Chapter 1

"Are you kidding me...?"

I, Koji Furutani, was in a state of panic in front of my computer screen, which displayed various currency exchange rates.

──I messed up.

On my first FX trade, I incurred an unprecedented loss...

Just five minutes ago, my account balance was a million yen, but it had instantly dropped to zero, and I couldn't accept this reality... I just kept scratching my head frantically.

I am currently a second-year university student.

Since entering university, I have been working part-time day and night without even joining a club... I worked hard to save up a million yen.

The reason was, "I don't want to get a job."

I planned to become a billionaire through FX, earn enough money to last a lifetime while still a college student, and enjoy an early retirement life—that was my life plan.

Why did I work part-time so hard even though I didn't want to get a job?

Well, it's because I needed capital to start trading FX.

I worked part-time reluctantly as the first step to a billionaire's life.

I decided that I would only work for that period, which is why I could work so hard.

But... that dream just vanished like a bubble.

The capital I had saved up so hard was completely wiped out in just one trade.

I had heard that the higher the "leverage," the more you could earn, so I set it to the maximum of 25 times, but did I get cursed for it?

Anyway, what I can understand now is that my year of hellish effort has been reset to zero.

"Damn it..."

While suppressing the urge to chug a tequila and lose consciousness, I started thinking about what to do next.

Should I go back to a year of hellish part-time work and gather the capital again?

No... but the thought of making such a mistake again makes me lose the will to do so.

Or should I give up on this dream and live a normal life?

No... I really don't want to do that.

Or... in this era, could I start a video channel like "FX-ruined College Student" and maybe make a fortune from ad revenue?

As I thought, the reality became too hard to accept, and I started coming up with increasingly absurd ideas.

No, to begin with, people around me might think I'm crazy for even saying I want to become a billionaire through FX and retire early.

...No use.

Today, everything I think about just turns negative.

I gave up on thinking and headed to the refrigerator to get some tequila.

But then, at that moment,

a strange voice echoed in my head.

＜Skill: "Dungeon Inner Magic Essence Arbitrage" acquired＞

...Skill?

...Dungeon Inner Magic Essence Arbitrage??

I vaguely remembered that dungeons were these mazes that appeared on Earth a few years ago, where you could defeat fantasy monsters and obtain resources.

I put the tequila back in the refrigerator and decided to first verify this skill I had somehow acquired.

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