Chapter Prologue
I was standing in a queue at the shopping mall, with a lottery ticket in my hand .
“You’ve won the consolation prize, it’s a pack of tissue . Here you go!”
I got this lottery ticket while I was shopping and even though I knew I wouldn’t win anything, I queued up to redeem my ticket .
People in front of me kept getting the consolation prize one after another . A list on the side with all prizes caught my eyes .
Consolation Prize – Tissue
1 . Following the order of prizes, it’s logical for the first prize to be an oversea vacation or something along the line . It’s placed higher than the hot spring vacation after all .
As I tried to figure out what the first prize could be, the queue got smaller in front of me .
*ding ding ding*
I heard a bell ringing . Looked like the guy in front of me won something .
“Congratulation! It looks like… YOU HAVE WON THE FIRST PRIZE!”
“Ohhh, yes! I did it!”
The guy who won made a triumph pose .
“Well then, we will give you more details about your prize, so please follow me inside . ”
“Alright!”
He was then led by the staff inside the store . It was my turn now .
“What comes after the first prize…?”
The staff has put a big cross mark at the first prize using a magic pen . I’ve lost the first price even before I could redeem my ticket .
Well never mind, it looked like there is still that smartphone available . Didn’t sound too bad!
After I gave my lottery ticket to the staff, I started spinning the lottery machine .
*gara gara gara… goto*[1]
*Ding Ding Ding*
The staff rung the bell once again .
“Eh? I’ve won? Seriously?!”
I was shocked . Never before have I ever thought of winning something .
I looked at the ball that came out of the lottery machine . It was painted in the colour of the rainbow . I turned my head into the direction of the premium prize list to see what kind of prize this would get me .
The first prize came with a golden ball, the second prize with a silver one, the third with a red ball and the fourth and fifth prize respectively came with a blue and yellow ball .
The prize for a rainbow coloured ball was nowhere to be seen .
“What prize do I get with this?” I gave the staff a questioning look, while holding up the ball .
“This is the hidden prize . Congratulation, you have won a great hidden prize!”
“So there is something like that…”
The people around me started to clap, as I looked around .
“Well then, we are going to give you more details about the hidden prize . Please go inside . ”
“Sure . ”
The staff lead me inside the lottery booth .
I was excited . What kind of details are they going to explain to me? Is it such a big prize needing further explanations?
When I got inside, I saw the man who won the first place earlier .
They have prepared another slot machine as well .
The man from earlier pulled the trigger and two balls came out of the machine .
“It seems to be…tentacles . ”
“Is this a usable skill by any chance?”
“Yes, you are correct . ”
“Great!”
“I will begin the transfer now . ”
I didn’t understand a single word . Transfer? What were they doing? What was going to happen?
I should get the answer right away .
A bright light suddenly burst out of nowhere and a glowing pattern which looked like a magic circle was formed on the ground where the man was standing . The man then disappeared .
“Wha-What just happened?!”
“Em, and you are?”
“I won the hidden prize . ”
“Oh! Is that so? I am sorry . ”
The staff took a bow .
“Congratulation on your win from me as well . I shall explain you the prize in detail . ”
“Oh yeah . ”
“For the premium prize, just like the man who won the first prize earlier, you have the privilege to teleport to any world of your choice . ”
“Eh…Excuse me, what did you say?”
“You have the privilege to teleport to any world of your choice . ”
“This isn’t a bad joke, right?”
“You saw with your very own eyes what happened earlier, didn’t you?” said the staff and I gasp in disbelieve .
“No way…”
No way some kind of light and magic circles came out of nowhere . And a man just disappearing in a blink of an eye . Certainly this can’t be true .
“This was our transfer array . We use this to teleport you to any world you can imagine of . ”
“You are kidding me”
“Well, you will have to experience it for yourself . And whether you believe it or not but it is the very truth . ” the staff said patiently .
Slowly I began to believe what the staff member was telling me .
“The first and the hidden prize are essentially the same . You get to visit any world you desire . However, the difference between the prizes is that the first prize winner can only pull the machine once . He has to take whatever skill that come out the machine . On the other hand, the hidden prize winner can pull the trigger as many times as he wants, to get the skill he fancies most . ”
“As many times as I want you say?”
“Yes, but you can only take one skill to be precise . ”
“I understand . ”
I didn’t understand it really, but just simply nodded to the explanations .
“As you have unlimited tries, how about give it a go once? And since this room lies in another dimension you can try out your skill as well!”
TL: Hanbun Isekai… Trying to look up for better translation
“I…I will give it a try then . ”
Yep, I still didn’t get it, but I’ll just accept his invitation and give it a try .
I grab the handle of the slot machine and pulled it down . A ball came out instantly and the staff took it .
“’Fire Blowing Man”, he read .
“Looks like it’s a skill that let you breath fire out of your mouth . ”
“Fire?”
“Just try it out! But please do not face toward my direction . It seems to be a kind of dangerous skill . ”
I turned around at once, and let out a strong breath .
“Uwahh!!”
Somehow, fire really did come out of my mouth . My face felt a little bit frizzled .
“How was it, did you take a liking to that skill?”
“No… Wait, just give me a second . ”
I put my hand on my forehead, and started to think about it .
My thoughts were a mess and I was still confused, but I was certainty sure of one thing .
“You said this is all real, right?”
“I can fully understand that you still have doubts . ” the staff said .
“And you said, I can pull the handle as many times as I want, am I right?”
“Yes, please go ahead . ”
“Are there any chances that I get the same skill once again?”
“Yes . ”
“Alright!” I nodded .
As there were possibilities of getting the same skill over and over again, trying out a lot of skills might be a good idea .
*gara gara gara… goto*
“This is ‘10x Power Up’ . It’s a skill to raise your overall strength by 10 times . ”
“That’s so plain . Once again!”
*gara gara gara… goto*
“’Sage’, a skill that let you be all-knowing . ”
“Sounds like it’s going to be troublesome . Another try!”
*gara gara gara… goto*
“Don’t tell me this is…”
“From the name alone this skill is no good . Again!”
*gara gara gara… goto*
“’2x Power Up’”
“It became worse . Again!”
*gara gara gara… goto*
“I’m sorry, this time it’s a skill to increase your overall strength by 3x . ”
“Never mind, once more!”
*gara gara gara… goto*
*gara gara gara… goto*
*gara gara gara… goto*
I pull the handle of the lottery machine again and again and again .
After I heard the skill description, I pulled the handle to get a new skill right away .
Sure there were some skills that looked usable . But the more skills I saw, the more I got to think that the previously won ‘10x Power Up’ is not the big prize . There must be something bigger .
“My hand run out of strength . ”
“Same goes to me, I’m tired explaining . ”
Countless balls, countless skills .
After I have pulled a hundreds of skills, I knew just by looking at the colour of the ball if I got something big or not .
*gara gara gara… goto*
*gara gara gara… goto*
*gara gara gara… goto*
“Oh! A rainbow coloured ball! It’s the second time now!”
“Eh, what’s with that? There weren’t supposed to be any rainbow coloured ball inside this slot machine . ”
The staff was surprised as I showed him the rainbow coloured ball .
“Mister, this is really wonderful!”
“Wonderful? What did I get?”
“Overall strength increase by 777 times!”
I was greatly shocked when I looked at the rainbow coloured ball, to the point that it looked dazzling to me .
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[1] The sounds of the rumbling inside the lottery machine .