Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 276

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 276

179. The Name of the Secret Art (1)

The Eastern Territory tour was reasonably enjoyable.

“This is the ravine where ‘Lord Athar’ single-handedly held off 300 enemy soldiers.”

We admired the ‘Athar Valley,’ which could be called the most famous place in the Eastern Territory, and ate the Eastern-style steamed fish that Owen mentioned whenever he had the chance.

“Wow, this is really delicious. I don’t usually like fish much, but this is fine?”

“Right. It’s delicious.”

This must be what they call ‘travel.’

Not going to another country with some specific purpose, but simply for tourism.

It’s still an unimaginable story for now, but anyway, I’d like to try it if I get the chance later.

“Where should we go next?”

“Hmm. I heard there’s Saul Hanston’s birthplace nearby.”

At Leila’s question, Ernest spread out the Eastern Territory tourism pamphlet.

“There are quite a lot of things related to Saul Hanston in the Eastern Territory?”

“He’s the first mage to reach the 9th Circle. He’s a mage and hero who will remain in history books.”

“He is a remarkable person. Dane, what do you think? Are you getting interested?”

There was the birthplace, places where Saul Hanston fought battles, and even the place where Saul Hanston first studied.

“A birthplace.”

It piques my interest.

Saul Hanston.

It’s a name everyone knows, but our club was somewhat specially connected to him.

Like the discovery of the essence in the Restricted Zone and such incidents.

We still had plenty of time, so it seemed fine to go.

“Let’s go.”

And after traveling for about two days, we finally visited the place called Saul Hanston’s birthplace.

“It’s surprisingly quite modest?”

“Right. Ah, I’ve seen it in books. He was born in a small house near the forest.”

As Leila said, it’s a small house near the forest.

They say all heroes have humble beginnings, and it really seems to be true.

“Oh, is this a monument erected by Saul Hanston?”

A place managed and supervised by the Empire with magical preservation treatment and regular replacement of mana stones.

Thanks to that, there were quite a lot of people.

“Hey, get in line!”

As we approached the monument, we saw someone shouting irritably at us.

Since he wasn’t saying anything wrong, we went to the back and lined up, then chatted.

“Are they all mages?”

As Ernest guessed, they were all mages.

For priests or knights, it would be like ascetic training. Of course, it’s not as arduous as ascetic training.

“Look over there. Is that how they show respect?”

The mages approached the monument, placed their hands on it, and were doing something.

From what I could see, they seemed to be infusing mana.

“Hmm.”

Then the monument emitted light and that light seeped into the mage, but there was no particularly special change.

The mages just trembled with moved expressions.

“It must be some kind of ritual. Something that mages must go through?”

“Right. Looking at their ages… they all seem to have graduated from the Academy?”

That means Altur will have to come here soon too.

No wonder he looked so regretful when the Eastern Territory was mentioned.

The legendary mage, Saul Hanston.

A great person that mages naturally revere.

“Ohhh!”

And each mage reacts a little differently.

More precisely, the monument showed slightly different reactions to each mage.

“Ah.”

The mana barrier that was activated when passing through Hanston Building at the beginning of the semester.

It seemed similar to that barrier that changed colors according to the mana level and potential of passing students.

“It’s red!”

“As expected! I knew it!”

From what I could roughly hear, red, blue, then yellow seemed to indicate the general quality of mana in that order.

Actually, such measurable methods are already implementable, but they seemed to come here specifically because this place has more ‘special meaning.’

“Actually, there’s this legend here. A mage who brings out colors other than red, yellow, and blue will inherit Saul Hanston’s will!”

Ernest, who knew this area best, told us.

“But how can you inherit the will or secret arts of someone who’s already dead.”

“True, it’s been years since he died.”

Then a voice came from behind.

“Hehe. There are still people who know that rumor. For reference, since Saul Hanston’s death, not a single person has gone beyond those three colors.”

It was an old man with a very gentle impression.

“Where are you all from? Western Region? Capital? Southern Region? From what I can see, you don’t seem to be from the Magic Tower. There’s no Magic Tower insignia.”

Leila answered the old man’s question.

“We came from the Academy.”

“Oh. Is that so? For that, I don’t see anyone from the Magic Department. Let’s see, these two are carrying swords and the other one has a bow. In my life, I’ve never seen a mage healthy enough to travel with sword and bow. Haha.”

A talkative old man from the start.

Still, his gentle impression wasn’t too bad, so we briefly introduced ourselves.

“Oh. Two scions of major noble families and a scion of an exploration prestigious family gathered together. An interesting combination?”

“Do you know the Baron Dylan family?”

“Of course I do. There’s no family in the world I don’t know. How about I give you a quiz?”

A smile visible through his beard.

He’s quite sociable too.

In the midst of this, at his single comment about knowing the Baron Dylan family, Ernest whispered.

“He seems like a good person.”

I chuckled in disbelief and asked the old man.

“Then who are you, sir, and where are you from?”

“From over there, a far distant place, just an old man.”

“Are you a mage?”

“Something like that. Though it’s been quite a while since I used magic. I’m called ‘Soltier.’ It’s been quite a while since I left my family, so only the name remains.”

Soltier.

It’s a name I’m hearing for the first time.

But he definitely seems to be a mage.

I could actually feel mana from him.

Should I call it the unique Circle scent of mages.

“Then you must also be very interested in Saul Hanston, sir. Seeing that you came all the way here.”

“…If you put it that way, then yes.”

He changed the topic.

“Dane Sogress. I heard your talent is quite outstanding.”

“I still have a long way to go.”

“Yes, yes. From your standards, that would be true. It would be different from the talent of ordinary mages that people know. Originally, when talented fellows say things like this, it’s not modesty but because they really mean it.”

At those words, Leila opened her eyes wide and asked.

“Was it really because of that?”

“When have you ever seen me show false modesty?”

“…That’s true.”

The old man chuckled as if he expected that answer, then asked me.

“So, are three noble children just touring the Eastern Territory? Is it vacation?”

“Something like that.”

“Hmm. The world has really gotten better. Kids going on tours together. Well, you must be confident to be traveling around.”

“What brings you all the way here, old man?”

“Does an old man need a reason to wander around here and there? I’m just drifting wherever my feet take me and staying briefly.”

“Are you enjoying your remaining years?”

“Hey. You have no words you won’t say to an old man.”

Soltier made a stern expression for show but immediately softened his face.

“Well, remaining years if you call them that. I suppose you could say remaining years spent searching for truth.”

Truth.

Sometimes it’s more precious than life itself to mages, and they say mages live their lives to find truth.

Is this old man like that too?

By the way, this old man called Soltier.

His power is strangely….

I can’t tell what kind of feeling it is without fully raising my sensing ability—

But I don’t get the feeling at all that he’s at a similar level to the other mages here.

Not just because he’s aged.

“The line is shortening quickly.”

As the old man said, it’s soon our turn.

The mages who touched the monument left one by one. Since they couldn’t enter the birthplace, everyone looked like they’d finished their business.

“Now only we remain.”

Leila went first.

“It’s red again, right?”

Leila drew out red color from the monument, just like she had with the magic barrier at the beginning of the semester.

“Hmm. It’s the same?”

Ernest was next, and surprisingly, Ernest drew out blue color.

“At least I have ordinary talent?”

Ernest seemed excited, as if he’d never had his magic power measured once in his life.

And next was me.

“What color will Dane be?”

“Probably the same as last time?”

Tap.

I placed my hand on the monument.

Then something inside began to react.

It’s not an ancient mana concentrator.

However, I can feel an energy very similar to what I’ve seen and felt before.

“I saw this in the restricted zone.”

The Academy Restricted Area.

The place where the secret society’s mana extraction took place.

The mana concentrator that was inside.

Precisely, it’s Saul Hanston’s essence.

Since this is a monument left by Saul Hanston, it’s not strange that such essence would be contained within….

Whooom!

The monument emitted green light.

Just like when I passed through the barrier at Hanston Building at the beginning of the semester.

“It’s the same as before?”

“Then the barrier at the Academy’s Hanston Building works on the same principle as this. There was symbolic meaning in coming all the way here.”

The two students showed reactions as if this wasn’t particularly surprising.

But the old man, Soltier, was different.

“Green…color?”

A very flustered voice, as if he hadn’t expected this.

“This can’t be….”

In Soltier’s muttering, I suddenly discovered something strange.

Saul Hanston’s essence seemed to be speaking.

Saying it wanted my mana.

It instantly devoured the mana I was injecting, then trembled as if asking for more.

“The monument is… shaking?”

As Leila said, the monument was shaking along with it.

Seeing it act like this when it was fine when other people injected mana….

It seems Saul Hanston’s mana is reacting to me.

“This is interesting.”

If I leave it like this, how much will it try to absorb?

Whooom whooom whooom!

The green light grew stronger, and the monument vibrated more intensely.

The vibration was strong enough to reach the ground I was standing on in front of the monument.

“Dane, are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

I raised my hand to show them and pondered.

It’s possible to stop here.

But I’m curious.

About the result of this battle with the essence.

Just how much of my mana can Saul Hanston’s essence accept?

I hadn’t thought to try this in the restricted zone before, but now a strange curiosity was rising.

“Wait.”

Then a voice called out to stop me.

It was the old man, Soltier.

“From what I can see now, it might be dangerous if your mana runs out.”

“That won’t happen.”

Running out of mana.

It’s something I’ve never once considered.

Of course, this old man doesn’t know that.

“Even after putting in this much?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“….”

Soltier stepped back with an expression strangely lost in thought.

After that, I turned around again and finally began injecting mana endlessly.

At first, I thought it was impressive.

With this amount of mana, it seems like it could make at least ten of my special mana stones, and it’s accepting all of it.

But that was only for a moment.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!

The monument’s vibration grew even stronger, and the essence inside also shook more violently.

I momentarily stopped the mana injection and observed the reaction.

When I raised my sensing ability to grasp the flow, I could see what was happening inside the essence.

The essence was being reconstructed.

Entangling with my mana.

Taking on a completely new energy.

“No, no way….”

Soltier’s incomprehensible reaction coming from behind.

Crack, craaack.

And the tombstone slowly splitting apart.

The way it was cracking looked ominous, so I quickly surrounded the tombstone with a defensive barrier made of mana.

And the moment I finished the rearrangement and completed the spell casting—

Crash!

The tombstone shattered and fragments struck the inside of the barrier before falling down with a clatter.

“Good heavens….”

“Dane, are, are you okay?”

I could hear the voice but couldn’t answer.

Because I discovered something I’d never seen before between the broken pieces of the tombstone.

That thing that looked like a purple gem.

I reached out and picked up the gem.

Unlike other essences, it was in a solid state, and just holding it made me feel a strange energy.

It was similar to….

“Ernest, Leila. Step back.”

Right now, that old man looking at me.

“So it was you.”

Like the mana that old man was drawing up.

“I’ve finally found the one to inherit the secret arts….”

Mages each have one disciple.

There are occasionally mages who have more than two, but they’re few in number.

The reason is simple.

Because each possesses secret magic.

And that secret magic is passed down through single-person transmission, very carefully.

For that reason, when Saul Hanston was growing old, everyone was curious.

Indeed, who would inherit Saul Hanston’s secret magic.

If it was the secret arts of someone who devised countless magic codes and was revered as a legendary mage, it would surely be tremendous.

Countless mages who thought this way flocked to him, claiming to be Saul Hanston’s disciples.

But not a single one of them, not one could become Saul Hanston’s disciple, and naturally couldn’t inherit his secret magic either.

Then Saul Hanston died.

That’s the story I know up to this point.

But now it seems a bit different.

The reactions shown earlier.

And even this mana that feels familiar.

I opened my mouth toward Soltier.

“It seems the history books learned at the Academy were wrong.”

“What are you talking about, Dane?”

While Ernest expressed his confusion, the old man curled up the corners of his mouth with a smirk.

“You’re quite clever.”

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