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I Reincarnated As The Greatest Genius of a Prestigious Family!

[Translator – Rainypup]

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Chapter 73: A Bed is a Bed

The Academy student council, guards, and priests of the Imperial Church stationed at the academy were dumbfounded as they looked inside the hall, which had become a complete mess.

It was as if a storm had raged inside the hall. Objects were literally shattered, the pillars were broken in places, and there were bones everywhere.

They thought the undead had finally gone berserk, so they rushed here, but what on earth was going on?

“Could this be the work of the undead…?” a guard muttered absentmindedly, but no one answered.

One of the priests cried out in astonishment, his voice barely audible, “How can the necromancy that should fill the hall be…”

Even though it was a mess, it felt holy.

What on earth happened?

Three hundred years ago, Saint Aimar and his followers were put to death in this hall for plotting a rebellion and left to wander as undead. All that was visible now were the skeletons of what was presumed to be the undead and sacred power that was yet to disperse.

Something absurd had happened.

“Who on earth would do something like this…?”

St. Aimar’s Hall was a restricted area. However, upon arrival, they found that the intruder alarm did not work. If this did not happen spontaneously, then that meant someone had snuck in, committed this 'terrorist act', and then ran away.

“Find them! We must find out who did this!”

But no traces were found, and amidst this, the shouts of the guards heading toward the underground tomb were heard.

“The underground tomb!”

The priests hurriedly headed in that direction.

What they encountered when they finally arrived at the dank and humid path leading to the underground tomb was…

"There is a trace of divine power."

There was a feeling in the air that a very strong and dense divine power had passed there. Traces of divine power, which could only be felt from high-ranking clerics of great status, now filled the hall.

“Was it Saint Aimar?”

“…”

Saint Aimar was a rebel. He was an enemy of the Empire and had already been excommunicated from the Imperial Church.

However, it could be no one else but him. If such divine power came from St. Aimar’s Hall, who else could it belong to?

The problem was this:

“…Did someone liberate them?”

The fact that the undead Saint Aimar was emitting divine power again meant that he had been liberated.

So, who did it? After all, it was impossible for the undead to be freed on their own.

“What on earth happened…?”

Just as the high priest of the Imperial Church Academy Parish sighed…

"There's a box here, and it's empty!"

He approached the altar at the guard's shout. There was indeed a box, but it was empty.

“Hmm. That’s true.”

“What should we do?”

The guard lifted the box lightly and examined the floor. There was nothing particularly unusual or special about the box.

“I don’t know what was in it, but record everything. Don’t leave anything out.”

"Yes, sir."

The high priest paid no attention to the seemingly unimportant box and just thought about what to do about the current situation.

'There's going to be an emergency at the academy.'

All of the undead in St. Aimar’s Hall, which was a restricted area, had been liberated. The repercussions of this incident could be significant.

Perhaps an investigation would come from the Archdiocese, and perhaps even the Patriarchate. Though they might not have an issue with the liberation of the undead, at the very least, they would want to know who had done so and for what purpose.

Above all…

'Because they liberated the undead who were rebels.'

He understood that the reason the Empire left the place rampant with the undead was as a warning. ‘Look, this is what happens when you rebel against the Empire.’ But someone came in and liberated them.

“What the hell…?”

In that case, the royal family would also investigate. He shuddered at the exhaustion that was soon to come.

Ding~! Dong~!

The bell rang at that time.

It was a sound of emergency throughout the academy.

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We safely escaped through the secret underground passage. There were no traps along the way, perhaps because it was built for escape.

Of course, we didn't stop right away. The secret passage led to the sewers, and we passed through several sewer entrances before finally getting out.

“We’re out!”

"Ugh, it stinks! I guess I should go to the dorm and take a shower first."

The place we came out was an alley in a commercial district near the center of the academy. We came here from the hall at the eastern end.

Luckily, when we got out, there was no one there. We moved quickly and entered one of the commercial buildings currently under construction.

“We’re safe. Haah.”

“Ugh. My whole body feels like it’s creaking.”

“Oh my God. Wow.”

All three of them sat down as if they had made a promise, as if someone had cut their strings.

Well, that made sense.

Everyone did a good job. Leila finally got a chance to participate in her first real battle, and Ernest led us safely into the hall.

Of course, map deciphering couldn’t be left out.

There, Priscilla took great care of the two who were not immune to the undead. Honestly, if it weren't for Priscilla, I didn’t know if those two would have been safe.

“Dane… Haah. If it weren’t for you, we’d still be there.”

“We would have been stuck there forever. No one would have thought to look there, so they wouldn’t have come.”

“Living as an undead. How horrible.”

Of course, I wasn’t much different. I had won the fight against Saint Aimar, who became a Revenant, and split the heads of dozens of undead.

Oh.

And there was also this little one.

“Kikreuk?”

Karnas leaped out of my arms.

Yeah, him.

If it weren't for his flames, the path to the hall would have been a bit more difficult, and it would have been difficult to deal with Saint Aimar.

“Karnas, come here!”

Karnas went straight to Leila and started purring and acting cute.

“Oh my, you’re so pretty.”

“Kikreuk! Kikreuk!”

“Oh, dear. Don’t lick.”

He acted just like a puppy.

“Whew. I finally finished it all.”

Meanwhile, Ernest looked at his empty leather pouch and frowned.

“Anti-tracking powder is really expensive.”

My mother said that most of the tools used in assassination were extremely expensive. Although not necessarily used for assassination, powders that erased one’s traces and hindered tracking also boasted considerable prices.

Hmm.

I could ask my mother for some. Should I consider including it as a club supply item?

“But that’s alright! We got the treasure, and Saint Aimar’s subspace!”

“That’s right! Subspace!”

“Dane, take out that jewel, too!”

We decided to take a look at the things we had obtained from the hall while we were at it.

“First, the subspace.”

“Ah, I’ll open that. Since it’s what Saint Aimar used, it must be a subspace that opens with divine power.”

Priscilla decided to infuse it with divine power, and Ernest recited the code from the side.

Clank!

The subspace opened immediately. I put my hands in and started taking everything I could grab out and putting them on the floor.

“Wow! How many Sacred Stones are there?” Priscilla exclaimed first.

Sacred Stones. It was a kind of storage device that held divine power. If there were mana stones for magic power, there were sacred stones for divine power. The purpose was slightly different. Another difference was that it couldn’t be used by anyone who did not possess divine power.

"Those are all yours."

“Really?”

“Yes. None of us can use them besides you anyway.”

Priscilla was so excited that she opened her own subspace and swept away all the sacred stones.

Next was some kind of leather thing.

“Oh my God, that’s…”

Ernest's eyes widened in surprise and he picked up the wide piece of leather.

“Do you know what it is?”

"Yes! Otema leather! It's so tough and hard that you can make things that normal chain mail can't match!”

He really knew a lot.

“Then you take it.”

“Really? Really?”

“Yes. You seem to be familiar with it.”

“Wow! It would be great to make armor with this! Thank you, Dane!"

“Why thank me? We should thank Saint Aimar.”

I sighed and looked at the next item. Next… I thought there was nothing that stood out, but there was one.

It was a ring.

Whoong. 

Seeing how it reacted to mana, it seemed to contain some kind of power.

"Aha."

After putting it on, I got a rough understanding of what it was. It was a ring that helped circulate mana more smoothly.

However, it was something I didn’t need. My mana was already being circulated to an extreme level that couldn’t be compared to normal due to my ancient mana.

So this一

“I think this is yours, Leila.”

"This?"

"Yeah. It’s a ring that helps circulate magic power.”

"Oh."

Leila put the ring on and was surprised.

“You’re right.”

“It’s a plain ring, so I don’t think it’ll arouse suspicion. I think it’s okay to wear it.”

"Alright!"

Distributing the loot could end there. We could take care of the remaining miscellaneous stuff later.

Next, the jewel.

“What on earth is this?”

“We still can’t lift it.”

“How come only Dane can lift it?”

As the three stated, the jewel was still something that they couldn’t lift. Even Karnas was the same.

“Oh my, look at this.”

“Kireueukk!”

The moment I took out the jewel, Karnas' eyes sparkled and he approached, put the jewel in his mouth, and tried with all his might to move it. However, the jewel didn't even move from the floor.

“Kikreuk! Kikreuk!” 

I stopped Karnas as a precaution.

“You can’t use Flame Att—Ignis!”

“Kikreuk…”

This little one had a temper.

I put Karnas back in my arms and picked up the jewel.

Dong一! Dong一!

The bell rang.

“The entire academy is on alert.”

“We have to go back quickly.”

I didn’t think there was time to look into it now. I put the jewel back in the bag and immediately left the building with the others.

“Leave it to me.”

From then on, it was Ernest's turn. Ernest led us through the alleys and finally arrived in front of Dantère Hall.

“…You really are a true explorer.”

"Hehe. Right?" Ernest said with a proud expression.

“Go quickly. I’ll make my own way.”

“Are you going to be okay?”

“Of course. I’m an Exploration student. See you tomorrow!”

And so, Ernest disappeared.

Well, I guess I didn’t have to worry.

“Let’s go back, too.”

Fortunately, the dormitory's disciplinary committee still showed no signs of acting, and we were able to enter the lobby as if nothing had happened.

"That was really something, wasn't it?" Leila asked again as the elevator went up.

I chuckled, "You did a good job."

“Really?"

"Yeah. There aren't many fourteen-year-olds who can fight the undead like that when it’s their first real battle."

“A-ahem. I still have a long way to go! If I had just been less nervous, I could have beaten a few more!"

“Yes, yes.”

I praised Priscilla, too. 

“Thanks to you, we survived, Priscilla.”

“What are you talking about? I’m damn grateful. Do you think it is easy to experience the divine power of such a cleric?”

Actually, Priscilla was quite pleased.

“I have received the power of someone as powerful as Saint Aimar, so my divine power must have become even stronger!”

Judging by the atmosphere, it didn’t seem like there was any need for a separate compensation, but it was a promise after all.

I needed to help her get out at night soon.

Leila got off on the seventh floor, and Priscilla and I got off on the ninth floor. Priscilla turned to me as she was walking down the hallway to her room.

“Dane.”

"Yeah?"

“To be honest, I was a little—no, I was very nervous, but in the end, it was fun.”

“Well, we didn’t get caught.”

“Yeah. It’s important not to get caught.”

Then, out of the blue, she mentioned our club.

“But your club looks fun.”

"Huh?"

“Well, I don’t have a club yet. I’m just saying. You know?”

Was this a membership application?

I laughed in disbelief.

“Yes, I know.”

"You know? The Theology Department’s maverick… no, the abandoned child of House Neriel… not even that! I, Priscilla, a genius from the Theology Department, am showing interest in your club right now, and that's all you have to say?"

I shrugged.

“Our membership requirements are quite strict.”

Actually, there were no conditions for joining. I just planned to accept it if I liked them.

In that sense—

“…Keep your promise later. Remember.”

"Of course."

Priscilla was quite a likable girl. I’d have to ask Leila and Ernest later.

"Good night." 

“Yes, you too.”

We each returned to our rooms, and as soon as I saw the bed, I smiled at my rising drowsiness.

“Even with ancient magic, a bed is still a bed.”

After all, it had been a long time since I had a really heated battle. It was no exaggeration to say that this was the first since being reincarnated.

I took Karnas out of my arms and threw myself onto the bed.

“Hmm.”

It was a long day. There was still a mountain of things to do, but I needed to take a step back and think about it for now.

This jewel that the emperor was obsessed with, the remaining items from the subspace, and even my next classes…

“Kkireuk…”

Karnas must have been tired, too, because he jumped up on the bed and snuggled into my arms.

"Sleepy?"

“Kikreuk…” 

“Okay, let’s sleep.”

I fell asleep.

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