Reincarnated Vampire Princess and Former Hero, Trample Over Mankind - CH 3

Vampire Girl and Her Birthday

Translated by AmaLynne

According to Dad.

Dad says that his unusually high status is because of his race『Vampire King』and occupation『Fighting King』, which improves his abilities.

《Status》is a divine blessing given equally to races with a certain level of wisdom.

There are four key factors to increasing power.

Level up. Training. And then there is the choice of occupation and the evolution of the race.

Leveling up is just what it sounds like. Training is increasing one’s abilities by training one’s body and accumulating knowledge of magic.

The choice of occupation, simply put,『biases one’s abilities』. It sounds like a bad thing when I hear it like this, but if I remain『Undecided』like I am now, I will be a poor person with not much strength. So, I decide my path through occupation.

The occupations that can be chosen vary from person to person. In other words, talent.

Some people have only a small occupation like『Farmer』, while others have a fighting job like『Magician』or『Warrior』, or even『Hero』or『Demon King』.

If you defeat a lot of enemies or clear some conditions in that occupation, a higher level occupation will be unlocked, or another strong occupation will grow up.

As for the evolution of races, to be honest, this is something that is not usually associated with them.

By achieving certain conditions, a race is elevated to a higher level… The conditions are things like『Becoming the king of a tribe』―――my dad is one of them―――『Raise the level to 100 without a single defeat』, and so on. If you lived a normal life, this would never happen.

By the way, my dad’s『Fighting King』is a top-level occupation.

The condition for unlocking it is to select the occupation『Martial Artist』and defeat an opponent of a certain rank or higher.

What? How do I know all this?

Because I asked him, my dad in front of me.

I asked him, or rather, he told me on his own.

No, well, vampires are fixed in their late teens to early twenties in appearance, so dad looks like he’s in his twenties. But this guy, from what I’ve heard, is over 200 years old.

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After a good deal of praise and making dad writhe in agony because the appeal for praise was too much trouble.

I moved around for a while using my body, which I was getting more and more familiar with and walked back to the house on foot.

Dad… Hah, no good. He still looks happy. Stupid doting parent at its finest, this guy.

I had no choice but to leave him alone, quickly enter the house and…

「I’m ba…」

「「「「Happy birthday, Lean!」」」」

「…………Haee?」

The house was filled with neighbors and friends.

This is……is it what you call a surprise?

「Umm, what’s this?」

「Lean-chan! Ehehe, are you surprised?」

「We’ve been preparing for a month.」

「Hehe, you look amazing.」

That’s what he told me, the youngest group in this village…Kana-chan, Fred-kun, and Rius-kun, who always play with me.

「……For, me?」

「Of course!」

……I, see.

They’re celebrating for me.

Reminds me of my previous life.

In my previous life, my parents were both working, and both of them were the picture of a workaholic.

They were more concerned with work than family, and of course, they never celebrated my birthday.

So my birthdays were solely celebrated by buying myself a cake and playing with my pet Yomi.

「…Le-Lean-chan, you’re crying!」

「………Eh? Ah…」

Oh no, before I knew it, I was crying.

Of course, everyone has celebrated my birthday before, but never on such a large scale.

Besides, I didn’t remember my previous life until I was three years old, and last year I was confused right after my memory came back, so this is the first time that the『me now』had a proper birthday.

And if they’ve done that so grandly…

「Mmm, I’m fine! Thank you, everyone!」

Saying this, I couldn’t help but hug Kana-chan.

「Ah, it’s not fair just to Kana!」

「Me too! Me too!」

Then Fred-kun and Rius-kun came up to me.

I, of course, pulled them in and hugged all three of them at once.

Well, my arms weren’t long enough, so it wasn’t quite a hug.

What, you don’t have any resistance to hugging a man?

Think about it, including me in my previous life, I’m over 20 years old, right? It’s not surprising that I have skin-to-skin contact with a neighborhood boy. If I didn’t include them, then I would be a five-year-old. Personal space is not a thing.

So I continued to hug them without hesitation.

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「Now, now, Lean. You should decide your『occupation』early.」

After my happy, fun birthday party was over and everyone had left, my mom said those words to me.

「Occupation…hmm…」

Once you have decided on occupation, you cannot change it until you have mastered it. You have to decide carefully.

I wonder if there is something like『occupational proficiency』.

And until you MAX it out, you can’t do anything like『occupation change』. So inconvenient.

I muttered《Status》and tapped the occupation field in the window that appeared.

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《Selectable Occupations》

Martial Artist, Magician, Priest, Thief, Peasant, Barbarian, Witch, Enchanter, Dancer

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…Hmmm, nine. I can choose from these.

…Hey, what’s a barbarian, why barbarian?

「Dad, I got a bunch of them, which one do you think is the best?」

「Hm, let me see… Ohhh, I didn’t know there were nine occupations! That’s style, Lean!」

「…Un, that’s fine. Which one do you recommend?」

「That’s of course『Martial Artist』. When your opponent comes at you with a weapon, you twist him off head-on with just your bare hands… Isn’t that cool?」

The fact that dad is over 200 years old and still hasn’t graduated from second grade.

Also, don’t ask girls to be cool.

「……Mom, dad is useless!」

「Guhaaaah!?」

「It happens all the time.」

「Gufuu!?」

Lv92 Vampire King is brought down to earth by the family’s verbal assault.

Ah, he’s seriously depressed. But I’ll leave it alone because it’s annoying that he’s appealing to me.

「Now, let me see… Well, it’s good to have a lot of choices, but too many is a problem.」

「For starters, peasants, barbarians, or dancers, are out okay?」

「Right. Also…Witch is out too. The name is cool, but if you’re dealing with a priest, you’re done for.」

「That’s probably true.」

Even if you put a curse on them, they will just be purified.

「Well, it’s a tough call. I would recommend the enchanter, but… it’s also hard to throw away Magician and Priest…」

「…Hey, I don’t have to choose an occupation right now, do I?」

「Yes, that’s right. If you leave it undecided, you can choose it at any time, although once you decide, you can’t change it for a while.」

「Uh-huh, that’s why I will not choose it now. I’ll think it over, and then I’ll decide.」

「My, is that so?… I’ve heard that many kids your age get so excited about choosing an occupation. You are a very mature girl, my daughter.」

Well, that’s because I have memories of my previous life.

「Then do so. Choose properly and without regrets… Also, talk to that person over there who is depressed because he’s not getting any attention.」

When my mom told me to turn around, I saw my dad crouching with his knees in his hands.

Seriously, you’re over 200 years old and you’re appealing to attention… No, no, that one, the one that appealed for my attention for a while but was ignored, and now he’s just plain depressed. What a pain in the ass, even as my father.

…I had no choice but to talk to him and comfort him, and he cried and hugged me.

No good, this idiot parent, I have to do something about it as soon as possible…