CHAPTER 0

How does it feel to love someone? What does it feel like to have someone special?

When I walk the streets and see couples, I wonder: Will I ever find love?

When I see groups of friends, I ask myself: Will I ever have friends?

I... To be honest, it's hard for me to have friends ... All the people I considered my friends betrayed me ... They did not hesitate to do so ... They repented, but I did not forgive them.

I want to get true love.

I want to get a faithful friend.

As long as I achieve one of those two things, I will die without regrets.

"So... Could you become my friend?"- It was what I asked Yuik, the Vampire girl I rescued.

... Well... I think she has not realized that she is a Vampire ... After all, I turned her into a Vampire to save her.

She looked me in the eye and nodded slowly.

How did I meet her? Well... I will tell you my story first.

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I was born in a village ... I was a simple commoner without big dreams. I just wanted to live a normal life. I never dreamed of being an adventurer or a hero ... But fate did not let me live in peace.

When I turned 15, I woke up a "job."

What is a job? All humans have a job. Shoemaker, Blacksmith, Healer, Lumberjack, Swordmaster, etc.

There are boring jobs, useful jobs, and legendary jobs.

Everyone dreams of having a legendary job, but not me. I wanted a useful job to get a job and survive ... Sadly, I woke up to the legendary job "Hero", and my quiet days are over.

The King forced me to enroll in a magic school.

Blah, blah, blah. Many boring things happened.

Many nobles tried to take advantage of me for being a commoner, but I ended up humiliating them ... I even killed several nobles, but that is not important.

I finished studying and set out on my journey to defeat the Demon King, along with my 5 fellow heroes ... And I considered them my best friends ... But they betrayed me.

"We must sacrifice Dreimo!"

"I'm sorry, Dreimo."

"It's for the good of humanity."

"Your sacrifice will be remembered forever."

"I want you to know that I love you. I am sorry."

"G-guys?"

In the fight with the Demon King, we managed to defeat him, but the Demon King's soul entered my body and tried to take over my body ... And my companions decided to kill me to also kill the Demon King ... Or so they believed.

They fell into an illusion.

"W-wait!"

The only male friend I had cheated on them.

He pierced my chest with his sword and whispered to me.

"I'll take good care of them."

... I knew this could happen ... All my friends were in love with me, but I always rejected them because I didn't feel anything for them ... And he got jealous.

—... "You have the soul of the Demon King."

I kicked him hard in the stomach and he flew off.

"Impossible! I destroyed your heart!"

During my adventure, I gained many skills ... And I hid them because I didn't want them to feel inferior to me ... I am immortal, they can only kill me by eliminating my soul.

"You have the soul of the Demon King, Valen!"

"He's trying to fool us! We must kill him! We saw when the Demon King's soul entered him! He is the Demon King!"

He created an illusion and tricked them.

I tried to convince them, but it was useless ... They tried to kill me and they didn't believe me ... And that made me angry ...

I stopped controlling myself and defeated them ... For the first time, I used 100% of my full power.

"Fufu. I underestimated you, hero."

And the Demon King used his latest transformation. He changed into a dragon.

Blah, blah, blah. A boring fight later, I managed to defeat him.

"Sorry!"

"We fell into a stupid illusion!"

"Please forgive me!"

"I don't want you to hate me!"

—... "We have literally been friends for 10 years ... And you didn't trust me ... They believed him ... Sorry, I want friends who trust me ... It's childish on my part, but it's what I want ... Goodbye forever. They can keep all the credit, I don't care, I'll go live in a forest or I don't know ... Good bye."

"W-wait!"

I ran away and didn't look back.

After that, I decided to start a new life.

In the fight with the Demon King, I sacrificed 99% of my total power to completely destroy him and destroy his soul ... But, even though I only retained 1% of my power, I was still stronger than an Orc. And if I trained, I could get stronger.

My plan was to get a job in a library, and I did.

I used transformation magic to change my appearance, as I did not want my fellow heroes to find me.

My red hair turned black and long, it covered my eyes, because I do not like to be looked at my eyes. Before I was handsome, so I modified my appearance to a more "normal" one. I became an average citizen.

Obviously, if I wanted to make friends or a girlfriend, appearance was important, so although it was normal, I was somewhat handsome. I wasn't as handsome as I was in my normal form, but I was handsome.

My life became simple.

I woke up, ate breakfast, worked, ate dinner, and slept.

A simple, but calm routine.

My whole routine was like this ... Until I met her.

"A sex slave?"

My boss sent me to pick up some books in another city, and since I'm used to traveling by running, I ran into the city ... And along the way, I found a bandit hideout ... I got used to killing all the bandits I came across, so I killed them ... And I found her.

—... "Hey... You are looking very badly."

A sex slave ... Something very common, unfortunately.

Her brown skin had scars ... She had no hands, they were cut off ... She also had no teeth ... They cut off her right ear ... And she had blindfolds.

"You don't have a tongue either ... You're probably blind ..."

I touched her arm to examine her better, but she began to shake with fear.

—... "You are very traumatized ..."

My healing magic is not as powerful, but I think I can at least return her vision to her.

I used my healing magic on her eyes.

I won't be able to use healing magic for a long time, maybe years, but it will be worth it.

"Ready... Yes."

I removed the bandages and smiled.

"It'll be fine..."

A hopeless expression ... A cold look ... She has experienced much suffering.

—... "Got a family?"

She denied it. She has no family.

"Friends?"

She also denied it.

"Oh, I see..."

I will take a better look at her condition.

"[Analysis.]

... Several sexually transmitted diseases... And she's pregnant ... But her baby is dead ... Ah... This is disgusting.

—... "I must be."

I cut my finger with my teeth and put some of my blood in her mouth.

"Don't worry, it's a medicinal thing."

... Her diseases are disappearing ... Her wounds are regenerating.

I didn't want to do this, but I had to ... I turned her into a Vampire.

It's one of my skills ... I got it when I killed a Vampire Queen.

I have the immortality of a Vampire.

Now that she is a Vampire, she has immortality and a special body. She has the ability to regenerate. All her wounds will disappear and she will be a healthy girl again.

—... "You really suffered ... Would you like to come with me...? I want to have a friend ... So... Could you become my friend?"

She looked me in the eye and nodded slowly.

... Her teeth have already regenerated.

"You'll be better soon."

[Curse detected.]

[No communication: Possessors of this curse cannot speak.]

... I don't know how to remove curses.

People who become Vampires sacrifice their humanity ... And according to my research, new Vampires acquire a curse for divine punishment or something.

"How old are you? More than 20?"

She nodded yes.

"More than 25?"

She said yes.

"More than 30?"

Said no.

"Are you 28?"

She said yes... She is 28 years old.

"I have 26 years."

I patted her head and smiled.

"I hope we're great friends."