The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 29 (1/2)

Note from the translator:

I’ve done a big cleanup with the series, tidying up the text a little and fixing some translations Many skill na what the skills do in detail, so they were initially iven unsuitable names Most of this has been fixed!

Death Mage v20 changelog

The following changes have been applied to all previous chapters and will be applied to all chapters from now on as well

Orkas -> Orcus, due to popular demand

Job and Experience Points are now capitalized

X-attribute, X-attribute er capitalized unless referring to a skill

In Vandalieu’s status pages, endurance -> sta the word as stamina everywhere else Also, Stamina is now capitalized

Limit Break -> Surpass Limits I initially na part of my childhood, but it doesn’t really fit what the skill actually does, sadly

Golem Creation -> Golem Transmutation More accurate and suitable as Vandalieu uses this forthe Golems

Magic Mastery -> Mana Control More accurate for what the skill actually does, even though it’s a slight deviation from the raw

Spirit Body -> Spirit Form This one’s bothered me for a while Spirit Form is a far more suitable name for what the skill actually is, especially since it’s not necessarily the whole body turning into Spirit Form at once

Vandalieu/Undead’s Night Vision -> Dark Vision This is to distinguish it froht Vision skill, which is a different skill I’d never noticed because the first kanji in both skills are extremely similar and both mean “dark/darkness”闇視 = Dark Vision, possessed by Vandalieu, the Undead and the Ghouls’ ht Vision, possessed by Ghouls Thanks to trueAntiSanity for pointing this out

Deht -> Demon Fire More accurate and suitable for the skill

While Vandalieu was in the royal castle with Nuaza to recruit the【Sword King】Borkus, the roup that knew Vandalieu well, except for Saathered in a certain roos

「It seeathered here besides Sae」(Zadiris)

「So, Zadiris, ere you planning after gathering us all here?」(Tarea)

「If I’h」(Basdia)

Elegantly hiding herfan that she had h in response to Basdia glaring at her through half-closed eyes

「I cannotto form a plan to comfort Van-sama, after all」(Tarea)

「Muuh, I do not recall saying anything of the sort, just where did you hear this? Well, it is fine」(Zadiris)

Zadiris had planned to have a discussion with only those who knew about Vandalieu’s circumstances His past lives, the God, the one hundred people ould be reincarnated here But since Vandalieu seemed to trust Tarea considerably, Zadiris decided that there would be no proble as she was careful with her words, and started the

「Now then, the reason I have gathered everyone here today is to make you aware that the boy needs rest, and because I wish for you to cooperate withthe boy rest」(Zadiris)

Zadiris brought up the topic of discussion, but this only caused confusion to stir a the people in the room

『Rest, did you say? Bocchan is sleeping well every night』(Saria)

『Yeah, he’s always sound asleep』(Rita)

Saria and Rita, ere attending theon Sam’s behalf, spoke their opinions Vandalieu was in fact sleeping well as the two of them said He didn’t even turn over in his sleep, and his breathing was soft

There had been more than a few instances where they checked his pulse to make sure he hadn’t suddenly died

「That’s right, Zadiris Vandalieu hasn’t shown any sign of being tired, and if he was tired, he’d definitely say so hiaro)

「You’re right When he wassauces and preserved food, he didn’t seem any different from usual」(Basdia)

As Vigaro and Basdia said, neither Vandalieu’s behavior nor his facial expression showed any signs of fatigue He had never even said,「I’m tired」, or,「I want to rest」

He sighed often, but that usually because things weren’t going his way rather than because he was tired Because his breaths were so quiet in the first place, there were also a lot of ti

『And everyone is treating Vandalieu with care He really is a hard worker, but I don’t think we’re forcing hi unreasonable』(Saria)

Darcia, ake at this ti Saria relay her words

In response to the trust that Darcia expressed through Saria, Zadiris gave a sroan and shook her head

「I am sorry to betray that trust that you have in us, but we are deed the boy’s shoulders half-jokingly, but they were stiff He didn’t dislike it; he called it『heaven』and almost fell asleep」(Zadiris)

「I ondering what you were going to say, but you just wanted to boast that you are skilled at giving shouldertheir shoulders ed」(Tarea)

「The elderly should at least take five seconds to think before opening their mouths Remember that the boy is only just about to turn three years old」(Zadiris)

Everyone was taken aback by Zadiris’s words

Vandalieu was an infant who felt pleasure froed, in other words, his shoulders were stiff No nore would have stiff shoulders

「And just think Think about how le day Incidentally, he does not stop his lessons in Alchemy until he has completed at least four hours」(Zadiris)

Vandalieu spent four hours a day in lessons where he would crush ether, knead them and pour Mana into them

「 He also makes sauces from walnuts and herbs, and cookies with acorns and other tree fruits with everyone We ran out of salt and he orried about finding an ingredient to replace it He did co the mortar and pestle into Golems so that it wouldn’t take too much time or effort, but」(Basdia)

Even the work he did while chatting with people took a considerable amount of time

「He did take care of us during our ration He used Les, and most importantly, he created roads for us and then returned the lus, isn’t he?」(Tarea)

『Also, he is practicing no-attribute ht He perfor his Mana Control skill』(Saria)

『Eh?! Bocchan wakes up early in the ic, doesn’t he?!』(Rita)

『That can’t be! Then when is Vandalieu sleeping?!』(Darcia)

「That is what I mean The boy possesses the【Status Effect Resistance】skill, so he is likely enduring the effects of fatigue and sleep deprivation He even seems to possess the【Surpass Limits】skill as well」(Zadiris)

As Zadiris was saying, with the skills that Vandalieu possessed, even an infant’s body could endure the effects of fatigue Even to the point that Vandalieu hi himself past his limits

Because of his resistance skills, even if he was fatigued his body still moved normally, so he would be under the impression that he was still fine That hy he could endure being sleepy, so even the ti so that his developrew shorter, as he would always think,「This h」

But the resistance skills only allowed hiue or help hiue was accu

「And I’ve only just realized, but Van rarely shows any e to some extent from his tone, behavior and the air around him, but」(Basdia)

And as Basdia said, Vandalieu’s accuue almost never appeared in his facial expression His face was alhite, alh to be called too white

It wasn’t white in an attractive sense; he always looked unpleasantly pale, as if he had smeared candle wax over his cheeks That hy it was impossible to tell how healthy he was from the color of his face

And Darcia, Sam, Saria and Rita had all been unaware of Vandalieu’s overwork That was because they were all Undead without bodies of flesh, so they didn’t feel fatigue themselves

Mental fatigue h Saria, Rita and Sam had only been Undead for less than three years, they had already beco physically tired

In addition, Darcia was spendingin her re how

「Nuh, then why doesn’t Vandalieu try to get soht not have been any time for him to rest while ere on our journey But it’s different the past few days And even on our journey, I’aro)

As Vigaro was saying, Vandalieu could have rested if he had wanted to All he would have to do is tell everyone,「I’m tired today so I want to rest」

After all, he was truly the King of the Ghouls right now, standing at the top of their community

Of course, Vigaro, Zadiris, Tarea, Basdia – all of the i

If Vandalieu had stopped building roads during their journey across the e, then they wouldn’t have been able to continue traveling But if they had chosen to stop at a spot where monster attacks would be relatively infrequent, Vandalieu could have rested for a day without a problem and nobody would have complained After all, without Vandalieu, it would have been ie in the first place

No, without Vandalieu, the Ghoul woan’s custody andtheir villages destroyed by the Orcs The Ghouls had no reason to complain

However, words expressing a desire to rest had never come from Vandalieu’s mouth

「Indeed Why is that, I wonder?」(Zadiris)

Zadiris and the other Ghouls couldn’t understand why this was The Ghouls were a fundah they would often need to tell each other,「Don’t rest, keep training, work harder」, they would never need to say,「You can take a rest now, catch your breath」

Ghouls rested plenty without being told to, and if they were tired, they would say so theard, Ghouls were indeed part-monster

『He, Bocchan has been taking afternoon naps, but』(Saria)

『I wonder if it’s because of the resistance skills after all I have a feeling someone told me that those born with resistance skills have poor awareness of the status effects that those skills grant resistance to』(Darcia)

After careful consideration, this was the conclusion Darcia had come to

As a Dark Elf, Darcia had been born with the【Magic Resistance】skill This skill caused daic spells to be reduced and status effects caused by spells were less likely to occur and faster to recover from

As a result, she had apparently experienced ic Resistance】skill too much and sustained severe burns, and situations where she was trying to taken an ene,「I’m sure they won’t die froet to be turned into a piece of meat

Because of this, all Dark Elves were taught about resistance skills while they were children, including how s would have if one didn’t possess these resistance skills

However, Vandalieu hadn’t been taught this It was very likely that he thought he could sis because of the【Status Effect Resistance】skill, thinking,「I’ly not tired」

『That’s why he doesn’t think to rest And he ency Because after I died, a lot of things happened』(Darcia)

He had been desperate to survive since his e after that As a result, he had cooal when he first met Zadiris and the others was to learn certain skills and then leave the Devil’s Nest And so he had worked hard in his lessons

He had defeated the noble Orcs, led the Ghouls across the e and helped theency situations

Because much of Vandalieu’s work hadn’t required hiood sense of having「done work」

However, everyone here knew that using one’s Mana caused fatigue

「I understand that Van-sama is tired So can’t we solve this if we simply tell him to rest?」(Tarea)

They were noell aware that Vandalieu needed to rest But then, wasn’t the solution very siht be so, but Zadiris shook her head

「If that were the case, I would have already told hio But he does not really listen」(Zadiris)

One tiested for Vandalieu to take a rest, and Vandalieu did stop his Alchemy lesson But it ith reluctance, as if he felt that he could keep going

But he would continue practicing death-attribute ht that he was taking a relaxing walk, he was perfors of Taloshei he should do and doing them on his own

When it see with the Black Goblin and Anubis children, he was helping the care of the Live-Dead He barely rested at all

He was also perforer, as Bone Man was the only one of his Undead who hadn’t increased in Rank despite reaching level 100

「Now that I think about it, Van said that he wantedwhen he turned three He said soins learning froe of three」(Basdia)

「WHAT?! Why is he asking you, Basdia, and not aro)

『Isn’t that because your ar, so he would not be able to learn your techniques? You’re the one who told us that unarmed coaro-san』(Saria)

「Vigaro, be quiet for ato teach him, you must be skillful with your words and make the boy rest So that is how it is, everyone We must form a plan to have the boy take a break I have spent so sters to train theently To think that I would also have to strain my wit to have them rest themselves as well」(Zadiris)

And so Zadiris and the others discussed how to make Vandalieu rest while he ay at the royal castle

With Nuaza’s guidance, Vandalieu passed through the collapsed gate of the royal castle with some difficulty

「 These tall stairs aren’t kind to infants」(Vandalieu)

The buildings of Talosheih on Vandalieu, as they had been built for titans whose average height was 27m for males and 25m for females

Cli the stairs was an athletics exercise

「My apologies; as you can see, the stairs for the use of other races have been buried in the rubble」(Nuaza)

As Nuaza said this, he suddenly picked up Vandalieu with his ar a Lich – a Lesser Lich, to be th】skill, a transforth】skill that he had possessed while he was alive

「We haven’t used it up until now so I decided to leave it until later, but it’s probably best to repair the royal castle as soon as possible」(Vandalieu)

If Darcia and the others had heard this, they would have stopped hi as it is at your convenience, Holy Son」

「It would indeed be fortunate if you were to repair it for us, but it is a castle where no soldiers or civilians live And it will likely not collapse for several hundred more years」(Nuaza)