Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 351

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 351

231. A Chance for Reversal (1)

“We need to build our own training ground.”

“Looking at the site, it’s quite spacious. We could even construct a building, couldn’t we?”

“Should we also make a counseling center?”

Our club room is more spacious than any other club room.

But it’s difficult to train here.

We’re already doing various training in front of Bonia Forest, but it’s lacking in terms of safety.

Right now it’s an empty place that no one uses, so we’ve been using it quietly, but if someone raises an issue, we won’t be able to use it anymore.

So it would be great if we could get an official site and build a building while we’re at it.

We have plenty of money anyway.

“Then, let’s share our opinions.”

So we need an idea that can win overall first place at this festival.

A really good idea at that.

“First, treasure hunt and astrology booth are confirmed.”

“But that won’t be enough. Of course, we’ll make it incredibly fun. I guarantee the treasure hunt.”

Ernest was emphasizing that treasure hunt alone wouldn’t be enough, and I agreed.

“I bet everyone will come out with their teeth sharpened. They got beaten last year.”

Especially the Academy Swordsmanship Club.

Those guys will try anything to reclaim first place and get their dormitory rooms back.

I hear the Magic Department is also preparing something big this time.

Same goes for other notable departments.

“We don’t have to get first place, but it would be nice, right?”

Altur made everyone understand the situation in one go.

By the way, he belongs to the Magic Department but barely participates in department activities now.

No, he doesn’t need to.

He’s set to go to Sidrain’s Niruksion Magic Tower right after graduation without needing to do anything.

In that sense, various opinions began to emerge one by one.

“Should we expand the haunted house?”

“Please spare us from the haunted house…”

“How about this? We develop the astrology booth a bit more and turn it into a matchmaking booth.”

“The Magic Department tried that 3 years ago, but it failed because the ratio became 4:1 male to female students.”

Various opinions were exchanged, but there was no idea that really caught my attention.

So the discussion entered a brief lull, and during that time Jenna asked me.

“Dane, you stopped a rebellion at the Imperial Palace this time, right? I saw the article.”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“Amazing. How did you find out? I saw Drenik was mentioned in the article too. Though of course Drenik wasn’t behind it.”

I was about to answer Jenna’s question when I suddenly paused at the word Drenik.

This happens sometimes.

A simple word that I would normally just pass by suddenly sparks a thought.

How should I put it…

Countless thoughts instantly chain together and then at some point explode with a bang?

That’s exactly what’s happening now.

“Drenik.”

“Yeah?”

“That sounds like it could be interesting.”

Suddenly the other guys’ attention focused on me, and I brought up one topic.

“You all know Drenik is famous for mechanical engineering, right?”

“So?”

“So I heard something like this exists.”

I rummaged through my subspace and pulled out a book.

A book written in Drenick language.

I had kept it because I was happy to find it while searching for ancient documents before—

“This is a book written in Drenick language?”

“Isn’t that a forbidden book?”

“Dane is finally rebelling…”

“What’s this all of a sudden?”

Thanks to that, various reactions burst out.

I cleanly put those reactions behind me and opened the book while asking.

“What is Drenik famous for?”

“Dane is trying to naturally draw us in?”

“Still so young…”

After watching for a moment, the nonsense quickly died down. Soon enough, the one who admirably shouted the correct answer was Jenna.

“Mechanical engineering?”

“Good. Then what does Drenik do with mechanical engineering?”

“Uh… um… I don’t know the details?”

“You’re not supposed to know the details.”

The mindset itself is definitely different.

Being the post-war generation, the perception of ‘Drenik = bad guys’ is properly ingrained.

So I had no choice but to say it myself.

“They do all sorts of things with mechanical engineering. To be precise, you can think of it as Drenik doing almost everything mechanically that Alteon does with magic.”

“How do you know that, Dane?”

To Jenna’s question, this time the other guys admirably answered well.

“Because it’s Dane.”

“He’s always like that.”

“Haven’t you gotten used to it yet?”

Mm. The answers are satisfactory.

Thanks to that, I could naturally continue my explanation.

“The point is this.”

I opened the book to a certain page and showed them a picture.

“What is this?”

And the expected reaction came back.

“Is this a… mine cart?”

“To be precise, it’s something that started from a mine cart. It’s an ‘amusement ride’ developed in Drenik using dwarf technology.”

“Amusement ride?”

Of course they would be hearing this for the first time.

The concept itself would be unfamiliar.

Of course, limited to some wealthy noble children, they do ride things like wooden horses that bounce left and right in place.

Actually, that’s also an amusement ride if you think about it.

It’s about creating thrills by using things that shake, drop down, or spin around.

Anyway—

“How about we try making this? What do you all think?”

“Make this?”

Everyone’s eyes widened.

“Yeah. We need to do at least this much to get first place.”

We’ve already done everything doable.

Large-scale things have actually been attempted by other departments before.

Leila is firmly opposed to expanding the haunted house scale.

Since one club member dislikes it so much, there’s no need to force it, so we need another method.

And a very definitive way to secure ‘1st place’ at that.

“Unless there’s some other brilliant idea that could win first place.”

Everyone fell silent at my words.

They had no ideas.

Except for the original one that came up.

“Alright. Then I’ll explain.”

I had only heard about it in my previous life too.

Being only on the battlefield, there was no way I could have gone to a so-called ‘amusement park’ full of these ‘rides’.

I had only heard stories from noble knights I befriended who took their children there to play, and encountered materials through books I was lucky enough to obtain.

But even so, the reason I recalled it now and proposed it as an idea was…

Because everyone who talked about those ‘rides’ showed the same reaction.

As if dreaming, they described experiences that were incredibly fun, novel, surprisingly scary, and thrilling.

Of course, I couldn’t tell such stories, so I adapted them appropriately.

“…So you’re saying people from Drenik all said it was fun?”

“Right. Dane, you can speak Drenik language.”

“Amazing, Dane. You can speak Drenik too?”

Somehow the focus of the story seemed to have shifted slightly, but what does it matter.

“Anyway, the conclusion is let’s try recreating these ‘rides’ and use them for the festival.”

“That sounds good?”

“If it’s like Dane said, it’s a device for enjoying ‘thrills’, and since it’s unfamiliar, people will be interested too.”

“That’s great. Let’s do it right away!”

The relatively impatient Priscilla, Leila, and Ernest shouted, but the relatively ‘somewhat’ calmer Altur and Dorian put on the brakes.

“But how are we going to make it?”

“That’s right, teachers. Look at this. Just looking at this drawing, it’s incredibly complex. I don’t know much about construction, but this isn’t something that can be completed in the time remaining until the festival. Surely we’re not expecting mice to ride this?”

Dorian was right.

The picture in the book I had opened showed several train-like cars lined up traveling along intricately intertwined rails.

“Right. We can’t make something that complex.”

I nodded and turned several pages.

Then I showed them one ride that was relatively much simpler compared to the previous picture.

“How about this?”

“This is…”

“The structure is simple?”

“What kind of device is this?”

A cylinder.

And a disc that rides up the cylinder.

Several seats surround the edge of that disc.

“It’s simple. It slowly goes up, then drops suddenly. So when you reach the top, you feel tremendous fear, and when you fall, you experience the thrill.”

“Ah…!”

A principle simple enough for even those unfamiliar with the concept of rides to understand instantly.

The name, when translated to Alteon language, would be…

“It’s called the ‘Rapid Drop Device’.”

Quite a cool name comes out.

Then Leila narrowed her eyes and put on the brakes.

“Even if we make it, that name won’t work.”

I narrowed my eyes too.

“Why. It’s only cool.”

“You really… Never mind. Your opinion on naming is excluded from now on too, Dane. How about ‘Sudden Drop’?”

“That’s good.”

“As expected of Leila.”

“Dane. Sorry, but let’s follow Leila’s opinion.”

“Teacher Dane, your naming sense is indeed lacking.”

These guys really don’t know style.

Since there’s strong opposition, I’ll have to secretly come up with a name later.

In the midst of this, Ernest asked me.

“But even though it looks simple, if more than ten people are going to ride it, the scale seems like it would be considerable.”

That’s right.

But it’s relatively simple compared to other rides.

So I brought out what was instantly organized in my head.

“The technical aspects are fine.”

“How?”

“Because we have magic.”

“Ah.”

Of course, magic isn’t omnipotent.

There are clear limitations.

In general cases, that’s definitely true.

But the mana I possess, the mana stones derived from it, and magic are not ordinary.

“With Dane’s magic, well. It seems possible.”

Altur stepped forward to help.

“First, there’s enough power to pull this disc to the top. With Dane’s mana stones. Holding it at the top is sufficient too.”

“Then it just plummets down?”

“Of course we have to catch it at the bottom. With powerful magnetism. Similarly, we’ll apply brakes to the rails to prepare double safety measures.”

“I see.”

“There probably won’t be any problems related to safety or power. Though we’ll need to examine it more closely.”

I nodded and added.

“The important thing is the rail this disc will ride up and the pillar that will withstand all this impact and force.”

“Then that would…”

“Need to be manufactured separately.”

This is the most important point.

The physical aspect.

Even if the principle and power are somehow resolved, if the physical aspect doesn’t work out, we can’t do anything.

“Even if we scale this down, it seems like it would be quite large.”

“The pillar alone would be at least 20 meters.”

While everyone was worried, Jenna offered an opinion.

“We’ve been to the underground city. So couldn’t we borrow the dwarves’ help?”

“That’s right. It’s simple, isn’t it? If we ask, they’d probably make it right away?”

I shook my head.

“No. That won’t work. The whole point is to solve it with the power of Academy members.”

“Ah…”

If external help could be borrowed, the Academy festival would have long become a power struggle between families.

It’s written in the school rules too.

At the Academy festival, direct help from external personnel must not be received.

If you dig a little deeper, it’s just covering your eyes and pretending, but whatever.

So while I was discussing these things, I had something I thought of in advance.

“Not external, but internal.”

“Huh?”

“The Architecture Department.”

I recalled last year’s festival.

The Architecture Department didn’t even make it into the festival rankings there.

It’s an unpopular department to begin with.

I remember they created some impressive architectural structures back then, but there wasn’t much reaction.

“We’ll make a deal with those guys.”

“That sounds good.”

“Architecture Department… I never even thought of that?”

“The sorrow of an unpopular department…”

Since we have to solve this within the Academy anyway, it’s better to collaborate with fellows who can do it properly.

By the way, I’m not planning to leave it entirely to the students.

I stood up from my place and said.

“Let’s go persuade the Professor first.”

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