Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 96

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 96

 

 

 

54. The Moment of Writing a New Legend

 

 

The exam had begun.

24 hours.

A fierce and arduous exam that would continue from midnight to midnight the next day.

The first barrier that Magic Department students give up on.

Everyone was full of enthusiasm at first.

‘Yeah, well, it’s 24 hours, but we can do it if we try!’

‘Right. We studied hard, didn’t we?’

‘Since they gave us a whole 24 hours, it must be a problem we can solve by thinking carefully!’

But the moment a whole ‘bundle’ of exam papers appeared before their eyes—

“….”

“…What is this.”

Everyone stared blankly at the exam questions, at a loss for words.

 

[The distance between mage α who can use five 4-Chain Magic spells and mage β who can use one 5-Chain Magic spell is exactly 100m. Assuming α starts the code array 3 seconds before β, deduce a method to activate magic before β and burn the clothes he’s wearing, and regarding this….]

 

The problem description alone took two pages.

The answer sheet was even longer than that.

Just reading the problem was enough to make one’s mind go blank.

Because Magic Department exams aren’t just about learning ‘magic’ alone.

Of course, they learn about various fields like science and mathematics, and they also need reasoning abilities and writing skills to explain the proving process.

Therefore, most freshmen were stuck from the start, and only upperclassmen who were retaking the course had their pens in hand.

The problem was that this was just the beginning.

The next problems were even more spectacular.

‘This is a sequence and integral problem. They want us to apply this here?’

Students who at least realized they had to use these things to solve it were lucky.

There were countless students who couldn’t even think of it in the first place.

Since they couldn’t think of the method itself, even an open book exam would be meaningless.

In the end, this is where they get separated.

The difference in talent.

Scratch scratch.

Students who held their pens.

Students who couldn’t pick up their pens at all.

Students who were contemplating before picking up their pens.

And—

‘I’m curious about their expressions after 24 hours.’

Professor Denabo, who was monitoring the students with hawk-like eyes while crossing his arms.

If they were in their right minds, cheating wouldn’t occur, but as always, there are bound to be one or two fellows who aren’t in their ‘right minds.’

But today, more than that….

‘As expected.’

He was focusing on Dane Sogress, who picked up his pen before anyone else and was writing down answers at tremendous speed.

Professor Denabo unconsciously clicked his tongue.

Altemar, a 4th-grade summoned beast that had been summoned and was sitting quietly crouched in one corner of the desk.

And Dane, who was writing down answers while receiving concentration and speed blessings from this Altemar.

Could he have even imagined it?

Summoning a summoned beast in an examination hall.

‘How many hours will it last?’

Though he said he was confident, Professor Denabo was certain he could maintain the summoning for at most an hour or two.

‘It’s a strategy to focus on the beginning.’

Indeed, if you solve exam problems well at the beginning, you gain confidence. It varies slightly from person to person, though.

It’s not a bad strategy in its own way.

Above all, seeing him write so diligently, it seems he studied thoroughly and understood the lecture content well.

Creativity is important, but without the ‘talent’ and ‘knowledge’ to back up that creativity, it’s useless.

But still….

‘Why isn’t his speed dropping?’

Even after 2 hours had passed, Dane’s speed remained the same.

The summoned beast was also well-behaved.

Was it because it ate feed intermittently?

‘Does the feed perhaps replenish mana?’

No. That can’t be. Feed is just feed.

Then how exactly, even after 2 hours had passed, could he write down answers at such fast speed without showing any signs of exhaustion from depleted mana?

He wasn’t even contemplating.

‘Is he writing correctly?’

Professor Denabo moved after much consideration.

Pretending to monitor for cheating, he went next to Dane and….

‘Let’s see.’

He glanced at the answer sheet.

And from that moment, he couldn’t take his eyes off it.

‘Huh.’

He wasn’t solving carelessly at all.

Rather, it was a series of clear solutions and amazing deductions.

Even his handwriting was elegant enough to be easily readable despite the slight distance.

What exactly was this fellow doing?

‘Oops.’

Professor Denabo realized he had stayed too long and quickly left his spot.

Then another hour passed.

Two hours.

Three hours passed, and as time continued to flow relentlessly afterward.

Scratch scratch.

Dane still hadn’t put down his pen.

Then, when the tenth hour passed and the sun was gradually heading toward its zenith.

Rustle.

Dane gathered up his exam papers and answer sheet bundle and stood up from his seat.

A student who was about to eat lunch.

A student who was slowly looking around, trying to go to the bathroom.

A student who had given up in despair and put down his pen.

Everyone’s eyes in the lecture hall were focused on Dane.

‘No way, surely not.’

‘That can’t be.’

‘Did he give up too?’

For that to be the case, everyone knew he had been solving exam problems without making a single sound.

Sure enough.

“Here, I’m submitting this.”

“…Did you really solve everything?”

“Yes.”

Dane gave a short answer, then placed Altemar on the floor and formed hand seals.

“Good work.”

And with a comfortable expression, Altemar was dismissed from summoning.

Meanwhile, Professor Denabo, who had been quickly scanning through the answer sheet, realized.

That he had really solved everything.

‘Huh.’

Is this even possible?

10 hours.

An exam that others can’t finish even with 24 hours and submit incomplete…

“Then I’ll be going.”

“Oh, y-yes, go ahead.”

Professor Denabo watched Dane leave the lecture hall with a dazed expression.

The other students were no different.

A genius.

And beyond that, a monster.

‘What the hell is that fellow Altur doing?’

Professor Denabo had ordered him to entice Dane and pull him over to the Magic Department. But Altur had been completely silent.

‘This won’t do. I’ll have to step in myself.’

Professor Denabo.

It was the moment when he, the Department Head of the Magic Department and notorious for his strong pride, decided to step in personally—

‘Shouldn’t that kid go straight to the Imperial Palace instead of the Academy?’

’10 hours? I’m still on the third problem…’

‘Life is really unfair.’

It was the moment when Dane, who wasn’t even from the Magic Department, was writing a new legend in the Magic Department.

 

 

I properly felt that my strategy had hit the mark.

Actually, the moment I saw the test paper—no, the bundle of problems—I realized.

That no matter how much you knew all the answers, it would be impossible to solve within 24 hours. It was physically impossible from the start.

That’s why I summoned Altemar and went with the method of enhancing my concentration and physical abilities.

“I maintained it for quite a long time.”

Fortunately, thanks to my ancient mana, my mana efficiency is much better than others.

Moreover, since it was a static environment called an exam, there was no chance of Altemar taking shock or me consuming much stamina.

So I utilized my summoned beast in the open book exam under the judgment that maintaining summoning for 10 hours was possible.

I believe there probably hasn’t been a case like this before.

It’s not common for summoners to take Magic Department classes, and even if they do, they wouldn’t utilize summoned beasts in long open book exams.

“This is good.”

Here’s one more thing.

My intimacy with Altemar must have increased a lot too.

Usually, intimacy with individual summoned beasts is proportional to the time they’re summoned.

“So are the exams over now?”

Spear Arts, Summoning Arts, liberal arts, and the magic I just took.

The midterm exams are over with this.

And 14 hours early at that.

“Is 10 hours a record?”

Well, whether it’s a record or not, the important fact is that I took the exam satisfactorily.

Now.

The exams are over.

Should I go eat some tarts to my heart’s content?

I should go to and buy plenty for my club friends to eat before returning.

“Ah.”

Before that, I need to stop by the club room briefly.

By now, Karnas must be looking for me desperately.

Naturally, I couldn’t take him to the exam.

Since I can’t put living creatures into subspace.

“I hope he didn’t breathe fire just because I wasn’t there.”

This is the first time we’ve been apart for 10 hours.

It was then that I headed to the club room and opened the door to Room 506.

“Oh! He’s flying! He’s flying!”

“Karnas! That’s right! That’s right!”

“Kirruk! Kiruk!”

…They’re having more fun than I thought?

“Oh, Dane! You’re here? Karnas just flew!”

“Amazing! It wasn’t like before where he came down from mid-air, but he flew up from the ground by himself!”

Oh, really?

“Kiruk!”

As soon as Karnas saw me, he got excited and came running on his two feet. Cute fellow. I held Karnas in my arms and patted his head.

“Did you really fly?”

“Kiruk!”

Karnas broke free from my arms as if to show off and jumped into the air. Then he spread his wings wide and flapped them, slowly and gently landing on the floor.

“Ki-ruk!”

Then he flapped his wings again and really started floating in the air.

“Really? That’s amazing!”

“He was playing with us when he suddenly tried a few times and succeeded!”

This is amazing.

Karnas was doing stationary flight in mid-air.

Though still a bit unstable, his wing beats are very vigorous. It means his muscles are gradually developing. I thought his wing membrane and wing muscles were gradually developing, and what a remarkable fellow.

“Well done.”

“Kiruk!”

Karnas even flew and nestled back into my arms.

I immediately opened subspace and took out snacks.

These are special snacks I newly bought from .

“Here, Karnas.”

“Kirup! Kirup!”

As soon as he saw the snacks, Karnas’s eyes went wild and he devoured them in an instant, then looked at me with bright, sparkling eyes.

It seems like he’s asking if there’s more.

No, it seems more like he’s demanding I bring out more right now.

“Can’t help it.”

This time I took out a large bone snack and threw it to him, then chuckled.

“He’s dying of happiness, dying.”

Is this what it feels like to raise a puppy?

I was watching Karnas fondly when I suddenly asked the two.

“What about your exams?”

“I’m done! And the Exploration Department major only has final exams, so I just took liberal arts.”

“You only take final exams?”

“Yeah. We go for direct field practice! From upper grades, we have to go on actual explorations.”

Taking exams through actual exploration.

That sounds interesting.

“What about you, Leila?”

“I finished well too. My major was just a light pass, and the general education was a bit ambiguous, but I think it was okay?”

“Everyone did well.”

Just then, the door opened and a zombie shuffled in.

It was Priscilla.

Her disheveled hair and sunken eye sockets were quite impressive.

“Kill… me…”

It seems not everyone did well.

“I wish the world would burn down.”

Priscilla muttered truly terrifying words as she collapsed with a thud and let out a sigh.

“Was it difficult?”

“Ugh, disgustingly. Insanely. Damn exam! What kind of exam is difficult even after memorizing the entire scripture?”

The Theology Department seems to be no less challenging than the Magic Department.

The scripture alone consists of dozens of volumes, and seeing that she memorized all of it, Priscilla doesn’t seem to be an ordinary genius either.

Well, she did wear Saint Aimar’s holy vestments.

“Anyway, it’s over, it’s over! I’m liberated! Though it’s only a 2-month liberation!”

While Priscilla was going crazy and rampaging, I asked the two.

“Now that exams are over, what should we do?”

“I’m going to do strength training with the muscle guys!”

Ernest said that, then as if he just remembered, took out dumbbells from his subspace and went over to Karnas.

“Karnas, want to work out together?”

“Krrk?!”

Karnas put his front paws on the ground as if to say bring it on, then started doing push-ups like he did before.

“Good! It’s a competition!”

Then Leila spoke.

“I’m going to visit home for a bit.”

At Leila’s words, I tilted my head.

“Home?”

“Yeah. To see Mother. She said she misses me.”

The Duchess’s health was said to be quite poor.

“What about you, Dane?”

“I’m going to stay in the library for a while and do some training.”

“You’re not going to play even though exams are over?”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“This is playing though?”

Really.

It’s really fun.

“I’m thinking of trying to make a core this time.”

Actually, after making the second core, I was too indifferent about the third core.

So I’m planning to make the third core this time and get used to it.

Actually, I could make it right away tomorrow if I wanted to. Since it’s a path I’ve already walked in my previous life. Having ancient mana should make it much easier.

However, I unexpectedly ended up making two circles, so I’m just thinking carefully to balance this out.

Unlike normal cases, perhaps because it’s ancient mana, there isn’t much interference between them, but I still need to be careful.

“…Anyway.”

Actually, there are many other things to do besides this.

I could train all day if I wanted to, or I could play while training Karnas.

I could study, or hang around in Big Sister’s research lab.

However, since Leila said she was going home, something came to mind.

“Then how about going together?”

“Huh? To my house? That’s fine with me.”

“Yeah. I was thinking of taking a look at the forge.”

The famous Termion’s Forge.

And I have the forge’s symbol that Duke Termion gave me as a gift when I was 7.

The qualification to commission the dream forge that would make any item as requested.

“…You’re probably the only person in the world who would say they’re going to ‘take a look’ at our forge.”

“Is that so?”

I grinned at Leila, who looked incredulous.

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