Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 74

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 74

 

 

 

39. I Caused Trouble

 

 

The next day, the Academy atmosphere was quite chaotic.

As soon as I stepped out of my dormitory room, I could see Droyan and Aneld talking about what happened last night.

“Last night was absolutely crazy, wasn’t it?”

“From what I heard, someone broke into Saint Aimar’s Hall.”

“What? Which crazy bastard….”

That crazy bastard was now sitting nonchalantly on the sofa. It was me they were talking about.

Oh, there was one more.

Though this case wasn’t a bastard.

“It wasn’t just a break-in, all the undead disappeared.”

“…Huh? Does that make sense? Were they liberated?”

“Yeah. So now the Theology Department is completely turned upside down. Priscilla, did you hear anything?”

My accomplice Priscilla shook her head with excellent acting skills.

“I’m not sure. I just woke up. I’ll find out when I go to the Diocese later. Whatever crazy bitch it was.”

“….”

Anyway, it seems like it was absolute chaos during the night.

“Right now the Academy is going crazy trying to figure it out somehow. Priscilla, you didn’t go out yesterday, did you?”

“No. I didn’t.”

“In times like this, if you get caught up in something by mistake, you’ll get dragged into trouble. Ugh, what kind of situation is this.”

The aftermath seems quite significant.

Well, of course, since the undead den in the Restricted Area was liberated.

If it were just a simple liberation, that would be one thing, but one of the undead was Saint Aimar, and he was someone the past Emperor branded as a rebel.

“Maybe even the Imperial Palace will make a move?”

“No way. You really think the Imperial Palace would?”

“Even if Emon V was a crazy Emperor, when it comes to damaging Imperial authority or plotting rebellion, they wouldn’t hesitate.”

Listening to Droyan and Aneld’s conversation, it seems we caused a bigger incident than we thought.

Well, as long as we don’t get caught, that’s all that matters.

I leaned back on the sofa and enjoyed a leisurely morning.

Today’s lecture was Spear Arts class.

By the way, it was in the afternoon.

“I don’t know. Today I’m coming straight back after lectures end.”

“I should do that too. Hey, Priscilla. Don’t go wandering around doing pointless things, come straight back. You’re being watched right now.”

“Bullshit. What did I even do.”

Droyan shook his head as if used to Priscilla’s reaction and went into his room.

And when the sound of the door closing was heard, Priscilla let out the breath she’d been holding and made a tearful face.

“…We’re not really screwed, are we?”

I shook my head.

“We won’t get caught.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Because they can’t even imagine it was us.”

Yesterday dawn had no roll call, so they wouldn’t have done separate checks on dormitory residents, and it’s not like we left any entry records that would allow them to trace our movements.

“Ernest even sprinkled Tracking Prevention powder.”

“Are you sure that stuff works?”

“It definitely works.”

“…Then that’s a relief.”

Priscilla finally seemed to relax a little.

Yet contradicting what she just said, she casually asked me.

“But Dane, when will that thing you mentioned about sneaking out be possible?”

“Ah, that.”

I was planning to go to Big Sister soon anyway.

“Soon.”

“Really? If you don’t give it to me, I’ll spill everything… then I’d get caught too.”

I chuckled at Priscilla’s cute attempt at threatening me.

“I’ll keep my promise, so wait a little longer.”

“Okay. Oh, but are you alright? After fighting so intensely yesterday.”

“Me?”

I looked my body up and down.

Perfectly fine.

I was tired last night, but I wasn’t injured anywhere and there’s no fatigue from mana consumption.

This Ancient Magic Power, experiencing it in real combat makes me feel it even more properly.

“I’m fine.”

“Then that’s good. Leila and Ernest, those two kids were okay, but Divine Power doesn’t work on you.”

Well, as Priscilla said, there’s the disadvantage that healing using Divine Power doesn’t work due to their mutually repelling nature.

It doesn’t matter.

With this level of magical power, that much penalty is nothing.

“I’m going to get up first.”

“Huh? Do you have morning lectures?”

“No. Lectures are in the afternoon. I have somewhere to go.”

Now I should go to Big Sister.

There are a few things I need to find out.

 

 

“What in the world is this….”

Arabella Sogress had quickly finished her experiment when she heard her Little Brother was coming to visit, and with time to spare, was reading the ‘Imperial Academy Daily’.

The content written in the newspaper was quite a sight.

Last night someone had broken into Saint Aimar’s Hall. Even the Necromancy had completely disappeared.

“Brave but crazy bastard.”

The Academy atmosphere had been unsettled since morning, so this was why.

No wonder all the Guards who usually just patrol were out running around everywhere.

“The student council kids are going to have a hard time.”

Arabella muttered while preparing refreshments and brewing tea for Dane who would visit soon.

She liked this leisure. Her life was devoted to experiments and inventions every day, but when her Little Brother visited, she felt like she was resting for a moment.

“Wait, I hope our Dane isn’t scared?”

Arabella worried that Dane might be a little scared because of the current Academy atmosphere. No matter how smart and genius-level he was, the Youngest was still the Youngest.

To Arabella, he was still just a 14-year-old Child.

At least, that was the case until Dane came to visit.

“…Huh? Where did you get this?”

“From Saint Aimar’s Hall.”

“….”

Arabella stared at Dane in momentary bewilderment, as if she’d been hit in the head with a Hammer.

So, this chaos that made the Academy Daily buzz and even mobilized the Guards….

Her Little Brother caused it?

“I messed up, Big Sister.”

“…Haha.”

Arabella recalled her own undergraduate days.

Those turbulent years when she roamed around the Academy under the pretense of experiments and inventions, causing every kind of trouble imaginable.

From her 5th year onwards, she came to her senses and focused only on magic, but before that, Arabella was a troublemaker that even the professors had given up on.

“I don’t think I’ll get caught, so it’s fine.”

…Yes, that was exactly how she used to be.

As if to prove they were siblings.

But the scale was beyond imagination.

“What? You faced Saint Aimar and liberated that person?”

After hearing the story, she was speechless.

This little fellow had swept away dozens of undead and even defeated Saint Aimar who had become a revenant?

What exactly was talent?

When she was 14 years old, such a thing was unimaginable.

“That’s what happened.”

“…You’re really sure you won’t get caught?”

“Yeah. It’s fine. I absolutely won’t get caught.”

Arabella let out a hollow laugh.

How long had it been since he enrolled, and he was already causing such large-scale incidents?

But, it was strange.

Why did she feel both proud and impressed?

“Well done, Dane. Liberating an undead who had accumulated resentment for 300 years was a very good deed.”

“Thanks, Big Sister.”

Of course, as his sister, worrying was still worrying.

“Still, next time you’re going to cause such trouble, tell your sister first. Even if I don’t stop you, I should at least help, right?”

That’s our sister alright.

Dane grinned and nodded.

“Yeah, I will.”

“Good. You’re such a good boy, my little brother.”

Arabella patted Dane’s head.

“Kyiruk!”

“Oh my, Karnas.”

Karnas also poked his head out. It was his way of asking to be petted too.

“You seem to have grown even bigger?”

“Kyiruk!”

Dane soon got to the main point.

“Actually….”

Dane took out the red gem he had obtained from the Hall Underground Tomb and told Arabella everything without leaving out any details.

And Arabella realized that what Dane had told her was real.

“…I really can’t hear it?”

“Yeah.”

Arabella immediately began investigation and analysis.

“Here, just place it on top of the analyzer.”

Dane picked up the gem and placed it on the analyzer. As soon as Arabella injected mana, the analyzer began to operate.

But that was only for a moment.

 

[Analysis Impossible]

 

This message appeared on the analyzer.

“…How can this happen?”

From Arabella’s reaction, it didn’t seem to be a common occurrence.

“Does this kind of case happen?”

“No. Almost never. In my case.”

Really.

Arabella sets up all possible analyzable situations and proceeds with analysis.

Arabella changed several more variables and conditions to proceed with analysis, but the result was the same.

“I’ve already used three mana stones.”

The analyzer was a massive experimental device. Since it analyzed subjects down to the molecular level, the amount of mana stones consumed was no joke.

‘I heard they’re incredibly expensive.’

Moreover, the consumed mana stones were top-grade.

Arabella was generously investing those expensive mana stones for Dane alone.

“Let’s try this.”

Arabella didn’t give up easily.

After that, she tried putting the gem in different types of analyzers and even brought out a spectrometer.

After about two hours of this.

When the consumed top-grade mana stones reached 10, Arabella finally crossed her arms and glared at the gem.

“Dane, since you can hear it but others can’t, it seems like some qualification is required.”

In the end, there was only one variable that could be thought of at this point.

The existence of Dane Sogress.

What made Dane different from others.

Talent?

Rather than that….

“Ancient mana.”

This was it.

“Dane, have you tried putting your mana into this?”

“No, not yet.”

“Then let’s try that. I wanted to try it after analysis if possible, but now there’s no choice.”

Arabella immediately prepared the experiment.

“Just in case.”

Arabella installed mana barriers on all sides to ensure safety.

“Let’s try it right away.”

“Yeah.”

“My mana first.”

Arabella injected mana toward the gem.

And nothing happened.

“…As expected.”

Arabella nodded as if she had expected this.

Next was Dane’s turn.

“If it seems dangerous, stop immediately.”

“Yeah.”

Dane calmly approached the gem.

And he placed his hand on the gem and began injecting his mana.

At that moment-

Crack!

The gem began to crack.

As expected, it showed a reaction.

Since it was a gem that only Dane could hear, unlike others, Dane’s unique ancient mana was the key.

“Dane, stay calm.”

With Arabella’s encouragement, Dane continued injecting mana without wavering despite the cracks appearing on the gem’s surface.

Crack, crackle!

The crack gradually grew larger and soon covered the entire gem, and at that moment Dane greatly increased the amount of mana he was injecting.

And then-

Crack!

The gem shattered into pieces.

However, neither Dane nor Arabella were surprised, flustered, or regretful.

“This is….”

Because something remained where the gem had shattered.

A glowing sphere.

More precisely….

“It’s an Ancient Mana Concentrator.”

An Ancient Mana Concentrator with the same texture and feel as what Dane had seen at the fountain.

“Ha.”

I had roughly guessed it, but to think it was really true.

“Dane, do you know what it is?”

“Yeah. It’s the same as what I absorbed at the fountain.”

“My goodness….”

Arabella gazed at the Ancient Mana Concentrator with tremendous awe as both an inventor and a mage.

She hadn’t realized when it was trapped inside the gem, but now that it was revealed, she could tell how incredible this thing was.

A feeling that she couldn’t even imagine handling with her own power.

Yet, her youngest brother Dane was saying he would handle that very thing.

“I should absorb it like last time, right?”

“We can’t just leave it like this.”

“Alright.”

Dane nodded and brought his hand forward.

Swoosh!

And the Ancient Mana Concentrator was sucked into Dane’s fingertips as if it had been waiting, disappearing without a trace.

Dane trembled for a moment, then opened his eyes shortly after.

“How is it, are you okay? Do you feel anything strange in your body?”

Arabella, who had perhaps witnessed something great and amazing in magical history, swallowed dryly and asked urgently.

Finally, Dane opened his eyes and answered like this.

“It feels like I gained another Circle.”

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