Chapter 13 Sages Hideout

Arrival!

Thats probably Elf Jiisans house.

Im somewhat excited to see a house after so long.

I dismount the Earth Dog.

Wan wan

Yosh yosh

When I pat the Earth Dogs head, it wags its tail and waits for orders.

I raise my finger and tell him the instructions.

Listen, Earth Dog. Wait here. If you have a business to take care of, you can return

Wan, wan

Yosh!

I think it understood.

Ton ton

However, there was no answer.

Excuse me, is someone home? I was told by the Elf Ojiisan to come, but

Silence.

It may be not this house.

Gacha

It opened

Because I was invited after all.

I go through the door and enter inside.

I appear to have entered a reception room after going through a small corridor.

Its full of high-class furniture.

Excuse me, is anyone here?

Silence.

There was no answer again.

Bon doka!

I heard an explosion from the next room.

Did something happen? Theres a smoke coming out of the room.

Goho, goho

The door opens and one Elf Jiisan appears.

Its the elf from Anima Temple.

Ojiisan, its has been a while

Oh

Ojiisan dumbfoundedly looks at me.

His eyes are popping.

Who are youja?

Eh?

Arere?

And I thought we could have a normal conversation

You know, we met at the Anima Temple the other day

Aah~ that place?

Fumufumu the Elf Ojiisan nods.

Are?

No, thats wrong.

Because we definitely met before.

Excuse me?

I understandja. Me in the Anima Temple is just an illusion magicja. Its something like a messengerda na. In order to send people who went there to this houseno

Houhou.

One mystery solved.

But you, if you have entered the Anima Temple a reincarnated person?

What to do?

I am somewhat knowledgable about Japan and I somewhat understand that this is a different world.

Probably I thnk thats the case

I see, I see. Im Elja. Although Im El Jii Im also a sage. Many people call me that. But you, how strangeja nou you dont appear to be a human, but

I appear to be a Baby Vampire

Ho~u, a non-human. Im an elfnou. What is your name noja?

A name

I did not pay attention to this until now.

Only when El Jiisan asked me about my name I notice that I dont know even my name.

I wonder what my name is

Seeing you like that, it appears that you dont know your name. Its okay, its okay. Sometimes, its a good thing to stop worrying about certain things. However, it would be better to make at least a temporary name, for now,zo

Thats right.

Even if I remember, its not like anything would change.

My name

My name is

At that moment.

I incidentally remember one surname.

Tokugawa

It suddenly appeared in my mind.

It may even be my real name.

Then, Tokugawa

I understandno ja. Tokukawa-sanja na

Elf Jiisan says few words.

It may be unusual name even in Japan.

However, you. By your appearances, your level must be low. You did good to survive here until now The 50th floor of the Great Dungeon of Aries is a place one will not survive easily

Nn?

Elf Jiisan just said it so casually

Eeeeeeh!

Hey, oi.

It was so deep.

I was certain it was the 10th floor or something.

Whats wrong? You look surprisedja

No, that to think its the 50th floor you see, I was born on this floor

Hoho~u. That is something unusual. Its rare to be born in a dungeon and even if you do its not a place newborn can survive. You either must have a been exceptionally lucky or your abilities must be

Nono, its nothing much. The enemies around me werent that strong, their levels were also low

Nu, level is you are in a possession of Appraisal, huh right, right, you are reincarnated after all. Enemies being weak may be my fault noja. Because they monsters were a hindrance to my research I hunted quite a lotno yo. Also, because I cultivate the Nirvana Flowers a lot of monsters have moved awaynou

There was a reason after all.

I though that those dogs were too weak for the 50th floor.

Which means, the normal enemies are much stronger?

Lets seeja no The only monsters left on this floor are young ones or those who can survive among the Nirvana Flowers

Specifically, how strong are they? Monsters of the 50th floor?

It would be impossible for a high-grade adventurer to fight monsters of the 50th on his ownja nou. Because it wont always be a one against one. An intermediate level party would be required. In the first place, its dangerous for humans to stay in the dungeon for an extended amount of time because of the Demon Element, so they can stay only for a limited amount of time. The deeper you go the stronger the Demon Element and the monsters are after all

Fumufumu.

I dont know the ability of the adventurers, but they will most likely be difficult to deal with.

Oops. You have just been born, so you dont understand the strength of adventurers. An advanced level adventurer is on the level of ten thousand normal people. Most people are at an intermediate level they are reasonably strong. Of course, the best would be to experience their strength yourself

On what level would Earth Dog leader be?

That dog, huh? That fellow lets seenou at the top of elementary level adventurerkanou?

That stupidly huge rhino-sized dog is just that?

Fuu~

I, I would probably die.

Im really glad that I was born here.

That dog was an elementary level, huh

Nu, perhaps, you? Did you defeat the dog leader?

Elf Jiisan seemed to guess my answer.

Maa yes. Promptly

Ah, yes. But, it was elementary level so its only natural, isnt it?

What are you sayingja. You, who was just born as Baby Vampire, that is a splendid achievement! Its not an opponent that can be easily defeated. Even elementary adventurers with items and weapons wouldnt be able to easily defeat it. Gufufufu. Im looking forward to your future prospectsja nou. As expectedja

Nono, it was nothing

Wait. I have a suitable gift for you noja. Wait a minuteno ja zo

Dada

He leaves me behind.

Whats wrong, El Jiisan?

A hustling Jiisan.