The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

This is a few days after Vandaloo stormed Gozlov's hideout in Hyena.

Emma tried to swallow her saliva to moisten her slightly dry throat, but her mouth was so dry that it was meaningless.

"Are you a new inhabitant ... I'm fine. Elpel, the vampire of the ruling and in charge of the management here, will teach the rules here."

Standing in front of the aligned Emma was a beautiful boy with white skin and red eyes with a precious attitude and tone.

But no one, including Emma, has been uncomfortable with that attitude. Because a young boy who seems to have never done a stray job with a thin line in front of him is an original vampire as he introduced himself.

I've seen Emma goblin and horn rabbit. But the original vampire is a different dimension than the demons she knows.

It is almost immortal, has infinite magic, and crushes steel armor like candy. A monster that has lived since the days of the Jindai, which can only compete with the legendary hero.

Yes, Emma were taught from anecdotes spoken by priests and songs by bards.

"I'll tell you how many times I'd like to tell you, but ... well, I wake up at 6 in the morning and go out at 10 o'clock in the morning. Dinner is from 6:00 to 8:00 at night, use of large public bath is from 8:00 to 9: 00.Lunch should be taken at each school or workplace experience .... Eating snacks, bathing after hours, staying up late Give punishment. "

The Elpel begins explaining the rules of the lodging that Emma will live in for a while.

"Oh, where should I check the time?"

"Look at the clock and check it. And here is a bell every three hours from 6am to 9pm. Don't miss it ..... just in case, but you can read as many numbers as you can What?

"Ah, yes. Some small children may not be able to read."

Elpel, who seemed satisfied with the answer, pointed by hand to the building behind him, where Emma would live for a while.

"You must not shout out loud in the dormitory at night, break the furnishings, go to bed except in the room to which you are addressed, do not drink in the room, do not gamble, and live a regular life. It's the inside of this caretaker, Elpel, who has black eyes! "

"Eh, isn't it red?"

"Kurouchi doesn't mean that! That's what I'm going to learn at school going tomorrow!"

Elpel, pointed out by the child, becomes angry and his parents apologize in a hurry.

"I'm sorry, sorry! Please pardon me!"

"... Wow, that's okay, because it's decided by the gods that the kids are healthy and cheeky, and that they look at me and listen to the words.

Woods, I'll do this for you. ''

Calling the child's name, Elper took something from the inside of the mantle, wrapped in large dry leaves. Elpel pinches something with her finger in front of the trembling child and parent.

"that is……?"

"It's a homemade dried potato. It's sweet. It's good not only to the Woods, but all of you should receive one by one. Also hand out the room keys. Keep the keys in each household and be careful not to lose them."

"Wow, dried potatoes!"

"Wait, you're on par with every household! Don't bring the back key alone! Receive the dried potatoes!"

"Huh? I'm an adult but am I okay?"

"What are you !? Do you say you can't eat my dried potatoes? Ho, was the dried apricot better?"

"That's different, thank you!"

And Emma also received the room key and the dried potatoes.

Vandalu decided to relocate the slaves he had helped and those who had been caught for sale as slaves to Talosheim.

But in fact, all those who helped wanted to move to Tarosheim. This is because Gozolov's servants of Hyena set fire on their homes and fields before assaulting the villages and grabbing the people before finishing the looting.

In an effort to break the captured villagers' willingness to escape, the resulting homes for the rescued people and the fields to secure their lives were spoiled. Of course, the property that had been reclaimed from the Gozolovs was returned, but the small villagers were not originally rich.

Therefore, if you do not move to Tarosheim, you will die without awaiting the worst spring. Even if they were lucky to survive, they would have to go back to their slaves if they didn't work hard to pay this year's cap.

Emma and I have decided to emigrate to Tarosheim, but they took me and broke up! I cannot say . So, Vandalu lived Emma for a while in a dormitory that he had built in anticipation that this would be the case, gotten used to Tarosheim, went to school, and found employment. He decided to give him some training depending on his age.

And he taught at the school where Emma was going to attend for the first time ... Rather than teaching his studies at school, he was more likely to be recruiting at a training camp.

"I'm Gofa. I'm a slave helped by Her Majesty Vandaloo a few years before you. And I just graduated from this school so I'm going to be a senior in a double sense."

A woman with an active and bright tone that looks like her sister. He is just over two meters tall, and his muscular upper arm looks thicker than Emma's thigh.

"Ah, can you teach me studying?"

One of the students, overwhelmed by the power of Gofa, asked involuntarily.

Only adult adults are gathered in this classroom, and children are gathered in another classroom. There is no difference in the curriculum, but he seems to have taken care not to let adults look weird in front of the children or hurt their pride because the children could study.

"Oh, are you worried?"

Gofa laughed at the adult, and wrote the formula with chalk on the blackboard that Emma behind saw for the first time.

"Who can answer this question !?"

What she asked was a three-digit division. It's not a difficult problem ... but no one, including Emma, could answer it right away.

"Can you read this?"

Next, Gofa wrote on the blackboard the four kanji characters "break through the limit." But again, no one could answer.

In Lambda, everyone learns simple mathematics because of the status system, and the literacy rate is higher than in the Middle Ages.

However, many residents of small villages and slums do not learn such mathematics and can only read hiragana and katakana.

And the Emma were from a small village and had nothing to study except the mayor's family, who had to calculate taxes and write papers.

"I don't seem to know everyone. But I'm relieved. I'm not that smart, but I'm able to do it. If you're serious, you can see this in a year or two. It's because you get the job of doing paperwork. "

That's why she and her adults were inspired, because she was able to make a toothy Gofa.

…… Six months later, Dr. Gofa was the only daughter of the hero “Ken-O” Volks from the Tarosheim era. It turns out.

However, at that time, everyone had already been able to read, write, and calculate as it was, so it seemed that there was no trouble with their willingness to learn.

On her return to school for the first time, Emma stops at seeing a gopher surrounded by girls of about the same age as herself or around the age of ten.

"I'm a popular person, Mr. Gofa"

I looked at it for a while, but it looked strange.

"Teacher, I'm big enough!"

"Me too! Beastmen are as big as adults even at 10 years old!"

"Ora, it's a small but dwarf, so it's really an adult ..."

Emma, guessing from the words she heard, wondered for a moment whether Gofa was of the same sex and was under pressure from younger girls.

"So I want to be undead!"

"What if you want to be undead while you're alive ?! I just told my Majesty to stop!"

… It seems that she was being pressed for life, not sexually.

"We want to be a good undead like Volks!"

"Please, please introduce me!"

"I'll ask you, please do not worry! It's no use to introduce my father!"

"Um, Gofa-sensei, what is this?"

As Emma shrugged, Gofa noticed her and groaned with her hand on her forehead.

"You've made a fuss, so you've come to a child who just emigrated. What do you do if you get a weird misunderstanding?

Oh, don't worry. These children are, in a way, my synchronization. "

The girls surrounding Gofa were former slaves who were rescued from the Duke of Hartner slave mine in Vandaloo with Gofa.

In mines, there is a demand for small children's slaves because they are used for mining in narrow tunnels, and there is little demand for small children's slaves outside mines. As a result, many slaves of girls and boys of an age that could not be used by prostitutes were sent to slave mines.

Friends who die due to heavy physical labor and daily changes. Tomorrow may be my turn. In such an environment, their eyes became muddy..Vandaloo helped them luckily.

As a result, they became Vandalus who were somewhat enthusiastic about them.

"So is it undead?"

"Yes, I'm undead and rank up to help him."

"I want to be a good maid like Rita and Saria."

Emma's eyes ... Even though it seems to be cloudy somewhere, the girls who shine and respond.

"... I don't think the maid will have to be undead. I guess there's at least a way to become a ghoul, a vampire, or another new Vida race.

"I was refused by Mr. Zadiris. It would be better to wait until he was nearly 20 years old ..."

"I know you're going to hurt my little breasts in the future ... I think I'm thinking about the oras, but I can't wait for many more years!"

Apparently he had already consulted with Zadiris.

"That's right Zadiris's advice. Vampires will all say the same thing.

Certainly the Emperor helped us, but that's not to expect to give our lives and give back. Especially because you are children.

He would have said it would be enough if he grew up healthy every day in this country. ''

"Is that so ... we also want to do something!"

"Well, is this a young guy or a illness in my early teens ... Oh, you're going to be picking me up, worried that the caretaker will not be returning soon. Go home "

Apparently, Elpel's punishment is his butt pen. Well, for him, who has lived more than 100,000 years, all races are like infants.

"I'm back now! Thank you!"

But at this age, it was embarrassing, and Emma returned to the dormitory in a hurry.

"... Undead?"

Mutter so small.

Three days after immigration, Emma was spending her time sleeping alone in her room.

"……What should I do"

The changes that have taken place in recent days have been so great.

The size of the room is large enough for one Emma, and the furniture is luxurious enough to make you think you have become a noble.

Beds are so soft that straw is incomparable, lighting is a magic item that shines shortly when it is called "light," and five closets contain winter clothes dyed in vivid colors that were not found in the village.

And a heater. Emma doesn't know how it works, but the hot water runs through a metal tube that warms the room during the winter.

It seems to be a bit south of the village where Emma lived, but it's cold, so I'm very grateful. … I wouldn't have had a hard time collecting firewood if I was in a village.

Meals are served only three times a day. Even soups are said to have a "dashi" effect and are very delicious.

So I am not dissatisfied with this treatment. On the contrary, I'm sorry. After all, Emma is not doing anything. He was just attacked, his parents were killed, caught and put on a carriage, where he was just helped. That's it.

"... I thought it would be a hard job or a hard job."

When Emma asked if she would move to a country I had never heard of, Talosheim, she wondered if she wanted a manpower.

So, when I emigrated, I was ready to work the next day, be inquired by an unmarried man, or think that such treatment was waiting. ... not because they thought they were bad guys. I just thought it was normal.

In this world, the concept of "human rights" is thin. Not at all, but not well-documented.

So when illegal slaves are rescued from bandits and human trafficking organizations, aid other than being released from slaves is often unreliable.

If they are taken away in a nearby town or village, they may be able to send them away if they are alive. If you're injured, you'll be treated for the time being, and you may be protected for a few days.

But that's often the case. There is very little protection for those who have no access, like Emma, for a long time and employment.

Despite being rescued from the status of illegal slaves, there are many stories that she has no custody, no property, and cannot find a job, and eventually she has fallen into a legal slave.

Even so, he was still a good man, a country that had been destroyed in the past, but the captives were the "property" of the criminal, so it was said that there were times when the law of the lord would be sufficient to collect it.

So Emma was confused and uncomfortable. This country is strange. Monsters and undead come and go as usual and behave like humans. There are many people who look like humans like Elper who is the custodian of the dormitory, but there are also many undead such as skeletons and riches who are not alive at a glance, and sometimes black bugs of human size and flying eyeballs see.

Many former slaves are still unfamiliar with them, but Emma is no longer as surprised as a skeleton. That's why I think. I wonder if this country is equal to paradise if we get used to other strange residents.

"I can't eat without having to work separately, but I think that I can live much better than living in the village without any incident ... Is it really good? But

So Emma's doubts leaked into the room and she turned her confidence two days later. I met my parents again.

"Oh ... Emma ..."

"It was safe. It was really good

"Dad or mom?"

For her parents, Emma was the only daughter who could barely do her childhood ... they were both old enough when the village was attacked. As a result, the hunters were killed, deemed to have no commercial value.

He then went to the site of the village where Vandaloo was attacked and gathered the remaining spirits, including Emma's parents.

"Consult with your family to decide on a path to return to normal reincarnation, undead, or reincarnate into a demon. In the case of undead, the person's personality is most likely to remain. In some cases, pseudo reincarnation can be completely forgotten. ''

Emma was pleased to see her parents, who she thought she couldn't meet anymore, listening to the description of the phantom-type witch.

And at this point she decided.

On the ground floor of the Royal Castle, Luciliano told little-known girls.

"It's been a long time, but I'm fine and above all. I'm very happy as a former slave companion."

"Yes, it's been a long time. Luciliano."

The girls probably didn't even remember Luciliano. Contrary to words, there seems to be little nostalgia.

Luciliano was also involved in the nobility of the nobles in the Dukes of Hartner, and was falsely charged as a criminal slave and worked in a slave mine. So girls are former slave mates.

However, he and the girls were not familiar because the place where they worked and the cell where they were put were different.

And even after being rescued by Vandaloo, Luciliano became a disciple of him and came in and out of the Royal Castle ... almost never living with them, living in an underground workshop.

Luciliano knew that he was one of the strangest weirdos in Talosheim, so he consciously avoided interaction.

"I'm listening to Gofa. You've finally got her out of her roots and have dragged me brilliantly ... I wonder if it would be undead for sure? Going another way I recommend

Then one of the girls opened her mouth with disappointment and surprise.

"Don't be deceived by saying something like an ordinary person!"

"No, no matter how strange I'm a weird person, it's a terrible misunderstanding that I think every word and phrase is an irresponsible punch."

Basically, Luciliano is a mad scientist. You can behave like a true human if you need to, but in fact, don't hesitate to experiment with humans using bandits. And I am more interested in undead than living humans.

He was born and never peeped in to see the woman's naked body, but tried to look into the skin of Zandia and Gina, giant heroes of the undead, and most importantly, to look inside Vandalu's surgical landscape to see the inside. A hardcore weirdo.

However, she had a good sense of stopping living girls from wanting to be undead.

"As an expert, a strong undead requires strong grudges and patience. There are very few records of undead that you want to do like you ... but some magic Except for the master who became a researcher such as Hirich or Elderrich, he almost failed, but he became a living dead, rank 1 moving dead.

You don't want it, right? "

"It's ... but ..."

Upset girls are described by Luciliano.

"And if you're going to rank up after you're undead, I think it's the same if you study hard alive. The undead may seem to grow faster than the living, I don't think it was pessimistic. ''

"Maybe it is."

To Luciliano's persuasion, their representative girl nodded that it was reasonable. However, he opened his mouth as he raised his face.

"But I feel that people who are in other races are closer to them than they are in races or dwarves."

"I'm a beast, but I agree."

"Mmm, surprisingly, I don't understand the essence of the teacher's guidance ... clever and troublesome children."

Luciliano, knowing that their words were right, frowned and grunted. They intuitively understand the essence of Vandaloo's guidance, even though they have not been explained to anyone.

Vandalu's guidance is "Demonstration of the Devil" ... Humans are also guided, but demons and undead who are close to death work more than humans. The lower undead, who had only hatred and appetite for the living, are certain to be willing to abandon them.

(But they only want to change races because they want to be more guided. They are also fascinated as if they were living corpses, and then returned to a healthy state of life and kept away from death. Is it because the guiding objects are less than before?)

Luciliano, guessing so, gave up trying to persuade the girls. If their guess is right, it is impossible to persuade them with theory.

On the contrary, if he refuses poorly, he may struggle in the near future to commit suicide or try to attack a noble vampire to get blood to become a vampire.

But the strange thing is--

"I knew they were ... I gave up or said, but why are you up? Possibly you should be a new face."

Emma was mixed with the girls.

"I want to be strong too."

"... No, isn't it just a way to get stronger in the normal way? I think it would take a month for a general soldier training."

Talosheim employs a system of universal soldiers that allows all citizens to acquire the fighting power to return an average soldier from another country.

Train in crossbows and spears while wearing living armor and gain 2 levels of [bowing] and [spearing] skills.

"I've heard that, but that's not enough. Because ... I'm not really doing anything! When I was in that carriage and the girl was about to be killed in front of me But I just saw it ... I was scared and couldn't move! "

Emma was one of the wagons that Vandaloo had sneaked into. He was there when he helped a young girl.

At first glance, a boy who seems to be weaker than himself helped the girl .... It was an unusual means of stretching the tongue and penetrating the villain's ear hole to partially destroy the brain and take over the body, but he helped.

Emma, meanwhile, did not try to stop the villain like her little girl's brother, but was frightened and shrunk to herself from being a target.

My helpless and cowardly self helped me and my parents were undead and my words were a little inconvenient, but I was reunited. I am not convinced that they are receiving such hospitality. That was Emma's psychology.

"... and when I thank you normally, I guess you're pretty much done. If a legitimate Aldaist has his parents undead, I'd be angry or lament."

"Is that so? I only had Botyn's shrine in my village ..."

"I don't think Bottin's teachings argued that the dead should return to the ground, but that the instinct is afraid of the undead.

Rabbits and horns, I think your argument is too thoughtful. The teacher's help is done for the teacher's reason. ''

From Luciliano's point of view, there are two main reasons Vandaloo helps people. One is for friends. In some cases, the relatives and acquaintances of those whom he considers to be fellows may be of interest, or in some cases without any harm, the fellows will be glad to help.

This range is unusually wide. In any case, what God Vandaloo considers to be friends is even a god.

The Goddess of Life and Love Vida will rejoice and help the vulnerable to the extent they are not overwhelmed. At this point, it's a bit of a bounty.

And another reason is for Vandalu himself. I'm not trying to get immediate benefits from someone I helped. Maintaining a balance between his own personality and soul ... an act of staying with the person.

This very emotional reason cannot be stupid. If Vandalu is a compassionate enemy, he will kill the believers of the gods of the Ardas and the humans in the sphere of the Amid Empire, and if he has a personality that does not care for others, will he be so strong, and survive? I don't know.

After being born as Darussia's son, if they met the Zadiris and Ghoul and did not help them, they would treat the bones as mere pieces and throw them away, if they ruled the giant undead without restoring Talosheim ... Unless we reach out to other new Vida races and humans.

The Ardas would not have been considered dangerous as the next generation of Demon Kings, but they would not take in [Shards of the Demon King] in the basement of the Duke of Hartner's family heading to release Princess Levia and protect their friends He would not have learned so much and might have been killed by reincarnates and vampires of the evil spirits.

Vandalu is not so strong because he is cruel. Even if he is crazy, he feels sorry for others, so he has become stronger. Like this empire.

"And the teachers are tolerant of weakness. You praise the courage of the weak, but don't you blame them for being timid?"

"That's right ... I'm not convinced!"

"That's right, I understand. It's already troublesome, so let's proceed. Fortunately, there is no demon king here, so I will not stop the teacher, and there will be no problem if it increases by one person."

Luciliano, who had trouble persuading Emma, unpacked a bottle she had obtained permission from Vandaloo if she couldn't.

"It's ... liquor?"

"No, the master's blood. It's straight."

Emma and the girls gasped after hearing the contents of the bottle.

"Actually, the experimental animals who drank the blood potion made from the teacher's blood turned into monsters all at once. I and one other person tried to drink the teacher's blood, as if the humans were the same ... There was no particular change except that I came to meet the teacher in a dream more than before.

So I guess the results may vary depending on gender, age, race and constitution. If you are unavoidable, please go along with this experiment. But first, I'll limit you to 15 years or older. ''

Luciliano takes a cup out of his luggage, like a bottle, and pours blood there. Emma's nasal nose smelled of a sweet scent from a red liquid that should have smelled like iron.

"Well, what do you do? It doesn't mean that there's a change just because you drink separately ..."

A few days later, Emma remained of racial origin, but she had a dream of polishing the fist-sized eye and embedding it in the next piece of meat.