Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 220
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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 220
148. Shortest Record
The Danter Cup had begun.
The opening ceremony was truly grand.
A magnificent spectacle unfolded with over a thousand participants from the boys and girls division, youth division, and adult division gathered together as the Emperor personally delivered a speech.
The fact that the Emperor came to such an event in person proves just how massive and important the Danter Cup is.
“…With this, I formally declare the opening of the 300th Danter Cup, and command all participants to engage in fair and beautiful competition under the grace of the Empire and God!”
And when the Emperor’s speech ended, tremendous cheers shook the entire capital.
With only slight exaggeration, it was a roar so massive it could be heard from the nearest city.
Thus finally-
The curtain rose on the 300th Danter Cup that everyone had been waiting for.
Meanwhile.
Even before the matches began, there was one place where a fierce ‘competition’ perhaps rivaling the Danter Cup itself was taking place.
“Come on, come on. 3 gold coins on Elpiso Viscount’s son!”
“That’s nothing! I’ll put down 5!”
“You idiots! This is betting on the championship! Not on preliminary elimination!”
“Shut it. He barely lost in the semifinals last year, but this year is different!”
It was the gambling hall.
A gambling establishment of massive scale incomparable to the Academy subjugation war.
Dozens of Crown gold coins changed hands casually, and there was even a separate section just for silver coin bets.
Sizzle!
And for every bet placed, an unforgeable seal was created on the spot and recorded.
Later, the number on this seal would determine the payout received.
“This time it’s definitely the championship! He showed potential in the last tournament.”
“Hey now, where do you get off talking about potential so carelessly? I heard somewhere that he can’t compete because he broke his leg doing some hellish special training!”
“Shut that mouth of yours! Where are you spreading such negativity!”
While loud voices and curses flew back and forth, the scene of people exchanging large sums and seals while enjoying alcohol and tobacco was truly difficult to define in a single word.
The most common conversation in such places was naturally predicting the winner.
“I heard audience interest in this year’s boys and girls division has completely dropped? Since the previous tournament winner and that ridiculous genius boy are competing in the youth division?”
“Exactly. Thanks to that, black market ticket prices for the youth division have skyrocketed! Damn it. If only I’d known, I would have gone to watch long ago!”
“You mean Young Lady Leila Termion and Young Master Dane Sogress? Ha, the youth division is going to be incredibly fierce too, isn’t it?”
“What are you talking about! Conwell Akeius is there. Don’t you know? An unprecedented 3 consecutive championships! Everyone’s waiting for that!”
“Right. Even if the sky splits in two, I can’t stand to see anyone else win.”
Indeed, at the very top of the youth division gambling board was written the name ‘Conwell Akeius’.
Leila Termion.
Dane Sogress.
No matter how much they were scions of prestigious families, the age difference absolutely couldn’t be ignored, and his record of 2 consecutive championships had placed that name at the very top.
“Wouldn’t the Count’s young master also be a championship candidate? He’s supposed to be a genius after all.”
“What’s so special about being a genius? Look at the age gap. The youth division is completely different. Look how formidable the candidates are. There’s even a fellow who’s already joined the Imperial Knight Order.”
“Well, he has to prove it here. Otherwise, what would be the point?”
Therefore, Dane’s genius and Leila’s previous tournament boys and girls division championship record were being looked down upon.
No, rather than looked down upon…
It was because Conwell Akeius’s reputation, shining with 2 consecutive championships, was too high.
Indeed, he had already joined the Imperial Knight Order and was receiving attention from the Imperial family, his own family, and all the Empire’s citizens.
And one more thing.
“Don’t even talk about anyone else winning! I bet my entire fortune this time!”
“Even so, what kind of payout is that? Even if Conwell wins, it’s only 1.5 times!”
“Where else would I go? I’m playing it safe.”
There were tremendously many people who had bet their entire fortunes on Conwell, so even if the sky split in two, Conwell absolutely had to win.
Gambling usually splits between betting surely and safely, or making fiery bets even if they’re a bit risky.
“Still, the ranking is pretty decent. Going up. 2nd place is Huri Edelbais, 3rd place is Ransel Perion, 4th place is Dane Sogress, 5th place is Leila Termion… Still, isn’t this the first time someone’s gotten such a ranking on their first appearance?”
“That’s true. At that level, well, just making it to the main tournament would be quite something. Ah, whatever. 100 Crown gold coins on Dane Sogress! Son, Dad will buy you something delicious when he comes back!”
Amid all this, it wasn’t just championship betting taking place.
“Come on, come on, ‘first elimination’ betting closes in one day! Hurry up and place your bets! Do it right and you’ll make a killing!”
“Take a look at the newly established ‘predict the main tournament bracket’ too!”
On one side, though smaller in scale, all kinds of bizarre and extraordinary betting was taking place.
Everything from guessing who the first elimination would be, to how many exchanges it would take for a specific person to defeat their opponent.
Among these, what drew people’s attention the most was the relatively bettable ‘fastest preliminary round completion’.
Naturally, here too, along with the championship betting, Conwell Akeius’s odds were overwhelmingly dominant.
“Ugh, nothing to see here. There’s no point betting on this.”
“Come on, let’s go somewhere else.”
But there were two people showing particular interest.
Two people who seemed to have come separately, but stood before the ‘fastest preliminary round completion’ betting table as if they had made an appointment.
“…300 Crown gold coins on Dane Sogress.”
“…200 Crown gold coins on Dane Sogress… no, 500.”
Crackle.
Sparks flew in the air.
The two who instinctively recognized each other competitively raised their betting amounts just like before-
“…What in the world is this?”
The recorder sitting at the betting table was dumbfounded by the massive amount that had been wagered.
Overtaking Conwell Akeius who had been leading with 1,000 Crown gold coins just moments before, Dane Sogress’s name was now at the very top with a whopping 3,000 gold coins.
“Hmph. Got scared? You should have bet more.”
“Look who’s talking. Consider yourself lucky you stopped at 1,500.”
“Ha. We’ll see.”
The two were none other than Dane’s two sisters.
Just like during the subjugation war, the two people competitively raised the amounts while betting.
Believing without doubt that Dane would win, they even went to the main betting event of predicting the champion…
“Oh, 2,000 each was just added twice to Dane Sogress!”
“This is getting interesting!”
They had bet a whopping 4,000 Crown gold coins on Dane.
A side competition.
It was a moment when the gambling hall’s heat was intensifying.
‘Hehe. My disciple. You absolutely must win the championship.’
One more person.
Professor Keltas who had come to bet money on Dane.
‘Let’s see… shall I properly earn some drinking money?’
Professor Keltas was pulling out a heavy pouch from inside his coat while wearing his hood pulled low.
In addition to this-
‘You think the youth division would be any different? Hmph. Teacher Dane will definitely win.’
The Bodybuilding Club.
‘Dane. Please compete with a spear.’
Professor Ingrid.
‘Idiots. If they participated in the subjugation war, they should have realized they must bet on Dane.’
‘It’s definitely Dane. Dane, thank you! Thanks to you, my life is going to turn around!’
Even several other people who knew Dane’s skill level to some degree.
Before long, the stakes placed on Dane were steadily climbing.
The Danter Cup matches had begun in earnest.
With relatively less interest in the boys’ and girls’ divisions, the most attention-grabbing category in this tournament was undoubtedly the youth division.
It was always like this, but from the preliminaries onward, people were bustling both inside and outside the arena.
The massive circular arena called the ‘Stadium’.
Simultaneous preliminaries unfolding on about five small stages within it.
Naturally, having hundreds of participants face off 1:1 to determine main tournament qualifiers would be too boring and time-consuming.
Therefore, dozens of people simultaneously clash on one small stage like this, and only those who are ‘breathing’ on the small stage when the whistle blows pass the preliminaries.
In other words, when the whistle blows, you must be standing on two feet on the small stage with breath still in you to pass.
So from the start, there was a continuous stream of eliminated participants and those who got scared and fled outside the arena.
“Woooooo! You coward!”
“Uwaaaaa! As expected!”
Incidentally, the Danter Cup is a tournament that permits the use of real weapons.
So when they feel the threat of death, they quickly run away or put down their weapons to surrender.
“Number 357, eliminated!”
And all these processes were being watched and monitored with eagle eyes by record keepers using magical power.
They would shout like that whenever someone attacked a surrendered opponent, committed foul play, or blatantly took sides.
Thanks to this, the preliminaries where dozens fought at once were conducted intensely, drawing cheers from the spectators—
“There, there he comes!”
“Dane Sogress!”
Breaking everyone’s expectations, Dane, who entered the youth division, stepped onto the stage along with dozens of others.
“Hmm.”
And Baron Akeuse in the spectator seats looked down at the arena with different eyes than before.
Benefits given to the families of previous tournament winners.
“That boy is Dane Sogress.”
Baron Akeuse nodded at the Baroness’s words, who had also recognized him.
“Our son’s strongest competitor.”
“Not Hurry Edelbais?”
Hurry Edelbais.
The heir of the northern Edelbais Baron family and the runner-up of the last tournament.
He was also a skilled fighter who nearly prevented their son Conwell’s victory.
And now, he was standing on the same small stage as Dane.
“Huri! Huri! Huri!”
“Show the pride of the North!”
Baron Akeuse, who had been alternately watching the two particularly conspicuous people, answered.
“After that victory, Conwell gritted his teeth and actually improved his skills. If they fought now, he could win more comfortably than before, even if not overwhelmingly.”
“That means… that boy named Dane is stronger than Hurry Edelbais.”
“Probably so.”
Baron Akeuse looked at Dane with a strange gaze.
He was a head taller than others with a good physique. Beautiful silver hair that couldn’t help but draw attention and a calm expression.
That fellow—
He might block my son’s path.
‘Let’s see.’
Just how remarkable this fellow is.
Still, he believed.
No matter how much of a genius boy, the greatest talent in Academy history, his son would be stronger.
The world of childhood and the world approaching adulthood are different.
“Can Conwell really win?”
“Are you doubting him? Our son?”
“…It’s not that. But Conwell is… too arrogant. It’s good that he’s working hard, but I’m worried on one hand.”
“Arrogance. Isn’t that rather good motivation? If Conwell can win this tournament three times in a row, I’d welcome even that arrogance.”
At those words, the Baroness fell silent.
But the Baroness was remembering.
After gaining the title of two consecutive victories, her son’s appearance as he became immersed in arrogance, not reflecting on himself and looking down on everyone he met.
As a parent, she should stop it, but she couldn’t because she feared that saying something unnecessary might strain their relationship or make that arrogance run even more rampant.
If he achieved three consecutive victories, the family’s reputation would rise even higher.
But what about her son?
As the Baroness’s thoughts deepened, she could hear conversations from other nobles in the lower spectator seats.
“Did you hear that story? At such a young age, he’s already gained His Majesty the Emperor’s trust.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Why. He helped His Highness the 3rd Prince accomplish various things. What was it? He dealt with monsters, caught heretics, and even… cured some important person’s illness.”
“Hah, does that make sense?”
“Most anecdotes about great people don’t make sense originally! And it’s true that he has His Majesty the Emperor’s trust!”
At the expression ‘His Majesty the Emperor’s trust’ that reached his ears, Baron Akeuse’s eyebrows twitched.
His Majesty the Emperor’s trust.
‘Something that others might or might not obtain even after three consecutive victories…’
It was unfair.
The situation itself of feeling jealous toward that ‘boy’ named Dane Sogress was ridiculous, but he felt jealous.
What exactly was he?
What kind of skill did he have?
“Preliminary Match 4, begin!”
Wheeeeee!
Meanwhile, the whistle blew and the preliminary match began.
Baron Akeuse could finally see.
“Ugh!”
“Urk!”
“Gah!”
The scene where Dane drew his sword and instantly subdued three nearby opponents.
Not just one, but three.
Moreover, as if there had been some agreement, the three had rushed at him simultaneously…
Dane easily dealt with them and then subdued two more fellows who rushed at him by cutting their shoulder and thigh respectively.
Overwhelming martial prowess that stood out distinctly even among dozens.
Then, before the whistle signaling the end had blown, Dane and Huri faced each other.
Huri grinned as if he had been waiting.
“You’re Dane Sogress. I’m called Hurry Edelbais.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Fighting here wouldn’t be bad either.”
Huri had been looking forward to this.
Dane Sogress.
Just how remarkable that genius boy was.
The feel of swinging his morning star had been good today anyway, and to meet like this.
‘Should I try exchanging some light attacks?’
But Dane looked at Huri with a calm expression, then instantly thrust out a single sword strike.
Thunk!
That was the end of it.
“Kuk…”
Thud!
Unable to defend against the attack that came without warning, Huri was stabbed in the shoulder and dropped the morning star he was holding.
An attack he couldn’t block despite being in position.
“This is… impossible…”
Huri muttered blankly with a voice full of disbelief and emptiness.
“…”
And silence falls all around.
What just happened?
The strong championship candidate, Hurry Edelbais.
This was the moment he was eliminated in the preliminaries—
Wheeeeee!
At the same time, the whistle blew and the fourth preliminary match came to an end.
Dane Sogress.
With overwhelming Martial Prowess, he ended the preliminaries in just 2 minutes, and it was the moment a new record was set.
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Man. He beat the so-called “strongest championship candidate” just like that, and only in the preliminaries. The people who doubted him and betted against him would have to eat their words now.