Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 303

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 303

195. I Have No Ambition

Professor Cross was amazed once again. However, this time it wasn’t just because of the speed.

“You wrap it with mana?”

“Yes. To be precise, I wrap it to suppress the flow.”

“…I don’t remember teaching you that far.”

“I just tried it and it worked.”

It made him click his tongue involuntarily.

What kind of fellow is this anyway.

Moreover, not only such applications, but he had already ‘learned’ how to control the target’s movements.

Of course, he had never taught him that.

He had planned to teach it though.

At this rate, wouldn’t all his existing plans get messed up.

‘There was a reason he mentioned one month.’

It was only because they maintained the ‘lecture’ format at the Academy that he managed to master it in exactly one month, but if he had just taught him randomly without any schedule, it would have been even faster.

He had to admit it.

This fellow is a genius.

There are often those guys who are born with better mana than others.

But not all of those guys have a high understanding of mana.

‘This fellow has both.’

Dane’s mana quality goes without saying, and his understanding of mana and magic is at an incomparable level to others.

Perhaps…

Even more than himself.

Of course, that’s still an absolutely unacceptable fact.

“Ahem. Good. Then let’s move on to the next stage.”

Anyway, Professor Cross was approaching this with more enthusiasm than at any other time in the past hundreds of years.

A disciple found after hundreds of years.

Moreover, a disciple with excellent understanding and application skills, and who was ‘reasonably’ cooperative.

Wasn’t this enough reason to be enthusiastic.

“Now, what I’m going to teach you is creating ‘independent entities’.”

“Independent entities?”

“That’s right. Until now, you’ve used methods of overlaying mana on existing objects, or applied it in a limited way…”

Whooom!

As Professor Cross waved his hand several times, sword-shaped materialized mana appeared in the void.

“Now we’re going to try making something like this.”

“You’re talking about the method I mentioned for making a chair when there’s no chair.”

“…Are there no other uses?”

“If it’s okay to touch fire, wouldn’t it be fine to use instead of skewers when grilling meat? Since you wouldn’t have to bother removing the skewer from the meat.”

“…”

Professor Cross sighed.

To think he was considering such things with this unprecedented great magic.

‘Well, magic isn’t necessarily a discipline that only pursues truth…’

“And when there’s no fork too…”

“Please stop.”

Anyway, he’s a fellow who goes beyond common sense in various ways.

Well, such ideas can be said to be the beginning of new magic originally, so it’s not bad.

“Anyway, we’re going to try this. Naturally, you shouldn’t just stop at forming it but must ‘use’ it. You know what I mean?”

Overlaying mana on existing objects, that is, various items including weapons, and moving them was already learned.

However, materializing mana completely independently is a different matter.

It requires another sense and technique.

“Since it would be finished in a day anyway if I gave it as an assignment, let me tell you the technique first.”

Professor Cross immediately drew up mana, then arranged several materialized mana spheres in the void.

“The method is simple. You ‘imagine’ the object you want to make in advance.”

“Imagination…”

“Literally. You create an image in the void that only you can see. Then it becomes a bit simpler. And then…”

Then the mana gathered together and this time became axe-shaped.

“Like this, you materialize it and give it color. Simple, right?”

It’s easy to say, but for a swordsman, it’s like demonstrating incredible swordsmanship in front of them and then saying ‘See, easy? You just need cutting and thrusting motions.’

Of course, Dane understood it somewhat from the beginning.

“In other words, you’re telling me to create a ‘guide’.”

“You understood exactly. Yes, since you understand, would you like to try it once? Let’s go with something linear at first. Yes, a rod would be good.”

“If possible, I’d prefer a sickle. I’d like something that bends at least once.”

“Yes, I thought you’d say that.”

Having said that, Dane immediately arranged materialized mana spheres in the void.

Then he seemed to look at the void for a moment-

‘Yes, I knew this would happen.’

Sickle-shaped materialized mana created all too simply.

By attaching infinitely small mana spheres to the blade part and forging them, a truly sharp sickle is born.

And Dane accomplished even this.

Rustle.

When placed on top, the paper split as if it had originally been two pieces.

Looking at the paper fluttering down, Professor Cross asked.

“Would you like to try moving it?”

A smile hung on his lips.

It wasn’t a smile of satisfaction.

‘No matter what, moving it should still be impossible.’

Making it isn’t difficult.

Since he had told him the technique.

Because you just need to imagine an image that becomes a ‘guide’ and then project it into the void to create it.

He too had succeeded quite easily up to this stage.

Though not as quickly as Dane.

Anyway, moving it is a different matter.

Because unlike before, there’s no object like a sword that could serve as a ‘support’, and you have to move only the mana.

Like the difference between holding and swinging a stick covered in wax, and moving ‘only the wax’.

‘Well, if you think about it, clumping wax together is nothing compared to mana.’

In conclusion, it’s difficult.

At the current stage.

However…

“Should I touch it, or not touch it?”

“Huh?”

Dane was asking something strange.

When Professor Cross furrowed his brow, Dane first brought his hand to the mana sickle and…

“…”

Swoosh, swoosh.

He swung it.

Several times at that.

“I think I’ll need more practice beyond this.”

And seeing him speak as if it was nothing special, Professor Cross began to feel all kinds of emotions simultaneously.

Bewilderment.

Surprise.

And even anger.

‘Why does this fellow manage to do everything all at once?’

And that emotion grew even more massive in an instant.

Because then Dane let go of his hand and swung the mana scythe through the void.

“This only works once though.”

The mana scythe scattered smoothly before Dane, who scratched his cheek as if disappointed.

What had he just witnessed?

“How did you… do that?”

“I just did it as I went along?”

“…It took me a full 2 years to succeed in forming an independent entity and moving it without touching it.”

But Dane had done it in less than 2 minutes.

Chills, goosebumps rose.

And this thought also occurred to him.

‘Maybe I was actually stupid?’

This was better than admitting that Dane was more of a genius than himself.

Though thinking about it backwards, it was the same thing.

“Then it’s thanks to your good teaching.”

“…If only you couldn’t speak.”

If he were an arrogant bastard, he could accept it.

This is driving me crazy, really.

“…Ahem. Anyway, explain the process a bit.”

“First of all…”

Dane brought up what he had said before the lecture.

“I mentioned that I slightly twisted the hand of the friend pulling the bowstring with materialized mana, right?”

“Yes. You did… Huh? Don’t tell me. You’re not going to say you applied that, are you?”

“That’s exactly what I was going to say.”

“It’s a completely different story… But while that’s possible with a minimal amount of mana, this involves operating a considerable amount of mana simultaneously.”

“The principle is the same. Isn’t it just the difference between lifting 1 kilogram or 100 kilograms?”

Easy to say, but how could it be the same?

Come to think of it, it’s not just the weight that’s different.

But he decided not to think about it complexly. If he dug deeper here, he felt he’d fall into self-loathing.

“…Today’s lecture ends here.”

Honestly, he was a little afraid too.

How long would it take to transmit everything he knew about this secret magic?

Initially, he had planned for 10 years, no, even over 20 years.

But now he seemed ready to absorb everything within a year, let alone 2 years.

Amid all this, Dane’s question left Professor Cross speechless.

“Professor, I have something I’m curious about.”

“What is it.”

“What will you do after you’ve transmitted all of this secret magic?”

“…”

He had never thought about it.

The reason he had stubbornly extended his life by becoming a lich.

The reason he had created new identities and wandered the continent beyond the Empire.

It was all to find a disciple.

Because it was precious.

Because he couldn’t bear the thought of this secret magic being lost completely.

But now?

“…I don’t know.”

Professor Cross confessed honestly.

He hadn’t really thought much about what came after.

He had vaguely thought about ending his life, but…

‘Well.’

Right now he was quite happy.

So much so that he had thought several times recently about wanting to continue this enjoyable life a little longer.

And the reason for that was precisely this disciple before his eyes, Dane Sogress.

Teaching was enjoyable, and he wanted to see how far this fellow would go.

“I’m not going anywhere for now, so don’t worry.”

“That’s a relief.”

“You knew to say such things?”

“Just in case, I might create new magic, couldn’t I?”

“…What?”

“Then it would be good to have someone to transmit it to, and I thought Professor would be perfect.”

What kind of thinking is this.

“You want to make me your disciple?”

“Well, that would be fine too, but I’ve never thought about having a lich as a disciple. Let’s think about it gradually when the time comes.”

“Hah.”

Make me a disciple?

Me, whom everyone gave up trying to teach?

Anyway, this fellow truly exceeds imagination.

But funny enough, it’s not too bad.

More precisely, if this fellow really develops his own magic, he’s curious what it would be.

Also, it wouldn’t be at an ordinary level…

‘Learning’ it might not be bad either?

“Well, create magic worthy of that first, then talk.”

Dane showed a confident smile at those words.

Yes, if it’s a fellow like that…

Until that fellow graduates, wouldn’t there be a reason to continue this life?

So Professor Cross also suddenly asked.

“Then what will you do once you’ve received the transmission of my secret magic?”

He was curious.

What would this fellow do in the future?

‘I know he’ll occupy a very important position in the Empire, but…’

It doesn’t seem like he’ll stop at just that level.

Since the current Emperor is crazy, he might try to make him his person in some way.

The answer that came amid all this was a masterpiece.

“I’ll probably still be attending the Academy, won’t I?”

“Huh?”

“I don’t know how long it will take, but… I should learn everything before graduation. Then I’ll be attending the Academy.”

“Ha… hahaha…”

Professor Cross held his forehead as if he’d been hit.

Dane Sogress.

This fellow has no grand or great ambitions.

He’s exactly as he saw him when he first proposed learning secret magic.

Attending the Academy, playing with friends, while also displaying his talents and exploring what interests him.

Just a happy life living as his heart leads, comfortably and without worry.

‘I was talking about the future, but this fellow doesn’t even think about the distant future that no one knows how it will turn out.’

Professor Cross nodded with honest admiration.

“That’s very good.”

This fellow wouldn’t use magic carelessly.

With that conviction, Dane asked.

“By the way, there’s no problem using this in actual combat, right? I saw in a book that mages aren’t supposed to use secret magic in real battles without permission while they’re still learning it.”

“…Why are you asking that when you’ve been testing it just fine against your friends outside? Do you have another real battle coming up?”

“Yes. I’m going on an expedition this weekend.”

“An expedition?”

“It’s called the Del Orno Ruins, have you heard of it?”

Del Orno Ruins.

“…If it’s that place.”

Professor Cross’s eyebrows trembled.

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