Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 301

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 301

193. You’ve Been Through Something Difficult

What was inside the small sealed box was a pendant of unknown origin.

It had no particular distinguishing features, the spot where a jewel should have been was completely empty, and it was even worn out.

“You bought this at an auction house?”

“Yeah. They said it was something found in some ruins.”

Big Sister looked at me with a face that showed she hadn’t expected this at all.

“There wasn’t anything strange about it when you first bought it?”

“As you know, I put it in the analyzer and ran it as soon as I brought it home. Of course there was nothing wrong with it.”

But this thing reacted to the demon’s essence.

I picked up the pendant and approached the essence.

Then the essence trapped within my mana began to fluctuate a bit more strongly.

“It really is reacting.”

A pendant.

And one that was just bought from an auction house at that.

Naturally, she never would have imagined it was an item related to demonic energy.

“I just bought it because it was an old item…”

For reference, Sister has a hobby of collecting antiques.

I suppose you could call it an extension of invention.

She often gets inspiration from them, and says it’s her only hobby that lets her breathe in her busy daily life.

“Which ruins did they say it was from?”

“It would be the Del Orno Ruins. Probably.”

“Del Orno Ruins.”

I should ask Ernest about it.

An item that reacts to demonic energy.

And the ruins where that item was discovered.

To borrow Ernest’s expression, it ‘smells.’

A very strong smell of adventure at that.

“You’re going to explore it?”

“I think I’ll have to.”

“Be careful. As always.”

I smiled broadly as if to say don’t worry, then collected the demon’s essence.

“I’ll take this for now. I think it would be better to dispose of it. Is there anything else you need?”

“No. I think I’ve made everything I can by extracting from it. I have all the data too. ‘It reacts to specific objects’ is probably the last piece of data.”

Big Sister added with a chuckle.

“Anyway, thank you. Big Sister survived thanks to our youngest, right? I’ll have to be more careful now. This was a case I never even thought of.”

That’s right.

Who would have imagined that something picked up from an auction house would react to a demon’s essence?

But how should I dispose of this?

Just then, Karnas poked his head out.

“Kyrrk?”

Ah.

Right.

A good idea came to mind.

“What are you going to do?”

“Destroy the demon’s essence.”

“Destroy it? How?”

“You’ll see.”

As soon as I left Big Sister’s research lab, I returned to the front of Bonia Forest.

The wide clearing.

Altur and Jenna had exhausted themselves and were sprawled on the ground, while Ernest and Leila seemed to have finished their personal training.

Dorian and Priscilla were nowhere to be seen.

And one more thing.

The fellow who always watched over me was also not visible.

I don’t know where he went, but it worked out well.

“Karnas.”

“Kyrrk!”

“When I give the signal, shoot fire at that essence. As powerfully as possible.”

“Kyrrk!”

Karnas had also practiced shooting flames from time to time, and even though his body hadn’t grown, he had developed, so it was time to check.

My calculation was that since it’s a dragon’s flame, it would easily subdue and destroy something like a demon’s essence.

Of course, I didn’t forget to prepare for any unexpected situations.

“Everyone step back a few paces. It might explode.”

“Then isn’t it dangerous?”

“Come on. With Dane here, how could it be dangerous?”

“True. He’ll block it for us anyway.”

The problem is these guys trust me too much.

Well, it would be strange if they didn’t trust me.

Anyway, preparations were almost complete, and I finally separated just a portion of the demon’s essence.

“This should be enough for reactivity purposes.”

Since there’s no more use for it in inventions, it would be enough to stop by the ruins and check reactions.

Fortunately, the small amount of essence didn’t fluctuate crazily like the main body.

After checking the safety situation, I released the mana surrounding the essence.

“Karnas, now.”

“Kyrrk!”

Whoooosh!

And simultaneously, Karnas’s flames burst forth.

Rumble rumble rumble!

The moment the powerful stream of fire covered the demon’s essence that had begun to fluctuate—

BOOM!

A powerful explosion occurred.

“Hup.”

“Wh-what!”

But that ‘powerful’ explosion was only the situation inside.

The explosion only occurred inside the circular barrier materialized by my mana.

Naturally, that explosion didn’t spread outside…

“Kyrrk? Kyrrk!”

The demon’s essence disappeared without a trace.

“As expected of Karnas.”

“Kyrrk! Kyrrk!”

Karnas seemed excited by the praise.

That fellow Karnas, his flames have become more precise and powerful.

At this level, he could probably burn up just about anything.

So I’ll have to be careful.

He seemed a bit dejected lately since I hadn’t been playing with him due to attending lectures, so I should let him play freely this time.

“Good. Then this is taken care of.”

For reference, Karnas’s flames completely erased even the remnants of the demonic energy.

So now it’s time to get consulting from our exploration expert.

“Ah, the Del Orno Ruins?”

As expected of an expert, he immediately continued with explanations upon hearing it.

“It’s not far. If you ride hard, about a day? It’s ruins that were excavated about 2 years ago, where lifestyle traces from at least a thousand years ago were discovered.”

“A day’s distance is close.”

“Yeah. But the excavation is almost completely finished there, so why that place?”

I roughly explained the whole situation, and Ernest showed interest with sparkling eyes.

“A pendant that reacts to demonic energy… does that mean the pendant is somehow related to demonic energy, or demons?”

“Exactly that.”

“Then it’s worth checking out. There might be something the excavation team missed.”

Ernest didn’t hide his anticipation.

“Demons were active on this continent over a thousand years ago. We might be able to find out something more.”

“Good. Then it’s decided.”

“Dane, you’re being quite proactive? Is the path of adventure really that fun?”

I chuckled at Ernest’s sparkling eyes.

“Yeah. It is fun.”

The problem is that incidents and accidents never cease every time I go.

Still, since it’s only a day’s distance this time, I think we can go with a light heart.

Above all, since the excavation is almost finished, it feels like briefly escaping from the busy schedule at the beginning of the semester.

“Leila, you’re going, right?”

At Ernest’s question, Leila nodded as if it were obvious.

“Since it’s a close distance, we can go without burden. What about the other kids?”

“Jenna seems possible, but Altur and Priscilla are upperclassmen so it might not be easy. Wait, what about Dorian?”

Ernest looked around and furrowed his brow.

“Dorian really hasn’t been visible lately. Does he have some kind of worry?”

“Ernest, didn’t you ask him?”

“No. What about you, Leila?”

“Me neither.”

At this point, gazes naturally focused on me. Of course, I hadn’t seen him either.

I wondered if I was being too indifferent, but that wasn’t it since Dorian had been sticking around with another fellow.

“Leila, do you know anything about Benatio?”

“That’s what I want to know. He’s supposedly a mid-term transfer student to the Swordsmanship Department, but he doesn’t participate in events. He’s been going around with Dorian, right?”

What is that counterintelligence fellow plotting?

I was wondering if I should look into it when.

“Oh, it’s Dorian.”

At Leila’s words, I turned my head and indeed Dorian was entering the training ground.

“Why is he walking like that?”

“His expression looks bad too. Is something wrong?”

Indeed, it really was.

That pitiful and desperate expression, like someone who had single-handedly faced all the world’s unexpected troubles.

“Teachers…”

And the story Dorian told as he approached us was this:

“I… got thoroughly rejected…”

Ah.

He’s been through something difficult.

I don’t know much about love between men and women.

In my previous life, I rolled around on battlefields, and battlefields are places crawling with men.

That said, in this life I didn’t pay particular attention to the opposite either.

Should I say I focused a bit more on developing and advancing the talents I possessed.

But that doesn’t mean I can’t empathize at all with the sadness Dorian is feeling now.

“I… knew it. Priscilla is from the Theology Department, so it would be hard to envision a future…”

It’s hard to say ‘then why did you confess there’ to that extent.

The fact that the two had feelings for each other was something everyone here knew.

Besides, it’s not like Priscilla hadn’t dated before, despite being a Theology Department student.

“But… when I was actually rejected, it felt like the world was collapsing.”

Anyway, Dorian says he was rejected.

Priscilla’s reason for rejection was this:

Because she really has to walk the path of a priest from now on, it was truly an unavoidable rejection.

It wasn’t out of the blue either, since Priscilla had been continuing this kind of worry for some time.

She was already frequently called to the Grand Temple and was the most notable talent among the priests, so there must have been pressure too.

“So will it really become hard to see Priscilla from now on?”

“She said she’ll receive formal priest training at the Grand Temple right upon graduation. Probably so.”

“That’s a shame. Still, we grew attached spending a year together.”

We talked while leaving Dorian alone to collect his emotions.

Priscilla.

She had sufficient faith, and her divine power was beyond question, but she always struggled with whether this path was right for her.

Then, it seems she finally made a decision…

“So at most 2 years from now?”

“Priscilla said early graduation was possible too. Um, so maintaining her student status while going to the Grand Temple early.”

“Then that’s 1 year. Won’t we be able to see Priscilla?”

Leila and Ernest spoke as if regretful.

I said something there.

“It doesn’t seem like something we can help with.”

It’s literally Priscilla’s future.

A future decided long before we entered the Academy.

All Theology Department students are like that, but Priscilla with her outstanding talent would have been especially so.

“True… we can’t go ask her to change her mind.”

Leila is from a prominent noble family.

So she nodded as if understanding, but on the other hand, she mentioned her brothers.

“There are people who go out on their own and wander around, and people who stay stuck in the Eastern Territory and don’t come out. Looking at that, our family is really free-spirited, isn’t it?”

“Then will you become the family head, Leila?”

“Family head, what. I have two brothers. Even if they were sisters instead of brothers, order should be maintained.”

“Come on, still.”

While Leila waved her hands at Ernest’s words, I thought for a moment.

What are Priscilla’s true intentions?

While hanging out with us, Priscilla seemed mentally exhausted from having to worry about Grand Temple affairs too.

In the midst of that, she had barely shown herself recently.

The only thing was that a while ago, she said she had something to tell Dorian and asked us to tell him to find her if we saw him.

Has she firmly decided her feelings?

Or… is she still conflicted?

I should at least look into it.

I said that, but still, Priscilla is also an important member of our club.

Above all…

We’re going to investigate something related to demons, so would it work without a priest?

“Dane, where are you going?”

“To look into something.”

And one more thing.

I should find out what that fellow Benatio is up to.

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