Volume 1 - CH 2

“It seems that Crest was really trying something stupid.”

“Yeah. If he had just kept things as they were, he could have been adopted by some other noble and have kept his life.” This was the conversation the knights were having in the coachman seat as they took me away. The knights within the carriage also heard what they were saying, but they made no other reaction than a slight twitch.

There was no reason for me to lie. Just like that knight had said, even if it were without freedom, I could have ended my life as a noble.

That it would be a life sold like a slave to my selfish fiancée is besides the point. That’s what it means to have been born into a duke’s household.

That’s why this shouldn’t be happening to me! Right, their charges against me continued however no one believed me.

Receiving the treatment of a criminal, I was put into this carriage. I lightly shifted in my handcuffs, but the knight immediately shot me with a glare.

Don’t try anything is what that meant. The place we’re going has a transfer magic circle. That magic circle is connected to a monster filled place called the lower world.

Soon enough, I was able to see the transfer magic circle. I’ve seen it from a distance several times before. If I recall correctly, those times were to see off convicted felons being cast down to the lower world.

I never would have thought that this time it would be me in that position.

The geometric pattern that made up the magic circle was written on the ground. When that magic circle is charged with magic power, it will send whoever is on top of it to the lower world.

Over by it was by elder brothers and my father. Ellis wasn’t here. I guess her body wasn’t doing too well back at my coming-of-age ceremony.

It seemed that my father even still is unable to contain his anger towards me and shot me with a sharp look. As for my brothers, as usual they were laughing and mocking me with their faces.

“…Father, I did not lie to you.”

“Then show me right now. Can you acquire a skill? If you can I will remove you from your bonds.”

“…I cannot.”

“…You liar.”

You’re wrong. I didn’t lie to you. Really, if I only had some points, I would be able to spin the gacha!

Even so, I do not posses any way to prove it to them. It seems that besides me, no one else is able to see the gacha window.

“…At the very least, could you please give me a sword?”

At my words, my brothers broke into laughter. “What a funny thing for you say! You’re a lying criminal!”

“That’s right! Go get eaten by monsters!”

But I spoke back to them. “The reason that criminals are sent to the lower world was originally in order for them to subjugate the monsters there. As a person of the duke’s house, isn’t it a problem to advocate for personal issues in such a situation?”

“You’re saying as the man who lied about god?” My father raised his voice in frustration. He called for a large number of people to show off a skill that could gain skills. I should have stopped that.

At the very least I should have kept my mouth shut until I had confirmed the details of my skill. I just wanted to be recognized by everyone, but I got carried away with it.

“…Even so, please. I want to be able to defeat many monsters in the lower world to help the upper world live safely for a long time.” I don’t have such an intention. However, if I justify it with such a just reason, I might at the very least be able to mount a resistance against the monsters there.

It was then that one of the onlooking knights came forward. He then proceeded to remove the sword from his back. “You can use this.”

“…Thank you very much.” The knight placed his sword on my back, and then handed me a key. Holding the key firmly in my hand, I unlocked my shackles before returning the key to the knight.

With this, all preparations were in order. In that moment, the magic circle began to emit a bright light. I shut my eyes from the light. For a moment I felt a sensation as if I were floating.

When the light abated, I opened my eyes and found myself in somewhere in a forest. After looking at my surroundings in surprise, I removed my shackles.

I suppose that this is the lower world. The lower world is a place where monsters run rampant. By no means can a human live here. The place I was before is called the upper world; a world inhabited solely by humans.

There exists a strong and steadfast gate between the upper and lower world. It exists to protect the kingdoms elite, and to prevent those from the lower world from making their way into the upper world.

Criminals who commit serious crimes are put onto transfer magic circles and transferred into the lower world. The transfer magic circle has been passed down from antiquity and magically flings people somewhere random in the lower world. How it works is still yet to be understood. But since it’s convenient, the nobility uses it quite often.

…In any case, I wonder what I should do from now on. At the very least I have survival knowledge. Since I was born into a duke’s household, I got used to living in a hard environment where my elder brothers would bully me. There’s no way I’ll let myself die. I will live here in the lower world.

I gave the sword on my back some light swings to get a feel for it. For now, there doesn’t seem to be any problems with it. After walking for a while, I could hear the voices of monsters. Turning my gaze towards it, I saw a monster. It seemed to be a wolf like monster. I’d seen this type in a reference book before. It’s probably a wolf.

“Grrrrrrrr”

For the most part we don’t see monsters in the upper world. Myself I’ve only fought one once before. Additionally, the monsters of the lower world are said to be stronger than the ones in the upper world.

In the end I guess I have to fight here. I don’t have any skill that I could use here either.

The wolf jumped at me. I dodged that attack and swung my sword, but that was dodged too. I swung my foot at the dirt and kicked dirt into the wolf. This disabled its eyes. Now. I swung my sword down with all my might, and cut through the wolf from the side, severing its neck.

It seems I’d defeated it. This is thanks to my education at the knight’s academy. I took a small breather and examined the knight’s sword once again. It’s a good sword. I cleaned the blood off of it using the nearby leaves.

This wolf’s body will become precious meat. I positioned it to drain its blood. Now I just need to start a fire. I wonder if the gacha could at the very least make me a fire?

With that in mind, I activated the gacha skill. The moment I did my eyes went wide.

“…I got some points!?”

I had acquired 100 points. But in the week before I was sent to the lower world, I had spent a great deal of time trying to get these points I just acquired.

Why has this happened? …No, the reason for this is obvious. It’s probably because I killed the wolf.

So, the condition for acquiring points… is to kill monsters? In the end that makes it no different from a trash skill.

After all, there pretty much aren’t any monsters in the upper world. This wolf got me 100 points, so in order to spin the gacha once I need to kill five of them. To have to fight five monsters, that’s more than I’d ever expect to face in my life.

Ah crap! Why did god have to give me a dream that would raise my expectations like that! But I can fight monsters in the lower world. I guess for now I have to fight some monsters so I can spin the gacha.

I’d be really mad if I didn’t get a good skill after all this.