"Tap, Tap, Tap" Stepping up the stairs, I headed to the second floor carrying two large cardboard boxes in my hands through the dim hallway, arrived in front of door number three from the stairs, I put the heavy boxes next to the door.
Opening the dull gray door, inside the room there is a simple kitchen, a mattress on the floor, a plastic cupboard and tons of dirty dishes in the sink, this is my room.
Put the boxes beside my bed, I immediately lay down and stretched my body
"Haaaah"
spreading my arms, I lay in a dark room with moonlight sneaking in from the window, I haven't slept since midnight, even though so tired, I can't sleep, I'm so tired that I can't sleep, until when do I have to do this? Should I just give up and blow my cover...
getting up from my position, I sat on the bed and took a small case and wet tissue near the bed to clean my hand, Inside the case was a small mirror, holding it up to my face I could see dark brown eyes in the mirror and carefully removed it.
"This is more comfortable, I will never get used to wearing contact lenses" talking to myself in the dilapidated room, my red eyes glowed in the dark.
"Status" with one word, a transparent screen appeared before me.
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STATUS
Name: Ren Sarain
Age: 15
Condition: Normal
Job class: Meridiem Vampire
Level: 12
HP: 20
MP: 18
Strength: 19
Speed: 10
Intelligence: 11
Agility: 19
Defense: 17
Exp gained to level 13: 4%
Status Point: 70
Skill: Point: 120
Skill: Night Vision Lv2, Dark Magic Lv1, Blood Frenzy Lv1, Vampire Trait Lv1, Blood Harvest Lv1, Magic Resistance Lv1, Daylight Resistance Lv4, Strength Up Lv2, Speed up Lv2, Martial Arts Lv2, Charm Lv1, Domination Lv1, Six sense Lv1, Intimidation Lv1.
Title: Goblin slayer, Horn Rabbit Slayer, Small Slime slayer.
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this is my status.
"Vampire huh" I said while looking at the writing in the job class column, feeling the two fangs in my mouth with my tongue, I had really become a vampire, the reality making me let out a big breath and throw myself on the bed again.
Staring at the worn and holey ceiling, I remembered how this all started.
Three months ago, when the other kids in the orphanage were going to enter the small high school in the village, I had another idea, to go to the city and enter the school here, so I contacted Sayaka who worked part-time and was in the 2rd grade of high school, at first I was hesitant because the last time we met was on the 6th grade after she and her family moved into the city, but luckily she was happy to help me.
I told the people at the orphanage that I wanted to be independent and had found a job here that was enough to support myself, at first they were worried but after I said I had a friend who could look after me, I was finally allowed to go, this part is true, but my true goal is to be an adventurer, I always want to be and admired adventurers since I was a little kid, adventure! Hunt monsters! Be strong! and get filthy rich! that was my naive thought, thinking about it now, I was stupid enough to bet on such a thin thread.
People in this world can see their status and get a job class when they enter the dungeon for the first time, this is where a person's life is at stake, if you get a good job class you have a chance of becoming a successful adventurer, conversely, if your job class is mediocre or Even worse, your chances of becoming successful as an adventurer are slim, so many people give up when they're unsure of their job class, after all being an adventurer means risking your life every day for the rest of your life, although many young people were willing to roll the dice, most were stopped when the reality hit.
I don't know where my confidence came from at that time, but... in the end, I won, indeed the vampire job class is a good type of class and is known to be strong but there is one problem...
there is a very bad stigma in my job class!
And not only my job class, but also several other job classes such as Necromancer, Mental Wizard, Dark Magician, Poison Master and others, jobs like this receive a lot of criticism and are ostracized because there are many criminal cases involving our job class, even to the point of being difficult to looking for a normal job, the most important thing is that these jobs have a lot of skills that make people uncomfortable.
Necromancers can summon Zombies and control corpses, which makes people dislike them, Mental Wizards can manipulate mental states and even cast depression, which makes people worry, Poison Masters make poisons, only buyers like poisons and they don't buy them for cooking, there are other examples such as Siren job class that can hypnotize someone if they sing, so it's difficult for them to become singers if people know their class, regardless when there is not much to worry about.
Meanwhile, for the Vampire class, we are not liked because there are some skills such as controlling blood or charm that disturb a person's mentality, even though we don't drink blood or anything, after all, having a certain job class doesn't mean someone changes species, we are still humans.
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but! this isn't the worst! There is a special prejudice against vampire job class owners, namely that we often do embarrassing things!
wearing robes outside, talking strangely, talking about confusing things and bloodsuckers, I don't know why but it seems like most of the vampire job class owners try to show it to the whole world, and think that they are really vampires, the fact is these fangs are just decoration because I once tried drinking from it and can't, even this red eyes only make me a little sensitive to bright sunlight, and although I have daylight resistance level 4 that I raised naturally, even if I don't have it, it doesn't matter, I won't turn to ash or anything, in fact, daylight resistance lv4 only makes me more resistant against the hot sun without burning my skin, It's ironic that I'm more resistance toward sunlight than a normal person.
However, even when many people don't like it, there are definitely those who like it, the vampire job class also has enthusiasts and fans behind it, but I feel like they are the ones who make us look bad...
If people found out, what would their reactions be? I will definitely be a rare beast in social life because last time I checked there were only a little over 10.000 people who had the vampire job class in the world.
Well, It's not that I'm not grateful, but having this job class is a burden for people who want to live a normal life like me, that's why I decided to keep it a secret, from Lisa and Sayaka, also from my classmates, I didn't even report this to the dungeon guild, I just hunting goblins and rabbits on the first floor to earn money, honestly I'm confused about what I want to do, be an adventurer or be an ordinary person?
However, what is certain is that right now I have to make as much money as possible, that's been my goal from the start, and I'm tired of doing this all the time, I'll probably blow my cover soon, after all in a month my class will dive into the dungeon together and by then everyone will know Since we're required to report it, I'm running out of time...
turning my head towards the box of equipment that was generously given to me, I might be able to do it... with that, to explore the next floors, after all my level has been stuck for a week from just hunting goblins, I need to dive deeper then maybe I could survive in the school, I don't know who might come after me so I need to be strong...
With heavy weight in my heart, I closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep, I could faintly hear the loud fireworks outside but it wasn't enough to disturb me who was sleeping like a rock.
the next morning.
woke up at 7 in the morning, I woke up quite late today, but it's okay, after all today is still a holiday, however, I have to go to school today, it's really troublesome even though my body is still sore from hunting in the dungeon yesterday.
"hm~hm~hm" humming while cooking noodles on the stove, I check the rice in the rice cooker, take the steamy rice onto a plate, I prepare breakfast for today, even though it's good if there are some eggs, I'll buy them after school for a little nutrition in my daily diet.
eating breakfast while looking at the smartphone screen on the table, there have been lots of notifications from the class group, they are sure excited to go to school on the holiday.
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A-1 Class Group.
(28 Members Online)
Chika_444
Happy Holiday Aragis!!
DragonRider
Happy 500-year celebration!
Alanthedestroyer
Happy Holiday! ᕙ(`▽´)ᕗ
Flynn~
Where are guys? There are only 3 of us in the classroom right now
Rubby_Rainfall
Ehh I just woke up, do we really have to go to school today? (╥﹏╥)
Miyura_ClassLeader(Admin)
We must, this is an important event for our school, so anyone who does not attend will be written up and reported to the homeroom teacher, so please show some solidarity
Rubby_Rainfall
Yes, yes, I understand, I'll take a shower first
Luka_Why?
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Rubby_Rainfall
@Luka_Why?, what does that even mean!?
Luka_Why?
¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
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as usual it contains unimportant things, well, it's not that I'm jealous or anything because I don't get along with my classmates, not at all, but it's kind of sad that this is my only source of information about school, that doesn't mean I don't have friends I can ask, It's just that all the friends I have was fighting over one brain cell every day, half of which is damaged.
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Ellias_Archmage
Happy 500 Years Celebration! By the way, have you all seen the recording of the 7 Strongest Stars last night!
DragonRider
I see it! A giant golden dragon! isn't that crazy?!
Alanthedestroyer
yeah, I thought they were going to die, even the cameraman was shaking
Flynn~
The Cameraman always survive
Sara_White
no one can pay me anything to go in there holding a camera
Luka_Why?
isn't that video fake? Is it true that humans can defeat creatures like that?
Ellias_Archmage
watch your mouth Luka! or I will teach you a lesson even if you are a girl!
Marlo_thebeastman
yeah! this is a very cruel accusation!
Luka_Why?
Uwahh...white knights are coming for me, aren't you guys tired of licking their boots?
Ellias_Archmage
Alright! you asked for it!
Marlo_thebeastman
you will understand the anger of insulting our idol!
Luka_Why?
Idol? What do you mean Aoi Asano? pfft, you guys don't expect her to look at pebbles like the two of you right?!
( ͡❛ ⏥ ͡❛)
@Ellias_Archmage, @Marlo_thebeastman is typing...
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as I expected, last night's video would go viral, moreover it coincided with Aragis city's birthday, The 7 strongest stars are certainly very famous ever since their debut two years ago.
Finishing my meal, I put the dirty dishes together with its friends in the sink, wearing my white uniform with dark blue trousers, I took the box of contact lenses and changed my eye color to dark brown like my eyes before getting the vampire job class.
Seeing the green box beside my bed, I opened it to look at it once again, touching the black equipment inside, this is indeed a good quality item, even if it is a little old it is very well maintained, I must take care of it, looking around the room, I couldn't find a good place to hide it, it would be bad if this item was suddenly stolen, covering the box with a sheet of cloth, I finally put it on the ceiling in the bathroom, I think it's quite safe in there.
wearing my plain black jacket, I walked out the door, walked down the stairs, I saw Grandma sweeping the yard.
"good morning" I said with a cheerful smile, seeing me Grandma also smiled and asked me "Are you going to school Ren? Didn't you bring your bag?"
"ah no, today is just decorating the class and tomorrow we have some inter-class competitions, so there are no lessons for two days" Today is Monday to decorate the class and tomorrow is the athletic competitions, Actually, I quite like events like this if my body is not tired from diving into the dungeon 5 times a week.
"Is that so, be careful on your way" Grandma said.
"Yes, also I want to thank you once again for your very valuable gift" I bowed my head to her.
"Hohoho keep fighting Ren, your journey has just begun"
"Yes! Thank you! I'm leaving, once again, thank you!" Walking towards the alley, I expressed my gratitude to Grandma.
"Goodbye, I hope you will remain a good person, no matter what happens, Ren" Looking back, I could see Grandma's usual smile, but there was a little sadness in her eyes, was she worried about me? I felt bad if that was the case, so I smiled at her one last time and turned onto the public road.
Under the bright blue sky, walked in the vibrant city, even today people are still on holiday and the city is full of cheerful laughter and waving flags, I wonder what will happen today.