Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 252

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 252

165. I Was Wondering When You’d Come

Count Altair attempted to contact me several more times after that.

But naturally, there was no reason for me to meet with him.

According to Tuva’s subsequent reports, Count Altair is desperately struggling to somehow maintain his current business.

However, having already lost his monopolistic position in the market, it would inevitably be difficult for him to generate the same profits from that business.

That alone would be sufficient to call it a ‘downfall’, but well.

If I was going to end it like that, I wouldn’t have started in the first place.

I will continue to pressure Count Altair and eventually make him come under ‘my business’.

The overall management will be handled by Sidrain and Viscount Otier. That’s what those two will do.

Now I just need to sit back, supply mana stones, and collect money.

While I’m newly realizing just how incredible ancient mana is, I think I shouldn’t abuse it.

“If I’m not careful, it would be more than enough to shake the entire Empire.”

Ancient mana has that much power.

So unless the time comes, I should preferably use this power only in the shadows.

Of course, I’ll use it whenever necessary.

That’s why I’m preparing like this for the threats that will arise even after my power is revealed.

Anyway, well.

I’ve returned to being an Academy student again.

Of course, I was still a student while dealing with Count Altair, but now I really need to act like a student.

“This is driving me crazy. How long has it been since midterms and now it’s finals? Isn’t the second semester really too harsh?”

“Professors, why isn’t there a festival in the second semester? It’s so boring.”

“Ha, they raise expectations so high in the first semester and then make people suffer in the second semester… The seniors were all right.”

“Don’t we have to take summer courses during vacation?”

We were now about three weeks away from finals.

Usually people start feeling the crisis about a month before, but everyone at least pretends to study when it gets down to two weeks.

However, since everyone had already experienced report cards being sent out during midterms, everyone seemed fired up.

But funny enough, this conversation was taking place in the club room right now.

“How about you, Jenna? Does your department have written exams?”

“We do have written exams, but… I think they put a bit more weight on practicals? Since many people get good written grades and transfer departments, the professors increase the practical weight.”

“I’m jealous. I really don’t want to take written exams.”

For reference, the Imperial Academy’s second semester doesn’t have anything that could be called an ‘event’.

Not only is there no Academy Festival, but even the monster subjugation battles that could be called ‘events’ aren’t held.

At most, there are only departmental events.

In the end, there’s nothing to do but study.

“That annoying fellow will probably get first place again.”

“It’s a natural disaster. There’s nothing we can do about it. It just comes every semester now.”

“How does he do it? He’s always running around everywhere and moving the most, but how does he find time to study?”

As always, the gazes focused on me this time too. I shrugged my shoulders.

“Just work hard.”

“…How annoying.”

At least only Jenna looked at me with an expression full of awe, while the other guys’ faces were no different from before.

Ah, there’s one more.

A fellow who’s steadily preparing while these idiots complain without studying.

“But where’s Altur?”

“I heard he’s been living in front of Bonia Forest lately. He’s an upperclassman like Priscilla.”

That’s right, Altur.

Since I happened to hear his name, I got up from my seat.

“Where are you going, Dane?”

“To the forest.”

I’ll go check on that fellow Chiron after a long time, and also check Altur’s training condition.

As expected, Chiron was doing well.

More precisely, he was doing well but wasn’t visible.

But that’s exactly what doing well means.

“I’ve never seen such a damn fellow. Ugh, yesterday too he made so much neighing noise at dawn that when I went out to look, he had piled up like five monsters in front.”

I could tell just from listening to the forest keeper Cassare.

“He seems to be doing well.”

“He’s doing too well, that’s the problem. Don’t you have somewhere to take him? Please take him away.”

“I was actually thinking of taking him south during vacation.”

“Yeah, I need to rest during vacation too. Phew.”

Even though he says that, the feed trough is always full, and from what I’ve heard intermittently, he’s become quite close with Cassare.

Of course, I’m the only one who rides on his back, but still, that’s something.

“Puhihing.”

In the midst of this, Chiron returned and tilted his head upon seeing me, then wore a mocking expression.

“Well, well.”

This is a funny fellow.

Is he acting up because it’s been a while since we met?

“Puhihihing!”

The fellow suddenly started prancing around, then approached me while gradually increasing his speed.

I just chuckled and watched him.

Then, the moment he suddenly switched to a charge and rushed toward me.

“Uwaaaah!”

When Cassare’s scream was heard, I instantly twisted my body to dodge Chiron’s charge and mounted his back.

Then I grabbed his mane and whispered.

“You’ve grown a lot lately.”

“Puhihing?!”

A moment later.

“Puhing. Puhihing.”

The fellow rubbed his face against me as if nothing had happened, acting friendly.

Really, this guy can’t be trusted.

Well, that’s also Chiron’s charm.

“…What on earth did I just see.”

Amid Cassare’s dazed muttering, I patted Chiron’s rear.

Then the fellow obediently returned to the stable.

“He’ll probably act up again when I disappear, but please take care of him until vacation.”

“Yeah, I will. Phew. If only it weren’t for that damn Tree of Death…”

For reference, Chiron seems to make various things using the Tree of Death that I cut down in one strike.

He seems to make money by selling those things, but seeing that he has no intention of leaving this forest, I wonder what he’s planning to do with it.

Anyway, I left the forest like that and headed toward Altur in front of the forest.

“Huk, hueok.”

He was running hard when I went in earlier, and he’s still running now.

Quite admirable.

The mages I know, including Sidrain and Big Sister, really hate this kind of physical training.

“Hook, huu!”

I quietly watched Altur running like that.

For another 30 minutes after that.

And afterward, I approached the fellow who had collapsed from exhaustion and took out a potion good for stamina recovery.

“Phew. I’ll live. Thanks.”

Altur, who gulped it down gratefully, wiped away his sweat with a much better expression before sprawling out again.

Then he asked.

“Did you know?”

“What?”

“That starting from this final exam, the Magic Department is adding a physical fitness evaluation.”

Did the Magic Department professors all eat something wrong together?

What kind of new category is being added?

“From what I heard roughly, a company including two mages in the east was chased by the Drenik Empire’s army, but lack of physical fitness became a problem and they were eventually wiped out.”

“Ah.”

“So it seems there was some discussion among the mages.”

It’s an understandable reason.

Well, the reason isn’t really important anyway.

“Thanks to that, I don’t have to worry anymore. Thank you.”

What’s important is that Altur’s physical training now has another reason besides my words.

Motivation is important, after all.

Speaking of the east though.

Edward should be there by now, and from what I’m hearing, it seems quite fierce battles are taking place.

The reconciliation strategy with Drenik will come later, so dangerous situations will continue for a while.

Still, he’ll manage well enough.

I put aside my thoughts and asked Altur.

“How’s the work?”

“Ah. You mean helping the Magic Tower Master. Of course. I’m learning so much. I’m trying to listen carefully to every single word.”

Altur seemed quite excited.

Just as Sidrain said.

His motivation is incredible.

He had been living like a slave, getting deceived by Professor Denabo every time even though he knew it.

“Thank you. It’s thanks to you. I’m also gaining knowledge about pharmaceuticals.”

“Learn lots and lots.”

“But I’m curious about who exactly made those mana stones. It must definitely be an enormously large organization. Maybe the Imperial Palace?”

For reference, Altur doesn’t know whose hands created those special mana stones.

Well, he’ll find out soon enough, so I’ll just have to smile for now.

I took the opportunity to change the subject.

“I heard you practically live at the training ground these days.”

“Because I felt powerless.”

“In the underground city?”

That’s the only place.

Where that fellow looked particularly troubled.

“Actually, no matter what kind of performance you show, Dane, it couldn’t be a factor in making me feel powerless, but…”

He swallowed the rest of his words, but I could tell.

That the cause of that powerlessness was Jenna.

“Isn’t it ridiculous that no matter how much I train in magic, I can’t even match a single freshman kid? I’m supposed to be a recognized talent in the department.”

Altur’s sighs continued.

“It was a bit disheartening. That I wasn’t much help.”

“Do you really think that?”

I tilted my head.

“Jenna was in a state of exhaustion after that. Who was it that watched the vampires and protected our friends afterward? Who was it that roasted the undead with magic before they could approach?”

“Well, that was…”

“It might have been light work for you, but not for the other guys.”

A chuckle escaped me.

“Excluding me, you’re the only one who can use magic. Ernest shoots arrows, but that’s completely different from magic.”

So he can have confidence.

It’s only because he’s comparing himself to me – this fellow’s magic isn’t lacking by any standard.

It’s just that our club happens to have gathered quite a few special guys.

“Have confidence. If you want, train together with me.”

“Together with you?”

“Yeah, just magic.”

“…Why didn’t I think of that?”

Altur suddenly shot up.

“Could you possibly take a look at my magic once?”

I was a bit surprised inside.

For a mage to ask someone to look at their magic isn’t easy unless they’re asking their own master.

It’s not just a matter of pride, but the problem of having one’s mana arrangement completely read.

While mana rearrangement has standard rules, the more you use magic, the more you find your own methods.

In other words, he’s offering to show what’s essentially his own asset.

“I’ve been stuck on something anyway, but asking the Magic Tower Master about it is still a bit difficult.”

I held out my hand.

Altur immediately began rearranging his mana.

The rearrangement code comes into view.

Though Altur doesn’t know this.

So I can see which arrangement particularly slows down the speed.

The sequence is correct, but it’s somewhat inefficient in certain sections.

“Blow and sweep away.”

And the magic that unfolded was a 5-Chain level ‘Wind Blade’.

An attack magic where cutting winds sweep through the caster’s desired range, tearing enemies apart.

Even in that state, it has sufficient power.

It’s magic deployed by Altur, the genius of the Magic Department.

Crack, crackle!

The targeted tree bark split with cracks. That much power would definitely be enough to tear and crush human flesh.

“How is it?”

“Not bad. But you hesitated a bit when arranging the sixteenth and thirty-second codes.”

“…You noticed that?”

Altur’s dazed expression.

“Arrange the endings of the fifteenth and thirty-first codes a bit more slowly. While concentrating on the end of the codes.”

I held out my hand again as I said this.

Altur, who had maintained a dazed expression for a while, soon began rearranging his mana again.

And-

Crack!

The tree was cut down.

“Huk, heok.”

Altur was surprised but momentarily staggered and touched the ground.

I grinned at that sight.

Boom!

At the same time, the tree fell.

In the rising dust, Altur answered with a bewildered expression.

“This is… unbelievable.”

Mana rearrangement.

Depending on the method of rearrangement, even the same magic can have different power.

That’s exactly what just happened.

This was exactly one of those times.

Blade of the Cutting Wind.

Even though I hadn’t concentrated it to a single point, it felled a fairly thick tree.

“Remember that sensation. When it gets blocked, you can’t just rearrange it haphazardly.”

“I’ll definitely remember. Ha, how can the power be this…”

It will take time to get used to it.

Of course, that fellow will do well.

Because he’s a genius.

“Good.”

Altur immediately began rearranging his mana again, and seeing this, I took out a potion to prevent mana rampage, set it down, then left the place.

“Well then, I should start preparing for final exams soon.”

Actually, there isn’t much to do.

I attended lectures faithfully, and the exams won’t be difficult.

Perhaps that’s why.

Somehow knowing I had free time, someone came looking for me.

“Student Dane Sogress! There you are!”

It’s the Academy mail carrier.

Just how do they manage to find me?

“Mail has arrived for student Dane Sogress.”

He pulled out a letter from the bag slung over his shoulder and handed it to me.

The outer envelope was separately sealed, but I couldn’t see any seal or sender.

“Who is it from?”

“Well, I’m not sure about that. However, all danger inspections have been completed, so you can open it. Well then.”

The mail carrier bowed his head and disappeared like the wind.

At this point, he might be the most mysterious existence in the Academy.

Rip.

Right after the mail carrier disappeared, I immediately tore open the letter.

And what I saw was-

“I was wondering when this would come.”

The Imperial Palace.

More precisely, it was a letter stamped with the Emperor’s seal.

The business rights of those families who had previously bullied Ernest.

Due to the documents I sent to the Imperial Palace, those business rights now mostly belong to the Imperial Palace or were dissolved and transferred.

And those noble families lost their previous prestige.

Well, that’s not the important matter.

What’s important is…

What the Emperor will say to me about this.

‘At this rate, I might wear down the Imperial Palace threshold.’

From going there so frequently.

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