The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

After the meeting, the Dukes left the room, the Vandaloos stayed and continued the conversation.

"But now Vandaloo and Pauvina are S-class adventurers too? Four in Amid, one in Orbaum and seven in Vidal. You're already overwhelmed."

Yeah, counting ourselves as adventurers belonging to the Vidal Demon Empire at some point, Schneider slaps Vandaloo on the shoulder in a good mood. … There is currently no Adventurer Alliance in the Vidal Demon Empire.

Without pointing it out, Randolph, but on the contrary, let him smile.

"Looks like I'm the only loser in terms of numbers."

"The teacher should have grown more backward within active duty, shouldn't he? That might have helped us retire."

As Vandaloo says, Randolph couldn't retire because there were no S-class adventurers besides him. Had he had a successor or companion to entrust to him, neither would the Dukes nor the Adventurer's Alliance have held him back hard at the time.

"Well, it won't be as easy as it sounds."

"That's right. Unlike you, I'm not a mentor. Besides, I wasn't human enough to take a disciple at the time. Even now, temporary instructors are at best."

Yes, sigh and honestly admit it, Randolph. I don't think I'm going to argue with Schneider this time.

In fact, Schneider and his men, The Storm of Atrocities, are feared by the nobility of Amid, but there is hope from the general public, and many of those who admire them have volunteered to be disciples.... These people are mostly part of the Hidden Vidalists, so instead of contributing to the Amid Empire and the Holy Nation, they are losing money.

And Vandaloo is also one of Zod's disciples, a member of The Storm of Atrocities.

"More than that, it was surprising that you would honestly listen to the Alliance Master. I've been chilling on the inside to say that I wouldn't be up for promotion if I didn't do my request and go through the vetting process as usual."

As Meorilis said, Vandaloo and Pauvina became S-Class Adventurers at the request of the Alliance Master, the head of the Adventurer's Alliance in Orbaum's Chosen Kings' Territory. If you look at the Alliance Master you showed at that time, maybe you should rate him as a plea, not a request.

Request to be promoted to S-level by an E-class adventurer who has just graduated from Adventurer's School, albeit at the hero's preparatory school, without having to take a per-rate exam. It is an unprecedented feat in the history of the Adventurer Alliance, without having to look into it.

Historically, there are several people who have been promoted to level B in the year after enrolling in the Alliance or who have become class C adventurers at once. But there is no S class.

In fact, Randolph and Schneider were also running from G to F and EDCBA, but they have climbed grades one step at a time from the bottom to their current status as S-class adventurers.

In the first place, the ambiguity of being promoted to an S-level adventurer is that of "exchanging the feat you deserve". For this reason, the decision to promote is not just about the judgment of the Alliance Master of Time, but even about the trend of public opinion. There is no criterion for how I can be an S-level in general.

However, it is an exception during the exception in the case of Vandaloo and Pauvina. Vandaloo is honored by the 'Goddess of Life and Love' Vida by defeating the demon king Gudulanis, albeit part of his resurrection. And Pauvina also takes part in the battle against Gudulanis by taming the 'tyrannical dragon god' Levezfol.

Vandaloo is originally an adventurer who also "did the feat he deserved" without complaining.... If these two feats don't deserve it, I don't know what they deserve.

Besides, if we leave the Vandaloos behind as E-class adventurers, the nobles may plan a political manoeuvre using the guild's system. Hopefully to the extent that we try to use escort requests to build personal connections, it could develop into a major problem if a greedy idiot nobleman holds up a back deal or a righteously insane Arda believer nobleman tries to assassinate him.

The success or failure of an attempt is not an issue. As far as pre-construction is concerned, the precedent of an adventurer's guild, which should be politically neutral, being used for politics, is not good enough to remain clearly in the memory of the rulers of the superpowers and their relatives.

However, due to reluctance to graduate from pre-hero school, it was also expected that the promotion to S-grade would also be reluctant. Having to persuade them somehow, the Alliance Master pleaded ready to die... but surprisingly for them, Vandaloo nodded lightly at the promotion.

"We were going to take quite a few steps to upgrade our A level to our goal. Expel bandits and goblins, report pre-found dungeons as' undiscovered dungeons' to explore, board Sam to attack the Demon Sky, or go to the Demon Continent or the Demon King's Continent."

"It's almost made-up when you know the truth and then hear it, but if you didn't know anything about it, you sure as hell would a... no, promotion to S grade is a must feat"

"I don't think it's just a match-pump like making your own dungeons or sneaking off dangerous demons and exorcising yourself after a case."

Some of the things Vandaloo has done so far are great feats that deserve to be kept in history, just because they were not revealed to human society. I did that again, and just reporting on it would definitely have promoted me to grade A, and I would have been able to aim for promotion to grade S. Vandaloo was going to be promoted that way with Elizabeth and the others, and Pauvina with Reinhardt and the others.

Of course, while Elizabeth and the others raise their strength to the level they deserve. But it was supposed to be a good time for Vandaloo, including that.

"But I had to reveal a lot because of Gdulanis' resurrection, and because Master Elizabeth became Duke, too. I just thought I wouldn't be able to do it right now.

We have to deal with a lot of things because we missed Heinz. "

However, the resurrection of Gdulanis and the subsequent failure to kill Heinz necessitated a major rescheduling. I have to reveal so much that I can't enjoy adventurer activities very much.

Then the promotion exam is just boring. I don't even have to try to see if I can kill people in an exam to the D level, or if I can kill them without losing reason and shaking my ethics. To date, he has killed hundreds and thousands of bandits and criminals, sipped blood, caught them alive and used them for human experiments. And we will continue to kill, sip, and use them.

Still, there was no change in Vandaloo's reason or ethics. Pauvina doesn't have much experience killing each other, but she won't have a problem.

I don't even have to think about written exams to upgrade to B or my attitude toward the upper class. There won't be an Orbaum nobleman who can complain to the two of us. Rather, the nobles of Orbaum must entertain them, given their power relations.

"Master Elizabeth's promotion has been turned down by him."

But Elizabeth, a Vandaloo party member, and Reinhardt, a Pauvina party member, declined the promotion. To be precise, the Alliance Master did not present their promotion. When Vandaloo asked me if I should ask for the Alliance Master's request in return, I was dismissed.

"I will chase you with proper strength, so wait in peace," he said.

"Well, they're already comparable in strength to Class B, but they'll still be in Class A. Besides, as a nobleman, I'm already counting on the Duke Sauron family, so I guess I'd rather avoid counting on you as an adventurer."

"I'll change the story, but what are we gonna do about setting up Adventurer Alliance headquarters and branches in the Vidal Demon Empire? The Sorcerer's Guild would have said something similar.

"That's something to consider so far, isn't it? Explorer's guild and business, and if you don't recognize the presence of undead and demonic unionists, not just the new species of Vida, we won't talk about it."

The Alliance Masters have not only sought to upgrade the Vandaloos. The entry of the Alliance into the Vidal Demon Empire was also an important aim.

There is a country beyond the border mountains. There are demons and dungeons that have never been known to exist in human society. There are countless adventurers who listen to it and become interested. It hurts as an Adventurer Guild if they go to the Vidal Demon Empire without being able to indulge and saddle into the Explorer Guild.

In the case of the Sorcerer's Guild, it's more serious. The union magicians are wussing for wanting to study the material that can only be taken in the Vidal Demon Empire and the undead living within the Demon Empire.

More than Vandaloo can move the mountain range, it is not clear what time there will be a tunnel connecting with the Vidal Demon Empire in the mountains on the Duke of Sauron's territory and on the Duke of Hartner's territory, where the research-oriented magicians will arrive.

That is why we are desperate to minimize the impact of the brain drain.

"Well, the Sorcerer's Guild plans to set up a Vidal Demon Empire headquarters in Talosheim as soon as they are ready to accept. The Sorcerer Guild has no competing organizations, and if you abide by the laws of our country, it's fine."

Note that the Tamer Guild has already decided to accept it. Most of all, there are new species of Ghoul and Vida, undead, demons and demons among the general public, etc. that should not be judged as subordinate demons, so after the revision of the terms and regulations has been completed.

Now in the near future, Vandaloo's people will be able to walk through the city without having to wear a Tamer Guild collar.... Though I may not be in the Orbaum voting kingdom complaining about not having to wear a collar anymore.

And even if it did, Eleonora and Ira would continue to wear collars.

"Well, Vandaloo, it's time -"

There Darcia laid her hand on his shoulder as she spoke to her son.

"Time to think about what to do with that letter"

And made me look straight at reality. Before Vandaloo there is a letter in a simple envelope given by the Alliance Master of Adventurers Alliance.

The sender is Asagi Minami, a Class B adventurer staying in Orbaum. He is a reincarnator with the cheat ability of [Magemasher].

"... Mother, why don't we all go to dinner for something we didn't see?

And it's also a hassle for Vandaloo to deal with.

It's not the enemy of my people, and I'm not after Vandaloo's life. So I'm not the enemy you have enough reason to kill.

But he is a rough and troublesome opponent. I had heard from the Duke of Gerald Birgit that he had cooperated in a study to safely seal [Demon King's Shards] and had produced results. I was hoping you would live in the right place, where you wouldn't be directly involved with Vandaloo as it is... but I didn't expect you to send me a letter at this time.

Ignore the letter and go for dinner. That seemed like a great idea.

I must be very tired at a meeting that brings together the top of the Orbaum-elected kingdom. Putting in further stress at that time must be bad for your guts, scalp and skin...... which means it shouldn't be good for your health. This would be a good reason to ignore the letter, as my health problems, which are exchangers in one country, are important.

So it must be better if we all eat delicious rice and forget about it. The most delicious dishes are those made by Vandaloo himself, and even more so, all of us... dozens and hundreds of Vandaloo's friends can gather and eat at once in this Kunochen Castle or Sam's carriage, or Vandaloo's own [body world] or so, but that would be fine.

I also find it even more tiring to cook for everyone to eat when they are tired, but I feel that moderate exercise was effective in relieving fatigue, so making a large number of dishes will relieve fatigue, so no problem.

"Vandaloo. Your mother doesn't have a shoulder for people named Rabbit. I'm just saying that I don't like Vandaloo when something bad happens by ignoring this letter."

While escaping reality, Darcia continued to do so, holding Vandaloo's head in his left and right hands as he began to think about dedicating what he would make.

"You wouldn't like it if they ignored the letter and abandoned it, and a guy named Asagi went to the Duke of Fazon or the Holy Land of Amid to hurt the people of the Orbaum-elected kingdom, would you?

As Darcia says, Vandaloo doesn't care deeply, to a somewhat pitiful extent, what happens to the rabbit who was his classmate in 'Earth'. Instead, you'll wonder what happened to the tendo and shoko of your fellow rabbits.

However, if a rabbit bothers another person because of his cluttered response, he should feel guilty about the person who bothered him.

Besides, Asagi has a [Magemasher] cheat ability to stop the activation of attribute sorcery, including death attributes, and also erase already activated sorcery.

Unattributed magic that uses unattributed magic cannot be erased, and it is far from invincible because it has no effect on physical attacks. And as long as you pay attention to [Majemasher], Vandaloo is of course only to the extent that Randolph, Boneman, or Kunochen can kill instantly.

But if you turn to the enemy, you're definitely a nasty opponent. Besides, [Coverage of Rhodocorte] would also remain given, so the growth rate should also be faster than normal.

I don't know if I can increase my strength enough to be comparable to The Blade of the Five Colours from now on, but I shouldn't think about it lightly.

Yet Vandaloo continues to lag behind in reading letters from him......

"But, Mother, this letter must say something troublesome."

Because I don't like to get involved in trouble.

"What do you want me to handle?

That's where Randolph suggested it. Against Vandaloo, who looked up as surprised, he stared back with a serious face and continued the conversation.

"In some cases it is the adventurer who also undertakes dirty work. The rabbit is not a criminal, but he is unfamiliar and impolite enough to go and get involved from himself with the ruler of a great power who hates himself. If it's gonna be an obstacle to running the state, it's gonna be a good reason to get killed, at least in the industry I know of."

A man who is not an aristocrat of the country, nor a citizen, and who works as an adventurer, uses each other to belong to the Adventurer's Guild to send out private letters. Whatever this is if we understand each other, if it isn't, it's diplomacy that ignores manners, using the Adventurer Guild's information network and rules.

And it depends on what the letter says, but if there's anything at all to blackmail, it's out. The Orbaum-elected kingdom would be able to hang a bounty on its neck.

"Dr. Randolph... don't you hate dirty work?

Only thing that surprised Vandaloo was that he moved on from himself and suggested a dirty job.

"Oh, I hate it. That's why I'm not going to kill you. A man named Tendo, his buddy, promised to help him, kidnapped him and imprisoned him so he wouldn't get away with it. I don't know if it's a month or a year or a decade after that, but how about a plan to get it back on track and free after everything's cleared up?

And as Randolph, I also want to avoid dirty work as much as possible, so what I propose was abduction imprisonment, not assassination.... Still dirty enough work, but it would be better than killing.

It is not explained that some of the procedures applied to prevent escape include amputation of limbs and crushing of both eyes.

"Hey, why don't you just send that rabbit back to" Origin "where he said he was in his previous life? If it was before, you could do it now, right?

And Schneider proposed groundbreaking anti-rabbit measures in a different direction from Randolph's.

Previously it was impossible except for Zulwarn, the 'God of Space and Creation', such as sending living humans across the walls of the world to different worlds. But with Vandaloo now, 'Origin' is exclusive, but possible. It was also possible to adapt the "Origin" person, the underworld and the Boda, to the laws of physics in this world, so on the contrary, it should be possible to adapt the people of this world to the laws of physics in the "Origin" world.

I'm going to make you a rabbit that far. Vandaloo doesn't have the in-laws, but then the rabbit won't be back in the 'lambda' world forever unless he brings you back to this world again.

Even if he dies again in the 'Origin' world, it shouldn't be unexpected for Rodocorte to return alive to the world he was in in his previous life after reincarnation, so he won't be reincarnated in the 'Lambda' again.... even if it did, it is not "Asagi Minami" because in that case he loses all his lifetime memory, personality and power, just like normal people, and is reincarnated as just a baby in a blank state.

And the rabbit has its benefits, too. He would be more comfortable for him in the 'Origin' world, where he has company, because he is a man who only sees himself as one of his reincarnators. The family registry and all those problems would be solved if the President of the United States of Sergei manipulated the information in such a way as to "supposedly be dead but actually abducted as an experimental object of the Rokdo Saints, who until now had kept the information secret to focus on treatment and to ensure his own safety".

"Oh! Wow, Mr. Schneider! Vandaloo, I dont think its a nice idea!?

It was such a groundbreaking idea that Darcia was so happy to slap her hand. I didn't even think of Vandaloo, so I was about to go.

"Mother, I'm very driven by the temptation to nod at Schneider's ideas, but there's a big problem. Now the problem is that the rabbit is significantly stronger than it was when he died in" Origin. "

A few years after being reincarnated into this world, Asagi has gained experience and raised the level to become a Class B adventurer by repeatedly changing jobs several times.

The status should be more than a few times higher than it was at the time of reincarnation.

If it was a previous Asagi, it would have been about the reincarnation of one of the leading militants in the [Bravers]. But now Asagi is a meta-human far outnumbered the rest of the [Bravers] reincarnation.

If you were a rabbit before you were reincarnated, beating people with all your might would have at best crushed your jaw bones. But if the current assassin punches the 'Origin' man with all his might, the human head would crumble and scatter bones, brain shards and blood just as it did when he punched ripe fruit.

If you were a rabbit before you were reincarnated, you would have died lightly unless you got a bullet in defenseless condition and it hit you well. But now a rabbit wouldn't even be a mole if it were a bullet fired from a small-calibre gun. Isn't a large-calibre gun enough to get a crack in the ribs at best?

The witchcraft arm will also be a few steps higher than it was before it was reincarnated, and may have gained [limit breaking] and various resistance skills. In addition, if I had mastered martial arts, I would be untouchable by people in the 'Origin' world.

Even Miyagi Miyagi may find it difficult to contain the current rabbit.

Whether or not Asagi would do something that would clash with his companion, Kunimitsu Ayumiya... is not predictable to Vandaloo. Will he try to rebuild what he is now, the 'Origin' spun around by the Rokdo Saints, in cooperation with the Rain Palace Leniens, or will he cause further confusion to lead other [Bravers] members in building a new order himself? I just think it seems like both are possible.

For Vandaloo, Asagi is not the one who can be believed to maintain the same self as before in a world where he has only become overwhelmingly weaker than himself.

And now Vandaloo can't leave the possibility of 'Origin' being doomed by a rabbit.

"Part of me can't throw a bomb away any more than I am god in 'Origin'. Joseph and Sergei, stop. You and Bo have parents."

"Um, so how about we call the [Bravers] people to the world over here and get them to persuade us?

"I have that hand, but it depends on the content of the letter"

It was Vandaloo who opened a bunch of unworthy quotation letters, but the contents were more serious than he had imagined.

At noon, the day after the meeting, Asagi Minami was incarcerated.

"... I've said this many times already, isn't this treatment much?

Shackles are fitted to the neck, arms and legs, respectively, and chained together in separate places. Shackles and chains are made of thick, thick obsidian iron, and even rabbits cannot be ripped apart by bare hands.

Using witchcraft, or a free man's arm, we can get out of the chain if we can...

"I answer every time they say so, but it's a reasonable treatment"

It was impossible because Tatsuya Tendo of [Chirii Eye] and Shouko Akagi of [Ifrita] are on the lookout.

"Fair enough, I..."

"You left us a letter and tried to storm Vandaloo. If you hadn't listened, I'd have thought my heart would have stopped when I read that you were threatening to take the research materials to the Duke of Fazon."

To talk to Vandaloo, Asagi left a letter with Tendo and Shauko that he would stop if he found out.

And the two were fortunate enough to discover a letterhead shortly after the rabbit popped up. [Thousand Eyes] to immediately supplement the position of the rabbit and capture it with the shoko. That's how he's incarcerated. Let Vandaloo write to him using the service of brokering contacts between Adventurer Alliance adventurers in order to make the rabbit look good. Let him send out a letter that the two of them added.

"It's like walking all the way to a cliff. You know you can't complain about threatening the rulers of a country being killed in this world, right?

"Even if it's not in this world, it's the death penalty in some times and countries. You didn't think the Duke of Birgit would be bothered, either?

"No, it's not that big of a deal. Me and Vandaloo..."

"Same reincarnator, but that's all. I'm not one of them or a friend."

"He's someone else with the same class of school he went to"

To the two words said blocking his own voice, the rabbit pressed silently as he groaned briefly. To that appearance, Tendo sighed deeply.

"Asagi... we are crossing a dangerous bridge in our current progression. Handing over letters through the Adventurer's Guild is inherently dangerous. Just because Vandaloo signed up for the Adventurers Guild, that's pretty disrespectful in diplomacy in this world."

As Tendo said, Randolph proposed the assassination of the rabbit. The three of them were in a dangerous situation.

"Asagi, you may still think Vandaloo is the same reincarnation as you, but you're in too different positions, and you don't have any trust or friendship to go beyond that position. It's time to realize that."

Shauko and Tendo also felt he was in danger and thought the Canakos were in danger, even if they weren't going to fight Vandaloo initially when they were reincarnated into this world.

So I didn't disagree with the Asagi who suggested research to safely seal [Demon King shards]. There is no direct dispute with Vandaloo that this could be a means of stopping him at ease at some point.

Neither would Vandaloo, in a place out of his sight… specifically the Duke of Birgit at the time, etc., want the unsealed [Demon King's Shard] to run wild and innocent people sacrificed, and he would not object to preventing it.

And even now that Vandaloo has defeated the incomplete but resurrected Gudulanis, the two remember how dangerous it is to him. The two of you who remember modern Japanese common sense and ethics rather than "Earth" … will find it difficult to forget the repentance and fear of what Vandaloo is doing.

But that's why we've been thinking for a while that it's not a matter for us to pinch our mouths. But the rabbit doesn't seem to think so.

"Maybe so... you've both seen that place named Zaccart Street. You don't think anything about looking at that?

While staying in Orbaum, Asagi was sewing between the lines of escorts of the Duke of Birgit to do a lot of research. He has never entered the territory of the Vidal Demon Empire. I've never seen a city ruled by Vandaloo. But there was a district in Orbaum that would be extremely close to the country he was ruling, the Zaccato Street, which Vandaloo had rebuilt and named after.

Asagi heard stories from demons and undead residents there, and found out that he felt a sense of crisis, so he tried to get into this action.

"I think, to be honest, I do. Yes, but that's just the result of our common sense and values on Earth and Origin… measured in the face of different worlds."

"Anyway, I'll keep an eye on you until you change your mind even if I don't get a reply to your letter. I know..."

You get it? Yes, as Tendo tried to continue, the sound of knocking on the door of the inn room sounded.

"I got a response from Vandaloo."

"Will you open it?

The three of them were surprised that what they heard was a familiar voice.

"... Shauko, let them inside"

"Okay."

As I was told, when Shauko opened the door, there stood a person as Tendo had seen in [Thousand Eyes].

"Like I said, I've got Vandaloo's reply. We're here to answer any questions you may have about what's written in your response."

There's a Legion pruto that looks like a black-haired girl in a white piece. Tell the letter so with one hand.

"I am at the mercy of my fellow men, to persuade them not to get involved any more. Long time no see, all three."

And Mari, who looked a lot younger than she remembered the three of them, was smiling.