Hi there. Abigaelle here!

I don't really know if I can refer to myself as John Smith anymore now, you know? But I'm still a man inside, that wont change. I wonder if people in this world have a grudge against "girl's love"? Because I'm definitely not into guys, so that would be a problem.

Well, anyway, I guess I'll find that sooner or later.

So, then, Ghost-san, here's what happened this year.

Yeah, I know, this hasn't much chance to reach you. But since you're the one who gave me this other life, that's the least I can do.

And this report thingy is quite a ritual now.

Then, let me begin. I'll start from when I crafted my umbrella. Did you saw it by the way? It's really good. I wouldn't even dream of using this kind of umbrella in my past life, but now that I'm a girl, I'm not bothered by that anymore. Maybe I somehow changed a bit? Well, that's a plus. It would have been terrible if I couldn't get over the fact that I'm a girl now.

So, yeah, umbrella. You may already know it, but I crafted it to protect me from the sun.

Because, you know, I really missed the Sun.

So I went outside to have a little "pique-nique".

But when I went back, okā-san and Sylvia were crying.

And Julie even fainted when I gave flowers to okā-san.

But, well, that was my fault. I knew from the Skills I gained while picking it that the plant could have been dangerous.

And I was right. It was a Mandrake flower.

And when I say Mandrake, I mean the real deal! The one that kills you if you plug it out of the ground!

I was really lucky!

It even cast a spell continuously that makes anyone near it try to take the flower.

It really was a trap then...

I was lucky to consider just taking the flower...

I don't want to know why a flower would want to kill people.

I absolutely don't wan't to know what it'll do with the bodies afterwards.

Well, when Julie fainted, okā-san transported her to the living room.

And then she told me about the Mandrake.

Apparently, some people Julie once knew died because of a Mandrake, and she was the one who find their bodies...

I'll have to properly apologies to her when she wakes up...

“So that's why you were so worried about me!

I understand now.

I didn't know it was so dangerous outside.

But don't worry okā-san, I won't go outside anymore without you!” I said.

But, well.

She stared at me strangely.

Then, she told me.

“I can't go outside”.

I asked her why, and she answered: “I'd die if I do.”

'Hun? Die? Isn't that a bit too much?'. That's what I thought when she told me that, so I asked her: “Huh, aren't you over doing it a bit too much, okā-san? I know that people suffering from albinism don't do well with the sun, but as long as we stay in the shade, wouldn't it be fine?”

“Albinism? What is that?” was her answer.

I thought "Oh, yeah, it shouldn't have any meaning in another world. And it wasn't automatically translated like “Laprel”. Maybe it doesn't have a name here?"

I thus tried to play dumb since I couldn't really tell her this word came from my past life... “Well, albinism, you know? Isn't that the name of the illness that gives us white hair and skin and those red eyes? I thought I read about it somewhere.”

I thought it would be fine with that.

But okā-san started to stare at me strangely, like I was some kind of alien who just appeared out of nowhere, claiming that “I came in peace”.

And then, she laughed. A perfect, creepy, three-steps laughter.

Simply breathtaking.

But she seemed crazy too.

I wondered for a moment if her mind was broken.

But...

Why was she laughing?

Well, it's simple.

It's because, I was mistaken about our condition. And not just a bit.

I was gre~eatly mistaken.

We weren't albinos.

At all.

It was far worse.

Well, I say worse, but it's not like it's horrible. It's just that the sunlight is deadly for us.

Literally.

But I'm kind of not concerned by that trait it seems.

I mean, I'm obviously not dead right now.

Well, what am I then?

...

...

...

A vampire.

...

I'm a bloody vampire!

Well, at least I don't friggin' sparkle!

It seems that this sort of knowledge is something that should be instinctive, and I should have known about me being a vampire and our race's weaknesses from birth.

A bit like there was no need to tell me I was a human in my past life...

Sorry, I didn't know, okā-san.

I mean, I'm supposed to be human. I don't think this was supposed to be my body.

I wonder what happened to the original owner...

I hope she's okay.

I really hope she's okay.

...

When okā-san understood I didn't knew anything at all, she started to teach me about our weaknesses immediately.

Well, I say "immediately", but I had her to calm down before.

Soooooo.

Vampire's weaknesses.

The first and most deadly one is sun light.

Of course.

I asked her what it exactly does to us, and it seems that we don't turn to dust, but our skin starts to bubble and we somehow start to melt.

...

What's with that gruesome way of dying!

Give me back my “turn to ashes” death!

I don't wanna turn into a dead slime, dammit!

I'll even accept to sparkle if I have to!

The last part is obviously a joke, of course.

But, again, it doesn't seem to be effective against me.

I mean, it's obvious I'm not a puddle right now.

But that's dangerous. I seriously could have died.

I was suppose to know about it, and fear light, like animals are instinctively afraid of fire.

But I'm not.

Well, it's because I was human.

But why did I survive?

Am I UV-proof?

By the way, otō-san seems to have a Spell that protects him against the Sun, but okā-san doesn't.

Sorry okā-san, but I don't think I'll take you to a picnic under the sun then.

Until I find a way to protect you against it, that is.

Then, second weakness is silver and garlic. I'm putting them together because we're allergic to both of them. Being cut by silver makes us sick for a whole day. Not a pretty sight. Garlic gives us teary eyes and a runny nose. Eating it makes us sick too.

We're also instinctively afraid of both of them.

Well, normally.

But, even if I'm not afraid of garlic, I won't approach it anyway...

Third and last weakness, well, if you can really call that a weakness, is that we're really uneasy towards moving water. It's the same as cat's, if I was to compare. But we're fine with hot bath.

Well, that's obvious. I took a lot of them with okā-san.

And yes, it's perfectly fine to take a bath with your mother!

Of course I didn't have any of those thoughts!

She's my mother after all!

Ah, we're okay with religious-symbol. It seems Vampires aren't Undeads, unlike in the stories I read back on Earth. Undead Vampires do exist, but it's just a vampire corpse revived by a necromancer, and it's considered a monster, not a living being, since it doesn't have a soul nor personality anymore.

Well, if Vampires find an Undead one, they'll put it to rest.

The necromancer too, of course.

We don't like guys who defile our dead.

I guess nobody really does.

I suppose stakes in the heart and beheading works fine against Vampires too, but, well, so does it against humans.

And we do have a reflection in mirrors. We just haven't any because they are made from silver…

And it can also be used by someone to spy on you with magic, so...

Well, you can make them from other metals than silver too, but it's just not produced this way here.

In fact, it looks like mirrors are only produced by the Sacro Imperio. And they don't like Vampires very much, so I guess they're only making silver mirrors on purpose...

I'll have to make one for myself if I want one then.

Well, that's all for the weaknesses. So let's talk about the benefits of being a vampire now!

First and foremost: Our Lifespan. An average vampire can live up to a thousand years. It leaves lots of free time to study magic and other stuff. But, well, is a long life span really that great? I guess it can't be that good to see all your non-Vampires friends die from old age...

Even the optimistic I can't overlook that...

We're very sturdy against Darkness-type Spells.

Those types of Spells are up to three times weaker than usual against us.

A Darkness Spell used by a Vampire will also be stronger than the exact same spell used by a Human.

And we're several times stronger during nigh-time.

Well, it can also be said that we're several times weaker during daytime, but I'm the type of person to regard a glass as half full rather than half empty.

And again, I'm not concerned.

We can use blood to replenish our Mana Pool.

Some Spells that only Vampires and their subspecies can have are linked to this ability.

I don't really like the idea to drink blood... I mean, I already bit my tongue several times as a human, and blood didn't really have a good taste...

Oh! And because of a pact among Vampires, one can only bite willing beings, or else this person would acquire the [Predator] Title, and thus be hunted down by every vampire one would come across during its life.

And by other species too, obviously.

In fact, “Stealing a bite” is considered as rape.

It seems it's pretty easy to see if a Vampire has the Title... I wonder how it works?

Oh! By the way, biting people doesn't turn them into Vampires, since we are a proper species and not just cursed human beings like in some films I saw.

Vampirism isn't a virus too. So, no transmissions.

In fact, Vampires are a race that originate from humans. Over time, Humans affected by huge quantities of a certain type of Mana, the Dark Mana, began to turn after several generations into Vampires. That's why, Humans and Vampires can have offspring.

So, if a mad scientist were to fill a Human's Soul to the brim with Dark Mana, I guess he, or she, could turn into a Vampire.

I hope I'm the only one who thought about that...

We've also got really good health-recovery abilities.

It's really hard for us to get ill, and injuries are recovered quickly.

Well, it's not on the level of recovering missing limbs, of course.

But this ability is jammed by eating garlic or being hurt by silver.

There are also some abilities that let us sense approaching danger or detect living beings. Well, I already know that I have some of the former type.

Ufufu.

Some Vampires have the ability to shapeshift. As the name implies, it lets a Vampire turn into something else.

For example, a bat.

Why does it have to be bats? Why not birds! Ugh!

But well, only Pure Blood Vampires are concerned, and since my eyes are red and not black, I'm not concerned apparently...

Specs-wise, the average Vampire is as strong as a human soldier and four to five times more nimble than the average Human, but, at daytime, we're barely at the same level.

Even though it doesn't seem to be the case for me.

Again.

Why am I immune to light and daytime, when no Vampire is? Or ever was?

I'll just have to wait for my Status...

Ah! Even if we can live from seven hundreds to a thousand years old, we can only have from one to three children.

Not like the last part concerns me.

But that would mean there shouldn't be a lot of Vampires. At least, far less than humans.

I mean, it wasn't strange to find seven children in a family in European Middle Age.

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Magic-wise, we're nearly the same as Humans, as some may be born with or without a lot of Mana, but whereas Humans have an inclination for Light-based Spells, Vampires have a preference for Darkness-based ones.

And since we have a far longer lifespan, old vampires tends to be extremely more powerful with age.

Oh, and Vampires are able to use magic when they turn three years old, when their fangs grow, whereas humans have to wait until they turn eight-ish.

Well, lots of pros and lots of cons. I'd say it's pretty well balanced, but I may be wrong. And okā-san told me that she may have forgotten some things, so there may be some surprise at some points.

Okā-san waited until otō-san came back from work, and explained him everything.

He may have forgotten to breath at some point of the explanation, because he began to turn blue.

I got scolded a lot, even though it wasn't my fault for not knowing, but since they looked so worried, I couldn't say anything.

I was also forbidden to go under the sunlight until we could explain why I didn't die, because it may have some side-effects, or it may only be a temporary protection.

I really don't want to turn into a puddle of flesh and bones, so I think I'll stick to that decision.

And I'm not sure about it, but I think Julie was somehow tasked to stalk me...

Well, even though it worried my parents and the maids a lot, life continued nearly as usual.

I didn't went outside. I really don't want to be a puddle.

I may even reincarnate as a slime for all I know!

Well, otō-san began to teach me more about the country we reside in, and global informations about this world.

Firstly, there is three continents in this world. The one where we live is the main one, it is called Northern Continent and is separated in four parts: the eastern part, called Pandora, mainly inhabited by Eastern Dragons and monsters; the northern part, called the Frozen Lands and ruled by the Yuki-onna, the Snow Women; the southern part, which isn't really considered a part of this continent, but I'll explain why later; and finally, the western part, Bakushinchi, where I actually am.

The main characteristic of this part of the continent is that it's the only one populated by humans.

It seems they all emigrated here, the event that took place eight centuries ago in this part of the continent having threatened their very existence everywhere else due to being in inferior numbers compared to monsters and other species.

This event is the one who gave it its actual name: if I understood the meaning of the word, Bakushinchi would mean something like “Ground Zero”, so I guess it goes well with it.

The second continent is the Demon Continent, and is entirely inhabited by smurfs… Of course it isn't.

It's inhabited by the Demon race.

Well, even though they're called Demons, it's just a name.

It seems that they're mainly a pacific race, and are in rather friendly terms with the countries of the Northern Continent.

Even though, the majority of them are red, they've got horns, and are proficient in both magic and physical power.

That's Demons for you.

But don't confuse them with the “less friendly” Devil race! Because, even if they looks like each other, and have common origins, they're NOT the same. But well, let's keep that for later.

For the main part, this continent is covered by desert and dry lands and has a very hot climate. There are also some jungles with ferocious monsters, volcanoes, sandstorms, droughts, monsoons, and earthquakes.

So, yeah, you can say it's a rather inhospitable land.

The southern part of the Northern Continent is considered a part of it for two reasons: even though it is physically a part of the Northern Continent and is only connected to the Demon Continent by a tiny strand of land, its climate and its lands looks the same, and it's also mainly inhabited by Demons, thus it is considered a part of the Demon Continent.

Finally, the third continent is called the Lost Continent, because all contact with it was lost eight centuries ago, and nobody has ever been able to go there and come back, alive or not. So we nearly know nothing about it.

Now that I explained roughly, let me go into the detailed part.

The country I actually live in is called Taovania, which is the name of its first ruler since “The Event”. The guy must have that big of an ego, is what I thought, but it seems it was named after his death.

They just had my naming sense.

So, where was I?

Oh, yeah, Taovania.

So, Taovania is located on the western part of the Bakushinchi continent. It doesn't have an official ruling race, and instead has a “Wizard Council”. This council is made of twelve people from each main race of the country: Humans, Therianthropes, Beastmen, Vampires, Dhampirs, Reptilians, Lamias, Ondines, Faes, Alraunes and Ents. The twelfth member is generally a human, and represents the people who don't have enough Mana to use it.

Each races has it's own method to elect its councillor, but the only restriction is that they mustn’t be muscle-heads.

It is not said in such an oblivious manner, of course.

Different tasks are divided between those councillors, and even if it isn't a fixed fact, some races usually take care of the same duty along the centuries: Alraunes' and Ents' councillors take care of the agriculture's, the forest's and the nature's well being, Ondines' of the rivers, Vampires' and Dhampirs' of the nobles' matters, and Beastmen's and Therianthropes' of the internal security, soldiers management and war preparation.

I am agreeably surprised by how this country is ruled, because something like this would never work back in my old world.

And it does here.

In the worst case, the majority would just go and kill everyone else...

Well, it's not like they haven't their bunch of corrupted politicians though...

And by the way, otō-san told me that he's working for the Vampire Councillor, and that's why he has to work even during daytime.

It's not like he's under his direct command, but he works in his team.

Well, I've talked about the “government”, so now let's talk about our surroundings.

South of Taovania is Hachūrudia, ruled by the Reptilian Alliance.

Those two countries are separated by a mountain range inhabited by the Hammerfall's Dwarven Clan, and was thus named Hammerfall Moutain Range

North-East and separated by sea is the Fae Kingdom. The one with the non-edible Brownies.

At north, separated by the artificially-made Ondine's territory, the Great Rhur River, is the Sacro Imperio ex Lumen Aeternum, ruled by the Church of the Light, and nearly exclusively populated by humans.

And, finally, separated by the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range, Frubedor, a giant forest ruled by the Alraune's Queen and inhabited by nearly every sentient plant-based species and the Forest Elves.

Well, Ghost-san, that's about all I've learned up until now. Of course, it's only a résumé, and since I'm near my third birthday, I'll may be able to talk about magic soon!

I wonder were you went Ghost-san!

I really would like to thank you for this life you gave me.

“Abigaelle! Rest time is over, come here please.”(otō-san)

Aaah, time's up, I have to go back to my lessons now.

See you next time.

Well, figuratively speaking.

“Comming!”(Abigaelle)

“Here you are! Please, Abigaelle, don't make me search for you when it's time to start your history lessons.”(otō-san)

“Sorry otō-san, I just had to finish something.

So, what are we going to see today?(Abigaelle)

“Well, today's lesson is going to be special.”(otō-san)

“Special? What do you mean?”(Abigaelle)

“I mean that I was finally able to get my hands on a map, and a precise one at that! Working for the Council gives some privileges, and since I told them it was for my daughter's education, they lent me one without any sensitive information, such as strongholds, strategic positions,… So today, we are going to study it, and even though at your age, it should be very hard to learn something like that, I'm quite confident that it doesn't apply to you.”(otō-san)

This again? Will common sense ever apply to me someday?

“I'll do my best otō-san! I can't wait to see it!”(Abigaelle)

Well, that's the truth, I really shouldn't be able to understand it at my age. And even though I think my mind somehow rejuvenated a bit with my reincarnation, that's what I think at least, I should be able to understand it.

I sat on the chair next to my desk, and I watch otō-san searching for the map in a bag full of rolled scrolls.

“And what are we going to see today?(Abigaelle)

“Oh yeah, I didn't tell you. Today, I am going to teach you about the Vampiri Regate, the Vampires' Land.”

“Oh, yeah, you told me a bit about it”(Abigaelle)

“Well, not really, I don't think I told you anything except that it's right next to the Sacro Imperio's lands, and that they have been at war for a century. Is that right?”(otō-san)

“Yes, and even though they are at peace now, both of them only wait for a reason to start a new one, because the Church of Light hates Vampires, and the Vampires hates them too.”(Abigaelle)

“You remember well I see! Well, even though we are Vampires, should a war break out, since Taovania is a powerful country allied with both the Dragons and the Ondines, we should somehow be safe, so don't worry.”

“I wouldn't until you told me to, otō-san.”(Abigaelle)

“Ah, here it is!” (otō-san)

Finally finding the map, otō-san comes next to me, and starts to open it.

“Well, firstly, did I ever told you the name of the Vampiri Regate's leader?”(otō-san)

“No, I believe you didn't.”(Abigaelle)

“Ah, my bad then. Well, it is a name you will have to remember, because it is someone very important for us, Vampires. He is a very powerful Vampire, and the oldest among us. He will be a thousand years old around the time you will turn sixteen, and even though it is the very limit for a normal vampire, it is said he should be able to live at least a thousand more years. He has reigned over his lands for the past eight centuries too!”(otō-san)

A thousand year old? And he can live a thousand more? That is a monster! I don't even want to think how powerful he must be!

And an eight centuries-long reign! Forget powerful, he must also be a master at politics, and a good leader! Because, no matter how powerful, there is no way a bad or cruel leader could reign for this long, right?

And that means he was there before "The Event", right?

And, as otō-san was spreading the map on the desk…

“So, remember well his name, my dear, for he is our Lord, even in this far away land, and the strongest Vampire in the world: Vlad Tepes Dracula...”(otō-san)