Chapter 54: What Are You Trying to Show?
Professor Teric looked at Dane, who had raised his hand, and smiled to himself as if he had known that would happen.
However, he asked as if that weren’t the case, “What is your major and na?”
“My na is Dane Sogres, and I am a freshman in the Autonomous Departnt.”
“Dane Sogres. Ah. I’ve heard that na before. I heard you’re very talented?”
It was an obvious provocation. However, Dane did not get caught up in Professor Teric’s intentions and answered calmly.
“The deans evaluated that way.”
An answer that showed neither humility nor pride.
‘Look at this kid.’
Usually, students would act humble or arrogant, but he was different.
“I see. I heard that the dean was in charge of your test. She said that you created an additional link to Eterarch, who she had summoned?”
There was a commotion at those words. Everyone knew that he had passed the test, but they had no idea about the specifics.
“H-he created an additional link to Eterarch?”
“Does that make sense?”
“The professor said he connected a link to the dean’s summons…?”
There was a commotion, but it quickly beca quiet as soon as Professor Teric spoke.
“Just hearing about it, it seems like you have incredible talent. But you know, that talent is sothing that doesn’t follow common sense.”
“Is that so?”
“So, show . I think everyone is curious about the talent that the dean passed without hesitation.”
Professor Teric was curious.
Was it really true?
Whether it was true or not, he was planning on finding the answer.
“If you can successfully summon here, today’s lecture will end imdiately. What do you think?”
So, he threw out a subtle bait. But Dane wasn’t easily fooled.
“I don’t like the idea of the class ending.”
Professor Teric frowned and asked, “Why?”
“I ca here to learn, but it would be a sha if the class ended in exchange for showing my talent.”
“Ha.”
Look at that. He was truly a different kind of child. If it were any other student, they would have nodded because they wanted to be the hero who made the other students finish class quickly.
Of course, the other students didn’t feel the sa.
“Ugh, what’s wrong with that freshman?”
“Ah. It’s not often that Professor Teric makes a suggestion like that!”
“Was it a lie? Maybe that’s why he’s trying to kill ti?”
Either way, Professor Teric’s curiosity was slowly turning into interest.
“Then is there anything you want?”
The answer that ca out of Dane’s mouth was quite shocking.
“If I can demonstrate my qualifications, may I ask you to recomnd for a special selection test?”
Professor Teric suddenly burst into loud laughter.
“Hahaha. You’re really quite funny. A recomndation? You want to write a letter of recomndation for the special selection test?”
“Yes.”
Whether he laughed or not, Dane’s tone remained the sa. Professor Teric’s voice beca heavy again.
“Do you know what that ans?”
“I know. It ans I have to truly show off my talent here.”
“Have you ever thought about a case where the opposite is true?”
Dane shook his head and stated, “No. I didn’t think about it.”
It wasn’t that he couldn’t think of such a thing, but that he didn’t.
Professor Teric laughed at the confident answer. How could there be soone like that? Even his second sister, Clare Sogres, wasn’t quite as confident.
‘That crazy boy…’
Digron was just staring blankly at Dane. When he thought about it later, he realized that he had incredible talent, so much so that it couldn’t even be compared to himself.
But going beyond that and making such a proposal? To the fearso Professor Teric, and as a freshman at that?
‘House Sogres is full of crazy people.’
Now, Digron’s trauma had beco so strong that he flinched at just the sound of the na Sogres.
Professor Teric finally said, “Then prove it. If you satisfy my conditions, I can easily write you a letter of recomndation. Though, my hand might hurt a little.”
At those words, a murmur arose among the other students from the Summoning Departnt.
“Does that make sense? He’d write a recomndation letter for soone not in our departnt?”
“Isn’t it okay as long as you have talent? And he’s Senior Clare’s younger brother.”
“Wow, House Sogres is really…”
Professor Teric continued, “But if that doesn’t work… you’ll have to be prepared.”
It didn’t seem like he was going to punish him, but it was scary enough.
Of course, Dane nodded without a care.
“Yes. Alright.”
“Very well. Co down. The blank sign is here.”
Professor Teric stepped aside, placing a blank sign on the podium. Dane ca up to the front of the podium in front of everyone and picked up the blank sign.
Then he shouted without any preparation, “Answer my call.”
That was when a summons appeared in the air.
“Kurrrrrr…”
It was a 5th-rank summons, Gendpu.
“O-oh my God.”
“It was real!”
“Isn’t that a 5th-rank summoner?”
“How is that possible with just a blank sign?”
Dane’s action caused an intense reaction. As soon as Gendpu saw Dane, he started wagging his tail and whining.
“Long ti no see, how have you been?”
“Kkkking!”
He had been frequently calling him to increase affinity, as well as to extend the duration of the summoning, but this was the first ti he had called Gendpu since arriving at the academy.
Thanks to that, Digron’s heart started pounding.
Digron could summon almost any summons below 4th-rank, but he couldn’t summon Gendpu.
This was precisely the reason for it. It was because his link had been broken once before.
‘My… my Gendpu…’
It was heartbreaking to see Gendpu, his summons, wagging his tail and getting along with Dane. However, there was sothing bigger going on.
The son of Count Sogres entered the school. His sowhat stable life at the academy was completely shaken up.
Even though the atmosphere of the Academy was evaluated based on Academy life regardless of the family background, it was not always like that. If anyone who knew what had happened between his family and House Sogres…
‘What if he says sothing bad about ?’
At that ti, academy life and everything else would be over. His younger brother Denar was supposed to be admitted next year, and this could block his future.
‘Should I apologize again? Or should I go and have a word with him?’
While Digron was clutching his head and desperately contemplating, Dane said, “I summoned Gendpu.”
Professor Teric was montarily stunned by the sight of Dane stroking Gendpu’s head. He had summoned him imdiately using the blank sign… Had he already signed a formal contract before? Or another way?
Whatever it was, one thing was certain.
‘Things might not go as planned.’
His original plan was to make Dane look like he didn’t pass the test, and then use that to create a negative public opinion about Professor Delphineso, who had passed an unqualified child.
But not yet.
‘It’s just a summoning, after all. Can he really last for thirty minutes?’
Thirty minutes would be impossible.
Not to ntion it was the 5th-rank summons, Gendpu. No matter how high his affinity, there were things that were possible and things that were not. In most cases, after ten minutes, the link beca faint and concentration was also lost.
Of course, that wouldn’t change for the boy in front of him even if he was a genius.
“The second condition remains.”
“Yes, I know.”
However, then Dane made a suggestion.
“But thirty minutes is too long. Can I do sothing else?”
By sothing else…
“The third condition.”
The third condition. In addition to the other two conditions, it was to show ‘specialness’.
“Ha.”
Professor Teric eventually revealed his true feelings. Had he ever seen such an impudent little brat?
The term ‘specialness’ used here was extrely subjective. So, if Professor Teric had made up his mind, there was nothing he could do.
Professor Teric eventually nodded and said, “Prove it.”
“Yes.”
Dane answered without hesitation, and Professor Teric felt a hint of uneasiness.
‘What are you trying to show ?’
The three conditions for special admission.
Two things had already been fulfilled.
I had already summoned Gendpu, whom I’d signed a contract with, and I could maintain him for about thirty minutes without any problems.
Now all that was left was to show sothing ‘special’.
The simplest thing was to show Karnas.
If my second sister’s guess was correct, this guy was a summon from Beyond the Horizon. If that were the case, that alone would be enough. This was especially true in that it was a summons hatched from a Familiar’s Egg.
However, it was too early to reveal Karnas now.
The little one was sleeping in my arms right now, and he might feel burdened by the attention of other people since he was only a day old. I had to treat him carefully since he would be with from now on.
That was why it had to be proven by sothing else.
What kind of things were there? How could I apply for special selection by demonstrating my ‘talent’ as a summoner?
It wouldn’t be possible to choose just anything. That was the feeling I got from this professor.
I had never formally entered into a contract with any summons. Gendpu was truly a ‘special’ case.
Simultaneous summoning was still physically impossible… With the special magic I possessed, it might be possible.
Every human being possessed magic power, but my magic was more special than anyone else’s.
Whoooong…
So I started using my ancient magic to do sothing that Professor Teric probably wouldn’t have expected.
My magic power flowed through the path linked to Gendpu.
“You haven’t started yet?”
Professor Teric didn’t seem to have any idea what I was trying to do yet, but such a reaction was only temporary.
“Krrr…”
Gendpu began to react to my magic. Then, Gendpu’s body slowly began to grow.
“N-no way…” Professor Teric’s trembling voice was heard.
“Could this be ‘Summons Strengthening’?”
“Oh my God, does that make any sense?”
Gendpu was now growing into a rather intimidating figure.
“Grrrrrrrrr!”
His teeth grew and his fur beca more voluminous. His body size seed to have grown by almost 1.5 tis.
“Oh my God… you have to be at least a 5th year…”
“What the hell is with him? Is he a late bloor or sothing?”
“Wow, damn. The Summoning Departnt is really being humiliated today…”
Summons Strengthening.
It was a skill that could generally be learned in the latter half of undergraduate life.
Of course, it was said that not everyone who learned it could use it. It was said that there were students who barely succeeded in strengthening their 7th-rank summons by the ti they graduated.
Anyway, to strengthen a summons, you had to rearrange the code of the summons linked to you, infuse it with magic power, and temporarily strengthen its characteristics.
Since I was not a ‘regular’ summoner and did not have a sign, I couldn’t summon any other summons besides Gendpu.
However, sothing else was possible—if you had pure talent and the magic power to back it up.
Normally, ‘Summon Strengthening’ started at the 7th-rank and required reaching a certain level. Of course, I was currently fourteen years old and a freshman…
“I wonder if this proves the ‘specialness’ that the professor spoke of.”
Professor Teric’s mouth was wide open as he witnessed the 5th-grade summons being strengthened.
It wasn’t like everyone could do it once they reached 5th-year, either. What I did was a little more ‘special’ than the usual strengthening.
“Is this special?”
The ‘special’ he wanted shouldn’t be ‘ordinary special’. So, in addition to strengthening a summons without a sign, I also did ‘Link Strengthening’.
Professor Teric would have clearly seen this.
If Summons Strengthening was all about external changes or making certain characteristics deeper… Link Enhancent was a thod that went beyond that, making the connection between the summons and summoner stronger, making them move almost as one.
Ancient magic power and the talent I was born with. There was a lot of effort and honing that had been put in over the years.
This was the combined result.
Of course, I only succeeded recently, so I couldn’t maintain it for long… but it should be enough to surprise him.
“…Link… Enhancent as well…”
Professor Teric, who was quietly muttering in disbelief, just stared at my enhanced Gendpu for a long ti.
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