1 Why are we still here?

A lot of times, I have thought to myself, what did I do to deserve this? Why does my brother have to suffer too? We did nothing wrong to deserve any of our suffering in the past two lives we live, so why? Why? WHY? To even go as far as to curse the both of us as well. My name was originally Daz Amamiya, I have a younger brother named Hiroto Amamiya. At this point, when we met the god of reincarnation for the third time, I was seething with rage. He didn't speak to the two of us for very long before sending us on our way, hoping that we would quickly commit suicide so that he could torture us again in a fourth life. After that, everything went dark for a while.

[Daz Amamiya has be reincarnated into [[Lambda]]]

[Daz Amamiya has been cursed by the god of transmigration, Rodcorte!]

I heard that announcement, but couldn't focus on it due to my consciousness being in a weird place. I wasn't awake or asleep, so it seriously felt weird.

{Daz} [Where am I? What's happening? I guess that bastard sent us off to another world already.]

I don't know what my current situation was, since every time I opened my eyes, I was greeted by darkness. I couldn't breathe, but didn't feel bad from it. Am I even human anymore? That bastard had better not have made the two of us something stupid like a damn rat or cat.

Thankfully my suspicions about my situation were proven to be wrong. I started to hear a quiet, muffled voice, that was singing. It was soothing to me, and made me want to sleep just to enjoy the sensation I felt from it just a little bit longer.

[It looks like I'm in the womb of someone, as a fetus. Although I get a slight feeling of my brother beside me. Thankfully we weren't separated in the transfer.]

After listening to the song for a little while longer, I drifted back to sleep. By the time I woke up, the both of us were born. We opened our eyes at around the same time and pointed towards each other, but that was the biggest reaction we made. No tears were cried out, no yelling, just dead, cold eyes, that showed no emotion. Not like either of us could show that anyway. The woman who I assumed to be our mother started to speak up, while holding us.

{Darcia} [You two are always quiet, aren't you, Dantelieu? Vandalieu? I'm glad that you are, but its ok to cry from time to time, you know? I can't believe I gave birth to twins though.]

I looked up at the woman who was holding and talking to us.

{Dantelieu} [I guess Dantelieu is a good new name. It's better than being called a number that I was assigned to in my previous life in Origin. She seems much nicer than the last two mothers we had. It also seems like our mother is a Dark Elf, considering the tan skin, golden hair, long ears, and a few other distinguishable features.]

Back in Origin, the moment that Van and I were aware of our surroundings, we were sold to be experimented on. I don't really have any complaints about the start to this life, although we were cursed by that bastard, it's an ok start nonetheless. Since our mother is a dark elf, it makes a bit of since that we live in a dark cave. The best thing we have that somewhat resembles a home here, is a door and furs across the floor that were in place of a carpet.

[Well then, time to take a look at myself and see what the goods are.]

When I looked at my hands, they were as white as snow. It probably has something to do with our father that doesn't seem to be around. It could be that our mother started with pale skin, and eventually got darker skin, but I doubt that. However, as I was asking more questions about it, our mother realized our intentions and answered for us.

{Darcia} [Hmm? Are you curious as to why your mommy's skin is a different color? You two are quite the clever babies to notice that already, aren't you? But don't worry, Van and Dan, you just look a lot like your daddy, but you are definitely your mommy, Darcia's sons.]

As Darcia, smiled gently, I went along with her words. We must be children with blood mixed between two races. I just wanted to enjoy her embrace and care that we never received before, but I grew tired, and quickly passed out asleep.

As three months went by, Van and I made a silent agreement to cause as little trouble to Darcia, our mother, as possible. So we stayed quiet, and just used hand signals and made small sounds as signs for either hunger or using the restroom. Like in the situation we have now, where Van got hungry, patted his stomach and made a quiet sound. I normally got hungry in the afternoon and Van in the mornings. The only struggle was the breast-feeding part. Neither of us were having an easy time being an infant again. Both of us have the mentality of adults, so it's hard to not be conscious of the opposite sex when looking at her bare breasts. Eventually we overcame it though. What bothers me is the fact that we gained our memories right away, instead of the ten month time period that it was back in Origin.

I didn't want my mother in this life to worry though, so I just bare with it whenever I was hungry. It was the first time either of us have experienced the emotion of love. At first I tried acting like a normal baby, but that didn't really work out because of my mental age. I also found out that neither me, nor Van, could show any visible emotions. I had to put forth effort just to move my mouth and eyelids in order to show somewhat of an expression, so I just gave up. It probably has something to do with that curse, not like I really needed to express my emotions on my face anyway.

Another problem I discovered was, due to the fact that I was an infant, I couldn't use my magic to make golems out of the cave walls and impart wills into it. Van seemed to have similar problems, but death was his territory and funny enough, life might as well have been mine.

{Darcia} [It would be nice if I could see Van and Dan's Status.]

I was around a month and a half old when I heard these words.

[Wait a second ...Status?!]

This can't be some kind of game, like an RPG. Funny enough, a status screen popped up in my head as I thought.

Name: Dantelieu Race: Dhampir (Dark Elf) Age: 0

Nickname: Dan Job: None Level: 0 Job History: None

[Attributes]:

Vitality: 10 Mana: 65,000,000 Strength: 12 Agility: 2 Endurance: 40

Intelligence: 25

{Passive Skills}:

[Superhuman Strength]: Level 1 [Rapid healing]: Level 1

{Curses}:

[Experience Gained in previous life not carried over.]

[Cannot learn existing jobs]

[Unable to gain experience yourself]

{Dan} [Damn, my mana is insane. It looks like my father was a vampire, and it looks like that bastard gave me three curses. From the look of Van, he is in the same situation when it comes to the curses. How badly does that bastard want us dead?]

There were several things that stood out to me. Most of my attention however, was on my race. It makes sense as to why, mom has to hide now. If religions and churches are in Lambda, I doubt they would be nice to half-breeds like us. It would not surprise me if both of us were treated as monsters and exterminated on site.

Another thing was my mana. It must have replaced the MP stat. I have no idea what the average amount of mana is in this world, but I know for a fact that is a large amount.

Those curses will be annoying as well and I'm sure it is because that bastard wants me to off myself, but why would I give him the satisfaction? It's annoying that those curses are like that, however, it says I can't gain experience myself. What if I make a golem and have it kill things for me?

[I'll have to experiment with golems later once I'm actually able to make one. Maybe I could also replicate an inventory in this world too, with this absurd amount of mana, it might be possible. Thoughts for later though...I'm….getting...sleepy.]

Dan, like any other infant of his age, saw his defeat by his worse enemy, sleepiness.

[You have acquired the Earth-Attribute Magic skill!]

[You have acquired the Golem Manipulation skill!]

This announcement sounded in Dan's head three times, before calming down.

Three months after testing magic and trying to replicate what I could do in my previous life, I finally was able to make a small rock golem. Van also had some moderate success and managed to create a cleaning spell, bug killer, and barrier. I tried to show mom that I could make golems with my magic, and Van tried to show off his barrier, but both of us failed. Since I can barely sit up, I can barely even see the golems I make, and Darcia can't tell I'm controlling them, so she saw them as monsters and destroyed them. Van tried using his barrier and show it off, but mom would never use her spirit magic to attack it. After we turned three months, mom started to take us outside. The first time she took us outside though, she seemed overly nervous.

{Darcia} [What a relief! You two didn't inherit the Vampires' weakness!]

It was then I realized why. I remembered that my father is a vampire. It makes sense that she would be worried we couldn't tolerate sunlight. I'm glad we can handle it as well, since if we couldn't, that would just have made things all the more difficult. After a bit, she finally took us outside in her arms. When the bright light greeted me, I was amazed.

{Dan} [Sunlight...Mother Nature! It's gigantic! Magnificent! Wonderful!]

The outside of the cave was a large forest. The air was fresh, the trees had a healthy and lush glow to them. The sun was very bright, the sky was blue, the clouds were pure white, and you could hear the sound of calm animals in the background. Everything was amazing to the eyes and I haven't experienced something like this in a long time.

{Darcia} [Fufu, it seems that you've take a liking to being outside.]

My face was expressionless like normal, but it seemed like mom knew that I was examining the new surroundings like I was staring at a new golem. She went around to gather some edible grass, fruits, mushrooms, and she laid down some traps to catch animals later.

[ The Earth-Attribute Magic skill has been upgraded to level 3! The Golem Manipulation skill has been upgraded to level 2! The following skills have been added: Rock spike, molding, sculpting, Status effect resistance, Magic Resistance, Night Vision, Blood sucking, Minor Impart Will.]

When we reached the five month mark after our birth, Darcia started leaving us in the cave for longer periods of time to go out and gather food from the forest. I took advantage of the free time to make a smaller section of the cave and started practicing to make my golems, while expanding that portion of the cave to increase my skill level. Before mom would return, I always sealed it off and hid my golems in there. I managed to make two golems so far, apparently they take a huge portion of my mana right now in order to make them and supply more to keep them moving. They were a big help to me and Van though, since I could have them move us around. With the sculpting skill I got, I modified them to look a little more human like, even though they were still the size of small children. I sealed off that portion of the cave and made everything look normal again, since Van sensed mom approaching.

[In a little while, we'll be going to where Mommy was born. I have to make preparations for that, so even if you get lonely, bear with it ok?] {Darcia}

After she said that, she left to hunt animals, went to the village, pretending to be a passing adventurer, and bought supplies. A lot of the time, she didn't come home for half a day at a time, but it didn't bother Van and I. Darcia was just doing this for their protection.

Since neither of us have ever seen our father, I doubt that the vampires would be helping us out. It makes since, our race is probably hated by all, so it would be for the best if we were isolated I guess. However, our father might not even be alive. I doubt our mother would be so nice to us, if our father didn't care about her. Honestly it would be a much better choice for Darcia to abandon us and she wouldn't have such a chaotic life. The only reason she would stay with us is because she truly love our father and loves us.

[For the first time in my life, I actually feel loved. It feels nice, and I hope that I don't lose this feeling.]

Overtime, we spent our time awake by practicing magic, strengthening our bodies through exercise, and practice in order to use our voice. Eventually I was able to move around along with Van and we could actually show off our magic to Darcia.

[Wow! To think that you two can use magic even though your still babies! I gave birth to geniuses!] {Darcia}

I was glad that we received praise for for the increase in skill, but I started to notice that it had more so to do with us growing up, than our comprehension of the skills. My status effect resistance skill granted me resistance against poisons, sickness, fatigue in any form, hunger, and other detriment conditions that could be applied to me through magi. This probably came from my father. My magic resistance, reduced the damage and other effects that I took from magical attacks. This was a racial skill that all dark elves had. Night Vision was something that both of our parents had, so it was enhanced and we can see into the night as if it were day time. Bloodsucking is pretty self explanatory. My other skills though, they are geared towards molding the earth and expanding or reducing it. When it comes to golem manipulation, they don't have to be made out of rock but that is the most readily available material I have. I can't make flesh golems yet, since that wouldn't be a good idea around mom. I also didn't get a chance to test if my golems can gain experience for us since I was just focused on leveling my skill first and making them combat ready.

[They've appeared, after all. Though it might be better for you two not to.] {Darcia}

Once Darcia noticed that we grew fangs, she cut the head of a rabbit that she caught with a knife. Afterward, she drained the blood onto two wooden plates.

[Here, try drinking this] {Darcia}

[[Mom are you insane?]] {Dan}

I didn't think that she would actually give us blood, the moment she realized we grew fangs. I'm not really averse to blood that much but I didn't think I would try and drink it. I guess that is par the course for Dhampirs. It will probably taste nasty and make me throw up, but I tried it anyway.

[[Wait a second...I can drink this just fine. It tasted like iron at first but, it's not that bad. Now it taste like butter? Damn this is good!]] {Dan}

I didn't think that drinking straight up blood would be this good. However, Darcia spoke up while stroking our heads.

[Van and Dan, you two can drink blood like your daddy, but that doesn't mean you have to drink blood. So even if you are hungry, only drink it if mommy isn't around okay?] {Darcia}

After that statement, I decided to just drink blood if I have no other choice, even if it taste amazing. Once we reached six months of age, the both of us managed to crawl for the first time. I'm glad that Darcia is treating our intelligence as a good thing. Most of the time, she just responded with [Amazing!] and that our race was amazing. She probably just attributed all of our weird 'quirks' was due to the fact that we were Dhampirs. It's a good thing that she didn't investigate it further after that point. Even if I wanted to explain our situation, I couldn't because I could barely form words. I wanted to tell mom about our past and the situation with that bastard since she was the only one who showed care to the two of us, ever. Another problem is that, at some point, around a hundred more reincarnators like us will be in this world and they had some absurd, cheat-like powers as well. I just hope that it doesn't happen until the two of us at least get a footing in this world.

After thinking for a while, I just ignored those thoughts and started to crawl towards the live rabbit that mother caught and Van followed after. He casted some skills on the rabbit, probably to make sure there were no diseases on it and we drank the blood from the rabbit until it was bone dry. However, that day, the time that mom was supposed to return had already passed, but she did not come back.

Name: Dantelieu Race: Dhampir (Dark Elf) Age: 0

Nickname: Dan Job: None Level: 0 Job History: None

[Attributes]:

Vitality: 16 Mana: 65,009,000 Strength: 30 Agility: 4 Endurance: 55

Intelligence: 30

{Passive Skills}:

[Superhuman Strength]: Level 1 [Rapid healing]: Level 1

[Earth-Attribute Magic]: Level 3 [Golem Manipulation]: Level 2

[Status Effect Resistance]: Level 1 [Magic Resistance]: Level 1

[Night Vision]

{Active Skills}

[Rock Spike]: Level 2 [Sculpting]: Level 2 [Molding]: Level 1

[Minor Impart Will]: Level 1 [Bloodsucking]: Level 1

{Curses}:

[Experience Gained in previous life not carried over.]

[Cannot learn existing jobs]

[Unable to gain experience yourself]