4-4. Dropped in the valley

I get close to the valley and am forced to stand on the ground.

My face is turned toward the valley. My arms are grabbed and I can't move.

This valley is so deep that I can't see the bottom of it. If I fall, I will die for sure.

''Well ... wait, are you really going to drop me?''

'Defective people don't deserve to live. You should die.

No, no, I don't want to die.

You have no right to live in this world.

It's unreasonable, too unreasonable.

No right to life?　Then don't summon it.

Don't be silly, why do I have to go through this?

It's true that I was a bottom-feeder, but I don't remember acting in a way that would cause trouble for people.

You've got to be kidding me. What the hell is this?

What's so bad about being low on the marginal level?

I can't die for such an unreasonable reason.

I'm going to try to escape, but my hands are gripped tightly and I can't escape.

I don't want to waste my time on you, I'm going to drop you.

After being told this with a blank expression, the retainer pushes me back without any hesitation.

The push is so strong that I am thrown into the air, unable to resist.

I reach up and try to grab something, but there's nothing.

I fell to the bottom of the valley.

Time slows down. And memories of the past come flooding back. It's called a running start.

Looking back, I wonder how many moments of happiness there were in the past 25 years.

It was fun when I was a kid. But as time went by, it became harder and harder to live.

Without having much fun, I was summoned to another world, and then I was killed in cold blood like this.

Was there any meaning to my life?　

Was getting killed like a piece of garbage the life of me, Takahashi Tetsuya?

No, no, no, no, no.

I don't wanna die.

I don't wanna die.

I don't wanna die just from living this meaningless life.

I don't want to die.

I don't wanna die.

I don't want to die, I repeat in my head over and over again.

But the speed of my fall doesn't slow down, and I keep falling inexorably.

Finally, the time has come for me to fall to the ground.

My meaningless life has come to an end with it.

There was none.

I fell onto something strangely soft.

It seemed to be bouncy, and the resilience made my body bounce a lot, and then I fell off of it, and then bounced again, and then repeated a few times.

Eventually, I fall down on my back.

I try to figure out what I fell out of and it appears to be an oversized mushroom.

I seemed to have fallen under a fairly bouncy mushroom umbrella.

Was I saved?

The very miracle happened. I had nine lives.

I was about to be killed by such an unreasonable eye, and maybe God had saved me.

I'm basically a non-religious person, but this was the one time I almost believed in the existence of God.

No it's true that I didn't fall down and die, but........

You can't get up there.

So we'll have to find a place to go up, somehow.

The valley is quite wide.

You can't even see what's on the other side.

I don't think it will be easy to find a place to climb up, though.

To be honest, I'm not at all optimistic about the situation.

If we don't get out, will we have to live here for the rest of our lives?　What about food?　Would you like to try these mushrooms?　If it's poisoned, it will kill you.

No, don't think about it negatively.

Well, we're alive. We've got our lives back. We're going to make it out of the valley alive.

I climbed down out of the mushroom and started looking for a place to hide.