Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 33

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 33

 

 

 

13. You, Become My Companion

 

 

6,000 applicants.

Among them, 200 successful candidates.

Those who had broken through the 30:1 competition rate to become members of the Imperial Academy were now gathered together in the massive Academy Plaza, waiting for the entrance ceremony to begin.

“Look over there, our son is right there!”

“Our daughter is entering the Academy! This is a celebration for our family!”

“Well done, our son! Admission after 8 attempts! So amazing!”

Surrounding them were the families of the Academy’s new students.

Naturally, they outnumbered the incoming students by several times and were celebrating the admission with enthusiastic voices before the entrance ceremony began.

“Hehe, can you see Dane over there?”

“I can see him well. How could someone be born so handsome?”

“Ahem. He takes after me, so he’s absolutely radiant.”

“Oh my. What are you saying? He takes after me.”

Aken Sogress and Lily Sogress were also included among them.

However, the difference was that Aken Sogress was a war hero born from a long war, and thanks to this, he was receiving utmost protocol and sitting in the center of the platform.

The two had flown to the capital in an instant today via teleport gate with the help of their eldest daughter Arabella, just like Dane.

“Arabella and Claire are over there. How about we take the kids to ‘Whale Star’ after the entrance ceremony ends? It’s been a while.”

“That sounds good. I was just thinking about their star salt crayfish stew.”

Just as the two were chatting intimately, a welcome voice was heard.

“Hehe, I don’t see any gap for you two to grow apart. Isn’t that right, Aken?”

It was Duke Termion who had just arrived.

“Brother Bout. You’ve come.”

“Mm. You look very well.”

“The same goes for you, brother.”

“Hehe, and your wife looks even better.”

“Duke, have you been well? You look to be in good spirits.”

“Indeed, sister-in-law. Hahaha.”

Though he was invited to the Academy’s new student entrance ceremony every year, there had never been a day as joyful as today.

Because it was the day his daughter, Leila, would finally enter the Academy like her brothers.

“You’ve raised your children beautifully, Aken.”

“You’re too kind. Compared to you, brother, it’s nothing.”

“Hehe, raising two sons turned out to be of no use. Don’t you have two daughters? I’ve always been very envious of you.”

“I felt the same way. But now that we each have one daughter and son entering, isn’t this fulfilling our wishes? Haha.”

Duke Termion smiled while inwardly wearing a bitter smile as well.

How wonderful it would have been if his wife could have come too.

“Hey, do you see him? That’s my younger brother. Do you see him there? The silver-haired one.”

“Him? The one you always brag about? Wow, amazing. Why is he so handsome? It’s like he’s living in a world of his own.”

“That’s just how our family is.”

In the midst of this, Arabella was bragging about Dane to her friend, shrugging her shoulders.

“So does he also draw like five magic circles in a day?”

“He’ll probably draw ten soon enough.”

“What a dirty world where it’s hard to live without talent.”

The friend saying this was also a tremendously talented mage.

It’s just that her talent was inferior to Arabella’s.

This showed just how great the talents of the Sogress family siblings were.

‘As expected of my younger brother, he stands out the most.’

She had been so happy when she heard the news of Dane’s acceptance, especially his acceptance into the autonomous major that had only produced 2 people in 100 years.

“I recognized it from when he was little.”

And not far away, Claire was standing alongside Professor Delfineso, having a conversation.

“Claire, about your younger brother.”

“Yes, Professor.”

“I heard that when he was a baby, he was already getting along well with Aitz?”

Claire nodded, recalling how Aitz, a small but extremely wary summoned creature, had rubbed its face against Dane as soon as it saw him.

“Yes.”

“Hmm, he may have potential, but surely Eterak couldn’t have…”…”

After the test ended.

Professor Delfineso seemed to have been in great shock.

Eterak.

In terms of ferocity, it was no less than a 2nd-grade summoned creature, and when angered, it was a creature that would bite even 3rd-grade summoned creatures to death, yet it had lowered its tail and even licked his face.

This wasn’t something that could be explained by simple innate affinity alone.

After analyzing the thread of mana linked between himself and Eterak, he had created something identical and connected it.

‘He’s a monster.’

A fellow without even a mark had accomplished more than a summoner with a mark.

“With that level of affinity and talent, couldn’t he probably summon even the summoned creatures from ‘Beyond the Horizon’?”

Normally, even if it was Claire, his most cherished student, he would have dismissed this as nonsense.

But now he couldn’t do that.

Not because she was Claire’s younger brother, but because he had seen that talent.

“…”

Beyond the Horizon.

Another world from which summoned creatures are called.

To summon a summoned creature from that world where the connection had already been severed over 100 years ago—

It wasn’t certain.

But he thought it was possible.

Because the summoned creatures from that place ‘choose’ their summoner and appear.

“Hehe.”

Professor Delfineso unconsciously let out a chuckle.

In the midst of this, the entrance ceremony began, and the dean stepped onto the platform.

Arkwald Homet.

A mysterious figure who had been serving as dean of the Imperial Academy for a full 40 years. He rarely showed himself except at official events and didn’t interfere much with academic operations.

For this reason, he was evaluated as someone who gave professors great discretionary power, thereby elevating the Academy’s status even further.

Though his hair was white with age, his firm impression made it impossible to think he was already an 80-year-old man.

“Welcome, new students of the Imperial Academy. I am Arkwald Homet, dean of the Imperial Academy.”

His magically amplified voice echoed throughout.

“Seeing the new students who have broken through fierce competition to stand here this year, I think the Empire’s future is very bright.”

He smiled warmly while looking at the new students gazing up at him.

“Since you’re standing here, you must all be outstanding talents from across the Empire, but it seems there are particularly exceptional talents among this year’s new students.”

Outstanding talents.

At those words, the new students’ hearts began to race.

Then, Arkwald brought up something surprising.

“In fact, there was even someone who was accepted into the ‘autonomous major,’ which had only produced two people in 100 years.”

At those words, murmuring arose.

“My goodness, autonomous major?”

“Autonomous major? That major at the very bottom? Someone applied for that?”

“The dean just said so. That someone was accepted!”

“That’s impossible! How could he pass that! Didn’t they say three professors had to approve?”

Shock arose, and several shook their heads vigorously. Some hastily suspected cheating.

The main reason was that only two people had emerged in 100 years, and now it was recognized as merely symbolic.

But everyone fell silent at the dean’s following words.

“The student in question passed the autonomous major examination by receiving unanimous approval from the three department heads of the Spear Arts Department, Magic Department, and Summoning Department respectively.”

Professors.

And unanimous approval from three department heads at that.

“Then, then he really passed?”

“What kind of insane talent is that…”

Soon Arkwald’s voice rang out.

“A lengthy speech won’t be necessary. I congratulate you all once again on your admission, and we’ll proceed to the entrance oath.”

Arkwald looked down below the platform.

Silver hair and green eyes.

That hair resembled Count Sogress sitting in the back, and the green eyes resembled Countess Sogress.

‘Autonomous major…’

Historically, all those who passed the autonomous major had greatly influenced the Empire, whether for good or ill.

It would be interesting to see how that boy would influence this vast Empire.

Arkwald finally opened his mouth.

“Valedictorian, Dane Sogress. Step forward.”

Valedictorian.

At those words, everyone’s mouths fell open.

Step, step.

All eyes focused on one boy walking through the crowd toward the platform.

Dane Sogress.

The autonomous major graduate in decades and the protagonist of the valedictorian status Arkwald had just announced.

With his tall stature and sturdy build, a head taller than his peers, no one could think Dane was 14 years old.

And one more thing.

“What kind of blessing has descended upon the Sogress family…”

Someone let out a sigh.

War hero and the Empire’s greatest spear master, Aken Sogress.

Known to few but making those who know tremble at just the name, the legendary assassin Lily Sogress.

The pride of the Magic Department, greatest inventor, and considered the finest talent the Magic Department ever produced, Arabella Sogress.

Similarly regarded as the greatest talent in Summoning Department history, already summoning 3rd-grade summons and even operating two summons simultaneously, Claire Sogress.

From the family where these incredible talents gathered—

Another tremendous talent had been born.

“So you’re the rumored Dane Sogress.”

Arkwald grinned as he looked at Dane who had climbed onto the platform to face him, then handed over the oath.

“I hope you’ll fully display your talent at this Academy.”

Dane grinned at those words.

That was exactly what he had hoped to hear.

Dane accepted the oath, turned around, and finally opened his mouth while facing thousands of gazes directed at him.

“The oath.”

Warm spring.

Thus, Dane’s Academy life was beginning.

 

 

After the entrance ceremony ended, all freshmen including myself were moving to the Academy main building auditorium.

It was for the freshman orientation event.

An excited atmosphere could be felt.

I felt the same way.

Not because of the joy of admission.

Because whether in my previous life or current life, I was finally stepping out into the outside world for the first time.

“Follow this way! Never touch the statues along the path! They’re enchanted with magic, so if you touch them carelessly, immediately…”

“Excuse me, teaching assistant! I think someone touched one here!”

“Aaah!”

There were some minor accidents along the way.

On the long path from the main gate to the Academy main building stood statues of great figures who were Academy alumni, and they were enchanted with magic.

“He, he fainted!”

“Quickly take him to the infirmary!”

I didn’t know what kind of magic it was, but it was definitely clear you shouldn’t touch them, and the statues looked quite expensive too.

“They say freshmen like that appear every year. I heard there are quite a few magically enchanted statues and buildings like that in the Academy.”

“How curious.”

“Right? It’s the Academy after all. Oh, someone said the Academy has tons of secret places too!”

Leila, who was walking beside me, chattered excitedly.

Since it’s this vast, there would be at least one secret place.

“Is that guy Dane Sogress?”

“I heard he’s autonomous major, does that make sense?”

“Isn’t it because he’s Count Sogress’s son?”

By the way, if gazes had physical force, would it feel like this?

It wasn’t particularly bothersome, but wherever I turned my head, I definitely made eye contact with someone.

There were even piercing glares.

They couldn’t have recognized me from my previous life.

Though I did cut and stab quite a lot on the battlefield.

“They’re jealous. Envious too. Or they might be thinking of you as a competitor.”

At Leila’s words, I tilted my head.

“Why bother?”

“Isn’t it obvious? This is the stage of survival of the fittest.”

What makes this kid so fierce at such a young age?

Well, she wasn’t wrong.

They gather talented kids together and make them compete, so it would be stranger if they didn’t act this way.

But it was a bit cute.

My previous life rolling on battlefields was survival of the fittest itself.

If you’re weak, you die.

Even if you survive by luck, that can ultimately be called strength.

If that luck repeats, it eventually becomes skill.

Of course, I endured the battlefield for over 20 years by adding talent to luck.

“Listen carefully, Dane. There will probably be many kids targeting you. Whether with good intentions or bad intentions. So be careful. If anyone makes any proposals, make sure to think it over.”

If my sisters had said this, I would have just accepted it, but Leila earnestly advising me at the same age as me looked quite cute.

“There are lots of crazy kids too. Kids who were educated wrong and act the same way they did at their families.”

I saw that plenty in my previous life.

New noble knights who came to the battlefield as junior officers and oppressed and mistreated soldiers more than necessary, ordering them around.

For reference, their arrogance didn’t last very long.

Once they were actually deployed to the battlefield and rolled around in the symphony of spears, swords, arrows, and magic, they realized that noble or commoner class distinctions meant nothing at those moments.

The ones who realized this were the decent ones.

Usually they died from sword wounds before that.

“Yeah, got it.”

“Make sure!”

“I said I got it.”

What kind of senior is he anyway.

And so we arrived at the auditorium, found a suitable spot, and took our seats.

Leila was still looking around excitedly, constantly marveling at the auditorium before asking me.

“But Dane, where are you going after the orientation ends? We’re supposed to gather by department, but you’re in the Autonomous Major.”

“Me? I saw earlier that I’m supposed to….”

I was about to continue when a voice aimed at me came from behind.

“Are you Dane?”

Wondering what this was about, I turned my head to see some fellow with short-cropped hair looking at me.

Behind him, about five other guys were glaring at me with the same expression.

“Wow.”

Leila’s pure admiration could be heard from behind.

I almost felt the same way.

Height that was at least a span taller than me.

A physique that went beyond sturdy to downright burly.

Rippling muscles.

Both the fellow who had spoken to me and the five behind him were all like that.

“I am the heir of the Artak Family, a great warrior and knight, the eldest son of Marquis Kabul Artak, Dorian Artak. And I’m also a third-year student in the Combat Department of the Imperial Academy.”

The Combat Department, huh.

Somehow that fits perfectly.

After introducing himself in that thick voice, he looked at me and stroked his chin as if finding me interesting.

“Just looking at you, you have an excellent frame… your muscles are already developed too! Forearms, pectorals, deltoids…!”

They’re covered by clothes so he can’t see them, so what exactly is developed?

“My eyes can see everything. With just a little dedication, muscles with truly heavenly beauty would be born….”

Is it just my imagination that this feels creepy?

“Uh… wow….”

Leila’s exclamation with the same syllables but a different nuance.

“Dane Sogress, we are currently promoting our club to new students.”

I think I heard about this from Big Sister.

Clubs exist at the Academy, and most students join at least one club.

Club activities are the flower of Academy life, or something like that.

“So I’ll speak directly to the point. Join the ‘Physical Beauty’ club where we cultivate and train beautiful bodies.”

Dorian, who had been smiling showing his pearly white teeth, suddenly stripped off his shirt.

“Behold. This beauty!”

Is that sweat or oil.

I gave up trying to think.

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