Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 287

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 287

184. My Fate

Professor Cross finally entered my dormitory room amidst the murmuring of the Danter Hall 9th Floor residents.

He had successfully managed to gain entry.

“Go wash up first.”

“…My situation is really.”

Professor Cross didn’t go into the shower room.

He snapped his fingers and rearranged his mana, and his entire body became clean.

“That’s an interesting magic.”

“You think so? I developed it myself. It’s a whole 9-Chain magic.”

“Why is it so high-level?”

“Well, I developed it so only I could use it. Since I became a lich, wouldn’t showering or bathing be ridiculous?”

What a petty personality.

“Ahem. Anyway. What the hell are you?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“How can you interfere with my mana rearrangement?”

At Professor Cross’s question, I shrugged my shoulders.

“I didn’t completely interfere with it.”

“Even that is an impossible thing. Until now, no mage has ever been able to interfere with my mana. Disrupting my rearrangement even briefly is a tremendous ‘Achievement’!”

My ears are going to fall off, really.

“Lower your voice a bit.”

“I already cast a soundproofing magic knowing this would happen.”

So that’s what he was doing when he came in.

He lives up to his reputation.

“Anyway, just answer me. How did you do it?”

“What if I don’t want to tell you?”

At those words, Professor Cross’s face contorted.

Quite frighteningly.

But that was only for a moment.

“…Ugh. Can’t you tell me a little? I’m just curious. Really.”

Surprisingly, he doesn’t put up his pride in this area.

“It’s because my mana is special.”

“Just because your mana’s nature is different from others, interference is possible despite this level difference?”

“It seems that way.”

“That’s impossible. The essence of all mana in the world is the same… All mana comes from one place. Nature. The source. And from the world!”

He launched into a passionate speech.

“Mister Hans next door and the Emperor in the Imperial Palace all have the same essential mana….”

Suddenly Professor Cross’s words stopped.

“No wait. There is one. That kind of mana.”

And he asked me.

“But that mana existed much earlier than when I was active under my original name….”

Right.

The Ancient Magic Kingdom, Arcana.

“You don’t really… Do you truly possess the mana of the Ancient Magic Kingdom I’m thinking of?”

“Yes.”

It’s the mana from that place.

“…Damn it all.”

Professor Cross collapsed with a thud.

“Now it makes sense…. How you so easily extracted my essence, and why a completely different color appeared….”

And for a while he held his head and muttered blankly.

“The two things I’ve been searching for so desperately are discovered simultaneously like this….”

Two things.

After a moment, Professor Cross’s explanation continued.

“Besides finding a disciple, I had one more life goal. It was pure scholarly curiosity. Why did it perish overnight? Why can’t any of the remaining records be read? And why haven’t even common objects been discovered?”

The Ancient Magic Kingdom, Arcana.

Stories now no different from forgotten fairy tales.

That mana exists within me.

“You… weren’t just someone who would end as my disciple.”

Thud.

He suddenly placed his hand on my shoulder….

“To think forgotten history, gaps, traces, and the future of magic are contained within this.”

An excited voice followed.

“How did this happen? You… weren’t you the son of Count Sogress? But why, in that bloodline, is the legacy of the Kingdom of Arcana….”

He asked.

“Were you born with it?”

“If not, I wouldn’t have been able to accept that mana.”

“…Good heavens.”

My mana that existed in my body from the beginning, which guided the Arcana mana concentrate to me.

“You shouldn’t be here. No, there’s no reason for you to be here, and you shouldn’t be.”

But I’m not particularly curious.

“With what you know, world history could be overturned, and you could satisfy countless people’s curiosity! Is that all? Perhaps the ‘Age of Magic’ could once again….”

When he got that far, I grabbed Professor Cross’s hand that was on my shoulder.

“I’m not really interested.”

“What?”

“I have no obligation to do so either.”

And I slowly pulled that hand down.

If I had been interested in this, I would have been desperately searching for the fifth ancient mana concentrate right now.

However, unless I learned about it during goal-setting, I’ve never once run solely for ancient mana concentrates.

It was always something I obtained while enjoying adventures and being with friends.

“You… what are you saying right now….”

“More than anything, it doesn’t really interest me.”

That’s why it doesn’t interest me much.

Such grand and mission-filled stories.

Thanks to that, Professor Cross became dazed looking at me.

“What kind of nonsense is that… Everything you possess right now are the stories that everyone in the world has been so curious about!”

“That’s how those people would feel.”

I said with emphasis.

“If it were about becoming stronger and happier myself, that would be different.”

Clearly and definitely.

“I don’t really want to bear a mission like ‘obligatorily’ revealing hidden stories and such things.”

“….”

“If something gets revealed naturally while living like that, that would be different.”

“You really… If I were you….”

Professor Cross muttered in bewilderment.

What can I do.

This life I’ve gained again.

I’m going to live as I want.

If I had considered great causes or success, glory or honor, I would have quit the Academy long ago and accepted the Emperor’s proposal.

I just want to be happy with my family and friends.

“…You, you do intend to learn from me, right?”

At Professor Cross’s somewhat subtle question, I let out a chuckle.

“You don’t need to worry about that. I’m interested in your secret magic.”

“That’s quite fortunate and grateful… Huh? You should consider it an honor, you brat!”

Professor Cross crossed his arms.

“You there, just because you possess Arcana’s mana, you seem to be taking my secret magic lightly, but my secret magic is something that all the renowned mages so far couldn’t even understand the theory of!”

“But I’m a bit different, aren’t I?”

“…Damn. Why does it seem convincing even though you’re being cocky.”

Leila acts exactly like that.

Calling someone cocky while being convinced.

“Still, don’t let your guard down, okay! Since I’ve taken the position as a new professor here, I’ll drain your soul with a very intense curriculum!”

“But I have something I’m curious about.”

“Oh my. Already asking questions?”

“Liches are undead, right? So do they have souls to drain?”

“…Ah, this is infuriating.”

Professor Cross held his forehead and staggered.

I asked because I was genuinely curious.

Wait, do liches get dizzy too?

I should ask about this too.

“Oh dear… my fate. To think such a fellow would be my first disciple in life.”

Knock knock.

Just as I was preparing my questions.

Aneld’s voice came from outside.

“Dane. The new students seem to be arriving soon?”

“I’ll go out.”

Though reluctant, I promised to continue later and said to Professor Cross.

“I’ll be back in a moment.”

“Where are you going when we’re in the middle of talking?”

“To finish the initiation ceremony.”

I continued, thinking of the new traps to install.

“Since someone ruined the initiation ceremony.”

The unprecedented incident of a new professor infiltrating the Academy dormitory naturally passed quietly without anyone knowing except the parties involved, or more precisely, except for the members of Danter Hall 9th Floor.

The initiation ceremony was also successfully completed.

Because it didn’t take very long to restore the already triggered traps and install new ones.

Anyway, the next day dawned, and Professor Cross, who had returned to his residence the night before, suddenly thought.

‘That fellow is the key. The key to unlocking the secrets of magic and bringing about the age of magic.’

At this point, teaching his secret magic wasn’t a ‘big problem.’

That fellow had promised to learn it, and it was just a matter of time.

But this was a somewhat different matter.

It was a story tied to the aspirations of mages.

“Hmm. But that fellow doesn’t seem like he would do that.”

Good heavens, having happiness as a goal.

Such a fellow was a first.

Shouldn’t a mage naturally pursue truth and secrets, and come to understand the principles of the world and the laws of mana?

But-

A completely unexpected ‘personal’ reason.

The reason of having too much talent and wanting to try everything was a bonus.

Honestly speaking, he wasn’t sure.

Just having the title of being a renowned mage’s disciple would naturally bring honor and wealth.

It would be enough if that renowned mage was Saul Hanston, or rather Cross, his current alias.

But that fellow said he’d rather just do what he wanted to do.

“What kind of fellow is this.”

A fellow he’d never seen before, never even imagined.

“Wait, then….”

Because of this, his determination began to burn even more.

“If he’s a fellow who won’t listen to me anyway, I should at least teach him properly.”

Wait for the next disciple in the current situation?

Not a chance.

Who knows when one would appear, and such talent was unprecedented.

That fellow said he’d learn everything else too, but that was actually good.

He was already famous now, and would become even more famous later, so what would be the impact if such a fellow was said to have actually inherited Saul Hanston’s legacy?

“Good.”

Professor Cross pulled himself together from his gloomy mood and reviewed his curriculum.

Theory, practice, optimization.

Through all these processes, he would teach his secret magic.

His secret magic that had never existed before, and didn’t even exist in the Magic Kingdom Arcana.

Namely-

“Mana Manifestation.”

Magic that grants form to mana, enabling countless things to be accomplished.

Beyond simply shooting mana bullets and creating barriers using mana….

The ultimate form that could manifest everything according to the caster’s imagination and ability.

This could be called magic that transcended the concept of chains.

“He’ll probably be shocked.”

Professor Cross, that is, the historical Saul Hanston, became the greatest mage with this magic.

Countless enemies were subdued by Saul’s mana without even knowing what hit them.

With this, he had even constructed massive buildings.

A method with infinite applications depending on how it was used.

“Hehehe.”

And the next day.

The first semester finally began, and Saul Hanston called Dane to his research lab, sat him down, and explained the above facts.

“…The explanation ends here. Now, do you feel how amazing the secret magic I’m trying to teach is? With just mana, you can do anything. Of course, since it’s an incredibly complex magic, it would be difficult to use it freely!”

However, the answer from Dane that reached Professor Cross’s ears, who had been full of anticipation, was this:

“It would be convenient when there are no chairs.”

“Huh?”

“Because I could create one with the magic you’ll teach me and sit on it.”

“….”

Professor Cross thought.

Taking this guy as a disciple might have been a mistake after all.

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