Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 206

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 206

137. This is a Miracle

It seems we’ll have one more place to explore soon.

“D-Dragon’s Nest?”

“What kind of place is that?”

“More importantly, if it’s Dragon’s Nest… there are dragons there, right? Other dragons besides Karnas?”

I asked Karnas.

But unfortunately, the answer came back that he didn’t know.

“Kyreuk, kyi-reuk.”

Karnas shook his head to both the question of whether there might be dragons there and whether there weren’t any dragons.

“Huh… Then are we really going there?”

That was Leila’s question.

Now whenever she sees a map, we go everywhere, so she seems to think we’re going anyway.

Of course I was naturally planning to go.

“Aren’t you curious? What’s in Dragon’s Nest?”

Ernest asked excitedly.

Leila gave up on answering, and Priscilla now showed interest instead.

Dorian, who would follow Priscilla anywhere she went, was naturally on board.

And Altur was…

“I really don’t understand what you guys are talking about right now…”

He was bewildered by what was a very natural scene for us.

“Everyone’s like that at first.”

“…”

Even so, seeing him subtly lean over to examine the map, he seemed interested.

“A dragon… I can’t believe this was real…”

So this guy really thought of Karnas as just a baby wyvern until now?

Well, it is hard to believe.

It’s a legendary creature after all.

But then Priscilla tilted her head.

“But listen, exploring and all that is fine… but do you know where this is?”

“…”

Right.

Come to think of it, we don’t know the location.

Well, the order is reversed from usual.

Normally we’d find out the location first, then go and discover what’s there.

“Now that I think about it, this is… really hard to deduce.”

I couldn’t bring myself to say the map was a mess. It barely maintained the format of a map.

Karnas had fire in his eyes.

“Then how should we find out the location? We know this is Dragon’s Nest… should I call it that?”

So we’re at an impasse again.

“I’ll try to redraw it as clearly as possible.”

Ernest tried to refine the scribble as much as possible, but-

“…I understand it even less now.”

It was still a mess all the same.

“Hmm…”

Ernest didn’t seem to see a clear solution either.

Location.

Isn’t there some good method?

Usually maps show clues. Clues like special terrain features of the area.

But this scribble, no, this map doesn’t show anything particular.

Eventually Ernest opened his mouth with a resolute expression, as if he had no choice.

“Then I’ll try searching through maps. If I ask Father, I can see all the maps our family possesses.”

“Your family’s maps? Ah! A renowned exploration family!”

“Yeah. This is a secret. Our family has maps of everywhere in the Empire. Even… Drenik.”

That didn’t seem necessary to mention.

Still, it definitely seems like a good method.

However, there was one problem.

“But Father is currently out of contact.”

Ah.

“He’s on a long-term exploration right now… we don’t know when he’ll return.”

“What about communication crystal orbs?”

“Our Father says… ‘Communication crystal orbs are a luxury for true explorers’ and goes around without even those…”

A true explorer indeed…

“Then it would be best to visit the family estate?”

“That’s true, but it’s quite a distance…”

“Then let’s do this.”

I made a simple plan.

“Before that, if we can contact Ernest’s father, we’ll request the maps, and if that doesn’t work, we’ll go after the first semester ends. It’ll be quick if we ride Chiron.”

“Ah, Chiron!”

We have one famous horse that most ordinary horses can’t even present their business cards to.

If Ernest and I go riding that fellow, it shouldn’t take too long.

“We’ll gather clues like that, then go during the second semester break. How about it?”

“Good!”

“That’s a good method.”

Good, we’ve decided on one thing to do during break.

Then since I’ve also taken Exploration Department lectures, I should study hard for that day’s exploration.

Of course, even if I don’t do that, as long as we have Ernest, an outstanding prospective explorer, there shouldn’t be any major problems.

Anyway, we’ve decided what to do during break, and we ended up making plans once again.

“Oh, right. Dane. Do you know this?”

In the midst of this, Ernest suddenly said.

“Our Professor has really high expectations for you.”

“Huh? The Exploration Department Professor?”

“Yeah. That you’re taking Exploration Department lectures.”

At those words, I tilted my head.

It wasn’t just Ernest.

“The professors of lectures Dane enters usually fall into one of two categories. They either have expectations, or they’re terrified.”

Priscilla chuckled and chimed in with Ernest’s words.

What?

What does this mean?

The heart of Robert Hengelan, Exploration Department Professor and Department Head, pounded wildly.

Good heavens, good heavens.

That famous Dane Sogress has registered for this catastrophic department major!

At first, he couldn’t believe it when he received the course enrollment list.

The Exploration Department was one of the unpopular departments that suffered from insufficient enrollment every time.

The number of department students itself was small, and students from other departments wanting to take Exploration Department classes were even fewer.

‘Is our department finally coming back to life?’

The Academy operates on student tuition, Imperial Palace support, and sponsorship from various noble families.

However, that didn’t mean it was a lenient place toward unpopular departments either.

So whenever enrollment numbers fell short, they had to worry about the academy administration’s reaction, and support for the department was even gradually decreasing…

“Please don’t drop the course. Please, please!”

Professor Robert begged and begged again.

Dane Sogress – with just that one student, the Exploration Department would receive extraordinary attention.

Interest from the academy administration would increase too, and with Dane having received an imperial award, they couldn’t help but pay attention.

But this wasn’t the time for that.

“Should I prepare some snacks? No wait, maybe I should give him some precious item found during an expedition…?”

Fortunately, Dane participated in the orientation.

And Professor Robert proceeded with the orientation wearing a beaming smile.

“Everyone who came to our Exploration Department’s required major course ‘History of Adventure and Discovery’ today, you are sincerely welcome.”

Total lecture capacity: 30 students.

Total enrolled students: 11.

Exploration Department undergraduates: 10.

Autonomous Department undergraduates: 1.

More than half the seats were empty.

But thanks to just one person, Dane Sogress’s presence, the lecture hall felt completely full to Professor Robert.

“Our Exploration Department is a department with a very deep history even within the Academy, covering the history of adventure and exploration and their methods…”

Thanks to this, Professor Robert was busy appealing the advantages of the Exploration Department.

Of course, the undergraduates listening were bewildered.

“This isn’t a first-year major, is it?”

“It’s a third-year major, so why is he talking about things we all know?”

“The only first-year here is Ernest, right? But he’s from a famous exploration family anyway, so he’d know everything already.”

Professor Robert was explaining general information and history about the Exploration Department that didn’t need explaining.

He was absolutely desperate.

‘You want to hear more, right? You want to keep taking the course, right? Please don’t drop out…’

Did Professor Robert’s efforts pay off?

Dane participated in the next lecture too.

In other words, he confirmed his enrollment without making any course changes.

And a miracle happened along with it.

“Good heavens…”

Dane still receives fan letters.

And among them were devoted fans ready to follow wherever Dane went.

“Look, it’s Dane.”

“I should ask for his autograph later!”

“But is this lecture interesting? I just found out the Exploration Department even existed!”

Total lecture capacity: 30 students.

And now-

Students filling every seat in the lecture hall without gaps.

There were more students who came to see Dane after hearing rumors than actual Exploration Department students, but that was fine.

“This is… a miracle…”

Professor Robert sniffled.

Who knew that relieving the sorrow of an unpopular department could be such a joyful thing.

Of course, those students wouldn’t transfer to the Exploration Department, but even so, having this many people come to an Exploration Department major lecture was amazing in itself.

“Now then! Let’s begin the lecture!”

Professor Robert’s shout seemed especially energetic today.

On the other hand.

“Why, why? Why? Why did you suddenly cancel enrollment?!”

The liberal arts professor in charge of ‘Basic Horsemanship’ cried out in anguish over Dane’s sudden disappearance from the roster.

Dane Sogress.

If only that one fellow was there!

It was already a liberal arts subject being discussed for abolition since students tended to learn horsemanship from childhood before enrollment!

“Why, why won’t he come to class…”

While one professor was shedding tears…

“…Why is Dane Sogress, a student from the Autonomous Department, in our department’s lecture?”

The Linguistics Department professor was quite flustered at the sight of Dane, who had canceled Basic Horsemanship and chosen a Linguistics Department major class.

“He definitely wasn’t there during orientation…”

“I suddenly became interested in language deciphering, Professor. Please take good care of me.”

Whether it was the Exploration Department or Linguistics Department, once students applied for courses, they rarely canceled.

So they usually only checked the list of those who participated in orientation and didn’t check the student roster…

Who would have thought Dane Sogress would be enrolled.

“Ha, haha… Y-yes. Please take care. I don’t know why you’re suddenly in our Linguistics Department lecture, but…”

“I just really became interested. Please guide me well.”

Like the Exploration Department, it became an unexpected stroke of luck for the Linguistics Department too.

Of course, since the course change period had passed, additional students couldn’t join like in the Exploration Department lecture…

At least, they succeeded in drawing attention.

The students taking the lecture together would spread word of mouth.

‘I can’t just half-ass this, can I?’

It was a bonus that the Linguistics Department professor, who had been feeling stuck in routine this semester, suddenly became alert.

Anyway, Dane was unknowingly influencing various people just through course registration.

“By your sixth year, are you planning to sample every single major the Academy has?”

Thanks to this, Professor Keltas shook his head as if dumbfounded while looking at Dane, who had come to attend today’s lecture.

“Why not? It’s fun to learn everything.”

“Sheesh. Others feel lacking even after devoting their whole lives to just swordsmanship. Where does a fellow like this come from.”

“I’m still very lacking.”

“That’s the least fitting thing for you to say, you rascal. I’m most curious about what you’ll do when you grow up.”

Dane chuckled at Professor Keltas’s words and gripped his practice sword.

“Please take good care of me today too.”

The Autonomous Department’s Professor Keltas’s lecture was simply straightforward.

Sparring, and more sparring.

Actually, this was about all there was to teach.

“Good. Today it’s touching collars again. By the way, Professor Esteranza didn’t say anything special?”

“Not particularly.”

“If he bothers you, tell me. That guy – I’ve got him firmly in my grasp.”

Dane burst into laughter at the uncharacteristic concern.

Still, he was grateful for the caring heart of someone trying to look after him as his supervising professor.

“Then I’m going.”

“Alright.”

Dane’s second semester, causing waves just through course registration, was beginning like this.

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