Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 24

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 24

8. It Was a Pleasant Time (1)

“You certainly have a good eye. The reagent reaction is also very good, so it would be perfect to use as a sample.”

“Hmm, then this Moon Root and Cornwell Fruit would be good. Let me see…”

While the two were discussing the materials, my gaze remained fixed on that unremarkable stone and wouldn’t budge.

After some deliberation, I approached and placed my hand on it.

Then, as if my mana was resonating, an intense vibration occurred.

But strangely, the two didn’t seem to notice this.

After some thought, I picked up that stone.

And when I experimentally suppressed my mana, the resonance mysteriously disappeared. So I asked the Shop Owner.

“What is this?”

The Shop Owner looked at the ‘stone’ I was holding and tilted his head.

“Where was that… Ah. It’s something I put there as decoration.”

“A decorative item?”

For a decoration, the resonance was quite strong.

I could hear the Shop Owner’s sigh.

“Oh my, just thinking about that makes my stomach churn.”

“Was it something you were scammed with?”

“Yes! A few years ago, a Traveling Merchant fellow approached me on the way to the Capital saying he wanted to buy some food, and he handed over what he claimed was a money pouch before leaving, but when I opened it, guess what was inside?”

“Oh dear.”

“Even though it looks like that, that thing cost me five loaves of bread.”

Five loaves of bread.

For something that resonates with my mana, that’s a cheap price.

“Still, thinking there might be something to it, I had a Mage I know investigate it and looked into this and that, but the conclusion was that it was a stone, just a stone. Oh my. I put it up there because it was too precious to throw away.”

The Shop Owner spoke with an expression of frustration, then asked me.

“Young Master, if you’re looking for something that seems interesting, it’s over here. There are some Magic Artifacts here. Though not as much as in the Capital, there are quite a few items.”

At those words, I glanced at the artifacts.

Compared to the ones Big Sister had given me on every birthday or whenever she thought of me, they were certainly inferior, but I happened to have plenty of room in my Spatial Storage.

“I’ll buy a few of those. Could you recommend some? And while I’m at it, I’ll buy this too.”

“What? Why would you want a completely useless stone… Well, if that’s the case, I’ll just give it to you for free.”

The Shop Owner apparently doesn’t know the true identity of this stone. Of course, neither do I. But if he had known it reacted to mana, he wouldn’t have left it lying around so carelessly.

“Let me see… Ahem. This would be good. This is a Business Card Holder. You know how everyone in the Capital carries around things called ‘business cards’ these days, right? When you put those business cards in here, it automatically reads and stores the information. Just say a person’s name and it’ll display that person’s Business Card like this! And also…”

I received and collected the artifacts as the Shop Owner recommended them. I don’t know when I’ll use them, but well, there’s nothing bad about having them.

After collecting three that seemed somewhat useful, I asked.

“How much for everything?”

“All together it’s 1 Gold Crown, but… honestly, I don’t want to take payment.”

“No. I should still pay the proper price.”

1 Gold Crown.

It’s an expensive price.

But it’s a sufficiently reasonable price considering they’re Magic Artifacts, and most importantly…

This stone comes into my possession.

“Here you go.”

“Ha, haha. I could close shop for today and be satisfied.”

The Shop Owner trembled with both hands as if the Gold Crown were a precious gem, seemingly moved.

“Young Master, please visit anytime! Every time you come from now on, I’ll give you plenty of extra service!”

I just smiled.

So Sidrain obtained the materials needed for Magic Reagents education, while I collected artifacts and a ‘stone’ that appeared completely useless on the surface.

And Sidrain said.

“You didn’t seem to have a hobby of collecting art or decorations… Did you suddenly develop an interest?”

I smiled and answered.

“You noticed?”

“Hmm. I thought it was strange for a Fellow like you to buy useless decorations while pretending to buy artifacts.”

Well, I had no intention of hiding it. Rather, I was planning to bring up the topic and ask about it once we returned.

When I roughly told him about how it reacted to my mana, Sidrain stroked his beard with an interested expression.

“If that object really only reacts to your mana… depending on what that object’s true identity is, your mana might be completely different from what I thought.”

The object’s true identity.

I took out the stone and injected mana into it.

It resonates.

And vibrations occurred, seeming like some change was about to happen.

“We can’t do this here.”

We need to return to the Castle first.

Sidrain also agreed and nodded.

“It seems we’ll have to postpone the Magic Reagents lesson for a bit.”

Upon returning, Sidrain magically cleaned one corner of the room where he was staying, then began taking out various Tools from his Spatial Storage.

They were closer to instruments rather than tools.

“These are Experimental Equipment. I never thought I’d take these out while away from home.”

Sidrain received the stone from me and placed it right in the center of some instrument. An instrument that projects mana, apparently.

“Didn’t the Shop Owner say that even when he commissioned an analysis, nothing particular was discovered?”

“Hmph. Whatever that was, how could it compare to this? This is an instrument I had custom-made by spending almost my entire fortune. It’s cutting-edge. Just project mana and it can analyze even hidden components.”

Ah, I see.

When my reaction was lukewarm, Sidrain sighed.

“Other Fellows get excited the moment they see this kind of equipment, but you have this reaction… What talent means, I suppose.”

Well, that’s because I don’t get too surprised by most things.

Anyway, Sidrain placed the ‘stone’ that cost two Crown Silver Coins on the instrument and injected his mana into it.

And mana shot out like needles from 8 directions, covering the stone. That’s quite an interesting sight.

Whirrrrr…

This continued for 20 minutes.

When Sidrain pressed a button, the instrument stopped operating, and letters made of mana floated above the stopped instrument.

“Huh…”

Sidrain read those letters, let out a sigh, and gestured to me.

“Come over here.”

Then he pointed to those letters.

A kind of… made up of runic script.

“It’s a Code.”

“Right. It’s a Code. But it’s not an ordinary Code.”

The arrangement, rules, and structure are all Code I’ve never seen before.

And there’s an enormous amount of it.

It’s incomparable to the 2-Chain Magic I digested today, with Code so numerous and complex it’s comparable to 6-Chain or even 7-Chain level.

“Then that means the magic concealing this stone’s identity is composed of that Code.”

“Exactly right. And your mana is the key to unraveling this Code. Since it only reacted to your mana.”

My mana is the key.

What on earth could it be?

What kind of seal surrounds this stone that it only responds to my mana?

“Hmm… Magic sealing isn’t my specialty, but… I should at least try once for the sake of my dignity as a Magic Tower Master.”

Magic sealing.

I’ve heard about it from Big Sister.

It’s a field with its own specialization like artifacts and magic reagents, but with far fewer specialists than potions.

“Once I unseal it and see what this thing is… then I can draw a conclusion.”

I nodded.

What could be revealed once the seal is broken?

No, more than that-

“I might also learn why my mana is different from others.”

I’m more curious about this.

The highest grades in Imperial Academy’s Magic Department history.

Reaching the 6-Chain level at a young age.

Love calls from every existing Magic Tower.

And beauty that matched all these achievements.

Countless people sought out Arabella Sogress, the mage who possessed everything and reached heights no one else could achieve.

“Have you decided which Magic Tower to join? If you haven’t decided yet, a Magic Tower Master is coming today – how about meeting them?”

“Arabella! My experiment is going wrong! Can you help me?”

“Damn it, Arabella. You’re the only one. Please. Come to the excavation site with me, okay?”

Magic Tower.

Professors.

Alumni.

Countless people sought out Arabella.

Insight rivaling most professors.

Experience unthinkable for someone 26 years old.

And the magical skill that formed the foundation of it all.

“Sorry, but I can’t today.”

But today, Arabella declined.

The reason was simple.

‘The analysis should be finished around today.’

It was the mana analysis of her youngest brother, Dane.

No matter how busy Arabella was, family came first. Especially when it came to Dane, whom she cherished more than anything in the world.

Arabella quickened her pace and returned to ‘her’ laboratory.

A private laboratory that would be difficult to have unless you were a professor.

A professor she was close with had lent it to her while he took a sabbatical and returned to his Magic Tower.

This alone showed how much expectation and affection the professors had for Arabella.

“Good. Shall I take another look?”

Arabella recalled Dane’s words.

She had already somewhat suspected that Dane’s mana was special.

But considering the facts she heard during their last contact, it seemed more than just ordinarily special.

That’s why she had asked Dane to infuse his mana into a mana stone and send it.

Whirrrr…

Arabella examined the codes output by the device analyzing the mana stone.

It wasn’t much different from yesterday, but as the overall analysis finished and finally entered detailed analysis, differences began to show gradually.

Definitely-

“As expected, it’s different.”

It’s definitely different from ‘ordinary’ mana.

Specialness.

Dane’s unique mana code possessed a specialness that even she didn’t have.

Special types of mana are discovered from time to time.

Should I call it mana suited for specific magic?

That’s why mages’ specializations are subdivided.

But Arabella still couldn’t figure out what Dane’s mana code was suited for or specialized in.

She had tried inputting representative codes from numerous fields – magic reagents, magic gates, magic engineering, magic sealing, siege magic… but reached no conclusion.

“Then let’s try this.”

Arabella finally thought of codes she hadn’t tried inputting yet.

The possibility was low, but in a situation with no conclusion, she had to try everything possible.

“Alchemy, divination, necromancy… is this going too far? But I should include it. There’s also spirit magic… and primitive magic codes too.”

Fields of magic that could be called lost, so to speak.

Magic that’s hardly used nowadays.

As Arabella input and tested over ten magic codes, she also recalled one magic field she had forgotten.

“Ancient magic… is this going too far? Well, it has been over 2,000 years since it disappeared.”

Ancient magic.

The traditional magic of ‘Arcana,’ once called the ‘Kingdom of Magic.’

Since it was from over 2,000 years ago, naturally there was no one who remembered it, knew it, or could cast it anymore.

Only a single line of unknown magic code survived, passed down like legend along with numerous oral traditions and a few relics proving Arcana’s existence.

Simply put, the code with the lowest possibility.

“Ah, what does it matter.”

Arabella thought she had nothing to lose and input even the ancient magic code before running the analyzer.

Whirrrr!

Arabella thought that if no matching or similar codes were found in this analysis either, she would have to suspend the experiment for now.

But that thought was brief.

Beep- Beep-

Less than five minutes later, a beep sound indicating results came from the code.

Arabella rushed over with an expectant heart.

‘What could it be? Alchemy? Divination? Or… spirit magic? I hope it’s not spirit magic.’

But the moment she checked the results.

“My goodness.”

Arabella’s face was painted with shock.

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