Chapter 1

"I will exile you!"

The man's loud voice echoed throughout the tavern.

Pointing his finger and glaring is Lux, the party leader of the S-rank adventurer party, "Sword of Glory."

Around Lux, three female party members stood close by, grinning and enjoying the situation.

"You may be able to handle powerful magic, but you can't work as a team! Today, you almost hit me with your magic!"

He was scolding not me, but the girl standing behind me.

Her name, I believe, is...

"Are you listening! Teresa!"

Yes, her name is Teresa. She is a powerful mage.

"Let me make this clear, this isn't just my opinion, but the opinion of all the party members!"

Teresa, who had been looking down, did not respond.

"I've already spread your bad reputation to everyone here! If you understand, get out of here right now!"

Upon hearing Lux's words, Teresa turned on her heel and left the adventurer guild.

"Really! After all the trouble we went through with her, she didn't even say a word at the end. Kicking her out was the right decision."

"Her magic almost hit me, and I was always afraid of being attacked from behind when I was with her. Kicking her out was the right decision."

"At least now we won't have to deal with Lux's weird advances."

The members of "Sword of Glory" were happily gossiping about Teresa, who had just left.

Other adventurers, perhaps afraid of making an enemy of an S-rank adventurer, remained silent.

"Anyway, no one will want to team up with her now. Serves her right."

I stood in front of Lux, who was laughing loudly.

"Excuse me, can I say something?"

"What is it, you?"

"I'm Galion, a C-rank adventurer."

My intervention caused a stir among the other adventurers, and Lux looked puzzled.

"What do you want?"

Seemingly annoyed, Lux's expression turned sour.

"Well, I was listening to your conversation, and I think the reason for her exile isn't sufficient. It doesn't seem fair, you know?"

"Reason for exile? What, the one I just gave isn't enough?"

Lux sneered at me, mocking me. I smiled broadly and said loudly enough for everyone to hear.

"Because I saw it. The other day, I saw Lux over there hitting on his girlfriend."

"What!?"

Lux's face changed in shock at my words.

"I believe I heard you say, 'You want to stay in this party, right? Then go out with me.'"

"Wh-What! Don't make things up!"

He shouted, his face turning red, trying to silence me.

"Ah, and I've seen you hitting on other girls in various places. Not just within your party, but also women from other parties. You really are something, aren't you?"

This was an open secret. Several men in the room had been taken by Lux's women.

"Hey, Lux, what's going on?"

"You weren't the only one?"

"I-I... This... It's..."

The female party members, who had long suspected something, now confronted Lux with changed expressions.

Feeling relieved, I lost interest in the commotion and tried to leave the adventurer guild.

"Right, one more thing."

Remembering something I had forgotten to say, I smiled slyly and told Lux.

"If no one else will team up with her, I'll team up with her. Please take care of me."

I left the adventurer guild and went to look for her.