Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 177

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 177

 

118. It’s This Easy?

 

The voyage had begun, and we were sailing smoothly toward Atalia Island.

 

There were no particular problems.

 

Though the sea air was bone-chillingly cold, favorable winds blew steadily, and there were no signs of pirates appearing.

 

With Captain Calico’s particularly vigorous commands added to this, we were able to reach Atalia Island in no time.

 

“Urgh…”

 

“L-land…”

 

And Leila and Dorian seemed to have become undead after suffering terribly from seasickness.

 

“Me, Dane, and Ernest are perfectly fine though. How strange.”

 

“Right. We were just having fun the whole time.”

 

That’s how seasickness works.

 

Those who get it will get it no matter what measures you take, and those who don’t won’t get it even in a raging storm.

 

“Will you be okay? You don’t look so good.”

 

“I-I’m fine… I can go…”

 

“I can go… Teacher Dane… urgh!”

 

Still, seeing them stubbornly insist on going, I couldn’t leave them behind. We’d come this far already.

 

“How long did you say it would take?”

 

In the midst of this, Captain Calico asked, so I answered.

 

“It should take roughly three to four days. If it takes longer, five days, but we plan to return within that time.”

 

“Then I’ll anchor at a nearby island for a while and return around then. The sky doesn’t look good.”

 

Captain Calico pointed to the clouds in the sky.

 

“See those fragmented clouds around the clustered clouds over there? That’s a sign of a snowstorm. Be careful. The snowstorms here change everything around them all at once. They also cause you to lose your sense of direction.”

 

A snowstorm.

 

It was a story I’d heard countless times, but that made it all the more reason to be careful.

 

“You’ll need to watch out for monsters too, but nothing is as dangerous as a snowstorm.”

 

“Yes, I’ll keep that in mind.”

 

Well then.

 

Now it was time to depart.

 

I looked toward Atalia Island from the bow of the ship.

 

Amid the completely white snowy landscape, I could see a mountain rising prominently in the central area.

 

That’s where the cave is located.

 

If we search those mountain slopes, we’ll find the cave.

 

That’s why we allocated the fairly long time of four days.

 

“We should quickly head to the base of the mountain and set up a base camp.”

 

“That would be best.”

 

That’s why Captain Calico planned to avoid the snowstorm by staying at a nearby island before returning.

 

“If it becomes dangerous, please fire a mana signal flare without delay. I’ll rush over immediately. The rally point is here for now, but if you don’t come after waiting about a day, I’ll dock the ship on the south side.”

 

After preparing and considering all possible emergency situations, we finally disembarked from the ship.

 

And I felt it.

 

The aura of ancient magic power.

 

“Kyirk?”

 

Could Karnas sense it too?

 

He poked his head out and looked around.

 

“You feel it too?”

 

“Kyi-rk!”

 

The others probably don’t notice, but I can definitely sense it.

 

Somewhere on this island, there’s definitely something emitting ancient magic power.

 

However, I’m not sure if it’s as powerful as an Ancient Mana Concentrator. Right now it’s just caught by my sensing ability like a faint scent.

 

I wonder what could be there.

 

In the cave where Saint Aimar discovered that necklace.

 

Perhaps-

 

I might be able to solve one of the many unsolved mysteries about ancient magic power.

 

Crunch, crunch.

 

In the midst of this, we moved forward, stepping on the snow.

 

This was different from the snow I’d seen before.

 

Rather than being lightly accumulated, the incredibly thick snow made our legs sink in up to our knees.

 

“Wow! So this is snow!”

 

“Is this your first time seeing snow, Dorian?”

 

“Yes! I always returned to our family estate in the south during winter, so I rarely had a chance to see snow!”

 

I burst out laughing at Dorian’s excited reaction.

 

“Why are you laughing, Teacher?”

 

“Nothing. I just think you’ll be saying you’re sick of it soon.”

 

“Come on, no way. It’s so amazing! I’m going to build a snowman later!”

 

And exactly two hours later.

 

“…I’m sick of snow now.”

 

Despite being from the Combat Department, Dorian quickly surrendered to the unmanageable snow depth.

 

Seriously, it was snow that could drive a person crazy.

 

“At this rate, we’ll become snowmen while standing.”

 

The accumulation was one thing, but snow kept falling relentlessly, as if a real snowstorm was approaching.

 

It was so much that I almost had the illusion that this island was made entirely of accumulated snow.

 

Moreover, it was eerily quiet the entire way, with nothing moving.

 

Well, our side was incredibly noisy since we kept chattering nonstop.

 

“Phew!”

 

“Let’s hang in there just a little longer.”

 

“Ugh. So this is what ascetic training is like.”

 

“That’s why people usually come at this time. It’s worse if you come in winter.”

 

“…It gets worse than this?”

 

Still, thanks to everyone training hard, they didn’t seem to be getting physically exhausted.

 

Plus, I kept casting magic to maintain warmth, so the path we walked melted to some extent.

 

Of course, when we looked back after a while, fallen snow had accumulated again.

 

“Kyirk?”

 

In the midst of this, Karnas poked his head out.

 

“Kyirk! Kyirk!”

 

Then, as if trying to say something, when I tilted my head in confusion, he immediately popped out of my arms.

 

And then-

 

“Kyiruuuuuk!”

 

He shot out a fireball to melt the snow, creating a straight path.

 

However, it was a small path just wide enough for him to pass through.

 

I guess because the fireball was small.

 

“Kyirk…”

 

Karnas looked dejected.

 

In the midst of this, Chiron, who had been following well from behind, stepped forward-

 

“Puhihihihing!”

 

Clop clop, clop clop!

 

He suddenly charged forward and quickly broke through the snow path, creating a path wide enough for a person to pass through.

 

“Puhihing!”

 

He held his head high as if he had won.

 

And Karnas…

 

“Kyi…rk!”

 

started spewing fireballs wildly as if they couldn’t lose.

 

What are these guys doing.

 

“Did those two get fired up?”

 

“Seems like it.”

 

And a moment later.

 

“Puhiing…”

 

“Ki…reuk.”

 

Both exhausted, one came into my arms and the other followed behind me dejectedly.

 

Of course.

 

Continuously spewing fireballs and frantically pushing through this snow path that’s several times harder than just walking – that’s no way to behave.

 

“Are you done now?”

 

“Ki…reuwook…”

 

“Puhing…”

 

Such funny guys.

 

Anyway, after pushing through and through the snowy path like that, we were finally able to reach the base of the mountain.

 

Since it’s a mountain on Atalia Island, I suppose we could call it Mount Atalia.

 

We immediately began preparing the base camp.

 

“Ernest, how about here?”

 

“That won’t work. Snow storms constantly change direction. If we set up there, we can block the south but not the rest.”

 

Fortunately, we have Ernest, who’s the best among us at exploration.

 

Ernest quite skillfully scouted out a suitable location.

 

“This place would be good.”

 

With rocks at our back, and a dense forest in front.

 

We planned to set up portable windbreaks we brought separately on the left and right, and also pitch a tent large enough for all five of us to lie down together.

 

“Phew.”

 

Days in the Northern Region are short.

 

So we picked up the pace and finished setting up the base camp before the sun set.

 

Thud.

 

And finally, we drove in a marker.

 

Apart from the compass for direction, the separately prepared compass would now always point to this location.

 

“That’s it.”

 

Now the real expedition begins.

 

* * *

 

Snowy mountains require consideration of many risk factors.

 

First, avalanches.

 

Magic can solve it to some extent, but if it gets too big, then it becomes unmanageable.

 

So we warmed ourselves by the campfire and designated points in advance.

 

“The likely places are here, here, and here.”

 

Ernest and I concluded on three points.

 

Places where that cave Saint Aimar supposedly visited might be located.

 

“Should we split into two groups then?”

 

At Leila’s question, I shook my head.

 

“No. We need to move together. If we split up and get stranded, that would actually be a waste of time. Moving together seems more efficient.”

 

Ernest agreed too.

 

“Dane’s right. Let’s move together for now. As long as we properly prepare for avalanches, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

 

Avalanches in places where snow piles up like crazy are dangerous.

 

Because it’s not fluffy snow, but things like hail that have accumulated and hardened over quite a long time, rushing down in torrents.

 

So while each of us prepared artifacts capable of individual defense, I also prepared to block with magic if necessary.

 

“Then, let’s get ready.”

 

After confirming the precautions once more, we finally began moving from the next morning.

 

There were two objectives.

 

One was to bring back a ‘marker’ from the mountain peak to prove Priscilla’s ascetic practice.

 

That was a flower called ‘Delemines.’

 

It has no particular effects or special properties, but it’s a very rare flower that only grows in these Northern Highlands.

 

“But if ascetic practice for semester grades is this level, what on earth is graduation ascetic practice like?”

 

“Unimaginable, right? Um… would walking through a fiery hell make sense?”

 

Walking through a fiery hell.

 

At those words, everyone except me trembled.

 

“Faith is such a difficult thing…”

 

Anyway, we headed for the peak first.

 

Once we climb to the peak, we can also see the mountain slopes.

 

“Puhihing.”

 

And Chiron followed along well.

 

This guy really has good stamina.

 

Even with four legs, to be able to climb these steep mountain slopes without rest.

 

“Huk, heoeok!”

 

“I’m dying…”

 

Compared to Ernest and Priscilla, who were relatively weak in stamina and panting, Chiron looked perfectly fine.

 

“Let’s hang in there a little more.”

 

“Phew. We’re almost there!”

 

Everyone was gradually running out of energy by the time we reached the middle slope, but thanks to moving at a leisurely pace, we were finally able to reach the peak before the sun set.

 

“This is it…”

 

And we finally discovered the Delemines.

 

Yellow flowers shyly poking their heads out between the gentle snow.

 

Priscilla very carefully uprooted the flower, then wrapped it in cloth and put it in her bosom.

 

“That’s the end of obtaining the ascetic practice marker. Thank you. Thanks to you, I came here comfortably. Normally this would be ascetic practice risking one’s life.”

 

As Priscilla said, just getting to the base of the mountain was difficult due to the accumulated snow that made feet sink deep as soon as we landed on the island.

 

Risking one’s life wasn’t an incorrect expression.

 

“Don’t mention it. This all started thanks to you.”

 

But if it weren’t for Priscilla, we would have had difficulty getting to Saint Aimar’s Hall on time, and wouldn’t have thought to come here either.

 

“Then shall we look around a bit now.”

 

The sun is still up.

 

We need to search for the cave in the meantime.

 

“The point was in this direction, right?”

 

“Dane, wait a moment. Um, here and… here, and here.”

 

Ernest pointed out viewpoints worth looking down from while also indicating directions.

 

“We’ll have to check them one by one.”

 

I didn’t expect it to catch our eye.

 

We planned to go and examine each location directly, then move to the next point if there was nothing.

 

But…

 

“Huh? Isn’t that it over there?”

 

When I went over to where Leila, who was at the point opposite to me, was speaking, an unexpected sight came into view.

 

“It’s a cave?”

 

“That’s a cave, right?”

 

It was a cave.

 

Who would have thought it would be discovered so easily.

 

“Good thing we climbed to the peak.”

 

Of course, it’s not certain.

 

However, there’s a high possibility it’s that cave Saint Aimar discovered.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

We moved quickly, but cautiously.

 

And as the sun slowly began to set.

 

“This seems to be the right place.”

 

“Right, this is it.”

 

We arrived in front of the cave—

 

“…For a cave, the entrance is incredibly huge?”

 

“I know….”

 

Like a dragon’s mouth, we could see an enormously large cave entrance.

 

At this size, even a 4th Grade Summon like Eterak could come and go freely.

 

“What could be inside.”

 

It made me even more curious.

 

The thick scent of Ancient Magic Power wafting out.

 

“This seems to be the right place. If it’s a cave this big, the inside must be deep too, so it would have been enough for Saint Aimar to avoid the snowstorm.”

 

Now, indeed.

 

I should take a look at why the necklace Saint Aimar discovered was here.

 

“What could be inside? Treasure? Or… secrets we don’t know about?”

 

“Maybe monsters?”

 

“I just hope it’s not undead.”

 

Whatever it is, there’s bound to be something.

 

Still, the most likely possibility is….

 

Something related to Ancient Magic Power.

 

“Let’s go in.”

 

We finally stepped inside.

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