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I Reincarnated As The Greatest Genius of a Prestigious Family!
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Chapter 81: Alchemy Genius Dane Sogres (2)
Drojan was also a genius, one who was unrivaled in the Alchemy Department.
Not only did he receive much love from all of his professors, but he was also evaluated as a talented person who was expected to serve as the president of the Empirical Alchemy Association and lead the future of alchemy in the empire.
In most cases, what Drojan couldn't do, other students couldn't do, either. Drojan was that proud of his own abilities, so一
'This can't be true.'
He didn't believe Dane's words.
An antidote?
There was only a thin line between poison and antidote. However, the situation was a little different for Agnes grass and yellow ash flower. Both were extremely poisonous plants, and if you weren’t careful, you could be poisoned just by touching them, let alone being detoxified…
In a situation where the two had to be ‘combined’ to create an antidote, Drojan told Dane in concern even as he led the younger boy into his messy lab/dorm room, “Dane, if you were just joking, it’s fine. You can go back to your room.”
“Oh, right. I have to get something in my room.”
Drojan nodded to himself. Of course he would go back. However, that only lasted for a moment.
Dane, who had headed to his room, returned in much more comfortable clothing and happened to be putting on a pair of lab gloves.
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
“If you don’t believe me, then just say so.”
“I-it’s because it’s dangerous!”
“It’s not dangerous as long as you wear gloves properly.”
As Dane spoke, he carefully picked up a stalk from each of the mountains of Agnes grass and yellow ash flowers. Then, he carefully crushed the two plants with a mortar and pestle that Drojan always kept on hand to extract the juice.
'He seems like he knows something…'
From the very beginning, alchemy experiments called for safety, safety, and more safety. This was because even the slightest misstep could often put the experimenter's life at risk. Dane not only followed all of those rules, but he also seemed to be quite skilled at using the tools as well.
'Genius…? No. That can't be possible.'
Drojan shook his head inwardly. He was probably just giving it a try.
"A dagger?"
Then Dane pulled out his dagger. It had a blue blade, but didn’t look like anything special…
Stab, stab.
As Dane dipped the tip of his dagger into the juice, the color of the blade changed. From the tip of the dagger, it turned red at first, then blue, and finally purple, as if poison was rising up the blade.
“A-aethril!”
An ore that possessed absorbed properties.
Drojan, who knew of aethril’s existence, cried out without realizing it. Part of it was the ore’s incredibly high price, but also一
“W-with that… the antidote?”
The method of combining antidotes using aethril was considered an extremely advanced technique in the pharmaceutical field.
Combination.
Speed.
Attention to detail.
There was also the difficulty of artificially injecting magic power into aethril.
Was he going to do that now?
“Done.”
He said it was done. He was holding a dagger that had been dyed purple, and it seemed as if he was doing something—and before he knew it, the blade had turned white.
Drojan, who had learned about the 'Aethril Reaction', knew what it meant.
“Th-the antidote is…”
That meant that the internal toxin had been broken down and that it had finally become an antidote.
He didn’t know how it was done. No, even if you used Aethril Ore, he thought it would be impossible to combine the two to create an antidote.
“Want to see?”
Dane held the tip of his dagger to the empty vial. One drop, two drops of clear liquid fell. Soon, the vial was about a third of the way full.
Dane held it out to Drojan, who carefully took the vial.
“I-Is this really the antidote?”
“Yes. Try it. I made it extra generous on purpose.”
“…”
Drojan put the vial down with a hopeful mind and carefully sucked up a drop with the dropper.
And then, with a trembling heart, he dropped it on the pool of Agnes grass juice that Dane had just made…
“Oh shit,” Drojan exclaimed in shock.
It was being detoxified.
The moment the antidote touched the juice, he could clearly see the poison breaking down with his own eyes.
"Ha."
As if he couldn't believe it, Drojan sucked up another drop with the dropper and dropped it onto the yellow ash flower juice.
"…It’s real."
The result was the same. The poison was broken down in the same way.
This was a major breakthrough.
Drojan put the vial down with trembling hands, then suddenly walked over and grabbed Dane's hands.
Just as Dane was wondering if he should shake Drojan’s hands off…
“I will call you Master! Please teach me the detoxification method!”
…Dane suddenly became a master.
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How could I tell him?
Actually, even if I did, he wouldn’t be able to do it. After all, you not only needed aethril ore, but you also needed the magical sense to properly combine and create the antidote.
“Master! I will do anything!”
“Yeah, no. Get back.”
“Please! How on earth did you do that? Even with aethril, how did you detoxify it? You really are a genius! Even if you took the autonomous major exam with alchemy, you would have passed it without a doubt!”
That was true, but I still couldn’t teach him the method. It was a precious method that my mother taught me.
“I made the antidote, right? Doesn’t that mean you passed the assignment?”
“Th-that’s true!”
“Then that’s it.”
Well, if anyone asked how he made it, that was up to him to figure out.
“Please, I can’t stand being curious! I’m going to knock on your door all night long.”
As I snickered at the cute threat, Drojan stamped his foot.
“How can I get you to tell me?”
“Not a chance.”
"…Shit.”
Anyway, I made the antidote. His homework and research were both taken care of, but it seemed that his passion for learning was quite strong.
Well, I guess you had to be curious if you wanted to be called a genius in the Alchemy Department and earn the right to live on the ninth floor of Dantère Hall.
“I’ll figure it out someday, Dane Sogres,” Drojan exclaimed.
“You do that.”
Whether he could do it even if he found out was another issue. If what my mother said was true, then this was a method that only she knew, and since I was the only one who learned it, it wouldn’t be easy for him to figure it out.
Drojan was a genius, but…
My mother was also a genius.
An unrivaled genius in assassination, detoxification, and poison, even if people didn’t know that.
“Oh, and thank you. Thanks to you, I survived.” Drojan did not forget to express his gratitude.
“Thankfully, it’s resolved.”
“Yeah. I almost went crazy. It’s never happened before.”
I think I knew how that felt. In this life, I was born with talent. Because of this, ever since I was young, whenever I couldn't figure out something, I would ponder and explore until I figured it out.
Thanks to that, I sometimes only fell asleep after sunrise. It was quite a new feeling to think about compared to how I struggled to get even a little sleep in order to survive in my previous life.
“But how did you get a dagger made of aethril ore? It’s usually very difficult to process, so it’s often used in its raw form.”
“I received it as a gift.”
There was no need to mention that the person who gave it to me was my mother.
“Well, a family like yours would receive a lot of gifts. House Sogres really is different.”
Fortunately, I could use my house as a cover.
“By the way, take this,” Drojan said.
“What is it?” I asked.
“A thank you for making the antidote.”
“I wasn’t expecting anything in return.”
Even as I said that, my hand was already quickly accepting what Drojan had handed me. It was instinct, there was nothing I could do about it.
“You said that you weren’t expecting anything?”
“I’m not going to say no to a gift.”
“Ridiculous.” Drojan chuckled, and I checked what he had given me.
It was a stone.
“A Philosopher’s Stone?”
Drojan was shocked.
"Don't ever say something like that, especially not in front of alchemists. That's something that can never exist according to the law."
Was the Philosopher's Stone a trigger for these people?
“Then what is it?”
“An Amplification Stone. It’s just as its name suggests. In exchange for the power contained in the stone, it can be used to amplify reactivity in alchemy and other experiments.”
“Aha.”
I could tell it was a good thing just by hearing that description.
“People say it’s expensive, but I’m not sure.”
His family also seemed to have a lot of money. After all, they said that alchemy was a discipline that you couldn’t even begin without money.
“Rather, the qualification requirements for purchasing it are extremely strict. Since it is used for amplification, it cannot be used by the inexperienced.”
“Are you sure you can give this to me?”
Drojan chuckled, “Why are you worried about that after doing something so ridiculous just now?”
He shook the vial containing the antidote I had made for him. “In alchemy, combining poisons to detoxify things is something that only fourth year students can learn theoretically. It’s dangerous, and the materials are strictly controlled.”
I should be thankful to my mother.
"Also, I have a few more of those. Well, I can’t make an antidote, but… I’m still qualified for purchase. If you need them again, just let me know and I'll sell them to you for cheap."
"Alright."
I left Drojan's room and returned with the Amplification Stone. When I opened the door, someone welcomed me.
“Kikreuk? Kik! Kikreuk!”
I was only gone for a few minutes. I burst out laughing at the sight of Karnas running towards me, wagging his tail and crying sadly.
“Oh, sorry.”
When I lifted Karnas, he rubbed himself against my face. I left him behind in case he got contaminated with chemicals or something in the lab, but this reaction made me wonder what would happen in the future. Surely he wouldn't cause this much trouble if he grew to the size of a wyvern?
“I guess you need some training.”
I first put Karnas on the bed. He settled down on the pillow as he had done before and began to sleep again.
As I gazed at the sight with pleasure, I placed the amplification stone that Drojan had just given me on the desk.
The blue stone had a strange glow. It didn’t have a strong light, so it might be alright to place it by the bedside as a night light. However, since Drojan said it was precious, I supposed I should try using it, right?
“Amplification Stone, huh…?”
I rummaged through my bookshelf, just in case.
There it was.
[Introduction to Alchemy].
It was one of the books I brought from home. I opened it and looked for the category related to the Amplification Stone, and this is what it said:
“Depending on the stone’s construction, experiments, combinations, and various reactions are amplified. Generally, about 20% is amplified…”
That was a significant amount of amplification.
"Hmm."
I opened my subspace to see if there were any suitable materials to test it on inside. I was in need of Mana Stones to store mana anyway.
A Mana Stone was an essential tool that had to be made when practicing magic. You could store magic power in advance and use it for future experiments, and although it wasn’t very efficient, you could also use it in a hurry when you were running low on magic power.
Or even sell it.
Of course, mages rarely made and sold Mana Stones. The Mana Stones created in such a way were too inefficient for other mages to use unless a separate refining process was done before storing the mana. This was because the nature of each person's mana was different.
“Usually, they’re mass-produced at magic towers.”
Instead, it was said that the magic towers captured the residual mana of mages and a small amount of the mana in the air, refined it, and then turned it into Mana Stones to sell. It was possible because it was a magic tower.
“Should I make around three?”
Since I didn’t see any reason I needed to use mana today, I decided I would just keep it for emergencies and make the rest into Mana Stones.
I took out about three empty Mana Stones. Then, I took out three dried draugr berries to use as catalysts. After that, I finished preparing the Mana Stone to store the mana and slowly gathered mine.
Whoong.
And一
"Huh?"
Clank.
The Mana Stone broke before I could put the mana I expected into it.
“What’s this?”
It was absurd. I’d done my calculations. I even calculated the circle I had gained from the condensed ancient magic from the fountain.
"I didn't even put in half."
However, before I could even put in half of the magic power I had in mind, the Mana Stone was unable to withstand the amount and burst.
I took a new Mana Stone with the thought of trying again, and this time I tried to channel only a quarter of the magic power through the amplification stone instead of half.
Whoong!
This time, the Mana Stone vibrated very violently, very precariously.
I had created a Mana Stone.
However, unlike the usually transparent Mana Stones, it was green.
I remembered the first time I entered Hangston Hall. At that time, the color of the curtain was green, right? Did that mean the color of my magic was green?
No, more than that…
“Ha.”
It was weird. Did Drojan give me a good amplification stone? I thought about it for a moment, then headed to Drojan's room and asked him about it.
“That? Well, it’s a good item, but when I used the same thing, it was around 22%.”
“Really?”
“Why? Is something the matter?”
"No. I was just curious."
Back in my room, I tried to make sense of things. The amplification stone could approximately amplify its target by 22%. However, the Mana Stone was already full with just half of the magic power I had calculated.
That meant…
“That means the amplification is at least 50%.”
It was so absurd and unbelievable that I couldn't help but laugh. Did that mean that this Amplification Stone had a greater amplification percentage with Ancient Magic?
The efficiency that would only increase by about 20% with normal mana was actually increased by more than half?
Was it because the mana was purer?
"This is a total scam."
I thought about it for a moment, then opened my subspace again, took out the Mana Stones as they were, and gathered my mana.
After some time passed一
Two Mana Stones were charged before my eyes.
“Fuu.”
This wasn’t easy. I understood why they could only be made by a magic tower. My mana was almost completely depleted. If I had made one more, my mana would have refluxed and something terrible would have happened.
“I guess I’ll have to keep making one or two consistently.”
The amplification stone had almost lost its shine.
Amplification Stone.
Mana stone.
A higher efficiency than expected.
Plus, one more thing.
The nature of ancient magic was so pure that it didn’t discriminate between people. After thinking it over and doing some rough calculations, I came to one conclusion.
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