I’m going to become a master driver.
I pressed onward, standing atop the vampire-nim’s sacrifice.
If I stopped here, the vampire-nim’s sacrifice would become meaningless, so I couldn’t let go of the steering wheel.
Oh, something suddenly made me curious.
“Lady Ravina. When vampire-nims attain peace after death, where do they go?”
“…Pardon?”
“If a place called heaven exists, would heaven by vampire-nim standards be a place where they can suck blood to their hearts’ content?”
“Benefactor. When vampires die, they go neither to heaven nor hell. They disappear forever.”
“Gasp.”
Then the vampire-nim who got into a traffic accident with me must feel so wronged.
“To go to the afterlife, you need a soul, but vampires don’t have sou—”
“Lady Ravina, wait. I don’t want to know any more of the truth of this world.”
“Pardon?”
“There are truths in this world that hurt you if you know them, aren’t there? I’ve already learned far too many truths I shouldn’t have, so it’ll be dangerous if I learn any more.”
“B-Benefactor, just what in the world are you… Ah… I understand…”
- ???
- What did she learn to say something like that
- Did she find something out while doing closed-door training?
- ㄷㄷ;
Just knowing that the Watcher of the Sword Realm fishes with a fishing rod already puts my life in danger.
I didn’t want to needlessly increase the risk factors.
The moment I thought that, a blood-red sphere flew at us.
“Ing.”
“Eh.”
- Wooing.
Of course, I deflected it. There was no way a maid in service would allow a surprise attack.
Wondering what was going on, I looked around and saw hundreds of eyes flashing within the fog.
“…Benefactor. We’re surrounded. Please let me down. I can fight now…!”
“? Do we have to fight?”
“Then are we not going to fight…?!”
- I didn’t think Ravina was like this, but she’s really rude
- Fr, isn’t it basic manners to greet them first?
- I’m a vampire, I came closer because I wanted to say hello
- (Then you’ll die… wizard-con)
How violent.
How could she conclude we had to fight without even trying to communicate?
It was understandable. Cervain had suffered a lot at the hands of the vampire-nims.
I felt as if my sympathy mode had suddenly switched on.
After judging what the best response I should make right now was, I put my hand into my subspace pouch.
「You have acquired Maid Points.」
Then I handed Lady Ravina an excellent means of conversation.
“Lady Ravina. There’s no need for you to get out. With this, you can communicate as much as you want from inside the car.”
“Uh… Benefactor… Is this… a shotgun…?”
“?”
- Huuurk
Lady Ravina calls a scattergun a shotgun.
Now that I think about it, shotgun does sound better than scattergun. I should call it a shotgun from now on too.
“Yes. It’s a shotgun. An excellent means of conversation.”
“I… I don’t know how to handle a shotgun… And what do you mean a shotgun is a means of conversation…”
“Just pull the trigger while aiming at those vampire-nims over there. I loaded everything for you.”
“Like this…?”
Lady Ravina aimed the muzzle at the vampire-nims, and the approaching vampire-nims let out sneers.
“What do you think you can do with a thing like that, human!!”
Click. Starting with the small sound of the trigger being pulled, a roar powerful enough to shake the canyon burst out.
The shotgun pellets spread in a fan shape and turned the vampire-nims into blood in an instant.
“……?”
- Hieeek
- Heeeeeek
Lady Ravina stared down at the muzzle with a dumbfounded expression.
At the situation where the conversation had ended with a simple click, without using divinity, Lady Ravina’s eyes turned strange.
“Heeh…??”
“Y-You human. Wait. Let’s talk—”
Lady Ravina pulled the trigger again.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The vampire-nims were swept away like fallen leaves in an autumn wind with every shot.
I moved the vehicle appropriately to secure Lady Ravina’s firing angle.
“Kieeeeeek!!!”
“Hueheeh…???”
- Her eyes have gone crazy
- If I shot a shotgun like that, my eyes would probably go crazy too lololololol
- (I won’t forgive you!! priest-con)
- (Inquisition! priest-con)
- (Vam-kyaaaaaak! vampire-con)
Just by twitching a single finger, communication ends.
The bewilderment from the beginning had vanished, and eyes filled with exhilaration flashed.
But a maid’s shotgun had a capacity of 8 shells.
Having enjoyed the pleasure of clicking for a short time, Lady Ravina frantically pulled the trigger of the shotgun that would no longer fire.
“B-Benefactor. This won’t shoot anymore…?”
“Oh dear. Give that to me, and use this one now.”
“Ah…”
I put the empty shotgun into subspace and took out another shotgun full of ammunition.
Lady Ravina carefully lifted the shotgun, whose weight was subtly different because it was full of ammunition, and her eyes turned strange.
“……♡”
Lady Ravina no longer hesitated.
Having realized she didn’t need to worry about ammunition, Lady Ravina smiled as if entranced and pulled the trigger.
“Kiaaaaaaak!!!”
“Human!! Conversation!! Conversa—”
Bangbangbangbangbangbang—!
The sound of the shotgun firing was louder than the vampire-nims’ screams.
“Ahaha…! It really is! It really is an excellent means of conversation! If this is conversation, I can do as much of it as you want!”
“How is this conversatioooough—”
“Save meeeegh—”
- Marksmen, you crazy bastards, you’ve been leeching honey with an OP class;;
- (Me? marksman-con)
- (You should play it too! marksman-con)
Blood splattered everywhere, but not even a bit of it touched us.
After using up all the shotgun’s ammunition once more, a faint smile appeared on Lady Ravina’s lips.
“Ahaha!! Ahahahaha!!”
Just how enjoyable was conversation for her to like it that much?
As expected, this is why people have to live while communicating.
I continued taking out fully loaded shotguns for her, and Lady Ravina repeatedly pulled the trigger until the canyon was dyed with blood.
After completely grinding up every vampire-nim, Lady Ravina narrowed her eyes, blushed, and whispered.
“Benefactor… I understand now… This was how you were supposed to deal with vampires…?”
“V.”
“It really… feels like my head is clearing. Compared to burning vampires to death with divinity… this feels much better…♡”
“VV.”
“Why… why aren’t there any more? Why…”
- A nun addicted to Yuyeon’s XX ㄷㄷ
- You mean supplies, right?
- But Yuyeon-nim really just gave up on controlling the rating, huh
- Shh
The moment I tried to retrieve the shotgun again, I saw Lady Ravina wearing the happiest smile in the world.
Right now, Lady Ravina was clearly feeling not despair, but hope.
“……”
A maid’s duty is to make her master happy.
Then if the master is happy in that moment, haven’t I fulfilled my duty as a maid?
I smoothly struck a maidly graceful double peace sign.
“In any case, isn’t it fine as long as you’re happy? Thank you.”
- What is this implying
- A declaration that she’ll keep wiping out those mosquito bastards like this from now on ㄷㄷㄷ;;;
For the sake of humanity’s happiness, perhaps such occasional deviations are necessary.
***
After that, we encountered vampire-nims several more times while moving.
Ghoul-nims also joined in and attacked us, but Lady Ravina, supplied by me, was far too powerful.
As long as you could withstand the recoil, an S-rank shotgun could annihilate everything in front of you with a single click of your finger.
“Heheh… Ehehe…!”
- Seriously, the shotgun looks stronger than the holy sword
- For the holy sword, you have to work hard and get close to slash with it, doesn’t that make it trash?
- Join us! The Click Order!
- (Click! marksman-con)
- (I’ll die then… swordsman-con)
- But Ravina enduring that recoil is pretty tough too
- Fr, an average Hunter probably wouldn’t withstand it and their arm would break
One unexpected fact I learned today.
Lady Ravina, after removing her sandbags, was very strong.
Here, by sandbags, I naturally mean the holy sword.
Until now, I had only seen her extremely weak side while she was injecting divinity with the holy sword stuck in her stomach.
But Lady Ravina, now able to handle her original divinity, could fight while offsetting the shotgun’s recoil with healing arts.
Tick— tick—
Ticktickticktickticktickticktick.
Every time she ran out of ammunition, Lady Ravina would wildly pull the trigger, then look at me.
“Waaah, waaah…”
“Oh dear.”
If I didn’t refill her ammunition, she cried waaah waaah.
- lololololololololol
- Why did she suddenly become a baby
- Baby Ravina is baby… You have to give her ammo…
For Lady Ravina’s sake, I diligently enhanced shotgun ammunition.
Unlike weapons that could be used for a long time once made, quickly consumed ammunition was so much work that even mass-producing only A-rank rounds had me staring at the enhancement window all day.
It was too cruel for even consumables like this to have the same enhancement rate.
“Give it to me. I’ll refill it for you.”
“Hehe…”
After elegantly loading the ammunition with clacks and clicks, I handed the shotgun back to Lady Ravina.
Since there were no more loaded shotguns in subspace, I now had to load it for her myself.
The reason I bothered to load it for her was to provide excellent service.
“Ehehe… Ihehe…”
“?”
- She’s become intellectually disabled
- She really got addicted to Yuyeon’s XX;
- Don’t call supplies XX
Seeing Lady Ravina laughing while hugging the shotgun dearly, I suddenly became worried.
It felt like Lady Ravina was breaking.
Why? Was it because my service was too outstanding?
Does my service have the power to break people?
That made sense. Then what should I do?
Should I retrieve the shotgun for Lady Ravina’s sake?
“Let’s communicate… Let’s communicate… Hehe…”
“Lady Ravina. The shotgun now—”
“!!!”
- ???
Lady Ravina flinched in shock and hugged the shotgun tightly.
Then, with terribly trembling eyes, she said,
“B-Benefactor… Could I trade my holy sword for this…?”
“Ing.”
- ㅔ?
“When the divinity inside the holy sword runs out, I’ll refill it again…! Please…!”
Tremble, tremble.
The sight of Lady Ravina shaking so hard was far too pitiful.
Ugh. My heart hurts. I can’t possibly retrieve the shotgun.
But I have to do what I have to do.
“Lady Ravina.”
“……Yes?”
“The values don’t match. No matter how you look at it, my shotgun is better.”
“……!!!”
- Facts are sulfur lolololol
- How are you gonna trade a melee footslogger try-harrrrd weapon for a click shotgun?
Squeeeze.
Lady Ravina hugged the shotgun even tighter and began to appeal.
“M-My holy sword can purify all impurity!”
“My shotgun can do that too.”
“……! M-My… my holy sword is especially strong when dealing with immortal beings!”
“My shotgun is just strong.”
“!!!”
Lady Ravina, who had been thinking hard to somehow appeal that the holy sword’s value was equal to the shotgun’s, soon had no choice but to realize she couldn’t refute it.
“Waaah, waaah…!”
She executed the remaining option: crying waaah waaah.
Ugh. My heart hurts so much. It’s hard to say anything more.
Still, I have to do what I have to do.
There’s something I must say, for Lady Ravina’s sake.
“Lady Ravina. When you cry, you must cry quietly.”
“…Waaah, waaah…”
- No blood or tears ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- Waaah waaah give baby Ravina shotgun ㅠㅠㅠ
- Don’t take Ravina’s away ㅜㅜㅜㅜ
- Why are these guys suddenly like this
- Priests are originally good at empathy
- Ahh
Phew. That was truly difficult to say— Oing?
“Lady Ravina. Is that an entrance, by any chance?”
“Yees…?”
- ???
I could see an entrance subtly hidden in the cliff face of the canyon.
Why did I only see this now?
I almost missed it and passed by, but somehow, I found it.
「You have cleared the 6th Floor of the Tower of Trials.
- Ravina survived.
- Ravina’s holy sword was completed.
- You exterminated the vampires lying in ambush in the canyon.」
「You will move to the ‘Rest Floor’ in 10 minutes.」
「Nothing is provided on the Rest Floor. Prepare the necessary supplies yourself.」
「Overall Evaluation: S」
「Ability Points +5」
「Additional reward options are provided to you, who have set an example.」
「1 - Maid’s Management (E)」
「2 - Maid’s Encouragement (D)」
「3 - Maid’s Cleaning (D)」
What is this? Three exclusive skills again…?
For now, out of curiosity, I tried entering the entrance in front of me without going to the Rest Floor.
The result was failure. I couldn’t enter, as if a barrier had been set up.
It seemed that if I wanted to go inside, I had to pass through the Rest Floor first and enter the 7th Floor.
There wasn’t much time, so let’s move quickly.
For the skill, I chose Management for now.
[You have acquired Maid’s Management (E).]
I immediately took out 10 sets of A-rank shotgun ammunition and a bandolier from my subspace pouch and handed them to Lady Ravina.
“Lady Ravina. It’s a gift.”
“Uh, eh, this, all of it, for me??”
“I’ll teach you how to load it too. Watch carefully, okay?”
“Yes……!”
Since I couldn’t be by her side, Lady Ravina had to know how to load it herself.
Loading itself wasn’t particularly difficult, so teaching her was easy.
“Lady Ravina. If you go in first, I’ll come find you later. You must stay unhurt until then.”
“…Ehehe. Ihehe. Hehehe.”
“???”
Mm. It should be fine. Now I should put the vehicle into subspace too.
[This is a structure with a fixed form. Would you like to designate a name?]
[Flying Maid Ice Supercar (A) has been stored in subspace.]
Why is this A-rank? This should be at least S-rank.
In the first place, it was made with magic, so why does it have a rank? Let’s check the description.
「Flying Maid Ice Supercar (A)
- It is sturdy.」
Let’s stop looking.
“Lady Ravina. I’ll see you again inside.”
“♥♥♥♥♥”
Since it didn’t seem like conversation was possible with her at the moment, I entered the Rest Floor early.
May Lady Ravina be happy.