Level Up Just By Eating-Prologue
Prologue
Translator: kuronochan
βT-The summoning, itβs successful............β
The girl with a beautiful black hair tied with twin tails said. ππΏππ¦πο½ π£nπ°π·eΖ.cπ°πΊ
You might not understand what she is saying.
But do not fret.
I donβt as well.
When I was in the mood for a walk, and started to think of going home because I got hungry.
Suddenly, I picked up a 10 yen coin and found a decrepit shrine.
Being decrepit made it look mysterious instead and made me feel that it has something.
That 10 yen coin was dirty too so I put it in the offertory box.
I said my prayer.
βI want to go to another world.β
And then, the shrine released a white light and I was summoned.
I looked around.
It looks like Iβm inside a dim cave.
I am standing on top of a magic circle releasing a white light.
My age is the same just the same before I was summoned, around early 20βs.
The black twin tail girl who seems to be the one who summoned me said.
βMy name is Laura Gine Amara! I am the Famous Great Goddess of Wisdom who summoned you to this world!β
βWell, nice to meet you?β
βAnd you who are summoned to this world should have a Famous Great Skill1!!β
βIs that so?β
βPeople who are summoned, they should gain something after passing through the gate after all!β
It looks like so.
βShow that skill to the great me!β
βA skill that I have............β
I donβt have any clue at all.
(Status!)
Just like that, I tried to invoke but the status window would not come out.
Ahh, but, there was that huh.
βHowever, to show my skill, I need a raw egg.β
βEgg......?β
βYeah, an egg.β
βIf you have that, you will show it to the great me right?!β
βThatβs right.β
βWai......just wait for a while!!β
After 30 minutes.
βIβm baaack!β
Laura returned.
Her hair became messy and her beautiful face is dirty with mud.
βKokee! Kekkekkekkekke, kokkee!!!β
Furthermore, she received kicks from the chicken that seemed to be a wild one.
βH-Hey, ow , ouch! Ouch!!
βYou......you brought it from a birds next huh.β
βWasnβt it you, who told me to get it............ow, ow, ow ouch!! Ouch???!!β
The self-proclaimed Great Existence-san is crying losing to the chicken.
However, using this egg, it is quite absurd.
If I take the egg carelessly, I might become the next target.
It canβt be helped.
I went outside the cave.
I lightly dug into the ground.
I found a worm.
I caught it and reached it out to the chicken.
βHow about exchanging it for this?β
βKokke......β
The chicken stopped attacking.
It went back to the ground and caught the worm with its beak.
I left the worm on the ground one by one, leading the chicken out of the cave.
The chicken who ate that much seemed satisfied, or maybe just bird-head.
It flew away spreading its wings.
I looked towards Laura.
βHiggu! Guu......β
Laura who self-proclaimed as god was weeping.
It was only an hour since we have met, but I thought.
(I want to go home......)
I want to return to my original world.
I thought of going to another world, but I did not wish for such a useless goddess2.
Judging from what I heard from her, I canβt imagine that this girl would give me some kind of incredible powers.
βThi......this time, itβs your turn!β
However, just when I was about to leave, the Useless Goddess Laura shouted.
βItβs your turn to show your greatness3 with the egg that this Goddess of Wisdom fought with her life to get!β
βYou bet your life on it?!!β
βThe remaining Goddess Points that supports my life is only 20! And because of that earlier, there is only 4 remaining! Honestly speaking, Itβs just barely enough you know!!β
Itβs an unknown unit, but I understood that thereβs only a few left.
I mean, almost dying to get an egg, how cheap is your life.
You can even buy 10 eggs in for just 150 yen in supermarkets.
Well, whatever.
Since she brought it for me, I should show my skill.
βBring me some kind of container.β
βU......Understood.β
Laura brought a cup.
γΌγΌKatsun, Katsun, Katsun.
I tapped the egg three times on the cup.
When there was a decent crack madeγΌγΌpakari4 with one hand.
The egg safely entered the cup.
βThatβs all, this is the special skill that I have.β
βWhat do you mean............?
βI can crack eggs with one hand.β
βMYAAAAAγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌ!!!β
Lauraβs scream echoed.
βWhat in the world, are you saying?!!β ππ«β―ππβ―πnπΡ΅πl.cπΌπΊ
βThatβs literally what I mean. As far as I know, this is the only thing that I have.β
βWhat about amazing magic or monstrous strengths?!!β
βIf I have them, I wouldβve shown it.β
βMYAAAAAγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌ!!!β
The scream for the second time today echoed.
βImpossible! This is impossible!!β I am a Great Goddess of Wisdom, but I am also a Great Goddess in the Edge you know?!! I planned on recovering from a hopeless situation using the Random Familiar Summoning Ticket that I begged for, even doing a dogeza, throwing away my pride you know?!!! And that, it turned into a trash skill, what the heck is this?!! What the heck is this really?!!!β
Great Goddess in the Edge? What kind of vocabulary is that?
It might be something like a genius idiot, adding a negative to a positive making it negative.
I mean, this girl is the Goddess of Wisdom? Iβm the one who wants to ask what the heck is going on.
βI canβt understand with that, so explain it to me from the start.β
βWe Goddesses, we have the role of raising and leading humans!β
βHou.β
βAnd for us to live, we need God Points that would accumulate receiving sincerity or worship from humans!β
βIt makes you unable to skip on your work with that huh.β
βHowever, I skipped on my work! After I accumulated so much, I stayed aaaaaaaaall the time in my house5 not doing anything! Because of that, the God Points dropped sharply! On top of being chased away from my house, I was sent away to the remote areas, and my life is in danger!β
What a well-deserved punishment.
βThatβs why I asked the Goddess Assembly, I said that Iβll be a proper Goddess from now on! I begged for a Familiar Summoning Ticket that could summon a familiar from a different world!β
βAnd the result, itβs me who could only crack eggs with one hand......huh.β
βThatβs exactly it......!!β
βBy the way, if I help you, would there be anything good for me?β
Laura who was feeling down said cheerfully while putting a hand on her chest.
βI will be thankful!β
βEh......?!β
Towards me who was dumbfounded, Laura continued with high spirits.
βI am a God! And I am Great!! And me saying thanks, is Grand God Thanks! Donβt you think that it is a too much of a blessing, that a normal human would receive?!!!β
βI donβt!!!β
This Goddess, I want to release her to a river immediately!
I want to release her to a river and say βDonβt come any moreβ!!
No Catch! And Release!
βYou, were you thinking of a rude thing right now?!!β
βI did not, do such thing?β
Rather than being rude, itβs just my true feelings!
βThen, itβs fine......β
Laura easily let it go.
And when we were having such an idiotic conversation, my stomach growled.
Come to think of it, I was just thinking of going home because I got hungry.
βHey, Laura.β
βW-What?β
βYou, can you bring out food or something?β
βI am a Goddess you know! I am someone who would get food with tributes, not create them myself!β
βWhat about money......?β
βI am a Goddess you know! I am someone who would get money from tributes, not create them myself!β
How uselesssssssss!!!!
Astonished, I stopped relying on Laura.
βIf so, can you at least tell me where the nearest town is?β
βI donβt know!β
βHa......?β
βAfter all, it was only a month since I was sent here!β
Even though Level 1 Villagers know the nearest town?!
A Great God inferior to a Level 1 Villager, what kind of existence is that?!!
I mean.
Wait a second.
This situation, isnβt it quite serious?
Thereβs no cheat and the supporter is a useless goddess, and it is a forest after leaving the cave.
We also donβt know where the nearest village or town.
This, isnβt this already game over?!
When I thought of that, anxiety came out of somewhere.
However, even if I worry about that, the situation would not get better by itself.
I told myself, βHey, you. Keep yourself together yo!β, and tried to remove my anxiety.
If I remove it, I would not feel worried.
Thatβs perfect, bro.
βI understood that you are useless. Thatβs why, Iβll leave that just like that, so tell me a place where I could get food and water.β
βDo you really......need them......?β
βIsnβt that natural?!β
βFumyuu......β
The Useless Goddess Laura went outside crest-fallen.
βAs far as I know, the highest probability in this area, is that Toma Fruit growing in that tree.β
Laura showed her face from the bushes and pointed at a tree on a hill.
βI see......β
I nodded, at least.
The fruit growing in the tree has a persimmon-like shape.
It looks like you can get hydrated with it too.
ButγΌγΌ
(What the heck is that guy sleeping next to the tree?β)
(You canβt tell just by looking at it? Itβs a Chimera Lion. Itβs a monster that has the characteristics of having a lion body and head, and a snake tail.)
(Iβm asking because I know!!)
I shouted with a small voice.
(I-I-It canβt be helped right! If itβs a way that you can get proper food as far as I know, itβs only that tree!)
(Even though the was chickens?!)
(Those guys, they have poison you know......)
(Is that so......)
(Itβs almost the weakest as a kind of poison, but youβd normally get an upset stomach from it............)
βYou get an upset stomach with the weakest poison even though youβre a Goddess......?β, I thought, but I did not say it out.
Thereβs nothing good expecting anything from this girl whoβs inferior to a Level 1 Villager.
(But, that lion, he looks quite strong.)
(In fact, speaking of status, itβs Level 2869 and has about 35000 HP.)
(Haa?!!)
(A rookie adventurer is 20. A decent soldier is 30. A veteran would be around 80, and youβd be a master if you have 200.)
(2869 you say, isnβt that a monster?!!)
But, wait a second.
I am also someone who came from another world.
As clichΓ©s go......
(I am actually strong, or something......?)
(I think that youβre around Level 2 or 3.)
What the fuck!
(I mean, my status figures, itβs just a guess huh.)
(If my God Point accumulates, I can see it, but......)
(If those points accumulate, you would be able to create miracles or use skills huh.)
(Of course! I am Megami. In other words, God!!)
I think that both Megami and God means the same thing, but I did not pursue it.
(And so......thereβs such a strong lion there, so how will we get the fruit?)
(Itβs that.)
Laura pointed at its tail.
(That guyβs tail, itβs moving like *Piko......*, *Piko......*, right?)
(Yeah.)
(That guy is feeling the atmosphere with its tail just like that. It looks like itβs sleeping, but itβs actually awake.)
(When people got careless thinking that itβs sleeping, theyβd get swallowed......huh.)
(Thatβs right.)
Laura nodded silently.
(If we aim for opportunities when itβs eating its unwary prey or if it goes away to catch some, we can get the fruit.)
(Hearing that, that sounds easy.)
(Even for it, if it kills too much of its prey, nothing would approach there anymore.)
(I see.)
(Thatβs why, thatβs what weβre aiming for.)
Laura who spoke had a serious face.
I could not feel the traits of the Useless Goddess from her just earlier.
I began to see her in a new light.
ButγΌγΌ.
βHakuchun!!!β
She fucking did a huge sneeze.
βGURUuu............?β
The Lion-san too, slightly opened its eyes.
This Useless GoddessγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌγΌ!!!
(Aahhhh, ahhhh............!!)
The Useless Goddess Laura groaned with tears in her eyes.
But, however, the awakened level of Lion-san is only βslightβ.
If we hold our breaths here, the chances of letting it pass are high.
ButγΌγΌ
βWha-Wha-Wha! What should we doooo?. Kehma, Kehma, what should we doooo???!!!β
The Useless Goddess panicked.
She grabbed me by the collar and βshoutedβ crying.
The Lion-san completely opened its eyes.
βJust go run! Iβll buy you some time!!β
βUu! Uuu............!β
βHurry up!!β
βDonβt push yourself okay??????!!!!β
Laura ran away with a dash.
I let out a sigh.
Although it is fast, the opponent is just a beast.
I think that its movements are straightforward.
I mean, my chances to escape only depends on that.
Thatβs why I concluded that itβs just a beast, and bet everything on that.
From the speed it charges, I calculated the speed that the lion would chargeγΌγΌ
And jumped to the side!!
I barely dodged the lionβs first attack.
The huge shadow, passes above me.
At the same time, I grabbed some soil.
βTake this!!!β
I threw the soil to make it flinch.
While I did that, I picked up the fallen fruits and ran in a straight line.
This lion has its territory around the tree.
And wild animals rarely leave their territories.
It is because it is full of danger outside their territories where they do not know when they would receive a surprise attack.
Iβm not sure if the living things in this world are similar.
However, this lion made its territory around the tree.
It was said that it launches a surprise attack while acting asleep.
And doesnβt that only mean like this?
This lion, it is lazy.
As long as I dodge its first attack, there is enough possibility to escape!!
It is completely a gamble, but I won that bet.
I was able to escape safely and got the Toma Fruit as well.
On top of that, there is two of them.
Footnotes
1. Laura-chan likes the words Famous/Distinguished(ε½ε£«η‘ε-kokushimusou) and great (ε倧-idai)
2. Damegami (ι§ε₯³η₯) like Aqua in KonoSuba
3. ε½ε£«η‘ε Kokushimusou
4. Cracked open
5. Palace