Kujibiki Tokushou: Musou Hāremu ken

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 .