Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 77

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 77

 

 

 

41. Don’t Cry

 

 

The place where Spear Arts classes are held is the outdoor training ground.

Spear Arts Practical Theory.

Literally a 3rd-year class that combines practical training and theory, but I applied for this course regardless of grade level thanks to the Autonomous Department privilege.

Because I’m confident.

I thought about taking 1st-year classes to strengthen my theory more, but since I’d been listening to this content non-stop from Father since childhood, it would just be a waste of time.

“Is that the guy?”

“The valedictorian, right? Him.”

“Why, he passed the Summoning Arts Special Admission.”

“Does that even make sense?”

However, when I arrived at the outdoor training ground, I received much more attention than usual.

I wondered if the Academy’s investigation capabilities had already figured out it was me, but naturally, that wasn’t the case.

“So you’re Dane Sogress. Nice to meet you. It’s an honor to meet the son of a legendary spear knight like this.”

“Count Sogress is my idol!”

“If I could see the legendary spear knight’s prowess even once… Let’s be friends, okay?”

The Spear Arts Department.

That place was full of guys who idolized Father, Aken Sogress.

The Empire’s legendary spear knight.

One of only 6 Hexa-class warriors in the Empire.

The Empire’s war hero.

Anyone walking the path of the spear had absolutely no reason not to idolize him.

Thanks to that, I suddenly found myself surrounded by dozens of Spear Arts Department guys even before the lecture started.

“You must have talent in spear arts too, right? I heard you passed one of the three Autonomous Department exams with spear arts!”

“Absolutely! You’ll definitely follow in Count Sogress’s footsteps, right?”

“Then do you also handle that famous Dragon Tail?”

It seemed I was receiving quite a bit of expectation too.

This kind of attention is getting familiar now.

However, the professor’s interest was a bit different.

“Dane Sogress.”

The Department Head of Spear Arts, Ingrid Soren.

She wore black horn-rimmed glasses and brightened up as soon as she saw me, then suddenly called me forward.

“This is the first time since the entrance exam, right? Welcome to the Spear Arts Department lecture.”

“Hello, Professor. I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Oh my. Did the Count mention me?”

“Yes.”

Father often told me tales of valor from the battlefield. Professor Ingrid here was someone who frequently appeared in those stories.

By the way, she was also someone I encountered in my previous life.

Back then I considered her a worthy opponent, but now she’s naturally grown even stronger.

“Everyone, I’m sure you all know the name of Count Aken Sogress well. This is Dane Sogress. The youngest son of Count Aken Sogress.”

As Professor Ingrid introduced me, applause erupted from all directions.

This is hard to get used to.

During Summoning Department classes and Magic Department classes, I received strangely uncomfortable looks from other department students just because I performed better than them.

But here, there were only sparkling eyes everywhere.

It would have been better if they were jealous instead.

Well, let’s enjoy it.

It’s a good thing, right?

“Dane Sogress, if it’s okay, could we see your skills once?”

“Yes, understood.”

Anyway, practical classes involve physical activities related to spear arts. I wondered how to show them and made a thoughtful expression for a moment.

“Ooh! What will he show us?”

“It must be an amazing technique, right?”

“Isn’t he thinking because he has too many things to show?”

Is this the life of a star?

Even my contemplation becomes a topic of conversation.

Good.

Since it’s thanks to Father, I should use that.

I walked to the rack and picked up a spear.

Then I aimed the spear at the training wooden dummy standing in the outdoor training ground.

What I’m about to do is Mana Point Explosion.

It’s the technique Father showed me when he gave me the single spear as a gift, and that I immediately copied.

“Ooh!”

“He’s going to do something!”

“Is he going to show us the Sogress County’s spear arts?”

What would have happened if I hadn’t learned spear arts?

At this rate, even if I took a dump, they’d applaud saying it was some meaningful dump.

Anyway, I stepped forward while aiming at the wooden dummy.

Swoosh!

And thrust forward.

But at that moment-

Boom!

A mana explosion far greater than I had anticipated occurred at the point where the spear hit.

“Good heavens!”

“The dummy exploded!”

The wooden dummy was brutally shattered and fragments scattered in all directions.

“…”

What is this?

This is similar to when I shot the bow in Bonia Forest earlier?

“D-Dane Sogress student. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Some fragments did fly around, but fortunately no one including me was hurt.

“Good heavens, it completely exploded…”

Ah.

Come to think of it, it’s not just that I gained one more circle.

Since I absorbed the concentrate, my total mana amount also increased.

And with that, the destructive power also increased…

Originally, there should have been just an appropriate dent at the point of impact, but instead it completely exploded.

“As expected… worthy of being senior’s son…”

Uh, um. Well, you see.

I didn’t think it would go this far…

“To see senior’s technique implemented like this…”

But why is that professor crying?

From being moved?

“The emotion I felt when I first saw senior’s technique still hasn’t faded…”

Father, if you visit later, it’s going to cause quite a commotion.

Just looking at their expressions….

“Did you just see that? Did you see it?”

“As expected of the Count’s son!”

“My goodness, wasn’t that just now the Count’s technique? He replicated it exactly?”

…Father.

If the people here saw Father, they’d probably all faint.

 

 

After the spear arts lecture filled with Father’s devoted followers ended, I immediately headed to the meeting place to see Leila and Ernest.

The name was Lacktail Building. It’s where the Academy’s club federation is located, and all the club rooms are gathered here.

We would be using one of these places.

“Wow.”

My first impression had exactly two parts.

There are really a lot of people.

And it’s diverse.

As befitting a place where all clubs gathered, the moment I entered, all sorts of smells wafted over, and the atmosphere changed constantly with every step.

“Ahhh! It’s going to explode!”

“Good! Next attack!”

“Shouldn’t we calculate it this way here?”

Sounds coming through the gaps in doors.

Club recruitment notices plastered all over the bulletin boards.

Club room doors decorated with their own unique personalities.

So this is where the club activities, known as ‘the flower of the Academy,’ take place.

“Why is this one so big?”

Then I was stunned to see a poster celebrating that the ‘Academy Swordsmanship Society’ club had just surpassed 300 members.

The club’s scale is almost at the level of an entire department?

“Dane! Over here!”

“Oh, Dane’s here!”

That’s when I heard the voices.

It was Leila and Ernest.

“Hurry over! They say we need the club president to get a club room! There’s exactly one left!”

“We’re getting a club room too!”

Seeing their excited expressions made me smile naturally.

Could they be that happy?

That’s when I was about to walk a bit faster.

“They said there’s one club room left! Run!”

“Club President! Are we really going to have to disband our club at this rate?”

“Be quiet! Muscle never dies!”

What are those guys?

It’s the Bodybuilding Club.

I stared blankly for a moment at the parade of muscles running from the opposite corridor, then shouted to Leila.

“Leila. I’m coming now.”

“Huh, what?”

I gathered my mana and kicked off the ground.

Perhaps because I had two circles of ancient magic power.

The distance closed in an instant.

“No way!”

The desperate cry was brief.

I brought the two inside, immediately took the documents from Leila’s hands, and submitted them easily.

“We’re here to get a club room.”

“Ah, yes. There’s exactly one left. You’re student Dane Sogress from the Autonomous Department, right?”

“Yes, I’m the president of this club.”

“Assignment completed. Here’s the key.”

And the moment I received the club room key—

“Ah, no way!”

A desperate cry came from behind.

It seemed to be the Club President.

When I turned around, four muscle masses were shedding chicken-dropping-like tears with expressions of despair.

“The, the one remaining club room… This can’t be!”

The Club President fellow urgently approached and asked the desk staff.

“Are there any club rooms left by any chance!”

“Uh, there aren’t any…. With this, all of this year’s assignments are finished….”

“That’s impossible….”

The sight of the muscle mass collapsing was truly a spectacle, no, a sight to behold.

“Now where are we supposed to lift our equipment….”

“Our hideout….”

I became curious and asked.

“What happened to you guys? Why are there only four of you?”

“That’s because… our muscles were oppressed!”

“Oppressed?”

“That’s right! After being caught by the disciplinary committee back then, our club room was taken away and all our funding was confiscated too! We were oppressed for our muscles!”

They’re quite emotional for how they look.

To think they could make such analogies.

No, maybe they’re just crazy about muscles.

“Club President, what do we do now? We’ve run out of money to pay storage fees for keeping our equipment in the warehouse….”

“We have nowhere to put our supplements….”

“Is this how our muscle solidarity ends…?”

The Club President burst out shouting.

“Don’t cry! If you shed tears, you’ll lose muscle mass!”

What the hell are they doing.

“So you guys don’t have a club room now, and what about members?”

“Not a few members quit due to the ruthless oppression….”

After being caught by the disciplinary committee, it seemed the Bodybuilding Club had almost disbanded, probably being held responsible for their past muscle evangelism misdeeds.

“But we will rise again. We will spread the benefits of muscle to the world.”

The fellow said that and then asked me.

“Dane Sogress. Could you possibly… give up the club room to us?”

“No.”

I flatly refused.

“What if I kneel like this?”

“Club President! To go that far for a club room…!”

“Be quiet! A man must sometimes abandon his pride!”

But I was firm.

“No way.”

“….”

Then the Club President carefully suggested in a crawling voice.

“…What if I teach you the essence of muscle building that only I know?”

The other member fellows jumped up at those words.

“Club President! That, that’s something! You never even told me that!”

“You said you’d definitely tell me later!”

“Just be quiet! Is that what’s important right now? What’s important to us now is our own space where we can sweat it out with our precious equipment and supplements!”

Even if they had starved for three days and nights and begged for food, they wouldn’t be more desperate than this.

Of course, I’m not interested.

“I’m not really feeling it.”

And I turned my head to tell the two of them.

“Let’s just go check out the club room.”

“Oh, okay.”

“These guys are weird…”

It was just as we were about to pass by with lukewarm expressions.

“Damn it… A club room… No, if there was just a place to lift equipment! If only there was a place to build muscle!”

“Club President! Where in the Academy would such a place exist!”

“We’ve become people who get glared at wherever we go…”

Ernest suddenly tilted his head and opened his mouth.

“A place where no one would notice and we could train… I think there might be one?”

Instantly, all around became quiet and gazes focused on Ernest.

Then the Club President fellow urgently got on his knees and crawled forward using both knees with a thud-thud-thud, stopping in front of Ernest.

“Wh-where is that place! Tell me! If you just tell me, I’ll teach you everything!”

“Please, we beg you!”

The rest of those guys had also approached and were kneeling down as a group.

Ernest had an expression that showed he felt very burdened as he stammered.

Wait.

Ernest needs physical strength right now.

And these guys are muscle-crazy fellows.

This…

This might actually be a pretty good deal?

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