Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 228

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 228

155. What Are You Avoiding?

When Altur heard the news that his application had been completed, he thought, “As expected.”

This way was definitely better.

Rather than sneaking in subtly, it was more comfortable to prove himself as an official club member.

Honestly, it wasn’t that he lacked confidence, but…

“This is really too much no matter how you look at it.”

Altur clicked his tongue while looking at the article published in the Academy Daily.

About a week had passed since the announcement was made and applications for the club entrance exam began.

[‘Romance’ Club applicants already surpass 200…]

[The most popular club in history, ‘Romance’!]

[Club President Dane Sogress: “We welcome all applicants regardless of department or talent”]

[Academy Swordsmanship Club threatens ‘forced withdrawal’ if caught applying to ‘Romance’ club…]

[Various clubs desperately offer compensation packages to prevent mass exodus]

An enormous number of applicants had flocked in, and even students already belonging to existing clubs were applying to the Romance club.

Thanks to this, other clubs were taking hardline stances, prohibiting applications altogether and even threatening forced withdrawal if discovered applying.

Several clubs were offering various compensations to prevent withdrawals, but…

Apparently, the Romance club really did seem ‘romantic’ to people.

[Benefits Upon Joining]

1. Comfortable club room environment provided

2. Unlimited supply of consumables when needed (various equipment, potions, alchemy materials, etc.)

3. Teachings from the best in each field

4. Interesting and mysterious adventures

5. Other unlimited benefits

Just looking at that announcement alone was reason enough to apply.

“There’s definitely a reason why so many are flocking here.”

Still, Altur never imagined there would be this many applicants.

But if you think about it slowly, it makes sense.

Dane Sogress’s reputation.

Plus Leila Termion.

Just these two alone have countless admirers within the Academy, and this club’s activities are exactly the kind of things that would seem ‘romantic’ to Academy students.

“They’ve only done impossible things…”

They caught the tail of a secret organization, rescued children from heretics, and achieved tremendous success in monster subjugation battles.

Even the club president and vice president won first and second place respectively in the youth division of the Danter Cup.

“Will I even get selected with all this?”

Altur became secretly anxious.

It wasn’t just dozens, but over a hundred applicants.

In a situation where he didn’t even know how many would be selected, could he really be chosen even if he was a talented upperclassman in magic?

“This isn’t the time for this.”

Altur jumped up.

The exam subjects would be revealed on the day.

He didn’t know what would come up, but it would definitely be a formidable test.

Honestly, he was curious, but decided not to ask.

Since they’d spent quite a lot of time together, if he went to Bonia Forest right now and asked, they’d probably tell him… but he didn’t want to go that far.

He wanted to be ‘recognized’ without any tricks.

After abandoning his past pride, all that remained was the desire for recognition.

“Dane must have prepared an incredibly strict exam.”

With that thought, Altur quickly headed to the magic training grounds. It was a training ground only available to Magic Department students.

When he arrived, sure enough, gazes turned toward Altur.

“Well, well, the traitor has arrived?”

Completely unwelcoming stares.

Eyes full of mockery too.

Naturally, Altur was currently being mocked as an informant within the Magic Department.

Of course, there were students who weren’t like that, but the students who suffered damage when Professor Denabo was kicked out were.

“And yet you immediately latched onto another line, how enviable.”

“Don’t you feel ashamed clinging to someone from another department?”

The mockery continued, but Altur ignored it and refined and circulated his mana.

“Is this bastard’s ears blocked?”

“Does it feel good living alone, you son of a bitch?”

“You clung to Professor Denabo, became club president, enjoyed every privilege there was, then stabbed him in the back and screwed over how many people?”

But it was getting a bit hard to endure.

Altur was a victim.

Of course, he had earned hatred in the process of doing what Professor Denabo told him to do while backed by the professor.

All of that was Altur’s choice.

But that didn’t change the fact that Professor Denabo had given Altur false hope, wouldn’t let him go, and worked him like a slave.

Probably, if things had continued that way, Altur would have been discarded soon.

“Hey, answer me!”

So Altur finally rearranged the mana he had finished refining and circulating, and extended his hand.

Thoom!

The guys who had been mocking Altur just moments before found themselves crushed under the 5-chain level magic ‘Gravity Area’ that Altur had cast.

“Try babbling again.”

“Ugh, urgh… You, you…”

“What, can’t speak?”

“You, even after this… using magic on fellow department… students is…”

The guys whose mouths weren’t completely crushed somehow managed to snap at Altur.

But their bodies couldn’t move at all.

Altur’s talent was incomparable to these guys.

It wasn’t for nothing that Professor Denabo had kept him around with false hope.

“So, are you going to report me?”

“I, I won’t let this…”

“Go ahead. Report me. Then I’ll spill everything about how you guys stole magic experiment materials and magic reagents to sell them, and used forbidden spells.”

“…”

Their mouths shut as if by magic.

Altur smirked at their appearance and withdrew his mana.

“Now get lost.”

Somehow resembling Dane in his behavior.

Of course, Altur was completely unaware of this change in himself.

“J-just you wait!”

“Son of a bitch!”

With words he’d heard many times before, the guys immediately ran away, but Altur didn’t even pay attention and devoted himself to training again.

‘This is exactly why I absolutely must get in.’

Altur knew.

Thanks to Dane and Sidrain, his employment at Niruksion Magic Tower was confirmed, but…

He needed much more than that.

That’s why it’s necessary.

A new connection called Dane Sogress.

However, it wasn’t because of the same lust for power as before.

‘It looks fun, the way they hang out.’

There weren’t many years left until graduation, so maybe that’s why.

I wanted to spend my remaining academy life meaningfully instead of always reading the room and being consumed by stress.

That was all there was to it.

“Total applicants: 254.”

Thud.

Document screening began.

Actually, there wasn’t much to screen.

There weren’t really any reasons to filter them out from the documents anyway.

We even accepted applicants from the Academy Swordsmanship Club for now.

The problem was guys like Conrad from the upper ranks, not the regular members.

“This one won’t do. He’s already been disciplined five times.”

“No matter how I look at it, this one seems suspicious of being a spy? This guy is one of the key executives in the Academy Swordsmanship Club.”

Instead, we filtered out cases like those decisively.

After filtering and filtering, about 220 remained.

“Altur applied as expected.”

“That’s just like him.”

Altur had applied as expected, and I saw several other familiar names as well.

“All the Bodybuilding Club guys applied too?”

“I told them to. They all seemed impressed after seeing my performance.”

I chuckled at those words.

We now double-checked the exam schedule once more.

“The first exam is a written test… we checked that there are no errors in the questions, right?”

“Of course. Dane, you just need to do the final review.”

“Good. What about the second exam?”

“We’ll know when we go inspect it later, but we’ve securely installed the illusion generator and connected plenty of backup mana stones in case of emergency.”

For the first exam, I selected the questions while Priscilla, Dorian, and Leila prepared.

They weren’t particularly difficult questions.

Just a level that evaluates basic knowledge and allows us to understand the candidates’ thinking through a few simple essay questions.

It could be called a ‘minimum’ safety measure at best.

Actually, the first exam was a method to filter out as many applicants as possible while selecting the smart ones.

The key is the second round.

The second exam was planned as a ‘maze experience’ under Ernest’s leadership.

“But will the kids taking the exam be able to find the conditions for dispelling the illusions, Master Dane? Honestly, if we just throw them in and tell them to break through, everyone will panic.”

Despite Dorian’s concern, I shook my head.

“We need someone who can get through even in that situation. Just like you.”

“Master Dane…”

The fellow was moved by my sudden praise and clasped his hands together.

By the way, Dorian now does a bit less muscle training than before.

As a result of following my instructions, he finished the Danter Cup with better results than expected.

With this, I eliminated one future muscle-brain.

Anyway, back to the story.

Ernest was very excited and began the overall briefing.

“First, the maze is divided into three stages total. Stage 1 is trap breakthrough. You can dismantle them, destroy them completely, or force your way through. By the way, I removed the danger. Instead, points are awarded differently depending on the handling method. The overall Stage 1 score is calculated including the total time taken.”

By the way, trap creation was handled by me, Ernest, and our friend from Danter Hall, Aneld Gullard, who really emphasized that he’s from a hunter family.

By the way, that fellow didn’t apply this time.

No, he couldn’t.

After helping with all the trap installation, he asked me about it, so when I said wouldn’t that be unfair, he became speechless.

Of course, when I gave him some Crown gold coins, he immediately became all smiles.

Anyway, most guys will either give up at Stage 1 or proceed to Stage 2 having earned almost no points.

“Now Stage 2 is the illusion maze. All kinds of illusions will appear. There will be traps that lead you down the wrong path, and traps that completely block the way.”

“There will definitely be people who faint.”

“Probably. But then there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Ernest shrugged, saying that’s something they’ll have to handle themselves. He definitely seems different after experiencing the Bron Gang incident.

“And when you defeat or dismantle an illusion, you’ll discover clues one by one. Clues to use in Stage 3.”

“Oh ho.”

“Here’s the highlight. At the end of Stage 2, Karnas is waiting.”

“Karnas is?”

At those words, the expressions of friends who hadn’t participated in the maze design became puzzled.

That makes sense, because while Karnas is a natural presence within our club, he’s still an impossible fellow from the outside.

He’s a dragon, after all.

Of course, who would think he’s a dragon, but anyway.

“Yeah. But instead of Karnas, Karnas’s flames are scheduled to appear.”

This was my idea.

The plan is to create an illusion covered in Karnas’s flames to properly filter them out.

Karnas’s flames are powerful.

Unlike ordinary flames, they’re full of magical power, so it’s impossible to extinguish them by pouring water or such.

Therefore, I plan to block the only Stage 2 exit and give clues about how to dismantle those flames.

“It will automatically die down after time passes anyway. But then it will take a lot of time to break through, and naturally you won’t be able to get many points, right?”

“So you have to find the clues and dismantle it before then.”

“Exactly.”

Ordinary flames would be no fun since you could just pour water to end it.

But Karnas’s flames don’t go out easily and have a different kind of impact.

Also, they’re perfect for use as an exam.

It’s also for training that fellow Karnas’s flame control.

“Then what about Chiron?”

“I have no idea how to use that guy…”

I had decided on that fellow too.

Very simply at that.

Maze Level 3.

I briefly compressed and explained my plan.

“Catch Chiron.”

“…”

“…Catch what?”

I can imagine it.

The expression they’ll make when they think they’ve finally made it out, only to encounter Chiron.

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