The Healer Banished From The Party, In Fact, Is The Strongest

"Mr. Ronald?

I didn't think Mr. Ronald was in there, and I was squeaking.

Mr. Ronald tells me to smile the same way. [M]

"For once, I was here before Laust came."

Mr. Ronald, who told him so, had liquor and thoughts in his hands, not in his usual armor.

Look at that. I understand that Mr. Ronald's words are true.

... Apparently, I was distracted by the people around me and just didn't notice Mr. Ronald.

"Sorry, I'm a little distracted by something else."

"No, I don't care. I know Laust has lost his mind."

Mr. Ronald forgives me with an unchanging smile when I apologize.

"I just need to talk to you for a minute, okay?

That being said, what Mr. Ronald pointed to was the location of a building that was sparse in popularity.

I'm talking about Mr. Ronald, so is something wrong?

"... could you wait a minute?

Though I thought so, I couldn't immediately acknowledge Mr. Ronald's words.

Nothing, I'm not even listening to Mr. Ronald, and I'm not thinking of continuing my search for Narsena.

Looking for Narsena can still be done in time after a conversation with Mr. Ronald.

... because it's not like a lot of adventurers are pushing us around, like when we were in the guild room.

And I can also see Mr. Ronald taking care of himself and saying he's going out of his way to talk to me in a less popular place.

The adventurer found me, and he dared to designate a place away from me so that I wouldn't make a scene.

But the desire to stop Marnell and his adventurers from pushing him as soon as possible was holding back Mr. Ronald's acknowledgment of his words.

Looking at me and Marnell and the others, Mr. Ronald asks me strangely.

"... do you want to stop the Marnells so much? Don't Laust like being pushed by people?

"I'm like Mr. Ronald and my master, because people never push me."

... There are no humans who don't feel comfortable being chased by people who don't talk like that.

"Ha. Do you hate it so much? I'm sorry, I should have stopped you."

Mr. Ronald laughs with pleasure as to whether such an inside-out was commonplace.

"But would you forgive me if I could? This is what Marnell and the others wanted as their reward."

"... instead of my own reward?

It was then that I inadvertently shut up, trying so hard to say no.

"Speaking of which, weren't there any Lausts? Actually, we talked about it once after we pulled it up to a labyrinth city barrier for a paragraph. To motivate the active adventurer, I thought I'd give him a bounty after the labyrinth."

We'd be more than comfortable, and I remember looking at Mr. Ronald like that.

In the square, I also heard about Marnell and the others being active.

"So I've decided to give roughly any adventurer and how much bounty, but they're the only ones who say no. He wants to spread what his benefactor did more correctly than he does."

When I heard the words, I couldn't push myself into inner amazement.

I knew Marnell and the others admired me.

But I never thought I'd mention that until I threw my bounty at him.

Mr. Ronald, still laughing, still tells me to tell him.

"Even if he doesn't care, the only reason a benefactor is being unfairly acclaimed is because it's hard to tell."

I looked at Marnell and the others again and squealed a little.

"... the way I do things is too forceful."

In the first place, the evaluation I hear in the square was subtly strange as well.

Nonetheless, the Marnells are delicately off doing what they do.

Though I thought so, I didn't feel like stopping Marnell and the others anymore.

"Shall we go then?"

As I guessed it, Mr. Ronald walked away.

I walk out on that back without saying anything in particular.

Along the way, Mr. Ronald tells you.

"Sorry, Laust. Tomorrow, the adventurer will tell Laust not to push. But I'm glad you stopped Marnell and the others."

"... Huh?

When I overheard the words, Mr. Ronald turned to Marnell and the others.

"Whether you will be a hero or not. That would change adventurers a lot."

"What do you mean?

"It means that you are the support of the adventurer. That's more than a bounty."

There was emotion in Mr. Ronald's voice like that.

"Honestly, I didn't think adventurers would be willing to go this far. The adventurer here was a normal young man."

"... a normal young man, is it?

"Oh. An ordinary young man who is easier to handle than an adventurer who let go, but who doesn't know why he became an adventurer. That's my impression. I don't feel like they're willing to risk their lives to achieve their ambitions.... Honestly, I was worried about how to motivate you."

I was convinced by Mr. Ronald. [M]

I'm not willing to risk my life for ambition, that's a natural story.

Anyway, the labyrinth orphan just lives as an adventurer because there was no other way to live.

I know you're not interested in wealth or honor, but all Labyrinth orphans want more than that is just to survive.

"So thank you so much, Laust. With you, that's all their mentality can hold and heal. ─ Above all, they can grow with you at their core."

I felt that Mr. Ronald's words, which I told him so, contained a hint of sympathy.

I felt it, and I questioned Mr. Ronald.

After being lost for a moment, I throw the question to Mr. Ronald.

"When the adventurer escaped, did Mr. Ronald dare to leave only labyrinth orphans in the labyrinth city?

As far as I can remember, most of the remaining adventurers in this labyrinth city were adventurers who were thought to be young labyrinth orphans.

Of course, it's not like there 'll never be adventurers from outside the city, but I don't think most of them are in labyrinth cities.

"No, I just didn't have time for that. At that time, my priority was only to see how well I could drive an adventurer who would be handicapped to lead a city out of a labyrinth city."

"... Huh?

"At that time, I was really late to notice.... If I had noticed, I would have used it better."

Nothing changed at all, and I could not hide my agitation from Mr. Ronald, who said so.

What more does Mr. Ronald want, in the form of eliminating the intruders, while making full use of them?

... Because of my mind, I feel the evil Aura is coming out of Mr. Ronald and I snap my cheeks.

But soon Mr. Ronald's atmosphere returned to normal.

"Well, when it comes to letting adventurers get away, they didn't have any purpose for it, but they have pure sympathy for labyrinth orphans."

Mr. Ronald tells, looking at the Marnells, who are far away and almost invisible anymore.

"The environment around them is truly sympathetic."

Having lived as a labyrinth orphan myself, I had to admit what Mr. Ronald said.

Since birth, it's a society of adventurers you can't trust except your peers that surrounds you.

Few survive in labyrinth cities, even with useful skills, being abused as incompetent just because of their inability to fight.

As a matter of fact, I don't know what happened to the labyrinth orphan in the orphanage I was in.

On the contrary of incompetence, I was to be expelled, but it was most fortunate for me to have been admitted to the healer's training center.

So I think. [M]

I'm sure you're working with me now, but I'm sure I won't trust Mist until now.

... because it's the mist that created this hell.

Suddenly, Mr. Ronald stopped when he was thinking about it.

"Laust, it's time to ask you a few questions, okay?

"Yes!

Looking around in reply to the words, I notice.

This is where Mr. Ronald was pointing, the destination.

... a little too far away from the Marnells, I think.

Honestly, I don't feel the adventurer will listen to me, not in the alley in front of me, not in a place with so few people so far.

While you're thinking about it, Mr. Ronald starts talking.

"Wounds cut by an orga don't hurt anymore? How bad are the wounds? How long are we gonna be able to move?

But I accidentally frowned on Mr. Ronald's question.

All of Mr Ronald's questions were what I thought someone would be telling him.

Indeed, if they haven't reported it, I'm also convinced that Mr. Ronald has spoken to me again in this way, but maybe he hasn't?

No, that might also be something we can't help.

… By now, I am convinced that I have conceived of Lila, who would be surrounded by adventurers.

If we're all that busy, maybe we'll just have to explain later.

Yes, I've sorted myself out. I'm going to answer the questions.

"Oh, yes. It's all right now. The wounds are almost blocked and I think we can move in two days"

"Right. Like Lyla said, no, a little better than that."

It was not until I heard the words of Mr. Ronald that I learned that my judgment was wrong.

I don't know why I'm going back to hearing what Lila told me, but I have doubts about Ronald.

"So, have you done Heels once since Auga cut you? Until we cut to Fenrill."

But without worrying about how I am, Mr. Ronald throws one question after another.

While I manage to answer that question, I ask unexpectedly.

"Yes, no. I haven't been to Heels in the meantime. How could you do that?

"... Yeah, I'm sorry. You didn't kidnap me for asking such roundabout questions."

─ ─ It was then that Mr. Ronald's atmosphere changed.

I breathe breathlessly, feeling my skin poppy. [M]

Look at this one Even though Mr. Ronald's face wasn't changed, I remember the illusion of being replaced by someone else who looked exactly like him.

It was then that I realized why Mr. Ronald had brought me to a sparsely populated place, and not just to keep the adventurer from talking.

... that Mr. Ronald had designated a place like this so that no one would ask.

"Well, let me ask you something."

In response, Mr. Ronald opens his thin eyes... and asks as he peeks from them.

"─ Laust, are you really human?