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The following is an account of the events that took place several days after Vandalieu attacked the base of the ‘Hyena’ Gozoroff.
Emma tried to swallow her own saliva in an attempt to moisten her parched throat even a little, but it was a meaningless effort, as the inside of her mouth was completely dry as well.
She was standing in line, and there was a handsome young boy in front of her with pale skin and crimson eyes.
“So you are the new residents… Very well. I, Erpel, the Pure-breed Vampire who is in charge of this place, shall teach you the rules,” the boy said in a self-important tone.
But nobody present, including Emma, found the boy’s arrogance unpleasant. Though the boy was so thin that he looked as if he had never done any work on a farm in his life, he was indeed a Pure-breed Vampire.
Emma had seen Goblins and Horned Rabbits before. But Pure-breed Vampires were like beings from another dimension in comparison to the monsters she knew.
They were almost entirely immortal, possessed unlimited Mana, and were capable of crushing steel armor as if it were made of paper. They were monsters who had been living since the age of the gods, and none could hope to cross swords with them except legendary heroes.
That was what Emma and the others around her had heard from priests’ teachings and the songs of minstrels.
“Listen. I will teach you as many times as needed, but listen carefully… First of all, you wake up at 6 o’clock, and lights are out at 10. You need to gather in the dining hall for breakfast at 7, so make sure to get dressed and tidy your rooms before then. Dinner is from 6 until 8, and the large baths may be used from 8 until 9. Eat lunch at your schools and workplace experience destinations… You will be punished for sneaking food, using baths outside the designated times and staying up late,” said Erpel, explaining the rules of the lodging house that Emma and the others would be staying at from now on.
“U-umm, where can we check the time?” someone asked meekly.
“Look at the clock. And the bell here rings every three hours from 6 in the morning until 9 at night. Pay attention to the bell… Just to be sure, you can read numbers, can’t you?” Erpel asked the group.
“Y-yes. There might be some small children who can’t, though,” someone replied.
Seemingly satisfied with this response, Erpel pointed to the building behind him… the building that Emma and the others would be living in for a while.
“You lot will refrain from shouting at night, breaking the furniture in your rooms, sleeping in rooms other than your own, and drinking in your rooms. You will live orderly lives… so long as my eyes are black!” Erpel declared.
TLN: “While my eyes are black” is a phrase in Japanese that is equivalent to the English phrase “while I still live.” Makes sense, since Japanese people have black eyes.
“Eh, your eyes are red, aren’t they?” a child pointed out.
“That’s not what ‘while my eyes are black’ means! You’ll start school tomorrow, so maybe you’ll learn things like that while you’re there!” Erpel shouted angrily at the child.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” a parent of the child apologized hastily. “Please, have mercy!”
Erpel exhaled. “It matters not. Ever since the age of the gods, it has been known that children are lively and brazen creatures. And that child’s words are a sign that he is paying attention to me and my words,” he sighed. “Woods, I shall give you this,” he said, calling out the child’s name and taking out an object wrapped in a large leaf from inside his overcoat.
As the child and his parents trembled, Erpel pinched the leaf-wrapped object.
“What is…?”
“It is a dried potato that I made myself. It’s very sweet, you know? It’s not just for Woods. You should give a slice to everyone. I’ll also hand out the keys to your rooms. Each household is responsible for their own key. Be careful not to lose them,” said Erpel.
“Yay, dried potato!” the child cried.
“Wait, line up with your families! And don’t just take your keys! Take the dried potato as well!” Erpel shouted.
“Eh? I’m an adult. Do I get some as well?” Emma asked.
“What did you say?! Are you saying that you won’t eat my dried potato…? M-maybe dried apricots would have been better?” Erpel asked dejectedly.
“N-no! I’m very grateful!” Emma said hastily.
And so, Emma received the key to her room and some dried potato.
After Vandalieu rescued the slaves and the people who had been captured to be sold as slaves, he decided that he would allow them to immigrate to Talosheim if they wished to.
However, every single one of the people he had rescued had desired to move to Talosheim. This was because when the subordinates of the ‘Hyena’ Gozoroff attacked their villages, kidnapped the inhabitants and looted their valuables, they had also set fire to their houses and fields.
They had done this to break any desire that the captured villagers had to escape, but as a result, the villagers had lost their homes and the fields that had provided them sustenance to live. Of course, Vandalieu had given the villagers back some of the things that Gozoroff had taken from them, but… these people had been inhabitants of a small village; they had never been wealthy in the first place.
Thus, they would have been as good as dead by spring if they hadn’t immigrated to Talosheim. Even if they were fortunate enough to have survived, they had been in such a dire situation that they would have been working desperately to pay off this year’s taxes. If they failed to do this, they would have become slaves again in the end anyway.
But that didn’t mean that Emma and the others would be taken to Talosheim and then let free. Vandalieu had expected that this would happen; he had built an accommodation facility for them to live in for a while as they became accustomed to Talosheim so that the children could attend schools, the workers to undergo workplace experiences and the rest, depending on their age, would undergo training.
The teacher at the first school that Emma had ever attended was… someone who seemed more suited to working new soldiers in an army than teaching academic knowledge.
“My name is Gopher. I’m a slave who was rescued by His Majesty Vandalieu a few years before you people. I’ve already graduated from this school before, so I suppose that makes me your senpai in two different ways,” said an older-sisterly person with a lively, bright tone of voice.
But she was over two meters tall, and her muscular bicep was thicker than Emma’s thigh.
“A-are you supposed to be teaching us?” one of the students asked, overwhelmed by Gopher’s presence.
This classroom was filled with adults; the children had been gathered into a different classroom. The curriculum for both was the same, but it seemed that they had been separated so that the adults would not have to make efforts to put on airs in front of the children or have their pride wounded because children learned more quickly.
“Oh, does it make you uncomfortable that I’m your teacher?” said Gopher with a wide grin.
She turned around to write a numerical formula on the blackboard behind her, which Emma had failed to notice before.
“Now then, can anyone answer this question?” she asked.
The question on the blackboard was a three-digit division problem. It wasn’t a particularly difficult one, but… none of the students, including Emma, were able to immediately answer.
“Well then, can anyone read this?” asked Gopher, writing “Surpass Limits” on the blackboard in four kanji characters.
But nobody could answer this question, either.
The Status System in Lambda meant that everyone could read numbers; the literacy rate for numbers was higher even than Earth.
However, it was not uncommon for the inhabitants of small farming villages to only be able to read hiragana and katakana, having never learned to read numbers at all.
Emma and the other students had been raised in such a small farming village; none of them had done any kind of studying except for the village chief and his family, who had needed to be able to calculate taxes and write documents.
“It seems that none of you know the answer. But it’s alright. I wasn’t particularly smart either, but I learned. If you guys study seriously, you’ll be able to solve these in a year or two. You can earn more money if you can do paperwork, you know,” said Gopher, grinning widely again.
The adults murmured amongst themselves, thinking that if Gopher could do it, so could they.
… In half a year’s time, they would learn that Gopher-Sensei had been the only daughter of the ‘Sword King’ Borkus and received an ordinary education as a child, and had merely re-learnt that knowledge at school.
However, by then, everyone had learned to read and perform calculations to some extent, so they never suffered any loss of motivation to learn.
On the way back from her first day at school, Emma stopped at the sight of Gopher, who was surrounded by people that were between the age of ten and Emma’s own age.
“Gopher-Sensei is popular, I suppose,” Emma murmured to herself as she observed for a while.
“Sensei, I’m already big enough!” one of the children cried.
“Me too! Beast-people become about as big as adults once they’re ten, after all!” said another.
“Hey, I’m small, but I’m a Dwarf, so I’m actually an adult already…” said a third.
From the words that Emma could hear, for a moment, she thought that Gopher was being approached by a group of girls that were far younger than her.
“That’s why we want to become Undead!” one of the girls cried.
“You girls, why do you want to become Undead when you’re still alive?! Even His Majesty told you to stop!” Gopher said, scolding them.
… They weren’t approaching her in a sexual way, but in a way that involved their lives.
TLN: “sexual way” and “a way that involved their lives” is 性的 and 生的, which are both pronounced “seiteki” in Japanese.
“We want to be a great Undead like Borkus-sama!” one of the girls said.
“Please, introduce him to us!” said another.
“Please, stop this! There’s no point in me introducing my father to you!” said Gopher.
“Umm, Gopher-Sensei, what’s going on?” Emma asked tentatively.
Gopher pressed a hand to her forehead in exasperation. “You lot have been making so much noise around here that these kids who immigrated a while ago have come to see. What am I supposed to do when they’ve made such a big misunderstanding?” she sighed. “Ah, but you don’t need to worry about it. In a way, these children are my classmates.”
The girls surrounding Gopher were the former slaves that Vandalieu had rescued from the slave mine in the Hartner Duchy along with Gopher.
There was a demand for small children in mines to be used to dig in narrow tunnels. There was not much demand for slaves that were small children in other places. That was why many boys, and girls who were of an age where they could not be used in prostitution, were sent to slave mines.
They were companions who had been exposed to harsh physical labor that killed at least one of them daily. Each day could be the last for any of them. Living in such an environment, their eyes had lost the light of hope… and then they had been fortunate enough to be rescued by Vandalieu.
As a result, they had become adherents of Vandalieu, fanatical to the point of being somewhat troublesome.
“So, you want to become Undead?” said Emma.
“Yes, we want to become Undead, increase our Rank and become useful to that person,” one of the girls said.
“We wish to become great Undead like Rita-san and Saria-san,” said another.
The girls’ eyes… They looked somewhat dull, but at the same time, they were shining.
“… I think you can become a maid without becoming an Undead. At the very least, there is the option of becoming a Ghoul, Vampire or a member of another of Vida’s races. Even though you are a Beast-person,” said Gopher.
“Zadiris-sama rejected us. She said that we should wait a little, at least until we’re about twenty years old…” said one of the girls.
“She said that we’re going to feel pain in our small chests… I know that she’s saying that out of concern for us, but we can’t wait for years!” said another.
It seemed that they had consulted Zadiris already.
“Zadiris’s advice is correct. The Vampires would probably tell you the same,” said Gopher. “It’s true that His Majesty the Emperor rescued us, but that doesn’t mean he expects us to offer our lives to him. That’s especially true for you children. The Emperor himself said that he’d be happy if you just grew up healthy and sound in this country, didn’t he?”
“That’s true, but… we want to do something!” one of the girls exclaimed.
“I can’t tell if this is merely youth speaking or if it’s a disease that infects young teenagers… Ah, if you don’t get home soon, the manager of this place will get worried and come to get you. You’ll get a spanking if you stay past curfew, so hurry along,” Gopher told the girls.
Erpel apparently handed out spanking punishments. Perhaps because he had lived for over a hundred thousand years, all mortals seemed like small children to him.
“W-we’re going home right now! Thank you!” said Emma, hastily returning to the lodging house, as she would find such a punishment embarrassing at her age. “… An Undead, huh,” she murmured to herself quietly.
Around three days after her immigration to Talosheim, Emma was spending some time alone in her room before it was time to sleep.
“… What should I do?” she whispered to herself.
Things had changed drastically in the past few days.
Emma’s room was large enough for her to live in by herself, and her furniture was extravagant enough for her to wonder if she had suddenly become a noble.
A bed so soft that it couldn’t be compared to straw, lighting powered by a Magic Item that was activated when the word “light” was spoken, a closet filled with five sets of winter clothes dyed in colors that Emma had never seen before in her village.
On top of that, she had a heating unit. She didn’t know how it worked, but apparently it had hot water running through its metal pipes, keeping her room warm for the winter.
This place was a considerable distance south of where Emma had lived before, but it was still cold, so she was very thankful for this… though if she’d had one of these heating units in her village, she wouldn’t have had to go through the trouble of gathering firewood.
She was also provided with three meals a day, and they were all delicious. Even the soup had something called ‘dashi’ in it, which made it very tasty.
She had no complaints about how she was being treated. In fact, she was even starting to feel apologetic. After all, she hadn’t done anything. She had simply been attacked, watched her parents die, been loaded into a carriage and then been rescued from there. That was all.
“… I was sure I would be made to do servant work or some kind of harsh labor,” she murmured.
With nowhere to go, Emma had received Vandalieu’s offer of migrating to Talosheim, a nation that she had never heard of before. She had assumed that he wanted workers for his country.
She had been prepared to be forced to work the very next day and be handed over to some unmarried man… It wasn’t because she thought that Vandalieu and his companions were bad people. She had simply assumed that such treatment would be normal.
The concept of ‘human rights’ was a weak one in this world. It wasn’t that they didn’t exist entirely, but they had never been documented properly, and they might as well have been non-existent compared to human rights on Earth.
That was why even when illegal slaves were rescued from bandits or slave trading organizations, they could not hope to receive further help in addition to being freed.
Perhaps if they had been kidnapped from a nearby city or village, and that city or village was still intact, they would be taken back home. Perhaps they would receive medical care for any wounds that they had, and receive a few days’ protection.
But in most cases, that was about it. There were almost no cases in which the rescuer would offer long-term protection for someone unrelated to themselves like Emma, and help them become employed.
There were plenty of cases in which illegal slaves were rescued from that fate, but ended up as legal slaves anyway as a result of having no relatives or belongings and being unable to find work.
That was still a more pleasant fate than some; in a country that had been destroyed long ago, the law had allowed the feudal lord to seize the slaves as they had been ‘assets’ belonging to criminals.
That was why Emma was bewildered and felt discomfort at her current situation. This nation was certainly strange. Monsters and Undead walked around every day as if it were perfectly ordinary, behaving like humans. There were many with human appearances like Erpel, the manager of the lodging house, but there were also many Undead that were clearly not living, like Skeletons and Liches. Emma had occasionally spotted black insects the size of adult people and floating eyeballs.
Many of the former slaves were still unaccustomed to seeing such creatures, but Emma had stopped being surprised at the sight of Skeletons. That was why she thought that this nation would be like paradise once she became used to the other strange inhabitants.
“It’s not like I can keep eating without working, but I think it’s a far more blessed life than I would have lived in the village if nothing had happened… Is this really okay for someone like me? It’s not like I’ve done anything to deserve this,” Emma murmured to herself.
Two days later, these doubts of hers became certain thoughts when she was reunited with her parents.
“Oooh… Emmaaaa…” whispered Emma’s father.
“You’re safe. I’m so glad,” said her mother.
“Dad? M-Mom?” Emma gasped.
To Emma’s parents, Emma was their only daughter, the child that had finally been born after many efforts to have children… In other words, they had already been fairly old when their village was attacked. The slave traders had deemed them as being of no commercial value, so they had been killed.
Vandalieu had gone to the site of the attacked village and gathered the remaining spirits there including those of Emma’s parents.
“Please discuss with your families about whether you should return to the cycle of death and rebirth as normal, or become an Undead, or become pseudo-reincarnated as monsters. Becoming an Undead is the best way to preserve your personality. Pseudo-reincarnation may result in the loss of all memories in some cases,” explained the nearby pseudo-main-body-type Demon King Familiar.
Emma, who had never expected to see her parents again, was overjoyed to be reunited with them.
And it was at this moment that she made her decision.
On the first floor of the royal castle, Luciliano addressed a group of girls whom he had barely ever seen before.
“It has been a while, but I am glad that you look well. As someone who was your comrade in slavery, it makes me very happy,” he said.
“Yes, it has been a while, Luciliano-san,” one of the girls replied.
It was likely that most of the girls didn’t remember Luciliano either. Despite the words spoken, the girls did not seem particularly nostalgic to see him.
Luciliano had become caught up in a conflict within a noble family, charged with false crimes and sent to the slave mine. These girls were the former slaves that had been there with him.
However, as he had been in different cells from them, he wasn’t very familiar with them.
Even after Vandalieu rescued them, Luciliano had become his apprentice and had spent much of his time in the royal castle… almost living in the underground workshop. Thus, he had never interacted with these girls.
Luciliano was self-aware enough to know that he was a very eccentric person even in Talosheim, so he had been somewhat avoiding such interaction.
“I’ve heard the story from Gopher. You have finally managed to make her complain enough to drag me out of the workshop so spectacularly… but I do have to question your idea of becoming Undead. I highly recommend choosing a different path,” Luciliano said to the girls.
“No way…” one of the girls whispered, clearly shocked and dejected. “Don’t try to trick us by talking as if you’re a normal person!”
“I may be an eccentric individual, but it would be a terrible misunderstanding to assume that all of my words and actions are that of an airhead,” Luciliano said.
His basic personality was that of a mad-scientist-type person. He could behave like a serious human being when necessary, but the truth was that he felt no hesitation in performing human experiments on subjects like bandits. Furthermore, he was more interested in Undead than living humans.
Never once in his life had he ever tried to peek at a woman’s naked body, but he was a staunch oddball who had attempted to peek at Vandalieu performing surgery on the Titan heroes Zandia and Jeena in order to see their skin and, most importantly, their innards.
However, he did possess enough sense to stop these living girls from becoming Undead.
“As an expert in the matter, I will tell you this. If you wish to become strong Undead, you must have strong feelings of hatred and lingering regrets. There are minimal records of people becoming Undead because they wanted to, as you are trying to do… However, other than some cases of mages becoming High Liches and Elder Liches as a result of their research, every other attempt has ended in failure, the result being a mere moving corpse, a Rank 1 Living Dead,” Luciliano said sternly. “None of you wish for that, do you?”
“That’s… but…” the girl muttered, faltering.
The girls were shaken by Luciliano’s explanation.
“In any case, if you were planning to become Undead and then attain higher Ranks, I believe that training diligently while you are still alive would have the same effect,” Luciliano continued. “It may seem that Undead develop more quickly, but I do not think you should underestimate the power of the living.”
“You may be right,” said the girl who was representing the group, seeing some sense in Luciliano’s words.
But she raised her face to continue speaking.
“You may be right, but I think that we can become closer to that person by becoming other races, rather than staying as humans and Dwarves,” she said.
“I’m a Beast-person, but I agree with her,” piped up another girl.
Luciliano let out a small groan and frowned, knowing that the girls were right. “They are surprisingly aware of the true nature of Master’s guidance… What clever, troublesome children.”
Nobody had explained Vandalieu’s guidance to the girls, but they had instinctively understood its true nature.
Vandalieu’s guidance was the Dark Demon Creation Path… It did guide humans, but it had a greater effect on monsters than humans, and had more of an effect on Undead and monsters that were close to death. There was no doubt about this; after all, it was enough to make even basic Undead discard their hatred towards the living and their desire for their flesh.
Still, they are the only ones who wish to go as far as to change race just to be guided to a greater extent. Perhaps it is because they were charmed while they were essentially living corpses, and now they are healthy, living people, the guidance has grown weaker than before? Luciliano wondered, giving up on the hope of talking the girls out of their idea.
If his conjecture was correct, it would be impossible to convince the girls using logic.
In fact, if he were to refuse them too much, it was possible that they would commit suicide in the near future, or try to attack Noble-born Vampires and steal their blood in an attempt to become Vampires.
But what he found strange was –
“I understand you girls… or rather, I have given up on trying to talk you out of this,” Luciliano told the girls. “But why are you here?” he asked, looking in a different direction.
What Luciliano found strange was that Emma was among these girls.
“If I recall, you are a new face around here,” he said.
“Because I want to become stronger,” Emma replied.
“… I have already asked these girls, but what is wrong with ordinary methods of becoming stronger? I think you will become able to go through the mandatory citizen soldier training in about a month,” said Luciliano.
Talosheim had mandatory citizen soldier training… a system to ensure that every citizen possessed the combat strength to defeat an average soldier from other nations.
The citizens trained with crossbows and spears while wearing Living Armors in order to acquire Level 2 in Skills such as Archery and Spear Technique.
“I’ve heard about that. But that isn’t enough. After all… I really haven’t done anything! Even when I was riding in that carriage and a girl was about to be killed in front of me, I just watched… I was so scared that I couldn’t move!” said Emma.
Emma had been one of the passengers in the carriage that Vandalieu had snuck into. She had been present when Vandalieu had saved a young girl in that carriage.
A boy who looked weaker than Emma had saved that little girl… by extending his tongue to pierce the ears of the scoundrel who had been about to kill her, destroying part of his brain and taking over his body… but he had indeed saved her.
Meanwhile, Emma had made no effort to stop the scoundrel like the girl’s brother had; she had cowered and tried to make herself as small as possible so that she would not become the scoundrel’s next target.
Powerless and cowering, she had been rescued, and her parents had been brought back as Undead, though they were unable to speak as clearly as before. Emma could not accept that she was being treated with such hospitality despite that.
“… I think you would be doing fine just being grateful. I think respectable believers of Alda would be enraged or become overcome with grief if their parents were turned into Undead,” Luciliano pointed out.
“Really?” said Emma. “My village only had a small shrine to Botin-sama, so…”
“I think even Botin’s teachings preach that the dead should return to the earth… and the living normally have an instinct to fear the presence of Undead,” said Luciliano. “In any case, I think you are overthinking things. Master rescues people for his own reasons.”
As far as Luciliano could tell, Vandalieu rescued people for two reasons. One was for the sake of his allies. There were cases in which relatives or acquaintances of those he considered allies needed to be rescued, but there were others who were completely unrelated but Vandalieu saved anyway because he knew that his allies would be happy about it.
This was a very broad category. After all, there were even gods that Vandalieu considered to be his allies.
He rescued the weak that he came across as long as they would not cause him great burden, as doing this would bring joy to Vida, the goddess of life and love. In that regard, Vandalieu was essentially a philanthropist.
The other reason that Vandalieu rescued people was for his own sake. It wasn’t that he was doing this in order to gain something that would be of practical benefit from those he rescued. It was something that he did in order to maintain his own humanity and his mind’s balance… in order to remain a person.
This sentimental aspect of Vandalieu could not be taken lightly. If Vandalieu had been a pitiless person who did not give others a second glance, who actively sought to kill the believers of the gods belonging to Alda’s forces and the citizens of the Amid Empire, it was possible that he would not be as strong as he was now – or that he would not even be alive right now.
After being born as Darcia’s son, if he had never saved the Ghouls after encountering Zadiris and the rest of her village, if he had used Bone Man and his other creations as disposable pawns, if he had merely commanded the Undead Titans without restoring the nation of Talosheim… if he had never reached a hand out to the other members of Vida’s races.
If none of these things had happened, it was unlikely that Alda’s forces would have viewed him as the next Demon King, but perhaps he would never have ventured beneath the Hartner Duchy’s castle to rescue Princess Levia and the other Titan Ghosts where he absorbed a fragment of the Demon King, and perhaps he would not have worked so hard to become stronger and protect his companions, so he may have been killed by one of the reincarnated individuals or the Vampires who worshiped evil gods.
Vandalieu was not strong because he was cruel. He had become strong because even though he was insane, he took pity on others – just as this empire had.
“Master is tolerant of weakness. He may praise bravery shown by those who have no power, but he does not criticize cowardice, does he?” said Luciliano.
“That’s true… but I can’t accept this!” Emma insisted.
“Is that so? I see. This is becoming troublesome, so let’s move on… Fortunately, there is no Demon King Familiar here so Master will not stop you, and I see no problem with there being one more added to the group,” said Luciliano, growing tired of trying to persuade Emma.
From his belongings, he took out a bottle that he had received Vandalieu’s permission to use in the event that he could not talk the girls out of this.
“Is that… alcohol?” Emma asked.
“No, it’s Master’s blood. In its pure form,” said Luciliano.
Emma and the rest of the girls gasped upon hearing what was in the bottle.
“The truth is, my experimental animals all turned into monsters after drinking the Blood Potion made from Master’s blood. I thought that it would have the same effect on humans, so I and one other drank Master’s blood, but… there were no changes in particular other than seeing Master more often in our dreams,” Luciliano explained. “And so, I thought that perhaps there may be different results depending on gender, age, race and physique. If you girls really insist, then please join me in this experiment. But I shall limit this to those who are fifteen and over.”
Luciliano took out cups from his belongings and began pouring the blood into them. The crimson liquid should have had a metallic smell to it, but Emma found it to have a sweet aroma.
“Now then, what will you do?” Luciliano asked the girls. “There is no guarantee that there will be any change even if you drink it, but…”
Several days later, Emma was still a human, but she apparently had a dream in which she was doing work involving polishing fist-sized eyeballs and burying them in lumps of flesh beside her.
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NOVEL DISCUSSION
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Akachi86
“Yay, dried potato!” the child cried.
So cute 🙂
Alke
The other reason that Vandalieu rescued people was for his own sake. It wasn’t that he was doing this in order to gain something that would be of practical benefit from those he rescued. It was something that he did in order to maintain his own humanity and his mind’s balance… in order to remain a person”❤️❤️❤️
“If Vandalieu had been a pitiless person who did not give others a second glance, who actively sought to kill the believers of the gods belonging to Alda’s forces and the citizens of the Amid Empire, it was possible that he would not be as strong as he was now – or that he would not even be alive right now.”👍
” After being born as Darcia’s son, if he had never saved the Ghouls after encountering Zadiris and the rest of her village, if he had used Bone Man and his other creations as disposable pawns, if he had merely commanded the Undead Titans without restoring the nation of Talosheim… if he had never reached a hand out to the other members of Vida’s races…
Vandalieu was not strong because he was cruel. He had become strong because even though he was insane, he took pity on others – just as this empire had.❤️❤️❤️
Zenden1st
nioce guess ranks are meta these days
caccuhuy
I’m sure Heinz might say something like “you even kidnape and turn those girls into Undead? What an evil act!”
Alke
Please spare me the Heinzlike talk, he’s creating enough irritation as it is
Baldingere
I bet Luciliano loves toying with Van’s soul.
Kerlark Dgrayman
I like that there are “What if’s” in this chapter and discusses what is it in Van’s mind.
Zauberbiest
what bizarre dreams… threading on the borderlines of hentai what if’s
polynesianvibez
struggles of a fanatic
thanks for the chapter
TruePath111
…I think MC is going to far now. Getting the villagers souls like that. Just let it go and let the victims live their own life.
Undeads are treated as “citizens” now. I don’t mind other races but they’re just walking skeletons, they wouldn’t accept humans if it weren’t for MC. I always thought MC would resurrect them but he’s even looking for a way for these skeletons to breed.
leti456
Resurrection is not easy. He can only do partial resurrection as explained in the chapter, and that can cause partial if not all memory loss.
Just look how much it took just to resurrect his mother alone. It is impossible (at least right now) for him to try to resurrect every undead citizen.
That’s why it is more cost-effective to make it so that even if they are undead there is no difference between them and the living. So they can reproduce, eat, think creatively, fall in love, etc.
So that if they have regrets they can continue living their life without a problem
And he did give a choice to the villager’s souls. He made it so that together with their family and friends they decide whether to be undead or to go back to the circle of reincarnation.
SuprGofi
For the villagers they were souls that stayed due to hatred or wrongful death. If they died a normal death they would of been reincarnated already. He is offering pitiful souls the option to choose instead of slowly degrading overtime.
Undead are considered his citizens and they enjoy and accepted being undead. Him finding a way for them to breed gives them more meaning in accepting themselves. One of denying factors of undead is that they only bring death and consume the living. I don’t know if he intends for skeletons to breed.
Kionzel
He’s looking for ways for undead who have the organs and desire to have kids to bear children, because normal resurrection is still somewhat an impossibility. You make it out as if the undead have no intelligence whatsoever through Vandalieu’s actions, and that they’re Merely puppets on a string. He went back to the village because he felt it was necessary for the victims of the slave traders to have closure with their dead relatives and to determine what they wanted to do. You’re a callous ass.
Vicx
Bruh no wonder u support the heinze ketchup guy. You belong to Alda’s faction.
LordKira
Why do you keep reading the novel if you don’t like the MC?
Blue Berry
You’ve been complaining about Van and the other Female who has experiences or children. Then praising Pluto and Heinz. I was astounded that since first volume you still have no idea what kind of a person Van is. If you like generic stereotypes like common righteous naive heroes like Heinz and generic “pure” females, then just drop the story.
You do understand that, not even once in his former lives in Earth and Origin that he experienced familiar love, parental love, and friendship, right? Hell, it took only like a month or two before Darcia died. Van has been suffering since day one. You can’t blame him for his immaturity by still holding grudges on Heinz and his team.
He have never been an adult or reach even mid-twenties in his three lives. Earth (15-17 years old) Origin (17-19) Lambda (0-still alive)
Clearly, this LN is not for you. Just try Slime Tensei, it’s a much more lighter version of Death Mage. It will be a win-win situation for all of us.
Vitor
don’t say that, I would feel pity for the poor readers of ST
A_wandering_otter
I just realized that you can call slime diary std lmao (don’t beat me up I love tensura)
Brandragoon
You haven’t been reading this story at all have you? Because if you did you would know that Vans mana restores undead and makes them cognizant again. They are every bit as intelligent and self aware as they where while alive, they may have new instincts and urges due to becoming undead but at their core they are still the same people they were in life.
Honestly all of your comments so far have only been you making an ass out of yourself and showing how hopeless of a human being you actually are. you cry and complain about the women who like Van not being virgins, you cry and complain about how Van is “immature” for refusing to forgive his mothers murderer, you cry and complain about how Van isn’t a stereotypical justice meathead isekai Mc despite the fact that this story is clearly about how the concept of evil and good changes significantly depending on one’s own circumstances and view points.
Honestly just stop reading this story, you would be much happier reading some stereotypical power fantasy isekai novel where every girl and their grandma hangs off the words of the Mc.
Absolute Zer0
If world works as same way as this guy’s way of thinking, then widows and r*pe victims will be excuted without question or become a nun in rural village. Nevermind some ‘loose’ women.
I’m sure he is 30 years old virgin pedophile jacking off in basement.
Vitor
Did you even read? He literally told them that they had the choice of returning to the circle or reincarnation, be made undead and keeping their families company, or being pseudo-reincarnated and keeping their families company, he never “got the villager souls like that”, you make it sound as if he was coercing them, also, you said that the undead won’t accept humans… but it was clearly written that the undead from Talosheim had retained their sanity on their own centuries before Van was even born, they kept killing the Mirg-shield nation undeads and monsters that got too far into the city, and some of them even decided to cross the mountain range to go looking out for Levia, do you have any kind of mental issue that avoids you understanding what you’re reading? because if it’s that, you shouldn’t read, let alone comment
Leandro99
O próximo capítulo ainda vai demorar?
Ray666
I’m sorry we’re babies
no1
Yeah, I really want that next chapters and the next volume, come on man
TypicalReader
I will finish this book before I die!!
Suhardi
I’m so death of boredom with this release date chapter
YohaoShakur
Where can I read the google translated version of the next chapter ? I Just só desperate for the next one that I just can’t wait anymore.
no1
I agree with that, I have a link in mind for a crude translated version, it’s hard to follow and difficult to understand what it means. Just don’t expect much, it’d be better to just suck it up and wait, my opinion at least.
https://comrademao.com/novel/the-death-mage-who-doesnt-want-a-fourth-time/
Superboy8338
Was REALLY hoping that the next chapter would be out on my 21st birthday which is today.
FELOS1478
I need to read a chapter every 15 days or I will die
It is also my birthday can you send one as a gift?
but there is no hurry
Thank you
Supreme king
Sigh yesterday was my birth day I really hoped one was released
Sebas Tian
Yoshi got kidnapped on a training trip by his work so the release got delayed.
no1
Wait a minute are you serious, that sounds really bad. Also I agree I really want to read the next chapters and then volume 10
Superboy8338
Any idea when Yoshi’s trip ends?
Superboy8338
Happy late birthday
Supreme king
DOnt no if your responding to me or him or both but thanks
dkuro
Thanks for the chapter.
The volume 6 is out in japan, can we take the new cover ?
https://www.hifumi.co.jp/books/lineup/images/view/9784891995898.jpg
(on it there is Vandalieu, Kaidou kanata, and princess Levia
picakcarson
I like how that is what you point out, AND NOT THAT VAL APPARENTLY LOSES A FUCKING EYE, or has he already lost it I mean seriously I have no idea what to make of this anymore with all the interchanging bodies and souls and such.
picakcarson
Wait nevermind I’m a dumbass
Supreme king
Lol u had me scared too for a while when u said he loses an eye but then I realized that he is probably just blocking his eye on purpose Andy then I realize he can’t really sustain long lasting damage enough to warrant bandage ha btw who tf is kaidou kanata?like I know him but I forgot
Sebas Tian
He’s the first braver to show up in Lambda. He was killed by Mari the Metamorph and was tasked by Roddy to kill Van. He killed a bunch of innocent people and raped innocent women before killing them too. He died under the Hartner family’s manor/castle/mansion whatever the hell it was in their secret tomb where the Demon King’s Blood was sealed away. He was code-named Gungnir.
Nobody2
Any idea when the next chapter is?
no1
No idea, the release of chapters is pretty random. It could be a few days minimum, a few weeks or a month maximum between releases.
Supreme king
Oh thanks man so this is how van looked when he fought him back then which mean she he should be a bit bigger now btw how many hears passed since van fought him?i kinda always imagined this little munchkin doing all the fighting didn’t even realize he would be growing lol I had the manga image of him in my head
Jonathan Hurd
I find it funny that in the picture Van is covering his purple eye he got from his dark elf mother and not the red one that marks him as a vampire. Still an awesome picture I just don’t see the point of covering that particular eye, lol.
Supreme king
Because it’s was already obvious he was a mixed breed by the color of his skin so it wasn’t obvious he was part vampire he didn’t want people to know his other race though so he covered the other eye Andy left the vampier trade mark red eye
Chiu ChunLing
Most likely his right eye is dominant, it’s also possible that it confers some of his racial bonuses to vision.
Most people don’t notice eye dominance in everyday life, it’s not like hand dominance where it can be difficult to perform normal tasks. But for combat and such, eye dominance is actually more important than hand dominance. If you have to get in a fight with one eye and one hand available, and have to choose between dominant hand and dominant eye, you should pick having your dominant eye.
The reason for this is because the advantage of your dominant hand is primarily in fine motor control (and secondarily in strength), while the advantage of your dominant eye is in reaction time and coordination (and secondarily in focus). The secondary advantage is just because of using the dominant side more, it can be evened out with proper training. And fine motor control degrades in a fight anyway.
no1
Nice change, this cover looks great
kagemao
I expected the giants to look more stocky. It makes it harder to understand how they got lumped in with the anti-monster racism if they are just taller people. Is dark skin reserved for Vida’s races?
LmaoLN
I dont think so. I’m pretty sure in one of the vampires backstories they were being harshly treated for the color of their skin (Pretty sure it was Eleanora)
Chiu ChunLing
Titans are a Vida race, they’re part of the Vida reincarnation cycle that Alda and Rotcortex want eliminated.
Rotcortex wants the Vida cycle eliminated simply because it infringes on his monopoly, Alda wants it eliminated to exterminate the Vida races that have ranks, like Scylla and Majin.
For both of them, the Vida races like Titans that can interbreed with humanity with no particular difficulties are a serious problem because that causes ‘atavism’ in later generations. Basically, apparently normal humans have a Titan, Dark Elf, Beastkin, or worst of all, a Dhampir child because each of them had a distant ancestor of that race.
In actual fact, it’s too late to eliminate Titan and Beastkin atavism from the human population, humans carrying the latent genetic traits are widespread and can’t be distinguished from ‘pure’ humans (which very likely don’t exist anymore). The same may be true of Dark Elves, though they have less of a tendency to atavism. It seems not to be true of Dhampirs, as long as you’re willing to exterminate all humans inside the Border Mountains.
Speaking of which, dark skin isn’t reserved to Vida races, but darker skinned humans are likely to live further south because of greater exposure to sun, and the southernmost part of the continent is inside the Border Mountains.
Anyway, back to atavism…Alda’s plan for that before Van showed up was to make hatred of Vida races so intense as to ensure that atavistic Titans and Beastkin would be killed at birth (by their own parents or by zealous priests), same as with Dhampirs. Although this wouldn’t remove the latent genetic component, it would make it easier to exert pressure on Vida’s cycle and abolish it immediately once a successful invasion of the Border Mountains allowed extermination of the main populations of Vida races. This was planned to happen in the distant future, though, since Alda still didn’t have the resources for such an invasion.
FELOS1478
on October 31 will it leave?
WolfLord_Jordon
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I caught up😱😱😱😱😱😢.Thanks for the chapter on a good story
Supreme king
Chapter time?or am I a few days too early?
Valeth
Still early if they stick to schedule, which life does not always allow for. They usually do 2 or 3 chapters a month, we have 2 already this month. Hopefully we can get another soon.
But honestly that is several times faster than the Manga which is 1 chapter every 37 days.
Supreme king
IKR do u no what chapter the manga is in the raw?
dkuro
the last chapter out in the manga was chapter 13, and it was the first quarter of the chapter 11 of WN.
Nobody2
Any idea when the next chapter will be out?
veradux1223
Around the 30th if I’m correct. I remember the translator saying they would try to post once every one or two weeks
Morgan
I just realised. Gods get a lot of power from their believers. Van isn’t a god yet but already has thousands of believers. When he does become a god, will he get a power boost to his stats? Like +1 all stats per believer?
Jonathan Hurd
What’s interesting with Van is his guidance added to that. So his followers would supply him power while his guidance gives the followers power.
One thing I think is interesting to think about is whether you being a God makes it so peoples prayers give you power or if it’s the people’s prayers that make you a God. Considering what Fiderg said a long time ago I think God’s can lose their power and position if they have no worshippers. Considering that I think if Van increases the worship of himself a bit more that might allow him to ascend.
ORMUZ
Well if you think about “prayers give you power or if it’s the people’s prayers that make you a God. ” it dosn´t apply to Rodcore that was identified as a god of lamda recently and no one prays to Rodcore in Talosheim and I think that the supply of divine powers is no t only or because ofe prayers but rather be identified as god like the case of Gufadgarn before being an elf.
UnveilingSage
I remember it being said that Rodcorte derives his power from the flow of souls through his system, which is why he was trying to increase the population of Lambda in the first place, if you recall.
Jonathan Hurd
So one thing i forgot to bring up in my last post is that technically there was a second way to gather power from humans that didn’t involve prayers. That way was fear.
For Gufadgarn a lot of her power comes from the legitimate fear people have towards the dungeons. This is similar for a bunch of the Evil God’s who stayed on the DKs side. They gathered power by inflicting horrible damage to humans to spawn fear.
I would say Gufadgarn probably ascended not by recognition from those of her race but from the fear of her prey. She did say she spent her entire life just making bigger and more elaborate traps. Enough creatures die to them the fear involved over enough time could be enough.
In Rodcorte case he’s a bit weird. He is feeding off reincarnating souls. So considering that part of his system resets souls to a blank slate. I think he gets power by taking the built up energy/experience from the souls he is reincarnating.
So here is my personal theory. When we pray/fear something from the bottom of our hearts we end up giving it power from our souls. Rodcorte is cutting out the middle man and just directly taking all the emotions from the soul to wipe it.
Considering Van’s own soul is made up of different people and he keeps adding more by eating others. I think Van is basically becoming a God through fear, prayer, and taking in souls. So he’s using everyone’s methods at once.
no1
hmm yeah, good idea. I kinda forgot about that. Vandalieu has more power/mana than some gods, but still isn’t a god himself. And his buddies still have that unnamed divine protection, which is most likely Vandalieu’s divine protection. It would be cool to see if he does become a god later on.
Jonathan Hurd
At this point Vans already a demigod, in power and bloodline, so he’s definitely going to take that final step to godhood at some point.
What might be holding him back from achieving divinity might be the sheer speed he’s accumulated power. His physical body just finally caught up to his stat growths and that paralyzed him for at least a month I feel. If Van were to try and ascend past his body, I think that would end up breaking him so his body is adapting for now slowly morphing to Godhood. That’s why his Divine Protections are slowly revealing more letters.
Chiu ChunLing
Van already relies on his followers for all his XP.
And with his new abilities to leech XP by telepresence, he could eventually be getting 10% of the XP of pretty much everyone inside the Boundary Mountains.
What a racket.
Nguyen Tran Duong Hoang
Gopher (Borkus’s daughter) doesn’t have any men she likes? I thought Borkus might suggest Van to marry his daughter.
Luciliano is gathering more people to join his experiments.
Sp12er
She already gave Borkus a grandchildren, tho it wasnt said who the father was as she had it in the slave mine.
I think the concept of marriage and one-one procreation is still a bit of a problem in most non humans races, they’re mostly free to do it with anyone. The situatioj isnt really the right place to get married and have vhildren anyway, the war is looming a bit too close.
Supreme king
I hope she dosent why the hell dose the author keep introducing thots?
master oogay
Ah yes, the thot RAPE VICTIM. bro don’t comment if you are going to spread misinformation.
Oshibo
I’m not completely sure but I think something was said about her liking her father.
Supreme king
What?no I’m sure thst wasn’t said man eww
Jonathan Hurd
I don’t believe there is any incest storylines in this novel. What you might be remembering was that Borkus was receiving a bunch of marriage interview requests especially after Van and co beat Raviford. Gopher was surprised at that but encouraged him to meet them with no resistance.
As far as Gopher X Van that is not a thing as far as I can see. Everyone in Taloshim loves Van to some degree for all he’s done, but the romantic love ones are pretty up front about it. Considering Van’s potential harem only emphasizes waiting your turn just about anyone has been allowed and even encouraged to get in line as long as they don’t cut.
Pannath
There was a simple solution that could have been explained to the girls. Vandelieu already had many undead, becoming undead will NOT get the girls any closer to them because out of the many existing undead or other races they will be the most underwhelming. They are not willing to make effort to become stronger or improve themselves at all, they just wish for a cheat short cut, which makes them bottom of the barrel. Most of the other undead or other races which were turned were already exceptional individuals first, and keep becoming even more exceptional. If they wanted his attention they should strive to be exceptional then maybe switch races. Also Vandelieu is running an empire, as such he wants his population to grow. Undead cannot reproduce, they are a last option to maintain an individual after death. What the girls were asking for would be not only harmful to them but to the empire and Vandelieu would not approve. If someone would have told them that, it would have set them straight.
Mitchelltrt
Except that with the invention of Life Gold and Soul Silver, undead CAN have children. There was a whole experiment about it.
Jonathan Hurd
So a few issues I feel need to be stated…
First, Van doesn’t care about insisting the empire grows. He already has more than enough citizens and can make/recruit more if he wants. Add in that Undead are Citizens and immortal at that. They’d never need to worry about losing those citizens.
Second, Van doesn’t rank people based on power/usefulness. Yes, a lot of his followers are strong but that had more to do with a need to survive and desire to be able to protect themselves, van, and their families. Van won’t ignore people because they’re weak. Otherwise he wouldn’t of hung out and helped Kachia as much as he did.
Third, and most importantly I think, is when they say they want to be closer to Van by being Undead it has to do with Vans guidance. His guidance has minimal effects on ‘humans’, slightly more on Vidas non monster races, more on Vidas races, and the most on the Undead. Since they were suicidal the effects of guidance on them were closer to those of the Undead rather than humans. Now that they have recovered they feel more distant from him since his guidance is less effective.
They probably do want to be useful to him and will work to do that, but the closeness they’re aiming for is different.
Zauberbiest
if heinz or any alder believers saw this they would have a field date with it
lmao saying the demon has bainwashed them or something
YohaoShakur
Thanks for the translation as always !
Akuma the holy
Thank you for the read (if I wasn’t a broke college student I would support the fuck out of you and the author, but alas brokeass)
YohaoShakur
I know that feel dude
UnveilingSage
Me too
Kyrie No Quantum
Gracias por la actualización.
conscript117
Thanks for the chapter and translation, thanks to the sponsors
Hail The Undead Emperor Van-sama.
ZeroX1
*see a new chapter in novel updates list*
yaa 😀
*its side story*
aww D:
Nox
Thanks for the chapter.
I see Alda crying in the corner if he learned how people are begging to change their races
Superboy8338
I will PAY to see that. XD
Mr.Darkness
And screaming too, since the race they want is undead…
Morgan
Probably breaking stuff when they’re his own former believers
LmaoLN
And he is doing all of that in spanish
Wsteven7o7
??
Nos stas insultando oh solo es que sonamos enojados?
No entendi si insultabas oh no- si lo asias no lo agas ya que lenguage suena muy differente oh stupido para differente personas.
PS: Did not understand if it was a insult or not so i just made my response in spanish so you have to work to know what i said. *No insults included*
Mr.Darkness
“possessed unlimited Mana” if only she knew the real values… Then discovered Van’s values, she would be scared for life! Probably for the next one too!
Akuma the holy
My thoughts exactly; a nat saying, “look a lizard.” Then they see what’s behind the lizard “Vida fuck a dinosaur.”
Jonathan Hurd
Thanks for the chapter, :D.
This side chapter is interesting since it gave us an update on some of the people we haven’t seen for quite some time. I am kind of curious why its only the girls who had dead eyes that are volunteering like this and not any of the young boys. Though maybe they made their own group and plan to volunteer later when they get wind of whats going on.
An interesting part I find in this chapter is the mention that Emma and her village worship Botin. Considering its Vandalieu I can’t imagine him demanding they stop their worship of her. So considering that gods can view what their believers see I think Botin might now be able to see what Van’s city is like. Whether she will end up being an ally or enemy and how she’ll use the info I look forward to finding out.
Kazza
As for why it’s only girls, I think that’s just a peculiarity of the author. He generally likes adding more women to an already overextended harem list, so I wouldn’t look too deep into that.
As for Botin, I actually didn’t consider that. Honestly, I’m pretty sure she’d already be on Van’s side, since he is partially made of her champion. (I wanna say Solder, but it might be Hillwillow and I’m too lazy to check.) Hell, even Peria would probably be on Van’s side, since Alda’s genocide has spread to the Mermen, who I would assume she would accept on her own. If not actually on his side, they would at least choose neutrality.
conscript117
I hope so too…
Nobody2
Botin is sealed right now (so is Peria) so we have no way of knowing what they can know or will do. We can’t know for sure what peria would think of merpeople. Tristan god of the seas , one god under peria helped birth the merpoeple and yupeion (I think that’s the right name) god of ice another under peria fitrmly rejects all things Vida so we don’t really have anyway to determine her feelings.
Jonathan Hurd
I think the two great gods are more sleeping than sealed. It wasn’t really the Demon King’s style to try and seal people if he had the time he would break them like Shizarion and if not knock them unconscious and move to the next fight, imo.
I think both of them used most of their powers like Ricklent and Zuruwarn and had to sleep, but considering Ricklent and Zuruwarn have been awake for a while and been keeping their actions hidden to not be caught by Alda. I think there’s a chance that Peria and Botin could be awake but trying to gather information before coming out after having slept for so long.
Sebas Tian
Botin is confirmed to be sealed in an earlier chapter, while Peria is sleeping.
Jonathan Hurd
So since Botin is sealed it would be cool if she used Emma’s villagers worship to send a message to Van and ask for his help undoing the seal on her. I mean he broke Aldas seal on Vida and he’s only become even stronger since then. He could probably break her seal in a snap.
Of course the biggest issue there would be getting around Aldas guard dogs, but after the war starts who knows. Would be funny to add even more of the greatest God’s divine protections to him.
YohaoShakur
If I’m not mistaken Yupeon(god of ice) was appointed not by Peria, but by Alda. I remember that on the chapter with Pagtarta POV.
Sebas Tian
You’re misremembering it. Yupeon is originally one of Peria’s gods, but he joined Alda’s side after she fell into sleep and the war against Vida happened. Tristan is the same except he joined Vida’s side and made the merfolk with her.
Jonathan Hurd
I think you’re probably right about why its only girls it just seemed a bit weird to me considering the dead eyed group from way back had some young boys in it too. Maybe the difference is in values of their society. The boys are probably more interested in fighting beside and helping to protect Van to get closer to him rather than emphasize the feeling of connection. The boys are probably doing as Luciano said and working hard to increase their fighting strength. They might be going through extreme training even now hoping to one day be Van’s sword and shield.
I agree with you that both the Goddesses probably will have some feelings for Van considering a fourth of his soul was part of their champions. Peria especially seems to already be plotting something behind Alda’s back. It seems like she might be waiting for the right opportunity to get out and join Van and Vida’s group. If she does the timing wrong she really could end up sealed by Alda after speaking out against him considering what he did to Vida. Add in the barrier Vida’s gods setup and I think her best choice is feigning sleep and building her strength since she can’t easily slip in.
For Botin though this I believe is the first time the series has discussed her values. As Luciano said apparently her teachings have been about returning the dead to the earth. So maybe her initial values fall a little closer to Alda’s than Van’s, but shes probably more flexible than Alda was considering she summoned and supported a Creation Champion.
Letting her see what life is like on Van’s side will probably help her get a better idea of what Van is truly like and about. I think she might find Van’s Golems really interesting considering he makes so many of them out of all kinds of materials from the earth. Add in Van’s Garden of Immortal Treants, Eisen and her kind, and all the new fruits he has grown and I think she’ll probably find his place fairly interesting.
Tejing
The girls might also just have been more psychologically broken than the boys, since the boys (probably) weren’t raped. If so, they would have been more strongly affected by death-attribute charm than the boys back then, and likely more fanatical in their devotion to him now.
I agree that Peria is in a tough position. If she doesn’t handle things right, she’ll probably be staked and sealed by Alda, and I’m betting she knows it (or will know as soon as she’s awake, if she isn’t already). I could see her sending Pargtarta to ask Vida’s side to help her escape Alda.
As for Botin, I can’t really imagine the goddess of craftsmanship being too accepting of Alda’s anti-technology thing, plus she and Zantark had a thing, and he’s against Alda, and Van is also partly her champion. All told, I think she’s the less likely of the 2 to support Alda. Though in both cases, getting an accurate picture of Van’s nation would help a lot.
Nobody2
Botin is sealed right now (so is Peria) so we have no way of knowing what they can know or will do
Sebas Tian
Only Botin is sealed, while Peria is sleeping.
Aizen
Well Botin is sealed so she can’t exactly see what’s happening outside until someone breaks the seal and I am pretty sure Van will be the man for the job.
Chiu ChunLing
It’s not really that weird.
There are a number of factors, but the boys would more likely have accepted that they can get stronger without becoming undead and that clinging to Van is unseemly.
There may be boys that do feel as much desire for Van’s guidance as these girls do, but they’re much more likely to express that by trying to do what Van tells them to do.
Paps
Thanks for the chapter, the scary thing about that dream is that she enjoyed her labor.
Kazza
I mean, do what you love for who you love, you never work a day in your life. Or so I’ve been told. Can’t get a job sitting on a couch all day.
Zauberbiest
labor
Babyldr
Thanks for the update , honestly every chapter of this story is amazing, even if it’s not about the main character.
no1
I saw on a website with a crude translation of this story and it looks like after this chapter there is going to be one more side chapter, 2 different chapters of character introductions and that is going to be it for volume 9. Wonder how volume 10 will start, can’t wait to see.
Kazza
New chapter!
A… Side Chapter? PleasebeMei PleasebeMei Pleasebe-Damnit.
Mostly kidding. I am actually interested in how Van is integrating all the former slaves into his country, and I think this chapter answers a few questions one can think about. It’s also good to see Gopher again, and there’s something funny to me about a Titan acting as a teacher. Board’s probably a meter off the floor, so when she asks if any child wants to solve a problem, they need to get a stool or something.
Anyways, not much to speculate about. Seems those who drank Van’s blood can now join in on his soul repair, but I’m not too sure what that means. I guess it did strengthen their Guidance connection… Or something. I’m also confused if the blood they drank was different than his Blood Potions (TM). I assume they’re the same as all the others who appeared in the soul realm are those who would have drank it at some point.
no1
Yeah now that you mention it, the ending where Emma was polishing eyeballs. It’s connected to the scene in Chapter 203 where Vandalieu and his friends were playing with blocks isn’t it? Didn’t realize that until now.
bk3k
Yep this is connected. They’re putting his soul back together.
daxrocket
The blood they drank is just pure blood while the blood potions are blood mixed with demon king fragments
SynthiaMayhem
All hail the Pale KIng, the one who conquered Death, Who brought an end to famine within our nation and one who controls the plague, all there is to do is to end the war.
ReignGuard
thats smart
adabana
thank you for the chapter.
Easykiln
Those…those are clearly shrine maidens, right?
Supreme king
God your right
conscript117
I thought the same.
Guroga
Dodomeki Emma?
Otakukamikazes
Fanatics are always a pain to deal with
Kettern
Says the kamikaze XD
(But yeah, I agree)
mexgema
Thanks for the chapter!
Damn, I’m really late for this one.
Very interested in seeing what’ll happen Luciliano and the rest.
readerX
So next chapter also a side chapter.
Lord Rin
So it sounds like drinking Van’s blood make it easier for them to dream of Van and consequently be guided better by him while also it seems that they can help Van in certain ways like them helping reassemble his soul.
VEreality
Thank you for the chapter!
Btw, who else thinks that this kind of loyality will cause trouble for Van in the future. I mean….this kids just became the perfect candidates for a cult/fanclub/secret kamikaze military unit. How long will it take for them to band togheter without anyone else knowing in order to take extreme actions to please their emperor/their god/’THAT person’ that deserves everything including their lives? Oh boy nevermind…..I just realised that in a couple of years they could try to assassinate Heinz….. awesome.
Devimon
I don’t think so, they are more like “follow Van to the ends of the world” mentality. And Van’s word/order are their greatest wish.
VEreality
Dude this is just the start of it XD. They just said that they want to die to be of better use for him. Give them a couple of years with Van around and they will be Van’s yandere squad.
Jonathan Hurd
I think they’re not likely to commit kamikaze attacks unless there was no other option to protect Van or those important to them. Part of their dedication is the want to try and make the one they love happy and I think they all know Van wouldn’t be happy if they threw away the lives they saved. Kind of similar to Legion, their lives are a precious gift that was given to them by Van and so wasting that gift would be the greatest blasphemy.
Superboy8338
Thank you for the update. I wonder what Van thinks of his ever growing fan club?
Jonathan Hurd
My guess would be happy to be liked, but troubled that they want to be turned into undead, lol. I will say when he finally does start going out on dates the competition for his time is going to be fierce!
Superboy8338
I want to see that.
Blackpercher
maybe theyll become a race called abyss concubines or something…huehue
Superboy8338
LOL
Sebas Tian
Can you really imagine Luciliano and Doug as Abyss Concubines?
Seinvolf
XD…
Shadowfang
How about them becoming Abyss/Death Angel.
A vampire would turn other into vampire. but Van who’s somewhere between ‘Mortal’ and ‘God’ (Emmas dream, might be his own divine area/realm?). Drawing some connection with Rodcorde and his new angels. Those animals might have by their instinct, chosen to become monster as to become stronger to protect their master. While emma didn’t have an expected appearance to change into. So her spiritual angel body, might then take on the apearens of their physical appearense. Therefore no apparent changes, compered to the animals.
Jonathan Hurd
An important thing to remember about the animals is they were born from a Undead and Living parent. So they started already closer to Van than normal living beings. That is why I think it takes more for Emma and the rest to transform. They don’t already have innate monster genes to activate.
Considering how Vans guidance has worked it usually helps people become what they aim to be. Like how Sam became able to fly like he dreamed or Vigaro was given the extra arm. To get these changes though took effort on their part.
I feel like Emma and the girls will need some time and effort investment, but they will definitely change to become closer to Van. I think they will become half living and half undead. Straddling the line between like our favorite little Death God.
Jonathan Hurd
I can…, but now I wish I could stop, lol!
Superboy8338
Oddly enough, yes.
Ryouha26
Why not a simple Abyssal Human?
UnveilingSage
Because that wouldnt be chunni enough
Mr.Darkness
You were really close. It was even simplier.
picakcarson
Nice side chapter, but it is a shame how we will have to wait a while for the next info on van. Though doesn’t this mean that by drinking the blood of van they will gain part of his spirit in a way and will be able to share small experiences with them?
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Valkit
Thanks for the chapter! I always like being able to see outsiders thoughts of Vandalieu
Makaayplays
The amount of time I have spent lurking on this site is nothing to scoff at.
More importantly thank you for the update!~☆
Jeanean
That last sentence, LOL
In any other story it would be incredibly creepy and disturbing, but only this one makes it sound nice…
Thats what makes this story so good in my opinion!
Kendov
Yep, the possibility nicest person in the story being the incarnation of all that is grotesque and wrong on many levels just kind of takes the disgust out of it
Jonathan Hurd
What I find funny is everyone around Van has an easier time accepting each other because compared to him they’re not that different from one another.
Kenjo
We’ve been guided that why lol
Soundwave
Ty for the chapter as always the last part about the dream was weird I wonder what that means.
lazygeko
She helped putting Van back together.
Decaf [Invidia]
Erpel, great pure breed vampire from the age of gods, hands out fruits and vegetables and spanks bottoms as punishment! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Bleck!
Sebas Tian
I wonder if anything will happen with Luciliano, Doug, and these girls after Van gets some more Jobs.
Nobody2
Was it mentioned that Doug participated in this experiment?
Niemand
In an earlier chapter it was mentioned that they tried it in order to become one of vidas races.
Mr.Darkness
I really hope something incredible happen!
ZeroDelta
Thanks for the new update