【This work will be published as a book under the title "Old Man Axe-Wielding Adventurer's Flirty-Erotic Harem Heroic Tale!" Scheduled for release at the end of May from Famitsu Bunko, with illustrations by Tsurugi Hagane!】

【The cover illustration for the book version has been revealed! Please check it out at the bottom of this table of contents page!】

"Hey old man, you're just getting in the way now. Get out of our party. It's a nuisance to have you around any longer, seeing as you have no skill and no room for growth."

One day, Douglas was told this by a young, talented swordsman.

A beautiful priestess and a female mage huddled close to the young swordsman, both sneering at Douglas.

Douglas, an axe-wielding old man adventurer, was diligent and hardworking but lacked talent, leading an unrewarded life with not a single romantic encounter.

The young adventurers he had protected in their rookie days had now surpassed him in skill, and he was even kicked out of the party because he was deemed a nuisance to their intimate activities.

These young adventurers possessed youth, talent, and good looks, completely unacquainted with grueling effort.

Perhaps only such individuals were truly fitting to be the protagonists of the heroic tales sung by bards──

Douglas continued to do what he could without becoming embittered, despite such thoughts, but one day a turning point arrived for him.

Betrayed by his new party members, on the brink of death deep within ancient ruins, Douglas encountered an axe.

It was an intelligent weapon of mythical, fearsome power.

Douglas, whose character was recognized by this sacred axe—not a holy sword—and who became its master, gained power far beyond what any ordinary person could achieve, thanks to his tireless efforts until then.

His life drastically changed from that day forward.

As he became successively adored and admired by a beastkin girl, a tomboyish swordswoman, a pure and wise young girl, and others, the old man adventurer rose to become a hero everyone envied.