"I will be the best swordsman in the world. And I will be strong enough to protect anyone.

　Isaac, a childhood friend of mine, declared in a loud voice and slashed at a wooden doll in front of my eyes.

　The wooden doll had a big gash in it.



"I'm going to be the best wizard in the world!"

　Emmy waved her wand, and fireballs shot through the air in all directions.

　Then she shot a fireball at a rock and it exploded with a loud bang.



"Wow, I ...... wish I could be a woman who can heal any injury."

　A large number of empty potion bottles are placed in front of Kara.

　As Kara casts a spell, the clear liquid in the jars of potions increases rapidly.



"I'm ......."

　I wish I could be with everyone and have fun forever.

　So let's help them to make their dreams come true.

　And .......

　We were four good friends who grew up in the village of Graela, the closest village to the Devil's Castle.



　When we turned 12 years old, the village priest gave us an evaluation and told us our proper occupations.

　Isaac was a gladiator who was close to his goal of becoming the best gladiator in the world.

　Emmy is the wizard she has always wanted to be.

　Kara was a saint who healed and guided people.

　I was a ...... saintly beastman, which is a very different profession.



　The priest had never heard of a beastman, and it was so rare that he had never even heard of it.

　It was not even listed in the list of occupations in the village.



"That's great, Rock!　It's really cool of you to be a holy beast master." "No, it's not.

"That's not true. Even Emmy trained to be a wizard since she was a little girl.



"It's true. I'm just a run-of-the-mill gladiator. Locke's still amazing."

No, no, no. Isaac's the heart of our offense.



I can use the same holy chi as Locke, so let's train together.

"We're all counting on Kara's recovery. Let's work together!"



"By the way, isn't this a pretty well-balanced party with a holy beast user, a magician, a saint, and my gladiator?"

"No doubt about it!　Let's make this the best party ever!"



　Everyone held out their fists and raised them high in the sky.

　The sky was clear and the sun seemed to shine brightly on our path.



　Three years passed.

　We had come from our village to the royal city of Krondt as a party of adventurers.

　With our original talent and luck, we had become an S-class party in a short period of three years.

　However, there was a gap between us.



Hey, Emmy, just hold your head up high already. There's no advantage to partying with them anymore."

"I don't care about the ...... merits of it either," he said.　We've been together this whole time."

We're done thinking about our own party. We need to grow up as an S-class party. He's done until he's twelve."



　I was standing in front of my rented room on the second floor of the inn, listening to the voices inside.



"We are the party of the S class, the party that everyone admires and envies. That's why we have to go higher and higher, and we can't afford to take care of the small fry forever. You know what I'm saying?　We can't take the chance that a brave man will be interested in our party. We can fire him and it will all work out.



　I couldn't open the door.

　Isaac continued to ramble on.



"That thing was great until it was 12 years old. But now he's just a useless liability. There are plenty of people who could replace him. I'm sure he'd be happy just to be a part of the S-class party. Usually they cut you down before you make it to the S class. If a brave man joins us the king won't be able to ignore us and it'll be good for our village. It will speed up the fulfillment of everyone's dreams.



　Being a holy beast master, a very rare profession, I tried my best to live up to everyone's expectations in the beginning. But, of course, holy beasts were not that rare.



　I thought that I could find some information if I came to Krondt, but it was a very rare profession to be a holy beast master even in Krondt.

　It is not that there were no holy beasts at all in the past, but most of them have either been searching for them all their lives or have taken up another profession for the rest of their lives.



　Even though there were no holy beasts in the past, I have contributed to the party because I could learn various skills related to them. There are many skills of a holy beast user that can be used to support his friends even if he does not have a holy beast.



　Since I was a supportive person from a young age, I improved the basic strength of my companions by using support magic and blessings on their equipment. I also took the initiative in carrying luggage, cooking, keeping watch, scouting, and even acting as a wall.

　I also negotiated with the guilds and took care of all the troublesome tasks.



　As everyone specialized and trained, I learned the basic skills to support everyone and to be able to handle any job that came my way.

　But my contribution was not understood at all.



"Tomorrow, we will meet the brave men and dive into the dungeon. With the power we lacked, we should be able to conquer the dungeon of fire. Then we can say goodbye to it.



"Yes, we can't use the lock, but we've worked hard as childhood friends. But we've worked so hard as childhood friends, you don't have to cut him off.



Amy, I think we're done here. You can go deal with that one on your own. By the way, you're taking that dress to the dungeon tomorrow?"



"Yes. Isn't it nice?　It was expensive and you don't want it to get stolen. I'm not a child, so I won't complain about having one more piece of luggage.



　I knock on the door, open it, and the room goes quiet.






"Well, I'm going to bed. Rock, you better get your ass in gear and get ready for tomorrow. Just don't make any clattering noises. Unlike you, we're busy tomorrow."



　Isaac says to me as I go to the store to get ready for tomorrow and gets under the covers.

　We all slept in the same room at the inn because we had grown up together since we were little.



　But nowadays, as is the norm, I'm the only one not allowed to use a bed, and I sleep on the floor.



　In a party, priority is given to those who can participate in battle and defeat the enemy, and those who can heal.

　Even if I covered for them or played an active role in a place where they couldn't see me, they just took it for granted that I did so.



　The fact that a brave man is going to join the party means that I will be fired tomorrow.

　It was a shock to me because I had worked with them since I was a child and considered them my friends.

　That night, I cried silently on the floor with a thin blanket over me.