Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 50

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 50

 

 

 

25. Familiar’s Egg (1)

 

 

The familiar’s egg is something I received on my 7th birthday.

For the past 7 years, I had been infusing it with mana morning and evening, but the familiar’s egg showed no noteworthy reaction.

And now it was reacting.

I immediately thought of the variables.

The location had changed to the Academy.

But that wouldn’t be it.

No matter how mysterious the Academy might be, the mana distribution here wasn’t much different from the room I stayed in at the castle.

Which means…

“Circle.”

Today, the ancient circle that formed after absorbing the concentrated ancient magic power at the fountain would be the most likely cause.

I hesitated for a moment, then infused more mana into it.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz!

The familiar’s egg began reacting even more intensely.

Just in case, I continued infusing mana, and it really was absorbing endlessly.

If there was a rejection reaction or if it had reached a sufficient level, it should have expelled the mana I had sent in, but there was nothing like that at all.

It reminded me of how I used to gobble up stew made from supplies that arrived late after starving for days.

“Don’t tell me it’s hatching now?”

The reaction was gradually growing stronger.

The more mana I infused, the more the familiar’s egg seemed to clamor for more, so I stopped for now.

“This won’t work here.”

The first person I thought of was Little Sister. I immediately tried to communicate through the crystal orb, and Little Sister’s voice came through.

-Dane? Today’s roll call day, did you get into the dormitory? Nothing happened, right?

As expected, Little Sister poured out her worries about me as soon as the communication connected.

I quickly explained the whole situation first.

Little Sister’s startled voice came through.

-The egg is reacting? Right now?

“Yeah. Right now. And it seems to keep vibrating even though I stopped infusing mana.”

-Of all times… It won’t be good for you if you miss the first roll call, Dane.

I looked at the familiar’s egg again.

I didn’t know exactly, but I could roughly tell.

If I left it like this, something would definitely go wrong.

In the worst case, there was a possibility the familiar’s egg could be lost.

There’s no choice.

I’ll have to ignore roll call.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I plan to get penalty points.

“Sister, are you at the research lab now?”

-Yeah. I’ll probably be here all night.

“Then I’ll come over soon.”

-N-now? You’re coming now? How? If you miss roll call on the first day, you’ll get marked by the dormitory council.

I grinned and opened my subspace, recalling the item Big Sister had given me, saying I’d definitely find a use for it.

Who would have thought I’d use it like this.

 

 

Roll call for all dormitories within the Imperial Academy is conducted uniformly regardless of whether it’s Amaldi Hall, Orwell Hall, or Danter Hall.

Of course, since it’s conducted by the dormitory council which has been granted virtual autonomy, there’s no interference from the school, but some students say they’d rather have that, as it’s conducted quite strictly.

Being late to the monthly roll call results in 1 penalty point.

Not attending results in 2 penalty points.

Regardless of penalty points, being late 3 or more times per semester results in disciplinary action and dormitory service.

Not attending 2 or more times results in dormitory demotion.

And if it gets really bad, expulsion from the dormitory.

“Oh, Aneld. Are you getting nervous because you’ve accumulated penalty points?”

“Shut up, Droyan. I told you. Two of those were definitely unfair.”

“If it’s unfair, you should go argue with the dormitory council. Why are you just sitting there?”

Thanks to this, Danter Hall 9th Floor couldn’t escape the terror of penalty points and roll call either, as everyone was keeping to their places.

Except for Priscilla.

“What’s she planning by sneaking out again?”

“She said the dormitory council person doing the inspection today is someone she knows?”

“Does that even work? She almost got caught once before.”

“How would I know. She seemed completely smitten with the guy she’s meeting this time.”

“Love ruins people, as they say.”

Priscilla wasn’t here right now.

She had completely left the dormitory, confident she wouldn’t get caught.

According to their speculation, she seemed to have gone to meet some male student from another department she was dating.

“Can someone from the Theology Department do that?”

“You know what? In the Theology Department, secret dating is allowed once you become a 4th year. If you get caught doing it before then, the seniors will kill you.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

The Theology Department itself is a place where those who dream of becoming priests study. And priests cannot form families, and dating is also forbidden.

It’s also ridiculous to debate which grade level dating should be forbidden until in such a place.

Well, if the logic is that they should do it before officially becoming priests when they really can’t even dream of it, it somewhat makes sense…

“Watching Priscilla made me understand the profession of priesthood a little.”

“I think I might lose faith in religion.”

“Hey, isn’t that blasphemy?”

“Go report it to the diocese.”

In the midst of their bickering, Droyan looked toward Dane’s room. He seemed to have come in earlier, but there had been no word since.

“He knows about roll call, right?”

“Of course. That’s why he came in earlier, isn’t it?”

“I’ll go check on him.”

Droyan immediately knocked on Dane’s door.

The door was open.

Going inside, he saw Dane organizing his room.

“Dane, you know roll call is soon, right? See you later.”

“Yeah. See you later.”

It was a strangely low-toned response.

Of course, Droyan didn’t notice anything strange.

Droyan returned with a relieved expression, and shortly after, it was time for roll call. Just then, Scal from the Combat Department also came out of his room yawning.

“Ugh, I’m sleepy.”

Soon the sound of the elevator stopping was heard, and the doors opened as the dormitory council members entered.

Led by the very strict-looking dormitory council president, dormitory council students with serious expressions walked over.

‘Why are they so serious today?’

While Droyan felt uneasy inside, the dormitory council president pushed up his thick-framed glasses and spoke.

“Danter Hall 9th Floor. You won’t get through today unscathed.”

“What are you talking about?”

As he said this, he snapped his fingers.

Then a magical image was projected into the air.

“This is the new magical surveillance footage we installed. Interestingly… it captured the scene of Priscilla, a 9th floor resident, sneaking out.”

Droyan was inwardly shocked.

“After tracking her, we confirmed she completely left the dormitory grounds. Just 5 minutes ago. But surprisingly, student Priscilla shows up as currently present.”

‘I’m screwed.’

The Dormitory Council President approached Priscilla’s room as if there was nothing more to see, opened the door, confirmed no one was inside, and snickered.

“I usually don’t check actual presence, but I’ll have to change the rules from now on. Droyan, anything to say?”

“…”

We’re doomed.

Just as the Dormitory Council President said, Danter Hall 9th Floor had always gotten by with just rough headcounts. There was that level of trust.

But today that trust was shattered, and from now on there would be a bloodbath of penalty points.

“Aneld, Droyan, and Scal. You three pass. But Priscilla will receive 2 penalty points for unauthorized absence, so make sure to inform her.”

“…Yes, understood.”

“Hmm, and one person is… Dane Sogress. A freshman.”

The Dormitory Council President pushed up his glasses and tilted his head.

“Surely he didn’t miss his first roll call?”

“Th-there’s no way. He must be inside. He seemed busy organizing his luggage…”

“Well, we’ll see.”

The Dormitory Council President approached without hesitation and flung open the door. Then they could see Dane getting up, having stopped organizing his luggage.

“Dane Sogress? Didn’t you know roll call was in progress?”

“I’m sorry. I was focused on organizing my luggage.”

The luggage organizing seemed to be nearly finished. The Dormitory Council President looked at Dane and waved his hand as if it was fine.

“Ah, it’s fine. It’s your first day, so that can happen.”

“Thank you.”

“I have very high expectations, Dane Sogress. It’s fortunate you’re well-behaved from the first day. Unlike your two sisters.”

The Dormitory Council President immediately closed the door, came out, and spoke to Droyan.

“That’s all, I’ll go down to check the 8th floor.”

“Yes. Take care.”

“Make sure to give Priscilla a stern warning.”

With that, the Dormitory Council President and the dormitory council members got on the elevator, and as soon as the door closed, Droyan sighed.

“This is completely ruined.”

Just bear with it a little. Of all times, she had to sneak out on the first day.

“Now we’re screwed, what do we do.”

“I don’t know. Damn it. We’ll have to lay low for a while.”

Droyan, who had been grumbling, asked as if he just remembered something.

“Oh right, should we order delivery from Popne for dinner? Let’s have a welcome party for Dane.”

“That sounds good. We can hear his stories too.”

“Yeah, I’ll ask Dane.”

So Droyan approached Dane’s room again and opened the door, but-

“Dane, are you free today? We wanted to have a welcome party for you… huh?”

There was no one inside.

As if it had been empty all along.

“What? He was just here?”

 

 

“…Anyway, I never liked that Dormitory Council President fellow from the start.”

I chuckled at Little Sister’s grumbling.

“Why?”

“Just because. He acts like attending roll call is the most important thing in the world. If you don’t show up for roll call, he scolds you like you’ve done the worst thing ever. Who does he think he is.”

Well, he did seem rather strict. His voice was high-pitched and sharp too. Still, it seems to have worked well since he didn’t particularly suspect what I had set up and left behind.

“But Big Sister gave you that? An illusion that projects your exact appearance?”

“Yeah. She said most people wouldn’t even notice?”

I shook the ‘Illusion Generator Mk.1’, Big Sister’s invention with illusion magic installed.

“You used that?”

“Yeah. It was quite useful.”

“As far as I know, that’s incredibly difficult to use… Since you control it remotely, the connection is unstable, and if the flow gets disrupted even slightly, it becomes obvious.”

It seemed easier than I thought.

For reference, before roll call started, I placed the dock connected to this generator in my room and left.

Then as soon as roll call began, I used the illusion generator to project my image onto that dock, successfully deceiving the Dormitory Council President.

“The performance is solid.”

If it could deceive someone with such a strict-looking demeanor, it certainly was.

Of course, since it’s just an illusion with no substance, if anything touches it, you’d be caught immediately. So I’d need to use it carefully depending on the situation.

Anyway, I had snuck out of the dormitory like that and was now in Little Sister’s research lab. Little Sister’s research lab seemed to have many incredible things.

“Oh right, this is my research lab. How is it?”

“It looks amazing. Really spacious.”

“But it’s incredibly hard work. The professors give us lots of tasks too. It’s only less because we’re from Sogress County.”

At those words that conveyed some hardship, I decided not to ask more.

I got straight to the point.

When I took out the familiar egg, Little Sister’s eyes widened.

“It’s really… reacting?”

Little Sister very carefully accepted the case. Little Sister’s eyes, which had been weary with fatigue, sparkled. It’s been a while since I’ve seen those eyes.

“How is it?”

“It’s certain. This egg is reacting to your mana, Dane. And usually in cases like this, there’s a chance it might hatch.”

“There’s a chance?”

“Yeah. As I mentioned before, there are plenty of eggs that react like this but still don’t hatch. Of course, even getting a reaction is incredibly difficult. At least we’ve taken one step forward.”

It’s a somewhat deflating conclusion, but still, this is something. This fellow hadn’t reacted even after 7 years of carefully infusing it with mana.

“But it’s reacting incredibly strongly. Has it been like this since earlier?”

“The more mana I put in, the more it seems to do that. I felt like something might happen if I put in more, so I brought it to you.”

“Hmm… It definitely seems to be absorbing mana. However, not much is known about familiar eggs yet, so putting it in a mana stabilizer is a bit…”

For reference, that familiar egg had been reacting the entire way here.

So ultimately, there’s only one thing I need to do.

“How about continuing to put mana into it?”

Little Sister seemed momentarily flustered by those words.

“Continue?”

“Yeah. Continue. Right now. I feel like we shouldn’t stop here.”

Buzz buzz buzz!

The egg that keeps clamoring.

There’s no guarantee it will quiet down if we leave it like this.

On the other hand, if it does quiet down, I have a feeling there won’t be another chance.

“…”

“This might be the optimal place. You said so back then. That magical barriers flow constantly to protect research secrets.”

“That’s right.”

Little Sister thought for a moment, then nodded.

“Alright. Let’s try it.”

With that secret agreement between Little Sister and me, she thoroughly cleared the laboratory table and placed the familiar egg on top.

“Dane, just in case, I’ll install a mana filter. Your mana already has high purity, but just to be safe.”

By the way, Little Sister knew about what had happened to me during the day. There wasn’t really any reason to hide it from the family.

After all, they already knew that what flows through my body is ancient mana.

“Dane, if it gets even slightly dangerous, tell me immediately. I’ll stop it right away.”

“Got it.”

With that, I stood in front of the laboratory table and immediately began pouring my mana into the egg.

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