The Story Of The Banished Side After Banishing The Party. The Party Was Weakened, But We Aim To Be The Best In The World

rprised, wasn't I? No one would have thought that that punk would be so strong.”

 

“I heard a rumor that you can now cast enchant magic on yourself, right?”

 

“It seems so.
I know an adventurer who saw him fight and he said it was amazing.
He said he was as good as a gold rank.”

 

“He's been getting invitations from gold rank parties too, right? I heard he turned them all down for some reason.”

 

“I wonder how he got so strong all of a sudden.”

 

“I don't know, but Stardust did a waste of time.
If they had waited for Est to get stronger, they could have been gold ranked by now.
It's a pity that Frey got the bad end of the stick.”

 

“No, maybe it's because Stardust didn't let Est do anything? He had potential to begin with, but they didn't make him stronger on purpose.”

 

“'The Golden' was jealous of Est's strength?　Well, it's not impossible.”

 

“Even so, it's interesting, isn't it? Est, who was being made fun of, is rising to the top, and Stardust, who kicked Est out of the competition, is falling.”

 

“This kind of thing is called “juniors rising to the top” isn't it?”

 

You can say whatever you want.
Look, my rabid dog is about to go berserk.

 

Well, I have no reason to make excuses because what I'm saying isn't wrong.

 

Athena knows that, so she doesn't say anything.

 

As the adventurers had said so many times before, Est had become as strong as a different person from a month ago.

 

He was even able to conquer an intermediate level labyrinth all by himself.

 

Rumor has it that he is now able to cast the enchant magic on himself that he could only cast on others.

 

I don't know why he suddenly awakened.

 

It seems from his personality that he wasn't hiding his power “like me”.
He must have been awakened by something.

 

He must have been awakened for some reason, even more so than Athena.

 

We saw Est fighting once from a distance, but he was really a different person.

 

I thought my eyeballs were going to pop out of my head.
He was kicking the crap out of the monsters in the intermediate labyrinth in an instant.

 

He is one of the top ten adventurers I have ever seen.
It probably won't be long before he becomes the best in the city.

 

At the same time that Stardust's reputation went down, Est's reputation went up.

 

Adventurers who had despised him turned around and praised him.

 

It just goes to show you that being an adventurer is really a meritocracy.

 

“Yes, I've finished redeeming the money.
That's five hundred silver coins.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

“If you're done, can you leave? I'm in the way.”

 

“……Est.”

 

Just as we're finishing our redemption, along comes the rumored Est.

 

Aww, his cute face that was so pure and innocent has turned into a disgusting adult face.

 

I don't know why she kicked him out, but I didn't want her to get dyed like this.

 

Athena and Est's gazes cross.

 

Athena called out to Est, fearfully.

 

“I hear things are going well.
I'm relieved.”

 

“Relieved? What's the person who kicked me out talking about? Why don't you worry about yourselves instead of worrying about me? Stardust, you've fallen.”

 

“–!”

 

He spits out words filled with contempt and vindictiveness.

 

Athena gasped at the words, which were not unlike Est, who was an Athena-loving boy.

 

Mirialia, Frey, and the other adventurers were astonished, but I wasn't.

 

Because this guy had the right to say.

 

“I'm telling you, it's too late for you to ask me to come back now.
You're going to regret kicking me out, at best.”

 

“Est, you're getting carried away.”

 

“No.
I'm sorry, Est, I shouldn't have called on you.”

 

Saying that, Athena turns on her heel with a slightly downcast look on her face.

 

“Ugh.”

 

“Damn.”

 

Mirialia snorts and Frey clicks her tongue as she follows Athena.

 

I scratch my shaggy hair, looking at Est's sooty back as he cashes in his items for the receptionist.

 

I don't care what you say to us.

 

But it's too late for us to ask you to come back now, huh?

 

Don't get too excited, you'll be afraid of what will happen later.

 

You never know what will happen in the future.

 

You may never know, but I somehow knew you would wake up.

 

But I still followed Athena, not you.

 

You know why?

 

Because Athena is stronger than you.

 

And, unlike you, she's taking the high road.

 

You'd better get your head out of your ass now.

 

You'll be barking your head off before long.

 

And let me tell you something else.

 

“We're not asking you to come back.”