothing. It’s nothing.”

 

“Anyway. You really turned things upside down again this time.”

 

This time it’s Leila.

 

Now it’s more of an expression of disbelief rather than displeasure.

 

“Who takes exams four times? And for different units each time.”

 

“I was just curious.”

 

I really took the exams out of pure curiosity.

 

It’s not like I had to go somewhere and struggle to get Dirium ore to take the exam, and all the other exams were already finished.

 

The organizers also allowed it without any problems, so isn’t it a win-win?

 

“You did it out of curiosity…”

 

Both Leila and Priscilla shook their heads as if they couldn’t believe it.

 

“Oh, Dane. You’re taking Karnas too, right?”

 

“Of course.”

 

At Ernest’s question, Karnas poked his head out just slightly.

 

“Kyiruk?”

 

That sight was quite cute, so I chuckled.

 

I recalled fighting with Karnas’s flames coating my sword in Saint Aimar’s Hall.

 

I can’t do it openly since there are other people around, but still, if he shoots some flames when they’re not looking, it would be a great help.

 

“Kek, kek!”

 

But then Karnas coughed.

 

It was like a person having a dry cough.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“Kek, kek.”

 

Then suddenly, Karnas coughed up a small fireball along with his coughing.

 

“That’s startling!”

 

The coughed-up fireball fell in front of Leila’s feet, and Leila quickly stepped on it to extinguish the fireball.

 

Fortunately, it was as small as a marble.

 

“Why are you suddenly doing that?”

 

I looked because it seemed strange, but his expression looked fine again.

 

He was looking at me with bright, curious eyes as if asking what had happened.

 

“Maybe he just coughed?”

 

“Do dragons cough up fireballs when they cough?”

 

It’s not like embers came out, but an actual fireball came out.

 

Truly a dragon indeed.

 

“You’re okay, right, Karnas?”

 

“Kyiruk!”

 

The fellow nodded as if it was obvious.

 

His complexion looks fine too, and his scales haven’t roughened, so he should be okay.

 

Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like anyone saw it either.

 

Anyway, we started walking again like that.

 

“Is that him? The kid who took the subjugation exam four times and passed all four times?”

 

“Dane Sogress. He’s famous, you know.”

 

“No, I know he’s famous, but still, to pass the subjugation exams like that?”

 

“I’m jealous… Some people are fourth-years and still haven’t participated in a single subjugation.”

 

Murmurs we could hear as the four of us walked.

 

I should be used to it by now and feel indifferent, but this kind of attention still feels good.

 

And the attention didn’t end there.

 

“Ugh, I’m tired. Let’s go rest.”

 

“Right. Yawn. I was so nervous about taking the exam.”

 

We headed to the club room like that, got on the elevator and headed to the top floor.

 

And when we got off the elevator-

 

“Oh, they’re here!”

 

“There’s the elevator!”

 

We could see a group of students who had been waiting for us.

 

“Hey, what are all these kids?”

 

We soon found out the reason.

 

“I came to apply for membership! Please accept me into the Magic Summoning Exploration Spear Swordsmanship club too! Look! This strange name… no, it’s so long but I memorized it all!”

 

“There was no separate club promotion, so I came looking for you! If you just give me anything to do, I’ll work hard!”

 

“I greatly respect Count Sogress! If you just accept me, I’ll make sure to be helpful!”

 

These guys, who seemed to number over twenty and filled the corridor, all came to apply for membership to our club.

 

“These kids… it seems like they flocked here after seeing the subjugation force exam?”

 

That’s Leila’s guess.

 

I think that’s possible.

 

It was the first time since the Summoner special admission exam that I showed various skills in front of so many people.

 

“They say if you join this club, you can become strong!”

 

“That’s right!”

 

…Or maybe someone spread false rumors.

 

Well, it’s not wrong.

 

Everyone who came here grew by one stage, or two stages or more.

 

However, I have no intention of accepting just anyone.

 

It’s not like we’re some cowardly club that just wants to bulk up our numbers.

 

This is ultimately a club we made to do what we want, not a club created with some grand plan in mind.

 

“We are not currently accepting membership applications.”

 

When I finally stepped forward to speak, everyone looked disappointed.

 

“Please accept us! We’re confident we’ll do well!”

 

“What are the membership requirements!”

 

Of course, I don’t plan to never accept anyone.

 

If there’s someone I like, I’ll propose them myself.

 

For now, we carefully turned away all the membership applicants who had flocked to us.

 

They looked disappointed, and some didn’t want to leave, but generally they listened well.

 

Then we returned to the club room and caught our breath.

 

“Phew. That was absolutely hectic.”

 

“I know right. Who knew there would be so many membership applicants.”

 

“Come to think of it, it’s because we don’t normally accept members.”

 

Thinking about what the three of them said, I realize our club is bound to be popular.

 

The Festival, this subjugation exam, and overall we’ve had many opportunities to make our name known.

 

Plus the Academy Swordsmanship Club guys’ blunders on top of that.

 

After thinking for a moment, I made a suggestion.

 

“How about we hold our own membership exam later?”

 

“Our own membership exam?”

 

Everyone’s eyes widened as they looked at me.

 

“Yeah. If you guys are okay with it, we could hold a membership exam to select just one or two people.”

 

“That sounds good.”

 

Since we all need to select someone we like anyway, it’s important to separate the wheat from the chaff rather than just accepting anyone.

 

In that sense, a membership exam is quite a good idea.

 

“But then we’d have to share our secrets too.”

 

“Right. We’d need to bring in someone tight-lipped.”

 

“A spy could infiltrate too.”

 

Well, I’ll have to plan it out sometime soon.

 

Either during the first semester, or during the second semester.

 

Regardless of timing, if there’s someone I like, I could let them join before then.

 

As various conversations were going back and forth, Leila suddenly spoke up.

 

“We must have gotten quite famous. Wait, speaking of rumors… we might not know, but Dane, you must already be the talk of the Imperial Palace, right?”

 

“The Imperial Palace?”

 

I tilted my head at the sudden comment.

 

Leila continued as if it were obvious.

 

“This subjugation, I mean. The Imperial Knight Order is leading it. Then the story must have already reached the Imperial Palace. About a freshman who passed four different corps with impossible scores.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Come to think of it, that’s true.

 

“But hey, we won’t meet during the subjugation, will we?”

 

At Ernest’s words, Leila nodded with a disappointed expression.

 

“Yeah. Our club will be scattered this time. I’m in the Swordsmanship Corps, Priscilla is in the Healing Corps, Ernest you’re in the Reconnaissance Corps. Dane is…”

 

Wait, where am I?

 

Come to think of it, I don’t think I heard about that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Dane Sogress must be placed here, in the Swordsmanship Corps!”

 

“Not a chance. Swordsmanship Corps? What for! With such outstanding magical talent, he obviously belongs in the Magic Corps!”

 

“Summoning Corps! You’re all talking nonsense! Absolutely. Absolutely!”

 

“Ha, what use are swordsmanship, magic, and summoning against mere monsters? Did you see that student’s spearmanship? Give him just one spear and he’ll turn them all into skewers!”

 

Alteon Empire Imperial Palace annex conference room.

 

The place designated for this year’s subjugation commanders to gather and meet.

 

An unexpectedly fierce debate was taking place here.

 

All because of Dane.

 

“Absolutely swordsmanship, swordsmanship! He’s far superior to that Conrad fellow!”

 

“Now now, don’t ignore his roots! Don’t you know Count Sogress uses a spear?”

 

“Is there any reason to send such talent dangerously to the front lines? Just keep him safe in the rear with magic…”

 

“By that logic, it should be summoning!”

 

Fierce indeed.

 

The commanders of each corps were doing their best to take Dane, each presenting their own plausible reasons.

 

The reason was simple.

 

Swordsmanship, spearmanship, magic, summoning.

 

Because he recorded the highest scores in all four corps exams.

 

Naturally, this was something no one had expected.

 

Who in the world would have thought someone would take all four corps exams and set record-breaking scores in those exams?

 

‘We’re definitely taking him. We need to focus our support on this guy.’

 

‘This is the perfect opportunity for the Magic Department to completely dominate the Swordsmanship Department after Arabella.’

 

‘This is a matter of pride. He’s definitely ours!’

 

‘Following Claire, another guy who’ll record tremendous scores has appeared. And he’s her little brother too!’

 

These people were all Academy graduates, to boot.

 

That was another reason for the even more fierce debate.

 

“Hmm.”

 

In the midst of this, one person who had been watching this chaos slowly stood up.

 

Then the four who had been arguing also briefly closed their mouths and stepped back.

 

“I didn’t expect you all to get this excited.”

 

The reason was that the person who just spoke was royalty.

 

Moreover, a direct descendant and the royal who had recently become the most talked about in the Imperial Palace.

 

It was the 3rd Prince, Edward Danter.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

Similarly, Imperial 4th Knight Order Commander Delphion Onet, who had been watching the debate from the side, asked.

 

“Shall we suspend the meeting for a moment?”

 

“No. There’s no need for that.”

 

The Prince lightly waved his hand back and forth.

 

Waving his hand was something unimaginable before, but now it was quite natural.

 

‘Amazing every time I see it. Just how was his hand healed?’

 

‘I heard His Majesty the Emperor has been all smiles lately thanks to His Highness…’

 

‘Was he always someone so overflowing with confidence?’

 

Edward’s cursed hand being healed was now a fact known to anyone who should know.

 

Moreover, after the hand that was considered incurable and thought to be God’s wrath became fine, he was growing faster than anyone.

 

Swordsmanship if swordsmanship, archery if archery.

 

There were even rumors that he showed some talent in magic.

 

On top of that…

 

There were even premature expectations that he might be able to learn the ‘Imperial Secret Arts’ that the 1st and 2nd Princes ultimately failed to master.

 

In any case.

 

Edward, participating in a subjugation for the first time in his life, looked around at each corps commander and continued speaking.

 

“Seeing you all debate so fiercely, he must truly be an amazing student. Isn’t that right, Sir Onet?”

 

“That’s correct, Your Highness. Traditionally, there have been those who took two or more corps exams, but there has never been anyone who took all four corps exams and achieved the highest scores in history.”

 

Dane Sogress.

 

The benefactor who healed his hand.

 

And the first true friend Edward had ever made.

 

A pleased smile was blooming on Edward’s lips.

 

‘As expected, it’s Dane.’

 

However, that pleased smile brought terror to the commanders of each military branch.

 

‘Did he fight too crazily?’

 

‘Ah shit, this is bad.’

 

Edward continued speaking, whether he knew this or not.

 

“In that sense… this argument seems like it won’t end. Even if Sir Onet, the supreme commander, chooses one military branch. Don’t you think so?”

 

“…”

 

Everyone desperately wanted to shout that he should still come to our branch! but they couldn’t.

 

Who was their opponent?

 

None other than the 3rd Prince.

 

“So I’ve thought of one solution.”

 

At the mention of a solution, everyone’s attention focused.

 

Had he come up with some brilliant idea?

 

‘As expected, he’s been clever since childhood…’

 

‘What kind of solution?’

 

Edward brought up something completely unexpected.

 

“Since there would be problems no matter which branch he joins, wouldn’t it be right to make it so there are no complaints at all?”

 

No complaints at all.

 

Could he mean rotating him through all four military branches?

 

‘Then we need to keep him with us as much as possible. We have to somehow monopolize him and create justification for him to stay on our side.’

 

‘We absolutely must bring that student Dane first.’

 

“Since all four talents are outstanding enough for you to argue like this, wouldn’t it be rude to that student to utilize only one?”

 

“You’re right, Your Highness. There should be opportunities to showcase all four talents.”

 

“Your Highness, that’s truly wise insight.”

 

“In that case, I believe that student Dane’s talents would shine even brighter.”

 

The commanders all changed their attitudes in unison as if they had been waiting.

 

Since it was a bit awkward to oppose the Prince’s words, they planned to accept the Prince’s proposal while securing maximum benefits instead.

 

“Your Highness, while we’re at it, how about we decide the order? For the first battle, we assign him to the Swordsmanship Department, and then after that…”

 

“What nonsense! He should be assigned to the Magic Department first!”

 

“How exactly are we supposed to utilize a student whose mana is all depleted later? The Summoning Department, which has the highest mana consumption, should have top priority!”

 

“Ha, these people don’t seem to know that he’ll eventually come to the Spear Arts Department anyway!”

 

And the fighting began again.

 

Edward quietly watched this spectacle and raised his hand.

 

“…We, we apologize.”

 

Everyone bowed their heads and waited for Edward’s words.

 

Edward gazed at the commanders intently before opening his mouth.

 

“In any case, I’ll try to make a proposal that eliminates complaints and maximizes efficiency.”

 

The commanders swallowed nervously.

 

This subjugation was closely related to their own achievements.

 

If only they could bring that genius Dane Sogress first!

 

“I think this is the only appropriate way to properly utilize that student Dane’s outstanding abilities.”

 

But their expectations were brutally crushed in an instant.

 

“Dane Sogress will be included in my direct guard.”

 

Everyone was left speechless.

 

The Imperial Direct Guard.

 

The front lines of this subjugation and the core that plays the command role.

 

So-

 

“Any other opinions?”

 

There was no way there could be other opinions.

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