Meet Beast Tamer, the mightiest species of cat ear girl banished from the brave party

"... Huh?

While everyone was surprised, Nina was decent in a way she didn't quite understand.

"Um... customer?

"Ha!?

The clerk sees me with weird eyes.

"Oh, no, it's nothing! It's okay."

"Oh, really? If you don't have a problem... yes. Feel free to let us know if you have any additional orders"

The clerk floated smiles and disappeared back again.

"Phew..."

I thought they were listening to me now...

It's bad for the heart.

"Uh... Guys, be quiet? I don't know what it's like to be surprised, but I don't really want anyone else to ask me what it is."

"Ugh, yeah. Sorry......"

"But you don't have a choice... how dare Rayne tell the next brave man..."

"When did you become such a story?

"I mean, what happens to Arios? Too many things I don't know."

Everyone looks strange...

I saw that. I tilt my neck, too.

"Is that it? Didn't we talk?

"I'm not talking to you! I don't know anything."

"I know Arios has been caught, but about the brave... oh well. Speaking of which, haven't we talked yet?"

Along the way, I totally forgot to tell you what was going on around there, such as that I was drawing the blood of a brave man, because I was about to fall into Arios or everyone was caught.

It's just the right opportunity, so let's talk about it.

That I'm pulling the blood of a brave man.

That Arios was imprisoned for disqualifying the brave.

And that the king wanted me to be the next brave man.

They were explained together.

"Huh... Rain's got the blood of a brave man... wow,"

"I see. Rayne's ability to take Tame was drawing the blood of a brave man. Then I can explain it, and I'll be satisfied."

Listen to me, some of you nod with a convincing face...

"Yikes!!! That bokeh brave man, he's finally caught! And you were imprisoned! Do it all."

"Shall I plug him in, yes? It sounds so funny not to give him his favorite things in front of him, but to eat them in front of him."

Some laugh at Arios' arrest...

"Nyah... Rain is the next brave man... wow, that's amazing!

"It's amazing, isn't it? Sora is very proud of Rayne's demon."

Some were very impressed.

"Hey, hey, so now we're gonna be a brave party?

"Hehe, you might be asked to sign or something. Hmm. You should practice your autographs now."

"I don't like to stand out... well, it doesn't feel bad to be respected. Huh."

Guys, I was paranoid with this.

And I'm sorry I took the form of a water prick...

"Uh... I told you earlier, if you're talking about brave men, I said no"

Silence.

And...

"" "" "WHAT!!!!?" ""

I lay my voice on it by the time it was stunning, and everyone looked up and was surprised.

... By the way, Nina is decent and at my pace.

"Uh... customer?

"Haha, hey, it's nothing. Anything. Never mind."

"Ha..."

Make a gesture of being quiet to everyone while you manage to deceive the clerk.

"Because I can't make you listen to anything else like this... why don't we keep our voices down?

"So, but... why? I can't believe I turned you down because I can be a brave man... Hey, how come?

Canade asks me how I don't know why.

Everyone else feels alike.

Well, I don't know how you feel. But I don't.

It's a hell of a lot to rank up from just an adventurer to a brave man.

Normally, there's no way I'd say no.

I don't...

"Hmmm...... I don't know"

It's hard to put my heart into words right now.

But I want to face everyone properly...

Awkward words, but one by one, line up your mind with words.

"I've talked to Canade and Tania before... and I'd like to hang in there if there's anything I can do. I want to do everything. That's what I was thinking... but I don't think I'm ready yet"

"Nha? Ready?"

"I'm ready to do it as a brave man, I guess that's what I mean"

I became a brave man.

Your goal is to crusade the Demon King.

... Oh, my God, that's not such an easy story.

The qualification of brave man is heavy.

Very... probably heavier than I imagined.

We have to take expectations from people...

Essentially, failure is never acceptable.

And above all, the brave must give top priority to the mission of the brave.

For example, save the lives of your fellow men or take the lives of the Demon King.

Suppose you ran into one of those two occasions...

We must be able to stab Todome at the Demon King without getting lost.

That's what a brave man is.

"I... I'm not ready to get that far yet. Sacrificing everyone at a time of need… not very much, but unlikely to do it"

"That's an extreme story, I think Sola..."

"No. Unfortunately, it's not. You figured out in this previous case that you don't know when and what kind of situation you're gonna be in?

"Ugh... that's well..."

"And when it comes to fighting demon kings, danger is inevitable. Being strong in a fight like that is like sacrificing your people... to be honest, that's kind of what you think."

"Rain is too kind. Don't worry about us, okay?

"That's not how it works. They're all my precious people."

If I can do it, if I can do it...

I want to defeat the Demon King and make the world peaceful.

But when it comes to putting danger on my people for that, I get really lost.

You're right if they say it's sweet, and I can't argue with anything.

But...

For me, he's a really important companion.

As important a fellow as my own life...... no, more important than that.

"Doesn't Rain care too much? I feel like I'm thinking too deeply about the mission of a brave man, but I..."

"Well, I guess so."

"Why don't you think about it more easily?

"That's not how it works. If we don't think about it and face up to that responsibility... or we'll be like Arios"

"Ugh... I don't like that. It's very convincing."

"Right?

I'll joke lightly and say it.

Tania chuckles.

"And I think there are things you can't do without being an adventurer."

"Yeah? What kind of thing is that?

"Normal...... Boo, Ken?

"Nina, it's a shame"

"Zane......"

"What do you mean... a request?

"Well, that's pretty much the right thing to do"

Soon it was in quiz format.

"When you're a brave man, you can't ask for a normal favor. If the brave man had easily taken on the request, everyone would ask him... and if there was a hippo doing that, go on a demon king crusade journey."

"Well, you know what, a brave man?"

"If that's the case, there may be people out there who can help but can't. I don't like that... I don't like that."

"Yeah... that's who Rain is... right"

"Uh, I think so, that's the idea. We prefer that."

Nina and Tina laughed at me to agree with my thoughts.

Everyone else looks the same to me.

Everybody stay together...

Thanks to you for staying by my side...

I can move forward confidently.

Companions don't just fight together.

I felt that way again, that being together was like supporting my mind as well.

"So I... I wanted to keep doing this adventurer who could help people close to me, not the brave ones who save the world. That's the answer I gave."

"Oh well...... yeah! That sounds like a really Rain answer. Don't think I'm good."

Canade smiled and endorsed me.

Everyone else nods, as if to signal it.

"Of course, if the war against the Demons starts in earnest or anything like that, I'm going to hang in there, too."

"But if Rayne refuses to be a brave man, it's gonna be an empty seat, right? Isn't that a problem?

"There's nothing wrong with that. 'Cause I'm not the only brave candidate, it seems like there's more."

"Well, you do... you're not gonna be like that scumbag brave guy again, are you?

"Tania, don't say this... well, I can't argue with you, and I'd rather agree with you"

"Rayne says so, too."

We laugh at each other limply.

"I wonder if I need to worry about that. The king is wise, so he won't repeat the same mistake... and think about measures. Well, it's not like you're going to be brave any time soon."

"Someone said no, so we quickly stopped deciding!

"... don't tell me that"

To Luna's point, I look bitter...

Everyone laughed at me like that.