Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 166

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 166

111. So This Was the Reason?

After the award ceremony ended, we were finally able to leave the audience chamber.

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

“Wh-where is this place?”

“This is a rest area for those who are tired after completing their audience, like yourselves.”

It was exactly as Hank had described.

An overall cozy and comfortable space was waiting for us.

“You can rest here briefly before moving on to your next schedule. Feel free to sleep if you’d like, so please rest comfortably.”

“D-did we do well…?”

At Ernest’s question, Hank shrugged his shoulders.

“Since His Majesty the Emperor wasn’t enraged, we can say it passed without any ‘incidents.'”

“What exactly happens when there are ‘incidents’…?”

“It’s better not to imagine.”

At Hank’s words, Ernest trembled all over.

“Anyway, since it ended well, you don’t need to worry anymore. Of course, there’s still the banquet remaining, but His Majesty usually just does the opening ceremony and then retires.”

“Does he deliberately not attend the banquet?”

“He can’t drink alcohol at all, so he says there’s no fun in enjoying it.”

Huh, he looks like he’d drink heartily, but he can’t drink at all. That’s quite surprising.

“Oh, and student Dane Sogress.”

“Yes, Official.”

“After resting briefly, you need to come with me to visit two places. You know what I’m referring to, right?”

Two rewards.

The Imperial Treasury.

And ‘Chiron.’

“Yes, I understand.”

“By the way, since armor crafting takes considerable time, we’ll guide you again soon regarding that matter.”

The armor doesn’t matter much to me.

Since it’s made by the Imperial Palace, the quality will be excellent, but it’s not something I need immediately.

“Then, I’ll see you in a little while.”

After the door closed—

Leila spoke.

“M-my legs are shaking…”

Ernest muttered blankly.

“I’m still alive, right…?”

Priscilla grumbled weakly.

“I’d rather… stand in the Grand Temple for 3 nights and 4 days…”

Dorian blinked his eyes and then collapsed with a thud.

“T-Teacher Dane… is your heart made of steel?”

This was the reaction shown as soon as everyone gathered together after finishing the audience and award ceremony.

I’m the only one here who’s perfectly fine.

“What is that guy really? How did he answer like that there and not tremble at all?”

“When His Majesty was speaking, I just wanted to die… What the hell is Dane really?”

Is it thanks to my composure?

Normally, even I should have been slightly nervous, but there was nothing like that at all.

Rather, I only became even more composed.

“Who talks so calmly in front of His Majesty the Emperor like that? Huh? Anyone watching would think he’s talking to the mister next door.”

I chuckled at Leila’s grumbling.

“Anyway, it ended well, right? Without any problems.”

“Right. I didn’t think there would be problems… I didn’t expect him to ask such questions.”

I didn’t know either.

But it passed without any trouble, and we finished well.

And here—

“But it seemed like His Majesty the Emperor really liked it. Am I mistaken?”

“It seemed that way. The official mister told us earlier that he rarely laughs so heartily.”

“Dane’s answer must have pleased him…”

His Majesty the Emperor seems to quite like me.

Especially the fact that I didn’t avoid his gaze and met it directly.

Otherwise…

There would be no reason to give me this on top of the previously promised rewards.

“But what exactly is ‘Chiron’? Everyone was making a fuss when they heard ‘Chiron.'”

“Ah. I should have asked the official mister.”

“What could it be?”

I’m curious too.

It feels like it’s referring to something…

A little later, the identity of Chiron that I learned was exactly this.

“Neigh!”

“…”

It was a horse.

Moreover, a fine steed with a glossy sheen flowing from its dark red coat.

Its tremendous size is impressive.

“This fellow here is ‘Chiron.'”

Hank introduced this fellow with an expression that looked tired just from looking at it, and the face of the stable keeper beside him seemed to be shouting this.

Another one has come.

“His Majesty the Emperor has bestowed a precious reward.”

“Yes. It’s very precious. It is precious. Since there’s no other horse like this in the world.”

From the way he’s adding a footnote, it doesn’t seem to be ‘precious’ in the general sense.

“Whinny!”

Then ‘Chiron’ suddenly reared up on his front legs and pranced, then twisted his hind legs to change direction to the side.

“Neigh neigh neigh!”

“Whinny whinny!”

Then the horses beside him backed away in shock and huddled in the corner, showing no intention of moving.

What is this?

“Is he picking fights with other horses?”

“You saw correctly.”

It’s a crazy horse.

That’s not all.

“Snort!”

He stuck his nose into the water trough placed in front of the stable and sucked up a lot of water.

“T-take cover!”

The stable keeper suddenly rushed over and pushed me and Hank away.

And at that moment.

Splash!

‘Chiron’ spat out the water and the stable keeper got completely soaked.

“…”

“…”

“Whinny whinny!”

It’s definitely normal that it sounds like he’s laughing because he finds it amusing, right?

“…This is the kind of fellow he is.”

“I get the general idea.”

I’ve seen many horses in my previous life.

Among them, there were plenty of fellows that wouldn’t be out of place being called famous steeds.

It’s the same in this current life.

Our family also raises quite a few horses, and they’re all swift-footed fellows with powerful stamina.

But like this fellow…

There’s no crazy horse like this.

“This fellow Chiron came from Drenik.”

From Drenik?

“To be precise, his mother came from Drenik. When the past war ended, both countries exchanged several things as a symbol of peace… This ‘Chiron’ is a horse born from a steed that came from Drenik.”

The stable keeper, who looked pitiful soaked in water, continued Hank’s explanation.

“…He’s been like this since birth. An absolutely damn troublesome bastard. He was cute as a foal. He wasn’t that big, and he listened well. But the bigger he got, the more stubborn he became.”

So this is a damn crazy horse.

“All the renowned knights tried to tame this fellow, but not a single one, not a single one could tame him.”

The stable keeper let out a sigh.

“Thanks to that, such an incredible steed is stuck here rotting away. Since it was given by Drenik for friendship purposes, we can’t do anything about it… Aaaah!”

Did he react to the mention of doing something about it?

Chiron spat out water again, soaking the stable keeper.

“…Didn’t he already spit it all out earlier?”

“Puff. Got hit again. This bastard’s specialty.”

“Puheeheehing!”

What kind of horse is this?

“Official, so His Majesty the Emperor bestowed this horse? To this student?”

“For now, for now that’s right. Whew.”

This is a kind of test.

A test to see if that confidence is maintained even in front of this crazy horse called ‘Chiron’.

This is interesting.

For reference, I’ve ridden horses in both my previous life and this current life.

But that alone wouldn’t naturally make this easy.

I preferred fighting on the ground rather than fighting on horseback, and I wasn’t part of a cavalry unit either.

“Puhehing.”

Now this fellow Chiron is starting to glare at me.

Those eyes full of mischief.

“Let me give it a try.”

There’s no reason to avoid it.

“If I tame him, I can take him with me from now on, right?”

“That’s correct, student Dane Sogress. Since His Majesty the Emperor bestowed him.”

Hank added while saying that.

“By the way, refusing His Majesty the Emperor’s reward for any reason constitutes a great discourtesy.”

In other words.

I’ve already fallen into a trap.

Well, it doesn’t matter.

Trap and snare dismantling.

Isn’t that my area of expertise?

“But if it really doesn’t work, I can speak well to His Majesty for you.”

“The official is right. There’s more than one or two knights who broke their legs trying to tame that bastard.”

“Student Dane Sogress, there’s no need to be reckless. Let’s stop by Bigo first and think about it slowly.”

I began to slowly draw up my mana.

“When do we need to get to Bigo?”

“Um… you can think of it as roughly two hours remaining. Well, there’s tomorrow too.”

Then there’s plenty of time-

Let’s see, shall I try taming this crazy horse?

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“Puhehing.”

Hank is the chief clerk.

Therefore, he needs to ensure ‘all events’ proceed smoothly.

This is also a kind of event.

It’s a steed given as a reward by His Majesty the Emperor’s direct order.

The problem is that although it was given as a reward, not a single person has tamed that steed so far.

When even the most skilled knights all failed, would it be possible for Dane Sogress, no matter how talented?

“Since he’s from the Sogress County, he should at least know how to ride a horse.”

“If that were enough, we wouldn’t have worried about this in the first place.”

As Hank said, if that were enough, we wouldn’t have needed all these various concerns.

How was such a damn troublesome bastard born?

Even a stable keeper with 30 years of experience clicks his tongue, so that says it all.

“He hasn’t even put his foot in the stirrup yet.”

And Dane is currently facing off with Chiron without even opening the stable door.

They’re glaring at each other motionlessly, and I can’t even guess what he’s trying to do.

“Just how does he plan to tame him?”

Traditionally, taming a horse takes quite a long time.

It takes tremendous time to form communication with the horse, become friendly, and make it understand everything with just a word.

But all that’s left now is barely two hours.

“…”

“Puhehing.”

Dane glares while Chiron seems to mock him.

No, that’s definitely mocking.

“He’s mocking.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Then when Dane suddenly opened the door-

“Hihihihihing!”

Chiron rears up threateningly.

Both their bodies flinched for a moment.

Getting kicked by those front hooves would mean at least serious injury. Several ribs would break, and internal organs could be damaged.

“Sh-shouldn’t we stop this?”

“If it really doesn’t work… you know, right?”

“The paralysis device.”

By the way, for horses with rough temperaments like Chiron, there exists a device for taming them.

That’s the paralysis device embedded in the body.

The mana-operated device activates immediately when the stable keeper presses the special switch he’s holding.

‘This time too, he’ll have to activate it.’

Even for wild fellows like Chiron, this paralysis device is immediately effective. It’s not good for the horse’s body, but what can we do?

It would be better than having the Sogress County’s heir die within the Imperial Palace.

“You have a lot of complaints?”

Meanwhile, Dane looked at the snorting Chiron and chuckled.

A face with absolutely no fear.

Even knights enter with tension, but Dane’s face showed no trace of nervousness.

Indeed, is he a bit different?

“Acting tough.”

Dane even chuckles while provoking Chiron.

Chiron, who clearly understands human speech, got angry at those words and reared up even higher.

“Hihihing!”

Though still tied up in the stable and unable to go further, it had an intimidating presence that would make most knights back away.

What on earth was it trying to do?

“What are you dissatisfied with? Tell me.”

“Neighhhh!”

“I’ve never seen a horse with as many complaints about the world as you. What, do you want to go to Drenik?”

“Neigh!”

The official and stable keeper watched in bewilderment as Dane ‘conversed’ with the horse.

Then suddenly the stable keeper tilted his head.

“Come to think of it, Official.”

“Mm.”

“Thinking about it, isn’t this the first time His Majesty the Emperor has directly designated that fellow as a ‘reward’?”

“Ah. That’s right. Until now, it was practically neglected so anyone could go and try.”

The official suddenly thought about it.

Though he had served beside the Emperor for over 20 years, he still didn’t fully understand his intentions.

But he knew one thing.

That he was someone who didn’t give meaningless orders.

Especially, he was someone with exceptional eyes for recognizing people.

For such an Emperor to give separate orders to bestow ‘Chiron’ upon Dane Sogress meant…

“Was this what you were dissatisfied with?”

While thinking there must be some reason—

Thud.

Dane instantly dove toward Chiron and pulled out the paralysis device that had been stuck in its rear in one swift motion.

“Wh-what are you doing!”

The expressions of the official and stable keeper turned to horror.

That was the only means they had to control Chiron.

For reference, just inserting that thing had broken several people’s arms and legs.

But he just…

Pulled it out?

“This is terrible…”

But then Dane chuckled.

“You already had a nasty temper… but this made you even more pissed off, didn’t it?”

And surprisingly.

“Neigh…”

Chiron stopped its rampage in front of Dane.

However, that was only for a moment—

“Neighhhh!”

Chiron raised its front hooves again—

“No!”

“Damn it!”

The two men jumped up in horror.

But Dane was actually crossing his arms.

“Go ahead.”

As if telling it to try hitting him if it wanted to.

At his completely motionless appearance, they wondered if he had put up some kind of barrier, but that couldn’t be possible.

‘We’re screwed.’

‘Goodbye to my stable keeper career…’

The two men imagined the scene of Chiron striking Dane with its front hooves, and the precious young master of Sogress County spitting blood as he was sent flying.

However.

Tap.

Chiron, which had raised its front hooves, lowered them back down as if nothing had happened.

“Puheheng.”

It looked at Dane with interest and ‘grinned.’

Dane was the same.

As if he had expected this, he smiled knowingly.

“…”

“…”

The two stunned men stood there dumbfounded.

Wondering how such a horse and such a person could exist.

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