The Reincarnated Vampire Wants an Afternoon Nap

It's vampire time at night, but it's always sleepy time for me.

I was human before I was reincarnated in the first place. To me, night is nothing but sleep time.

Still, there are times when I wake up in the middle of the night.

I'd usually ignore it and go to sleep, but I was thirsty so I decided to take a trip to the kitchen for a drink of water.

"Ah... Mr. Satsuki"

"Oh, it's so unusual for Algiers to come out at such a time"

In the kitchen where I stepped in, Satsuki, the landlord of this house, was doing some work.

The sweet smell that drifts is from butter, cream and chocolate, and there are already a number of cakes lined up on the desk.

"... don't you stay in your work clothes"

I'm sorry, it's so hard to get dressed.

I was helping Mae today, so my outfit isn't my usual robe, it's a coffee shop uniform that resembles a maid's outfit.

I fell asleep right after work, so I stayed put without changing. I'm not ashamed because I'm not in front of a customer.

"I was just thinking about a new piece of cake. I'm sorry I messed up."

I can tell from a number of cookware and bowls scattered throughout the kitchen that it was quite a trial and error.

I don't know if I've disturbed you, but Mr. Satsuki invited me to smile, as usual.

"Are you here for tea, too?

"Oh no, water would be fine..."

"Because of this, I'll make you some warm tea. If it's a prototype, there's some cake, so take your time."

"... is that good?

"Haha, because it's a little boiled down. Satsuki's going to take a little break, too, so don't worry about it."

When I said that and rocked my chest, Mr. Satsuki prepared me some tea.

It's an unexpected evening tea party, but her cake is delicious, so I honestly decide to be happy.

As I sat in my seat and waited, a warm cup of tea came in.

When I properly thanked him and then drank him, the scent, sweet as fruit, tickled my sense of smell.

"Hmm, I feel refreshed...... oh, whatever you want. I'd love to hear your thoughts, if that's all right."

"Uh, don't hesitate, then"

Sweet for your words, sip the chocolate cake nearby.

... Ah, it's a little bitter.

I thought it was sweet because it was chocolate, and it was bitter that I came on my tongue.

Bitterness comes to accentuate the aroma, letting it loosen with the sweetness of the dough and go through the throat.

All that remained was a little sweet fragrance.

"... bitter but refreshing and delicious"

"Oh, good for you. It's a cake for customers who like the smell of chocolate but don't like it too sweet."

"I think it's good. It's delicious."

Due to the gentle sweetness of the dough, it is clear that care is taken not to dislike the bitter taste. I see Mr. Satsuki's concern.

You were happy with my words, Mr. Satsuki laughed innocently like a girl,

"Good. I'm glad you're happy."

"... Mr. Satsuki, you've been doing this for a long time"

"Ah, yes. Right. Even so, Satsuki is seventeen forever, so she hasn't done that long, has she?

"Uh... Really?"

I know he's been living for hundreds of years because he's actually a vampire, but he stopped denying it because he's trying so hard to say that.

"... Well, it's certainly been a bit longer. But I made a promise to Iris, and I made a promise to the others."

"Promise, is it?

Satsuki's eyes nodding against the question mark seemed to be mixed with various emotions.

My nostalgic, narrowed eyes still look like they're going to cry, and I don't think so, I stare into her eyes.

Without distracting himself from this line of sight, Mr. Satsuki spinned his words.

"In the beginning, it's because I didn't want to miss Iris. Everyone was going to be gone one day, but I didn't want it to just be sad."

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"I just didn't want Iris to say, 'If you're going to be alone, you don't have to get lonely'."

That's what I was asking Mr. Iris.

I did hear that Satsuki built this shop for Iris the other night.

"That's why I built this store... and that's how I welcomed a lot of customers, and in the meantime I got more employees... and at some point, I got a lot more promises."

I'm sure that's about the people who have passed away.

A lot of people, Mr. Satsuki, a long-living species called vampires, has seen.

I'm sure Satsuki remembers each of them.

"From when I was younger, until my hips bent, there was someone who had been passing me by. One day suddenly came along and someone became a regular. Some people have been making me feel better for a long time since my parents' day, my grandmother's day. Some of them came only once."

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"There's a lot of people in there who told me they're looking forward to another delicious cake. Because I like this place, the people who told me they wanted it to be all the time. There were plenty of people in this world who accepted our existence as a normal routine."

"... because this is a good store"

"Hehe. Thank you. That's why I want to protect this place. As long as there is this store in everyone's normal routine"

So close, Mr. Satsuki starts eating one of the cakes he makes.

"Oh, it's delicious, that's me. But can't we cut costs a little bit more... Our basic policy is to make it easy for people to eat as it is... muggy... I want to make it taste a little better..."

May is a thriving store no matter how you look at it, but I guess there are more profit issues than it is still a store. It is only natural that black is better than deficit.

Mr. Satsuki eats his own cake and breaks his face, while repeatedly doing the clever thing of making a troubled face, he cleans up the cake lined up on the table.

I hope that it will be helpful for me to develop the product, so I will give my thoughts after eating the cake nearby. [M]

I'd almost sleep as soon as I only got tea if I was supposed to, but I want to do that because I'm looking after you.

More importantly, Mr. Satsuki's cake is delicious even in prototypes.

By the time the night was getting deeper, the cake at the table had almost cleared up.

"I'm sorry, I let you hang out in the middle of the night"

"No, I don't mind because it was delicious."

"If you can say that, you also tend to prototype. Alger's about to leave, so it's been a good memory."

"... I'll be back"

To Satsuki, who giggles, I was making words like that naturally.

It makes me depressed when I think about what lies ahead. It's probably going to be a fight, and I don't feel like it's going to end easily if the humans in the Nine Sounds house are involved.

That's why I think one or so needs to have fun.

It's just a little weird and noisy people, but the food, the cake and the drinks are delicious and there's an atmosphere that makes me feel safe somewhere, coffee shop May.

This store deserves a lot of fun.

"Hehe, I'm glad to hear that. More new promises. Then, Satsuki will do the rest of the cleanup, so go to sleep, Algiers."

"Yes, sweeten your words."

- Good night. The words never reached Mr. Satsuki's ear.

Much louder than that was because it destroyed the gentle hours of the night.

"Huh... earthquake...!?

"No, this is... but why...!?

I took Mr. Fluffy's hand and spilled a strong question mark.

From far altitude, the sound of something being knocked over. I was starting to get used to hearing that unpleasant sound.