The Demon King Of The Frontier Life, Reincarnated To Become The Strongest Mage

Chapter 3 – The Former Demon King, And His Human Family

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”Lumia has come to see nii-sama. Can you open the door, Yuuki nii-sama?”

From behind the door came the voice of my little sister Lumia.

Seems like she has sneaked into this building again.

There are two buildings on the grounds of Baron Grossalia’s house.

One is the main building where otou-sama, Xellos nii-sama, and my little sister Lumia live.

The other one is the one I live in.

The detached building is a small 2-storey building, and the only people here are me and my maid, Martha.

It’s connected to the main building by a corridor, but I’ve been told not to show my face there.

“Nii-sama told you not to come here, didn’t he? Lumia”

”I think it’s only natural for the little sister to come and see her nii-sama. Onii-sama”

The door opened and a blonde girl appeared.

She’s a petite girl with big, cherry-blue eyes.

This is my little sister Lumia. She will be 10 years old this year.

“It’s time for dinner, so I’ve come to call nii-sama on Martha’s behalf”

Lumia said that while fidgeting and fiddling with her fingers.

“I wish to talk to nii-sama on the way to the dining hall”

“About my present situation?”

“Yes, that’s right”

“I woke up this morning and had my breakfast. I read a book to get into the school for the public, and then when otou-sama tried to teach me swordsmanship, Xellos nii-sama took it from me. After lunch, I wielded a wooden sword all by myself. And that brings us to now”

“I think nii-sama should be more considerate of a girl’s feelings”

“Why are you angry?”

“I’m not angry”

”Well, anyway, let’s go halfway together. Lumia”

I took Lumia’s hand.

“Yes. Nii-sama!”

Lumia immediately broke into a smile.

Jeez, I really don’t understand human.

The Baron’s building is old.

The Grossalia family, which had been severed long ago, was taken over by otou-sama, who took credit for the war.

They can’t even rebuild it because the territory isn’t that rich, so they end up using it as it is.

The territory is at the north of the royal capital, and it’s very cold during the winter.

The specialties at here are fruits and furs. So far, there’s no hostile people appearing here.

The inhabitants are otou-sama, nii-sama, me, Lumia, and a few servants.

There’s also another person, a magic instructor.

“There’s a lot of cold air entering through the cracks of the detached building. Nii-sama”

“I wonder if it can be solved with magic”

“It would be nice to have an item like that”

“There might be one in the ‘Rindobell Magic Guild’ where nii-sama is going”

Me and Lumia’s brother, Xellos Grossalia, are aiming to become trainees in a magic guild in the royal capital.

The ‘Rindobell Magic Guild’ is a huge organization that combines both magic educational institution and research institution into one.

It seems that if you become a guild trainee, you can learn a powerful ‘Ancient Magic’.

The guild includes upper class nobles such as the Duke and the Marquis, as well as royalty. For this reason, it is said to be a status for the nobles to have their children join the magic guild.

Therefore, the Baron family also hired a private tutor and is trying to get nii-sama into the magic guild.

I’m interested in it too but…… honestly, I don’t want to get involved.

When I think of ‘Ancient Magic’, I would be reminded of the ‘Sanctuary Church’.

But still…how many years have passed since my past life…?

I don’t think it has been 10 or 20 years only.

Since my reincarnation, the country names, royal family or noble names that I had learnt, there were none of them that I knew of. I guess that’s approximately how long it’s been.

For some reason, they didn’t tell me anything about the ‘Sanctuary Church’.

Really, I wonder what happened to the world after that.

“Yuuki nii-sama, are you listening to me?”

“My bad. I wasn’t listening. What’s wrong?”

“It’s the usual revision. I’m going to read you what I had learnt today, so please listen to me”

Lumia begins to hum a line from the poem.

It’s a poem that was around back in my era, and it’s about learning the pronunciation needed for magic.

“……so, how was it? Nii-sama”

“The first name that came up, the pronunciation was weird. And the last phrase was too fast. I can faintly remember it, you are cheating, aren’t you?”

“……Uuuu. I wasn’t even exposed by otou-sama……”

“Lumia often gets stuck in pronunciation”

“Is that so?”

“Slow down. It’s good to be aware of the movement of your tongue”

“Is it ’Roi-ii’?”

“Take your time and take a long breath”

“I’ll give it a try, nii-sama”

This reminds me of my past life.

Back then, I used to teach the children in the village with their studies.

The room where I died wasn’t a throne room or anything, it was just a classroom. At that place, I was the teacher of the village for about 120 years.

Come to think of it, before I knew it, the literacy rate in the ‘Feela Village’ had reached 100%, and the traveler from the royal capital was surprised by that too.

After I reincarnated, I was taught in my studies by a butler and a maid.

The only son of the Baron who has a private tutor is Xellos nii-sama, the son of the heir.

As for me, I’m already feeling glad I could learn the knowledge of this era, so I didn’t complain at all……

……Lumia cried out to me, ‘I can’t keep up with my studies’.

‘Inadvertently’, while I was supporting her, it became a habit.

I told Lumia to keep it a secret, and no one has said anything about it yet, so I don’t think they’ve found out for now.

“What do you think of ‘—-those who control the flame’  ‘oh, those who control the great light’—-?”

“Your pronunciation is getting better. You can ask otou-sama to listen to it in the next class. I think we’re going to proceed to the activation of the magic already”

“……Lumia wants nii-sama to see it too”

“I told you to keep it a secret”

“Then, next one. Nii-sama. Next one is…”

“We’re out of time. Lumia”

Before we knew it, we were already on the first floor of the detached building.

Straight ahead would be the dining hall.

Turn left and the passageway leading to the main building can be seen.

“I’m going to the separated dining hall. Lumia will go to the dining hall in the main building”

I let go of Lumia’s hand.

“Go on. Otou-sama and Xellos nii-sama are waiting for you”

”Lumia would like to have a meal with nii-sama”

Lumia puffed out her cheeks.

“Would you like to go to the dining hall in the main building, nii-sama?”

“I can’t eat there. You know that”

“Otou-sama said he doesn’t care if you want to do so!”

Is that what otou-sama said to Lumia.

That’s sly.

.   .   .

Otou-sama knows I can’t go to the main building with that man around.

“Let’s be together. Nii-sama will be going to a school somewhere around this year, right?”

“I haven’t decided what I’m going to do yet”

”Nii-sama is excellent, so you should be able to get into any school!”

Lumia squeezed my hand with her small hand.

“Nii-sama’s teaching method is easier to understand than anybody else’s. If it’s nii-sama, I think you can even receive a certified full proficiency in magic from the ‘Rindobell Magic Guild’!”

“You’ve overestimated me too much”

“That’s not true!”

Lumia looks at me with a gleam in her eye.

“Lumia is serious. I don’t need a private tutor if I have nii-sama!”

“You’re being too loud”

“…let’s have dinner together, Yuuki nii-sama”

“……Lumia”

”I’m sure nii-sama will be a great man, beyond the reach of Lumia. So, now I want to be with you as much as possible. Please……”

“It’s selfish for me to say this but there’s a problem. Lumia ojou-sama”

There was a voice coming from the main building.

When Lumia and I looked at the direction of the passage, there stood a gray-haired man.

Behind him was a blond boy. That’s my brother, Xellos.

“One should know their position, that is important for those who are involved in magic. First lady’s child, Lumia ojou-sama and the concubine’s child, Yuuki-sama are not allowed to sit together at the dining table”

The gray-haired man looked at me as he said that.

The man’s name is Kachel Mieghem.

He’s the private tutor hired by otou-sama to get Xellos nii-sama into the ‘Rindobell Magic Guild’.

“I’ll say it again and again if I have to. As for the illegitimate child, you should feel lucky just to be in this mansion”

The private tutor Kachel said.

I don’t like his tone, but there’s nothing wrong with what he said.

I’m the child otou-sama had with a local woman when he was in the war.

That’s why I’m called as illegitimate child, the child of a concubine.

I’m just lucky to have been taken in by this mansion.

I think otou-sama is a pretty good guy for a nobleman.

In the middle of a war, an ordinary nobleman would just leave the child that he had after inadvertently fallen in love with a local woman.

Even more so, if the woman only sent a single will saying, “Please take care of this child”.

But my father tracked me down and took me to this mansion.

Perhaps being a countryside noble, the whole family was open-minded and accepted me normally.

Things changed 3 years ago when the tutor, Kachel, arrived.

.   .   .   .   .

“Yuuki-sama…no, You may not know it, Yuuki-kun, but we are all born with a certain kind of social position”

“I know”

“Oh. You tell me”

“The highest rank of the race is human. Then it’s the elf and demi-human. Monsters that have intelligence are the lowest such as the lich, vampire, and many more, falling into that category”

”Then what is the classification in the house of a noble?”

“Otou-sama is the highest rank. Next is haha-ue, who is the legitimate wife. Xellos nii-sama, Lumia-sama…… and below that is me, the concubine’s child, Yuuki Grossalia”

“You’re wrong about one thing. You have no right to claim the family name of Grossalia. Use your mother’s last name”

“I’m sorry”

“Kachel-sensei!!”

“I wonder what it is. Lumia ojou-sama”

“Please correct it! Yuuki nii-sama is Lumia’s brother and a member of the Grossalia family!!”

“Is that so? Xellos-sama”

Don’t ask nii-sama. You’re an adult.

”I’ve taught you what it’s like to be a legitimate son of a nobleman, haven’t I? Have you forgotten it?”

“…Illegitimate child is no different than commoners”

Xellos nii-sama turned his gaze away from me and Lumia.

”As a noble, I’m not allowed to sit at the dining table with a commoner. I, as the one above, have to be aware of my nobility”

“What does your older brother say? Lumia-sama”

“……nii-sama”

“Go to the dining hall. Lumia”

I pushed Lumia’s back.

”I’m not too keen on eating at the main building either. I’ll eat with my maid, Martha, in the annex”

“………I understand. Yuuki nii-sama”

Lumia nodded with teary eyes.

The status system.

As usual, human like that kind of thing.

“May I ask you a question? Kachel-sensei”

I turned to the private tutor Kachel and said that.

”How many years has it been since the ‘Sanctuary Church’ once discovered ancient magic and artifacts in the ‘Capital of Ancient Magic Civilization’?”

“Don’t say the name ‘Sanctuary Church’ lightly. That’s a taboo!”

Private tutor Kachel exclaimed.

“However, I’ll answer your question. It has been 220 years since the discovery of the ‘Capital of Ancient Magic Civilization’. It is a mercy to answer your question. Otherwise, you will probably be asking anybody this kind of rude question”

With that said, Kachel walked away.

“……the ‘Sanctuary Church’ is a taboo?”

That kind of organization?

The organization that found the ‘Capital of Ancient Magic Civilization’ and obtained a large amount of relics?

Really, that’s how long it has been…….

In my past life, I died 20 years after the ‘Sanctuary Church’ discovered the ‘Capital of Ancient Magic Civilization’.

In other words, currently it has been 200 years since I died.

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Chapter 2 – The Former Demon King, Confirming His Past Life’s Skills

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Yuuki Grossalia, the second son of the Baron family.

That’s my name now.

3 years has passed since I got my memories back and I’m finally getting used to the memories of my past life together with my current one.

I was the ‘The Immortal Mage’ Dean Nosferatu, and now I’m the second son of the Baron family, Yuuki Grossalia.

I’m able to accept either memory calmly.

“But then again… what was that voice from that time?”

I remembered what happened before I reincarnated.

Getting stabbed by Lyle was a part of my plan. So I was wondering about what happened after I was killed.

I gave some of my blood to a familiar bat in advance so that it could adapt to my magic.

I was supposed to transfer my soul into that bat after I got stabbed by Lyle.

……But it failed miserably.

It was my first time using that magic and it was also the first time I died.

There’s nothing I could do after the magic failed.

I heard that voice after my soul transfer magic failed.

“……do you want to reincarnate?” said by that voice, and then I lost my consciousness.

Next thing I know, I was reborn as a human being.

Who reincarnated me? God? But is there really such a thing?

I’ve lived for 200 years in my past life and I’ve never encounter such a being. If there really was a God, there’d be no need for me to be reincarnated.

I have no idea.

At the moment, there is no way to find out about that.

”…how much time has passed since then?”

I sat down on a chair in my room.

The room has a desk, a chair, and a bed. On my desk, there’s a book about the etiquette of an aristocrat. Hanging on the wall is a wooden sword that I use to practice swordplay with my father.

When I stand in front of the mirror, I could see the reflected image of myself.

Black hair, black eyes. The looks… well not bad, I guess. I don’t look very strong, but that’s normal for a 13-year-old me.

My height is a bit short compared to the others from the same age group.

This is me now, the second son of the Grossalia Baron family, Yuuki Grossalia.

This is the estate of the Grossalia Baron family. It’s a long distance from the royal capital as it is located at the countryside.

The Grossalia Baron family has three children.

Xellos onii-sama, his legitimate son, my little sister Lumia. And me, Yuuki.

I have the blood of an illegitimate wife. A bastard child.

My father was Baron Georg Grossalia. His first wife, Lady Telemia, died shortly after giving birth to Lumia. Neither I nor Lumia can remember her face. The only other people in this mansion are the servants.

……Ah, there is one exception.

I’m a bastard child anyway, the son of an illegitimate wife, therefore I have no right to inherit the Baron family.

So, I’m going to have to decide what I should do soon.

Should I leave the house and enroll into a school somewhere, or should I become an adventurer?

“…Before that, I should learn more about humans”

Dean Nosferatu tried to blend into the human world but failed completely.

Before he took up residence in the old castle, he was ostracized as a monster, and after he took up residence in the old castle, he helped the villagers of the ‘Feela Village’ as their guardian deity.

That’s what happened.

I wasn’t a human in my past life.

And I’m not really a human now either.

Even after I’ve reincarnated, the skills from my past life are still intact. The blood too, still is a ‘magical blood’ that contains a large amount of magic power.

Perhaps after I get past the growth period, I probably won’t age as well.

Eventually, I’m sure I’ll deviate from the human world.

So in this life, I will try to master the art of ‘pretending to be human’.

In my childhood, I studied what it means to be a human.

When I stop growing and no longer age, I will use the results of my research so far to somehow blend in with the humans.

”Let’s use magic for that purpose. To get to know the humans and blend in with them”

‘Kii Kii’

Before I knew it, I heard a beast’s voice coming from outside the window.

It’s a bat.

“Did you come from the mountains?”

‘…………Kii’

The bat doesn’t run away even after I opened the window and called out to it.

For a long time, the bats always got attracted to me.

That’s how I got the nickname ‘Vampire King’.

“Good timing. Would you be willing to accompany me on my magic experiments?”

‘Kii?’

“Hold on a minute”

I scratched my fingertips with a dagger.

I hold out my bloody finger in front of the bat.

“This is my blood. It’s called as ‘magical blood’ and it contains a large amount of magic power. Drink this and you will become my underling and gain wisdom and power. What will you do?”

‘……Kii’

The bat stuck out its tongue and licked the blood on my finger.

The scar on my finger will soon disappear.

Because of its ability to purify, so it’s also perfect for sterilization.

‘…Nice to meet you, master’

The bat said.

No one but me can understand the speech of the bat, other people can only hear ‘Kii Kii’ sound.

“I’m grateful for receiving this power. It is amazing. Thanks to master’s blood, we are able to talk like this. It’s very convenient, so please accept my regards”

It’s a success. Even after I’ve reincarnated, my ‘Magical Blood’ is still effective.

Just as in my past life, I can make them my servant by giving them my blood.

However, they will not become my servant without giving me their consent, I also do not have complete control over my servants. It is just something like ‘I will give you some magic power, but in return, please help me out’.

Despite that, people were still wary of me in my past life. Even though I don’t suck blood, that’s something only a vampire would do.

“I’ve also just awakened to the power. I’ll be counting on you”

I stroked the bat’s head.

“It’s a bit of a sudden, but do you know of a place where I could experiment with magic?”

‘Would you like to go to the mountain behind the mansion which is also the place I’m living in?’

I nodded at the bat resting on my shoulder.

‘But you need to be careful because there are monsters out there’

“What kind of monster is it?”

‘There’s dark bear, guinea owl, and large rabbit’

“If it’s just that, there won’t be any problem”

‘You’re amazing, master! If I see a monster, I’d just run away!’

“I’ll be there at night. You’ll have to guide me then”

‘I’ll be waiting for you’

With that said, the bat flew away.

I was able to confirm that I could use my past life’s skills.

Let’s go to the mountain behind the mansion at night for a full-scale experiment.

‘Knock-knock’

Just as I am thinking about that, there’s a knock on the door.

“Yuuki nii-sama. This is Lumia. Are you there?”

It is the voice of my little sister Lumia.

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Chapter 1 – Memories Of The Past Life

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Note: This (Web Novel) has been dropped and will no longer be translated. Please click here for the Light Novel version.

Dean Nosferatu.

It’s the ‘Immortal Mage’ who has lived for 200 years, and the ‘Vampire King’ who uses blood as a medium for his magic.

And it was the name of the ‘Lone Demon King who dwells in the deep mountains’.

No one knows when the mage was born.

All we know is that he lives in an ancient castle on the frontier of the country and continues his research in an unknown way.

As the name of the immortality suggests, he doesn’t grow old even after lived for 200 years.

It is also said that he has monsters as his underlings that secretly scouts the world.

The enigmatic ‘Immortal Mage’ Dean.

That’s what they called me, and I was finally coming to the end of my life.

“I’m surprised you even made it this far. Lyle Carmine”

I said to the one who came in from the door.

This is my, Dean Nosferatu’s home. It’s the innermost room.

It was a large stone room with a carpet on the floor.

“………so here you are. The Demon King……Dean Nosferatu”

The person who came in was a young man.

He appears to be in his late twenties and clutching a sword with both hands.

He was wearing a cloth suit and leather armor. His hair is scraggly, and his stubble is growing out.

Perhaps he has not slept for a long time. His eyes were sunken and there were dark circles around them.

He is too shabby to be called the Hero.

The only respectable thing is the holy sword he holds.

But there’s no doubt that he came here with a resolve.

I’ll have to do something about that.

“The ‘Sanctuary Church’ dog. You’re trembling. Aren’t you a Hero?”

“…………”

“You don’t even know how to hold a sword properly and you also seem to be nervous. Even so, you really think you can kill this ‘Lone Demon King’ Dean Nosferatu?”

“…………”

“Come, Lyle Carmine, the Hero! This Dean Nosferatu will do his best to deal with you!”

“…………fu”

“What’s wrong? Are you a coward? And yet you a Hero!!”

“…………fu, fu, fufufufufufufu!”

*Bam!*

“Damn ittttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Lyle slammed the holy sword on the floor and shouted.

“Damn it! Damn it! Damn ittttttt!!!!!! What is this farce!!”

“It’s a farce”

“Damn it, my lord!! Why do I have to kill you!!”

“Don’t cry, you idiot. Hurry up and pick up your sword. Stick to the narrative, Lyle”

“……my lord”

“I thought we have decided to do this? In order to convince the ‘Sanctuary Church’ that you, the village chief, kill Dean Nosferatu with the name of ‘Immortal Mage’ ‘Vampire King’ ‘Lone Demon King’”

“What the hell is with the ‘Vampire King’? You’ve never ever sucked blood!”

“Yeah”

I’ve never called myself ‘Vampire’ in the first place.

But I’m certainly not a human being.

I don’t know when I was born.

Before I knew it, I was already wandering the world in this form.

The reason I’m not getting older is because I have a strong ability to absorb the magic drifting around the world. I couldn’t do anything about it because it was an innate ability. My blood has magic power hundreds of times greater than that of humans.

It’s something that circulates around inside my body and keeps me from aging or from getting ill.

The reason they called me a ‘Vampire’ was because I used my own blood as a research material for magic.

My blood has a mass amount of magic power, and it was the perfect catalyst for magic.

I came to this land about 150 years ago.

Before that, I had been on the run for 50 years. Honestly, I don’t want to remember it.

I consider finding this old castle on the frontier to be the greatest blessing I’ve ever had in my life.

From then on, it was peaceful.

There were easygoing people living under the mountain where the old castle was located, and they accepted me normally.

Before I knew it, I became the guardian deity of the village and quietly continued my research on magic.

I thought that such a life would go on forever….

But a plague changed everything.

“You’ve done nothing wrong, my lord!”

Lyle clenched his fists and burst into tears.

“You are the guardian deity of our village, our ageless parents, our family, our lord, our teachers! You didn’t even do anything wrong. Why do you have to die!”

“Don’t cry and stop yelling. You’re a village chief and the parent of a child”

“This would not have happened if it hadn’t been for the ‘death disease’ epidemic! You only protected our village, but those people from the ‘Sanctuary Church’………!!”

Jeez.

Lyle has always been a crybaby.

The ‘death disease’ is a disease that began to spread a year ago.

When infected, black crest would appear on both arms, causing high fever and even death. It seems that thousands of people had died in the royal capital of this country.

The ‘Sanctuary Church’, a powerful religious group in this country seems to be having a hard time dealing with it.

They preached that if you repent of your sins then you will be cured and told the patients to purify their body with holy water and provided them with food.

Even so, the number of deaths did not decrease, and it is said that there was not enough land to bury the dead in the royal capital.

Despite that, the ‘Sanctuary Church’ wasn’t criticized.

They did their best, so neither the people nor I have anything to complain about.

The problem is that there were no deaths in our village.

In the ‘Fila Village’ where Lyle is, I did a thorough infection control.

First of all, as soon as I heard the rumor of the ‘death disease’, I quarantined those suspected to be infected in this castle.

I knew from the past experience that epidemics are often airborne.

Even if it was a slight fever, I kept them away from the others, and I took care of them until their fever went down.

I can’t be infected by the human disease, so it was a great way to take care of them.

The villagers wore filters made of ‘Ranimaru’s grass’ that could purify the air.

Of course, I also made sure to wash my hands thoroughly.

As a result, there were only five infected people in the village and zero deaths.

Only Alice, Lyle’s daughter, who had the most severe symptoms, had to be treated with my blood, and her condition was improving.

She is fine now and had went back to the village.

However, on the contrary, the village was aimed by the ‘Sanctuary Church’ as there were no deaths.

The priests of the ‘Sanctuary Church’ summoned the village chief, Lyle and questioned him.

“How come there were no deaths in your village?”, he asked.

They knew me.

And I, the monster, was just right for them to lay the blame on.

They said,

The ‘Immortal Mage’, Dean Nosferatu, may have spread the ‘death disease’.

They believe that the reason why no one died in the ‘Fila Village’ was because the ‘Immortal Mage’ used his evil magic to turn the villagers into his underlings.

The ‘Sanctuary Church’ ordered the villagers in ‘Fila Village’,

‘If you are not the servants of evil magic, kill Dean Nosferatu with this holy sword. This will prove that ‘Fila Village’ is innocent’, he said.

With the approval of the royal family.

They handed over a deed that if I’m killed, the ‘Fila Village’ will become innocent.

To made sure of that, they sent their ‘Holy Knights’ to the village.

So that when Lyle fails to kill me, they would punish the villagers.

As a result, the village chief, Lyle came to kill me.

“Why me——why me! I have to kill my precious lord!! You are the most important family we have!!”

“Hey, Lyle”

“What should I say to my daughter Alice……she won’t even listen to me when she tells me that she’s going to be your wife……”

“That girl is still young…. When she grows up, you’ll have to find a human partner for her”

“Please, my lord. Just run away……. As for the ‘Sanctuary Church’, we’ll try to cover it up. Beyond the old castle is mountain. Those guys from the ‘Sanctuary Church’ can’t chase you that far. If they decided to come after you, we’ll fight to stop them, so!”

“Do you even know what kind of organization the ‘Sanctuary Church’ is?”

“…………”

See? All quiet now.

The ‘Sanctuary Church’ is a powerful group that monopolizes the powerful ‘Ancient Magic’ and ‘Ancient Artifacts’.

Lyle should know what will happen when you make enemies of them.

“If you let me go, you’ll be in a position where you’ll be hunted. The surrounding villages and towns will also become the enemies of ‘Fila Village’”

“……ugh”

“That’s enough. Give up and kill me. Lyle Carmine”

Time is running out.

Footsteps are approaching. There are probably a lot of Holy Knights.

Because this is a small castle. I guess that’s the limit of how much time the people in the village can buy.

*Bam!*

The door of the room opened and the holy knights of the ‘Sanctuary Church’ rushed in.

“The ‘Lone Demon King’, Dean Nosferatu!” “We, the Holy Knights, will hammer you down!”

“——!?”

In response to the Holy Knight’s voice, Lyle held up the holy sword.

——Now’s the time.

“Foolish holy knights, do you think that you can defeat this Dean Nosferatu! For starters, I’m going to give this villager a bloodbath!!”

I jumped up to the air.

Lyle looked at me with his eyes wide open.

And I fell on top of Lyle.

—Just as my heart hit the tip of the sword—

And then—

“——this hurt more than I expected”

Lyle’s holy sword pierced my chest.

Well done.

“……’My Lord’ ……you”

“……don’t cry, you idiot”

Well, it wasn’t a bad life.

I never had children, but I did have a family of sorts.

Though I failed in the end.

After failing to live in hiding, being spotted by a huge organization, and being cornered helplessly….

But it’s okay. That’s enough.

“……after making me go through so much trouble. Don’t waste it. This is good. You get it right?”

“…………u, uaa”

Lyle nodded silently at my final instruction. Good.

I pushed Lyle on the shoulder and backed away from him.

“…………as expected of a Hero”

I said.

At that moment, blood gushed out of my mouth.

It hurts. Really.

After all, I wasn’t immortal just because I don’t grow old.

I will bleed if I’m stabbed with a sword, and if I’m fatally wounded……I will die.

My consciousness fades away……as my vision……becomes blurry.

I can’t get a good look at the blood-soaked Lyle and his holy sword.

……Lyle. You still have something to do. Don’t be in a daze.

Get ready. Take a breath and shout. Now.

”……well, the evil mage Dean Nosferatu has been defeated by the village chief Lyle Carmine of the ‘Fila Village’ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Good job, Lyle.

I’ll leave the rest to you.

That’s all for my role.

I will do what I need to do next……

(…….deploying magic. Freeing the soul from the body….)

I activated the magic that I had prepared.

I knew this was going to happen, so I had a plan in place for what to do next.

There’s a bat……by the window.

For now, I’m separating my soul from this body and transfer it into a familiar bat.

By doing so, I will continue to live on in it.

*Collapse*

Damn. I’m losing consciousness faster than I thought…….

The magic of transferring soul……is good……use…….

……it failed?

There’s no helping it……huh.

I’ve failed a lot. I really did.

I should have known more about humans. Before this happens.

That way, I wouldn’t have to involve the peace of Lyle and the others.

If there’s a next time, I’m going to study human properly, and live like them—

“—Do you want to reincarnate?”

There was a voice.

“You——have met the requirements for the reincarnation”

“——Thus, reincarnation is possible”

“Will you reincarnate——into this world again?”

(……if possible)

I replied unconsciously.

“I’ve confirmed your consent”

The voice slowly fades away.

No, it’s my consciousness that’s fading away.

‘I will reincarnate you as a human being’

And at the end of that voice, I lost consciousness——

“……see you”

I don’t know if I uttered those last words myself, or if it was just a thought.

It seemed like Lyle just nodded at it.

Even now, I still don’t know.

That’s what I remembered on my 10 years old birthday.

It’s been 3 years since I regained the memories of my past life. I’m 13 years old now.

I was reborn as the second son of a Baron family and continue to live on as it is.

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