Reincarnated with the King’s Power

Chapter 74

“How on earth…”

“I got it from the Secret Repository.”

“No way.”

I had heard of people bringing back magic tools from the Secret Repository, but never the egg of a living creature.

‘And a dragon's egg at that…!!’

Beyond being flustered, I couldn't even speak properly.

“It's a hard thing to believe, to the point of denying reality. To be honest, I'm quite flustered myself.”

“Young Master… who on earth did you meet in the Secret Repository?”

“Weren't we not supposed to talk about what happened in the Secret Repository?”

“……”

“Ah, or was it that we ‘shouldn't’ talk about it?”

“……”

Seeing Sharle close her mouth, it became clear.

‘So it wasn't a normal situation after all.’

In the Secret Repository, a figure related to the visitor is materialized as a hologram, and the questions and rewards change depending on who that person is.

Even so, it wasn't as if Killian wasn't flustered.

‘Not only did she reach 9-star, but to think she'd give me a dragon's egg.’

Dragons were a species that had gone extinct over a thousand years ago.

In other words, it had existed in egg form for at least a thousand years.

‘If it weren't for the two peculiarities of the Secret Repository and 9-star magic, it would have perished long ago.’

I must not speak of what happened in the Secret Repository.

Diana had emphasized this once more before she disappeared.

I didn't know what kind of restriction was in place, but there was no need to take an unnecessary risk.

“In that case… I need to at least hear how you knew the sub-space magic was engraved.”

“You didn't completely erase the traces of mana.”

“What… even the Lord and my uncles couldn't notice it.”

“Because they weren't the ones wearing it.”

As Killian raised his index finger, blue mana shimmered.

“But I'm different, aren't I?”

“……”

Sharle once again realized that Killian was no ordinary Sword Master.

“The space isn't exactly roomy, but I'll make good use of it.”

“I see I underestimated your mana sensitivity, Young Master.”

Sharle let out a hollow laugh at Killian's easygoing attitude.

“So. Is there a reason you showed this egg only to me? To divert the family's attention with a magic book. The others will be very disappointed when they find out.”

“It's thanks to the magic engraved on the pendant.”

“And what kind of logic is that…?”

“We're accomplices, Sharle.”

“Haa… fine. Think what you want. Thanks to you, the Lord's confinement is over, so I'll let you have this one.”

“Our promise was for you to help me enter the Secret Repository. And to craft a magic tool.”

“That's right. It was.”

“I'm canceling the request to craft a magic tool.”

“……?”

“Instead, I'd like you to help me hatch this egg.”

“Isn't that a completely different story from crafting a magic tool?”

Sharle let out a hollow laugh and continued.

“Besides, hatching the egg of an extinct dragon and crafting a magic tool are on completely different levels.”

It meant that if I wanted to ask her to hatch the egg, I would have to pay a separate, fitting reward.

It was her intention to break free from the relationship where she was being led by Killian and to set up a new game.

A smile formed on Killian's lips.

“Your words and your heart are playing separate tunes.”

Sharle's eyes were already sparkling with a thirst for knowledge about the egg.

“I'm not proposing a deal. I'm giving you an opportunity.”

Sharle crossed her arms and shook her head.

“Young Master, let's be straight. Isn't it because you can't find a mage capable of hatching the egg?”

“You seem to be overconfident in your own abilities.”

“Let's just call it pride.”

The talent to reach 5-star at a young age.

Creation magic learned early on through the Secret Repository.

And the experience of handling various rare magics and magic tools using the infinite mana of the Magic Tower.

Sharle Cornelia had every right to be proud of her skills.

However.

“There's one in Eurasia too.”

“……?”

“Someone of your caliber.”

“You're joking too much. For a martial family like Eurasia to have a mage as skilled as me…”

Sharle's face hardened before she could finish her sentence.

Proportionately, Killian's smile deepened.

“Our Head Apothecary is no slouch when it comes to curiosity.”

And she was a Superhuman too.

“……”

“……”

At Killian's gaze as he finished his words, Sharle sighed once more.

“I have to keep everything a secret, right?”

“Of course.”

In the past and now, dragons were creatures considered mythological.

They possessed the physical ability to tear apart a Sword Master's body and had a mana affinity that gave them resistance to an Arch Mage's magic.

The mere fact that such a creature's egg had been discovered could attract public attention.

“The fewer people who know, the better.”

“I have no choice. I'll guide you to my secret laboratory.”

“Good.”

“But I have conditions too.”

“Isn't letting you research it enough?”

“It would be troublesome if you don't even agree to this condition.”

‘If I push any harder, I'll lose even what I've gained.’

It wasn't certain what effect an unhatched egg would have on the family.

Killian also needed to do a minimal check.

He tilted his chin as if to tell her to state her conditions.

“The right to research until it hatches. And I also want the right to research it after it hatches.”

Sharle's gaze was firm.

It was an attitude that seemed to say there would be no more compromises.

“I can only accept the 'proposal' if you agree to this much. If you refuse, I'll at least keep the secret about the egg.”

“If you share the research results with me, there's no reason not to.”

Sharle nodded.

“If the owner of the egg wishes for it.”

“Now we're talking.”

Killian held out his hand.

“I hope getting involved with you wasn't a mistake, Young Master.”

Sharle shook his hand, not hiding her strange feeling.

***

The Cornelia Main Castle's Lord's Office.

Two Superhumans were sitting across from each other at a table set up in the bedroom, talking.

“Congratulations on reaching 8-star.”

“It is thanks to you, Celot. I apologize for the trouble.”

“I'm glad you know. But for a man in poor health to be drinking.”

Celot showed a displeased reaction, looking at the bottle of alcohol Hegel had brought.

Five days had passed since the end of his confinement.

However, Hegel had not fully recovered from the reflux and had to rest for the next few months.

“I have some good wine that Simon gave me. How about the three of us drink together after a long time?”

“Drink with Kiel.”

Although the Lord's confinement was over, there were still many things that needed to be resolved.

Since Hegel's condition was not perfect, at least Celot could not let his guard down.

“Sometimes you need to loosen the screws that are tightening your head. Take the words of an 8-star mage to heart, my brother.”

“To take to heart the words of a mage who almost burned me to death. That's not very persuasive.”

“Ahem. I had no doubt that you, synchronized with the Magic Tower, could easily block it.”

“If it weren't for Young Master Killian, I would have been burned to a crisp. The Magic Tower might have even collapsed.”

It wasn't an impossible feat if an 8-star mage synchronized with the Magic Tower were to go on a rampage.

“Young Master Killian has left?”

Hegel, who had stealthily put away the bottle, changed the subject.

He had left while he was receiving treatment for the reflux, so he had heard that Celot had seen him off personally.

“Yes. He said the magic book he brought from the Secret Repository was a gift for you, my Lord.”

“Just like Simon's son. He's a generous one indeed.”

“If you liked him so much, you should have told him how to pass through the Secret Repository. He might have brought back two 8-star magic books instead of one.”

“Celot. I may seem careless, but I am the Lord. With our ancestors watching, that's not something I can do.”

Hegel, Celot, and Kiel.

Through several experiments, the three brothers had managed to figure out to what extent they could speak about the Secret Repository when they grew to the level of a Superhuman.

However, since it could hinder the children's growth, they kept the details among themselves.

Just as a knight's body and sword are forged, a strong mage is created through deep contemplation and reflection.

“Without a connection to our ancestors, one cannot properly utilize the Secret Repository. Besides the bloodline verification, Young Master Killian must be hiding something.”

“Like Kiel, you're still so stubborn.”

“Magic must be materialized through clear calculations.”

“Anyone would think you're the 8-star.”

Celot shook his head at Hegel's bursting laughter.

The man known as ‘Hell’ Cornelia on the continent acted like an innocent child in front of him and Kiel.

“There's the family's dignity to consider, so please don't say such things elsewhere.”

“Hahaha. Who else would I show this side to but you and Kiel? That child Killian also said I was broad-minded.”

Hegel let out a cheerful laugh as he recalled his brief meeting with Killian.

“Are you really thinking of making him your son-in-law?”

The pendant Killian possessed was nothing short of a family treasure.

He could understand that Sharle had deceived the tower with a fake marriage in case of an emergency, but now that everything was over, it was right to get it back somehow.

However, Hegel had sent him back without saying anything particular about it.

“Even if he gave you an 8-star magic book without any conditions… it's right to get it back before they are officially married.”

“You should have said so yourself when you saw him off.”

“……”

Hegel grinned and looked at the pendants around Celot's and his own necks.

“At first, I had hoped she would marry Demian Eurasia.”

The unparalleled genius produced by Eurasia.

He was sure that he would become a great knight following in Simon's footsteps.

However, Demian and Sharle's relationship had not progressed for a long time.

It was then that Killian began to stand out.

Not to mention his individual martial prowess, an unusual atmosphere was already flowing in his relationship with Sharle.

“Right. The coordinates Killian warped to were near Sharle's laboratory?”

“Yes. It's a place not connected to the Magic Tower, so even the family can't detect mana there.”

Sharle had several such personal laboratories scattered throughout the western frontier.

They were secret spaces that even he, the Lord, had never been to.

A secret space. Romantic. A young man and woman, two of them.

“I'll have to arrange a meeting with Simon soon.”

A pleased smile hung on Hegel's lips.

***

“So this is the laboratory.”

Killian, who had crossed the gate, muttered as he looked around.

On the outside, there was only a field and a hut, but it was a space engraved with a Double Warp Gate and an Expansion Formula.

Upon entering the hut, an altar built in a huge cavern came into view.

Around it were displayed numerous medicinal preparations and magic tools.

“You can't use the power of the Magic Tower here. The warp coordinates are also set in triplicate, so no one can track it.”

“It's worthy of being called a secret laboratory.”

The coordinates had been changed several times in the middle through multiple warps.

It would be difficult to find unless a Superhuman was determined to look for it.

‘To have a place like this as a personal laboratory.’

It was incomparable to having a personal training ground.

“Place the egg on top of that altar.”

Killian took the egg out from the sub-space of the pendant and placed it on the altar.

“Emit your mana.”

“Right now?”

“Oh my, we didn't come here for a date, did we?”

“That's true.”

Killian obediently emitted his mana.

While the blue mana enveloped the egg, Sharle activated the surrounding magic stones.

The activated magic stones began to analyze the mana's wavelength on the altar.

It was a technology no different from what was used in the Magic Tower.

‘This one might actually hatch a dragon.’

It was while I was having that thought.

“It's not working.”

“……?”

“The egg is not reacting to the mana's wavelength. Shall we try Carpe this time?”

“Are you trying to increase the power?”

“This is my first time handling a dragon's egg. I don't know where it will react, so we have to try everything we can.”

“That's true.”

I felt like the roles were being reversed, but what was important now was to find even a clue to hatching the egg.

Killian obediently used Carpe this time as well.

‘If I can just hatch this one, the tables will be turned.’

If it grew to an adult, it would be comparable to several Superhumans.

If that happened, the disadvantage in military strength…

“Focus, Young Master.”

Killian was awakened from his thoughts by Sharle's dry words.

“As you command.”

“From now on, there's no need for unnecessary talk.”

“……”

“Focus.”

Nod.

After countless attempts and failures.

It was a week later that they discovered the mana wavelength that the egg reacted to.