[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
Chapter 1 - The Beginning of an Empty Life
When I was around nine or ten years old, a group of incredibly powerful adventurers ca to find .
They said they were from the four major adventurer guilds, and that my father had died after incurring a large debt.
"So you have to pay off that debt, kid."
"...What does it an to be in debt?"
"Your idiot father borrowed money from us and ran off to the afterlife."
I cried and asked if my father was really dead.
A muscular adventurer pulled out my father's keepsake ring and showed it to .
"Where's your mother?"
"...She died a while ago."
"Damn, this kid's just an orphan pauper? There's no money to take."
"Let's take him to a slave trader and get so money for him. His face is pretty like a girl's, so he'll be worth sothing."
"Will we get much money for that? Our loss is 50 gold coins. And it's so hard to deal in slaves while avoiding the 'Red Pilgrims.'"
A female mage stroked my hair.
As soon as a bluish mist flowed from her palm, golden electricity sparked from my forehead.
"Look. This kid, like his father, has incredible divine power. He's a half-elf."
"So what?"
"Don't you know how expensive healers with divine power are? It's a trait that almost no adventurer has. Witches are worth a fortune, and shepherds and priests are mostly cowards who don't even co to the front lines."
Aha!
The adventurers started laughing one by one. It was definitely the laughter of adults.
The giant who seed to be the leader of the group stroked my head and said,
"What's your na, little one?"
"Yes...?"
"What's your na, brat!"
"...Um, my mother called Arjen. The kids in the neighborhood called the Underpass Kid."
"Alright, alright. Our Arjen, let's get you so adventurer combat training. You'll have to go to the battlefield as a healer. And let's change your na too. Al is good. It's just the right amount of insignificant, and it's a hassle if your real na gets traced and your identity is discovered."
"I don't want to be an adventurer. I'll die like my dad-"
Suddenly, I scread in pain as if my neck was about to break.
The leader had grabbed my hair and jerked my neck back.
"-The only answer you can give is 'yes.' Understand? You have no choices in your life anymore."
"Yes...?"
"Yes, just answer like that. From now on, until you die, you just have to keep paying off the debt with that divine power of yours. With that backtalk just now, your debt has increased from 50 to 100 gold coins."
[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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