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"My party has no need for an incompetent who can only provide magic support! Thus, I hereby expel you!!"

I—Ishua—was expelled for such an unreasonable reason.

By the very Hero who was meant to carry the hopes of the world.

A Mana Porter is a crucial job, the linchpin of any party, supplying magic power to those running low.

"Without me, this party will quickly run out of magic power and won't be able to fight properly. You should reconsider."

"Silence! Don't talk back, you dropout!!"

Although I was thus expelled—

"Wait! Ishua-senpai!"

The one who chased after me was, surprisingly, Aria, the Saintess of the Hero's party.

She was a junior from when I attended the adventurer training academy.

"I was so full of regret, thinking you had abandoned me, senpai."

"No matter how you look at it, the Hero's party was only barely managing because of you, wasn't it, senpai!"

Aria pleaded through her tears.

The Hero, unbelievably, apparently expelled me without telling the other party members.

"I'll follow you, senpai!"

"There's no future following a leader like that."

Aria declared definitively, explicitly stating her wish to continue traveling with me.

And so, the journey with the Saintess began.

Meanwhile, the Hero's party was plunged into chaos.

The Hero, who had unilaterally expelled Ishua, was being assailed by all the other members.

Everyone except the Hero understood that Ishua was a crucial member who supported the party.

Nevertheless, he wielded the Hero's authority and forcefully tried to push through the conquest of an A-rank dungeon.

However, with two members gone, that was impossible for the Hero's party, which would quickly exhaust its magic power.

—Dark clouds hung over the Hero's party, stretching as far as the eye could see.

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