Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 54

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 54

 

 

 

27. What Are You Trying to Show?

 

 

Professor Temerik looked at Dane raising his hand and smirked inwardly as if he had expected this.

However, he pretended otherwise and asked.

“What is your affiliation and name, student?”

“I’m Dane Sogress, first year in the Autonomous Major Department.”

“Dane Sogress. Ah. I’ve heard that name. They say you’re exceptionally talented?”

It was clearly a probe.

However, Dane didn’t get caught up in Professor Temerik’s intentions and answered calmly.

“The Department Head evaluated me that way.”

An answer that showed neither humility nor arrogance.

‘Look at this fellow.’

Usually they would either show humility or act haughty, but this guy was different.

“I see. I heard the Department Head personally handled your test. You created an additional link to the Eterak he summoned?”

Murmurs arose at those words.

Everyone only knew that he had passed the test, but had no idea about the specific details.

“Wh-what? He linked one more to Eterak?”

“Does that even make sense?”

“He connected a link to a summoned beast that the Department Head summoned…?”

Murmurs arose but immediately quieted when Professor Temerik opened his mouth.

“Just hearing about it sounds like tremendous talent. Amazing. But you know, that talent generally feels impossible.”

“Is that so?”

“So I’m wondering, would you show us? Everyone seems curious. That talent that made the Department Head pass you immediately without hesitation.”

Professor Temerik was curious.

Whether it was really true.

If it was real, whether it was actually possible.

If by any chance it was fake, he intended to properly catch him in the act.

“If you succeed in summoning arts here, I’ll end today’s lecture immediately. How about it?”

So he threw out a subtle bait.

But Dane didn’t take the bait easily.

“I don’t want the class to end.”

Professor Temerik frowned.

“Why?”

“I came here to learn. But if the class ends as payment for showing my talent, I think that would be quite disappointing.”

“Huh.”

Look at this fellow.

He’s definitely different from the others.

Any other guy would nod their head just to become the hero who ended class early for the other students.

Of course, the other students felt differently.

“Ah damn, why is the freshman acting like that?”

“Ah. It’s not common for Professor Temerik to make such an offer!”

“Could it be a lie? Is he stalling for time?”

Regardless, Professor Temerik’s doubt was gradually turning into interest.

“Then is there something you want?”

The answer that flowed from Dane’s mouth was quite shocking.

“If I demonstrate my qualifications, could I request a recommendation for the special admission exam?”

Professor Temerik suddenly burst into loud laughter.

“Hahaha. What a funny fellow you are. A recommendation? You want me to write a recommendation letter for the special admission exam?”

“That’s right.”

Whether he laughed or not, there was no change in Dane’s tone. Professor Temerik’s voice became heavy again.

“Do you know what that means?”

“I do. It means I must demonstrate definite talent here.”

“Have you also considered the case where you fail to do so?”

Dane shook his head.

“No. I haven’t considered it.”

It wasn’t that he couldn’t think about it, but that he didn’t.

Professor Temerik let out a hollow laugh at that answer filled with firm confidence.

Had there ever been such a fellow?

Even that guy’s sister, Claire Sogress, wasn’t overflowing with confidence to this degree.

‘That crazy bastard…’

And Digron was staring blankly at Dane.

Thinking about it later, he had realized it was tremendous talent.

Incomparably beyond his own.

But beyond that, he’s making such a proposal?

To that notoriously scary Professor Temerik, and as a freshman no less?

‘The Sogress Count House is full of crazy bastards.’

Digron’s trauma seemed to have grown so strong that just hearing the name Sogress would give him fits.

In the midst of this, Professor Temerik finally opened his mouth.

“Then prove it. If all those conditions are met under my judgment, I can write a recommendation letter easily enough. Though my arm might hurt a bit.”

At those words, murmurs arose among the other students of the Summoning Department.

“Does that make sense? To a student from another department, not even our own?”

“If they have talent, it doesn’t matter, right? And he’s Claire senior’s younger brother.”

“Wow, what is the Sogress family…”

Professor Temerik continued speaking again.

“However, if you fail to do so… you’ll have to be prepared in some way.”

It didn’t seem like he meant to punish him.

But it was scary enough regardless.

Of course, regardless, Dane nodded.

“Yes. I understand.”

“Good. Come down. There’s a blank sigil here.”

Professor Temerik placed a blank sigil on the platform and stepped back.

And Dane came forward to the platform while everyone watched and picked up the blank sigil.

And without any preparation, he shouted.

“Answer my call.”

At the same time, a summoned beast appeared, taking form from thin air.

“Grrrrr…”

It was Gendpu, a 5th grade summoned beast.

“Good heavens.”

“It was real!”

“Isn’t that a 5th grade summoned beast?”

“How is that possible with just a blank sigil?”

The reaction was heated.

Most Summoning Department students still

As soon as Gendpu saw Dane, he wagged his tail and whimpered.

“It’s been a while, have you been well?”

“Kiiing!”

I had frequently summoned it to increase our affinity and trained to extend the summoning duration.

But this was the first time I was calling it out since entering the Academy.

“…!”

Thanks to this, Digron’s heart was pounding.

Digron could summon almost all summoned beasts of grade 4 and below, but he couldn’t summon Gendpu alone.

That was precisely because of that reason.

Because the link had been severed once before.

‘My, my Gendpu….’

Seeing Gendpu, who had been his summoned beast, wagging its tail and clinging to Dane made his heart feel like it would tear apart.

But there was an even bigger problem.

The heir of Sogress Count House had enrolled.

His relatively stable Academy life was about to be completely shaken.

No matter how much the Academy atmosphere prioritized Academy life over outside family matters, that wasn’t entirely the case.

As long as there were people who knew what had happened between his family and Sogress Count House….

‘What if he says something bad about me?’

Then his Academy life would be completely over.

His younger brother Denar was supposed to enroll next year, and this might even block his brother’s future path.

‘Should I apologize once more? Or should I go find him and try to talk?’

While Digron was desperately pondering with his head in his hands, Dane spoke up.

“I have summoned it. This is Gendpu.”

Professor Temerik was momentarily stunned at the sight of Dane petting Gendpu’s head.

He had immediately summoned it using a blank sigil—

Had he already made a formal contract before?

Or perhaps through some other method?

Whatever it was, one thing was certain.

‘If I’m not careful, this won’t go as planned.’

The original plan was to let this fellow fail the conditions, give him a proper humiliation, then use this fact to create public opinion that Professor Delfineso had passed someone unqualified.

But not yet.

‘It’s just a summoning after all. Can he really maintain it for 30 minutes?’

Thirty minutes would be impossible.

Especially with Gendpu, a grade 5 summoned beast.

No matter how high the affinity, there were things that were possible and things that were impossible.

In most cases, after 10 minutes, the link would weaken and concentration would scatter as well.

Even if this fellow before him was a genius, that wouldn’t change.

“The second condition remains.”

“Yes, I understand.”

But then Dane made a suggestion.

“However, 30 minutes is quite long, so would it be alright if I do something else in the meantime?”

Something else, meaning….

“The third condition.”

The third condition.

Besides the other two conditions, to show ‘something special.’

“Ha.”

Professor Temerik ended up revealing his true feelings.

What an arrogant little brat.

The ‘something special’ mentioned here was extremely subjective.

So if Professor Temerik was determined and set his mind to it, there was nothing he couldn’t refuse to acknowledge.

Professor Temerik eventually nodded.

“Prove it.”

“Yes.”

Dane answered without hesitation, and Professor Temerik felt a trace of unease.

‘What is he trying to show?’

 

 

The three conditions of the special admission.

I had already fulfilled two of them.

Since I already had Gendpu, who had been summoned before and was in a temporary contract state with me.

I could easily maintain it for about 30 minutes.

So now what remained was showing ‘something special.’

The simplest thing would be to show Karnas.

If Little Sister’s guess was correct, this fellow was a summoned beast from beyond the horizon.

That alone would already be the end of it.

Moreover, it was a summoned beast that had awakened from a familiar’s egg.

But it was too early to reveal Karnas now.

The fellow was sleeping in my arms even in this situation, and having been born just a day ago, the attention of many people might be burdensome.

Since this fellow would be with me from now on, I should treat it preciously.

Therefore, I had to prove it with something else.

What options were there?

Ways to apply for special admission by showing my ‘talent’ as a summoner.

Ordinary things wouldn’t even come close.

The atmosphere I felt from this professor suggested as much.

I hadn’t yet formally contracted with any summoned beasts.

Gendpu was literally a ‘special’ case.

Therefore, simultaneous summoning was still physically impossible, but….

With the special mana I possessed, other things would be possible.

Mana that every human possessed.

But my mana was more special than anyone else’s.

Wooooong….

Therefore, I began using ancient mana to do something Professor Temerik probably hadn’t expected.

My mana flowing through the path linked with Gendpu.

“Haven’t you started yet?”

Professor Temerik seemed not to have noticed what I was trying to do yet.

So that reaction was only temporary.

“Grrr….”

Gendpu began responding to my mana.

And Gendpu’s body began to gradually grow larger.

“Su, surely….”

Professor Temerik’s trembling voice could be heard.

“Don’t tell me that’s ‘Summoned Beast Enhancement’?”

“Good heavens, is that really possible?”

I was currently transforming Gendpu into quite an intimidating appearance.

“Grroowl!”

Its fangs grew longer, and its fur became more abundant.

Along with a body that seemed to have grown almost 1.5 times larger.

“Good Lord… that’s something you’d need to be in 5th year to do….”

“What is that guy really? Could he be a late-starting freshman?”

“Wow, damn. The Summoning Department is going to be completely humiliated today….”

Summoned Beast Enhancement.

Normally, it’s a technique you can only learn in the latter half of your department studies.

Of course, just because you learn it doesn’t mean everyone can use it. There are students who barely succeed at 7th-grade summoned beast enhancement by graduation.

Anyway, summoned beast enhancement involves rearranging the code of a summoned beast linked to you, imbuing it with mana, and then temporarily strengthening its characteristics.

Since I’m not a ‘formal’ summoner and don’t have a symbol, I can’t summon any other summoned beasts besides Gendpu.

But other things are possible.

That’s because it’s possible if you rely purely on talent, and if you have the mana to back it up.

Generally, ‘Summoned Beast Enhancement’ that barely starts from 7th-grade after reaching a certain level is exactly like that.

Of course, since I’m currently 14 years old and a freshman…

“I’m curious if the ‘specialness’ the Professor mentioned has been proven by this.”

Professor Temerik’s mouth was hanging wide open after witnessing a 5th-grade summoned beast being enhanced.

And not all 5th-years can do it.

What I did was a bit more ‘special’ than ordinary enhancement.

“Would this be considered special enough?”

‘Specialness’ shouldn’t be ‘ordinary specialness.’

So, in addition to summoned beast enhancement that I can do even without a symbol, I even achieved ‘Link Enhancement.’

Professor Temerik must have clearly recognized this.

If ordinary enhancement is all about external changes or making certain properties deeper…

Link Enhancement goes beyond making the connection between summoned beast and summoner more solid, creating a method to move in almost perfect unity.

Ancient mana.

And the talent I was born with.

Plus the effort I’ve put in, honing and refining over time.

This is the combined result.

Of course, I haven’t been able to do it for long either, so I can’t maintain it for extended periods…

But it should be enough to amaze.

“…Link… enhancement as well…”

Professor Temerik, muttering quietly as if he couldn’t believe it, just stared at my enhanced Gendpu for a long while.

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