Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 60

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 60

 

 

 

31. You’re Being Summoned by the Professor (1)

 

 

Professor Temerik.

While not quite at the level of Professor Delphineso, the Department Head of the Summoning Department, he was still a sufficiently skilled practitioner and authority.

He could summon 1st-grade summoned beasts, which were called nearly the pinnacle realm for summoners, and in terms of multiple deployment and simply handling several summoned beasts, he was considered unrivaled.

“This… doesn’t make sense.”

Such a man was now immersed in shock.

“Dane Sogress.”

Professor Temerik repeated the name of the person who had delivered this shock to him.

No matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t understand.

Fine, let’s say the fellow summoned a beast without even receiving an official symbol.

That had happened occasionally before.

It was possible if one had particularly high affinity with summoned beasts.

But the problem was that the target was Gendpu, notoriously ferocious even among 5th-grade summoned beasts.

What kind of summoned beast was Gendpu?

In terms of pure combat power alone, it ranked around the middle tier among 4th-grade summoned beasts, and depending on the summoner’s operational ability, it could easily handle two 4th-grade summoned beasts.

Not only did he summon such a creature without a symbol…

‘I never even thought about enhancement.’

To think he could even perform summoned beast enhancement, a summoning support magic that only upperclassmen learned.

And it wasn’t just any enhancement either.

He had achieved ‘Link Enhancement,’ which raised the connection with the summoned beast to an unbreakable level.

While general enhancement was something most summoners could do once they reached a certain level, ‘Link Enhancement’ was something the majority of summoners could never achieve in their lifetime.

It truly required being born with affinity, plus constantly repeating training to increase that affinity.

At this point, he had surpassed the level of an ordinary ‘genius.’

The commonly accepted standard for being called a genius of summoning arts was succeeding in summoning around the second year.

“This is embarrassing. Ha.”

Professor Temerik recalled the promise he had made.

If the student proved his qualifications, he would write a recommendation letter for special admission. And that was in front of all the students.

Of course, there were plenty of escape routes.

Most ordinary geniuses wouldn’t even catch Professor Temerik’s attention.

At best, they might summon one more beast.

Or he thought they would show the same method they used to pass the exam, linking with a summoned beast anew.

But instead, they showed something completely unexpected.

“Damn it.”

Even though it was a plan conceived on the spur of the moment, he never expected it to fall apart like this.

Far from pressuring Professor Delphineso, he was about to become a laughingstock instead.

And he’d have to write that recommendation letter too.

In the end, his perceived authority had been damaged.

Knock knock.

Just as he reached that thought, he heard knocking at the door.

“It’s me. Delphineso.”

Professor Delphineso.

The Department Head.

Professor Temerik was momentarily stunned.

“I’m coming in.”

And before he could even respond, he found himself face to face with Delphineso entering.

“You’re not busy, are you?”

“Of course not.”

Temerik forced a smile and offered her a seat.

Delphineso Ends.

A woman who was once called the Witch of the Battlefield because all the summoned beasts she handled were as ferocious as demons.

But now, she was nothing short of a middle-aged noble lady, making it impossible to even imagine her former self.

Professor Delphineso sat on the sofa with elegant posture.

Seeing this, Professor Temerik thought:

‘What’s this about suddenly? Someone who never used to visit.’

Professor Temerik disliked this woman.

No, beyond dislike, she annoyed him.

At every department meeting, she would oppose all his opinions, and she had no intention whatsoever of stepping down from the Department Head position.

Of course, his opinions were sometimes wrong, but seeing her reject them so decisively in front of other professors made him feel like his authority and dignity were being trampled.

“I hope I haven’t come too suddenly.”

“Haha, of course not. Department Head.”

Of course, he couldn’t openly show his dislike.

As tea was served between the two and steam began rising from their cups, Professor Delphineso picked up her teacup.

“I was wondering how you’ve been lately. As Department Head, I feel like I haven’t been able to check on my fellow professors’ well-being.”

“I’m doing well, thanks to you.”

“Is that so? ‘Thanks to me’ – what a nice thing to say.”

Professor Delphineso smiled brightly, but Professor Temerik couldn’t.

Did she notice the barb in his words?

“There are many talented students, and the number of applicants to the department keeps growing, so I’m a bit worried about the professors’ workload overload. Especially… when occasionally very exceptional students enter.”

Professor Temerik finally grasped her intention.

“For example… are you referring to cases like Claire?”

“Claire is nothing compared to this. An even more exceptional student has entered.”

Professor Delphineso, smiling brightly, finally revealed her purpose.

“I heard something interesting happened in your class. Is that right?”

“…”

“I’m just curious. I’m not trying to interfere with your teaching, so please don’t misunderstand.”

“Haha. Of course not. I just didn’t expect you to take interest in my classes.”

“Of course I would. I am the Department Head, after all.”

Just once.

He had seen Professor Delphineso summon beasts to suppress the eastern rebel forces.

Why was he remembering that now?

“…There was an interesting student. Even more so than Claire.”

“Yes, that’s right. Dane Sogress. The student I ‘personally’ passed.”

What was her intention this time?

“I heard you promised to write him a recommendation letter. Is that correct?”

“That’s… right.”

“Is there something bothering you about it?”

At Professor Delphineso’s question, Professor Temerik quickly shook his head.

“N-not at all. I was just pondering what to write in the recommendation letter since he’s such an outstanding student.”

At those words, Professor Delphineso’s smile bloomed fully.

“Then that works out perfectly. Special admission requires two recommendation letters, so I was thinking of writing the other one.”

“What?”

“He’s clearly a qualified student, so as Department Head, I can’t just sit idle, can I?”

Ah.

Now I understand.

Professor Temerik barely suppressed the rising curse.

What a cunning woman this was.

‘She’s planning to devour everything herself!’

When multiple recommendation letters are written, generally the one with higher authority takes precedence.

In other words, of the two recommendation letters to be written in this situation, Professor Delfineso’s would become the primary recommendation letter over his own.

That would naturally make Professor Delfineso recognized as the ‘recommender,’ and depending on the circumstances, she could even become the ‘discoverer’ of that genius Dane Sogress.

‘Ha, right. This is exactly the kind of woman she was.’

Ironically, Professor Temerik was the one who had been reluctant to write the recommendation letter just moments ago.

But now he was burning with anger instead.

Too reluctant to eat it himself.

Too precious to give to others.

He was the perfect example of that.

“Is there perhaps some concern?”

Of course, there was no justification to refuse right here and now.

That would only make him look like a professor who couldn’t recognize an overqualified genius, further damaging his reputation.

‘Just wait and see.’

Professor Temerik shook his head.

“Of course not, Department Head.”

“Good. Oh, when the recommendation letter is completed, please show it to me too. We’ll need to coordinate our words somewhat.”

“…Right.”

“Well then, I’ll get going first. The tea was excellent. Thank you for making time.”

With that, Professor Delfineso returned with a satisfied expression after getting what she wanted, and Professor Temerik sat on the sofa thinking.

‘She’s definitely planning to pull him to her side and make him an ally… but it won’t work this time.’

Professor Temerik made up his mind.

He would try to make that genius fellow his own ally.

‘Hmm, what would he like? Artifacts? Or perhaps secret summoning techniques?’

If he could just humble that disagreeable woman’s arrogance, he could give anything.

Following the Magic Department, now the Summoning Department too.

It was the moment another department was added to those wanting Dane and trying to pull him to their side.

“I should call him first.”

Since he had to write the recommendation letter anyway, there was sufficient justification to call him even from a different department.

 

 

“Kiryuk! Kiryuk!”

Karnas really ate well.

So well that I regretted not buying more food from ‘Eus and Boden’ when I followed Digron there.

“Kiryuk!”

I shook my head watching Karnas clamoring for more.

“No. What if your stomach bursts?”

“Kiryuuk…”

Can’t be helped.

I held out one more piece of food to Karnas, who had lowered his head dejectedly.

“This is the last one?”

“Kiryuk! Kiryuk!”

The fellow excitedly flapped his wings and quickly gobbled up the food from my hand. Was it my imagination? It seemed like his body had grown bigger in just two days.

“Kiryuk!”

Karnas came in front of me and flopped down on his back. Did he want me to scratch him? I tried gently scratching his belly and he made a “goryuk” sound. That must mean he felt good?

“Goryuk… gorokok…”

He’s not even a dog.

As I scratched Karnas like that, I suddenly recalled the reactions of Leila and Ernest before we parted and I entered the dormitory.

Naturally, both of them were extremely surprised.

A familiar’s egg.

The egg itself was incredibly precious, let alone a hatched familiar.

Fortunately, Karnas wasn’t frightened by their excitement.

Rather, should I say he looked puzzled by the attention he was receiving?

Their reactions were explosive, and Leila especially pestered me asking if I could get one for her too.

Of course, when I said it was a gift, she just envied me greatly but didn’t ask further.

Incidentally, Ernest, true to the Exploration Department, made a fuss saying he’d try to find places where there might be more familiar eggs.

Anyway, if I had stayed longer, it seemed like they’d spend all day looking, and I needed to feed him, so I returned to the dormitory like this.

“Kiryuk?”

Then Karnas looked at me with his head tilted, as I had stopped scratching while lost in thought.

“Alright, I’ll scratch.”

When I started scratching his belly again, Karnas made similar sounds as before, closed his eyes, and entrusted his whole body to me.

No matter how many times I look, he’s adorable.

“But will he still do this when he grows up?”

I’m not sure how big he’ll get.

But just thinking of him being wyvern-sized is daunting.

Imagining that massive body rubbing against me and flopping down asking for belly scratches…

Should I ask Big Sister to develop something like an ‘automatic belly scratcher’ in preparation for that time?

No, actually more important than that is where this fellow will stay.

“When he’s wyvern-sized, staying here would be absurd.”

The dormitory room is spacious enough.

But that’s by human standards.

Even Gendpu-sized, it’s questionable whether he could live here.

From that point on, aside from the size issue, this fellow would have difficulties in daily life.

So he’d need a spacious place.

A space where he could always respond to my call while also having somewhere to normally stay.

“Kiryuk?”

Seeing such adorable behavior makes me want to keep him with me forever…

Still, he’d need at least some independence.

“Training will be necessary for now.”

I’ll think about what kind of training gradually. At least he seems to listen well.

Finding an authority on ‘Summoned Creatures Beyond the Horizon’ would be a good method too.

The problem is there’s no such authority currently in the Academy.

“The remaining lecture today is… one liberal arts class.”

My remaining schedule now was just one history liberal arts lecture called .

Having fed Karnas a hearty meal, I took the fellow and left the dormitory.

Since I can’t return to the dormitory every time, next time I should portion out the food and bring it along to feed him somewhere appropriate.

“Kiryuk?”

Karnas looked up at me once, then fell asleep again peacefully.

Watching the fellow like that, I chuckled and confirmed I had some time left.

Good.

Since I have plenty of time, I should buy a tart.

“Where was the place Digron told me about.”

Just as I started walking like that.

“Student Dane Sogress?”

Someone called out to me from beside me.

When I turned my head, I saw a woman wearing a distinctive beret.

“Who are you?”

“Hello. I’m a messenger from the Imperial Academy. Professor Delfineso, the Department Head of the Summoning Department, has summoned student Dane Sogress.”

Professor Delfineso, not Professor Temerik?

I haven’t seen him since the exam, so I wonder what this is about.

“What’s the reason?”

“He only mentioned it was about a recommendation letter. He asked you to come right away, so shall we head over?”

Such a sudden summons.

I looked at the messenger and said.

“That won’t work.”

“Excuse me?”

“I’m on my way to eat tarts.”

The messenger’s eyes wavered for a moment.

“I heard there’s a delicious shop. I haven’t had a proper chance to try them since enrolling.”

“Pardon?”

It was , wasn’t it?

I asked the seemingly flustered messenger.

“Do you happen to know where is?”

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