Chapter 1: Anyway, A Salvation Story
After dying in an unexplained explosion, I found myself in a world where gender roles were reversed.
And then, I was captured by thieves and now awaited my fate to be sold into slavery.New novel chapters are published on
Im screwed.
I sighed deeply, tapping the iron bars that confined me.
Actually, I knew best why this happened. It was because I had been too arrogant and, at the same time, careless.
Thats because this place is not just an ordinary matriarchal world. Its a world that I had brainstormed, though its just the setting.
The Great Labyrinth, where all the treasures and miracles of the world lay in slumber. An adventurer who explores this and uncovers ancient mysteries, elevating their status. And the reversed sexual morals of men and women.
Although I possessed the body of a mere orphan, I had knowledge that an ordinary orphan wouldnt have.
For example, during the thrice-weekly food distribution at the temple, I would recite common lore about the clergy and, pretending to be devout, manage to get an extra piece of bread.
Or, exploiting the fact that Im a young boy in a world where gender roles are reversed, I would charm tipsy ladies and earn tips by acting cute with them.
Honestly, it does make me feel a bit ashamed, but when youre hungry, how important can pride be? After all, it wasnt too difficult to do when I thought about what I would have liked in my previous life.
I also remembered most of the useful lore But the problem was that it was all related to the Great Labyrinth.
Weaknesses of certain monsters. Gimmicks revealed under specific conditions. Beings that exist in the deepest parts of the labyrinth, and so on.
If I were an adventurer, this information would, of course, be very useful, but as it stands, Im just a powerless orphan.
Exploring the Great Labyrinth myself is dangerous, and selling information is even more so.
Not having the power to protect oneself was more sorrowful than one might think.
Well, with such feelings, I was barely scraping by, day by day, when suddenly, a translucent screen appeared before my eyes.
Ding!
[Special 1 Year of Survival Reward! 10 Free Gacha Tickets!]
That really surprised me back then.
I tried shouting for the status window out of hope but gave up when nothing appeared But who knew it would turn out to be a gacha system instead of a training system?
Most of the items I got from the gacha, while crying rivers, were of dubious value.
An elixir that was more like a health tonic at best. The lowest grade potion that could only be used as a regular medicine. A bundle of daggers or arrows that youd normally get as an add-on for buying in bulk from a blacksmith, and so on
I just sold everything and spent the money to buy winter clothes and a weapon for self-defense. If you dont have a home, at least your clothes should be warm, and if youre powerless, at least your weapon should be sharp, right?
If I knew it would come down to this, I should have used the elixir instead of selling it.
Had I done so, perhaps I wouldnt have felt the cold seeping up from the prison floor, chilling me to the bone.
Those despicable people. Its one thing to take my weapon, but shouldnt they at least give me something to wear if theyre going to strip me of my clothes?
Just tossing a rag to me and leaving me like this. What are they planning to do if I freeze to death before they can sell me to a slave trader?
I clicked my tongue inwardly for a moment. After all, I had ended up in this situation because of my actions, so I wasnt in a position to complain.
Right. Because of the odds that I suspected to be rigged against me, I received 1-star items in 9 out of the 10 rolls, but I received a 3-star skill for the last roll.
Skills were not a convenient single-button action as it would be in a game. How should I put it? It was as if the user manual and the minimum resources needed for actual use were shoved into my head.
At least, that was what I deduced from my tests, since there was no system in the setting I created.
Pink hair on a man. What a bizarre combination, but I couldnt complain since I was the one who decided to include a setting with diverse hair colors.
Besides, if you think about the inverted gender roles, it sort of made sense. A pink-haired heroine never failed, after all.
I guessed I could be considered a similar case Or not.
Anyway, one thing was for sure: a slave with this kind of appearance would never be cheap.
It was obvious that a wealthy woman would buy me, and unless they were born with a silver spoon in their mouth or were a genius merchant, it would have taken a considerable amount of time to accumulate such wealth.
So there was a high probability that she would be middle-aged or older. Realistically, the most I could hope for was that she had aged gracefully and didnt have any peculiar fetishes.
Sigh.
Another sigh escaped me. It felt odd, being trapped like this and waiting to be disposed of.
Lying sprawled on the cold stone floor, I stared blankly at the ceiling. Thats how I had been killing time, counting the stains without thinking.
Thud!
?
A sound of something breaking came from afar. Then, loud shouts burst out sporadically.
Curious, I quickly sat up and listened carefully, finally making out what was being said.
What the hell is this bh!
Did she even know this was the Twin Daggers Clan before barging in huh?
Boss! Where did you go, boss? This crazy bh is unbelievably strong!
Eh?
Could this be that? The occasional criminal subjugation by an adventurers guild.
Those who enter the labyrinth and manage to return alive gain power, big or small. If such individuals commit crimes by killing not monsters but people, ordinary guards would hardly be able to handle them.
Thus, the labyrinth cities regularly collaborated with adventurers guilds to eradicate criminal organizations.
Just like today.
As soon as I grasped the situation, I banged on the bars and shouted.
Over here! Theres someone here! Please save me!!
I was trapped in an underground dungeon. If the subjugation team accidentally passed by without noticing, I would be facing a slow death from starvation.
This was both an opportunity to escape and a desperate struggle to survive.
Maybe my desperation had reached the heavens, as soon after, I heard the sound of someone approaching. The firmly shut door opened with such force that I thought it would break.
Thud!
Damn! Where did a monster like that come from
However, the person who came in through the door was not the one I had been hoping for.
The head of the Twin Daggers Clan, which was in reality closer to a den of thieves. She had also been the boss who had been boasting about the high price I could be sold for.
I didnt know her name, but that rich-looking woman had run away in the middle of a fight like a coward and came here.
Hmm. This is bad.
