Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 339

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 339

221. The Reason for the Signal Flare (3)

Leila swung her sword while thinking.

‘What is Dane doing?’

The rest period after midterm exams.

Everyone says they have their own things to do.

She also wanted to do some training during this time, so she returned to the main house.

However, what awaited Leila was training with her father, Duke Termion.

“The sword tip is wavering. Again. Are you wavering after only 10,000 downward strikes while using mana?”

Yes, that’s how it was.

It was originally this harsh.

‘I’ve been doing only basic training for four days now. Damn.’

The problem was that he insisted on solidifying the fundamentals, making her practice only basics for three straight days since coming home.

Downward strikes.

Thrusts.

Diagonal slashes and so on.

She had been doing it without complaint, but now she wanted to spar.

Like she did with Dane, sparring that involved relentless attacks, clashing and separating repeatedly.

‘I really wonder what that guy is doing.’

Well, he’s not the type to fall and get hurt somewhere just because she’s not watching, but somehow she felt disappointed.

Maybe it’s because they’re friends.

“The sword tip is wavering. Again.”

A stern voice reached her ears in the midst of this.

Leila pondered.

Her brothers had returned home too, so why did she still have to continue such harsh training?

The eldest son, Owen Termion.

The second son, Delword Termion.

Despite having talent, the two wandered outside instead of inheriting the family, naturally drawing attention to Leila.

That had continued until now.

Leila made up her mind.

She decided to rebel slightly.

“What is little brother doing?”

“Your brother ran away from home.”

“…He was here until yesterday?”

“He left today after leaving a letter.”

That bastard, really.

Whoosh!

In a moment of anger, she unconsciously swung her sword, and the sound of air being torn followed the sword tip.

She had unknowingly infused mana into her sword.

“…”

Leila was surprised.

And Duke Termion was also surprised.

The intensity was a bit different.

Originally, releasing mana from weapons and such wasn’t particularly difficult.

But this time…

The density was somewhat different from usual.

‘Did she learn a lot at the Academy?’

Even until the Danter Cup victory, he had acknowledged his daughter’s talent without any modesty.

But now, in the middle of the second year’s first semester, her talent seemed to have grown even more than before.

“Stop.”

Duke Termion spoke to Leila, who had stopped her sword and was breathing heavily.

“Now let’s gradually move on to sparring.”

Color returned to Leila’s face.

“Really?”

“Yes. Seeing the energy in your sword tip, it seems sufficient.”

But that was only momentary.

“…You said little brother ran away from home?”

“He’ll return soon once your mother sends a letter.”

“Ah.”

Right, now little brother has a weakness.

Mother.

Since he wandered outside for many years under the pretext of treating Mother’s illness, now he has no justification to leave.

“Though we probably can’t keep him here anyway.”

“What?”

“Nothing. Now, get into position.”

Leila faced her father.

And she recalled sparring with Dane.

That sparring where, even with practice swords, they fought almost desperately and made her grow several levels.

‘What is that guy doing? Maybe I should have followed him to the Imperial Knight Camp.’

Leila has no particular interest in joining the Imperial Knight Order.

Since some time ago…

Perhaps she began thinking that she might have to inherit the family.

It’s not an old thought.

One day, it was a thought that suddenly occurred to her.

So while she usually followed wherever Dane went, this time she didn’t.

‘He’s probably doing well on his own. He’s not the type to get hurt somewhere.’

Thinking about it, Dane had never been in danger, let alone gotten a single scratch.

To catch up with such a Dane, now wasn’t the time to be thinking about Dane.

“Let’s go, Father.”

Thud!

Leila’s foot powerfully kicked off the ground.

Thud!

Toward the fellow charging by kicking off the ground, my spear instantly rushed forward and pierced through his shoulder.

“Gah!”

Blood drops falling with a scream.

His eyes were full of disbelief.

Right, he must have thought he could definitely avoid it.

“Flank him and attack!”

Meanwhile, the other fellows took positions on the left, right, and rear.

Swoosh!

I pulled my spear out from that fellow’s shoulder.

The reason I chose a spear is simple.

When facing multiple opponents, there’s no weapon quite like it.

Whoosh!

Just lightly spinning the spear in the air can block approaches entirely-

Thud, swoosh!

The moment I stopped and gripped it firmly with both hands to thrust, another fellow’s side was pierced through.

“Kugh.”

But here lies the weakness of the spear.

While it shows strength in thrusting, defense becomes difficult once you’ve thrust.

“Got you!”

Especially when the opponent grabs the spear shaft while pierced and won’t let go, like now.

In such cases, it’s simple.

Sling.

Drop the spear and draw another weapon.

Slash!

“Kugh!”

This sword that just sliced long across the chest of the fellow who charged from behind.

“That makes three.”

Two fellows remain.

No, three including the ‘experiment subject.’

“This guy, just what…”

What’s certain is that the three I just faced can hardly be called Drenik’s mountain rangers.

Setting aside that they’re babbling in Alteon rather than Drenick, those movements can’t be called those of Drenik rangers.

That would be a great insult to the rangers.

“Your skills are pretty mediocre, aren’t they?”

“You bastard…!”

Getting riled up by simple provocation makes it even more obvious.

Even their methods are quite extreme.

“Move aside!”

“You crazy bastard! That’s!”

Pop!

Before the other fellow could stop him, the one who first thrust his spear at me burst something.

Not the smoke screen that the guy I chased earlier had burst…

“Kugh, kuk.”

“Can’t… breathe…”

Poison smoke.

Right, that’s it.

The reason they could assault teams and take down knights with those unremarkable skills.

I have no resistance to poison.

So I used a simple method.

“Swirl around.”

I used wind-type magic centered on myself to push the poison smoke in all directions.

Thanks to that, all the poison smoke was completely dumped on the other fellows—

“You’re the only one left?”

When the poison smoke cleared, I saw four collapsed and writhing.

The remaining one had cleverly covered his face with something and was holding the ‘experiment subject’s’ leash.

“Even so, isn’t sacrificing the rest just to kill me a bit much?”

“No one died. It’s paralysis poison.”

The fellow spoke as if it was no big deal.

He’s definitely a strange one.

“I guess they were fellows who could die anyway?”

“The mission was completed anyway. After dealing with you, all these fellows were scheduled to disappear from the world without a trace.”

Sling.

And the fellow draws his sword.

“Dane Sogress. I’ll leave your corpse intact. Honestly, what luck. The eldest son of Count Sogress… when your corpse is discovered, it’ll cause even greater chaos.”

My speculation hits the mark again.

“A rebellion?”

“No interest in the throne. What matters is the situation this will trigger.”

“War.”

“You’re quick on the uptake, Dane Sogress.”

Thud.

Meanwhile, the experiment subject’s leash is released.

“Grrrrrrr!”

Now that I’m looking closely, it’s a bizarrely shaped creature.

The muscular limbs are similar to those of the monster ‘Ktus,’ and the body has the black color of ‘Devari.’

Incidentally, the limbs are green.

And what about the head?

They seem to have transplanted the head of a monster called ‘Wybar,’ named for resembling the summoned beast Wyvern, and the tail is that of ‘Delkren,’ famous for its poison-bearing tail.

“Consider it an honor. You’re witnessing an existence that no one has successfully created until now.”

It doesn’t look like crossbreeding at all…

It feels like pieces taken from here and there and combined into one.

Setting aside whether that’s even possible, the problem is that all four monsters I mentioned are notoriously ferocious.

“I wonder how Little Sister would react if she saw this.”

“What did you say?”

“Nothing. Never mind.”

I looked at the experiment subject that was quite difficult to name.

I’m not the kind of ‘advocate’ who respects even the lives of monsters, but seeing the experiment subject’s condition gives me a strangely pitiful feeling.

Not that I actually feel sorry for it—

“Don’t worry. I won’t have it chew and swallow you alive like those knight fellows.”

I’m just planning to cut it down.

Swish.

I shook my sword in the air to splatter the blood, then took my stance.

And after concentrating mana in my lower body…

“Go kill him.”

“Grruk!”

The moment the experiment subject charged at me—

Thud!

I leaped into the air and deeply slashed the back of the experiment subject passing beneath me.

Grruk!”

Additionally, I concentrated mana to create a spear in the air and grabbed it—

Whoosh, thud!

“Kugh!”

I threw that spear and pierced straight through The Man’s thigh.

“What, did you think the experiment subject would do everything?”

I landed and charged at the fellow.

Then I kicked down The Man who was about to swing his sword.

“Kugh!”

Whether from hitting his head first when he fell, The Man staggered from the impact, and when I looked back, the experiment subject was charging toward me again.

Indeed, fast and fierce.

But a monster is a monster.

Thud!

“Keng!”

When I concentrated minute mana spheres in the air to create a wall, the fellow crashed right into it.

Well, it would have been the same even for a human.

I confirmed that the experiment subject was dazed from the head impact like its owner, then turned my gaze back to The Man.

“Nothing left now?”

“Kuk… Do you think you can handle me…?”

Yes, that’s how you should come at me.

I shoved my hand right into the fellow’s mouth.

“Kup!”

What I pulled out from the struggling fellow’s mouth was poison.

Someone who uses poison smoke couldn’t possibly be without suicide poison.

After that, I searched his belongings and found an escape scroll too.

The other fellows are paralyzed and can’t move, so I can take my time.

Now there’s only one thing left.

“Krrrk!”

That Experiment Subject fellow shaking his head violently while glaring at me.

I wonder how they made it – quite fascinating.

If Little Sister had seen this, she would probably throw a fit about ignoring ‘research ethics’.

Little Sister’s area of expertise is research on Summoned Beasts and Summoning Arts.

Even Little Sister only conducts direct experiments on Summoned Beasts very limitedly.

She never even proceeds with experiments that might burden the Summoned Beasts.

Of course, those fellows are made by piecing together fragments of monsters…

“This is going too far.”

Even setting aside the fact that the fellow is trying to kill me by going wild.

“Krrrk!”

Its condition doesn’t even look very good either.

Not because it hit its head, but every time it moves it flinches, its limbs move separately, and its tail swings vigorously left and right like welcoming an owner coming home.

“I should end this with one strike.”

I raised my sword toward the charging Experiment Subject.

Slash!

I cut it down in one blow and it collapsed.

“Kr… rk.”

The Experiment Subject finally breathed its last with a small groan.

It was fast and powerful.

It was definitely at a level that could overwhelm Knight members without them being able to resist.

It was fortunate that I was the opponent – it might have caused more casualties otherwise.

“We’re almost there! Pick up the pace!”

Meanwhile, a faint shout in the distance caught by my Sensing Ability.

It seems the Knight members are coming after seeing the signal flare.

I looked at the fellow and grinned wickedly.

“It looks like there’s still a bit of time before they arrive – shall we have a serious conversation?”

Shiver.

The man’s body trembled like an aspen tree when he saw my expression.

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