「I want coffee milk.」(Vandalieu)
Vandalieu whispered this as he got out of the bath and remembered a promise that he had made at a bathhouse on Earth.
Apparently there was coffee in Lambda, but it wasn’t a major drink; it seemed to be a drink for only a small portion of the wealthy.
The wealthy. In other words, celebrities; the bourgeoisie*.
TLN*: As far as Googling gets me, this is just a fancy word for rich people.
Thinking about that only made him want to drink it more. Wouldn’t there be coffee trees growing somewhere?
Basking in the breeze created by an electric-fan-shaped Golem that he had made himself, he remembered that coffee could be replaced by dandelion roots.
「I wonder if I can make it using the dandelions in this world. Well, if I find any, I’ll give it a try.」(Vandalieu)
He had been unable to drink coffee at some point on Earth because his uncle had declared that coffee was a luxury, so he had read a book in his middle school’s library called『Edible Wildflowers in the City』and tried it out.
If it turned out to be delicious in this world as well, he would recommend it to everyone.
「Now then, I guess it’s time to go. Stop spinning.」(Vandalieu)
Ordering the electric-fan-shaped Golem to stop spinning, Vandalieu left the bathhouse to begin the medical examination of Basdia’s body.
Incidentally, the dandelion coffee that Vandalieu would create in the future would turn out to be not very delicious, perhaps because the plant itself differed from the dandelions on Earth. It did not become popular in Talosheim.
However, he made electric-fan-shaped Golems from the surplus wood that could obey certain commands such as rotating their propellers, setting their rotation speed to one of three levels and swaying left and right across a bed. These became popular in Talosheim instead.
「Now then, I’ll start the medical examination.」(Vandalieu)
「Yeah, I’m counting on you.」(Basdia)
Wearing a white fur in place of a white doctor’s gown, Vandalieu immediately used【Spirit Form Transformation】on his arms, which then penetrated Basdia’s body as she was lying down.
It was his first time examining Basdia with this method, but he had done it plenty of times to other Ghouls so he was very accustomed to doing this.
『Hmm, maybe it’s because her Rank increased. Her body is the embodiment of health.』(Vandalieu)
There were no problems with her blood, her blood vessels or the function of her major organs. In fact, everything was very vigorous.
There was also no problem with her uterus. Vandalieu couldn’t see any injuries, inflammation or disease. Could it be that pure coincidence or perhaps stress was the reason that she couldn’t get pregnant? So he thought, but he checked her ovaries as well just in case.
『… Hmm? This is strange, what is this?』(Vandalieu)
And then he felt a strong, uncomfortable feeling.
「W-what’s wrong, Van? It seems that your hands have stopped…?」(Basdia)
Basdia was enduring the sensation of some foreign objects creeping around inside her, but she noticed that Vandalieu’s behavior had changed and spoke out to him.
「Hmm… I’m going to examine you a bit more, so tell me if it feels unpleasant.」(Vandalieu)
As he said this, Vandalieu concentrated on examining her two ovaries.
Normally, the ovaries and testes would contain strong signs of life. Vandalieu perceived that life as heat.
With healthy ovaries and testes, touching them with his spirit-form hands would even feel like plunging them into boiling water, but… Basdia’s ovaries didn’t feel hot.
『Are her ovaries dead? No, it’s not to that extent. But they’re not functioning normally.』(Vandalieu)
So what was causing this problem? Vandalieu examined them again, but there was no injury or disease. Vandalieu consulted his knowledge that he had learned on Earth and the information that he had overheard in Origin.
『Now that I think about it, those researchers did say that my death-attribute magic contributed to the fields of obstetrics and gynecology.』(Vandalieu)
They were unpleasant people who would constantly be muttering things in an indistinguishable tone and then shout at Vandalieu when he failed to hear them. Well, Vandalieu didn’t care about the researchers right now.
『If I recall, abortion, contraception, prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases… Ah, infertility treatment.』(Vandalieu)
Though not every case had been successful, there had been some occasions in Origin where Vandalieu’s death-attribute magic had been used to treat infertility. There were numerous methods such as prolonging the life of the egg cells and sperm as the Magic Items that he had created for the Ghouls did, and using【Youth Transformation】on the egg cells.
But there were also cases that were difficult to treat with death-attribute magic.
『Basdia’s case is one of those. If the egg cells aren’t mature, they can’t be fertilized. It would be simpler to treat this using life-attribute magic.』(Vandalieu)
The ovaries were functioning sub-optimally and the egg cells were not maturing. With that being the case, it would just be a matter of using life-attribute magic to make the ovaries work more vigorously, but Vandalieu possessed no aptitude for the life attribute.
Fortunately, there were individuals capable of using life-attribute magic in Talosheim, like Nuaza. There was the option of asking him to help. However, there was a problem in that Vandalieu didn’t know how knowledgeable Nuaza was about physiology.
Magic is strongly influenced by the caster’s knowledge and imagination. If a mage who has spent his whole life in a country that is perpetually in the season of summer and a mage who has spent his whole life in a country with harsh winters were to both create ice using magic, the one from the snowy country would be able to do so more skillfully.
In the same way, Nuaza casting some vague magic without knowing how the organs function wouldn’t be very effective.
Vandalieu could teach Nuaza what he knew, but unlike basic arithmetic, it would take time for Nuaza to understand physiological concepts.
「Well then, I’ll give it a try first, and if that doesn’t work then I’ll ask Nuaza to help.」(Vandalieu)
「Hmm? What are you saying about Nuaza… Kuh, ah, ugh.」(Basdia)
This method was very roundabout and many steps would have to be followed. The gist of it was that Vandalieu would suck out the negative components of the ovaries and transfer his own Vitality to them, making them function normally.
Though the overall process would be difficult to control using life-attribute magic, it would be completed in one step, while doing it with death-attribute magic required the process to be divided into dozens of separate steps. Without the【Chant Revocation】skill, it would likely take over an hour.
『I’ll activate【Surpass Limits.】I wish I had three… or at least two more brains.』(Vandalieu)
He began complaining internally about the fact that his head was becoming feverish even with the use of【Surpass Limits】, but quickly put those thoughts aside.
「It feels kind of warm?」(Basdia)
「It’s because of my【Rapid Healing】skill and【Healing Power Enhancement.】」(Vandalieu)
Even the process of transferring his Vitality to her needed him to transform his arms with【Spirit Form Transformation】, fuse them with Basdia and trick her body into thinking that they were a part of it, trigger his【Rapid Healing】skill and cast the no-attribute spell【Healing Power Enhancement】at the same time.
Around ten minutes passed and the【Rapid Healing】skill stopped. It seemed that things had healed for now.
Both the left and right ovaries were now overflowing with enough Vitality to burn Vandalieu’s spirit form hands.
Vandalieu wasn’t sure whether they had completely recovered or whether the effects of this treatment were temporary, but it should be fine for… at least a month.
「I’ve finished treating you for now. Let’s see how things go from here.」(Vandalieu)
「It’s over, huh… Th-thanks.」(Basdia)
With sweat on her face, Basdia let out a sigh of relief. As Zadiris had experienced when Vandalieu applied【Youth Transformation】on her, it seemed that the sensation of his spirit form hands crawling around inside the body was not a pleasant one.
「I’ll inspect you again in a month from now. If anything happens before then, let me know.」(Vandalieu)
As Vandalieu said this, he felt a vague feeling that he had become a doctor. As this thought ran through his mind, his stomach growled. It seemed that this work had taken a toll on not only his Mana, but his body as well.
「I’m hungry as well. Alright, I’ll make something. We brought plenty of ingredients with us from the Dungeon, after all.」(Basdia)
「I’m counting on you.」(Vandalieu)
It had been several months since Vandalieu had become three years old, but Darcia still didn’t allow him to cook using a fire… even though he did possess the【Cooking】skill.
Vandalieu removed the wooden lid and gently lifted her out.
With a wet cloth he had sterilized with【Disinfect】, he wiped her smooth skin, taking care not to cause any scratches to it. Using【Sterilize】would only kill microorganisms; it wouldn’t remove any dust.
『Bocchan, what are you doing?』(Sam)
「As you can see, I’m taking care of Zandia by hand.」(Vandalieu)
Sam had an indescribably confused expression, but Vandalieu answered his question while caring for Zandia, of whom only the left hand and wrist remained.
「Now that I think about it, you’ve started to make quite a lot of different facial expressions, haven’t you, Sam?」(Vandalieu)
The previous Sam… the spirit form of Sam that had sat on the carriage was mist in the shape of a person and the horses pulling the carriage were only mist in the shape of horses. It had been impossible to distinguish any kind of facial expression.
However, now that Sam’s【Spirit Form】skill had leveled up, he definitely appeared to be a human at a glance, albeit one with pale skin and red eyes. Each hair of his beard had been reproduced realistically; if he wore a hat to cover his eyes, he would look just like a regular, pale-skinned person.
The horses were the same; if they closed their red eyes, they would look like normal horses… No, they might appear too ominous to be called normal, but in any case, they did appear to be horses.
『Haah, thank you very much. More importantly, why are you performing such a noble deed? I would understand if it were an Undead, but I do believe that it is but a hand.』(Sam)
Vandalieu had cast【Preservation】on the hand to prevent decomposition, but it wasn’t Undead or anything; it was still just a hand. Sam apparently found it strange that Vandalieu was taking care of it.
「If I didn’t treat it well, she would get angry at me when we meet, won’t she?」(Vandalieu)
If Zandia had become a sentient Undead, she wouldn’t be pleased to learn that her hand had been treated poorly. That was why Vandalieu was caring for her hand.
Hearing this, Sam gave a sigh of relief.
『So that is how it is. I had presumed that you might be the kind of person with a strong interest in certain body parts of the opposite sex, Bocchan…』(Sam)
「No, I don’t have a fetish for hands.」(Vandalieu)
What an outrageous misunderstanding. Vandalieu didn’t have a taste for such things.
『I see. I have heard that there are many noblemen who have peculiar tastes, so I thought that perhaps…』(Sam)
『If anything, Father, Bocchan prefers muscles.』(Saria)
『The problem is that we don’t have either muscles or hands. Our hands are pieces of armor, after all.』(Rita)
It seemed that noblemen were sinful people in this world as well.
『Speaking of noblemen, there’s something I wanted to confirm.』(Darcia)
Darcia spoke as she smoothly appeared and joined the conversation.
「Mom, I definitely feel hesitant to be discussing things like this with you –」(Vandalieu)
『Not that. I mean regarding the kind of nobleman that you want to be in the future.』(Darcia)
That side of things, huh. Vandalieu breathed a sigh of relief.
『You said that you’ll make a child with Basdia when you become an adult; are you serious about that?』(Darcia)
He had breathed that sigh of relief too early.
「I was thinking that things might turn out that way.」(Vandalieu)
In any case, Vandalieu was still in a three-year-old’s body, unable to feel lust or feelings of love, so he wasn’t sure. But he was thinking that things would end up that way in more than ten years from now.
He thought well of Basdia, she was beautiful and he didn’t feel any negative feelings at being desired by such a person.
She was a member of a different race, but Vandalieu himself was a child of mixed blood. It was apparently possible for them to have children, so he couldn’t see a reason to refuse.
He had always yearned for a warm family, anyway.
『Don’t get me wrong, I think that Basdia is a great person too. She’s sturdy, and I can believe that she would protect you, Vandalieu.』(Darcia)
「… Yes.」(Vandalieu)
Vandalieu felt a strange desire to object, but considering that he was a young child and Basdia was a Ghoul Amazoness, he understood that this was easy to imagine.
『But I think that many people would loudly disapprove of that if you wanted to become a nobleman. The Orbaume Kingdom is much more tolerant than the Amid Empire, but there will be people who hate Dhampirs as well…』(Darcia)
It seemed that Darcia was concerned with the events leading up to and after Vandalieu becoming a nobleman.
Indeed, when Vandalieu thought about it, it might become a problem if Vandalieu were to have a child with Ghouls who were treated as monsters by human society.
There had been people who would start baseless rumors even on Earth, and there would be some who would be displeased with a Dhampir becoming a nobleman.
『There would also be problems regarding succession.』(Saria)
As Saria said, having children would directly lead to having problems with succession. This was only natural, as noble families were families that continued generation after generation.
And whether the Orbaume Kingdom would accept the possibility of a half-Ghoul child being the next generation’s successor to Vandalieu’s family was largely questionable.
Of course, even after Vandalieu became a nobleman, neither he nor Basdia would think of making their child a nobleman as well, but there would be those who would make a fuss over the mere「possibility」even if Vandalieu himself didn’t desire that.
Vandalieu had never given this proper thought or consideration, but he had something of an idea.
「About that, I’ll alter my course and aim to be not a nobleman, but an honorary nobleman.」(Vandalieu)
『If I recall, honorary noblemen are noblemen only for one generation who cannot be succeeded, right?』(Darcia)
『Yes, it is a title bestowed to people who were made noblemen because of their achievements and those who cannot succeed their noble families due to being born after the first son.』(Sam)
As Darcia and Sam said, honorary noblemen were noblemen who could not have a successor. They generally did not govern over land and would receive an annuity for the rest of their lives, but they were mostly noblemen only in title.
But this only-in-title nobility would be convenient for Vandalieu.
『Would you be content with that, Bocchan? Well, most people would consider that to be a great success in life.』(Sam)
『I’ve heard that the annuity that such noblemen would receive is several times the income of a normal person, but…』(Darcia)
This was how honorary noblemen were generally treated. There were plenty of stories of individuals who had strived to become noblemen but only managed to become honorary noblemen.
「Yes, because just receiving an annuity without having land, an official position or a successor is much more convenient.」(Vandalieu)
Naturally, Vandalieu had no need for land. He had no knowledge of how to make a region prosper. He could simply find and employ a reliable vassal to do it for him, but doing that on his own would be difficult. No matter how he thought about it, he could only imagine that it would be more than he could handle.
He did think that he would be able to do various things with【Golem Transmutation】if he owned land with people living in it, however.
An official position would be too much to handle as well. Vandalieu had lived for around forty years in total, but he had no experience in regards to society. He could probably fill the position if someone taught him how, but he couldn’t imagine that it would be enjoyable work.
As for having a successor, when he had seen how long Dhampirs’ life-spans were at the Adventurers’ Guild before, he had thought,「Ah, that would be impossible.」He estimated that he would live for three thousand years as long as he wasn’t killed; there was no way that he would become an nobleman that would be succeeded.
That was why he was aiming to be an honorary nobleman. He would have no land, official position or successors. But those around him would still respect him as a nobleman.
It would also be much easier to reach this position than a court rank where he would have land and require a successor.
「The reason I wanted to become a nobleman was so that the guys who will be reincarnating here from Origin will hesitate to kill me, and because I want enough money to live in luxury. I’m alright with being either a nobleman or an honorary nobleman as long as I have the reputation that comes with it.」(Vandalieu)
『What will you do to gain the required sum of money?』(Sam)
「I’m thinking I can just earn it normally as an adventurer. Let’s do our best, everyone.」(Vandalieu)
Even just the materials that they had obtained from clearing Garan’s Valley today would sell for a considerable amount at an Adventurers’ Guild. Vandalieu figured that if he could earn this much as a three-year-old, he would eventually be able to earn more than a lowly nobleman if he continued working hard.
「And I’m sure that giving up my nobility would also be simple if I were an honorary nobleman.」(Vandalieu)
『Eh?! You’re going to give it up?!』(Saria)
「Yes. I think I’ll consider it once I come to an understanding with the others who will be reincarnated.」(Vandalieu)
For Vandalieu, gaining the status of nobility was nothing more than a means to an end.
It was true that being a nobleman would be convenient. It would certainly feel good to exercise his influence and special rights, and he had no doubt that there would be delicious foods that only noblemen could eat, high-quality goods that only noblemen could obtain and pieces of art that only noblemen could see.
But what if the burdens of being a nobleman became greater than those privileges? What would he do if it hindered his interactions with the Ghouls and Undead, or he were to get involved in some troublesome power struggle?
It was simple. He would simply return the tool that had already served its purpose.
「A nobleman wouldn’t be able to give up his position easily if he is in charge of land with people living in it, but an honorary nobleman wouldn’t have responsibilities or anything. I would just need to give up my position, stay low for a hundred years or so and then wait for things to calm down.」(Vandalieu)
Sam and his daughters were at a loss for words.
In this world, noblemen were special people; they were treated as completely different creatures even if they were members of the same race. In fact, there were more than a few noblemen that wouldn’t hesitate to say that they were superior beings to commoners.
『It’s certainly exactly as you say. That’s amazing, Vandalieu. To think that you had put so much thought into it; I’m seeing you in a new light now~♪』(Darcia)
Darcia’s reaction was like this, but only because she had been raised in a Dark Elf village whose society was nothing like an aristocracy.
For those like Sam and his daughters who had once served noblemen, Vandalieu’s view on things was astounding.
But this was something that Vandalieu could say because he possessed the values of modern Japan. He wouldn’t go as far as to say that all of humanity were like brothers and sisters, but he would only give a scornful laugh at those who said that noblemen were beings who were superior to commoners.
Sam and his daughters were still completely silent, and Vandalieu became worried that his statement based on his own values had caused them unpleasant feelings.
『I see… As expected of you, Bocchan.』(Sam)
But it seemed that this wasn’t the case. As Sam opened his mouth to speak after having been completely still for a while, he seemed to have a deeply moved expression on his face.
『So you are saying that the status of being a nobleman would be nothing but a hindrance to you, Bocchan!』(Sam)
「… Eh?」(Vandalieu)
『It is just as the goddess prophesized. An extraordinary individual must have extraordinary ambitions!』(Saria)
「Wait a –」(Vanadlieu)
『And you even said that you are the Holy Son to Borkus-san! So you really are planning to use Talosheim as a foothold to unite the entire continent?』(Rita)
「You’re joking or teasing me, aren’t you?」(Vandalieu)
It somehow seemed that there were various independent rumors and exaggerated truths. I don’t plan to do anything that outrageous, thought Vandalieu as he scratched his head.
Even if he were to do something like that, at most, it would be the restoration of Talosheim.
『I’m sure it will be fine; Vandalieu is the type who grows when people praise him. Given a thousand years, I’m sure that he’ll be able to unite the continent.』(Darcia)
「I think you’re a little too patient.」(Vandalieu)
Vandalieu didn’t feel any enthusiasm for the idea of spending a thousand years uniting the continent. The continent wouldn’t be unified so easily, anyway.
Things don’t always go as planned in life, but Vandalieu thought that becoming an honorary nobleman was a reasonable goal.
The next day, Borkus’s party still hadn’t returned so Vandalieu joined Zadiris and her group in training, deciding to ask questions about Jobs later.
「Since you are joining us today, boy, we will be doing special training.」(Zadiris)
They were outside Talosheim’s walls. The Ghoul mages led by Zadiris, the Black Goblins and the Anubises including Memediga were gathered here.
「Now then, we will begin training with the aim of acquiring the【Chant Revocation】skill.」(Zadiris)
Everyone gave a cheer. The【Chant Revocation】skill is a skill that allows the user to cast spells without the necessary incantations.
The effects of this skill could be described in one word as tremendous.
It removes the need for the actions normally taken to cast spell, causing spells to require no time to prepare. It allows for consecutive casts of spells that pushes the caster’s Mana and Intelligence to their limits and even removes the risk of a spell’s incantation of giving away which spell is being cast or being interrupted to make the spell misfire.
It is a remarkably more difficult skill to acquire than the【Chant Reduction】skill that shortens the time needed to make an incantation, but its effect is also remarkably different.
But the method of learning the skill is exceedingly simple. One simply needs to continue casting spells without incantations.
But casting a spell without an incantation consumes at least several hundred times the amount of Mana and produces an effect that is less than a tenth of the original spell. Even skilled mages cannot perform this task repeatedly.
And so Zadiris and the others were casting spells silently to try and learn this skill.
A light resembling that of a firefly so small that it was almost invisible in the sunlight appeared at Zadiris’s fingertip.
Small droplets of water appeared at the fingertips of the Ghouls and Undead Titans to dampen their surroundings, pinky-fingertip-sized flames appeared and vanished and small gusts of wind blew around them.
As this process was repeated, one by one, they ran out of Mana.
「We’re counting on you, boy.」(Zadiris)
「Oka~ay.」(Vandalieu)
Vandalieu had been watching up until now, but now he used【Spirit Form Transformation】on his arms and changed their shape so that they became bundles of tubes. And as these pipes reached the mages, his Mana pool of over 100,000,000 was poured into them through【Mana Transfer.】
This was the crucial point of the training. Zadiris and the others lacked Mana, so even if they did training to learn the【Chant Revocation】skill, it would take far too long for them to achieve their goal. And for Vandalieu to do the training of using up his entire Mana pool of over 100,000,000 to increase its size, it would normally take more than an entire day.
And so Vandalieu was providing the mages with Mana. This allowed Vandalieu to quickly and easily use up all of his Mana.
「Alright, we will continue the training!」(Zadiris)
With this method, the mages could perform ten days’ worth of training to gain the【Chant Revocation skill】in a single day.
The problem was…
「I’m surprisingly free.」(Vandalieu)
The problem was that he didn’t get the feeling that he was training just by acting as a Mana source, so he seemed quite free. If he crossed his legs and meditated, then perhaps it would seem more like training.
TLN: The author notes that this section was supposed to be at the end of last chapter but he forgot to include it.
- Name: Basdia
- Rank: 5
- Race: Ghoul Amazoness
- Level: 0
- Job: Warrior
- Job level: 24
- Job history: Apprentice Warrior
- Age: 27 years old
- Passive skills:
- Night Vision
- Superhuman Strength: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Pain Resistance: Level 2
- Paralyzing Venom Secretion (Claws): Level 3
- Magic Resistance: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Intuition: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Active skills:
- Axe Technique: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Shield Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Archery: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Throwing: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Silent Steps: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Coordination: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Status Effects
- Infertility → Completely recovered
Monster Explanation:
【Ghoul Amazoness】
When a Ghoul woman with qualities suited for magic learns and diligently studies martial skills instead of magic and continues to do so after becoming a Ghoul Warrior, she can increase her Rank and become this race.
There is no significant change in appearance, but tattoo-like patterns appear on the body. Physical ability increases significantly and the patterns on the body grant the【Magic Resistance】skill and enhances inherent magic-oriented qualities.
As it is a considerably rare race, there are never two Ghoul Amazonesses in a single village. They typically act as leaders of groups and groups with a Ghoul Amazoness tend to have other women in powerful positions.
It is said that there are groups of Ghouls entirely made of women led by a Ghoul Amazoness in the depths of some Devil’s Nests, though this has not been confirmed.
It is unknown what Ghoul Amazonesses become if they increase their Rank further; no such case has been confirmed up until now. However, it can be assumed that individuals who master not only martial skills but magic as well may increase their Rank to become an even superior race.
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rajinmund
I think y’all are misunderstanding something. I literally created this acc because of all the comments here and the reviews in nu. The mc isn’t really being ntr’ed here. First of all forcing your views in another culture is stupid in itself. Second if you are reading properly van isn’t really taking basdia or any other ghouls proposal of child making seriously at this point of the story. He just consider it like a childhood promise like where a child promise to marry the person they admire and the adult will just nod and say when you get older except here its the other way around. Van plans to leave before he is even 3 at the start so him taking the proposals seriously is ridiculous in itself if you are thinking properly. Why bother taking the proposals seriously if you will be gone next summer right? Moreover where he is going is literally the other side of the continent not some other town next to where they are. So him returning in the next few years is a little far fetch. Him leading the ghouls in talosheim is just a coincidence hence At this point in the story van is just probably thinking if it goes on like this thats probably what will happen. Thats why it is always shown that van always sidestepped those conversations by saying he will in another decade or two. And its fine the women knows that hence basdia’s proposal ofhim being her second child father. Basdia knows that van doesn’t plan to stay with them for long hence the alternative. Plus he didn’t really care at this point of the story. He is three and isn’t yet capable of being romantically in love. Add to that that he didn’t really see these women as love interest he just see them as family he didn’t have in his last two lives. So those shouting ntr i dont really get. Van doesn’t think of these women as his. For him its just an empty promise he plans to fulfill later down the line if they are still insistent on it. And for those complaining that he doesn’t feel anything about these women being fuc**d by another men. Well i think its been implied that he is feeling weird in the chapter where he is helping bilde and the others get preggy while watching them in the act. Another one is when bilde was in labor he questions why he is the one being implied as the father. It was shrugged at the time but it implied that while he doesn’t really care he is still not comfortable with the situation he was put into. Lastly to those saying he could just change basdia’s age if all she wants is to stay younger. Well i dont think you are reading correctly. Its already said that van’s youth transformation is just removing the age in the body. It is not at all related to growth. So his spell doesn’t make them look younger it just makes them feel younger. Although it is implied that more research and improvement can lead to that but that is a topic for the future. It may take him decades to make that spell. So its really irrelevant at this point moreover one of the reason basdia wants to have a child is not just to stop aging physically but to also have a say in thrir community. So basdia not waiting for van to mature is a reasonable conclusion considering basdia isn’t really romantically interested in van . She just wants to have a child with someone powerful. Not to tie herself with van who is their king. In the first place the ghouls doesn’t even have that culture to begin with. The story so far has been solid with little to complain about if you are reading properly and doesn’t force your self fulfilling wishes and self beliefs in the story. So I’m always really frustrated at people who complains about every little thing without reading the story properly.
ramsespupo
Out of curiosity, the reason why Basdia doesn’t want the protagonist to see her with another is so as not to break up their supposed relationship in the future (which would explain his direct sexual advances later in the novel) or is it an attempt by the author to hide the ntr?
master oogay
comrades, lets hope comrade vandalieu takes away the coffee from the evil bourgeoisie so that it may be shared among the proletariat like comrade Lenin desired
vigarro
I find it hilarious that people are upset about the ladies sleeping with someone elses instead the more obvious troubling one: those ladies are lusting for a 3 years old kid. A.3.years.old.kid. Man, I love how this series’s commentary on morality, societal norms and religious beliefs.
Miaka_Mei
Agreeeeed
Sailon
Well honestly dont thin they even lusting, i men zadiris just respect and worrie for Vandalieu, Basdia whant to have his ²child but instead of lust is more whant to have a child of someone powerful that she respects, but yeah the fact they interest in a 3 year old child should dea2 more attention then the fact they sleep with other people. Is also worth remember that this people that upset about the ladies sleeping with someone else are more likely the ones that like harem stories where the MC sleeps with dozens of women, i mean the guy can sleep with many women, but the women cant sleep with more then one guy? The morality of this people are all screwd
Sailon
Well honestly dont thin they even lusting, i men zadiris just respect and worrie for Vandalieu, Basdia whant to have his ²child but instead of lust is more whant to have a child of someone powerful that she respects, but yeah the fact they interest in a 3 year old child should draw more attention then the fact they sleep with other people. Is also worth remember that this people that upset about the ladies sleeping with someone else are more likely the ones that like harem stories where the MC sleeps with dozens of women, i mean the guy can sleep with many women, but the women cant sleep with more then one guy? The morality of this people are all screwd
Naberisu
He’s forty tho. 😐
Prospone
I think the people on both sides of the argument trying to explain the ghoul society and the people shouting “Mc is getting NTR’ed” are dumb. The main point isn’t either of them. The main point is that he doesn’t feel romantic attraction towards them. He doesn’t care because he doesn’t love them in any way other than friends and family. “They want his babies?”, yeah sure when he’s older. The mc isn’t being cucked nor the problem is with the ghoul society. It is that mc doesn’t care which is absoulutely fine. He doesn’t have to love everyone he sees, agreeing to fuck them in the future doesn’t mean he wants to live only with them happily ever after. It’s pretty clear he is going to have a harem any way, it’s not like he won’t be with anyone else while crying about “the only beautiful girl he knows” basdia having a baby other ghoul.
Zenden1st
My name is Yoshikage Kira. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning.
I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.
Alke
Jojo’s diamond is umbreakable’s antagonist! ❤️❤️ Is it about the hand? 😂😂I thought of him when Van was “taking care” of the hand 🤣🤣🤣nostalgic hhhhh😈😈😜
BLOOPgodx86
ooh new ghoul race? excited for the future evolution
Bunnyman
To the brailess idiots that are bothered by the ghoul’s s*x norms and van’s interaction with it, GET A BRAIN!!!!
First of all, this isnt your standard harem sh*t, van doesnt feel the kind of romantic interest as a harem prota. He feels those women are his friends and so do they(Almost like lovers but without the jealousy that comes with it). Their s*x life and romantic life are completely unrelated you retards. Why cant those idiots comprehend this simple matter?
Miaka_Mei
Exactly! I totally agree
OOFman123
Eeeeveryones ranting about ghoul orgies and such but I’m just here like.
“Van looking after a severed hand is really giving my Yoshikage Kira vibes”
unwanted child
during the whole noble talk i pictured a adult van in badass
armor staring down a fat noble who called his mother a
whore, anybody else?
unwanted child
“And you even said that you are the Holy Son to Borkus-san! So you really are planning to use Talosheim as a foothold to unite the entire continent?”….is..is this foreshadowing?
WholesomeAF
Too many people are culture shocked with this novel…. Alright listen up to the people at the back, their monsters with no concept of marriage. The orgy sex room is an efficient way of increasing population and they’ve been doing it since time immemorial. There are no obligations since they do that for the survival of their race, the kid is raised with their mother and no one really gives a fuck who their father is. You know why? Coz they’re monsters with their own culture. Animals do the same even in our world coz they need that to survive. Is that immoral? Wrong? Disgusting? NO! They are normal. They live their lives with a system as a whole in where MEN hunts and protect the women and children and be warriors while WOMEN gives birth and care for the children and learn magic. That’s SYSTEM! There maybe cases like basdia but that’s not the point. My point is stop pushing your ideals into a monster society where do the sex for survival not for fucking horniness… Anyway, I can’t blame you guys for thinking like that since you’re all accustomed to stories where MC gets all the raw pussies….
Absolute Zer0
This novel just pushes harsh reality to their delusional brains so it can’t be helped.
Nevuj
It’s as you say, they come and complain about how the author has made the whole thing an absurd but then they go to watch those hydrogens that have the milf tag.
Tomhg
The weird part isn’t the way they procreate, as you point out that’s fine within their culture and makes sense given the needs of the tribe (the population being unsustainable due to lack of fertility).
The weird part is how that interacts with human society / morals, specifically the protagonist Van. He comes from modern day japan and the culture of the feudal society of humans in that world is probably even less compatible with ‘monster orgies’. Basdia claims she wants him to be “her husband” in the future, which isn’t a ghoul concept as we’ve seen but a human one, so the behavior you would expect from her would be concern over her image as a participant in ‘monster orgies’ in the eyes of her king and (what she considers) her fiancé.
Even if the somewhat broken and unorthodox Van doesn’t care, you would think she might be concerned about it. She was a low status ghoul woman (due to being infertile), but she wants to climb way up the social ladder and ‘marry’ the ghoul king / holy son / highest value male going around, it seems weird that she’s not anxious or feeling inferior at all, to say nothing of continuing to engage in ‘monster orgies’ and attempting to give birth to other men’s offspring (which again, you point out is culturally normal for her but extremely abnormal for humans / elves / vampires etc.
hidefreek
Basdia want to has child with him.
Very simple.
Manas
She just wants him to be the father of her second child. Besides, given the experience, and above all, traumas he has in the other two lifetimes, I don’t think he gives a shit to that kind of mentality of a modern person like with baths…
If you think a little more, when he grows up he’ll probably be with Basdia and Zadiris… the mother of Basdia… you know what I mean?
Wsteven7o7
He simply doest care and he thinks bad of our culture since he hates the person that took his name, earth were there are his uncle aunt teacher and class mates, and them there is the suppose advance culture of humans Origin: Which you guess it torture him over and over for what 20 years or so.
So yeah he provably gives zero fucks about what people see as right.
Zenden1st
This is why I hope he gets his mother in his harem who gives a fuck what anyone else says they weren’t there when the fanatics burned her to ashes and if the reincarnators have a problem with this and try to go after him they where never his allies in the first place.
121407__A
They’re the same people who think redo of healer rape scenes is one of the best scenes on the anime industry
Yon
I understand Him not having sexual lust to the opposite sex body wise since he is only physically Three years old. But why can’t he feel love? All things considered with him being emotionally abused by his previous family. He knows about love surely or at least wants his things to be shared. So it’s kinda frustrating seeing him getting NTR and not really showing any emotion towards it. I’m find with these girls doing this with other guys to stay young or them being monsters so it’s alright. But I’m not alright with him being able to get in a serious relationship with any of them after they have sex with and give birth to other guys babies that they don’t know who the father is cause they sleep with any male. And him potentially having to raise them. And can’t he just keep them young with his magic? So they wouldn’t need to do all this if all of them are gonna be harem members later on. And final point couldn’t he literally just age himself so he’s physically older to match his mental age?
Nobody2
He’d risk killing himself super easily if he tried to age himself up and even then it might not work since his attribute is death or time. He has no idea how removing age will affect a body that can still grow (or ungrow). It’s a different world and different culture on top of honestly not being a huge deal to begin with so he really doesn’t give a fuck.
WholesomeAF
Too many people are culture shocked with novel….
DarkCarnage
he feels love for this mother, but romantic love tough, remember he never had love until this life. uncle and fam were a-holes. his mother and the researchers were just monsters. dracia the first person, he had that gave him love since his original parents. he had no friends and no lovers so he got to learn it all from scratch.
Brandragoon
people get hung up on the stupidest things.
Sex is an integral part of ghoul society, The female ghouls hierarchy for instance is based on whether you have had a child or not. Considering that ghouls stop physically aging after they get pregnant and getting pregnant is actually very difficult for them to do, it only makes sense for their society to evolve the way it did.
vamptacus
i simply don’t understand why you people insist on him being romantically involved! like WTF ? he’s not in love with them, they are not a part of his harem or anything … please stop it.
SpoopyGhostBro
He’s 3
RolandDeschain
Wouldn’t it be Amazonian?
darkLoki
Thanks for the chapter, but I see this coming
Debraj
I think this should have a netorase tag.
SpoopyGhostBro
he’s 3
Brandragoon
Was his uncle a homeless man who couldn’t even afford a card board box to sleep in? I genuinely suspect that the man was actually insane.
Khulmach
Yup, I suspect he hated Van’s family and took it out on the kid.
hidefreek
He wasn’t hated Amamiya Hiroto family but used him as a punching back to release stress.
It has many Japanese families do the violence.
Manas
Hard to read your reply but, are you saying that this is more or less normal in Japan?
Chiu ChunLing
The bulk of his uncle’s wealth was Van’s inheritance, in his custody because he was Van’s guardian. He was basically leeching the funds that were released for Van’s upkeep for himself, and resented that Van would receive the bulk of the money on reaching his majority.
He probably also had some idea of convincing Van not to exercise his rights over his inheritance when he reached his majority by keeping him from understanding that it was his inheritance in the first place.
WolfLord_Jordon
Thanks for the chapter on a good story of
WirlWind
If only the ghouls didn’t have such an NTR vibe, I’d be cheering for him, but the only thing he’s doing is allowing his woman to cuck him XD
Buttshark
Honestly, same. He is such a cuck, I don’t know if it’s something about Japanese MCs in general but this one takes the cake. Or more appropriately, he let’s others have his cake
Behind The Screen
Kek, i feel you but then again they are monsters and some of them live forever some few hundred years. Hopefully he gets some nice girls in the future and let the ghouls be ghouls or w/e lul.
Or future ghoul kids can be his. 😀
Tyrelius
Well it’s not ntr more like a polyamorus society or maybe a free live society like ancient tribal society before Christian was a Thing …think hippie and woodstok and you may be close to it . Its not cuckolding if evryone know and is ok with it
iunno
He’s being way to servile in my opinion, and what the heck is up with “boy” i already encroach on the territory of hating this b
Zenden1st
yeah she aint Kratos
Wannabe
I think it’s unreasonable to have someone wait 10-20 years without having sex to wait for him. Especially in this society where women age faster til they have a kid.
SpoopyGhostBro
Hes 3