Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 10

Each of the normally stationary nobles had their own reason for making the long journey to the southern parts.

Otherwise, they would have no reason to make that long journey for the birthday of the youngest son of a count they had heard of but never met.

The same went for Count Tyren.

Count Tyren could actually feel his authority slowly slipping away from him lately.

It was because he had not achieved any feats in the 30-year-long imperial war.

‘If only it hadn’t been for that damned imprisonment!’

Was it Argrik or something?

The name of that bastard who had imprisoned him, that is.

He was infuriated enough about losing—let alone getting caught and imprisoned by some bastard who was not a noble, nor even a proper knight. On top of that, he was not released until after the war was over.

And that is why he was unable to accomplish any feats.

No, that must be the reason since Count Tyren lacked any aptitude at all for swordsmanship.

This is essentially the line of reasoning Count Tyren has latched onto for his current situation.

‘If I manage to pin this situation on them and have them take responsibility, then maybe I can demand rights to the mining business more strongly…’

Those nobles who had been secretly ignoring him whenever he encountered them would treat him properly again.

Even though he had been invited here as a guest, his son had been injured and his son even had his summon taken away! It wasn’t important who started the fight first.

“Hm. So you are that famous Dane. I have heard your name from Count Sogres before.”

“Is that so?”

“I must go meet Count Tyren. Lead me there.”

However, his plan hit an issue from the very start.

“Why should I do that?”

“Hmph! Even though it was a tussle between our sons, this is when the adults need to talk. Don’t tell me you’re afraid of being punished and intend to hide from this?”

Dane shook his head in response.

“No. I have no thoughts of hiding nor am I afraid.”

“Then lead me to him immediately.”

“Sure, I will do so.”

Look at how stubborn this little kid is.

Even though he ended up agreeing to it in the end.

“However before I do so, I expect an apology.”

“What? An apology?”

Have you seen such an impudent kid before?

“Yes. It is true that I hit your son’s nose and injured him.”

“So you admit it, but why did you not mention the summon?”

“Because I did not take the summon. The summon showed obeisance to me.”

“What did you say?”

Because his son was decently talented as a summoner, Count Tyren had some knowledge about summoning.

For a summon to obey a different summoner, they would need to be of a high level.

‘But wait, wasn’t the younger daughter the genius summoner? Then there’s a high chance she must have told him some heinous way to forcibly sever the link!’

It never even occurred to Count Tyren that Dane could have an incredibly high level of affinity for summoning, so he immediately refuted what Dane said.

“Even with that said, the loss my son has suffered from having his summon taken away is considerable. Are you saying you will not apologize?”

“Why should I apologize for something that occurred naturally?”

“What a cheeky brat trying to get the last word in when an adult is speaking…’

But Count Tyren paused and calmed himself down.

What was he doing getting frustrated in front of a child?

His real goal was Count Sogres.

“I will not reprimand you strongly so lead me to Count Sogres straight away.”

And it was at that moment…

“Were you looking for me?”

Count Sogres appeared from one side of the garden.

“I was taking a walk when I heard my name mentioned, so I came by, but… what is happening here, Count Tyren?”

Count Tyren’s face contorted momentarily.

He displayed an angry countenance.

With the son of Count Sogres standing before him.

“C-Count Sogres.”

And standing right behind Count Sogres…

“D-Duke Thermion!”

Was Duke Thermion.

“Wasn’t I right? That it was your son’s voice I heard.”

“You have sharp hearing. Even I was unsure.”

“Hey. Isn’t this proof as to how large an interest I have in your son?”

“Nevertheless, I will need some time to consider marrying him to your youngest daughter.”

“Hmph. You’re being difficult.”

Then Duke Thermion assessed the situation quickly, stepped back, and spread his hands out saying, “Ah. Please go on as if I’m not here. If you wish, I’ll leave.”

As if he could ask that of the Duke.

‘Th-this is not that big of a deal, though.’

He had been looking to talk to Count Sogres anyhow.

However, if Duke Thermion were to be involved, then it would become a different story.

A cold sweat began beading on Count Tyren’s back.

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The father I know is someone who loves his family very much, but he isn’t someone to be unfairly partial to them.

Meaning, that when it comes to conflicts with people outside the family, he will hear both sides out.

This was one of those cases.

My father had decided to listen to both me and Digron.

“Digron. Would you like to explain first?”

“Uh, um… I had simply lost my way in the garden with my younger brother. I asked your son to show me the way, but it seemed like he was ignoring me, so I approached him. Suddenly, he struck my nose with his forehead. After that, he made a fool of me using a strange method!”

He was so skilled at hiding the truth through what he said that he was making my chances look bleak from the very beginning.

It was not the first, nor the second time I have seen such a schemer.

“Strange method?”

“Yes. Something suddenly came flying at me and hit me and my younger brother.”

That was the magic bullet I had made.

After contemplating for a moment, my father nodded his head indicating to continue.

“After that I summoned my summon as a scare tactic, but he suddenly took my summon… and attacked me with it! Something was clearly going on that I don’t know about. I’ve seen some secret method for forcibly taking away a summon mentioned in books!”

What Count Tyren had been waiting for was that moment.

“Count Sogres. If circumstances were to allow it, I was going to give an earful and move past this.”

At these words, my father turned his head to Count Tyren. Count Tyren continued in a triumphant voice.

“Of course, him breaking my son’s nose is not the problem. A house like House Sogres is bound to have a top-notch physician, after all. However, the summon… I have no idea how your son managed to do this, but I believe that you will handle this matter appropriately.”

He was posturing as a magnanimous man.

Quite the contrast to the ruckus he made when he was captured—shrieking about us laying our hands on him.

In response to all this, my father replied, “Count Tyren, I have not yet heard Dane’s side of the story.”

“Is there any need for that? You can clearly tell my son has suffered an injury…”

“In a fight, the one who dealt the injury is not always the aggressor. I will judge after hearing Dane’s side.”

My father looked at Duke Thermion and added, “And if you doubt my judgment, we could request Duke Thermion here to give his opinion, no?”

“Ha…haha. Do we need to go that far?”

“Mm, if needed, I will do so.”

Count Tyren looked to be flustered. My father turned his head toward me.

“Dane, please explain.”

His gaze was neither sharp nor gentle.

I also did not detect a hint of sadness in it.

My father wished to take care of this matter acting as Count Sogres and not as my father.

“The truth has some vital differences from what he said, but otherwise, what the eldest of House Tyren said is true.”

My father’s eyebrow twitched briefly.

“Count Sogres, I’m right about…”

“Continue, Dane.”

I glanced over at Count Tyren whose words had been cut off and replied—

“However, I had asked him to get out of the garden since he was recklessly trampling on the flowers I had tended to so carefully. He got angry at what I said and grabbed my collar. He was the one who struck first.”

Digron’s face turned pale.

“Th-that’s a lie!”

As if.

My father did not even bother glancing at the boy and looked at me as if telling me to continue.

“And then I heard him call forth his summon, Gendpu, and command it to kill me.”

“……”

Count Tyren’s mouth dropped open and Digron looked trapped.

And then I drove the final nail in the coffin.

“Also, it’s not true that I took his summon. Strictly speaking, the summon, itself, showed obeisance to me.”

“Obeisance?”

“Yes. The moment our eyes met, Gendpu suddenly dropped its tail and expressed its friendliness to me.”

“……!”

My father should know.

That I have a talent for summoning.

And that is why he had no choice but to believe my words.

“That is a questionable statement, Count Sogres. You should know quite well how talented my son is in summoning, so there’s no way his summons would show obeisance to someone who is not even a summoner! Clearly, he used some strange method…”

I responded, “But there is a way.”

“What?”

“When the affection between a summoner and their summon is incredibly low.”

“What a ridiculous thing to say…”

“And if another’s innate affinity for the summon is high, then it becomes possible.”

The flustered Count Tyren took a step back. My father asked, “Is that really possible?”

“Yes.”

“Did Clare tell you?”

“No. Somehow, it just naturally happened.”

My father had to contemplate those words for a bit.

“Can you prove it?”

“Yes.”

My father said to Count Tyren, “Dane said he can prove it.”

“But… But it’s impossible in the first place!”

“This is necessary to prove your son’s assertions. Instead of wasting time questioning what type of strange method had been employed, wouldn’t it be better to prove right now whether it had been possible?”

“……”

Count Tyren ultimately could not refute that and brought Digron forth.

“A-answer my call……”

Rather than pitiful, his shaking body looked more unsightly, I suppose?

Up until a moment ago, this kid had believed in his father and looked so pleased thinking ‘You’re in big trouble now!’

But he seemed to have hit a problem.

“Wh-why isn’t it coming out?”

Despite having activated his summoning skill, nothing was happening.

Digron was flustered and attempted again. There was still no response.

It did not seem to be due to a case of nerves.

If my guess is correct then…

“D-Digron. Hurry and summon it.”

“Father, b-but… it’s not working…”

“You can do this multiple times a day, why won’t it work now?!”

Count Tyren was overbearing, while Digron simply looked like he was about to cry and did nothing.

I waved my hands to try and make the sign for a summoning technique, that is the sign to summon Gendpu.

Woof woof

The magic in my body reacted.

I was surprised for a moment.

I thought I was only temporarily connected to Gendpu at that time. I guess that was not the case?

“……”

After thinking for a bit, I told my father, “Father. I think I’ll be able to do it.”

“Can you explain what you mean by that?”

“I think I will be able to do the summon that Digron was unable to do instead.”

At my words, everyone’s gaze fell upon me.

My father shook his head very slightly at the seemingly impossible words that had come out of my mouth but after looking me in the eyes, he said, “Can you prove that?”

My response was already, of course.

“Yes, I can.”