Prologue 1
There is a small tunnel where only a child could fit through, as the clothes rubbed against the rough surfaces of the wall. Miners called it the “Racoon hole”.
I was sitting down, taking a break and drinking water from my water bottle as my tattered backpack sat by my side when I heard a loud voice from the Racoon hole.
「I found a skill orb!」
「That should do it for today’s quota!」I got up and called back into the depths of the Racoon hole.
The depths of the Raccoon hole is not pitch black as it may sound. The walls emit a pale light due to a mysterious force. This seems to be a similar feature of places called “dungeons”, where monsters appear. But the dungeon where I and Lark were was a little different from the rest. It is one of the only eight places in the world where you can discover skill orbs.
「What’s wrong, Lark?」
I didn’t get any replies, so I stuck my head into the Racoon hole and called out to her. Lark is 3 years older than me, and she was the youngest person in this mine before I was sold here 3 years ago.
So she always acts like my “big sister”.
But… that isn’t too bad. Before I came here, I was miserably poor and weak, and what little food I had was often stolen from me. So I am grateful I have “big sister” Lark to look out for me now. After all, not only was I not given any food but a name either.