The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 14 (2/2)

It was quite the hard schedule, but it wasn’t so difficult after he came up with the idea to create Stone Golems out of a mortar and pestle He broke the acorns into smaller pieces, washed them, dried them and then simply added the pieces to the mortar and ordered the pestle to spin, and it would autoically friendly than the electric-powered mortars and pestles on Earth

And of course, they decided to keep the【Youth Transformation】spell a secret It wasn’t that they didn’t trust the other Ghouls of the village, and as Ghouls had long lifespans, they wouldn’t have er After all, e Individuals like Zadiris who lived out to the end of their lifespans were really rare

However, the thought of adventurers capturing a Ghoul alive, interrogating the out about the【Youth Transfor An enormous bounty would be placed on Vandalieu’s head, and countless adventurers and mercenaries would hunt Vandalieu down relentlessly And if Vandalieu was caught, his freedom would be taken away in a variety of ways, and he would live the rest of his life as a pet that lived only to extend the lifespans of noblemen and royalty

Neither Vandalieu nor the Ghouls, whose village would likely be destroyed by such events, would want this That hy they had decided to keep it a secret

「How is the expansion of your Mana pool?」

「It increases by less than one percent a day I suppose it’s so like, even dust can pile up to form a mountain, and perseverance results in improvement」

TLN: Both of these are japanese phrases

「 But one percent for you, boy, is one e to be referred to as dust?」

And so, day by day, Zadiris grew younger As Ghouls were a race whose physical appearance didn’t change, no obvious changes occurred However, she began to rew brighter – changes that even outsiders would be able to see

Whereas she had rejected food in the past, her appetite had returned, and her skin and hair looked brighter

Of course, the other Ghouls noticed this

What could be clearly observed was that Zadiris and Vandalieu would be together in Zadiris’s house for their lessons, and not co If one listened carefully, Zadiris’s stifled moans of pleasure could be heard

And Zadiris looked healthier and healthier, day by day

As a result, an obviousoccurred Normally, the Ghouls would assu, but Vandalieu was of a different race Wouldn’t it be possible for an unfamiliar race to reach maturity at a different rate? Perhaps a Dhae? He was far more mature than he appeared, too

It didn’t take long for the Ghouls to begin thinking this

「I’, or Vandalieu who’s a」

「Maybe I should seduce him as well」

「Rather than wishi+ng I had a daughter,about it」

「That old chief looks like a young girl now Is that what it means to be in love?」

「I know it’s strange co from me, but isn’t it at the point where we can call hiaro]

「Vigaro, don’t say that, you’re the young chief here」

「 And to think, when I’d asked hie, he told aro]

『I wonder if we should tell Bocchan about these strange ru to do if they were true』[Sam]

『Father, should we try indirectly, casually asking him if the rumors are true?』[Saria]

『Uwah, I guess that’s what you’d expect from someone ants to be a nobleman Does that mean that we have a chance as well?』[Rita]

Finally, Saun to worry about the situation, while Rita made a carefree joke

In July, with his second birthday co, Vandalieu finally obtained the【No-Attribute Magic】and【Magic Mastery】skills at level 1

He was happy that he had been able to obtain these skills in less than a year after having been told that it nor to Darcia and Sam, level 1 in these skills was considered less than apprentice-level in society

Incidentally, thethe adventurers who had attacked Zadiris had possessed a level 2 skill in【No-Attribute Magic】

「I’ve got a long road ahead of uess」

Looking up at the sky, Vandalieu was in a brightthat in, and if that was the case, then that meant that he was one step ahead of A their second lives in that world

It was a s these steps would lead directly to a safe future for himself

Also, he had stopped the exercise in which he exhausted his whole Mana pool to cast【Youth Transfore of Zadiris’s body now matched its physical appearance

「I do not knoould happen if you were to continue, and this is h」

「I suppose so, since you have over two hundred years now before you reach the end of your lifespan again」

His Mana pool had increased quite a lot, and he would have liked to continue if possible, but there were no other Ghouls in the village over two hundred and fifty years old And since going around using【Youth Transformation】on the other Ghouls would make it hard to keep it a secret, he had no choice but to stop

If he got the chance to attack bandits again, it ood idea to cast【Youth Transfor them off

As Vandalieu thought about this, he split an acorn’s shell and broke apart the flesh inside As he prepared to wash it, he suddenly beca with him

No, he hadn’t forgotten that the woroup of e; Vandalieu had already remembered the faces of each of the hundred or so Ghouls

Of course, he hadn’t become close friends with all of thereet each other norht conversations

「Bilde-san, can I ask you so?」

Her name was Bilde She was one of the Ghoul wo the feast when he had first coh

「What is it? Should I crush the acorns a little smaller?」

She looked at him in surprise No matter how one looked at her, her stomach hadn’t expanded at all At that feast, Vandalieu recalled that she had said that she was pregnant

That feast was in October, last year Noas July Roughly ninehow nant she had been in October

「No, it’s about your promise to name your child after me if it was a boy」

Vandalieu had spoken up because he was curious, but was this question really alright to ask? He began to doubt hirew quieter and quieter as he spoke, but Bilde seemed surprised that he had remembered and didn’t pay it any more attention as she replied

「So~rry, the child that was in ive birth to it If I succeed with the next one, I’ll name him after you, okay?」

「I see, then next time huh?」

Bilde spoke with a giggle, narrowing her yellow eyes as she poked out her tongue and there wasn’t a trace of seriousness in her voice Vandalieu understood her words perfectly He did a double-take out of surprise as he saw her expression, but it see him

「Such a pity, you know, not even one baby was born last year」

「Mine didn’t even last two est, Bilde?」

「Yeah, I almost reached three months」

The other wo their pain with light-hearted talk It did sees considered, their attitude was very carefree

Perhaps there had been sons of that, either

「Ah, does that mean that I’m next after Chief Zadiris?」

「Wait, Van, in that case, let me be first –」

「Basdia-san, I have so I want to ask you Come over here」

As the conversation had rolled into a ridiculous direction, Vandalieu decided to consult Basdia, to whoe aro

From behind him, he could hear Bilde say,「After Basdia, I’o after you?」and「Eh, I should be after her!」This would have made him happy if it were physically possible for hinored it

「Van, I’m happy that you’ve chosen me, but to do it in the middle of the afternoon –」

「Basdia-san, there’s so I want to ask you」

Vandalieu interrupted the words of Basdia, asas he had suspected

「You’re wondering why Bilde and the others aren’t grieving over the fact that they couldn’t give birth to their children? Well, Van, that’s because unsuccessful births are more common than successful ones」

According to Basdia, Ghouls as a race had difficulty getting pregnant, and nancy were common

The exact probability of pregnancy and the ratio of children born successfully were unknown However, Ghouls had always said that only one in every five children was born safely

No ht of it, that rate of birth was far too low, but it was compensated for by the Ghouls’ lifespan of three hundred years At least, up until now

「Bilde and the others aren’t grieving much because that’s norrieve over the loss of their children, but they’re quite rare I suppose the reason you find it strange, Van, is because grieving is normal for humans」

It was normal for them, so they didn’t find it very sad If one were to ask sory and reply,「My child has died, how could it possibly be alright?!」However, this was another world and these were Ghouls The circumstances were too different

Ghouls had lived with this way of life for a hundred thousand years, and seeing the village’s circumstances, it was obvious that they didn’t interact with other races

That hy they had no doubt in what they knew If Ghouls lived together with other races, then perhaps they would grieve over the fact that many of their children were not successfully born co on their own, they sis had always been this way and there was no helping it

The ties occurred was also a cause They happened in the earlysto in this world, but even if there was, the es occurred in the period of time where it wouldn’t even be possible to deterirl

It was no wonder that they had such little reaction to losing their children

「Well, at the very least, I don’t think it’s soht look on your face Probably」

「You think so too, huh」

It seemed that Basdia had also learned about the differences between Ghouls and hu this conversation with Vandalieu

「Up until noe’ve only had Goblins, Kobolds and Orcs to coht about the matter is that we don’t like how they h they’re weaker than us」

A thought occurred to Vandalieu Could it be possible that Ghouls’ envy of Goblins and Kobolds was one of the reasons that they invented ways to eat them?

「I see I’ve co you think about it I’ve always found it strange that I’ve never seen any children in the village」

Vandalieu had never seen any Ghoul children in this village He had never heard the crying voice of a baby There were only Ghouls that he had thought were children, but were si because they had conceived a baby at an early age like Zadiris

He had felt strange about the fact that there were no children in this village, even though a hundred adult Ghouls living here He had assumed that perhaps the Ghouls were still wary of him and the Undead, and hidden the infants and children somewhere

However, he had becootten all about this strange feeling and his doubts

However, the simple truth was that there were just no children If Vandalieu had assertively tried to find Ghoul children, Zadiris and Vigaro would have told hiht away For them, it was a trivial matter of fact

And now he understood why Ghouls were so proactive about sex

It was difficult for thenancies ended in a successful birth They had no choice but to be proactive about it

「If that’s the case, then it can’t be helped, can it?」

Vandalieu intended not to say anythingthis problem

This was a problem that the Ghoul race had shouldered for a hundred thousand years Since the Ghouls had still ht that there was no need for him to rack his brains and come up with a solution

In fact, seeing the village, he could see that this wasn’t putting the Ghouls at risk With that being the case, nobody had asked hi would be needless

But if so about it, it would be a different story

「 Youthat it can’t be helped, but there hasn’t been a child born in this village for the past ten years Mother and Vigaro are worrying about it as well It’s i be done about it using your nant is one reason, but I also want to give birth to a healthy child if I do nant」

Ah, so about it

「I understand I’ll try to think of so」

So it was a different story

Name: Vandalieu

Race: Dhampir (Dark Elf)

Age: 2 years, 1 month old

Nickname: None

Job: None

Level: 100

Job history: None

Attributes:

Vitality: 42

Mana: 113,550,000

Strength: 37

Agility: 13

Endurance: 39

Intelligence: 60

Passive skills:

Superhuth: Level 1

Rapid Healing: Level 2

Death-Attribute Magic: Level 3

Status Effect Resistance: Level 3

Magic Resistance: Level 1

Night Vision

Mental Corruption: Level 10

Death-Attribute Charm: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)

Chant Revocation: Level 1

Strengthen Followers: Level 1 (NEW!)

Active skills:

Bloodsucking: Level 3

Limit Break: Level 2

Golem Creation: Level 2

No-Attribute Magic: Level 1 (NEW!)

Magic Mastery: Level 1 (NEW!)

Curses

Experience gained in previous life not carried over

Cannot learn existing jobs

Unable to gain experience independently