Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 66

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 66

34. Can You See This? (2)

Shelia immediately delivered disappointing news.

“But it will be difficult to read.”

“When you say difficult to read…”

Could there be restrictions on obtaining information?

For example, a place only accessible to professor-level personnel.

Well, that wouldn’t be a problem.

Fortunately, I’ve grown quite close to many professors in a short time.

But the ‘difficulty’ Shelia was referring to wasn’t this kind of meaning.

“No one has been able to read it yet. It’s written in an ancient language.”

“Ah.”

“As you well know, the languages of lost civilizations from the past are still being decoded, but progress is quite sluggish. There’s no ‘key.’ This is especially true for the Magic Kingdom Arcana.”

No matter how lost a civilization or kingdom may be, traces of it always remain bit by bit.

The Magic Kingdom Arcana is the same.

There’s almost no information about ancient magic, but a few books and relics are occasionally excavated.

Of course, since they can’t be decoded, they’re considered as good as nonexistent, but there might be content about ancient magic among the undecoded materials.

“If you want, you can examine the copies. Some ancient documents require access permissions, but most cases are open to the public. However, since decoding is nearly impossible… it won’t be easy.”

Shelia spoke quite negatively.

That’s natural.

Of course, I’m different.

“Then I’ll take a look.”

Shelia looked at me for a moment, then nodded.

“Alright. Follow me. The Ancient Document Section is on the opposite side. Oh, leave the book here.”

Shelia started walking again, and I put down the book where she pointed and followed her. Unlike before, the distance to the Ancient Document Section was quite far.

And as we headed there, the number of people gradually decreased, until when we finally arrived, there were hardly any people visible. The reason was simple.

“Unless you’re a professor dedicated to decoding ancient documents, hardly anyone comes here. Everyone comes, pulls out a book once, and runs away.”

Shelia said this while pointing to the section where ancient documents—or more precisely, copies of ancient documents—were stored. The scale was considerable.

“This is a place where only copies of undecoded ancient documents are collected. Of course, even if they’re copies, you’ll receive a bigger penalty than regular books if you damage them, so be careful. Naturally, leaking is also prohibited. These books have tracking magic and anti-leak devices built into them.”

“For example?”

Shelia smiled slyly at my question.

“If you try to take them out or attempt to leak them, you’ll find out exactly what happens then.”

Geez, that’s menacing.

Anyway, with such frightening warnings, I approached the ancient document copies.

Even the titles are in ancient languages.

I can see the ancient Secret language that Ernest mentioned, and there are also characters I’ve never seen before in my life.

I thought I should have brought Ernest along, but I soon felt fine.

“Usually people get stuck from the titles. How about coming with a professor or specialist next time?”

“No, it’s fine.”

Because there were characters I could read.

Specifically, the script I became able to read when I made the mana concentrator at the fountain mine.

“That’s ancient Arcana script. It got that name because it was discovered at the site where the ancient Arcana Kingdom once existed.”

Ancient Arcana script.

When I pulled out a book, Shelia spoke with a puzzled expression.

“By the way, ancient Arcana script only has that name; it’s a language that hasn’t been decoded at all to this day.”

But it seems I’m different.

Though only two words, I could recognize them.

‘Summoning’. And ‘creature’.

It’s a simple deduction.

With this, there might be stories about beings beyond the horizon.

Probably, I’d need to obtain more ancient mana concentrators like the one I got at the fountain to be able to decode more.

Well, since I can’t get more right now, I’ll have to be satisfied with this for now.

By the way, this is a fascinating experience.

Just by looking at it, it’s automatically interpreted and enters my mind.

“But can you see that?”

Then came Shelia’s question.

I shook my head.

“Of course not. I’m just looking. It’s interesting just doing that.”

“You’re a student serious about research.”

Of course, Shelia doesn’t know this fact.

She probably thinks I’m just looking without being able to read.

“Geniuses are different. Well, you might get a clue doing that. I’ll cheer you on.”

As expected.

Shelia said this while checking her watch, then spoke to me.

“Just remember the precautions I mentioned earlier. Naturally, you can’t check out these books either, so remember that.”

“Yes, I will.”

“Well then. I hope you have an enjoyable time.”

Shelia left like that.

And right after she left, I pulled out and stacked up all the noticeable books indiscriminately and settled in.

First, the ancient Arcana script.

I can ask Ernest about other decodable languages by calling him.

For now, among the sections with decodable titles, I gathered everything related to Karnas or summoned creatures beyond the horizon.

“Kyreuk?”

Then Karnas poked his head out.

Seeing him poke his head out as soon as Shelia left, he’s definitely a smart fellow.

I should find out how to handle and raise such a fellow from now on.

Maybe I can learn this fellow’s identity?

There might be information about this fellow in this ancient Arcana script that only I can currently read.

“Hmm…”

Well, for now.

As a result of opening it, the words I can recognize are very few.

At most one to two per page.

Sometimes there are none at all.

I decided to write down the translatable ancient Arcana script while also analyzing the character structure.

Since the decoded words are fragmentary, analyzing the character structure is essential to see other undecipherable words.

Well, I’m not sure how long it will take…

If I can get additional information in addition to the fragmentary words, my decoding ability will improve and I can get more information about Karnas here in my arms.

“Don’t you think so?”

“Kyreuk?”

Well.

Shall I slowly start reading?

Shelia, the head librarian of the Imperial Academy library, thought that Dane Sogress would give up and leave the library before long.

Even though he was a crazy genius who showed talent in spear arts, magic, summoning arts, and even swordsmanship, she thought ancient languages were a completely different domain.

While there are languages like ancient Secret that have been largely deciphered, most ancient documents are in ancient Arcana language that can’t even be guessed at yet.

In fact, Dane was selectively reading only those kinds of ancient documents. She was curious about what he even knew to be reading them.

‘This is really bothering me.’

As the son of Count Sogress, he would have received a good education, and since hardly anyone comes to the ancient document section on their own, she wasn’t worried about damage or leaks.

However, she was curious.

This was a librarian’s instinct.

Should it be called a librarian’s animal-like curiosity toward people who love books?

‘It would be a bit awkward to approach and ask.’

He was so concentrated that it was difficult to even approach him.

“Head Librarian.”

“Ah. Tony. What’s the matter?”

“What’s the matter? You’ve been staring over there constantly for three days now. At the ancient document section.”

“Ah.”

Shelia was a little surprised, but she didn’t deny that she had been secretly watching Dane.

“It’s fascinating.”

“Fascinating? Hmm. That’s true. It’s definitely not common for a freshman to be stuck in the ancient document section for three days straight.”

In the first place, it was fascinating for a freshman to come to the library and stay for several days.

The Academy is like a dream.

At least for the freshmen.

There are plenty of things to enjoy, and it’s a time when even a single conversation with seniors makes them happy.

Especially at the beginning of the semester.

But since it’s Dane Sogress, it looks a bit different.

‘Because he’s a genius.’

Should I say that because he’s a genius, even his differences look different.

This is why image and reputation are important.

“By the way, I also caught a glimpse while passing by earlier, and it seemed like he was mostly reading ancient Arcana language documents?”

“That’s why I said it’s fascinating. It’s not a language that’s been almost completely deciphered like Secret, but ancient Arcana language that’s completely impossible to decipher?”

“Maybe he knows something?”

At junior librarian Tony’s words, Shelia almost burst out laughing.

“That’s impossible. For a thousand years, all kinds of scholars have tried their hardest to decipher it. It’s absurd.”

“Well, that’s true… I suppose.”

“It’s impossible. In my opinion, it’s the overflowing challenge of a genius. But all discoveries in the world started from such courage. That’s why I want to applaud him. Though it’s a bit difficult since this is a library.”

Shelia was sincere.

No matter how impossible a language was to decipher, every ancient language had a beginning to its decipherment, so there was no law saying that beginning couldn’t be Dane.

Of course, the problem was that the possibility was very low.

‘I hope he at least gets a clue.’

Shelia looked at Dane with eyes half filled with regret and half with curiosity.

The genius boy’s challenge would probably end in failure.

Before long, he would probably jump up from his seat, throw those boring and maddening ancient documents, and go out to have fun.

Shelia finished that day’s ‘Dane observation diary’ with such thoughts.

But even the next day, Dane didn’t leave his seat. He only returned to the dormitory when the library’s closing time approached, then attended lectures again and punched his attendance at the library.

Then finally, the day after that.

“Got it.”

Dane grinned as if he had figured something out.

Then he looked at Karnas with an expression of amazement.

“No matter how I look at it, I can’t believe it…”

“Kyuruk?”

“You really become that kind of creature later?”

“Kyuruk!”

Karnas nodded vigorously as if it were obvious.

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