Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 78

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 78

 

 

 

42. I Said It’s Not Necessary

 

 

“This way.”

Ernest truly knew every nook and cranny of the Academy. Ernest skillfully navigated through various alleys, guiding me, Leila, and the Bodybuilding Club members.

“Hey! Walk properly! You won’t get proper training walking like that!”

“Club President! I was so dejected that I forgot for a moment!”

“Let’s cheer up a bit. Ernest here is guiding us to a place where we can continue the will of muscle!”

Ernest, who had suddenly earned the title of teacher, seemed to be holding his shoulders straighter than usual.

“Dane, is this right?”

“What?”

“What are you going to do if these guys revive?”

Meanwhile, Leila whispered an extremely realistic concern next to me.

I shrugged my shoulders.

“Well. I wonder if they’ll really bother us after all this?”

“That’s true, but…”

Their original purpose was to drag me into their club.

But I had already created a club, making that impossible, and these guys were even in a position of receiving help from us.

However, Leila glanced back with a displeased expression.

“No matter how I look at it, they’re not my type.”

Ah, is that so.

Anyway, we walked and walked until we finally arrived.

“Right here.”

Ernest was right.

This was truly the optimal location.

“Ooh… this place is perfect!”

“Club President! We can train again!”

The Bodybuilding Club members hugged each other and shed tears of joy.

The sight of muscle masses tangled together wasn’t particularly pleasant to watch, but their emotion was deeply conveyed.

“Mm, we’ll definitely never be noticed!”

“Club President, there’s even enough space!”

“If we work hard with the mindset of strength training, we can even set up partitions!”

As the guys said, the advantages were clear.

However.

“…Isn’t this place too creepy?”

This was the sewers.

More precisely, it was a place boasting considerable space among the sewer areas spread beneath the Academy.

Leila covered her nose.

“Ugh, I’m dying.”

I was dying even more.

Even though I deliberately blocked my sensing ability from the entrance, the smell was penetrating through my nose.

“Is this really okay?”

“Yeah. There’s no place better than here.”

Ernest nodded with conviction.

Well, thinking about it, there really was no place better than here.

Most Academy buildings were under control, and even if temporarily empty, they would eventually catch people’s attention.

Especially if those muscle masses all crowded into one building, who wouldn’t be suspicious?

But this place was different.

First, being sewers, no matter what they did, no one would notice.

“Oh, by the way, this area gets cleaned on the last day of every month. You’ll need to avoid that day.”

On top of that, Ernest kindly informed us of the cleaning schedule.

“Club President! But the smell is a bit…”

“Hey! Once you start lifting equipment, you won’t even notice the smell!”

“Right! Smell doesn’t matter at all!”

…And the guys seemed purely happy to have a space where they could build their strength.

For them, building muscle was their life’s purpose, so how could they not be thrilled?

In that sense, this was truly the optimal location, except for the smell.

“And let me be clear, you need to enter one at a time with time intervals through the entrance we came from. If you all crowd in together, you’ll definitely get caught. Got it?”

“Of course! Naturally! Ernest, you are our lifelong benefactor!”

“Lifelong benefactor!”

The sight of four muscle masses lining up to bow to the skinny fellow was… how should I put it?

Strangely surreal.

I made a decision.

Let’s turn that into a realistic scene.

“How can we ever repay this kindness…”

“It’s simple.”

I placed my hand on Ernest’s shoulder and spoke to the Club President.

“Help this fellow build some strength.”

“D-Dane?”

Ernest panicked.

“Strength?”

The Club President’s eyes sparkled at the word strength.

The Club President immediately approached and grabbed Ernest’s arms, kneading them.

“Hmm… definitely lacking muscle mass. Quite insufficient for surviving harsh Academy life. Don’t you think?”

“Club President, I’ve actually wanted to say this since earlier. Ernest’s body is too frail.”

“Hey. Be careful with your word choice. He simply doesn’t know everything about muscles yet. We can guide him down the right path.”

Ernest trembled.

“D-Dane? What do you mean? Strength?”

“Ernest. This seems like the fastest way.”

I consoled Ernest coldly and firmly, and Ernest looked at me with an expression of betrayal.

“Don’t worry, Ernest. We’ll give you a wonderful physique within a few months.”

“I, uh, I don’t need…”

“Once you know the beauty of muscle, you won’t be able to say such things anymore.”

I quietly stepped back and let the Club President handle it.

Our Ernest, left alone, was trembling like a leaf, to the point where Leila couldn’t stand watching and whispered to me.

“Dane, are you crazy? Leaving Ernest to those muscle idiots?”

“There’s no one better than them for building strength, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

Leila seemed to agree on the part about needing to build strength.

In the future, we might face situations worse than dealing with undead, and Ernest’s body that looked like it would collapse with a single hit wouldn’t do.

In that regard, those guys’ crash course was necessary.

“Hmm. But your bone structure isn’t bad, Ernest.”

“R-really?”

“Yes, with this much, you can gain decent strength and muscle within a few months. I guarantee it!”

Was it my imagination that his eyes looked strangely professional?

“However, you must faithfully follow our guidance, member.”

“Club… President?”

“From the moment you enter the path of muscle, all forms of address are unified as ‘Club Member.'”

“Ah…”

Ernest couldn’t decide what to do and made eye contact with me.

“Do well, Ernest. I think this will definitely help you.”

“Y-yeah!”

In truth, human muscle strength isn’t built overnight.

Usually, it only reaches a usable level when the body’s natural growth-based strength is combined with consistent training.

In that sense, Ernest wasn’t quite usable yet.

No, actually he was a bit lacking.

At this rate, if he wanted to beat Bron’s gang, he’d be better off learning magic instead.

“Don’t worry, Club Member. If you follow along well, you’ll gain sufficient muscle strength in a short time – maybe not as much as us, but enough.”

“Y-yes!”

“And you can trust us. Our Artak family has spent a lifetime researching human muscles and the body. I, Dorian Artak, president of this Bodybuilding Club, will teach you everything.”

That’s truly remarkable credibility.

Human muscles and the body, huh.

“For Club Member Ernest, who is like a benefactor to us, I’ll specially pass on the essence of our knowledge without reservation.”

“Club President! How can you give him that!”

“We haven’t even understood it ourselves yet!”

That ‘family essence’ that the president from the Underchain family mentioned seems to be quite valuable.

Well, it would be helpful to know.

“…Dane. Is that right?”

To Leila’s question full of disbelief, I answered.

“Yeah. Are you interested too?”

“No. I hate it.”

I nodded at Leila’s firm and resolute expression of preference.

In the midst of this, the president approached and spoke to me.

“Since you’re friends of Master Ernest, we won’t forget our debt to you two either!”

No, you can forget it.

“If there’s ever a time when you need our Bodybuilding Club, please let us know anytime! We’ll put down our equipment and come running!”

No, I’m telling you we don’t need it.

 

 

“Finally, the surface.”

“This is exactly how I felt when leaving the hall.”

We came out of the sewers and up to the surface.

Fresh air greeted us.

No matter how I look at it, I can’t understand how they lift equipment and pant down there.

“Well, they’ll figure it out.”

We had provided more help than necessary.

They were happy about it too.

Actually, they’re just crazy about muscles – they’re probably not really crazy people.

When you think about it, they’re just so obsessed with muscles that they don’t look around them.

Wait.

I feel like I’m being influenced too.

This is troublesome. Let me get my head straight.

Still, I’m a bit concerned about Ernest staying in such a place.

“Ernest.”

“Yeah?”

“Take this.”

I took out one of the prototype inventions that Big Sister had sent me whenever she had spare time.

“What’s this?”

“An air purification mask. The air down there is murky.”

“Ah!”

According to Big Sister, she developed it for use in places where breathing is difficult, like volcanic or high-altitude regions. She said if you just keep the mana stone attached to the mask charged, the filter operates and you can use it semi-permanently.

…She probably never imagined it would be used for lifting equipment in sewers.

“There are things like this?”

Leila’s eyes widened as she looked at the air purification mask.

“Yeah. Big Sister made it.”

“As expected. She’s amazing.”

Ernest asked in confusion.

“Can I really use something this precious?”

“It’s fine for now, so use it comfortably.”

“Dane…”

Ernest looked moved.

Yes, work as hard as you’re moved, build your body and search for treasures more diligently.

“I’ll use it well, thank you so much. I’ll work hard and definitely beat Bron!”

“Yeah. You’ll be able to.”

Of course, just building muscle isn’t everything, so I’ll need to have him train with weapons soon.

Would a bow be better?

I put aside my thoughts for now and mentioned what we originally planned to do.

“Let’s go see the club room.”

“Oh, right. The club room.”

We were so busy finding a new club room for the Bodybuilding Club members that we hadn’t seen our own room yet. We headed back to the Lacktail Building where the club rooms were located.

“You said it was almost a permanent lease?”

“Yeah. Unless we cause trouble like the Bodybuilding Club guys or disband the club, they’ll keep leasing it to us.”

“That’s good.”

It basically means we can use it until we graduate.

“Here it is. Room 506.”

We arrived at the 5th floor and opened the club room door. It was a system that opened with a magically operated card key, but the security didn’t look very good.

“It’ll need reinforcement.”

But the moment we opened the door, that thought completely vanished.

“…What is this.”

The interior was an absolute mess.

Whatever the previous users had done, it was literally full of trash.

“Should we have set up in the sewers instead…?”

Leila held her nose.

Rustle, rustle.

Just taking one step made noise because the floor was covered in trash.

“…When will we clean all this up?”

Hmm.

This is when magic would be needed, right?

I took out a subspace crystal orb I had prepared as a backup.

It was inferior to the subspace ring Big Sister had given me in response speed, capacity, and everything else, but.

“Don’t tell me, Dane.”

It would be perfect for cleaning up trash.

“Good.”

I opened the subspace and maintained it.

Then, just like during the Magic Department class orientation, I used mana to lift all the trash into the air.

“Whoa.”

“Amazing….”

Thanks to the ancient magic power, lifting hundreds of pieces of trash was no problem at all.

It was much easier than lifting orbs, I’d say.

The larger trash at the bottom helped lift the smaller pieces too, making it even more comfortable.

“Dane, you’re really a genius….”

“A trash-cleaning genius!”

“….”

I looked at the two of them in disbelief, then shoved all the trash into the gaping maw of the subspace rift.

Actually, I didn’t know I could clean trash with magic either, but still.

When I closed the subspace, the interior was revealed, reasonably clean.

“Trash cleaning complete.”

Now I could finally see the inside a bit.

It was a single open room without any divisions, but that could be solved by putting up partitions.

I’d built barracks so many times I was sick of it, so I could roughly estimate what we’d need.

“We should bring in a sofa too, right?”

“Absolutely. A simple workbench would be nice too, wouldn’t it?”

“Mm, a weapon rack would be good to have too….”

I didn’t know about other things, but I definitely needed to put in a field bed.

Strangely, just looking at one puts my mind at ease.

“Kyirik!”

Karnas also popped out with a poof and went to claim a spot in the corner.

“Kyirik!”

Was he asking me to put a cushion there?

“We’ll need a soft blanket for Karnas too.”

Right, that’s necessary too.

“But where do we get all that stuff? My family doesn’t give me separate spending money….”

Ernest seemed worried about money.

“Why are you worried?”

Leila said as if it were obvious.

She’s from Termion, after all.

She gets plenty of allowance.

So do I. Even when I say it’s fine, Mother keeps sending me money.

However—

“It wouldn’t be bad for us to earn it ourselves.”

“Huh?”

“Think about it. This is a club we’re running with our own strength, so using family money feels like getting help.”

I needed to preserve Ernest’s pride.

Baron Dylan’s house was really quite small compared to Termion or Sogres.

If we kept solving everything this way, Ernest might eventually feel inferior or inadequate, or think he was always just receiving help.

“That sounds good.”

Whether Leila understood my intention or not, she at least showed interest.

“Ernest, what do you think?”

“I like it too! It would be more meaningful if we made or earned it ourselves!”

“Good.”

I grinned.

I needed to buy things like Ernest’s tracking prevention powder anyway….

I should look for ways to make money soon.

Ways to make money, huh.

In my previous life, I had no concept of money.

I used military scrip occasionally, but that was just to obtain necessary supplies from occupied territory residents.

However, in this life I have various talents and an environment where I can do anything, so surely there’s some method?

“Should we try selling weapons from our family?”

“….”

I shook my head at Leila’s ridiculous plan.

“That’s basically the same as using allowance money.”

“Is it?”

Ernest also made a suggestion.

“How about exploring ruins? There are ruins about a week’s journey from here, and if we explore them we could make quite a bit….”

“You’d skip school entirely?”

“…That’s, a bit much, isn’t it? Haha.”

This guy seems obsessed with adventure.

“Let’s think about it slowly.”

We have plenty of time anyway.

The club room isn’t going anywhere.

“Oh, Dane. I have a liberal arts class so I should go now.”

“Right. I have a major class too.”

Just then, it was time for the guys’ classes.

I still had a little time before my class.

“Then I should go to the library.”

I probably gained another circle.

Now I should be able to read more words.

Then I could get more clues.

Maybe I could find out where to obtain other ancient magic power concentrators.

“Well, let’s gradually decorate the club room.”

Then Leila suddenly asked me.

“But Dane, what exactly is our club’s name?”

“Right. You wrote it on the application form and submitted it without showing us.”

That’s right.

I hadn’t told them the club name.

I said simply.

“Magic Summoning Exploration Spear Swordsmanship Club.”

“….”

“….”

Why are their reactions like this?

I just mixed everything together.

“Dane, you really….”

“Don’t go around naming things….”

I thought for a moment, then asked carefully.

“…Is it a bit much?”

“Yes. It’s too much.”

“Really too much.”

Leila sighed.

I shrugged at her reaction.

“It’s not that important anyway, right?”

“It is important! You heard everyone calling it the Bodybuilding Club, right? How is that a proper name?”

“….”

Now that I heard it, she wasn’t wrong.

It seemed like a similar situation to when I tried to name Karnas “Happy.”

“Ernest, don’t you have any good names?”

Ernest, who had been pondering Leila’s question, cautiously made a suggestion.

“How about ‘Romance’? In the sense of pursuing each person’s own romance.”

Leila muttered thoughtfully.

“That’s not bad. Whatever it is, it’s better than the ‘Magic Summoning Exploration Spear Swordsmanship’ club. When we can change the club name, I’ll go and change it right away. For now, let’s just call ourselves ‘Romance’ among ourselves.”

“Great!”

And so, regardless of my opinion, our club’s name unofficially became ‘Romance’.

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