Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 75

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 75

 

 

 

40. 2nd Circle Magic Genius (1)

 

 

Let me organize this.

In the Garden of Mist, while solving the secret of the fountain with Ernest, a circle was forcibly created within me.

It wasn’t something I intended to create.

It just naturally formed the moment I accepted what was presumed to be a legacy or relic of the ancient Kingdom of Arcana.

This time was the same.

The gem shattered, and as I absorbed the concentrated essence within it, another circle formed in my body, so now I possess two circles.

Ancient Kingdom of Arcana.

More precisely, the Lost Magic Kingdom of Arcana.

Though traces of it are found here and there, for some reason, its defining characteristic—’magic’—is an ancient kingdom whose traces cannot be found anywhere.

But now that has entered my body.

Twice, no less.

“…If this really gets out, it’ll cause an uproar.”

Just like Big Sister’s reaction now, archaeologists and mages are still working hard to trace the remnants of the Magic Kingdom.

But the problem is that the important magic of Arcana hasn’t been discovered, yet I have all of it.

“It’s a discovery for humanity, Dane.”

It sounds grandiose just hearing it, but what can I do when it’s real?

“Ah.”

The changes aren’t limited to just circles.

This bracelet I happened to obtain at the shop Sidrain and I visited while staying at the family estate.

The bracelet was emitting light, and the area of light had expanded a bit more than before.

Does the area expand each time circles increase?

“Already two circles… completely different mana from others… Huh.”

Big Sister said that while being startled and spoke to me.

“Don’t misunderstand! You don’t have any secrets about your birth!”

“Yeah. I know.”

I’m Father and Mother’s son, no matter what anyone says. I just look exactly like them. Even if they lost me somewhere in the territory, they would have found me right away.

“Now chain-level magic doesn’t mean much to you, Dane.”

“It seems like it will be that way.”

General chain-level magic is graded according to the number of circles.

Because magic can only manifest after going through several cycles of circulation and filtering.

But from my position of already possessing high-purity mana, the only thing I need to overcome is code rearrangement.

“Phew. Anyway, something amazing has happened, right?”

“I suppose so.”

As Big Sister said, I now have two circles.

Two circles that formed without me even wanting them.

“Then we need to find the rest too.”

At Big Sister’s words, I raised my head.

Right now, I’ve absorbed two concentrated essences and created two circles.

Then what’s next?

“I suppose we should.”

I’ve never imagined it, so naturally it wasn’t something I wanted either.

But it would be a bit wasteful to stop at just two.

“Ancient magic power circles… If you complete all of them, you might be able to know everything about Arcana.”

Big Sister seemed more excited than me, the person involved.

“Dane, if you find out anything, you absolutely must tell me first!”

“Of course. Naturally.”

Big Sister would have tremendous desire as a mage. For any mage, the Ancient Magic Kingdom Arcana is like a nostalgic dream they all long for.

“Still, we should hide it as much as possible for now. For your safety too, Dane.”

For all that talk, I’m openly bringing Karnas around with me.

Well, if someone finds out, they find out.

It doesn’t matter.

I don’t think at all that it would become a problem and endanger my safety.

Because I just need to become strong enough that it won’t happen.

“I should go to the library first.”

“Huh, the library?”

“Yeah. Ah. I didn’t tell you. I went to research about Karnas.”

“Kyirik!”

I told her about how I became able to read some Ancient Arcana Language when the circle formed, and the fact that Karnas is actually a dragon.

“…”

And Big Sister collapsed with a thud.

Ah, I should have told her one thing at a time slowly.

It was already surprising enough that another circle formed from ancient magic power, but telling her about the dragon and Ancient Arcana Language deciphering was a bit too much, wasn’t it?

“…Dane.”

“Yeah.”

“What no one could reveal in hundreds of years of history, my little brother…”

Big Sister seemed to be trembling with emotion.

“Even… a dragon?”

“Kyirik!”

Karnas nodded as if to say that’s right.

Big Sister stared at me blankly for a while.

I think this is probably the first time I’ve seen her like this.

I crouched down next to Big Sister and patted her shoulder to calm her down.

“I was surprised at first too.”

“…Liar. You weren’t that surprised, were you?”

How did she know?

Family really is family.

“Well, what can I do? That’s how it turned out.”

“…Dane, you really are.”

Big Sister only calmed down and sat back in her chair after some time had passed.

“Phew.”

Big Sister took off her glasses and seemed to be trying to calm down, breathing heavily, then muttered a few words.

“Dragon… Ancient Arcana Language… ancient magic power…”

Seeing Big Sister’s reaction makes it even more certain.

Just how tremendous the things I currently possess are.

“I’ll let you know what I decipher later.”

“…Mm-hmm. Ugh, really, how can such things happen?”

“I know, right.”

Even while saying that, Big Sister quickly patted my head, worried I might be concerned.

“Sister is fine now. I’m just, worried. Having too much talent isn’t good either. You always have to be careful of people, okay?”

I was about to say I’m fine, but I nodded instead.

To my sisters, I will always be a child.

No, maybe they hope for that.

Now I’m at least a head taller, and it seems like I’ve gone far with my overflowing talent, but still, we’re family.

“Yeah. I definitely will.”

“Good, my little brother.”

Perhaps the most important thing I’ve gained in this life isn’t talent, but the existence of such a family.

“…By the way, all of Arcana’s records were impossible to decode because there were no keys, but now that will be possible.”

Keys.

I remember hearing about this while talking with Ernest about the treasure map.

All decoding requires a ‘key’.

Simply put, if you know exactly where one puzzle piece goes, then it’s just a matter of time before you can fit the rest together piece by piece.

But ancient Arcana language had no such thing until now.

“They’ll look at me strangely if I go to the Ancient Document Section.”

“The head librarian was already staring at me constantly.”

“Ah, Miss Shelia. But that’s probably because you’re handsome, right?”

I chuckled.

I thought I wouldn’t go there for a while since there was nothing left to decode, but now I’ll have to go back to punch the time clock again.

Wait.

Since Ernest is an expert in decoding, wouldn’t it be a great help if I brought him along?

“Good.”

I tried drawing up my mana as a test.

To see what had changed.

“Hmm….”

I can detect traces of mana throughout Big Sister’s research lab.

Of course, this isn’t particularly surprising.

I’ve been able to see these things since I absorbed the first ancient mana concentrate.

But this time it’s a bit different.

“Oh.”

Now I can even see the mana flow coursing through people’s bodies.

However, it seems this only works when I draw up my mana very delicately and precisely while concentrating.

If my focus wavers even slightly, it quickly disperses.

This is an incredible harvest.

To be able to see the flow in human bodies at a glance.

Of course, since this level of concentration is required, it would be difficult to use in actual combat….

Conversely, it means I can observe like a watchtower in places where I can concentrate.

As expected, ancient mana is amazing.

Wooong.

Just then, Big Sister’s communication crystal rang.

“It’s a summons from the department head.”

“Professor Denabo?”

“Yeah. I think I need to go. He’s been calling me frequently lately.”

Big Sister sighed.

“I’ll have to go see what it’s about. Let’s go out together. What’s your next class?”

“I don’t have anything in the morning, so I was going to do some magic testing before lunch.”

“That sounds good. Let me know the results later.”

“Yeah. I will.”

With just one circle, I can see mana flows that others can’t see at a glance, so what about with two circles?

Well then.

Shall I go test it out?

 

 

Surprisingly, there were already two people who had arrived first.

Leila, and Ernest.

“What are you guys doing?”

I tilted my head while looking at the two who were already at the clearing in front of Bonia Forest.

“Can’t you tell by looking? I’m training. Hah!”

Leila was swinging her sword.

“The mysteries of the Academy… This is also a restricted area but there are just barracks… Where should I explore?”

Ernest seemed to be planning his next exploration.

“Did you two come together?”

“Oh, yeah. Since we were doing it anyway, I thought it wouldn’t be boring if we did it together. Dane, you should come do it too. Want to spar with me?”

“Sure, let’s do that. But wait a moment.”

I first approached Ernest.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, Dane. I was thinking about where to do the next exploration.”

“Are there any places that catch your eye?”

“Hmm… Not really yet? Actually, there aren’t many notable places in the Academy that are inaccessible to us. Saint Aimar’s Hall was also a rather special case.”

When Saint Aimar’s Hall was mentioned, Leila immediately reacted.

“It’s been chaos since morning, right? It’s a huge topic in our Swordsmanship Department too. I got in trouble for keeping my mouth shut.”

“It was the same in our Amaldi Hall. Everyone was talking about yesterday’s incident? The Theology Department kids seemed to be in complete emergency mode.”

“There’s also talk that an investigation team will be dispatched from the Imperial Palace.”

I wonder what Priscilla is doing right now.

“Well, we won’t get caught. So, there aren’t many notable places?”

“Yeah. Well, actually… if there are no clues, there’s no justification to go. Exploration is something that should start when there’s a good reason to go there. Randomly poking around anywhere is just being stupid.”

As Ernest said, we need some kind of clue.

There are many secretive places in the Academy.

But we can’t go there without a reason to go.

Then….

“How about Northern Atalia Island that Saint Aimar mentioned?”

“Northern? Atalia Island? That’s… Ah! The place where the gem was found!”

I went ahead and told them about the gem too.

Then Leila and Ernest, while not as much as Big Sister, had the same blank expressions.

“…Ancient mana?”

“The same thing we saw at the fountain…”

We’ve shared life and death together, and we’ll continue to do so in the future, so I thought I shouldn’t intentionally hide things from them.

“This is cheating.”

“Dane! That’s so cool! If I’m with you, explorations will never end!”

Well, it doesn’t seem like a bad reaction.

“Northern Atalia Island. Good. It’s far, but it’s not impossible to go.”

“We should be able to teleport to Northern Point. After that, we can take a boat, so the time will be much shorter.”

Ernest was delighted by my suggestion.

“That’s even better! We can go during vacation too! But why there?”

“I want to go to the cave where Saint Aimar found the gem.”

“Ah, that’s a good idea. Originally, treasures are all placed there for a reason. Hmm. If we go, we’ll be able to find out why that gem was there. We’ll need to prepare for cold weather exploration, right?”

Well then, we’ve decided on one thing to do during vacation.

“Dane, but what did you come here for?”

“To test my magic.”

“Then when you have time, take a look at my swordsmanship later.”

“Why not look at it now.”

I faced off with Leila like that.

On one side, Ernest was watching this scene with interest.

Sring.

As I drew a practice sword from subspace, Leila also drew her practice sword to face me.

“Should we spar? Or should I just defend?”

“Of course we’re sparring!”

I chuckled at Leila’s rebellious reaction, as if I’d said something ridiculous.

“Alright.”

And so Leila and I clashed.

Clang!

“Ha!”

Leila let out a spirited shout as she quickly thrust her sword forward. This was truly the swordsmanship of the Termion Ducal House.

Fast, precise, and flawless. It brought back memories from my previous life. I had died to this swordsmanship. But that didn’t mean Leila was at that level.

Thwang!

“Ack!”

If there are no openings, you just create them. As I deflected her sword, Leila stepped back and grabbed her wrist. It seemed to be throbbing.

“How do you deflect like that?”

“The third sword form. You need to make the thrusting motion a bit faster. You can’t hesitate.”

Leila sighed, seemingly displeased that she’d been seen through so easily.

“How can you see that?”

“Just can.”

“Fine. Let me try again.”

Leila was indeed a genius.

With just one word from me, the speed of her thrusting motion in the third sword form I’d just mentioned became a bit faster.

She’ll grow quickly too.

“How’s that?”

“Very good. It would be even better if it were just a little faster.”

From then on, though we were exchanging sword strikes one at a time, making the term ‘sparring’ seem inappropriate, Leila actually seemed to prefer it that way.

“I should have asked you about this earlier. I’d been worrying about this since before entering the Academy.”

“Really?”

“But how can you see this?”

Well, because I’ve experienced it.

“Just can.”

“…”

“But it’s definitely good. And you saw it yourself, right? That it works in real combat too.”

Leila is definitely a genius.

Otherwise, she couldn’t have handled real combat against undead so smoothly at her age.

It’s a bit awkward for me to say this myself, but she only seems relatively overshadowed because I’m beside her.

“Have some pride. You’re a Termion, aren’t you?”

“…If someone else had said that, I would have been very happy.”

Well, sorry about that.

Anyway, after helping Leila with her swordsmanship to some extent, now it was Ernest’s turn.

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