Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family Chapter 55

Chapter 55: I Can Do It, Though?

I felt Professor Teric’s gaze on throughout the lecture, but I didn’t pay him any particular mind to it. Rather, I found it quite interesting to watch Professor Teric floundering about.

“E-excuse , Professor. I’m sorry, but this is the fifth ti you’ve explained the sa thing.”

“Hmm, ahem. Well, for emphasis…”

It was probably because of . I’d heard that he was quite prickly, so if I told my second sister about it, she might be quite happy.

Anyway, with this, I was promised a letter of recomndation from Professor Teric.

Would Professor Delphineso be willing to write the other one?

Well, I’d take my ti considering it.

“A-alright, then. I’ll end the lecture here.”

Professor Teric almost ran out of the classroom.

After that, I received a lot of attention from a lot of people after the lecture. Freshn from the Summoning Departnt approached and talked to , and so even showed their interest in outright. One of them was the president of the Summoning Departnt.

“I’ve heard of the fa of House Sogres, but this is truly amazing. Another genius has been born. I heard you’re also talented in both spearmanship and magic. So, if you’re thinking of specializing in the Summoning Departnt in the future…”

Of course, I expressed my refusal politely and left. If it were any other departnt, I would have rejected it outright and just pretended not to know, but I couldn’t do that because I wanted to save face for my second sister.

“Kkireuk…”

In the midst of this, Karnas opened his eyes in my arms.

Such a little baby. He fell asleep shortly after the class started and was only just waking up now. Well, babies did spend most of the day sleeping.

“Kireuk, Kikreuk.”

He looked hungry.

I was about to take out so of the at I had put in my subspace but then changed my mind. I heard from my second sister that there was a shop in the central square that sold summoning supplies.

Among the supplies, they also sold food to increase affinity with summons, so I should go have a look.

I wondered what he would eat. Judging from the fact that he had chewed and swallowed at right after he hatched, he didn’t seem to be an ordinary summons. Should I have asked Clare about food for summons?

By the way, what was this about?

“Karnas, can you go inside for a mont?”

I briefly took Karnas into my arms because of the presence of a stalker who I had noticed for a while now. Then I turned around again and went back the way I ca, stopping in front of a large trash can.

“Who are you?”

There was no answer. There was no reason for him to. If he was soone who would answer right away, he wouldn’t have followed from the lecture hall to here and then hid when I noticed.

Eventually, I gave an ultimatum.

“If you don’t co out, I’ll blow this up.”

An urgent voice rang out.

“I-I’ll co out!”

The person who appeared was…

“Who are you?”

He looked strangely familiar. Where had I seen him before? But I didn’t rember very well.

“D-don’t you recognize ?”

“Not really.”

I tilted my head.

Then he cried out in frustration, “It’s ! Digron Tyren!”

It was only then that I realized who he was.

“You’re that one from back then.”

“How could you forget ?”

I looked at the teary-eyed boy in disbelief.

“I an, it’s possible to not rember very well.”

“How could you…?”

By the way, was this what he looked like? He originally looked very sharp and grumpy. He looked very pitiful now.

Had he had a hard ti since then? I didn’t hear any news about him, and I didn’t even bother to ask my father.

I had completely forgotten about it since that day, but I rembered it again when I summoned Gendpu.

“…You finally got into the academy.”

I looked at him for a mont and asked, “What do you want?”

Digron was shaking quite a bit.

“Why did you follow ? I may have forgotten, but you and I aren’t on good terms. Is it for revenge?”

That was the only reason I could think of.

Even if I forgot, it must have been a bad situation for him, and if that was the case, the only motive for stalking that ca to mind was revenge. But a completely unexpected answer ca from Digron.

“R-revenge?! No! Of course, I had a hard ti and suffered a lot since then, and my father resented a lot… But I’m not stupid enough to ss with the children of Count Sogres again!”

He’d beco more intelligent since then. Well, if he had known back then, he wouldn’t have picked a fight with and yelled about killing .

“Then what is it?”

But questions still remained: Why did he follow ?

“I… I was going to apologize…”

“I already received an apology back then. I forgot.”

Of course, if he bothered again, I would consider that incident and pay him back properly.

“S-so, can I still attend the academy like this?”

Huh?

I just stared at the boy who asked a question I couldn’t understand. Maybe it was because I didn’t answer, but his response beca even more withered.

“Please… I have reflected on that ti and I truly regret it. I will not cause any issues, I will never affect you, and I will quietly go on my way…”

It was quite sad to see his trembling hands, but I still didn’t answer. I was just wondering if he was being sincere.

Hold on.

He was in the Summoning Departnt, right?

“You’ve really reflected on your actions?”

“Yes! Really!”

“Then let’s go to the Summoning Shop together. I’m going to buy so things I need. You’ll probably know the place well since you’re in the Summoning Departnt, right?”

“Of course!” He nodded and suddenly took the lead. “This way! I’ll guide you!”

I chuckled at the sight of his passionate expression. I didn’t know how long it would last, but did that an there was soone who would do whatever I asked unconditionally?

Obviously, I still didn’t trust him. Regardless of whether he was sincere or not, he was soone who had ordered my death once. Of course, I wouldn’t believe him just because he apologized a few tis.

Was he trying to get Gendpu back? Well, that would never happen.

“But you’re really amazing. One talent is amazing, but you have two more, so you entered the academy as an Autonomous student…”

Digron talked to all the way there. I didn’t know if he was trying to avoid awkwardness or if he was trying to suck up to , but my answers were either yes or no.

However, he didn’t give in and continued talking.

“Oh, the store we’re going to now is called «Eus and Boden». You’ll have to go there often when you take a class, so it’s a good idea to beco familiar with it. It’s a place that was co-founded by two graduates, Eus and Boden, and it’s been around for over thirty years…”

Thanks to this, I felt like I’d gained a little bit of knowledge.

anwhile, Digron and I arrived in front of the store.

Inside, there were a few students, and the shopkeeper was sitting with his arms crossed, looking indifferent.

“We’re here!”

“Oh, this seems right.”

“Do you need anything? I can help you! No, instead, if you tell which Summoning class you’re taking, I’ll tell you what to prepare accordingly!”

I was on the verge of tears as I looked at the boy beating on his chest as if telling to trust him.

“Food.”

“Huh?”

“Food for a summons.”

Digron was a little taken aback by my unexpected answer, but soon told not to worry.

“I’m quite familiar with that! I was in charge of the freshman affinity training when I was a sophomore. I know a lot about summons food!”

That was good.

“What summons are you trying to build up affinity with?”

“Wyvern.”

“Right. If it’s a wyvern, then I… Huh? W-wyvern?!”

Wyvern.

It was a 3rd-rank summons, so it was understandable for him to react like that. Of course, I didn’t know because I hadn’t tried summoning one yet.

It was just that Karnas resembled a wyvern. There was no way I’d reveal my true intentions to anyone unless I was crazy. I roughly made up a reason because I thought Karnas would have similar tastes to a wyvern since they looked similar.

“M-my goodness. You already know how to handle a wyvern…”

“It’s a secret.”

“O-of course! You can trust !”

By the way, I was only going to tell him that lie. That way, if it leaked out, it ant he was the one who spread it.

“But it is a wyvern, and it’s a baby wyvern.”

“Huuuuh?”

“So, do you know what kind of food a baby wyvern would eat?”

“Since it’s a baby wyvern… Hmm. Then it would be better to feed it mostly liquid food. As far as I know, wyverns have a good appetite even when they’re babies, and I know they’ll start eating at after just a week.”

Indeed. Even more strange, Karnas ate at from the day he was born.

“Well, then, I think liquid food and dry food with condensed nutrients would be good. After all, you need to eat a lot when you’re young.”

“Then I’ll get that.”

“Alright! Then let’s go inside. I’ll show you and explain it to you!”

He was full of passion.

As I entered, attention turned to . So people recognized and started whispering among themselves. I just focused on the food that Digron was pointing at.

“Here, condensed feed made with seventeen ingredients! This is liquid food, so you can grind this feed into small pieces, mix it with milk, and feed it to your summons. Buy both and feed them liquid food first…”

I picked up the item right after he finished explaining.

“Anything else you need?”

“Th-that’s all for now. Is Theory 1 all you’re taking? Well, then, you won’t need anything besides the textbook…”

I looked around the store and saw that there were quite a lot of items. There were so many things that even I, who had a sister who was a Summoner, had a hard ti identifying them all.

Among them, there was one that appeared to be a staff.

Staves were the weapons of mages and Summoners. I heard that the tip of the staff had an elaborately crafted magic crystal embedded in it, which had the effect of storing magic power in case of an ergency, increasing magic power concentration, and increasing the efficiency of spell casting.

However—

“That’s not sothing a freshman can use.”

The shop owner’s voice stopped .

Would he be Eus or Boden?

“Freshn are always like that. They show interest in weapons even though they can’t even summon properly.”

He waved his hand as if he were annoyed.

“Don’t touch it and get your magic sucked out. Back off. If sothing goes wrong, you’ll be unable to do anything for the whole day.”

There was already a warning ssage written on the front of the staff.

[Warning: do not touch out of curiosity. Especially freshn. The store is not responsible for any accidents that may occur as a result of touching.

-Eus and Borden]

It seems like there were many cases where things got out of hand after soone accidentally touched the staff.

Digron also stopped .

“Dane. You usually have to be a fourth-year undergraduate to use a staff. Just touching it sucks all your magic out of you!”

What was the big deal?

Was it that dangerous?

However, I beca more curious since they were telling not to touch it.

“Shouldn’t we call the Academy ambulance?”

“Look. Isn’t that him? He’s really famous.”

I could hear murmurs from my surroundings.

“Hey, freshman. Put that down and look at sothing else ant for freshn. The toys for you are over here.”

The owner looked at and snickered, but—

“…Dane!”

I reached for the staff without hesitation.

Whoong.

I raised the staff, feeling it sucking away at my magic power slightly.

“Not bad.”

The magic crystal at the end of the staff glowed blue. That ant that the magic power had been sufficiently absorbed and stabilized.

I felt like I instinctively knew why a staff was used. Magic power was gathered and swirling in the crystal, which made it much easier to use magic power.

However, my case seed to be a little different.

In most cases, people didn’t have enough magic power to fill the crystal, and even if there was, it was often difficult to control.

In my case—

“I have a lot left, though?”

I had a lot of magical power left, and it was easy to control.

This didn’t seem to be due to Ancient Magic.

As my eldest sister had repeatedly emphasized, it must be my talent for magic.

“D-Dane?”

Digron’s surprised voice ca from beside . I could also see the shopkeeper’s blank expression.

I showed him the staff.

“It works.”