Volume 1 - CH 1

“Crest, I’m looking forward to your appraisal ceremony.” I gave a confident nod to my father’s words. Today was the day I turned fifteen.

When I become an adult god will bestow unto me a skill. I’m currently heading to the church where the appraisal ceremony will be carried out.

Along with my father, I made my way out of the house and got on the carriage that was prepared in the courtyard. Accompanying us was an escort of knights. I was born into the house of a duke.

With this in mind, I made a proper departure in the company of knights. Well, even though I say I’m in a ducal house, I am still only the fifth son, so my position is actually rather horrible. I’m only seen as a convenient political tool.

But now it’s different! As I watched my father, the corners of my mouth relaxed.

It wasn’t just me; my father was also in a good mood. But that’s to be expected. That’s we know that my skill is a big hit.

“But still, I hope you will be able to get that amazing skill you saw in your dream a week ago.” I gave a nod to my father who spoke in a good mood. Before becoming an adult, each person will have a dream of God. This dream is something given directly from God. In it, one receives a in introduction to the skill that they are to be given.

And my skill is called “Gacha.”

It allows me to exchange points in order to spin the Gacha, from which I can then acquire a random new skill.

“I’ve invited many of those whom I am involved with to the church today. I intend for you to show them your skill. To think you would get a skill that gives you more skills; how wonderful!”

“…Yes! I understand!” And so, with this my standing within the household will be changing from now on. While desperately holding back my urge to break into dance, we departed to the church while I continued to wait in anticipation.

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After arriving at the church, the appraisal ceremony turned to us right away. Looking in the background, the nobility was sitting in the line of seats that had been prepared for them. Everyone seems to be looking here with expectation.

That’s because they know what my skill is. Seeing that they’re all waiting in anticipation causes the corners of my mouth to loosen again.

“Crest.” Hearing a familiar voice call my name, my body jumped involuntarily. Turning my head to the source, there stood a very beautiful woman.

“E- Ellis. I- I heard that you wouldn’t be coming today.”

“It’s my fiancé’s coming of age ceremony today, so feeling a bit under the weather isn’t enough of an excuse not to come.” Ellis is… my fiancée. Be that as it may, she’s terrible. “Yes, I’m looking forward to seeing it. That would be wonderful if you get an amazing skill.”

Although she’s pleasantly smiling, she somehow seemed to be quite angry. But that’s expected. She’s the kind of person who feels pleasure from picking on me.

Thanks to my birth and my standing, I’ve been tormented by Ellis up until now.

But, But! Today is different! My new life starts today! Giving the polite nod one would offer an acquaintance, I walked over to the prepared appraisal stone.

“Crest Hauburst. We will now commence with the appraisal ceremony. Are you finished your preparations?”

“I am!” I gave a spirited replied to the bishop’s question. Already knowing the name of my skill, as well as it’s effects, I was feeling no tension at all.

“Place your hand on the stone monument. The skill you have been bestowed by God will appear.” A large rectangular stone stood in front of my eyes. I put my hand on it.

The stone glowed for a moment as letters were engraved on its surface. I let out an expectant voice. And then, as soon as the words were at a readable state, everyone let out a voice of astonishment.

“Gacha”

Just a single skill. A skill that had never once appeared before. It would probably have been mocked had I not known what it was from my dream.

But now, the mood in the room was approaching its climax! This is because the skill name was exactly as I had stated before hand. Essentially that meant that the skill would allow me to acquire other skills by spinning a Gacha.

In front of everyone’s looks of anticipation, my father came up to me. “Well then Crest. How about you use this skill called gacha and acquire a new skill?”

“Understood!” I activated my skill. As I chanted gacha in my mind, a window appeared in front of me. Up to this point, everything had been as I had heard from my dream.

I confirmed written by gacha ‘Starting the April commemorative gacha! Will you too make you’re debut as a doctor? Three-point pickup gacha!’

Well, I suppose no one else can see this so I’ll have to describe it for them. I gave them a quick rundown. “Right now, I can see the screen from the gacha skill floating in front of me. There’s a one-time gacha, an eleven-time gacha… and then I can spin this gacha by- “

As I explained the situation to everyone, I went to spin the gacha- and then my hands suddenly stopped. For now, I had figured I would just give the one-time gacha a spin to see how things go… but I can’t spin it.

Seeing the words ‘Sorry, you do not have enough points’ displayed in front of me, my anticipation quickly turned to impatience.

“What is it Crest?” My father was smiling at me and the nobility looked on in suspense. W- what points!? Why don’t I have enough!? My dream just say I had to spin the gacha!

As I got more impatient, I repeatedly hit the one-time gacha and eleven-time gacha, but no matter what I tried I would see the same indication that I lacked the required points.

Looking closely, I noticed displayed on the upper right portion of the screen was a point counter at 0. In order to spin the one-time gacha, 500 points were required. How do I get points!? There was nothing about that in my dream.

“Crest, have you gotten a skill yet? If you have, could you please show it to us?”

“…” As my father looked to me in expectation, I broke out in a cold sweat. If I speak honestly, I wonder how father will react? What about the nobles? “I- I can’t spin the gacha.”

“…You can’t spin it? What do you mean?” Father’s voice was filled with rage in a single moment. My older brothers who had come to the church started to snicker.

“Crest, you couldn’t possibly have lied, could you?” Said the oldest born. My brothers have made a fool of me up until now. Having heard that I would be getting a useful skill, they had spent up until yesterday stewing in jealousy. That’s why they said these things.

“N- no! Everything about my skill is how I saw it in my dream!”

“Kuhaha! You liar! Then quickly show us you can get another skill!” Continued the second oldest. This is no place to get caught up in their provocations.

“I- I don’t have the points I need to spin the gacha! If I get those then I can spin it!”

“Hey hey, what are you doing spewing another lie now? Want us to wait patiently for you to get your points as you stay in our house?” My third eldest brother continued.

“Th- that’s not the case! Please believe me!”

“Then, how do you get those points? Want your elder brothers to help you? Go on, tell us how.” And coming in with the finishing blow was my fourth oldest brother.

“I- I don’t know how.” My dream didn’t go over how to acquire points. As soon as I said these words my brothers burst into laughter.

“If you’re going to tell a lie at least think it through first. Father, what will be the punishment for this liar?” My eldest brother asked my father. It seemed that all emotion had left my father’s face.

“N- no you’re wrong! I’m not lying! If I can just get some points- !” As I desperately tried to persuade my father the nobility began to chuckle. This was towards him as well. A dumb parent who was deceived by his own son made them come all the way out here.  

As if the meaning of their laughter painted it, my father’s face turned deep red in fury. “Your dream, along with everything else; all of it was a lie.”

“That is not the case! I really saw it!”

“Silence! This house does not need a lying piece of shit like you!” My father was enraged. As I tried desperately to persuade my father, Ellis came up behind me.

“That was quite entertaining, Crest.” Said Ellis as she chuckled and smiled. I’ve… I’ve… In the end nothing has changed.

A few days after this, my fate was sealed. The moment it was decided that I would be banished from my house.