Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 358

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 358

236. How Many Adventures Are There Exactly?

Big Sister seems like a master of childcare.

She was taking very good care of the Mini Golem and Karnas, who were no different from children.

Both of their satisfaction levels were at their peak.

“Kyirik!”

Of course, that doesn’t mean they ignore me or anything.

I petted Karnas who flew into my arms as soon as he saw me.

“Have you been well?”

“Kyirik!”

“You’ve gotten a bit heavier, haven’t you?”

“Kyi… rik?”

He probably ate a lot of snacks too.

“Karnas really ate a ton. He ate almost everything we gave him.”

“How much did you give him?”

“I think he ate almost an entire cow’s worth?”

Good heavens.

At Big Sister’s words, I looked at Karnas again.

Now that I look at him, it seems like he has a double chin.

“Karnas, if you keep this up, you’ll become huge.”

“Kyirik?”

“You’re a mini dragon, so you can’t eat that much. It’ll all turn to fat.”

“Kyirik…”

Karnas’s physical growth has stopped.

He should be growing constantly to be normal, but he’s a mutant.

So there’s a need to control his food intake.

“This time can’t be helped. But no snacks for a while, okay?”

“Kyi… riuk…”

I put the dejected Karnas in my arms and picked up the Mini Golem.

“Have you been well?”

[Dane Sogress. I thought you had completely forgotten about me.]

“I came back without forgetting, didn’t I?”

[You seem to be very busy with construction work. Well, I wasn’t bored. Big Sister here is incredibly knowledgeable and intellectual.]

Big Sister immediately reacted to those words.

“Oh my, what are you saying.”

[It’s true. I had a wonderful time the entire stay. If you had been born in Arcana, you would have become a great figure no matter which school you joined.]

Our Big Sister is indeed capable.

No wonder each Magic Tower is desperately trying to recruit her.

Even so, the reason she’s here, turning down enormous salaries, research funds, and facilities, is probably because of me.

“So you didn’t miss me much?”

[I wasn’t particularly worried. You don’t look like someone who would die on the roadside.]

It would normally feel strange to hear such words after preventing a rebellion, but I accepted it and moved on.

“Was there anything unusual at the Imperial Palace?”

“Yeah. After that incident, well, nothing in particular?”

“Any injuries?”

“None.”

“That’s a relief. I was so shocked when I heard the news. I couldn’t even contact you since you were inside the Imperial Palace.”

It’s quite a different reaction from my friends.

Maybe because she’s family, but unlike my friends, she hasn’t been watching me constantly by my side.

“It’s okay. If it gets dangerous, I’ll contact Big Sister.”

“You must. You still have the scroll I gave you, right?”

“Of course. I put it safely in my subspace.”

Anyway, after finishing our reunion, Big Sister asked.

“Are you taking them with you now?”

“Yeah. Will you miss them?”

“I’ve grown attached to them. Well, you’ll visit often anyway. Right, Karnas?”

“Kyirik!”

Karnas seems to have quite a lot of people following him besides me.

At this rate, I wonder if he might follow anyone who offers him food.

“The Mini Golem seems to have been very helpful too. I think I can create a few inventions soon.”

[It’s all thanks to Dane’s Big Sister being so outstanding.]

“Oh my. He even speaks so sweetly.”

According to the fellow’s claims, he had been living very, very happily with our Big Sister.

It seems he also became quite close with Karnas.

[By the way, Dane. I really don’t like this mini dragon.]

“Kyi-rik!”

[He tormented me so much, yesterday he grabbed me with his front paws, flew up to the ceiling, and dropped me.]

“You don’t seem to have any cracks or breaks though.”

[Are you taking this mini dragon’s side right now!]

Since it’s been a while since we met, I had momentarily forgotten that this fellow talks a lot.

Anyway, I ‘equipped’ the Mini Golem after a long time.

Click.

[Ah, this swaying. It’s been so long. My body is also filled with mana.]

I also feel the weight settling at my waist.

Mana was immediately transmitted, and vitality returned to the Mini Golem’s voice.

“There’s something I need you to do.”

[Something to say?]

“Yeah. I’d like you to take a look at something.”

I held up the drawing that Professor Santelia had sketched, or more precisely, the map, in front of the Mini Golem’s eyes.

“How is it?”

[It’s a map.]

I briefly explained how I obtained it.

There’s only one important thing.

[So something created and designed in the Arcana Era was reproduced exactly here.]

“Something like that.”

[That Professor Santelia person seems to have remarkable skill. To understand Arcana’s design and architecture and recreate it almost identically…]

I agree with that too.

“Anyway, so how does it look to you?”

[I think data analysis will be necessary. Actually, my data isn’t perfect.]

“Not perfect?”

[There’s some data that was lost while spending long years in standby mode. Searching will also take a bit more time.]

“That’s fine. Try searching once. Can the lost data be recovered?”

[If Arcana still existed, it would have been possible. You’d just need to understand the circuit design inside me and then replace the circuits with new ones.]

“Circuits?”

[There are several places where circuits aren’t functioning normally.]

I briefly expanded my sensing ability and brought my hand toward the Mini Golem.

[Dane? What are you suddenly doing?]

“Hold still.”

A surprisingly complex structure comes into view.

So this fellow called Dekanius made this thing.

The circuits are in a form that spreads out in an intertwined manner centered around the core inside the Mini Golem.

It’s a structure where mana flows along those circuits to supply power.

That’s why when one circuit breaks, data gets lost or some functions stop, just like the Mini Golem said.

[…Your hands are warm. Dekanius was like that too.]

I carefully examined the circuits while listening to the Mini Golem’s murmuring.

Then I found several places that were blocked or damaged.

“I found which circuits they are. But can this be repaired?”

[It’s not possible. Not right now.]

“Does that mean it’s possible later?”

[First, repairing circuits is extremely difficult when the design data has been lost.]

That’s true.

Unless you’re the creator or a skilled expert, you shouldn’t touch mana circuits.

However, if there are blueprints and skilled experts, the story becomes a bit different.

“Finding the design data would be most important then.”

[That’s correct. But circuit repair is needed to recover the data.]

The Mini Golem muttered regretfully.

[It would be nice if Dekanius’s research lab still remained.]

“Is it in Arcana?”

[It’s hidden underground in the territory of old Arcana.]

“Then we just need to find it.”

[Didn’t you say that almost everything about Arcana has been lost in this era?]

“That’s why this map might be helpful.”

The Mini Golem stared intently at the map again.

[Please wait a moment. This will take some time.]

Meanwhile, Big Sister asked.

“What are you looking for?”

“What this map represents.”

“Ah. Another adventure?”

“If it’s revealed, probably?”

There are many places to go.

I need to go to the suspected Dragon’s Lair location, and to the Western Region too.

“You go on adventures quite often.”

“It’s thanks to Ernest.”

“Just go and come back safely.”

“Don’t worry.”

While we were talking, the Mini Golem spoke.

[Search complete.]

“How is it?”

[I found it in the existing map data. Compared with the current continental map, there’s approximately a 98% probability of a match.]

However, I couldn’t help but be stunned by what followed.

[The location is confirmed to be in ‘Drenik’s’ territory, based on the current continental map.]

“Drenik.”

“Kirik?”

Karnas suddenly poked his head out as if wondering what I was muttering about.

“It’s a bit strange thinking about going there.”

“Ki…rik?”

If I go there, I’ll definitely encounter people I know.

Just counting the people I simply talked to on the battlefield would be thousands.

And there were people I had deep conversations with, people I talked quite seriously with, even though it was on the battlefield.

Of course, it didn’t last long.

They either got injured and discharged, or died and left this world.

Well, now I’m Dane Sogress.

It would be stranger to go there and act like I know them.

Moreover, if I go there, it would be ‘illegal entry.’

“The problem is there’s no purpose.”

For now, only one thing came out.

The image projected from the sculpture’s eyes is a ‘map,’ and that map points to some location in current Drenik.

The problem is there’s no purpose since we don’t know what’s there.

[It’s unfortunate that my existing map data has been lost.]

“It’s okay. We can find it. Oh, right. Is it possible to input new data too?”

[Any new information I encounter can be input. However, please note that storing too much image data and video data is difficult.]

The Mini Golem dangling from my waist asked.

[But where will you find that data?]

“The library.”

It’s been a while since I went to the library.

Click, click.

I’ll also see those Drenik-style mechanical devices that I used to chuckle at when I first saw them.

Isn’t this Empire actually in love with Drenik while hating Drenik more than anyone else?

“It’s been a while since you came.”

“Yes, have you been well?”

I got to see the librarian’s face too.

The investigation didn’t seem like it would take long.

There aren’t that many books about Arcana here to begin with, and it becomes even fewer when limited to related information.

It was when I had settled into my seat.

[What are you trying to do?]

“I came to the library, so I’m reading books. And don’t you have a volume control function?”

The Mini Golem lowered its voice, or rather volume, at my words and asked again.

[That’s why I asked why you’re reading books.]

“Because it’s interesting?”

[You’re the type who enjoys reading.]

“More or less. But why do you ask? Didn’t people read books in Arcana?”

[That’s right. We didn’t read much. To be precise, it was a time when paper as a storage medium was declining.]

“Why?”

[Because something called a scanner was developed.]

That means…

[Look at this.]

The Mini Golem that had been at my waist jumped up and approached the book.

“Kirik?”

Karnas also pokes his head out.

Whirring.

Soon, red light shot out from the Mini Golem’s eyes and covered the entire book.

After a moment.

Mana was projected from the eyes that had been emitting red light, and letters appeared in the air.

Just like the sculpture had done.

[By the way, my body has both a scanner and an output device. However, there are some malfunctioning parts, so it’s difficult to transfer the output content somewhere else.]

In other words-

“It’s a mobile library.”

[A mobile library, you say….]

This fellow has more useful applications than I thought.

Of course, it’s not omnipotent.

From what I can see, scanning also has to be done page by page.

However, considering the disadvantages of ‘books’ as a storage medium, this is quite an advantage.

Being able to display stored information anytime, anywhere through the Mini Golem.

“Where did you say that location was?”

[According to the map, that location corresponds to the ‘Ramil’ region of Drenik, and more precisely, it’s a small town in the Ramil region.]

Then I should find out where it was located during the Arcana Era.

The conclusion came quickly.

“Doesn’t this look similar?”

Whether it was luck or not, around the time I was searching through the second book, I discovered a map of a similarly shaped region.

[….]

But there’s no response from the Mini Golem.

Is it broken?

“Did you hear me?”

[I heard you.]

“Doesn’t it look similar?”

[It’s a place I know.]

“Really?”

Then this story becomes easier.

[Because it’s where I was born.]

Well, look at that.

“Then the person named Dekanius….”

[It’s where his research lab is located.]

Is this how it all comes together?

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