Everyone was sitting in a chair or armchair in the room, Dora, Midgard, Zuri, and Marie on the bed. Leon was sitting on the ground next to Erick by order of Midgard."So, Miss Owner, what is this super strategy that should help us win easily against that non-D-rank rift?" Kraim asked casually from his chair. "I don't know what's worse, the fact that this expedition was a failure from the beginning because you weren't wise enough to see how unbalanced your pupils were or the fact that they still lost with you on the team." He flinched and looked away, groaning. What was left of his pride, anyway? "So if all the failures are done barking, let's talk strategy. Thanks to my conversation with the maid, we know how to deal with this rift. First, the enemy, it seems that the monsters you have been fighting all this time are mere summons. " A few gasps of astonishment arose, and Dora scratched his chin while whispering. "Oh... That's why none of them dropped a soul stone... What a waste

A little later, the group was outside the rift, back at the car, with Dora taking a piggyback ride to Lilith as an apology while Hope and Cid, still unconscious, were in the car."The rift will be closed in about 30 minutes, I've called the guild and they will send some officers just to stand guard. We can finally rest... Good job everyone."Kraim bowed to the group. Marie turned to Eryl, looking worried.“Will Barron be okay?”"Don't worry, his life is not in danger. I'll make sure to take him to some people to see if they can do anything about his leg.""I see... Sorry, if my defense had been better this wouldn't have happened."Freya placed a comforting hand on her shoulder."Why are you apologizing? We are emissaries and these kinds of events are part of our world... Besides, I was the one who brought him into this. It was my fault."They lowered their heads for a moment, after which, she turned to Dora."Don't think this has anything to do with you either. Ultimately, it was my d

The sun was high in the sky, illuminating the sinister sight of several Minotaur bodies scattered across a meadow. Next to a huge rock, Shining Sword, Dora, Zuri, Hope, and Mercy were facing a Centaur armed with a spear. "Mercy, blind!" "Got it, Stardust!" She brought her hands together and formed a triangle with her fingers, black stars appeared around her and converged towards her hands and then she fired a black ray directly at the centaur's head. The creature shrieked and backed away, back against the rock that jutted out slightly. "Zuri, head, defense!" "Hm~hm." She threw a black vial near the centaur and with her strange magic wand, fired a black arrow which exploded on contact with the vial and mixed into a purplish substance that poured onto the head and chest of the monster. "Dps, Leg, Chest! Lilith, get ready!" "Alright!" Everyone except the former party leader and his best friend screamed. Hope, Liliana, Morgiana, Leon, and Erick rushed toward the beast and stabbe

The sun had risen, a new day in the best of all possible worlds, where some people's nightmares were revealed and others' suffering deepened.After breakfast, the group prepared to return to their routine, this time including Freya and Gersey, but something unexpected took place. In the inn's living room, they were gathered for an announcement from Marie. Intrigued, everyone sat in their chairs while the young girl, with a dark look, took a letter out of her pocket. "So... I requested this meeting because something happened. Something that may affect all of us." "What? The army finally decided to intern Sana?" Lilith giggled nonchalantly, to everyone's sighs and groans of boredom, but Dora, next to her, patted her head. "Come on, it's not every day that Marie gives a speech, let's honor her by listening to her. You also have an announcement to make, don't you?" Lilith flinched a little and crossed her arms, looking just a little worried. Marie sighed for a moment and continued her

“The healer is the most important role in a party.”It's a teaching I received in the orphanage where I grew up. When I was 14, the director of the orphanage explained to us that the rift situation was getting worse. I never really understood what it was, boys often use that term when playing heroes and monsters, so I just thought it was a childish game, but if the director is talking about that then should that be important?They called people in black suits, I've been here long enough to know it wasn't moms and dads coming to take us to better places, no one cares about us after all, we get old and then we leave, it has always been like that.They came with strange crystal balls to search for something in us, I just wanted to do it before lunch, there's usually not enough food for everyone so you have to hurry, but this day was very strange for me.People in suits would ask us to put our hands on the crystal balls and then usually say something like fingers or nothing, but when my t