Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 305

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 305

197. Guardian of Del Orno (1)

Things that Dane Sogress likes.

Imperial Intelligence agent Benatio Grün, who entered the Academy as a freshman for that one mission.

He is meticulously tracking Dane Sogress’s movements today as well.

‘Since Dorian’s confession failed, I have no choice but to go back to tailing him.’

Recruiting people around him failed from the start, so in the end, I have no choice but to do what I was doing.

“Where are they going?”

In the midst of this, Benatio confirmed that Dane, or more precisely, the Romance Club members were moving with backpacks.

It seems like they’re going somewhere…

“This is why I need an informant.”

There’s no helping it.

Like a thorough intelligence agent, Benatio took out a survival backpack from subspace and put it on before following them.

“They’re going outside the Academy.”

Benatio smiled with satisfaction.

I prepared an outing pass for times like this.

By the way, an outing pass used on Friday is practically the same as an overnight pass.

Since students can freely enter and exit on weekends, they usually use outing passes on Friday to head to their main houses.

Anyway, judging by the fact that all club members with backpacks are moving, it seems they’re going on an expedition.

“Maybe because it’s Friday, there are many guys going out today.”

“You’re that guy, right? The freshman from the Swordsmanship Department. I heard about you. They say your skills are amazing?”

Benatio followed them, presented his outing pass to the guards, and headed outside the Academy.

“Where are they going? Surely such a large group wouldn’t go far together during the semester.”

Benatio’s hands moved busily as he followed. He was taking notes of keywords for future report writing.

-All Romance Club members, expedition formation, Friday evening, currently tailing.

“Does he like expeditions?”

I heard that fellow Ernest Dylan is from the Exploration Department, could it be because of an assignment?

Or is there a specific purpose?

“I heard they go on expeditions frequently… Is there some other goal?”

If there’s a possibility, it’s better to theorize about everything first.

That’s how the intelligence agency gathers information, and the source of countless accumulated intelligence.

However-

‘You never know. This might also be a disguise.’

Dane Sogress is not someone to be taken lightly.

He might have orchestrated this to cause confusion.

Indeed, when his thoughts reached that point, Benatio resolved that he needed to stay alert.

‘Since it’s difficult to cause trouble inside the Academy, this could be a scheme to lure me outside. I mustn’t let my guard down.’

As expected of Dane Sogress.

He seems to use his head quite well.

Benatio followed even more stealthily.

As if to say, go ahead and try to deceive me if you can.

Meanwhile-

“Dorian.”

“Oh, yeah. Dane.”

“How are you feeling?”

“…”

Dorian sighed at Dane’s words and muttered quietly.

“I wish Priscilla wasn’t going. It’s my… selfishness though.”

Dorian continued speaking softly so those behind wouldn’t hear.

“Actually, I just want Priscilla to do what she wants to do…”

Dane nodded as if he understood and suddenly looked back.

Seeing this, Dorian asked.

“Why? Is there something behind us?”

“No. Just. Let’s go. Cheer up, Dorian.”

“…Yeah.”

As expected, that fellow followed us again this time.

Indeed, the Imperial Intelligence.

I had asked Professor Cross about it. What kind of organization is the Imperial Intelligence?

As expected, it’s quite a place.

-Following the Emperor’s orders and for the Imperial family, it’s a place that collects all information that exists in the world and tracks targets. There’s no place they can’t go, no information they can’t find out, no one they can’t kill, and no target they can’t recruit.

If someone was dispatched from such a place, they’re probably at a considerable level.

I’ve seen him use a sword directly, but he probably has many other things hidden besides that.

I’m not sure what his purpose is, but I should be careful for now.

That doesn’t mean I’ll let myself be defeated though.

“Should I ask next time I go to the Imperial Palace?”

Given His Majesty the Emperor’s personality, would he say no when I ask?

Well, if that doesn’t work, I can go to the Eastern Territory and ask Edward.

Speaking of which, I wonder how Edward is doing.

It seems he ended up staying in the Eastern Territory as he wanted, but I just hope he returns to the capital safely.

Anyway, we traveled without much urgency, and after camping and waking up, we rode horses all morning the next day.

And finally, we arrived at the ruins excavation site.

“Wow.”

“Amazing.”

“Even with just the pillars and walls remaining, it’s this beautiful?”

These are ruins magnificent enough for everyone to admire a little.

What remained were just a few old pillars and foundations, but the original ancient appearance has a way of evoking mystery.

“What kind of people lived here? They must have been people from before the Empire was established.”

“Did people in the past look different from us?”

Seeing things like this makes me think kids are just kids.

“The excavation scale isn’t very large?”

“Hmm, since the excavation itself seems almost finished, it looks like most of the personnel have been withdrawn.”

This would make infiltration easier.

However, before infiltration can take place, I need to know the entrance that leads deep inside.

“First, let’s take a look around the ruins…”

That’s when I was saying that.

Suddenly, Ernest stepped forward with a triumphant expression.

Flutter.

And what was spread before us was a map of the Del Orno ruins excavation site.

And it was recorded in great detail.

Simply put…

“Where did you get this?”

At least it’s not something you can easily obtain.

But if there’s someone who can easily obtain it, that’s a different story.

“My father.”

“Ah.”

I understand immediately.

If it’s Baron Dylan, it would definitely be possible.

“Did you ask Father?”

“Yeah. He keeps communication open at all times now. There’s no chance of losing contact. But when I said I was going to the ruins, he immediately got this for me.”

A chuckle escapes at Ernest’s proud expression.

“You look happy?”

“Of course. Naturally.”

Thanks to this, the time to find the location leading to the depths should be greatly reduced.

Having a field map is completely different from bumping around trying to figure things out.

“Good. Shall we begin?”

We positioned ourselves at appropriate distances, pretending to be travelers to avoid drawing unnecessary attention.

Benatio also seems to have stopped at a distant location, following us to a position that’s hard to confirm with the naked eye.

Once we find the passage leading to the depths, how will he track us after that?

“Dane, the suspicious points seem to be here, here, and here for now.”

Meanwhile, Ernest examined the map closely and pointed to several locations. I asked for the other guys’ opinions too.

“What do you all think?”

“Hmm… this place looks a bit strange to me.”

“Doesn’t this look like an entrance too?”

“Here. The outskirts area. I saw somewhere that these kinds of secret entrances are likely to be at the edges.”

Everyone’s opinions are divided.

In fact, even Ernest, who could be considered the most expert here, seemed to be just guessing.

“We’ll have to search the suspicious points one by one. Should we wait until nightfall? We’ll have to wait at least until those people over there withdraw.”

I shook my head at Ernest’s words.

“No. Just give me the map. I’ll go check it out.”

“Oh right. Dane, you’re good at stealth too.”

The fastest person here is me, and the person who can hide if necessary is also me.

Now is the time for me to act alone.

Oh, there’s one more.

“Karnas, shall we go?”

“Kyuruk!”

This guy who always fits snugly in my arms.

“Go ahead. We’ll be eating then.”

“I’ll cook yours too, Dane.”

“Dorian, how about pancakes?”

“Masters, how about cold dessert with pancakes?”

“That sounds good.”

Good. Time should be used efficiently.

I left for the ruins after confirming the guys started cooking.

“Ugh, when will this damn ruin excavation end?”

“Right. It should be ending soon now. Thanks to it, it’s nice just standing around doing nothing, but…”

Voices of workers heard from behind the wall as soon as I entered.

I guessed they were mercenaries assigned to guard during this ruin excavation period.

“It is nice though. They pay us regularly every day. Just makes me a bit restless.”

“Right. That’s the problem. It’s boring. Ugh, I’ve done all the patrols I need to do. Who would even come to these insignificant ruins?”

“How would I know? From what I heard roughly, the excavation is finished but they’re just maintaining it for now?”

“Just maintaining it? Why?”

The mercenary who said “how would I know” actually knew quite a bit of information.

“Don’t go telling this anywhere.”

“You know my lips are sealed, right?”

“I know. That’s why I should really sew that mouth shut with thread.”

“Hey now. Bringing up old stuff again. So?”

“From what I hear, some rich noble is looking for something here. What was it, finding some secret of the ruins…”

“A secret? In these ruins that have already been thoroughly searched?”

“That’s why I said I don’t know. Anyway, how great is it for us to get paid for such simple tasks?”

A noble’s ‘secret’ search.

“Well, that’s true too.”

“Ah, it’s shift change time. Let’s go in and take a nap.”

“Sounds good.”

I moved in sync with the mercenaries going inside.

I could avoid being caught even without the shift timing, but I need to prepare for any possibility.

“Have the decency to wipe the sleep from your eyes before coming to relieve us, okay?”

“Look who’s talking. You’re just going to go in and nap anyway.”

“You know too much. You’ll have to die here.”

“Shut up. Now it’s our turn to die of boredom.”

Amid the mercenaries’ fading voices, I spread out the map and memorized the points.

Then I began investigating them one by one.

“Not here either, not here either.”

But as expected, it’s not simple.

I flowed mana into the ground to find an entrance and searched for any possible opening mechanisms, but nothing stood out.

The same result even after visiting all the points we had anticipated.

“Are there some special conditions?”

Maybe I’ll have to search through these entire ruins thoroughly.

I should have asked Professor Cross for more details.

No wait, that wouldn’t be fun.

Finding it yourself is what makes it fun.

I returned to my friends for now.

“Dane, you’re back? You came back early?”

“Eat some pancakes. Dorian made them amazingly.”

And I naturally took my seat and quickly devoured three pancakes before giving a rough explanation.

“The entrance isn’t immediately visible. We’ll need to explore a bit more, or find another method.”

“Hmm…”

I added the story about the noble searching for the ruins’ secrets.

“Ah, that noble would be… Count Arkent, I believe.”

“Count Arkent?”

“He’s someone who recently started taking interest in these kinds of ruins and antiques. I saw him before in a newspaper. In an article about this Del Orno ruins excavation.”

“Hmm.”

It’s not something to worry about immediately, but I should remember it for now.

We gathered opinions again like that.

Since we found no particular results despite examining all the points, we might need to look at it from a different perspective.

At this time, there was someone who offered an unexpected opinion.

“This map.”

Priscilla took the map for a moment, stretched both arms out, and squinted her eyes.

“If you look at just the outline, doesn’t it look like an eye?”

“An eye?”

“What do you mean?”

Priscilla continued her explanation.

“Here, try looking at it blurrily like this. With the feeling of looking at the entire map. Then… doesn’t it look like an eye?”

An eye.

I took the map from Priscilla and looked at it as blurrily as possible.

Then I really could see an ‘eye’ shape.

The overall picture of the map… looked like an eye.

An oval-shaped outer territory.

Two circles of different sizes existing within it.

I muttered while looking at the area corresponding to the pupil.

“I might be able to find it more easily than I thought.”

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