Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 230

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 230

156. An Interesting Fellow Has Appeared (2)

Department of Sorcery.

An unpopular department.

And a department for changing majors.

I never thought a freshman from such a department could do anything.

But what is this now?

“The flames… disappeared?”

Altur unconsciously swallowed his dry saliva.

Did this fellow see something I missed? Or is it a trick?

No, this isn’t in the realm of tricks.

It’s impossible for a human made of flesh and bone to pass through those flames unharmed.

It was when Altur was staring blankly at Jenna.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and come.”

Jenna’s tone had changed.

As if she were a different person.

Did she gain confidence in that short time, and did her personality change because of it?

“We’re at the second stage now, are you going to keep spacing out like that? Like an idiot?”

“…Idiot?”

Her word choice had become rough too, making Altur burst into a chuckle.

“Now take the lead again. Deal with the illusions. I’ll step in from behind if needed.”

“…”

Altur walked forward as if enchanted by those words and began taking the lead again.

What on earth just happened?

She was definitely nothing more than a trembling freshman in front of me just moments ago.

Could Karnas’ Flame have a function to modify people’s personalities?

Since it’s a dragon’s flame, there must be something I don’t know about it…

“Kruuuuu!”

Then an illusion appeared.

As expected, it gets serious from the second stage.

The illusion that appeared was of a giant monster.

Its body was large enough to easily surpass the garden walls.

Altur quickly rearranged his illusion dispel magic and scattered it in an instant.

“Phew.”

He could pass through without dispelling it, but dispelling gives slightly higher scores.

Altur planned to dispel as many illusions as his mana would allow.

But that thought had to change before long.

“This is crazy.”

Something real was hidden within the illusion.

He thought he had dispelled the illusion, but it didn’t disappear, so when he detected mana, it was real.

In other words-

A summoned beast had appeared.

“Dane Sogress, this crazy…”

There’s no time to curse.

Altur drew up his mana.

However, the considerably large 5th-grade summoned beast ‘Urke’ was charging while swinging the club in its hand.

Faster than Altur’s rearrangement.

‘Damn, I’m screwed…’

It was when he thought his response was too late due to panic.

Thud.

When did she jump out? Jenna had blocked the space between Urke and Altur.

And Altur saw it.

The sight of Jenna blocking and catching Urke’s club with her delicate hands.

“Please step back.”

This time, completely calm formal speech was heard.

Thanks to that, Altur’s brain completely froze.

“Hup.”

Then Jenna completely snatched away the club-

Thwack!

She heartily struck Urke.

“Kieek!”

Urke, reverse summoned the moment it fell and scattered away smoothly.

And Jenna dusting off her hands.

Was she hiding her skills?

Or…

“S-Senior. Are you alright?”

“…”

Could she have multiple personalities?

Altur felt creeped out by Jenna’s appearance, looking at him with bright eyes as if genuinely worried.

“You… what exactly are you?”

At Altur’s question, Jenna hesitated.

Could she really have multiple personalities?

She saved my life, but I need to get to the bottom of this.

“I… actually…”

And Jenna brought up a story he never expected.

“I… entered the Department of Sorcery through necromancy…”

“…N-necromancy?”

Necromancy.

A type of sorcery.

But as far as Altur knew…

“Necromancy… disappeared over a hundred years ago, didn’t it?”

“E-everyone thinks so…”

It has completely disappeared now.

Due to being treated as a trivial technique and being persecuted knowingly and unknowingly.

But necromancy?

“But… I know how to do it.”

And she says she knows how to do it.

A green freshman.

“…”

Altur got up amidst tremendous confusion.

But he realized one strange fact.

This test.

Perhaps, we might be able to pass through it the fastest.

Necromancy.

I discovered the secret of the freshman named Jenna Shirodil.

“Necromancy? Isn’t that… something that disappeared?”

At Leila’s question, I nodded.

“Everyone thinks so. I did too. But no matter how I look at it, that’s necromancy.”

“How do you know?”

“The nature of the mana has completely changed.”

“…You can see that? Even from this distance?”

“Yeah.”

For reference, we were watching the maze progress from a temporarily erected spire.

So the distance was quite far, but when I focused my mind to the maximum, detection was possible even from this distance.

Of course, detailed detection was impossible, but I could tell when mana was gathering somewhere or when major changes in its nature occurred.

In that sense, the freshman named Jenna Shirodil’s mana nature had changed a total of four times before returning to normal.

And each time it changed, she showed a completely different appearance.

“There’s no way to explain it unless it’s necromancy.”

She passed through Karnass’s Flame, blocked and countered Urke’s club attacks, earlier found clues instantly to dismantle illusions, and this time…

“Look.”

“…My goodness. She’s generating that kind of monstrous strength with that small frame?”

With an unremarkable amount of mana and a small stature, how much muscle could she possibly have?

But right now, Jenna had caught a rock thrown by a pre-positioned summoned creature with her bare hands.

“Interesting.”

I had known about necromancy since my previous life.

I had actually seen necromancers too. The necromancers of Drenik, that is.

They summon souls into their own bodies and temporarily receive new personalities and the power those souls possessed in life.

Depending on the necromancer’s level, the amount of power from life they can draw out and its duration differ.

However, the price is quite substantial…

Seeing her move so normally after performing necromancy four times, does that mean she has that level of talent?

“She’s incredibly fast.”

Priscilla clicked her tongue beside me.

She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the mention of necromancy.

“Isn’t necromancy considered heretical from the Empire’s Holy Church’s standpoint?”

“It depends on the interpretation of doctrine. Heresy is the established theory, but I don’t really care. As long as they’re not like those heretic bastards from back then.”

That’s so like Priscilla.

Anyway, Altur and Jenna’s team was breaking through the second stage at tremendous speed.

Whether stimulated by Jenna’s unexpected performance, Altur also kept pace, using magic at the right moments to defeat illusions.

“They’re almost going to get the highest score.”

“There’s still one left.”

The two finally reached where Chiron was.

Now, I wonder how this will play out.

“Puhihing.”

Chiron snorted as if he had been waiting.

And dangling from his tail was the key needed to pass the second stage.

According to my instructions, Chiron would now start running away.

As if beckoning them to follow.

Adjusting his speed to seem catchable, yet not quite.

Well, actually that’s not the main point.

The question is whether they get distracted chasing Chiron, or give up early and look for another method.

Ultimately, it’s about testing situational judgment.

That’s what I thought, but…

“Puhihihing!”

Something completely unexpected happened.

Jenna’s mana nature changed.

And she instantly caught up to Chiron as he darted through the maze trying to escape.

It definitely seemed like necromancy was deployed.

Which means…

Did she summon the soul of some skilled assassin from before?

There’s no other way to explain that speed.

Eventually-

“Got it!”

She even snatched the key hanging from Chiron’s tail.

“Ha.”

I let out a chuckle.

What kind of person is she, really.

But amusingly, right after snatching the key, Jenna staggered and collapsed.

The backlash of necromancy, perhaps.

Fortunately, Altur arrived urgently and supported Jenna.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m, I’m fine, Senior…”

From then on, Altur handled most of

I chuckled.

“This seems to have already been decided, doesn’t it?”

The entrance exam was completed.

About 1/3 gave up midway, 1/3 passed, and the remaining 1/3 essentially failed with virtually no points due to time limits.

And the 1/3 who passed were now just waiting for the score announcement.

“We’ll be fine, right? We made the cut, right?”

“We don’t even know how many they’re taking. Honestly, we passed, but our score probably isn’t high.”

“Ugh, this is driving me crazy. When will they announce the results?”

“I’m starting to wonder if this is really worth it just to join one club…”

If they had just said they’d take a certain number based on score ranking, we could have given up hope early.

Then, after a while.

Finally, Dane appeared.

Dane went straight to the point without any particular greeting.

“I will now announce those who passed this ‘Romance’ club entrance exam. Those who pass are immediately granted club membership.”

Everyone swallowed nervously and looked at Dane.

Even Altur and Jenna.

‘Will we make it? Will they think we used underhanded methods?’

Time-wise, there probably wasn’t any participant who passed before them.

I’m confident of that.

“Considering comprehensive scores, situational judgment ability, and other criteria, the number of successful applicants for this entrance exam is… two people.”

A murmur arose.

Only two people?

Everyone thought that given the Romance club’s small membership, they’d at least take five or six people.

But only two people.

The murmuring was brief.

“Altur Diomet. Jenna Shirodil.”

The two names were called, and Dane listed their records.

“The team containing these two individuals passed through the first and second stage mazes faster than anyone else, destroyed all traps, dispelled all illusions. Furthermore, they even obtained the key attached to Chiron’s tail, passing all stages with an overwhelming score.”

Everyone’s jaws dropped at this unbelievable story.

Everyone here had just escaped from that hellish maze.

Sometimes there were ridiculous traps, traps you had no idea how to deal with, and above all, that damn horse gave everyone a really hard time.

But they passed through all of that?

“Therefore, we have unanimously decided to allow both of them to join.”

“Then, what about the other people…”

“Unfortunately, you did not ultimately pass the criteria.”

“….”

Complaints could have been expected, but everyone just swallowed their silence.

And for good reason—wasn’t it too overwhelming?

Of course, not being selected was disappointing, but….

Come to think of it, they wondered if they would even fit in among those monsters.

It wasn’t that there were no complaints at all.

But at this moment, no one could voice them out loud.

“I… got selected…?”

And unlike Altur, who had somewhat expected it, Jenna was muttering in a daze, unable to believe the reality.

She had been chosen.

Breaking through all those people?

“It would be strange if you weren’t selected.”

Altur casually threw out a comment from beside her.

“What kind of ridiculous ability is that….”

Necromancy.

Altur had now realized it too.

That Jenna’s necromancy wasn’t just the ordinary kind he had known, but something that surpassed the norm.

‘Usually people can’t even control their bodies after two or three necromancies… how can she perform necromancy four times and still stand there so fine.’

Though she had lost consciousness for a moment earlier, Jenna had gotten up not long after.

Something completely unbelievable for that small frame.

In the end, there was no explanation other than talent.

‘Talent for necromancy….’

Altur shuddered as he recalled the different aspects Jenna had shown.

Fierce.

If properly trained… wouldn’t she be able to use the abilities that countless souls possessed in life?

Of course, the backlash would have to be considered, but anyway.

“Congratulations. Do you feel more at ease now?”

Then Dane approached.

Altur chuckled.

“Did you know?”

“You could have just naturally settled in and no one would have cared.”

“….”

For a moment he wondered what all this had been for, but still, he had passed anyway.

“Please take care of me.”

Thus Altur finally completed his official admission.

Dane then approached the other person, Jenna.

“Your performance in the maze was impressive.”

“Huh, huff! Da, Dane Sogre…s! That’s right, isn’t it?”

“Yes. That’s correct.”

“…This is unbelievable.”

And Jenna—

“….”

“….”

“She fainted, right?”

“Probably.”

She fainted.

Unable to believe the fact that Dane was right in front of her and that she had entered the Romance Club.

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