NOVEL NEXT I’m a vampire
Before my parents passed away, they taught me many things. One of those things is that I had to keep my cool EVEN if I went to a fantasy world.
That's right, my parents were otaku to the core. And therefore I, as their daughter, took a particular attachment to this kind of thing as well.
My parents died when I was 10 years old, which made me stay with my mother's sister, my aunt. Who is probably more otaku than my parents. But well, that's not what's important right now.
I had worked for years on an efficient way to keep calm, and it consisted only of taking a deep breath and then exhaling.
But...
-What the hell?!
It's impossible for me to stay calm! I died, I was dead! I kicked the bucket! I hung up my trainers! And I was sent to this fantasy world as a vampire!
I wanted an isekai experience, but not something so sudden.
I couldn't prepare myself mentally! This is disgusting, I was killed without my consent, I demand compensation in return!
I won't rest until I make the bastard who did this to me pay!
Wait though...
I was in the middle of chemistry class when all of a sudden... I raised a gun at my classmates and...
I'd better sit down and relax and think carefully about what I'm going to do. There's no point in getting desperate now, as it would be a waste of energy and stuff.
Well... good.
I take a deep breath of air and relax my muscles. So I sit back down on the cold brick floor I woke up on and start thinking carefully.
"I was reincarnated. This means that I was given a second chance to make my life. It's not something that happens every day, haha..."
I just find this weird... normally you're reincarnated as a baby or something like that. However, I'm the size of a little girl. Also, I know I'm a vampire because my skin burns when I expose it to the little sunlight that comes through here and my fangs sticking out a bit from my mouth isn't very normal.
This makes me question...
"Do I have parents in this world?"
Because if so, seriously the child services guys are not going to be too happy if they find out where they left their daughter.
Oh, how do I know my gender? Well, it's because I've already verified that everything between my legs here is not a penis. I won't mention any major details.
And that probably shouldn't be what I'm worried about right now... because in the same room as me is something that shouldn't be here.
There would be no way for that to get here by natural causes, it's obvious that there was divine interference to get this object to me personally.
That is...
A smartphone.
Uh-huh... don't tell me we're going to plagiarize that generic isekai. Please, thank you.
That thing has been here since I woke up, or maybe long before that and it makes me really scared just to touch it.
I even surrounded it with some rocks I found to make sure I don't get even a little bit close to that thing. My sense of danger tells me I could be in big trouble if I touch it.
But since I mentioned it, you as readers are expecting me to touch that thing right now to see what it does. And you're not going to be satisfied otherwise, are you?
Ok, then I'll do it.
My parents didn't raise a coward. That's why I have to remain calm at all times and in all circumstances when I need to think with a cool head. That's one of my qualities.
I round the beam of light emerging from the wall and cautiously approach the smartphone. I have to fight my desire to escape, but I can't help being afraid, it's so out of place that it terrifies me enough to make my judgement waver.
I don't know, will it kill me the moment I touch it, cut me to pieces and make me into a buffet and feed me to a chainsaw-headed demon?
Damn it, think!
...
Ok, to hell with it.
-Don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me!
I recite those words as if they were a mantra of divine protection that will protect me from all the bad things in the world and just grab the phone with my right hand.
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[Successful registration. The menu of skills that the "Nameless Player" can get will be opened]
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Just as I feared.
Twice as scary light comes out of the phone as my hand touches it and a mechanical voice echoes in my head!
Seriously, please don't kill me! I've been here less than a day! And as much as I try to let you go, I can't! Ahhh! I knew it, I shouldn't have followed my sense of the masses and let myself be influenced by others! I'm an idiot, really!
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[You possess 1,000 skill points. In compensation for your sudden death, the system will allow you to acquire four skills. Each of a different rarity by system standards. These rarities are "Common", "Abnormal", "Rare" and "Ultra-Rare"]
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Mm?
Wait, this doesn't sound as bad as I thought it would. Could you say it's a "good" thing? I don't know.
I'm more on the side of "What the fuck am I listening to and reading on my phone?".
It's all understandable... but I feel this is very unfair even coming from myself.
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[The "Common" type skills you can acquire are: "Valuation Lvl. 1", "Night Vision Lvl. 1", "Energy Manipulation Lvl. 1" and "Transmutation Lvl. 1". All for the cost of 250 skill points]
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I feel like I got back to calm pretty quickly for the situation I'm in right now.
I think I understand what you are telling me.
It's just compensation for my death... so, my life was worth a measly 1,000 skill points? How would everyone else have been rewarded? 10,000? 50,000? 1,000,000?
Instead, I was only worth 1,000 skill points.
Once again, I am a victim of social injustice to myself. But I can't complain...
Ok, let's see what this is all about.
[Valuation] is a very technical name. But isn't it the skill possessed by every isekai story protagonist there is to bore? That's right. It's that tricky thing that all those bastards have, everyone who's read a story of this kind knows it.
[Night Vision] is self-explanatory... and useless, because it's probably because of my species or something, since there's no light source around me apart from the one coming from the ceiling and yet I see clearly.
On the other hand.
[Energy Manipulation] I have no idea what you're referring to? Magic maybe? I don't know, I'm too new to this world to know.
And the other one?
Her name speaks for her. I don't really care.
If we put all these skills in a bag and weigh them, [Transmutation] weighs the least and [Valuation] weighs the most. Please, even I wanted to get it in my previous world, but it has the same difficulty as trying to do a "Kame-Hame-Ha!". I mean, impossible.
And as much as it pains me, I must let go of [Energy Manipulation]. But it's something I have to do to be true to the lore of isekai protagonists.
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[You have acquired "Valuation Lvl. 1". You possess 750 skill points. The "Abnormal" type skills you can obtain are: "Magic Correction Lvl. 1" and "Luck Lvl. 1". All for the cost of 250 skill points]
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...
I can't do magic. So the first one is useless.
Give me [Luck] please.
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[You have acquired "Luck Lvl. 1". You possess 500 skill points. The "Rare" type skills you can acquire are as follows: "Recreation Lvl. 1", "Recovery Lvl. 1", "Speed Lvl. 1", "Endurance Lvl. 1", "Strength Lvl. 1", "Bravery Lvl. 1", "Discount Lvl. 1" and "Loyalty Lvl. 1". All for the cost of 250 skill points]
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Ok, this is a good amount of skills.
Several of these may prove to be useful.
System lady, could you give me a description of all these skills, please? Thank you.
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[Recreation: A magic that allows its user to recreate any weapon that can be shaped in the head. No [Energy Manipulation] is required to use it].
[Recovery: A rare passive ability that reduces the time in which the wearer's "Health Points", "Mana Points" and "Stamina Points" are recovered. The recovery time decreases by 1% for each level of the ability and is capped at 75% reduction].
[The skills "Speed", "Endurance" and "Strength" increase by 2% stat points for each level of the skill].
[Bravery: Increases all stats of the wearer by 1% for each level of the skill. Extremely difficult to level up. Its increase limit is 60%]
[Discount: Decreases the cost of skills, titles, weapons and items purchased through the system by 25%. Cannot be leveled up]
[Loyalty: The level of "Valuation" is too low to give the description of this skill]
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Did you just give me a detailed description of all but the last one?
Oh, come on. I know what this is about.
"My... right hand... I can't hold back its power, stand back!"
I've always wanted to say that line, it's been my dream since I was little!
But it's not safe. If I can't know what it does before I get it, the danger is too great. Which is not something I want to face later because of my unconsciousness.
I don't need [Recovery] because I'm a vampire. One drop of blood solves everything, doesn't it?
And if we're talking about the others... let's just say that at the moment I'd like to avoid fighting at all costs. I'm a girl, damn it. In fact, I'd really like not to have to expose myself to danger. But, just in case...
I'll take [Recreation] with me.
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[You have acquired "Recreation Lvl. 1". You possess 250 skill points. The "Ultra-Rare" type skills you can acquire are as follows: "Status Change Resistance Lvl. 1", "Necromancy Lvl. 1" and "Vanity Lvl. 1". All for the cost of 250 skill points]
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[Valuation], please.
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[The level of "Valuation" is too low to give a description of these skills]
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Ok...
Now I have to think with a cool head and not choose one that ends up being stupid in the future.
Just that [Necromancy] is out for now, I don't want to be a new "Shadow Monarch" or something. No, no. Plagiarism is not my thing. I'd rather take the high road than plagiarise.
If that's the case, I choose you...
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[You have acquired "Status Change Resistance Lvl. 1". You possess 0 skill points. Thank you for joining the system. We hope your life is fulfilling]
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Lucky you. At least you can rest.
The phone then disappears from my hand. And that's when I let out a sigh of relief, dropping my body. I was really scared. I don't have the strength for anything anymore.
I'm going to rest for a while...