The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 59



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (59)

Preliminary (4)

Swordsmanship Faculty Selection Competition.

The day of the selection competition, which can be said to be the biggest event of the academy.

The swordsmanship department suffered from a crowd they had never seen before. The stands could no longer accommodate the spectators, so people sat in the aisles.

Unprecedented boom.

The swordsmanship department is said to be one of the three pillars of the academy, but it has never been so crowded as this before.

But this year was different.

It couldn’t be otherwise, because in this year alone, two geniuses have emerged who have never before appeared in the Academy’s history in the past millennium.

The only two cadets to blossom into Aurors before graduation.

Lumen Maier of the Maier Marquis family, known as the Maier of the Sky and the pillar of the military of the Amorian Empire.

Benio Kepler of the Kepler Dukes.

Students and professors from each department gathered to find out the truth of the rumor, and the place was filled. As if that wasn’t enough, people from outside were also sent to find out the truth, so the swordsmanship department was filled to capacity like never before.

However, public reaction to Lumen and Benio was sharply divided.

“I heard you were called a genius since you were young?”

“Then, it’s Marquis Meyer. I’m looking forward to it.”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to become the youngest knight?”

Lumen Meyer had a great reputation from the beginning. Moreover, Margrave Meyer and his knights were the most powerful knights to ever roam the skies, so people did not spare their praise for Lumen.

“Bennio Kepler? That Kepler?”

“They say he’s the worst dullard.”

“It looks like the Kepler family is pouring in money.”

“I wonder if I can pull it out properly?”

However, what was poured on Benio was suspicion and distrust. There were stories that Benio had three masters, Lazio, Rambledore, and Armada, and that he was the one who solved the secret of Viscount Dudek’s territory, but most people laughed at them.

“Do you still believe Kepler’s rumors?”

“Then, maybe they’ll manipulate public opinion by throwing money at all the imperial people.”

“If it’s the Kepler Duke, it’s possible.”

“And how can a dullard become a genius in just a few months?”

The Kepler Dukes.

People’s reaction to Kepler was cynical. This tendency was especially severe among the nobles. They would keep quiet in front of the Kepler family, but when they turned around, the nobles would chew out the Kepler family.

Golden bug.

A family that values ​​money more than the honor of a noble family.

A family without dignity or culture.

They firmly believed that many of the rumors about Benio were public opinion manipulated by the Kepler family. It didn’t matter whether they were true or not. They just saw what they wanted to see and believed what they wanted to believe.

Among the nobles, there were few who were not harmed or damaged by the gold of the Kepler family. This was because the Kepler family jumped into anything that could make money and ignored the public eye as long as it made money.

And he paid for everything with money.

Some insolent nobles even went so far as to criticize the Kepler family in places where they were not present, saying that if things continued this way, the Kepler family might even try to buy the emperor’s seat with gold.

The selection for the swordsmanship academy was heated up even before it began, as so many different people sent people to keep an eye on the rumored protagonists with their eyes wide open.

“Test your eyes and luck! Bet on your cadets!”

Giovanni was busy promoting the school by handing out flyers that he had magically created. There was no way the commerce department could sit idly by with such popularity.

The Faculty of Commerce allowed any commercial activity that was not a crime to make money, and Giovanni had already been moving for two months to get permission from the Academy administration to gamble on odds.

“Lumen? Lumen dividend….”

Giovanni had recently lost all his money to Benio, so he was eager to make up for his losses this time.

So many students and outsiders bet money through Giovanni. As Giovanni frantically recorded and collected money, a familiar face caught his eye.

“Are you Tony?”

“Hello, cadet.”

Tony, Benio’s servant, appeared at the betting place carrying a heavy pouch. Giovanni’s eyes lit up as he noticed a strong gold smell coming from the pouch Tony was holding.

“So Benio wants to bet too?”

“Yes, I came to do it for you. Here.”

Tony handed Giovanni a heavy pouch. Giovanni held back tears for a moment, as much of the gold in it was from his own pockets, but shook his head.

You can make that money with your own money.

Since Giovanni was going to do commission business anyway, he didn’t refuse the money that was coming to him. Tony spoke brightly to Giovanni.

“I will bet everything on Master Benio.”

“entire?”

“yes.”

Giovanni quickly calculated in his head. Then he nodded. If Benio had brought in enough money, even if Benio had taken all the dividends, there would still be some left over.

“Yeah, it’s about 500 gold?”

That was all Benio had, Giovanni thought. But Tony shattered Giovanni’s expectations with a bright face.

“Open it, Nari.”

“Open it?”

Giovanni looked uneasy for a moment, for it was only too late that he realized that Benio always exceeded his expectations.

Swish.

Giovanni untied the string that was holding the pouch together. Then he opened it, looked inside, and froze.

“The Master said that the jewels are worth about ten thousand gold pieces. Then.”

After saying that, Tony ran away from the place. That’s why Giovanni couldn’t catch him.

“No! Back off! Get out of here!”

Giovanni shouted a little later, but Tony was not there. Giovanni muttered in vain, holding his pockets with a blank expression.

“I’m screwed, I’m screwed.”

* * *

“Yes, that’s right.”

“okay?”

Benio chuckled. Tony’s eyes sparkled as if he found it quite amusing. When would you ever get the chance to tease a noble?

Severus, who was watching Benio from the side, shook his head.

‘You’ve met the right person.’

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It was pitiful that Giovanni had met a formidable opponent like Benio. Not only had he lost all his assets the last time, but now he was in debt.

“Then I will go out and wait.”

“Yeah, I’m up on the stands and watching.”

“Yes, your highness.”

Tony went out. Benio put the receipt with his name on it in his pocket. Benio didn’t look nervous at all.

“Bennio.”

“why?”

“You don’t seem to be nervous.”

“nervous?”

They were in the waiting room for the preliminary round. Normally, they would have to go through the preliminary round, but Benio didn’t even go through the preliminary round.

Come on.

Since the professors of the swordsmanship department had guaranteed it, there was no need to go through the preliminaries. That’s why there were only two people in the waiting room for the preliminary competition starting from the round of 64 who did not go through the preliminaries.

Lumen and Benio.

In the quiet waiting room, where everyone was determined to win, the one who seemed the most relaxed was Benio. That was why Severus couldn’t help but ask.

“There’s no way I wouldn’t know what’s going on outside.”

“What, you’re saying that my family spent money to inflate my rumors?”

“You know.”

Severus looked surprised. He knew Benio would go crazy if he heard that rumor. He would have.

It was a situation where it would not have been strange for anyone to have expressed anger at the rudeness of those who dismissed their efforts as nothing more than family scheming.

“So what happens if I get nervous?”

“what?”

“The reason such rumors are circulating in the first place is because people don’t like my family or me very much.”

The Kepler family may have had power, but they had no honor. But no one in the Kepler family was ashamed of it.

It is a family that was originally built with gold.

The founder of the Kepler family took the seat of the Eight Warriors with gold. No one in the family would point a finger at the family for pursuing gold instead of honor.

“So, just show it to those who want to see it.”

“What are you talking about?”

“This Benio of the Keplers, who have no honor or dignity, will triumph over everyone and shatter the rumors as they wish.”

“….”

Benio looked at Severus with a smirk.

“You too should hope that you will not become my sacrifice.”

Severus’ eyes lit up at Benio’s provocation. Severus had also prepared for today’s preliminary match with everything he had.

“It won’t be easy.”

“I hope so.”

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“The last order of the 64th round! Senior Cadet Benio, Senior Cadet Rivaldo. Up!”

Benio finally took part in his first match as Professor Chutney of the Department of Fencing called his name. The moment Benio’s name was called, the stands heated up.

Because Benio, one of the main characters of the rumor, has finally revealed himself.

“They say he’s a half-sentenced child of the Duke.”

“It seems like he throws out his useless children just like the Golden Bug.”

“Let’s take a look. I’d be happy to give you half of what Lumen Meyer did.”

People were muttering in the stands. Most of them were muttering with disbelief and suspicion. They were half in doubt.

Because the rumors about Benio were so unbelievable.

They say geniuses appear out of nowhere, but how did Benio Kepler, who has been rumored to be the Academy’s worst dullard for the past five years, suddenly become a genius?

And that family happened to be the Kepler family, a family without honor or dignity.

Benio stood on the stage, calmly accepting everyone’s distrust.

In front of Benio stood Rivaldo, a classmate of Benio’s.

“Bennio Kepler.”

Rivaldo is one of the many cadets who challenged Benio to a duel and lost. He said, holding his sword tightly.

“I won’t give up this time.”

Rivaldo’s eyes were clear. He did not show any ugly jealousy toward Benio. He was one of the students who looked down on Benio, but he came to his senses after losing to Benio.

And then, seeing the desperate struggles that Benio saw every day, he trained and practiced so as not to lose twice.

“Everyone said that. But no one ever beat me again.”

Benio smiled and looked at Rivaldo’s sword. The blade he was touching was blackened with dirt. It was proof that he had trained himself without rest.

“Then prove it.”

As he spoke, Rivaldo looked at the stands. A look of displeasure flashed in his eyes, then disappeared. There he looked at those who were muttering and looking at him with distrustful eyes.

“Prove to me that I can’t say things like that.”

“Hehehe.”

Benio let out a soft laugh.

“Are you worried about me?”

“Don’t worry. Just beat me first. If you can beat me.”

Rivaldo was very pleased with him. Benio smiled and aimed his wooden sword at Rivaldo.

“Okay. Okay.”

Benio didn’t hide his power. He didn’t intend to. Rivaldo wouldn’t want that either.

Confront it head-on, with all your might, without hiding anything.

That would be the best attitude Benio could show toward his classmate who took his side and got angry at him for walking that honest path.

Kwajik!

thud!

Benio’s sword broke Rivaldo’s wooden sword, and Rivaldo fell unconscious. And surprisingly, out of all the people present, only a few people saw Benio’s sword properly.

Professors and some visitors who are of a higher level than Benio.

“It’s called the Four Swords.”

Benio’s first strike, a piercing stab, blew away both Rivaldo’s wooden sword and his consciousness at once. Benio put the sword back into his waist and looked at Sir Chutney.

“The winner is! Senior Cadet Benio!”

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