Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 62

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 62

 

 

 

32. Summoner Special Admission (1)

 

 

Getting the No. 1 set from was purely luck.

The dessert production and special dessert set production times at are confidential, they say.

So everyone either camps out all day not knowing when they’ll come out, or drops by when they think of it to ask if there’s stock available—

It just so happened that when I stopped by, that fresh No. 1 set had been made.

I was planning to buy a box of desserts anyway, following Father’s principle that you should always bring a gift when going somewhere, but who knew it would turn out to be a ‘special dessert set’.

“I didn’t know there would be two of them though.”

Thanks to that, there was one more No. 1 set in my subspace.

I’ll share it with Leila and Ernest later, and give some to my sisters too.

Anyway, thanks to that, I seem to have gained Professor Delfineso’s favor much more than I expected.

I can afford to be relaxed, but there’s no need to make an enemy of someone unnecessarily, so I guess it worked out very well in the end?

“Well, it doesn’t look like I’ll have business with the Summoning Department though.”

Of course, I’m sorry to say, but the complete transfer that Professor Delfineso seems to be thinking of might be a bit difficult.

I have too many things I want to do.

There’s also a lot I want to learn.

Since I got the promise for a recommendation letter, is this matter finished now?

“Let’s see. Then…”

The recommendation letter should come out soon, so I can take the special admission exam with that.

Club activities can be done slowly from now on.

Ernest will handle interpreting the map on his own.

The first week hasn’t even passed yet, but so many things happened that some organizing was needed, though it doesn’t seem impossible to handle.

“I should slowly go to liberal arts class… Oh right.”

I was walking toward the Liberal Arts Lecture Building when I suddenly thought of my parents.

“I haven’t even contacted them since enrollment.”

I found a suitable spot and opened my crystal orb. Then I injected mana to attempt communication, and before long, the crystal orb began to glow.

-Dane, our son!

It was Mother.

“Mother.”

-My son. I didn’t know it would be this hard after not seeing you for just a few days. You’re doing well, right?

“Of course. Everything’s good. I miss you both too.”

Hearing the very delighted voice made my heart feel wistful. So this is what family is like.

-Oh, is that our son?!

-Wait a moment! I’m in the middle of talking to him!

-Son! You’re doing well, right?

Father was there too.

Both of them were talking as if they hadn’t seen me for months, so I burst out laughing.

“I’m doing well. I met my sisters, and I made lots of friends too. Oh, I also made a club.”

-Huh? A club already? Our son is so admirable?

-That’s our son! How about making it the biggest club in the Academy while you’re at it?

Father was still being excessive as always, and Mother was always warm.

I feel good.

“Classes are really fun too.”

-That’s right, our son has many talents. You’re carrying the Night Horn that Mom gave you well, right?

-Dane, remember that Spear Arts always comes first!

And I think I should contact them more often.

The two of them must be lonely staying alone in the castle after I left too…

-Dane, by the way. How would you feel if you had a younger sibling?

-This person has no shame saying such things in front of the child!

-Dear! Honestly, aren’t you curious what talent a fourth child would have?

-W-well, that’s true, but…

…They probably aren’t that lonely.

Since I thought of it, I also bragged about Karnas.

Their reaction was truly beyond shock, almost to the point of fainting.

-G-goodness. The familiar’s egg hatched!

-Hahaha! Our son is the best! This will be recorded in history!

-Be quiet! Someone might hear! Even so, a familiar hatched!

-What does it matter? Everyone will find out later anyway!

It’s really quite a commotion.

I wondered if I should have told them, but seeing how happy they are makes me feel good too.

“Kyirik?”

In the midst of this, Karnas, who had been sleeping soundly, slowly opened his eyes and stared at the crystal orb with a puzzled expression.

-Oh my, he’s so cute when he opens his eyes.

-Hehe. Since it’s a creature he’s seeing for the first time, it’s definitely a familiar.

Karnas must have felt it instinctively as he smiled brightly and wagged his tail. He’s really like a puppy.

-Raise him well. If any problems arise because of that child’s existence, contact us anytime.

-We’ll come running anytime.

Yes, this reassurance.

I have my talents and specialness, but the reason I can live so confidently and be happy even in concepts different from my previous life is thanks to my family’s existence.

So I finished the long-awaited communication and headed straight to the Liberal Arts Lecture Building, entered the lecture hall, and came out after 10 minutes.

Generally, liberal arts lectures finish orientation short and sweet, they said, and that’s exactly what happened.

After thinking for a moment, I decided to wrap up the day.

Returning to the dormitory, I fed Karnas, then finished the day by researching my ancient mana.

 

And the next day.

When morning came, I received contact from Little Sister.

-Dane! Professor Delfineso contacted me!

“Huh?”

-She already sent the recommendation letter and the Summoner Association contacted her today! The association is immediately dispatching an examiner to the Academy?

It’s faster than I expected.

-Professor Delfineso really likes you, Dane. What did you do? She’s a very picky person.

At those words, I grinned.

As expected, desserts were the best gift.

-Anyway, it seems like the test will be soon… When it was my turn, it was simultaneous summoning of three summons, then Link Enhancement after maintaining them for 1 hour.

Even I can see that’s quite a demanding test.

“That must have been really difficult?”

By the way, Little Sister is from special admission.

Little Sister probably passed the special admission when she was 16.

-Actually, I don’t know what kind of test will come up. They’ll probably come prepared roughly, but they don’t tell you what it is. Well, honestly, just having Professor Delfineso write a recommendation letter should be sufficient qualification, but… there are power struggles within the association too.

“Power struggles?”

-It might be a bit hard for you to understand at your age, Dane, but, um… Professor Delfineso has a history of continuously refusing the Summoner Association’s requests. The association doesn’t like that.

I think I understand roughly.

“So the test might be difficult?”

-It could be. I’m not too worried, but, um. Honestly, I’d be a bit sad if you got hurt by adults’ fighting, Dane.

I grinned at those words.

“Don’t worry.”

That won’t happen.

 

 

Professor Delfineso urged Professor Temerik to get a recommendation letter, sent it to the association immediately, and prepared for the exam.

In fact, the special admission exam only required passing the subjective evaluation of the association’s examiners, so there wasn’t much to prepare.

The Imperial Academy had plenty of places suitable for examination halls, and related equipment was sufficiently prepared.

As a result of sending the recommendation letter to the association and requesting expedited processing, examiners were dispatched in less than two days.

“Ahem. Professor Delfineso. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

“Chairman, hello. Have you been well?”

The Imperial Summoner Association.

The chairman of that place where all summoners in the Alteon Empire are unconditionally affiliated, Elgard Poden.

He showed his discomfort upon seeing Professor Delfineso who came out to greet him.

“What could be so remarkable that you rushed us like that?”

The higher-ups in any association tend to be slow to move.

What about Chairman Elgard, who could be said to be right below the association president and vice president?

“I’m sorry, Chairman. It was such outstanding talent that I had no choice.”

“Hmph. If that’s the case, you should have accepted when the association offered you a position so you could process things quickly. Tsk tsk.”

Elgard didn’t hide his discomfort.

Professor Delfineso’s skills were actually superior to Elgard’s.

But how could the world run on ‘skill’ alone?

The title of chairman of the association that held the leash of all summoners was not to be taken lightly.

“You know how it is. If I take on even one position, I’d have to work there, and then I couldn’t focus on Academy work.”

Professor Delfineso smiled slyly without backing down.

She knew well Elgard’s dark intentions of constantly trying to bring her in as part of his faction.

Honestly speaking, the association was tiresome.

She had been dragged around everywhere since her youth because of her outstanding skills, and above all, had been mobilized countless times for wars.

Of course, she would have participated in wars even without the association… but because of the association’s greed, she had been deployed to unreasonable operations or battles and had nearly died from exhaustion several times.

‘Hmph. Since you sent a recommendation letter, I’ll take a look… but honestly, I don’t like it.’

Elgard looked at Professor Delfineso with inner mockery.

“Anyway, I understand. Dane Sogress, was it? Claire Sogress’s younger brother?”

“Yes, that’s right. Blood can’t be deceived – he has remarkable talent.”

“According to the recommendation letter, not only has he already summoned a 5th-grade Gendpu, but he’s even achieved ‘Link Enhancement’, and during the Autonomous Department exam, he even created ‘Multiple Links’ with your summoned beast?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“It’s such unbelievable talent that there’s been quite a bit of talk internally.”

Elgard asked with a suspicious expression.

“I saw Claire Sogress with my own eyes, but I don’t think her younger brother could be better than her. At that level, wouldn’t he be on par with ‘Galderan’?”

Galderan.

The last summoner who could summon ‘summoned beasts from beyond the horizon’, which was like a dream for summoners.

Though he was already a figure from 200 years ago, he was someone every summoner considered a role model and nostalgia.

That’s why mentioning ‘Galderan’ was tantamount to asking if this wasn’t nonsense.

“I’m not sure about ‘Galderan’, but you’ll understand well once you see him.”

Professor Delfineso smiled slyly, and Elgard shook his head as if he had no choice.

“I will evaluate very, very strictly. As you well know, special admissions have historically been that way.”

“I know well.”

Professor Delfineso smiled slyly without being intimidated by Elgard’s threatening demeanor.

“Then, I’ll escort you now, Chairman.”

“Mm.”

Elgard led the evaluation committee and followed Professor Delfineso. Naturally, attention was focused on them.

“What, what? They came from the Summoner Association?”

“What’s going on? Why did they come?”

“I heard that Dane Sogress kid got a recommendation letter for the special admission exam. You know, that freshman who got one over on Professor Temerik in class.”

“Ah! That fellow who even enhanced his summoned beast?”

“Damn, what is it with that guy being good at everything?”

Amid reactions mixed with murmuring, surprise, admiration, envy, and even jealousy, Elgard, the evaluation committee, and Professor Delfineso finally arrived at the gymnasium where today’s exam would take place.

“This is the place.”

“Let’s go in.”

Elgard, who entered inside, was satisfied with the well-equipped auditorium for now.

Of course, he had no plan to pass him because of that.

He had prepared the ‘most difficult’ exam possible.

“Where is the test subject?”

At Elgard’s question, Professor Delfineso gestured, and then an Academy staff member who had been waiting opened the door.

Dane walked out from there.

‘Did they say he was 14?’

Height and sturdy build completely unbelievable for 14 years old.

Silver hair that swayed with each step.

Even his confident gait that captured attention.

It was a first impression that made him understand why Professor Delfineso had sent the recommendation letter so confidently.

“I am Dane Sogress, the youngest son of Count Aken Sogress, master of the Southern Region and head of the Sogress County. It’s an honor to meet you.”

“I am Elgard Poden, Chairman of the Summoner Association.”

Whether Elgard was showing his discomfort as is, or excluding everything unrelated to evaluation as an examiner, he finished with a plain introduction and got to the point.

“Whether you pass the exam will be entirely decided by me, Elgard Poden. If you have any objections, you may give up the exam right now.”

“I agree.”

At the unhesitating answer, Elgard’s eyebrows twitched briefly-

“There must be no cheating whatsoever during the exam process, and keep in mind that if it’s determined to be an unfair exam, the results of this exam can be nullified at any time by authority and even your qualifications as a summoner can be revoked.”

“Yes, I understand.”

At the still unhesitating answer, Elgard realized that such threats had no particular meaning.

Was he being arrogant, or was he just confident?

He hoped it was the former.

“The basic condition of summoning a 5th-grade or higher summoned beast with an empty mark and maintaining it for more than 30 minutes has already been proven through various testimonies, so I won’t bother testing it.”

It wasn’t particularly something to be happy about.

“But you must show something special.”

The third condition of special admission.

Demonstrate something special.

Because this existed.

Elgard wore a strange smile.

‘I wonder if he can pass?’

And imagining the spectacle that would unfold, and Professor Delfineso’s appearance of being shocked and making a fuss because of that spectacle-

“Let’s begin.”

He finally started the exam.

At the same time, the remaining five members of the evaluation committee moved in unison.

They had come here for evaluation, but more precisely, they had come for ‘this’.

Whooom!

The five evaluation committee members moved to the end of the auditorium where the exam was being held, then drew up their mana to form a dome-shaped barrier.

At that sight, Professor Delfineso’s eyes widened.

“Don’t tell me.”

It was exactly that.

Going so far as to put up a dome-shaped barrier to protect the auditorium meant…

“Answer the call.”

This means something extraordinary is about to emerge.

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