NOVEL WEB Chapter 1
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【Levinia Fallen Grace】
[Race] Vampire
[Level] 87
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There were no particular signs.
Just as usual, I finished my work, came back, and was enjoying a game when suddenly the monitor flashed, and I found myself possessing the character I had been raising.
Putting aside the shock, I was lying alone in an unknown forest, and the day had already darkened, with thick shadows everywhere.
Trees swaying in the sharp wind.
High and roughly tangled vines.
And the strange atmosphere that greeted me as soon as I opened my eyes.
It felt too vivid to be a dream, but my mind was too chaotic to believe it was reality.
“What on earth is going on…”
The transparent status window before my eyes.
The information about Levinia written inside.
It was quite interesting that something like what you’d see in a manga had happened to me.
But one thing—the fact that I had possessed a female character—was slowly making my mind go blank.
“Sigh… there’s not a hint of color in my body.”
The icy cold body covered in pale white skin.
It was quite shocking that I, who had been human just moments ago, had suddenly become a vampire.
If I had known this would happen, I would have logged in with my main character.
Regret washed over me like a tidal wave.
– Rustle
After some time had passed.
I struggled to get up from where I was lying.
It was still a reality I didn’t want to believe, but as time passed, the sense of reality only grew stronger.
And with an inexplicable sense of emptiness continuously creeping in, I decided to move my body to clear my mind as much as possible.
– Thud, thud
In the eerie chill and dark atmosphere of the forest, I quietly caught my breath and slowly looked around.
Everywhere I looked, the scenery was the same, and the occasional cries of beasts sent chills down my spine.
But even so, I didn’t stop walking and kept moving forward.
I wanted to go to a nearby village right away.
However, as a vampire, stepping into a village without a plan was very dangerous.
Although my level was 87 according to the status window, so I wouldn’t die easily.
I didn’t want to complicate the situation unnecessarily.
After all, most vampires in media are portrayed as enemies.
– Rustle
Despite walking for a while, the forest remained eerily silent.
This ominous atmosphere made me increasingly anxious.
No matter how much I walked, the same trees and similar paths were all I could see.
There was no safe place in sight.
The cries of beasts kept coming from somewhere.
And my steps forward gradually felt heavier.
Then, at that moment—
– Creak
In the thick darkness, the faint outline of something.
At first, I couldn’t tell exactly what it was.
It looked suspicious at a glance.
But after wandering through the same forest scenery for hours, I had no choice but to approach it.
“Phew…”
It felt like I had stepped into a horror movie.
My heart started pounding, and cold sweat dripped down my face.
– Tap
As I got closer to the faint outline, a small church building barely revealed itself among the trees.
At a glance, it seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, with most of its walls cracked and crumbling.
“…A church?”
It was puzzling why a church building would be abandoned in such a place.
But for me, who needed a safe place, it was like a savior.
Hidden deep in the forest, it wasn’t easy to find.
And though old and broken, it seemed like it could protect me from external dangers.
– Bang──!!
“Come out──!!”
Even though I knew it didn’t seem like anyone lived there, an inexplicable anxiety made me slam the door open and shout loudly.
But as expected, there was no one inside the church, and only a messy interior and thick dust greeted me.
“……”
The interior was much worse than the outside.
Traces of the church were visible here and there, but all of them had been ravaged by time, looking shabby and broken.
The only things that stood out were an old Bible in the corner and a worn-out nun’s habit.
“Still, it’s better than sleeping outside…?”
For a moment, I hesitated at the pitiful state of the interior.
But compared to spending the day shivering in the dangerous outside, it seemed better to spend the day relatively safe and warm inside the church.
“After all, it’s just for one night.”
When the day breaks, I’ll leave this gloomy, ruined church and head to a better place.
I don’t want to stay long in this space where ghosts might pop out at any moment.
“Sigh… why am I suddenly homeless…”
As my body felt somewhat safe, complaints about the current situation started to flood in.
At this point, the fact that I had become a vampire was less of a concern than why I had to be homeless in this ruin.
How did things come to this…
Thoughts kept spiraling, one question leading to another.
“Ugh.”
As the night deepened and my thoughts became more chaotic, I decided to close my eyes.
The cold floor and some strange, unpleasant smell irritated my nose.
But I no longer had the energy to care about such things.
“Let’s just sleep…”
The quiet night continued to envelop me, and in it, I slowly steadied my breathing.
Even so, the thought that I could spend the night in this ruin-like church gave me some relief, and my consciousness quickly drifted away.
***
Exactly one month had passed.
My determination to move to a better place as soon as the sun rose had vanished like a bubble.
I was still staying in the ruined church, living my own life.
“The weather is clear today…”
Although I had made a decision, I overlooked one important fact, and all my plans went down the drain.
That fact was my race—a vampire.
In the game, vampires could roam around during the day, but reality wasn’t so kind.
“Peaceful, really…”
The moment the warm sunlight touched my skin, an intense pain surged through me as if I were on fire.
Not only that, but to move forward, I had to cross a river.
For some reason, my body strongly refused to cross that river.
What a ridiculous situation.
As these things piled up, I eventually gave up on leaving this church.
I didn’t even know what was on the other side of the river.
And the church, which had become quite cozy after some tidying up, had grown on me.
There was no reason to push myself forward and suffer.
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【Levinia Fallen Grace】
[Race] Vampire
[Level] 87
[Skill] Blood Transfusion
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Sitting on the steps at the shaded entrance of the church, I habitually checked the transparent status window.
After wandering around the church for a month.
I had unknowingly acquired a skill called Blood Transfusion.
The skill slot, which was embarrassingly empty despite my level of 87.
At first, this fact was very alarming, but now I’ve become quite indifferent.
I had already reached the stage of accepting reality.
“……”
Since my race is a vampire, I need to drink blood, not food, to recover strength and stamina.
Thanks to the Blood Transfusion skill, I don’t have to bite someone directly to drink their blood, which is a great relief.
But the difference between directly sucking blood and using the skill to do so was quite significant, so I couldn’t easily ignore it.
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That night.
Only after the sun had completely set did I start preparing to move.
My lifestyle had changed so much in the past month that it was almost unrecognizable.
It still felt strange to be active in the middle of the night rather than during the day.
But to live as a vampire, I had to be diligent at night.
– Knock knock
Just as I finished preparing to hunt and was about to leave the church.
A quiet presence could be felt from beyond the firmly closed door.
– Knock knock
Another eerie knock came, and my body froze like a stone statue.
I thought I had misheard, but I hadn’t.
“Phew…”
Having already adapted somewhat to life here, I felt more wary than afraid.
It didn’t make sense for an ordinary person to find this church hidden deep in the forest.
My eyes narrowed suspiciously.
I slowly approached the door where the presence was felt.
And without hesitation, I pushed open the firmly closed door.
– Creak
My level is a whopping 87.
No matter who is on the other side of the door, there’s no need to be scared.
Unless it’s some extraordinary being, they won’t be a match for me.
“Who…”
“Th-thank goodness…!”
However, contrary to my expectations, beyond the door wasn’t a threatening presence.
But three children hugging each other and trembling like leaves.
One little boy and two little girls.
Their bodies were covered in small wounds, and they looked dirty and ragged, as if they hadn’t washed in a long time.
“Sister…! Please have mercy on us…”
At a glance, it was clear that these weren’t just children lost in the forest.
They looked as if they had gone through something terrible, their expressions desperate and pitiful.
But—
“Sister?”
I wasn’t even wearing a nun’s habit, but the children seemed to think I was the nun of this church.