Chapter 1 (1/2)

Prologue

“At last, I found it…”

Those were the only words that left my mouth while an indescribable sense of acco

After slashi+ng down a nu amyself to the limit I finally found it—- theall this time was finally in front of me

A book placed on an altar-like pedestal

Everything I did was in order to get this, I ca my life

I’m Noah Whitefield

Although I have a surna noble household I'm just the third son of a lower ranked noble whose territory is in the provinces, a rural area of sorts And I say territory, but it's not really owned by us, my faing a part of his territory My father has the position of Baron, but he was practically just the errand boy of the frontier Earl

And I, as born in such a house, could be called of noble origins But soht for us, who felt pleased by having so ourselves nobles

Moreover, my brothers, the eldest son and the second son are alive For those born into aristocracy, only one, the eldest son, had the right to inherit the household It is a house with not reat deal to inherit it, but my eldest brother decided to assume that role

That’s why the second son, ht’s order And I followed suit, choosing to become and adventurer

Everything in order to attain this book that currently lied in front of me

“This is…『Book of Job Exchange』……！ “

Professions were a heaven’s gift

Every person would receive a profession when they reached the age of fifteen It was given in the form of the enhancement of that person’s own attributes It is completely unknohat the criteria is to receive what Profession One theory said that what the person most desired was reflected in the received Profession, but there were a lot of theories around, adding to that the circumstances of birth, or the experience the person has had so far But all in all, the truth was that nobody really understood how they were given Actually, there was a son of a baker as given『Master Blacksmith』 as a Profession once

For exaht』Profession, like Rei-nii-san, could join the Knight’s Order, even if that person was a coiven by Professions was valued

I too, received a heaven’s gifted Profession when I was fifteen

Excitedly, I waited in anticipation of whether it would be『Knight』too like ician』, or wondered if I would instead get one of the laer』or『Merchant』 But whatever Profession I was bestoith, I illing to accept it as my vocation

But the vocation that was given to me was —- It was 『Hero』

Let ain It was 『Hero』

A Hero was a syainst terrible oal was to defeat the De

Across history, it was always a Hero, that with a Hero Profession, the one who fought against the De to defeat it

There was only one person in the whole world with this Profession, and it was recognized in every country that said person had a civil duty, to go out in a journey to defeat the De until the task was completed And I became ‘that’ Hero

But excuse me if I decline

That’s what I've been thinking since I found out Why was it always the role of the Hero to defeat the De?

In the first place, fighting against the Dedoesn'tra was trying to conquer the world, which currently was peaceful So, in this country, where our slightly belligerent neighbor was far , I didn't see the need for a Hero Well, I can't say for sure that the De had no plans of world conquest

In short, this was the reason of iven the『Hero』Profession, I felt nothing but despair

The priest who perfor with those friends who attended the cere but despair

The only good point was that, during the cere the bestowal, could hear the words So, unless a Magician applied 《analyze》 on you, the profession you received was basically self-declaredAs for the occupations like of those serving the country, for exa to lie about it was less

That's why I decided to lie 『Villager』hat I said

Both the priest ander』 was considered a fail occupation that didn't provide with extra abilities nor it reinforced your physical structure When I reported it to father, he threw abusive words at 「You really are worthless!」

However, that was still good

The moment I declare my Job to be 『Hero』, I will be thrown into a hellish journey, literally banished until I defeat the De

“Haa……”

Therefore, I went on a journey while constantly hiding the fact that I was a 『Hero』