Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Your Na Is (2)

After so thought and so advice from my second sister, I was able to settle on a na for this little one.

Originally, I wanted to na him after the dog that had been with in the barracks for quite so ti in my previous life, but my sister was adamantly against it.

⸢What do you an, ‘Happy’?! Who gives nas like that these days?!⸣

What was wrong with Happy? It was nice to say and had good connotations.

Anyway, thanks to Clare’s strong opposition, the na Happy was rejected. Eventually, I was able to decide on a na with Ernest’s advice.

Karnas.

“What do you think?”

⸢It sounds good. What does it an?⸣

“Mystery.”

⸢That’s perfect. Ask him if he likes it.⸣

I asked him, “Karnas. What do you think? That’s your na.”

“Kikreuk!”

From the way he was flapping his wings, I guessed that he liked it.

Anyway, I fell asleep soon after that, and when I woke up the next morning, I took a quick shower and got ready with Karnas—both because he was still too young to be left behind, and because I couldn’t leave him behind and expect there to be no trouble.

Since I wasn’t planning on hiding him, I thought it might be a good idea to just bring him with from a young age.

“Kikreuk! Kikreuk!”

“Are you that happy to go out?”

“Kikreuk!”

Should I take him for a walk periodically? Since he was a complete mystery, I had no choice but to figure out how to care for him little by little.

Still, he was pretty quick on the uptake. As soon as I started seeing other students around, he hid in my arms.

“Kikreuk.”

The sight of him looking up at from my arms was so cute that I burst out laughing.

Like that, I headed to the lecture hall where the first-year classes from the Summoning Departnt were held with Karnas.

The na of the lecture hall was Bermudez Hall, nad after the famous scholar Bermudez.

However, my second sister was waiting in front of the hall.

“Dane.”

“Sister?”

Clare’s eyes looked very puffy, as if she hadn’t slept at all lastnight.

“What happened?”

“I was doing experints and writing papers last night. Since I couldn’t sleep anyway, I ca to observe your class.”

“I am not a child.”

“Yes, you are. You’re fourteen.”

Oh right, I was fourteen.

I’d been living this new life for fourteen years, so I should be used to it, but sotis I forgot that I was still a fourteen-year-old.

“By the way, did he really break through the dormitory barrier?” she asked.

“Yeah. sohow?” I replied.

“Our youngest is really… you’re not hurt anywhere, right?”

“Of course not.”

When I smiled brightly, Clare asked with a relieved expression on her face, “Oh, what about Karnas?”

“Here.”

When I pointed to my chest, Karnas stuck his face out. Then, as soon as he saw my second sister, he cried out as if he were happy to see her.

“Kikreuk!”

“Oh my, you’re so cute.”

Clare ca over with an enchanted expression and tickled Karnas’ chin. Then, Karnas closed his eyes gently and sagged as if surrendering his body to my sister’s touch.

“Kkireuuuk…”

What a truly blissful expression. It wasn’t like he was so kind of dog.

“But Dane, can you really take him with you?”

“Of course, why couldn’t I?”

“I’m just worried soone might covet him. Familiar eggs are incredibly valuable.”

It was said that if a Familiar’s Egg was confird to be real, it would be traded for an enormous price. I think it was enough to buy several mansions?

But if it was a hatched familiar? There was no way to calculate how valuable that would be.

“Dane, are you sure you’ll be alright?”

Well. Even so, I had no intention of selling the little one to soone or having him stolen. I hatched him with my magic.

I wondered if this was what it felt like to have a child. Of course, if you think about it, there were ruthless parents who sold their children to the battlefield as child soldiers for money, so it depended on the parents.

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll take good care of him,” I stated.

“Kikreuk!” Karnas cried loudly, as if he liked that.

My sister smiled helplessly and said, “Yes. I’m sure you can do it. And if anyone bothers you…”

I think I knew what would happen next without even hearing it. Not only my sisters, but my whole family would co forward. That was how my family was.

So I wasn’t worried.

“Oh, he’s still young and might get stressed, so I’m going to take him around like this until he grows up.”

“Good idea. Until then, try not to reveal him. Alright?”

She was worried about , but it was also for Karnas. I nodded.

“Alright, I understand. I’ll go now.”

“Yes. Go and do well. And if possible… I hope Professor Teric doesn’t find fault with you.”

I guess he wasn’t a very nice person.

“He gives a lot of work anyway.”

For so reason, I felt regret coming from my sister.

“Oh, right. Dane.”

“Yes?”

“You said you received that ancient magic and the egg reacted.”

“Yes?”

“It may even have an effect when you summon. So, if you ever do use it, you should be careful. Summons are extrely sensitive to their summoner’s magic power.”

It was sweet advice from my second sister. I hadn’t tried summoning even once since my circle was ford with ancient magic.

“Of course, if you control it well, more might be possible. I need to look into it a bit more, though, since it’s a different kind of magic from other people.”

I smiled at that.

I could do more.

That ant…

“I’m going to go now. If anything happens, call , alright?”

“Yes. I will.”

She must be busy, so how could I do that? I wasn’t a child. But I supposed she’d feel reassured if I at least said sothing like that.

I finally entered Bermudez Hall, leaving my second sister behind.

“Isn’t that Dane Sogres?”

“Wow. This is my first ti seeing him. His hair color is amazing.”

“He’s so handso…”

“Should I try to persuade him to join our club?”

“He’s an Autonomous student, right? So does that an he’s taking our departnt’s classes?”

Amidst the sounds I heard, I went into the classroom where the lecture was to be held. That morning’s class was ‘Summoning Theory 1’, taught by Professor Teric Spiano.

Just hearing the na alone gave off the feeling it was a class for beginners. I was sure there were quite a few things I learned from my second sister, but the academy lectures were still a different story.

As I was taking out my writing utensils, I suddenly felt soone staring at and raised my head.

However, no one was staring at too much.

Was I mistaken?

‘D-did I make a mistake?’

Digron Tyren.

The eldest son of Count Tyren, who was now barely considered a noble of the capital.

Digron, a third-year student in the Summoning Departnt who had his summons stolen by Dane a few years ago, cald his heart that had suddenly sunk.

‘Damn, he actually ca to class!’

Digron wanted to cry. He had heard that Dane was admitted to the academy. He also knew that he was an Autonomous student, and that one of the three subjects he passed during the entrance exam was Summoning, so he knew that they would et soday…

Who would have thought they would et in the class that he had failed in his first year and had to retake?

‘Should I cancel the class now? No, if I cancel this ti, the professor will kill …’

Digron’s hands were trembling.

The mory of that day was still vivid. He was just trying to give him a little scolding, but he ended up getting scolded—and without even being able to mount a proper counterattack! Even his summons was taken away.

It didn’t end there.

‘From that day on, my father…’

After being driven out of the castle by Count Sogres, rumors spread rapidly, and Count Tyren completely disappeared from the eyes of the capital’s nobles. To be exact, it could be said that he fell out of favor with Duke Thermion, who was present at the ti.

Although they had sohow managed to maintain the title of ‘capital noble’, the reputation of House Tyren was now at rock bottom, making their title of count seem aningless. It was to the extent that when his father attended the Imperial Noble Council led by Duke Thermion, no one spoke to him.

Naturally… Digron, who was the cause of the incident, also had to endure gloomy days. It was natural that his friends didn’t talk to him, and Count Tyren often got drunk and swore at him.

Of course, this was all his own doing. Count Tyren might have been the one who made things big, but it was Digron who caused it.

Anyway, for this reason, Digron was now desperately avoiding Dane’s gaze while peeking at him.

‘What should I do?’

Digron, who entered the academy with talent, was able to forget the nightmare and trauma of that day for a while, but that was no longer the case.

As Digron bit his nails, one of the seniors next to him tilted his head.

“What’s wrong, Digron? Are you nervous because you’re retaking the class?”

“Ha. Haha. Th-that’s right, senior.”

“What’s the big deal about retaking a class? Everyone has to do it at least once. You already know everything. As for the freshn, just ignore them. All you have to do is get a good grade.”

“Yes, yes.”

The senior treated Digron quite gently.

By the way, Digron’s image within the Summoning Departnt wasn’t that bad. He was quite talented, and even though he was only a third year student, he could already summon fourth-rank summons without difficulty.

Digron was already able to summon Gendpu, a 5th-rank summons, seven years ago.

In that sense, unlike how he was treated outside of the academy, he was quite well-received there. He didn’t even cause any trouble and was very well-behaved.

“Hey, do you see that boy over there?”

“Who?”

Digron turned his head and was startled. The senior was pointing at Dane.

“Him, Dane Sogres. He chose the Summoning Departnt and passed when he took the Autonomous major exam this ti.”

“…”

“Isn’t he amazing? He’s from House Sogres, and his older sister is Clare Sogres. I heard he’s incredibly talented, too. Wow, a life like that would be worth living.”

How could he not know? The problem was that he knew too much. The senior seed unaware of how House Tyren ended up in such a state.

“He won’t change his major later, right? I really respect Senior Clare. Ha! If he were in the Summoning Departnt, I would have treated him really well. Don’t you think so?”

“Th-that’s right.”

The senior tilted his head and asked, “Why are you sweating so much? Are you sick?”

“N-no. I need to go to the bathroom…”

Drrrrk.

Just then, the door opened and Professor Teric Spiano, the professor of the Summoning Departnt, walked in. Digron held back his tears and sat back down.

“Nice to et you. My na is Teric Spiano, Professor of the Summoning Departnt at the Imperial Academy.”

The lecture started without any ti to spare. He had a very heavy voice.

“Maybe it’s because this is a morning class, but everyone’s eyes are really bad. By the way, anyone who falls asleep in my class will get a warning the first ti, and if they fall asleep a second ti, they’ll have to leave the class and be penalized. Make sure to rember this.”

The freshn were shocked by the rules.

Professor Teric smiled at their reaction, then tilted his head at the strange feeling he suddenly felt. A strange yet mysterious energy caught his attention and then disappeared.

‘Was I mistaken?’

Instead of pursuing the feeling, Professor Teric continued speaking.

“This class, ‘Summoning Theory 1’, will teach you the theoretical aspects of Summoning from the basics. The students here, freshn of the Summoning Departnt, will take their first steps as summoners by learning these theories. That’s why the class in which you learn the basics is extrely important. When you move on from the fourth or fifth year, you will take a regular exam to beco a full-fledged summoner, and if you don’t have this theory to back it up, you can’t guarantee that you will pass the written exam.”

The content was brutal. By the way, the regular exam to select summoners was known to be difficult. Above all, it was a competence test.

That is, if you fell short, you would be eliminated without a fight, no matter who you were.

“Of course, there is a special selection test where you only need to prove a few qualifications… but they are not easy exams.”

At those words, one freshman raised his hand.

“Professor, I’m Dean Vitrone, a freshman in the Summoning Departnt. I have a question.”

“Continue.”

“What kind of qualifications does this ‘special selection test’ look for?”

Professor Teric walked straight to the blackboard and wrote a few things down.

“It is as follows. First, you have to summon a 5th-rank or higher summons with the blank sign provided at the testing center.”

The students murmured. Most of the people there were unsure whether they could even summon a 7th-rank summons, which was the lowest, even if they had a mark, let alone a 5th-rank summons.

“Second, you have to maintain the summons for more than thirty minutes.”

“…”

The murmurs soon died down. After all, the conditions were ridiculous.

Thirty minutes.

Students learning the summoning technique for the first ti could barely last maintaining their summons for five minutes. But thirty minutes?

However, the highlight was the third condition.

“Third, you have to subjectively have the talent to pass the special selection.”

The third one was the key.

Subjective conditions.

“This ans that special selection candidates can be disqualified even if they et the two conditions above.”

“So, what exactly is that subjective condition?”

Professor Teric shrugged when asked.

“Whatever it is, they would have to grab attention. That’s what it ans to be a special case.”

It was ridiculous. However, unlike the freshn, the second year students and above of the Summoning Departnt who already knew of its infamy were nodding their heads.

Ultimately, this ant that only truly special students could pass.

“Do you understand now why it’s called ‘special selection’?”

“…”

“And one more thing.”

It was a mountain beyond a mountain.

“You must receive at least two recomndations from authorities related to Summoning to be eligible to apply for special selection.”

The test was difficult, and so was the recomndation.

In short, they were being told not to even dream of it. It seed like it ant that they just shouldn’t apply and wait quietly for the regular exam.

Professor Teric looked at the confused freshn when his eyes suddenly t a student’s.

Dane Sogres.

His eyes were fixed on him.

‘Hmm. Those ridiculous words.’

Professor Teric had heard from the dean, Professor Delphineso, about what happened during the Autonomous Major test—how he had successfully created a link with Eterarch, a 4th-rank summons personally summoned by Professor Delphineso.

‘No, of course that doesn’t make sense.’

It was absolutely impossible to accept such a story with common sense. Professor Delphineso’s authority was well-known, but in reality, Professor Teric was the type who didn’t believe stories at face value unless he had seen them with his own eyes.

One never knew. Professor Delphineso might have colluded with Count Sogres sohow and passed his child with a made-up story.

For Professor Teric, who had remained in second place for over ten years and couldn’t even dream of becoming the dean because of Professor Delphineso, this was a strangely reasonable doubt.

‘I guess I’ll have to check.’

If the story wasn’t true, he could use this to find fault and apply subtle pressure on Professor Delphineso.

“Anyway, the first step to passing the regular exam, which is the primary goal, will begin in this lecture, so I hope you will follow along well.” Professor Teric added, “Well, passing theory will be easy for those capable of summoning, but of course, there wouldn’t be any freshn who can do that. Right?”

It was quiet.

There was no way a freshman could use summoning magic. None of the freshn there had taken a test to see if they could use ‘summoning’, they had only gone through theory and affinity tests.

That was, if you majored in the ‘Summoning Departnt.’

“Is there anyone who can do it? Though, I doubt it.”

Then soone raised their hand.

“I can.”

Everyone’s attention was focused on the freshman who raised his hand.

A silver-haired freshman.

The youngest son of Count Sogres.

It was Dane Sogres.