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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1: BEAST TAMER IS KICKED OUT OF THE PARTY

「…… We are kicking you out of the team.」

It happened after we defeated one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Lord’s Army, the ‘Gigabrand of the Earth’.

After returning to the city, we stayed at a certain inn……

After we had our meal, I was called into the Arios the Hero’s private room.

Three other members of the party were already present in the Arios’s room.

One of them was Aggath, a Warrior who would take on the enemy’s attacks in one fell swoop and serve as a shield for his other companions.

One of them was Rin, a Wizard who could use over a thousand spells and was known as a Walking Strategic-Class Weapon.

One of them was Mina, a Priestess who could heal any wound and even raise the dead.

My companions listened to the conversation I have been having with Arios without saying anything for a while now……

But each of them would turn their stern gaze towards us.

「W-Well hold on a minute…… H-Huh? I don’t really understand, because it came completely out of nowhere here…… What do you mean? Is this supposed to be a joke, or maybe……」

「Like hell it is……!」

As if to express his annoyance, Arios slammed his hand on top of the table.

Following that, Aggath also clicked his tongue while looking all annoyed.

「Are you guys…… actually serious……?」
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「Yeah, that’s right. Deadly serious.」.

It didn’t look like they were joking. They were actually serious about this.

「C-Can you at least tell me the reason why?」

「You, are you seriously asking that? Can’t you understand even that much?」

Rin interjected into the conversation.

「There could only be one reason for that. It’s because you’re a liability. No, I stand corrected. Calling you a liability would be too kind for you. ‘Garbage’…… Yes, that’s more like it.」

「Rin, that was somewhat unnecessary. No matter how much of a burden he actually is, I’m sure that as a person he at least has some shreds of pride left about himself. So why not let him have that?.」

Mina also said something incredibly harsh.

What…… is this……?

Could it be that…… my comrades have always thought about me like this……?

「Why…… How could you…… Aren’t we comrades from the same party? Aren’t we on the same side? But then, why are you……?」

But, no one would answer that question.

Instead, they just looked at me as if I was some sort of pile of garbage.

So in other words…… I guess that’s it, huh? That’s how it is.

Was I the only one who thought about other Party members as comrades? Could it be that they actually thought nothing of it? Nothing at all?

「Let me put it as simply as possible, so that you could understand.」’

Arios spoke up again.

「Just as Rin said, you are nothing but a dead weight on our Party. You are not even close to being slightly useful. No, actually, if you were just useless, it would actually be a good thing. But you are dragging us down all the time. Do you get it? Your entire existence is nothing more but a drawback.」

「A drawback……」

「Surely you must have been aware of this yourself, right? And please don’t even think about saying that you are not. You can’t really fight or do any real damage to the enemy, and on the contrary, you end up being targeted by the enemies all the time and we need to save you all the time, which is causing us all sorts of trouble. The only thing you are somewhat good at is to use your beasts to scout the nearby surroundings and carry all of our luggage.」

「……………」

「How else do you want me to call you in this situation if not useless? If there’s another appropriate word for it, I’d like you to tell me.」

I was at a loss for words.

Because what Arios said was all true. He was right.

My profession is that of a Beast Tamer. I make contracts with various animals and beasts alike, in order to make them my familiars and use their power to my own benefit.
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Like Arios said, I can use birds to scout the nearby area from up above, or I can make a contract with a wild bear to carry our luggage over vast distances……

It’s a profession that is a good match for all sorts of support work that needs to be done.

But it is precisely because of that that Beast Tamers are not really cut out for direct combat.

I can only use the power of my animal or beast familiars for battle, but my own combat power is not so great to begin with.

In the battles against the Demon Lord’s Four Heavenly Kings, the negative effects of me not having any real combat power were starting to show up.

I can’t do anything on my own.

I can only run away.

So it was only natural that having someone like that in the Party would drag everyone else down….. It was frustrating to admit, but Arios was right.

「We are a Party of the chosen ones, traveling with a noble mission to defeat the Demon Lord. But you were only recruited by us on a whim. Still, I had my hopes for you up at first, didn’t I?　I thought maybe you’d be useful to us in some way, the piece of trash that you are. But the result is utterly disappointing…… I must say.」

「Is that…… Is that so?」

「Can you please…… Do not let us down anymore than you already did?」

「…… Just do the smart thing here and accept it. It’s really annoying to have a kid who cannot do anything on his own follow us around, you know?」

「Yeah, it’s really troublesome if people see someone like you following us around. How about you let that information sink in into that thick skull of yours, huh?」

「It was a mistake for us to take you along from the very beginning. For the sake of all of us, even if we were against this idea…… Well, it’s a result that would be the same no matter what.It’s just how it is.」

One after the other, the barrage of harsh words that my companions were throwing at me almost caused me to break into tears.

It was so frustrating.

It was so sad.

I thought I was doing my best in my own way, but…… I guess that I was the only one who thought that. I guess that my comrades never really appreciated those efforts.

I felt as if everything I had done until now was being denied, and it was truly a heartbreaking feeling.

But right now, when it has come to this……

I have always thought of all of you as my precious companions.

But I guess that the result of me thinking that…… is this.

But it’s something that can’t really be helped.

It’s the truth that I wasn’t strong enough and only caused trouble for everyone else.

For now, let me accept that fact as an honest truth..

「…… I understand. From today forward, I am no longer the member of this Party.」

「Good. A wise choice.」
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「At least at the very end, you managed to do something good for once. I’ll give you credit for that,kyahahaha.」

「Rin, you said something unnecessary again.」

「I’d say that saying this much about him is fine, don’t you think? After all, do you even realize how troublesome you being useless like that made things for us in the long run? Surely you must also feel relieved by this outcome, right, Mina?」

「This is, well…… I am not going to deny that.」

「I know, right?　Well, aren’t you glad you finally managed to do a decent job right at the very end?　Even if that job was actually quitting? Ahaha!」

「…… Nh……!」

I clenched my fists tight.

But Rin was right here. There was nothing else I could do here besides ‘quitting’……

It’s not like I could actually say anything back at her.

「…… Oh yeah, Rein. Make sure that you are going to leave your equipment behind.」

「…… Huh?」

Aggath’s words left me stunned for a moment.

「That equipment of yours is something that we have worked really hard to gather. It’s not a toy that can be given to an unprepared child to irresponsibly play with.」

「…… Fine.」

Indeed, this equipment was given to me by my comrades.

But I guess that my ‘comrades’ would not stomach me actually having it anymore.

「…… Is that all?」

‘Chris Dagger’.

‘Robe of Light’
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‘Sky Ring’.

All of them are top-grade equipment that if you were to sell any one of those, you could spend the rest of your life partying and never having to worry about anything else, and you would still have lots of money to spare.

So I gave them all back to Arios and……

At that moment, I felt like I was completely cut off from my comrades.

No…… Maybe we weren’t even comrades to begin with.

A true comrades wouldn’t have done something like this.

And even if they wanted me to leave the Party, true comrades would never bring it up with words like that.

When I thought of it like that, I felt like my heart was suddenly going cold and indifferent.

「We’ve traveled this far together, no matter what kind of a journey it might have been. So at the very least we are going to pay for your accommodation here.」

「…… I appreciate that. Farewell.」

So I turned my back on Mister Hero and his Party……

And then I left the room without looking back ever again.