"...… It pained me greatly but"
The next day after the Conferment Ceremony.
Before this I was holing myself in my room the whole time in a
dumbfounded state. Then Tou-san summoned me at the evening.
Normally, the whole family would be in the dining hall chatting at this time.
But this day, Tou-san summoned me alone in his office.
Other than Tou-san and me, there was only the veteran butler of Scarlet
House, Sebastian.
"I love you. I intended to show you the path of happiness no matter what
kind of Gift you obtain. But… it's, you know… Scarlet house is the sword
of the king, and our family lineage is filled with Holy Knight that is also the
symbol of the church. There is a limit to everything."
Tou-san was speaking awkwardly. It was like his usual cheerfulness was
just a lie.
"The matter of your Gift has already become a rumor throughout the city.
The king himself and the church has also notified me directly to do
something about it. Now that the uproar has spread this far, it'll be hard for
you to live in this city."
It was just as Tou-san said.
Gift Incubus.
Skill Peerless.
There was no way I could live properly after the surrounding knew that I
had been given such disgraceful shitty Gift.
In the first place I was staying the whole time in my room for a whole day
was because I didn't want to meet anyone who knew me. In other words I
didn't want to meet anyone.
"Therefore, you are disowned starting today. I want you to leave this city
and live on your own."
That was why Tou-san's order wasn't anything unreasonable at all. It was
also something that I myself wished for.
"But just don't forget this one thing no matter what. Although you're
disowned, it's just on paper. Father will always help you if you are in
trouble. I'll give you the money for your living in the meantime, so for now
head to the west. Be reborn as just Erio and build a life of your own at the
countryside where no rumor from the capital can reach."
"…Yes."
Like this, I got banished from the capital where I was born and raised and
left behind my kind family.
.
.
.
I departed at the middle of night.
The timing when everyone was asleep was picked. I left behind the imperial
capital without anybody else knowing except my family.
This was my first time leaving the city by myself but, my family hadn't
only taught me swordsmanship, but also various other things like economy
and city structure with actual practice, so I didn't feel that anxious about
what I should do in the future. I also had money with me.
But as expected, the despair and feeling of loss of suddenly losing
everything out of nowhere hit my heart hard.
Everything was the fault of this Gift that I received yesterday.
"Haa…"
I was looking down on my status card in a daze within the shaking carriage.
It was a mysterious card that was bestowed from the church to me at my
fourth birthday. It was displaying my level and the skill I had.
Erio Scarlet Human
Skill in possession: Peerless Lv 1
The reality didn't change no matter how many times I looked at it.
An embarrassing Gift and an embarrassing skill.
I let out another sigh. I had lost count of how many times I sighed since
yesterday.
"Even so…"
I unconsciously muttered while looking at the skill column that was
displayed by the status card.
"My lower body has been feeling excessively hot since yesterday. Is it
because of this Peerless skill's fault…?"
I turned my focus toward my lower body that had been radiating out heat
and itchiness since yesterday.
I hadn't really paid any attention to it until now because of the shock from
receiving this disgraceful Gift but, it was difficult to do that in this current
situation where there was nothing to do except feeling the shaking of the
carriage.
I couldn't ignore it once I focused on it.
I had never felt this turned on before this, so I quietly moved my hand
toward my lower body.
What I found there, was my other half that had become incomparably more
impressive then yesterday.
"Is this also the fault of my Gift and skill…? Aah geez, no wonder I got
banished if it's like this…"
The Gift's effect was just too obscene.
I fell into deep self-hatred. However I comforted myself as though to run
from reality.
There wasn't anybody else but me inside the carriage anyway. Anyone
outside also wouldn't be able to hear anything because of all the shaking on
the road.
I had lost everything, so there was no point being bothered by small things
at this point.
"…uh"
I dealt with my raging son with such feeling of emptiness but…
"Eh… what's with this…?"
I had certainly let it out plenty, and yet my lower body's itchiness wouldn't
calm down at all.
"It won't settle down at all just from coming once…!?"
This was the first time this happened.
Well, even I'm a healthy boy at this age, so I can recover fast.
But wanting to let it out once more right after letting it out, this was the first
time.
"Uu, just what the hell is this Gift… it's really the worst…"
I can't go on anymore.
Was there some kind of mistake that misplaced my actual Gift? I looked
down on my status plate again even though it was meaningless.
"…Eh?"
At this time, I was seriously flustered, thinking that I might have seriously
lost it from too much shock.
After all the status plate's display had changed from before.
Erio Scarlet Human
Skill in possession
Peerless Lv 1
"Eh? Why did I level up…?"
I spoke with a dumbfounded tone.