I'll Die if I Work...?!

"Menu! Hold on?! Take that back! Cancel! Undo it!"

The blonde loli… Rokuko was yelling at a semi-transparent window floating in the air, but there didn't seem to be any response. Ugh, her shrill voice is grating on my ears. This is why kids are…

"Hey, quiet down a bit. Or better yet, shut up."

"W-what, don't you dare order me ar—……"

She went quiet.

Ah, right. So I'm the Master now. And the Master's word is absolute, huh. Fufufu.

Without even trying, it seems an elegant lifestyle of "not having to work" has fallen right into my lap.

That's right, I don't particularly need to work. I'll make this blonde loli do all the work while I spend my days leisurely sleeping!

…… Yep, I just imagined it, and that's super scummy.

"… Still, the fact that she's a little girl is the issue. Thinking about it normally…"

If she were at least my age or older, I could've fully enjoyed a carefree life sleeping all day as a kept man… but I can't even tell if her age is in the double digits yet.

"Um, menu? Oh, it actually appeared. Let's see, what do we have here…"

A semi-transparent window appeared in response to my words… yep, that's a menu window alright. It's organized in an easy-to-understand way. There are three main categories.

• Labyrinth

• Subordinates

• DP

It was politely displayed in Japanese (and English)… Well, maybe I can understand the language thanks to that god? That's probably it.

"……! ……!"

Oh, Rokuko's glaring at me with quite the intense glare. Hahaha, a little girl's glare isn't scary, it's just cute. Let me pat her head. Ah, now she's even angrier. She's screaming silently.

"If you have something to say, then say it."

"Scum! Idiot! Ah, f-finally my voice is working, you blockhead! What did you do!"

"Yeah, the idiot here is you, Rokuko. Apparently, I've become your Master. In other words, I've become the Dungeon Master."

"Take it back!"

"Why?"

"I-I'm, I'm the most important one here! So! Obey me!"

The blonde little girl looked up at me with her face bright red, teary-eyed, and angry… this would be a criminal case.

Got it, this girl is an idiot.

"Who are you calling an idiot!"

"Oops, did I say that out loud? But think about it… Why did you summon me?"

"Obviously, to make you a dungeon monster."

"In other words, if I obey you, I'll be forced to fight as a dungeon monster. If things go wrong, I'll die. Actually, I'll probably only mess up and die. I like sleeping, but I'd rather avoid the eternal sleep for a while longer."

"W-well, that's just how it is for dungeon monsters… and you look weak anyway…"

"You can call me Keima."

"Nn, got it, Kehma… Guh, I can't disobey…!"

"For now, let's check out the dungeon. After all, a bed is better when it's safe."

I selected [Labyrinth] from the menu. I operated it like a touch panel, but I bet voice commands work too.

Then, the dungeon's status appeared, and I froze.

"… Oi, why does the dungeon only have an entrance, a passage, and one room?"

"Our policy is to rely on monsters! I heard that's the strongest approach."

"I-I see, so those bandits inside the dungeon are… the monsters, right?"

"Ah, those are intruders!"

Right, looking at the dungeon map, they're showing up as enemy indicators.

"Wait, where even is this place?! Aren't we inside the dungeon?!"

"This is the Master Room inside the Dungeon Core. It's like… a different dimension? I guess?"

"You… so we're inside you?"

"Ah, yeah. It's like being inside my true body… wait, what? That's a really indecent way to put it. Pervert."

Rokuko's cheeks flushed slightly as she gave me a reproachful look. That's completely unfair. I want to demand an apology and compensation. But first, let me confirm something important.

"From what I can see, the Dungeon Core is placed in the room where the bandits are hanging out?"

"That's what it looks like to me too."

"… Why?"

"Eh? Because Dungeon Cores don't work unless they're placed inside the dungeon. That's common sense."

I'm getting a headache.

Dungeon Cores don't work unless they're installed inside the dungeon.

The dungeon only has one room.

Therefore, the Dungeon Core is installed in that room.

And there are about eight bandits who have invaded that room with the Dungeon Core.

"… Umm? Isn't this checkmate? Game over right from the start?"

"That's exactly why I used my last DP to summon a monster and drive out the bandits. And then Kehma showed up. A weakling appearing was clearly a mistake. I wonder if I can exchange you for something else…"

"Yeah, so can I go back to my world? No?"

"Impossible. Well, since I was able to summon you, it's not absolutely impossible, but it would probably take way too much DP."

DP stands for Dungeon Points, and apparently "they can do all sorts of things!"

Well, that's fine for now.

I'm the Dungeon Master, but what happens if the Dungeon Core gets destroyed?

"You'll die, obviously. The Master and the Core are one in body and soul, sharing the same fate."

"Crap, I'm dead…"

"Don't worry, even if the Master dies, the Core will be fine."

"You said we're one in body and soul, but that's a one-way street!"

"Ah, yeah, but well, it's fine. I haven't died yet. Yeah."

"How come?!"

"It's been ten days since these bandits made this cave their base, but they haven't tried to destroy the Dungeon Core."

"… Eh?"

By the way, the Dungeon Core is about the size of a basketball, and apparently it glows constantly like the walls and floor of this room. Also, since it has to be exposed within the dungeon, there's basically no way it goes unnoticed. In fact, it's placed very prominently.

"… That's why it's fine. Besides, having intruders means I get a small amount of DP."

Is that really fine though?

No, it's probably not fine. That's why she tried summoning a monster with her DP.

"… Got it. By the way, how do you increase DP?"

"Well, let me explain."

To summarize:

1. Natural recovery from the ley lines (basically 10 DP per day here)

2. Maintaining intruders inside the dungeon (depends on the intruders' strength)

3. Killing intruders (depends on the intruders' strength)

4. Offering corpses (depends on the original strength of the corpse)

5. Offering treasure (depends on the treasure)

That's how it works.

By the way, it apparently costs 20 DP to summon a single goblin.

Normally, you could summon one every two days, but with eight bandits living in this dungeon for the past ten days, that's been +80 DP per day.

So, she combined the 900 DP accumulated over the ten days since the bandits took over the cave with the 100 DP she had been saving for emergencies, and used her entire fortune of 1000 DP on the monster gacha.

I see, if it costs fifty times more than a goblin, you'd expect something fifty times stronger than a goblin. But gacha has misses too. Wait, am I a gacha prize? Well, "gacha" might just be how it's being auto-translated, but it feels really complicated. What's my rarity anyway?

Also, gacha has several ranks: 100, 1000, 10000… it increases tenfold each time, with no upper limit. The 1000 DP gacha I came from was the second lowest.

Rumor has it that goblins can come from the 100,000 DP gacha, and dragons can come from the 1000 DP gacha. The more you pay, the better your odds of getting something good, so basically it's a luck game.

"Why aren't you a dragon?!"

"Hey, a goblin wouldn't have been strange either. Your expectations are way too high."

This blonde loli is way too self-centered. Does she think the world revolves around her? The world doesn't hand you convenient outcomes like that. Take me, for instance. I just wanted to sleep, but I got summoned to another world to be put to work.

"… So, the remaining DP is… 9?"

She must have rolled the gacha as soon as she hit exactly 1000 DP. We're completely broke.

Looking at the catalog in the DP section of the menu, I can't even summon a goblin with just 9 DP.

Dragons? Even the weakest Lesser variety starts at 100,000 DP, ma'am. Haha, anyone who thinks they can get one of those from a 1000 DP gacha is a total idiot.

Looking at the daily necessities page, there were a few things I could get with 9 DP.

"Alright, I've decided."

"What are you going to do, Kehma?"

I spent 5 DP to summon a [Buckwheat Pillow].

"Sleep."

"Eh, wait?!"

"Keep quiet while I'm sleeping. Good night."

Yeah, this is really convenient. Next, I need to summon a [Futon] for 50 DP.

I'm also curious about the 10,000 DP [Heavenly Pillow] and the 100,000 DP [Supreme Futon].

When I lay down and closed my eyes, the yapping voice gradually faded out.