The Death Mage Who Doesnât Want a Fourth TimeVolume 2
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Amamiya Hiroto has been reincarnated inăLambdaă!
Amamiya Hiroto has been cursed by the god of transmigration, Rodcorte!
I think I heard this kind of announcement inside my head, but I donât really remember too well. In a state of being neither awake nor asleep, my consciousness gradually begins to take shape.
ăWhere is this place? What kind of situation am I in now? Though I get the feeling that Iâm alive.ă
But I donât have a good idea of what kind of circumstances Iâm in.
Even if I open my eyes, only darkness fills my vision and my arms and legs arenât moving well, as if Iâm in the middle of a dream.
My entire body is submerged in a warm fluid, and I canât breathe. But I donât feel any discomfort from this. Itâs like Iâve become a fish.
ăSurely itâs not possible that Iâve been reincarnated as something other than a human?ă
Itâs possible, since Iâve been cursed, after all. Things might work out if Iâm still a human, at least, but if Iâve become an animal or a fish then I have no idea what Iâm supposed to do.
But fortunately, my suspicions are proven to be wrong.
ă~?ă
I can hear a voice. Itâs not crying or shouting; itâs a gentle, singing voice.
The sound is strangely muffled, so I canât make out the lyrics properly. But I can feel the emotion in the song.
Love.
ăI see, Iâm inside the womb. Iâm a fetus right now.ă
It seems that the godâs curse isnât able to influence me before Iâm reborn, at least.
From the fragments of information about the situation that Rodcorte put in my mind before I was reincarnated, Lambda seems to be a world with swords and magic. I might be some other species like an Elf or a Dwarf, but as long as Iâm a sentient being, I donât have a problem with that.
ăIs it just my imagination? This song sounds kind of like JapaneseâŠă
And then my consciousness melts away again.
The next time my consciousness returns, Iâve already been born. đđ§đđđžđđđoÎœđđ.đđm
ăYouâre always quiet, arenât you, Vandalieu? Itâs good that you are, but youâre allowed to cry from time to time, you know?ă
I quietly look up at the woman whoâs holding me and speaking to me.
ăI suppose Vandalieu is my new name. Itâs a lot better than the serial number I was assigned in Origin. And this person must be my third mother. She seems much better than the one I had in Origin as well.ă
By the time I was self-aware in Origin, Iâd already been sold, so I have no complaints about this beginning to my life. Considering I have a curse in place of a godâs blessing, this could be called a miracle.
ăWell then, what kind of environment have I been born into? It seems my mother is a Dark Elf.ă
The mother reflected in Vandalieuâs eyes was a woman in her early twenties with golden hair and dark brown skin. She was a beautiful woman with pleasant features; Vandalieu could have high hopes for his own appearance if this person was his mother.
The tips of her ears were pointed.
Even Vandalieu, who had only just been reborn into this world, could guess that she was a member of the dark-skinned Dark Elf race.
Well, it was not entirely impossible that she was simply a tanned Elf.
ăWell, if thatâs the case, I suppose it makes sense that she lives in a cave, huh.ă
Indeed, the two of them were not in a cave-like house, but an actual cave.
There was a door and furs are spread out across the floor in place of a carpet, but it wasnât a particularly civilized home.
But the Elves in fantasy stories on Earth were generally people that live in harmony with nature, so perhaps this kind of thing was normal for them.
ăWell, the more important problem is my own body.ă
His motherâs warm arms were wrapped around his fragile body. He looked at her soft skin that reminded him of chocolate, and then at his own plump, useless hands.
His hands were as white as silk.
ăWhy is my color different? Though my ears do seem to be pointed.ă
His mother was a Dark Elf, but his skin was white. Could it be that he wasnât a Dark Elf himself? He didnât know how Dark Elvesâ bodies change over the course of their lives. Could it be that they were born with white skin that turned darker as they grew into adults?
Or could it be that this person was not biologically his mother?
ăHmm? Are you curious as to why your mommyâs skin is a different color? Youâre clever, arenât you, Vandalieu? To notice that already. But donât worry. Vandalieu, you just look a lot like your daddy, but you are definitely your mommy, Darciaâs, son.ă(Darcia)
As Darcia, Vandaleiuâs mother, smiled gently, her words dispelled his doubts. He realized that he was a child of mixed blood, born to parents of different races.
There was a chance that Darcia was lying, but he had no intention of doubting her.
He wanted to simply enjoy the love that he was being given and feel at ease, rather than spend his time and emotional endurance on doubting her words.
ăAnd⊠SleepâŠă
And so Darcia lulled Vandalieu to sleep.
As a three-month-old, Vandalieu was a good son who didnât cause any trouble for Darcia, who was going through her first experience raising a child.
ăAh~ă(Vandalieu)
When he was hungry, he made a noise like this and patted his stomach or pointed at Darciaâs chest and complained. When his diaper needed changing, he made a similar noise and patted his own hips.
ăYes~ here is Mommyâs breast~ Youâre so well-behaved, Vandalieu~ă(Darcia)
As Darcia raised Vandalieu up in her arms and exposed her nipple to feed him her milk, she thought,ăwhat a good boy.ă
Of course, she knew that this wasnât normal. That he was too clever.
But she didnât do anything to make her own son uncomfortable.
ăMaybe itâs because he takes after his father⊠after that person.ă
She suspected that the intelligence of her three-month-old son was due to his fatherâs blood.
That and the fact that she had recently often been feeling some strange Mana coming from Vandalieu only gave her more reason to believe that this was the case. His fatherâs race was more proficient at using magic than Dark Elves.
ăWhat bothers me more is the fact that he doesnât laugh or cry⊠I wonder if he feels anxious because he doesnât have a father?ă
What bothered Darcia was the fact that Vandalieu didnât laugh or cry like a normal infant.
When her beloved son was hungry or even when she tickled him, he was always as expressionless as a doll. She had thought that he was just in a bad mood at first, but it seemed that wasnât the case.
It also didnât seem to be the case that his emotions were simply underdeveloped. She had once spotted him silently crying with an empty expression.
On that occasion she had thought that he might be sick and applied all the healing magic that she knew, but it seemed that he had simply been crying after having a scary nightmare.
ăBut the thing that bothers me the most is when I give you my breast. Does Mommyâs breast not taste nice?ă(Darcia)
What bothered Darcia the most about her sonâs behavior was that when she went to breast-feed him, he didnât suck on her breast straight away, but instead let his eyes wander without moving for a while first.
He drank the milk in the end, but⊠Darcia was worried that there was something wrong with her own milk.
Vandalieu, who was in the middle of the important task of sucking milk from his motherâs nipple, was filled with feelings of embarrassment and guilt.
ăItâs not easy being an infant, huh.ă
One would normally be happy and proud to have such a young and beautiful mother. However, on the inside, he was a man who had lived about thirty-seven years over his two previous lives, so he had mixed feelings about it.
Though his body was that of an infant, his mind was that of an adult so he felt overly conscious about it. He had been especially conscious of members of the opposite sex since he was a high-schooler on Earth.
ăI wonder how the others felt? In Origin, I was about ten months old when my memories returned.ă
Had the others who had been reborn in Origin felt embarrassment when their mother changed their diapers?
ăBut I canât make my mother worry about it forever. Iâll just have to get used to it as soon as possible.ă
Vandalieu had already imprinted in his mind that Darcia, his third mother, was âhis motherâ. He had no discomfort with this fact. In any case, despite this being his third life, this was the first time he was experiencing a motherâs love. It would be impossible for him to reject it.
And so, at first, he tried his best to act like a normal infant⊠But it was impossible.
It was impossible for him to act like an infant when he was a teenager on the inside. And for some reason, he found himself unable to laugh or cry. He couldnât change his facial expression at all.
At first, he had thought his facial muscles were paralyzed, but he found that his mouth and eyelids moved normally. But they didnât move naturally. He could only move them when he put conscious effort into it.
Was this because of the curse?
ăWell, Iâll ask Mother about my expression not changing when Iâm able to speak⊠Thereâs all kinds of problems, but Iâve learned quite a lot during the past two months as well.ă
Darcia wasnât aware that Vandalieu understood her words, so she hadnât explained her past or current situation in detail, but he had a general idea from having lived with her for two months.
First, it seemed that Darciaâs husband, Vandalieuâs father, was a member of a greatly-feared race. As a mixed child of that race, Vandalieu knew that he would likely be the target of discrimination and persecution.
This was the reason why Darcia was living in this cave that she had dug out using spiritual magic in a forest away from where other people lived.
It was no wonder that he had never seen a single person in the two months he had been here other than his own mother.
ăI know that sheâs planning to return the Dark Elf village once Iâve grown up to some extent. And that this place is the country of Mirg, a part of the Amid Empire in the northwest part of the Bahn Gaia continent.ă
It seemed that something would work out if she returned to the Dark Elf Village, so for now, her objective was probably to gather strength for that purpose.
For that reason, even though Vandalieu wasnât even able to crawl yet, he began training himself in using magic.
The death-attribute magic that he had become able to use at will during his previous life. It would surely be helpful for his journey with his mother, or so Vandalieu thought. But for some reason, he couldnât use it very well.
ăIs this because my bodyâs still that of an infant? Or is it because of the curse?ă
He considered this possibility. But giving up now because he couldnât use his magic properly wasnât an option. Because for Vandalieu, who didnât have any cheat-like powers or aptitude for any other types of magic, this death-attribute magic was his only weapon.
ăIt would be nice if I could see Vandalieuâs status.ă(Darcia)
Vandalieu was about a month and a half old when he heard these words from Darcia.
ăStatus?ă
Vandalieu was unsuccessfully trying to use his death-attribute magic and was wishing that he could at least be able to crawl across the floor while keeping his head raised when he heard these from his mother. This isnât a game, he thought, but⊠he was surprised when his own status was displayed inside his head.
Name: Vandalieu;
Race: Dhampir (Dark Elf);
Age: 0 years old;
Title: None;
Job: None;
Level: 0;
Job history: None;
Attributes:
Vitality: 12;
Mana: 100000000;
Strength: 10;
Agility: 1;
Stamina: 25;
Intelligence: 20;
Passive skills:
Superhuman Strength: Level 1;
Rapid Healing: Level 1
Active skills: None
Curses:
Experience gained in previous life not carried over
Cannot learn existing Jobs
Unable to gain Experience Points independently
ăWow, my Mana is no joke. Also, it seems my father was a Vampire. And I have three curses, just how badly does that god want me to kill myself?ă
There were several things displayed on Vandalieuâs status that surprised him.
To start with, his race had been set as Dhampir. If that meant the same thing in Lambda as it did on Earth, that meant that he was a half-Vampire.
I see, that explains why she has to live in this hidden place. I donât know what religions there are in Lambda, but I doubt theyâd be very welcoming to a mixed-blood child of a Vampire.
Isnât it actually quite likely that theyâll treat me like a monster and try to exterminate me? At the very least, this is something that might endanger my life.
The possibility of facing discrimination and prejudice due to being a Dhampir would always be there. Vandalieuâs life had been set to a hard mode even more extreme that he had expected.
The next surprising thing was his Mana. There was no MP stat on the status screen, so Mana must be the MP stat in the world of Lambda. But the number next to this stat was 100,000,000.
He didnât know what the average for this stat was, but this was surely an abnormal number.
Was this what Rodcorte had mentioned earlier, the Mana that was housed in theăempty frameăleft by his lack of cheat-like abilities, fortune and destiny? He had been unable to see anything like a status screen in Origin so he had no indication of how vast it was other than the words of the researchers who had saidăThis is over ten thousand times greater than a first-class Mage!ăBut now, seeing the number with his own eyes, it really was amazing.
ăWell, Iâm a powerless infant right now, though.ă
No matter how much MP he had, there was no point if he couldnât use magic. He had to relearn how to use his death-attribute magic as soon as possible.
ăAs for the rest, I seem to have normal strength and my agility is, well, like that. Endurance is like stamina, but intelligence doesnât seem to be as simple as just a measure of how smart I am. Itâs probably a stat that affects how fast I learn magic, the power of its effects, simultaneous casting and how much incantation Iâll need to perform it. It could even be related to my willpower.ă
As Vandalieu deciphered his status, he understood why his agility was lower than every other stat. He was a month and a half old, but he couldnât even keep his head raised. He couldnât even roll over in bed by himself, let alone crawl. Thereâs no way this kind of infant could be considered agile.
But on the other hand, considering that he was a level 0 baby, his other stats were pretty high, though not as high as his Mana.
As expected of a Dhampir, he thought.
Next were his skills. From Vandalieuâs knowledge of games, he knew that passive skills were ones that exhibited their effects without requiring conscious effort while active skills required conscious use.
ăSuperhuman Strength and Rapid Healing, huh. These are probably skills that I have because Iâm a Dhampir. Something like racial traits that you see in games, I suppose. But as I thought, death-attribute magic isnât listed on there.ă
His list of skills was mostly empty because he was still a baby, but Vandalieu was someone who had experienced thirty-seven years of life on Earth and in Origin. At least the skill of using elementary-level death-attribute magic that he had managed to learn in his previous life should have been there.
The reason it wasnât was probably the three curses listed next.
ăThe curse that prevents my experience from my previous life from being carried over, itâs probably because of that. Thatâs why I donât have my skills from my previous life or my life before that. The other two curses arenât exactly great news for me, either. Those will make it really hard for me to learn a job or level up.ă
After all, these were curses that Rodcorte had placed on him in order to encourage him to kill himself. Knowing that they were extremely troublesome curses, Vandalieu let out a great sigh.
ăBut choosing to just die quietly isnât an option. As long as thatâs the case, I have to keep gathering strength so that I can survive. Iâll keep trying to learn to use my death-attribute magic today as well, and⊠Ah⊠Itâs no use⊠Iâm sleepy.ă
Vandalieu, like any other six-week-old infant, was defeated by his sleepiness.
ăYou have acquired the Death-Attribute Magic skill! ă
This announcement echoed inside Vandalieuâs head.
Three months after his birth, around the time he was finally able to support the weight of his own head with his neck, Vandalieu was finally successful in learning death-attribute magic.
ăIâve spent about two months failing to get my Mana to take the form of a spell. I guess this is the result of my hard work.ă
With that said, the only spells he could use wasăSterilizationă, a spell that exterminated microscopic organisms within its range, andăBug Killeră, a version of the same spell that did the same thing to insects. The other spell he could use wasăMagic Absorption Barrieră, a spell that created a barrier that absorbed Mana that it came into contact with, something that had no immediately no visible effects.
He wanted to show Darcia, his mother, that he could use magic, but that proved difficult. It would be simple to show her that he couldăabsorbăher spells, but she never used her spiritual magic in his sight.
She probably used spiritual magic to at least create fire to use for cooking, butâŠ
ăWith this body thatâs only just become able to sit up, I canât exactly get a good look around the room.ă
As Vandalieu exhales to sit up on his bed, his mother simply laughs, thinkingăHeâs kind of like an old mană, but pays him no further attention.
ăBut Iâm grateful that sheâs at least taking me outside. I was about to die of boredom.ă
Perhaps it was because he was now three months old; Darcia had started taking him outside in her arms on sunny days.
The reason for this was that she had decided that it would be a good stimulus for a growing child, and her stores of food were also getting dangerously low, so she was going outside to gather more.
But Vandalieu remembers the way she had been strangely cautious the first time she had taken him outside.
She had opened the door to the cave to allow just a little sunlight through and let it shine lightly on Vandalieuâs fingertip.
ăWhat a relief! You didnât inherit the Vampiresâ weakness!ă(Darcia)
As Vandalieu watched Darcia cry out in joy, he was reminded that his father was a Vampire. It would have been really troublesome if, as a Dhampir, he had even inherited his fatherâs inability to tolerate sunlight.
ăWell then, letâs go outside with Mommy from now on, okay?ă(Darcia)
As Darcia said that and took Vandalieu outside, the sight of the world beyond the cave moved Vandalieu to the point that he was at a loss for words (not that he could speak words in the first place).
ăOh⊠The world⊠Nature⊠Itâs so huge!ă
The outside of the cave was a forest. The air was fresh.
The sun was bright, the sky was a transparent blue, the clouds were pure white and the thickly growing trees were bright green.
It was the scenery of a forest with no particular features, but Vandalieu had spent twenty years imprisoned in a small room before being finished off by Amemiya Hiroto and Narumi. In his eyes, everything seemed to shine beautifully.
ăFufu, it seems youâve taken a liking to being outside.ă(Darcia)
His face was expressionless as usual, but Darcia understood from the fact that he was gazing at their surroundings as if he was in a gaze that he was very happy. She began walking around and gathering food.
Of course, she didnât do dangerous things like hunting animals using her bow and spiritual magic. She gathered edible grasses, fruits and mushrooms and laid some traps to catch animals later.
Most of the food she gathered went into her own mouth, while a little was set aside to be made into baby food for Vandalieu.
ăI have mixed feelings about this.ă
Once a day, his young, beautiful Dark Elf mother saidăsay ah~ăand fed him a spoonful of food. And with that, the amount of time she spent breast-feeding him decreased.
In order to survive from now on and make the journey from this area that was dangerous for a Dhampir to live to the Dark Elf village, weaning was necessary for Vandalieu. But even so, growing was a difficult task for him.
Incidentally, he enjoyed the taste of his motherâs milk more than the baby food.
ăThe Death-Attribute Magic skill has been upgraded to level 2! The following new skills have been added: Status Effect Resistance, Magic Resistance, Dark Vision, Bloodsucking!ă
Once Vandalieu reached five months of age, Darcia began leaving him in the cave for hours at a time to go out and gather food from the forest.
ăIn a little while, weâll be going to where Mommy was born. I have to make preparations for that, so even if you get lonely, bear with it, okay?ă(Darcia)
Saying that, she left to hunt animals and went to the village, pretending to be a passing adventurer to buy supplies. There were times she didnât come home for half a day at a time, but it was necessary to get the supplies they needed to survive, so there was no helping it.
Leaving an infant alone at home for half a day would have been questionable on Earth, but Vandalieu himself had no complaints about it. Because everything was being done for his own protection.
With no help from anyone else, Darcia was raising an infant by herself. A troublesome half-Vampire child, no less.
Judging from the fact that Vandalieu had not seen his father even once, it seemed that there was no help coming from the Vampire community either. Vampires looked down on half-Vampires just as much as humans did, if not more. Half-Vampires were often the targets of persecution by Vampires as well. Even in Japan, where people had a sense of values as human beings, people of mixed foreign blood were discriminated against. It was no surprise that half-bloods of different races in Lambda experienced the same.
ăAt this rate, it doesnât seem like Iâll be able to see my fatherâs face.ă
The reason being that he was probably no longer alive.
Thinking logically without taking emotions into account, it would be a much better choice for Darcia to abandon Vandalieu. Then she would be able to live a much more peaceful life.
That would make her life more carefree, free of responsibility. Once some time passed and her feelings died down, she would be able to live on as if nothing had happened. If she wanted a child, she could easily go to another country or back to the Dark Elf village and find a new man to create one with.
Despite this, the likely reason why Darcia had not abandoned Vandalieu was because she loved his father and Vandalieu himself.
ăThis is a bit of a clichĂ©, but being loved is a truly happy thing.ă
With this happiness driving him on, Vandalieu continued his hard work.
He spent his time awake practicing magic, strengthening his body by exercising his arms and legs and practicing using his voice. The result of this was that his Death-Attribute Magic skill had increased and he was able to cast with visible effects that Darcia could see.
ăWow, to think that you can use magic even though youâre still a baby! Vandalieu, youâre a genius, arenât you~?ă
How happy it made him for someone to be proud of his increase in skill, for someone to praise him.
Though his ability to use other skills seemed to be not the result of his hard work, but his growing up.
His Status Effect Resistance was a skill that granted him resistance against poison, sickness, fatigue due to lack of sleep, hunger and other various detrimental or fatal conditions that could be applied to him through magic. This was likely something he had inherited from his Vampire father.
His Magic Resistance, a skill that mitigated the damage and other effects that he took from magical attacks, was a racial characteristic of Dark Elves. His mother, Darcia, also had this skill.
The Dark Vision was a characteristic that both of his parents possessed, which allowed him to see even on completely starless nights as if it were daytime.
And finally, Bloodsucking was self-explanatory. His canine teeth had grown unusually quickly compared to his other teeth⊠It was a skill that he had acquired when fangs had grown on both the top and bottom side of his mouth.
ăTheyâve appeared, after all. Though it might be better for you not to, VandalieuâŠă(Darcia)
As Darcia said this upon noticing that her son had grown fangs, she cut the head of the rabbit she had caught with a knife. And then she caught the dripping blood on a wooden plate.
ăHere, try drinking this.ă(Darcia)
ăMother, are you insane?ă
In response to the iron-like smell coming from the plate that had been brought close to his mouth, Vandalieu looked up at Darcia with half-closed eyes.
On Earth, blood is sometimes used as an ingredient in sauces and eel or turtle blood is sometimes distilled into wine. I know that, but⊠Wouldnât feeding an infant the raw blood of an animal be considered child abuse? I think that would be the case, but she doesnât seem to want to change her mind.
ăWell, I guess Iâll try it.ă
It would surely be disgusting. As he thought this, Vandalieu extended his tongue and drank a little of the rabbitâs blood. Surprisingly, he didnât think it tasted bad.
ăHuh? I can drink this. It tastes like iron, but itâs not as bad as I thought⊠In fact, itâs delicious?ă
It hadnât been distilled into wine or had spices added to it to mask the smell, but for Vandalieu, the rabbitâs blood was as easy to drink as his motherâs milk.
He was astonished, but Darcia explained as she stroked his growing hair.
ăVandalieu, you can drink blood like your daddy. But it doesnât mean you have to drink blood, so even if youâre hungry, only drink it if Mommy isnât around, okay?ă(Darcia)
I see, so Iâm a half-Vampire after all. That explains why Dhampirs are shunned.
Well, for now, Iâll just think of it as an increase in the variety of my baby food.
As Vandalieu approached six months of age, he gained the ability to crawl. That day, Darcia had left Vandalieu at home and made a long journey to a nearby town.
ăIâm glad Mother has taken my unusual intelligence for an infant to be a good thing.ă
Including the fact that he could use magic, Darciaâs only response to Vandalieuâs abnormality wasăAmazing!ăand she had not questioned it or expressed any bewilderment about it.
ăDhampirs are amazing, after all.ă(Darcia)
Because she often said that, it was likely that she thought that all of Vandalieuâs unusual characteristics are due to the fact that he was a Dhampir. He was very thankful that she had not investigated it any further.
After all, even if he wanted to explain it, he couldnât speak yet as he was only six months old. He was continuing his practice on using his voice, but he was frustrated that he couldnât form proper words yet.
If that wasnât the case, he would want to explain his situation.
ăIâd explain everything about Rodcorte, my previous life and Amemiya Hiroto.ă
In light novels or manga that Vandalieu had read on Earth, it was common for characters that had been reincarnated in another world to keep that fact a secret. But he thought he should break that common pattern. That he should at least tell Darcia, as soon as possible.
Because she was his own mother.
ăIf this was a normal reincarnation or trip to another world, Iâd consider keeping it a secret too. But my situation is different. Because soon, a hundred people from the same world as me will be reincarnated here with cheat-like powers.ă
Amemiya Hiroto and the others, the ones who had abandoned him without even searching for him on Origin, the ones who had killed him. Once they died in Origin, they would surely be reincarnated here in Lambda. freeđ đđđđŃ”đl.đoïœ
Vandalieu didnât know when that would happen. When Vandalieu had died in Origin, they looked to be around twenty years old. So unless they were involved in an accident or something, it would take at least fifty years. But it wasnât certain that time flowed at the same rate in both Origin and Lambda.
It could even be that for each day that passed in Lambda, a year passed in Origin.
Well, it probably wasnât that extreme, but they would definitely be reincarnated in Lambda one day. Even Rodcorte himself couldnât prevent that from happening.
ăThe problem is what Rodcorte will say to them before theyâre reincarnated. I screamed to him that Iâd kill them. So if they were to be reincarnated here before I died, heâd at least warn them about me.ă
After all, Rodcorteâs goal was to have them develop this world. It would be problematic if they died before that happened, so he would definitely warn them about Vandalieu.
In that case, they would see Vandalieu as a threat and be cautious of him.
In their first lives, they were Japanese people raised in the peaceful country of Japan, so it would be fine if they wanted to talk about things or apologize for what happened in Origin.
But Vandalieu couldnât say for sure that there wouldnât be any of them who would kill him upon finding him, to simply eliminate the threat. Just as Vandalieu himself had led an unimaginably wretched life, they might have experienced something like that as well.
Even if they were heroes there, if they had to deal with evil terrorists or criminal organizations for extended periods of time, who knew what kind of state they would be in.
Yes, heroes. These were unlucky.
ăI heard them just before I died, but if Iâm not mistaken, they were notified that an Undead had appeared and come to kill me. If thatâs the case, they were probably putting their cheat-like powers to use and being international heroes or something. Like the ones in American superhero comics.ă
And Vandalieu himself was a half-Vampire, a Dhampir.
If they displayed the pacifism, philanthropism and respect for human rights that they did as Japanese people, there wouldnât be a problem. But if they were affected by the anti-Vampire, anti-Dhampir values of Lambda, that would be dangerous.
Facing a hundred people with cheat-like powers as enemies wouldnât be an easy task.
The one getting caught up in all of this would be Darcia. It would be too dangerous and unreasonable to expect her to face that without knowing anything. This was why Vandalieu thought that he had to explain the situation to her as soon as possible.
ăIf Mother separates herself from me because of that reason, then thereâs nothing I can do about that.ă
It was only for half a year, but Darcia was the first mother that Vandalieu had known. He had never been loved as much as she had loved him.
ăWell, if possible, I donât want to be separate from her.ă
For that purpose, my revenge on them⊠Well, itâs impossible to forgive them or reconcile at this point, but Iâd be content if they just kept their distance from me.
This was the extent to which Vandalieu was attached to Darcia. It was also partially because his thoughts had become strangely clear after he had been reborn, but he thought that he could give up on his revenge for the sake of his mother.
After I grow up a little more, Iâll explain everything to Darcia. And then if I can use the knowledge and death-attribute magic that I have from my time on Earth and in Origin to live a fulfilled life, Iâll be happy with that.
And if I can just watch those guys with cheat-like abilities put all their effort into this world, then thatâll be fine.
Vandalieu thought this as he continued crawling across the floor to continue his physical training, but he felt suddenly hungry.
ăI guess Iâll just drink some blood.ă
He lifted the rabbit that Darcia had captured alive from its cage. Though he was only six months old, he was still a Dhampir with the Superhuman Strength skill, so it was simpler than he thought.
He usedăSterilizationăandăBug Killerăon the struggling rabbit to sanitize it and then bit into it.
ăBlood is delicious, but Motherâs milk is still better.ă
Sating his hunger by mercilessly sucking the blood from the convulsing rabbit, Vandalieu longed for his motherâs breast.
That day, the time that Darcia was supposed to come back passed, but she did not return.
Name: Vandalieu;
Race: Dhampir (Dark Elf);
Age: 0.5 years old;
Nickname: None;
Job: None;
Level: 0;
Job history: None;
Attributes:
Vitality: 18;
Mana: 100000600;
Strength: 27;
Agility: 2;
Stamina: 33;
Intelligence: 25;
Passive skills:
Superhuman Strength: Level 1;
Rapid Healing: Level 1;
Death-Attribute Magic: Level 2 (NEW);
Status Effect Resistance: Level 1 (NEW);
Magic Resistance: Level 1 (NEW);
Dark Vision (NEW);
Active skills:
Bloodsucking: Level 1 (NEW)
Curses:
Experience gained in previous life not carried over
Cannot learn existing Jobs
Unable to gain Experience Points directly