Chapter 85

Extra: Worries

“… There’s nothing today either, is there . ”

I am Rei the vampire—a monster .

Summoned to dungeons, it is a monster’s duty to repel intruders…

That’s how it should be, but my job is to welcome intruders .

The other day, I received the name ‘Rei’ and became a named monster . The title of named monster is something amazing that is fit for bosses alone . In spite of that, my job is that of an inn’s receptionist . Moreover, assistance .

As I received my name grandly through a naming ceremony, even though I want to contribute to the dungeon by all means, it’s honestly a letdown .

I mean, mowing down intruders and crushing them, I want to raise the dungeon’s DP like that .

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However, this dungeon’s dungeon master is Kehma-sama, a human . In other words, he chose the path of living a long life by buttering up to the humans that were the same race as him… No, there’s no doubt that master has also sharpened his fangs . Even if he’s usually sleepy, the feeling of supremacy emanating from him during the naming ceremony was unbelievable .

That gold and silver was gorgeous, and despite that the armor worn on his body wasn’t tasteless . Just recalling that shining and transparent sword blade equipped on master’s honorable figure is enough for me to once again swear my allegiance .

… However, my assigned job is as an inn’s receptionist .

“Haah…”

I opened the window of the room that was allotted to me and looked towards the sky… The sun is dazzling, such horrid weather .

I reaffirmed that I could bathe in sunlight once again . Even though I am a vampire, I am alright with the sun’s light .

Vampires originally have many weak points .

However, they won’t have any weak points at all if they become true ancestors . Able to exercise overwhelming might in both physical means and magic means, they could swagger not only through the night but under daylight as well . That is a true ancestor . Starting as a vampire, it is the strongest existence .

There were also existences known as a common vampires, those that held resistance towards one weak point, like atavism . [1]

Among vampires, it’s said there is something known as true ancestor ativism .

I am one of those who has true ancestor ativism, holding such resistances .

Or maybe it’s already enough to call me a true ancestor?

… However, that’s without my curse: offensive power of zero .

Or more precisely, I can’t use any vampire abilities . With this I’m the same as a normal human, no, worse than a human . I even have less fighting strength than a goblin .

So again, I sighed .

At first, I’d thought about what a monster without any fighting capability could do . When I heard that I would be working at an inn, I thought I would be working like a succubus .

However, I assumed the position of receptionist, conveying costs to the guests that occasionally arrived, receiving money, and handing them back the change . That’s all . The [Abacus] tells me how many coins are needed for cost and change calculations . It’s fine if I just don’t make a mistake in counting the coins… Is there any meaning in my existence? It’s that easy a job .

Like that, I work a job that anyone could do and am given meals and a residence . I have been given something very good . It even seems that I eat the same thing as master and Rokuko-sama… I couldn’t possibly afford it . Rather, when I think that Ichika-sense and Meat-senpai are renting two of the inn’s rooms, it could be said that we who were given private rooms were given good treatment .

… I can’t understand just what in the world master is thinking . Aren’t I just a normal pet like this? No, even a pet would work to heal their owner, am I not below a pet?

This is… bad . As a prideful vampire, this is a grave situation .

I can’t retain my pride if I don’t help master somehow or another . Even though I received a name, it’s like that .

There was a tapping sound at my room’s door .

Who is it? Well, obvious . Kinue, the silky .

As the first step to master teaching her magic, Nerune, the apprentice witch, is learning her job and magic from Meat-senpai . Since it isn’t mealtime right now, it’s probably magic time .

Master and Rokuko-sama could use the dungeon’s contact function if they had a task for me . Ichika-sensei wouldn’t imitate elegance by just knocking but would call me while knocking .

Since the inn’s established [Employee Dormitory] is off limits to everyone but staff, the only person left is Kinue .

“Rei-san, I would like to clean . ”

“… Kinue . By using [Cleanup] to clean, you don’t have to bring cleaning tools you know . ”

“If [Cleanup] could finish all of the cleaning, there wouldn’t be any cleaning tools . ”

“E-even so…”

This silky seems to like cleaning without using [Cleanup] for some reason . Even though I know what kind of race silkys are because of the information imprinted on me when master summoned me, this girl is praiseworthy, she just cleaned a earlier .

Well, I leave it to her though since living in a clean room is comfortable .

“Then I’ll be cleaning, so please leave . ”

Like that, I was driven out .

… There’s nothing to do . Hmm .

Come to think of it, along with cleaning the inn, Kinue is also studying cooking . Nerune is training in magic too… if I could also use magic, I might be useful to the inn somehow .

… I’m the only one that’s useless, aren’t I… I don’t like it . Wouldn’t my only use right now be night services… “Eheheh, are nights your specialty since you’re a vampire?” “T-that’s—please return my clothes!” “Eating and living idly for you is wasteful, there’s no choice for you but this . ” … that kind of situation .

… Uu, my face reddened by thinking about something weird .

Although I wouldn’t hesitate if the other person was master, at any rate, I have to be use helpful somehow .

Wondering what I should do for now as I stood in front of my room, I left the inn for a stroll .

Even though the weather was detestable with the sun blazing down, it’s fine for the current me .

Walking for a short while, there was a field . Golems that master set to work were harvesting crops .

Although there were several other kinds of vegetables as well, it appeared that right now it was harvesting beet-radishes to make into sugar… Should I help with the harvest?

“…”

… There’s nowhere for me to help . The golems perfectly filled the simple work . Moreover since I don’t have order rights for these golems, I’d only be a hindrance if I tried to forcibly help . Since golems don’t tire, there’s no reason for me to purposely help out either .

Ugugugu . So I’m useless here too?

I continued walking .

I came along to [Great Tsuia Mountain Tunnel]… Hmm . So what .

The cave costs money to enter, so there’s no reason for me to enter it either .

… Ah, a merchant is passing through .

Burdened with a wooden rack on his back, it was the type of trader called a peddling adventurer .

Most of the traders that pass through here ferry salt from Pavuera to Sia to sell . From there, they would ferry dried vegetables and woodwork from Sia to sell in Pavuera .

Oh, I could also earn money like that… No, to begin with I can’t do math that properly . Not without [Abacus]-san’s assistance…

Uu, I need to continue studying my [Times Table] . Oh, but before that I need to figure out addition and subtraction, don’t I…

I’m not good at math… I wonder if there’s anything I can do…

… Next time, let’s consult with master about if there’s nothing I can do .

Ahh mou, I’m fed up with not being able to do anything .

I received a name at long last, I don’t want to be useless!

Footnotes:

Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type . In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations before . In this case, a throwback to the true ancestor’s resistance to all weak points .