Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 44

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 44

 

 

 

19. You Should Be Grateful to Mother, Right?

 

 

Professor Denabo recalled once more the events that had just occurred in his lecture.

It still felt unbelievable.

Was it really possible for a 14-year-old first-year freshman, exactly the minimum admission age, to not only lift all the orbs in his class but also move them to express something?

‘Was it like this with Arabella too?’

It probably was.

However, the method was slightly different back then, making direct comparison difficult.

Because that mana measurement device itself was invented by Arabella.

Before Arabella created that device, Professor Denabo had to personally measure mana and have students demonstrate magic they were confident in.

“Such an absurd talent…”

If he had been born about 20 years earlier, wouldn’t the war have ended several years sooner?

“No, wait. It’s fortunate he was born in a time of peace.”

War is brutal.

Talented children had to be dragged away under the false pretense of the Empire’s glory to receive military training.

Professor Denabo thought it was truly fortunate that Dane appeared in such times.

He would be able to freely unleash his talent as he wished.

“What a truly remarkable family.”

Sogress County.

One of the heroic families that support the Empire alongside Duke Termion House.

Their status was not an exaggeration to say it rivaled Duke Termion House, and in such circumstances, for youngest Dane Sogress to show talent following Arabella and Claire…

“Perhaps no family will be able to touch them later.”

According to rumors, they had refused a dukedom to remain in the Southern Region, though it was unclear whether this was unfortunate or fortunate.

“If I had known this would happen, should I have really tried to entice him to the Magic Department back then?”

He felt quite regretful about missing such talent.

As long as it was an autonomous major, the student wouldn’t give up that honor on their own.

Of course, Dane had chosen it not because of the honor of autonomous major, but simply to do what he wanted without restrictions, but Professor Denabo had no way of knowing this.

“No, wait. There’s still a chance.”

If he wanted, transferring departments was entirely possible. And Professor Denabo wanted to elevate the already high status of the Magic Department even further.

“Altur. Can you hear me? Can you come to the Department Head Office right now?”

-Professor? Yes, understood!

Professor Denabo immediately called Altur through the crystal orb and muttered.

“I still can’t get used to this thing. Well, it’s a gift from my beloved student.”

He looked with affectionate eyes at the compact crystal orb developed by Arabella, his beloved student and greatest pride.

A moment later.

“Professor, may I come in?”

“Oh, Altur. Come in.”

Click.

The door opened and Altur entered.

He wore a smile across his face.

Professor Denabo smiled and offered him a seat.

“Sit down.”

“Yes, Professor.”

“Did you see earlier? That fellow Dane, I mean.”

Altur, who was about to sit down, hesitated for a moment but answered without showing it.

“Yes, I saw. Quite remarkable talent.”

“Hehe. That’s right. He might even surpass Arabella.”

“Do you… think so?”

“Hmm. Can’t tell right away. Magic is such a vast field, you see. Rather than saying whose talent is superior, it might be better to look at the talent for ‘mana’ itself?”

Actually, this was more impressive.

Having superior talent for mana meant being able to cast magic more easily.

However, Altur couldn’t accept the fact that Dane’s talent was superior to Arabella, whom he respected immensely.

Arabella.

To Altur, she was no different from the sun.

“So, Altur. How about you take good care of him?”

Altur suddenly looked up.

Professor Denabo smiled broadly.

“You’re a student council officer and the fifth-year representative. Most importantly, don’t you have the trust of everyone in the Magic Department?”

While Altur remained quietly still, the words continued.

“So you should take good care of him. Persuade him well so he can come to the Magic Department.”

“…”

“Right, recommending him to the student council first would be good too. Wait, has there been a precedent of a first-year joining the student council? Well, precedents are meant to be broken. That fellow’s very existence seems to break all precedents. Hahaha… But why do you look like that?”

Altur finally confessed the truth that he had gotten off on the wrong foot from the beginning.

“…Hehe.”

Professor Denabo let out a hollow laugh for a moment and muttered.

“He rejected the student council proposal… Did he hear something from Arabella?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Hmm. The more I see, the more interesting he becomes.”

Still just a child, after all.

Professor Denabo didn’t give up easily.

“Well, we can’t give up just because he refused once. Altur. Try your best.”

“…Yes, Professor.”

Altur had no choice but to accept.

He had to.

“Oh, about that recommendation letter matter from before. It probably won’t be very simple.”

“Is… that so?”

“Yes, don’t be too anxious. Don’t you still have sixth and seventh year left? Think about it slowly. With your level of talent, magic towers will be lining up by graduation.”

Altur cursed inwardly.

‘He said the same thing last year.’

If you have talent, magic towers would gladly take you. In fact, Altur had already received interest from two magic towers when he was a third-year.

But after becoming a fourth-year and receiving Professor Denabo’s ‘favor’, that interest completely disappeared.

The reason would be simple.

If he went to a magic tower through early employment, Professor Denabo would lose a student to use comfortably, so he was blocking it at the department head level.

Given his tremendous influence from having served as the Magic Tower Master of Antalion Magic Tower, how many people would dare go against his wishes?

And he would occasionally subtly mention his family name.

It was heartbreaking.

The complex of being from a baron house.

This was why Altur extremely hated it when people emphasized ‘Academy rules’ while bringing up family names.

‘Damn it.’

In the end, it meant he had to follow this old man’s words whether he liked it or not.

“Is there some problem?”

“No. How could there be? I’ll try my best to persuade him.”

“Haha. That’s the spirit. Altur, you can do it well.”

Altur shouted inwardly as if spitting out the words.

Damn old man.

 

 

Leila and I headed toward the dining hall, passing through the plaza.

The plaza was absolutely bustling with people.

When I met Leila earlier, there weren’t nearly this many people around.

“Wow, this is incredible!”

Leila was completely excited.

Her reaction was definitely different from mine, where I just took a quick look and found it mildly interesting.

“Dane, look at that! The water shoots up so high!”

Seeing her like this made me feel like I was being too cynical, yet I couldn’t help but chuckle as I got swept up in her bright mood.

A child is still a child.

It was quite fascinating considering how dignifiedly she had argued before the Magic Department lecture earlier.

“Does it shoot up with magic?”

“Probably? But I heard they also make fountains with mechanical engineering these days!”

Mechanical engineering.

It had been a while since I heard that term.

It was the pride of the Drenik Empire, where I belonged in my previous life, and a field of study filled with wonder in a different sense from magic.

Since reincarnating in the Alteon Empire, where they solve almost everything with magic, I hadn’t had much opportunity to encounter it, so it felt surprisingly welcome.

But to think mechanical engineering had made its way into the Academy too—truly, the Academy was the Academy indeed.

“There are so many fascinating things.”

Leila was so excited that she seemed to have temporarily forgotten about lunch, darting here and there.

She would stop in front of a stall selling cookies, pick one up and munch on it, then crouch down in front of a stall displaying curious toys.

“Are you that happy?”

“Yes! Aren’t you excited?”

“I’m excited.”

Ah, I was excited.

And I was hungry.

But Leila didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving.

“Dane, Dane. Look at that. It’s so cool.”

“What is it?”

“Magic tricks! It’s different from magic!”

Among the attractions, there was something called ‘magic tricks.’

A different concept from magic.

Should I call it something that uses tricks to provide entertainment without a single bit of mana?

“Now, was this perhaps the card you chose earlier?”

“Amazing! That’s right! How did you know?”

“Magic tricks are mysterious, student. If you want to know more, how about joining the magic tricks club?”

Ah, so it was club recruitment.

If it was done like that, it could be quite interesting.

Much better than those guys sweating profusely and disgustingly stripping in broad daylight.

“A healthy mind resides in a healthy body! These beautiful muscles! This wonderful physique! This fantastic balance! Do you want a perfect body? Then you must come to ‘Physical Beauty’!”

I deliberately looked away from the Physical Beauty club fellows who were moving their bronze muscles around with their shirts off.

“Come on, take this! Before and after! Do you see? This scrawny reed-like fellow here became this magnificent guy!”

“Ooh!”

Unfortunately, there seemed to be a few fellows showing interest.

But was it just my imagination that every club looked strangely desperate?

Tweet-! Tweeet-!

Then came the sharp sound of a whistle.

“It’s the Academy disciplinary committee! Physical Beauty club, you’re under arrest for public indecency within the Academy!”

It seemed like agents of justice had appeared.

“Damn, run! We’re in big trouble if we get caught again!”

“Apply more oil so they can’t grab our bodies!”

I watched with a bitter smile as the disciplinary committee and the Physical Beauty club fellows engaged in a chase scene, moving away.

Meanwhile, the plaza remained as lively as ever, as if nothing had happened.

Was this a common occurrence?

“I heard that clubs can be disbanded if they have very few new members that year or can’t prove their activity results.”

So that’s why they were so desperate.

I could understand that.

Though I wasn’t sure about those muscle maniacs.

Anyway, it was a unique experience.

I wondered if this was the ‘romance of the Academy’ that Big Sister had mentioned.

“Dane, shall we stop by there and then go eat lunch?”

“What is it?”

I looked in the direction Leila was pointing.

What should I call that thing?

There was a disc with areas divided around the center, and something was written in each area.

“I think they give you a prize if you hit that spot!”

“Ah.”

Quite a few students had gathered there, and sighs erupted from all around whenever someone threw a dagger at the disc.

“Ugh! So close!”

“I almost hit it!”

“How on earth are we supposed to hit that thing?”

Getting closer, I could see that once they were ready to throw, the disc would spin at high speed, and students had to throw daggers to hit the spinning disc.

Then they would receive the prize written in the area where the dagger landed.

“Oh my, so close! Unfortunately, please take this keychain!”

Naturally, the areas on the disc were all different sizes.

There were areas so large you could hit them with your eyes closed, while others made you wonder how anyone was supposed to hit such a tiny space.

There was even one that was just a single dot.

I examined the list of prizes.

Keychain, cookie set, Lecture Hall teleportation scroll… there were some fascinating and ingenious items, but one prize caught my eye.

“Academy treasure map?”

That was the prize given for hitting the area corresponding to that ‘dot.’

A treasure map.

Maybe it was because I had visited the fountain and heard from Ernest about secret places within the Academy.

It was quite intriguing.

“I’ll give it a try.”

“Then me too! I’m drawn to, hmm, the Lecture Hall teleportation scroll? That lets you teleport directly there, right?”

“I think so.”

“What catches your eye?”

“Me? The treasure map.”

Leila’s eyes widened.

“Do you think you can hit that?”

I shrugged my shoulders instead of answering.

And so Leila and I stepped forward.

Dagger throwing.

I should be grateful to Mother, shouldn’t I?

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