Chapter 6: Story Quest

“……………………This is troubling.”

Looking at the clearly displayed “Leave the Telgen Kingdom” story quest, I tilted my head.

What a perfectly timed quest.

It’s something that’ll be completed tomorrow even if I do nothing.

By the way, the reward is one [Guaranteed ★3 or higher! Gacha Ticket!].

“★3, huh… that’s kind of underwhelming.
…But more importantly, what’s with this ‘Story Quest’?
Is it just listing what’s going to happen next, or is it a predetermined path laid out by someone or something?
That changes things quite a bit.”

That said, seeing this doesn’t really change my options.

If I stay in this country, I’ll be killed, and even if I somehow avoid that, I highly doubt I’d gain any freedom.

The real issue is what happens if a “Story Quest” appears that goes against my will.

Like being told to kill someone or commit some kind of terrorism.

“…………But then again, this is my Skill, right?
Would it really give me something that works against me?
Since it’s a Story Quest, it should guide me down the better path…
At least, that’s how it works in games.”

Even this current quest appeared because I was already planning to leave.

It’s a bit eerie, but not a problem.

The real problems might start from here on out.

“…………I’ll put that on hold.
Let’s move on.”

Having convinced myself, I switched the screen away from the bar.

Then I noticed that there were now more selectable icons on the screen.

Two new ones had appeared—a gift box icon and something that looked like a bulletin board.

Ah, so this is the “Gift Box.”

When I tapped the present icon, it showed rewards like “10 Gacha Stones” and “Normal Gacha Ticket” from quest completions.

The “Gacha Stones” are used for gacha pulls—five stones per pull.

Fifty stones for a 10-pull.

A system very familiar from mobile games.

As for the “Normal Gacha Ticket,” as the name suggests, it allows a single pull…

But “Normal Gacha,” huh…

Between that and the “Friend Gacha” using Friend Points, it seems there are multiple types of gacha.

If I think about it with my mobile game brain, neither of these will give anything particularly good.

Judging from how terrible my first pull was, it’ll probably just be Umaibo or Pisco most of the time.

“…………Wait, the rates!
Modern mobile games always show the drop rates!”

I operated the screen and tapped the gacha icon.

The next screen displayed several gacha menus, but most of them were blacked out with lock symbols and couldn’t be selected.

The only ones available right now were the “Friend Gacha” and the “Normal Gacha.”

Since I don’t have any Friend Points, the only one I can use is the Normal Gacha.

I selected it and moved into the warehouse-like space lined with gacha machines.

After looking around, I found an icon in the top left showing the probabilities and tapped it.

“Let’s see…
Whoa, you’ve got to be kidding me…”

Seeing the displayed rates, I covered my face with both hands and fell back onto the bed.

★1: 60%

★2: 30%

★3: 9%

★4: 0.99%

★5: 0.01%

“One percent for ★4?
And ★5 is one in ten thousand!?
…You’ve got to be kidding me.
That’s way too harsh.”

That roughly 1% chance for ★4 is especially brutal.

Anyone who’s played mobile games knows how rarely a 1% item actually shows up.

Even if you do ten 10-pulls, there’s no guarantee you’ll get one.

And the most common results—★1 and ★2—are just cheap snacks.

Hold on a second.

Isn’t this supposed to be a cheat ability?

I don’t feel like I can survive with this.

“No, wait…
Maybe that’s exactly why?
If the rates are this low, doesn’t that mean the high-rarity items must be insanely powerful?
Like weapons or even weapons of war?”

I imagined tanks or fighter jets popping out of a rainbow capsule, then immediately shook my head to dismiss the thought.

Even if something like that came out, I wouldn’t know how to use it.

…Or maybe not?

Shouldn’t it be something like a legendary sword or ancient magic?

That sounds exciting…?

No, wait, wait.

I don’t think I could use those properly either.

In the end, I lumped everything together under the word “pending” and decided to just go to sleep.

For the record, the bulletin board-like icon was simply for checking quests.

…Yeah, I’m done for today.

Good night.