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Chapter 1: I put my staff in the hole
I spent my days fulfilling requests assigned by the guild.
"It seems like a job to infuse magic into a golem. It pays two copper coins."
Life wasn't very good.
Being at the lowest rank, Copper Rank, in the guild, I barely managed to survive, just enough to stave off hunger.
"Should I go back to the countryside..."
I knew well that things weren't going to improve this way.
I was beginning to think that returning to the village and tilling the fields might be slightly better.
And then, one day.
"Huh? Was there a hole here?"
On my way back to the town after completing a request, I noticed a large hole in the middle of the road.
When I peered into it, it was pitch black inside.
It seemed to have considerable depth.
"If I fall, I probably won't be able to come back up."
The hole seemed to extend all the way to the depths of the earth.
If I were to slip even a little, it would be a grave situation.
"Well, I'm already at the bottom anyway."
It was like I had already fallen.
Three years had passed since I became an adventurer, yet I couldn't rise above the Copper Rank. I was nothing more than a bottom-dweller.
Should I quit?
I no longer cared from the bottom of my heart.
"I don't need this anymore."
I tossed my staff into the hole.
It was a beginner's staff. Using a staff made controlling magic a little easier.
Everyone let go of it once they got used to it to some extent.
I had been keeping it, swallowing my pride, hoping it would be of some help.
At that moment...
"Did you drop this golden staff?"
A woman dressed in a white robe emerged from the hole.
She was holding a staff that gleamed in gold.
"It's floating..."
The woman was clearly not an ordinary human.
"Let me ask again. Did you drop this golden staff?"
"No, I didn't."
I instinctively answered differently.
Because the woman had a bump on her head.
It must have been a direct hit from the staff I had thrown away.
This is definitely going to get me in trouble.
"I see. So it's not this one?"
"No."
There's no other way to answer. Giving a straightforward response will surely lead to undesirable consequences.
Then, the woman made a thoughtful gesture and, this time, she presented a silver staff, seemingly materializing it from somewhere.
"Then, is it this silver staff?"
"No."
Whether it's gold or silver doesn't matter. I just don't want to get scolded.
"Then, it must be this wooden staff you dropped, right?"
"...No."
It was undoubtedly my own staff, but I decided to stick to my lie.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am."
The woman looked extremely suspicious.
However, I couldn't admit it here.
"It won't do any good if you lie..."
Finally, the woman began to intimidate me.
For a moment, I hesitated, but I reassured myself that everything would be fine.
Because I didn't drop the staff. I threw it away!
"...To a stubborn person like you, I shall present this hole."
Saying that, the woman disappeared in a swoosh.
"What!?"
I looked around in confusion, but the woman was nowhere to be seen.
Not only that, but the hole that seemed to extend to the depths of the earth a moment ago had vanished without a trace.
"Was it a dream?"
I pinched my cheek tightly.
It hurt like crazy. It seemed to be an event that actually happened in reality.
"What's going on?"
I remained in a daze for a while, but eventually, the sun began to set.
Monsters become active during the night.
I couldn't stay here like this, so I hurried back to the town.
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