Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 225

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 225

152. There’s a World Outside the World

Leila has definitely grown compared to before.

Sharper, and more fierce.

Most of all, her mindset has changed.

“Here I come again!”

If it were before, her actions of wielding a real sword toward me would have been filled with hesitation.

But now, I can’t see any hesitation.

That’s a good thing.

A warrior must never hesitate when swinging their sword.

Clang, claaang!

The Danter Cup is a competition that pits pure swordsmanship and spear arts against each other, excluding mana.

That’s why Leila has been blocking my attacks better than expected at some point.

However, I’m just not using my full power yet.

It’s not that I’m underestimating Leila, but because I’m being cautious.

“…Whew.”

After blocking my spear attacks consecutively, Leila exhaled deeply.

She looked somewhat tired.

But I know.

That she’s not really tired, but deliberately acting that way to lure my attack.

“You’re doing well.”

“I wasn’t doing it for praise.”

“No. This is pure admiration.”

That fellow.

She’s grown a lot.

Then…

Shall I try going in?

For some reason, it feels like I’m crawling into a wolf’s mouth rather than a hyena’s now.

Thud!

Instead, I rushed in with full power.

“…!”

With the intention of disrupting whatever move Leila had prepared as much as possible.

Sure enough, Leila seemed to have prepared some counterattack but reacted rather urgently.

Clang!

It seemed like she planned to pull back to gain distance before swinging her sword-

“Ugh!”

Instead, she was struck in the side by my spear shaft and rolled on the ground.

Still, she twisted her body sharply, forcing me to hit with the spear shaft instead of the spear tip.

As expected, she’s talented.

Fortunately, she got up immediately and avoided elimination, but her expression was full of dismay.

“…As expected, you knew, didn’t you?”

“Yeah. I could see it.”

“You could have pretended to fall for it.”

“I was actually planning to do that when I rushed in.”

Leila shook her head as if to say ‘forget it’ and gripped her sword.

By the way, this doesn’t seem like it’ll end easily.

For having her move figured out, that fellow’s momentum is still strong.

Clang, clang!

Her attacks are fierce too-

“Hup!”

Her movements diving in for surprise attacks have definitely improved.

Naturally, she’s still lacking compared to me, but I guarantee there’s almost no one around this age who could beat Leila, excluding myself.

“Waaaaaaah!”

“Amazing!”

With the cheers of the audience added to this, my heart gradually grows hot.

Clang, claaang!

Exchanging spear strikes and sword strikes without rest, I successfully landed two more attacks on Leila after that.

One of those times, I wounded Leila’s arm.

“Don’t worry about it. It’ll just disappear after healing anyway.”

“I wasn’t worried.”

“…That’s too much.”

By the way, she really looks tired now.

“Huff… huff.”

She’s always like this when concentrating.

No matter how good her stamina is, it’s even more so when she’s pushed her concentration to the limit.

On the other hand, I’m perfectly fine.

I haven’t allowed a single attack.

Therefore…

“Huff, I won’t end it like this.”

Leila calmed her breathing as if preparing for a final strike and took her stance.

“Good.”

I answered calmly and took my stance as well.

I have a feeling.

A feeling that this will be the final attack.

So where will Leila aim?

Upper? Middle? Lower? Will she pretend to aim low while attacking somewhere else?

Or…

Actually, I’m not sure.

I’ll just clash with her.

The current Leila isn’t inexperienced enough for me to predict all her attacks.

“Here I come.”

Thud!

With that meaningless warning, Leila and I clashed as she rushed in-

Slash!

Blood scattered with the sound.

And I grinned as I watched Leila, who had managed to dive in despite her shoulder being deeply torn by my spear tip.

“Well done.”

Then, I flipped my spear and struck Leila’s wrist with the spear shaft.

Clatter!

The sword fell.

“Winner! Dane Sogress! The Danter Cup Youth Division champion has been decided at this very moment!”

And the victory declaration burst forth.

“Waaaaaaaaaah!”

“That was an incredible match!”

“Amazing! That was no joke!”

“Sogress! Sogress! Sogress!”

“Dane! Dane! Dane! Dane!”

Amidst the tremendous cheers covering the stadium, I chuckled and extended my hand to Leila.

“….”

Leila hung her head without saying a word.

I wondered if she might be upset.

But she wasn’t.

“…It’s really frustrating.”

When Leila lifted her head, she wore an expression of regret.

“It felt like I almost reached it.”

Instead, she became dejected, then took my hand to stand up and gathered her sword.

That fellow.

She’s grown.

“How was it?”

“It was good.”

“That’s all?”

“And it was excellent.”

“…That sounds nice.”

And now Leila smiled with satisfaction.

“It sounds a bit different from usual.”

As if she felt relieved.

They commonly say that in tournaments like this, the runner-up feels the most sorrowful and regretful.

But looking at Leila, that doesn’t seem to be necessarily true.

“I did grow, right?”

I nodded without hesitation.

“Yes. You did.”

“Then that’s enough.”

Leila smiled wryly and sheathed her sword.

“Next time, I’ll definitely succeed. Got it?”

And then she immediately extended her arm to the priests who came rushing in.

I watched her and glanced down at my chest area.

Only then could I see the torn collar and slightly split armor.

Leila’s sword had definitely reached me.

Certainly.

“From next time on, it won’t be so simple though.”

Of course, the special stage of the finals, Leila’s mindset, and the skill level she had grown to in the meantime, and so on.

Many factors created this situation, but one thing is certain.

Leila had landed an effective hit on me.

“At this moment, I declare that the winner of the Danter Cup youth division is Dane Sogress!”

“Woooooooh!”

So I feel good.

Partly because I won, but also because it seems like Leila has finally broken out of her shell.

This tournament will remain in my memory for a very long time.

After winning, it was a continuous series of hectic events.

First, Leila, Conwell, and I were summoned before the Emperor.

For the award ceremony.

We received prize money and trophies, and I was also awarded a medal symbolizing the ‘victor.’

The medal had “300th Danter Cup Youth Division” elegantly embossed on it, with my name embossed alongside it.

The Emperor didn’t say anything special to me other than words of praise.

He just showed me a somewhat enigmatic smile.

By the way, Conwell won the 3rd-4th place match against Ransel Perion and stood in that position.

And we….

Headed straight to the Imperial Palace without even a moment to rest.

“The celebration banquet… I’m really so excited.”

Because the Imperial Palace holds a victory celebration banquet gathering the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from each division.

“Then this will be our second visit to the Imperial Palace already?”

Those were the words of Leila, who was riding in the same carriage.

That fellow looked to be in very good condition, having completely recovered from the wound she received from my spear.

“That’s right. I didn’t expect to come back again so soon.”

At those words, the fellow sitting next to me was startled.

That’s Conwell.

“…You’re saying this is your second invitation to the Imperial Palace?”

“Yeah. There was something that warranted it.”

“You… no, what exactly are you two?”

By the way, those were the first words that fellow spoke after getting in this carriage.

However, I didn’t sense any hostility, and his eyes seemed full of curiosity.

“Leila, you too… and Dane, you especially. What exactly are you?”

“What do you mean what?”

“How can you be so strong, and how can you be so active in various ways?”

It was such a fundamental question that I just shrugged and answered like this.

“It just happened somehow?”

“….”

How do you really explain something like that?

Somehow I got involved in incidents, made an impression in the process of solving them, was lucky enough to treat the 3rd Prince’s illness, and that became a connection too.

Well, there’s no such thing as perfect coincidence, but how could human power control all the chain of events that follow one after another?

You accept it, and instead do your best to match it and do what you can, and this is how it turns out.

“Right. It really just happened that way somehow.”

“That’s even more amazing….”

That fellow seems to have many questions.

“Dane, did you train with both sword and spear simultaneously?”

“Something like that.”

“The movements for each weapon don’t overlap that much. Especially spear and sword. Didn’t training each one interfere with the other?”

“You just separate them and do it. Do you think it’s difficult?”

“Usually it is. I’ve also tried using various weapons in rotation to prepare for opponents with different weapons, but it was difficult.”

After talking a bit more, he seemed like a fellow who had lived quite diligently in his own way.

Also, the pressure seemed to have been considerable.

“For three consecutive victories, I lived like I was dead for a year. It was continuous training. Every single day… it was like hell. I thought my life would be over if I couldn’t achieve this.”

Naturally, Leila wouldn’t feel sorry about it.

However, she would probably think about how much he must have struggled from that position.

And that fellow also said something unexpected.

“But actually, I feel relieved.”

“Why?”

“Because I finally lost. Because I realized I’m not the best.”

Leila looked a bit surprised.

“Really?”

“That’s right. Even if I had beaten you, Leila, losing in the finals was probably a foregone conclusion.”

That fellow continued speaking with a quite relieved expression.

“There’s a world outside the world.”

I can’t know all of that fellow’s circumstances one by one, so it’s hard to fully empathize, but I understand one thing.

The Baroness’s wish has been fulfilled.

Thanks to Leila, not me.

“Honestly… it’s a bit embarrassing.”

Leila also seemed to understand what Conwell was saying, and simply gazed out the window without any particular comment.

Well then, it seems the Baroness no longer needs to worry.

“Let’s fight again later, Leila Termion.”

“Yeah. Let’s do that.”

Though I also get the feeling that Leila has gained one troublesome friend.

Anyway, we returned inside the Imperial Palace like that.

After that, we got off the carriage and walked through the splendid garden once more, and after all that walking, we arrived at the dormitory where we would wait before the banquet.

“Whoa. I’m back here again. The bed was incredibly soft. When I asked last time, they said the Imperial Family has craftsmen custom-make them exclusively.”

Leila stretched as if she could finally rest a bit, then suddenly asked me.

“Come to think of it, isn’t His Highness the Prince coming today?”

“Well. We’ll find out when we go to the banquet later, right?”

“That’s too bad. Since we’re here, it would have been nice to see him. Dane, didn’t you get any separate contact from him?”

“Nope.”

At those words, Conwell, who was beside us, asked in a daze.

“What are you two talking about right now?”

“What?”

“You’re saying you’re in contact with His Highness the Prince… separately?”

An expression that showed she absolutely couldn’t believe it.

At those words, Leila tilted her head as if wondering why that was strange.

“Because we’re friends?”

“Friends… you say.”

Seeing Conwell’s expression, I finally understand a bit.

How other people must have felt when I answered so nonchalantly like that.

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