Became The Greatest Genius In History

Chapter 11 – EZ

I never expected that I would be this popular at Tristida Academy.

At first, the students just quietly watched, but as a crowd began to form, they started boldly asking questions.

‘Are you Young Master Esther Tristida!?’

‘I heard you solved a Millennium Problem!! Could you share your secret!?’

‘Until now, the head of the Tristida family said the youngest young master was terrible, why is that!?’

‘You’re so handsome!! I think you’re the most good-looking person I’ve ever seen!! Would you like to go on a date with me……’

Introverts expend a lot of mental energy just talking to strangers.

But when dozens of people swarm around you—a complete disaster—my body froze up.

‘Why are you all doing this to me?’

The students were taken aback when my face hardened.

‘Um….’

Just as I was about to ask them to back off, Dalfi broke through the crowd in one swift motion.

‘I apologize for keeping you waiting, Young Master.’

Had there ever been a moment when I was so glad to see Dalfi?

It was perfect timing.

‘I’m sorry, but the Young Master is currently busy with important matters. I would appreciate if everyone would clear the way.’

When Dalfi spoke in a sharp voice, the students made way.

‘Ah, yes.’

‘I wanted to talk with him, what a shame….’

Dalfi let out a small sigh.

‘Shall we go now?’

I nodded.

Thanks to Dalfi’s help, I was able to safely escape from the countless stares of attention.

‘You could have come a bit faster…’

I complained to Dalfi.

I almost suffocated from the pressure in that crowd.

‘This was as fast as I could come. Entrusting a carriage and horse to someone else isn’t such a simple matter.’

‘Fair enough.’

‘And if you were uncomfortable with people’s attention, couldn’t you have just firmly told them not to approach you?’

‘Ugh…’

For an introvert, rejection was difficult.

To reject someone who seemed to have no ill intentions required a certain level of resolve.

‘The more I see you, Young Master, the more pathetic you seem.’

‘Dalfi doesn’t understand the heart of a loner. How sad.’

‘What’s a loner?’

Dalfi tilted his head.

‘A synonym for pathetic.’

‘So Young Master is pathetically pathetic.’

‘I don’t want to torture your side today, so stop it.’

It seems that the tickling of the side last time was quite a sensational shock.

‘Ugh, I understand….’

Every time I wiggle my fingers like this, Dalfi stops acting up.

‘Dalfi.’

‘Yes.’

‘I’m already worried.’

‘About what part?’

Now that my past life memories have returned, it’s a bit better.

‘I’m afraid of conversations with important people….’

‘Pardon?’

I struggled with etiquette.

The reason was simple.

-You won’t need to show your talentless face at official events! Idiot!

Led by Felix, my siblings would disrupt my etiquette lessons whenever they had the chance.

Once, at a dinner with Porto, I made a verbal mistake to an important guest, and the family head’s glare at me was truly terrifying.

An Academy professor was a person of standing in the kingdom.

The Tower Master I had to meet next was an even more important figure.

What if I made a mistake during our conversation?

‘This isn’t something I can help you with….’

‘Sigh, there must be some way….’

Ah!!

‘Dalfi. From now on, you’re the Tower Master.’

‘What nonsense is that?’

‘Help me practice a bit.’

I had Nob AI.

“What can I help with?”

I could just ask Nob AI about etiquette.

As the youngest son of the Tristida family, I had met many nobles.

Even the family members I encountered most often were nobles.

I should have had sufficient training related to etiquette.

‘From now on, make all my actions and words suitable for a magician who has solved the Millennium Problem!!’

“Understood.”

Nob AI began to control my actions and words.

It was a strange sensation.

Like when the automatic protection program was activated, the AI naturally controlled my body.

If I tried to say something simple like ‘I want to have dinner,’ it would change those words to something quite sophisticated.

As dignity began to permeate my actions and words.

‘Not bad??’

Dalfi was impressed.

However, one thing that worried me was.

‘Don’t you look a bit arrogant…?’

‘No. Not at all. This is the most impressive you’ve looked to me so far, young master.’

Dalfi praised him.

Good. Let’s go with this.

Just as I was about to enter the main building with Dalfi.

‘Haa, whoot, there!!’

Someone called out to us intensely from behind.

Dalfi and I stopped walking.

And turned around.

‘Ugh, huff, this is hard….’

The girl caught her breath while bending over with her hands on her knees, breathing heavily.

Red hair that reached down to her waist.

Round eyes that sparkled like amethyst were her distinctive features.

The girl seemed to have some business with me.

Judging by her school uniform, she must be a student.

She looked even younger than the students I saw at the main gate earlier.

‘She appears to be the same age as you, young master.’

Dalfi whispered in my ear.

Hmm, certainly.

Biologically, females undergo secondary sexual characteristics faster than males, but she looked exactly my age.

‘Do you know her?’

‘I don’t think I’ve seen her before….’

The accessories she wore looked expensive, and she had the air of someone raised in privilege.

It was a face I was seeing for the first time.

I was a hikikomori who had never left the mansion except for events requiring the entire family’s participation.

My social circle was extremely narrow.

The only people I considered personally close were Dalfi and a childhood friend I could no longer meet.

I was in a position where I couldn’t know such a girl even if I wanted to.

I had a good memory.

In the first place, anyone would remember a pretty girl like her, even someone without a good memory.

‘Are you Esther Tristida!?’

I was about to answer the girl, but suddenly had a thought.

‘This is perfect. Let me test the AI’s performance!!’

The girl standing before me also looked like a noble.

She was the perfect practice partner.

***

Esther Tristida’s impression was very cold.

‘Yes, I am. Do you have some business with me?’

‘Bu-business….’

‘I’m sorry, but I have an urgent appointment right now. If it’s not urgent, let’s talk at leisure another time.’

When Ethila actually faced Esther, she couldn’t say anything.

And for good reason – the reason she wanted to meet Esther was.

Because he was the person who had first solved the Millennium Problem that she had been working hard on, she felt curious.

And because she was a girl who had never before encountered someone with talent equal to her own, she felt competitive.

But.

Since people had always approached her first, it was extremely difficult for a girl who had never once approached someone else first to start a conversation with Esther.

‘What should I say? No, what did I even want to say to Esther in the first place!?’

The girl’s mouth malfunctioned due to an emotion she was feeling for the first time in her life.

‘Uh, um, well….’

What should she do?

‘My name is Ethila Bedford……’

She didn’t want to let Esther go like this.

She didn’t know why herself. She just didn’t want to.

As a genius girl, she somehow needed to resolve these feelings about Esther inside her.

‘I need to somehow continue the conversation…’

The boy didn’t wait for Ethila.

He turned his back with the maid.

‘Ah, no!!’

Ethila blurted out words to somehow hold Esther back.

‘When using the highest-level Fire School spell Megiddo!! In an environment with mana concentration of 0.3!! The caster can separately designate the upper limit of output!! What do you think… um… are the most efficient minimum and maximum values?’

It was an out-of-nowhere magic quiz.

‘Ugh, how embarrassing. I must look like a complete weirdo…’

Ethila felt like she wanted to go back to the dormitory and hide under the covers.

It was clearly a desperate move, but.

‘……’

Esther took steady steps.

Toward Ethila.

He could have ignored her and left, but despite his urgent business, he obliged Ethila’s request.

It was unexpected.

‘Do you have writing utensils and a notebook?’

‘Ah….’

Ethila blinked.

‘Miss!! Why are you… haah….’

Only then did Langlang arrive belatedly.

‘S-sorry.’

Ethila quickly apologized to Langlang.

And handed Esther a notebook and pen.

Esther leaned the notebook against the wall at an angle and began writing the solution.

‘He looks even more handsome up close…. Hot!!’

Now was not the time to admire Esther’s face.

Although it was a quiz that came out of nowhere.

‘Let’s see your skills.’

I was curious what answer the genius who solved the Millennium Problem would come up with.

Megido was one of the highest-level magics of the Flame School.

This was because the theory was extremely complex.

The mana consumption for spells varies tremendously depending on mana concentration.

The process of consuming mana and assembling it into elements repeats countless times, with large variations and no tolerance for error—it was a troublesome magic.

While its power ranks among the highest of spells alongside Meteor Impact, it has a reputation for being difficult because the number of formulas to memorize is overwhelmingly greater than other magics.

Also, since the quiz asked for the maximum efficiency value, I thought it would take tens of hours even for legendary magicians.

‘Here it is.’

Esther came up with the answer in just 10 minutes.

‘A-Already…?’

‘Is there a problem?’

‘This is an extremely complex problem….’

Esther looked at Ethila with a puzzled expression.

‘Ah, I suppose “ordinary students” might feel that way.’

Ethila’s blood boiled at Esther’s arrogant remark.

She was certain the answer would be wrong.

No matter how much of a genius she was for solving the Millennium Problem, Ethila thought it impossible to produce an answer at such speed.

And honestly, she hoped it would be wrong.

She wanted to flatten that arrogant nose.

The super-genius beauty Ethila, future leader of the magical world, wanted to teach Esther that she was one step above her.

But……

‘Ugh, grrrr……’

She couldn’t find any errors in the solution.

It was clearly the correct answer.

Aria’s statement that ‘a demon of magic has appeared in this world!’ was no exaggeration.

As the creator of this complex problem, Ethila had no choice but to acknowledge Esther’s ability.

Ethila squeezed her eyes shut.

In contrast, Esther’s expression was nearly blank.

She looked as if she had simply done what was expected, as though it were only natural.

‘Ughhh….’

Ethila had no choice but to admit it.

When it came to magical theory and formula calculations, the Esther standing before her was one step above herself.

Ethila made a tearful face…