Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 51

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 51

 

 

 

25. Familiar Egg (2)

 

 

Even for Dane, who no longer gets nervous or trembles over most things, it seems he can’t help it in this kind of situation he’s experiencing for the first time.

He was trying to infuse mana, but strangely felt trembling.

But that wasn’t because of nervousness.

It was because of excitement and curiosity.

Dane thought.

‘What could possibly be inside this thing.’

And if it does hatch, what kind of fellow will come out?

Familiar Egg.

Up to this point, anyone can obtain one if they have money. Though it requires an enormous amount of money.

But hatching a Familiar Egg is a different matter.

Because that’s a problem that can’t be solved with money.

Not only have the conditions for hatching not been properly discovered yet, but the user’s mana and the ‘mana frequency’ with the familiar inside this unknown egg must match.

And you can’t even tell if they match or not until they align and awaken.

It’s already difficult to obtain, and you need tremendous luck on top of that.

But if it does awaken, its value is immeasurable.

Because a summoned beast that can only stay for a limited time would permanently remain in this world.

If that summoned beast is a powerful one, there’s no need to even mention it.

Anyway, while recalling these stories that Little Sister used to tell him whenever she had the chance, Dane drew up his mana.

It’s definitely showing a reaction.

So if it really awakens?

“I’ll start.”

Dane is once again confirming his talent.

‘That’s also an absurd talent.’

Claire clicked her tongue.

Does this even make sense?

Just showing a reaction alone would turn summoners worldwide upside down.

Because almost all of them have seen Familiar Eggs but couldn’t make them react like this.

And he’s even an amateur summoner without even an official symbol.

‘Just how far does this kid’s talent extend?’

At this point, she becomes curious.

What kind of child is Dane?

Whooom!

Then began the mana infusion.

Despite going through the filter, the mana was being transmitted almost entirely to the egg. This meant it was already of tremendous purity with nothing to refine.

She knew about it, but seeing it directly with her eyes left her speechless. Most mages’ mana would be filtered by at least half.

Whoom whoom whoom!

The egg also responds accordingly. Since cases of Familiar Egg hatching aren’t completely nonexistent, Claire could tell this was a reaction before hatching.

However, it’s more intense than what she knows.

Whoom whoom whoom whoom!

It even reacts more intensely the more mana is infused.

About 3 minutes passed like that.

Claire thought this wouldn’t do and approached the concentrating Dane to say.

“Dane, let’s rest a bit. At this rate you’ll run out.”

“It’s fine. I can still manage.”

Dane didn’t stop infusing mana as if it would be a waste to stop here.

Claire tried to stop him more, but his concentrating appearance was quite cute, so instead she chuckled and stepped back.

Then another 3 minutes.

‘What will come out.’

Just as the rising tension was reaching its peak, there was finally a reaction.

Crack.

The egg began to crack.

“…!”

Claire wanted to scream right away, but instead of reacting hastily, she kept her mouth tightly shut. Because Dane was also calmly staying still.

‘But is this kid really 14 years old?’

Such a thought suddenly occurred to her.

Looking closely, there are times when he’s calmer and more mature than herself or her sister.

No, in many cases he was.

She recalled Dane from childhood, who would take her after she had a big fight with her sister and wisely help them reconcile.

At such a foolish doubt even to herself, Claire ended up chuckling inwardly.

‘He’s so cute though.’

No matter who might call him mature and cool, to her he was always the child-like youngest and her one precious little brother.

That’s why it was also regrettable.

If the age gap had been just a little less, even 2 years, no, even 1 year, she could have spent time together as Academy undergraduates and helped him a lot.

In the midst of such thoughts-

Crack crack.

The egg was cracking more and more.

The shell that was cracking little by little gradually widened the range of cracks and then….

Crack crack crack!

Instantly spread out in all directions.

It was truly a single moment.

Claire regretted it.

She should have recorded this scene with mana.

Why couldn’t she do that?

Regret is always too late no matter how fast.

Meanwhile, the shell cracked even more-

Finally.

Pop.

Breaking through the cracked egg, something popped out from inside.

“Whoa!”

At that moment, Dane stopped the mana infusion and stepped back slightly.

“Dane, are you okay?”

Claire quickly caught the swaying Dane. At this moment, she didn’t even care about the egg. The condition of her little brother in front of her was more important.

“I’m fine. Except for feeling a little dizzy.”

“Should I give you a Mana Recovery Potion? Hm? Your body? Is anywhere feeling hot?”

“I’ll be fine if I rest a little.”

Dane shook his head and pointed toward the egg with his finger.

“More than that, Sister. That thing.”

Claire turned her head.

And she could see it.

“Something… seems to be trying to come out?”

Some black object wriggling and breaking out of the egg.

“Kirruk.”

And the crying sound that could be heard was definitely a sign of life. Claire hastily calmed her mana and stepped back.

“What’s wrong?”

“Just in case. There have been cases where a familiar recognizes the first person it sees as its master. Dane, that’s your familiar. So hurry up and go!”

It was Claire’s urgent yet considerate and loving demeanor. Dane quickly approached as Little Sister had said.

And what he faced was…

“Kirruk?”

Something that looked like a wyvern that had hatched from an egg.

“Huh?”

Dane was at a loss for words.

Though still covered in fluid, he could clearly see wings and small but sturdy-looking front paws, sharp teeth that resembled yet differed from a wyvern’s.

“Kek, kek.”

And flames that came out with each cough.

On top of that…

“Kirruruk?”

Even those bright, innocent eyes looking at him.

“Haha.”

Dane carefully extended his hand amidst emotions he couldn’t possibly describe.

Then the fellow finished breaking out of its egg and crawled out unsteadily, climbing onto Dane’s hand and meeting his eyes.

Dane smiled brightly at the sight and spoke.

“Hello? Nice to meet you.”

And Claire, who had been hiding and saw the summoned beast in Dane’s hand, gaped in shock.

Even Dane could guess from that expression he’d never seen before.

The fact that the summoned beast that had just hatched was definitely not an ordinary summoned beast.

This was soon proven.

“A summoned beast from… Beyond the Horizon?”

 

 

Summoned beasts from Beyond the Horizon.

They say these are beings that are like dreams to summoners.

“Only a very few chosen summoners could call them forth. Throughout history, there were only five.”

These were words Little Sister had told me before.

“In my case… it’s a slightly different field within summoning arts. I just lived thinking it was completely impossible, but I never knew our youngest would be able to call one forth.”

For reference, Little Sister belongs to a somewhat special case among summoners.

Though the field isn’t broad yet, Little Sister recently became able to summon some ‘spirits.’

Should I call it a case where abilities manifested in a rather unique way?

But according to Little Sister’s words now, compared to my case, that doesn’t even fall into the ‘special’ category.

“This is a major incident, Dane.”

Literally a tremendous event.

“This child in your hand is definitely a summoned beast from Beyond the Horizon. All the characteristics visible now point to that.”

“You mean it’s not an existing summoned beast?”

“That’s the biggest reason. I know the ordinary summoned beasts that can be summoned in this world. Even their childhood appearances. But among the summoning arts I know, there’s no summoned beast with this appearance. Wyverns are similar, but they’re clearly different in detailed characteristics.”

Little Sister continued her explanation step by step, and carefully brought her finger toward the fellow squirming on my hand.

“Kirruk!”

Then the fellow backed away warily.

When I brought my hand over to try to calm it down, it actually nuzzled against me.

“It seems like it definitely recognizes you as its master?”

Well, that’s fortunate at least.

“But we don’t know what this fellow is, right?”

“Right. We don’t know. We’ll have to find out from now on. But there’s no summoned beast similar to this child in any literature. In the end, it means it’s a new existence we’ve never seen before.”

A new existence.

Why did such a fellow come to me?

I thought of the ancient mana again.

Perhaps this might be the common denominator.

“A new existence…”

I stared blankly at the egg that now had only its shell remaining.

Little Sister told me to take it just in case.

Among creatures that hatch from eggs, there are often cases where they eat the eggshells to absorb nutrients.

I turned my head again and asked.

“Then what should we do?”

“First… we need to approach carefully. Dane, let’s keep records frequently and watch what this child likes and dislikes, what characteristics it has, how much it sleeps, whether it shows aggression, if it can fly, how much it grows each day.”

That’s quite a lot.

But it’s definitely worth it.

Because the moment I saw it, unknown emotions began boiling up from deep in my heart.

Should I call this paternal love?

Or maternal love?

I’m not sure what it is.

But one thing is certain: I feel like I need to protect this fellow.

“Will you come to the research lab whenever you have time? Not every day, but when you have a chance. Got it?”

“Yeah, I will.”

It’s only the first day.

I feel like Academy life is getting busier and busier.

I also need to participate in Professor Keltas’s swordsmanship training.

But it’s actually enjoyable.

Because these are all things that wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t come to the Academy.

“Oh, and while it would be better to carry it around with you… if you get caught carrying it around like this, it’ll cause a huge commotion.”

That’s naturally the case.

“How about leaving it here in the research lab?”

But I shook my head.

“We can’t hide it forever, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

“So what if we get caught?”

“I’m worried you might become in danger.”

I grinned.

“It’s okay.”

Because I’m stronger than the sisters think.

Of course, thinking that way, always ready to protect me…

“I have my sisters, don’t I?”

Little Sister finally burst into laughter.

“Right. Let’s do that. So what if we get caught?”

“Right?”

We’ll find a way as we always do.

However, there was one thing that bothered me.

“Then how about I officially get a symbol issued while we’re at it?”

“A symbol? A summoner’s symbol?”

“Yeah.”

I was originally planning to get the symbol issued slowly.

Setting aside the fact that I’m still a ‘beginner’ who hasn’t even attended summoning arts lectures yet, I didn’t want to learn something while proceeding with multiple things simultaneously in a rushed manner.

“Will that be okay?”

“Yeah.”

But now my thinking has changed.

I should give it a try.

After all, aren’t I supposed to be a ‘genius’?

“Good. Dane, you applied for the Summoning Arts lecture, right?”

“Yeah. The orientation is tomorrow. The professor’s name was Temerick Spiano.”

“Perfect. If you listen well to the lectures and show your talent, they’ll definitely bring up the special selection for summoner candidates.”

Special selection, huh.

“Usually it’s hard to even meet the qualifications for that, but you’re different, Dane. Of course, it’ll have to go through the Department meeting, but you’ll definitely be given the qualification.”

That’s interesting.

“Kkiruk?”

Right, friend?

Speaking of which, this fellow.

I think I need a name to call it.

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