The Girl Who Is Said to Have No Talent, Turns Out to be a Talented Monster
Episode 1's
“You have no talent. Therefore, you are excluded from the party.”
The party leader, Aldis, told the girl. The girl accepted Aldis' statement with a serious face.
It's been half a year since he interned at Aldis, a hero he admired. Washing clothes, cooking, carrying suitcase, cursing, violence. Every possible and unreasonable need, the girl accepted it secretly. Even if the girl was innocent, if Aldis was unhappy, he would beat her up. They'll spit on him.
Her pink hair, which was supposed to be beautiful, was now all dirty.
They did not even allow him to carry a weapon in self-defense, and he had to pull the wagon as hard as he could with his small body.
Food is leftover from the last meal, and sometimes even nothing is left behind. Always hungry, he barely had time to sleep.
Whenever they camped outside, it was often he who was assigned to guard the camp. It was not unusual for him to barely sleep at all.
Even so, the girl persisted. He was an apprentice, so it was only natural that if he could do this, that was what he thought. In such a situation, Aldis, his mentor, was testing him, he believed.
The girl did not make a single unpleasant expression, instead, she was always smiling. Whether he was kicked from behind or scolded, he interpreted that he was the wrong one, and next time it would be fine if he was more careful. The girl was very positive.
“Do you disagree? But that's a fact.”
“No no...”
The Yggdrasia Party is led by Aldis, the hero who conquered the invincible Underworld . Aldis, the leader of the party, could single-handedly exterminate thousands of monsters as he stood on the front lines while leaving no survivors to injure the rear ranks.
He was the only one in the world who had the highest grade Ark Knight occupation . He's versatile, brave, genius and hero. People praised him unconditionally.
“Finally, yes?”
Dorland, half beast and half human, could easily take down a dragon with a single blow. Many consider him a better fighter than Aldis when it comes to fighting without magic.
There is no work that pushes the limits of the body more than the work of the World Grasp . His unarmed bursts of ki bullets were notorious for even causing the witches' faces to turn pale.
“Well, well, he also did his best. Right?”
The man who took the neutral position, Zuhl, could make all the traps meaningless.
Even a demon wrapped in hard scales would not pose a threat due to the poison he created. Sometimes, with a single trap attached, it would be more than enough for him to withstand even a swarm of monsters.
He combines the skills and dexterity of the Thief, the awareness and traps of the Ranger terrain, and the Assassin's killing skills into one fully compatible job to the top. That's his job as the Shadow Ranger .
“It helps relieve some stress, doesn't it?”
Clarine, a party healer who is also famous as Lazy Nymph, is rough and foul-mouthed as her nickname suggests. However, his time of support and recovery magic, which was even said to predict the future, was no less formidable.
The class of Bishops transcends the class of Bishops, which is the highest level of the clergy. It is generally believed that it is difficult to cure a disease with healing magic, but a Holy Bishop can do it.
“If you combine fire and wind, the magic will be complete..”.
Bandera, the dreaded witch known as the Fire of Disaster, is so engrossed in reading that she doesn't even see us. His only curiosity is magic.
Sage refers to high-level magicians, and there are only a few of them in the world, including Bandera. Combined with its alias, a single shot of magic could kill or destroy any living thing.
Dorland stood beside Aldis and looked at the girl. The girl simply looked at the big man calmly, even though she was filled with intimidation as she looked at him.
“Our next goal is to reach the ceiling of the world. You are 15 years old but still do not have the experience, skills or degree. Anyone who can grow now. You better go back to your village, work in the fields.”
The reason why Yggdrasia had brought the girl with them from the village where they had stopped was solely on Aldis's wishes.
The devil's task game because he's not talented. In other words, he obviously only wanted to bully the weak.
The parents, who sent their daughter alone, have high hopes that a group of world-famous heroes will be able to make her famous, and they cannot expect what really happened.
The girl village was in a remote area deep in the mountains. The only income they could earn was from the small amount of crops they planted. The only thing he was looking forward to, were the idle stories of the occasional traveler coming to the village. Stories Missed by Girls.
In the world, there were endless underground corridors.
In the world, there is a garden that leads to the sky.
In the world, there were walls sealed with darkness.
A story about a brave man riding a dragon that challenges the world.
The story of a girl who can manipulate things at will.
These stories are not always true. The more he heard, the more his yearning for the outside world grew. But his parents were against it. There was no way they would let their only daughter be sent to become an adventurer.
Even if he tried to imitate the swordsman by swinging the wooden stick silently, he was always caught and scolded. The closed environment oppresses him, but does not stop him.
He doesn't want to be a hero in the story. The supporting role, no. He didn't even care if he was just watching from afar.
He just wants to see it, to hear it, to feel it. He could barely sleep at night just fantasizing about it.
If Aldis and his group don't show up, the girl will probably spend her entire life in the village. Or maybe he tried to escape one day.
If Aldis doesn't find the girl holding a wooden stick as usual, if he doesn't say, “You have potential, let me make you my student”.
“Please let me watch your swordsmanship! If that doesn't work for me, I'll give up!
“Oh yes. That's not very satisfying, is it? Okay, this Aldis-sama will give you a chance.”
“It's too early to thank me, isn't it? After all, you will spend a week in the Demon Forest. If you survive, you will not be expelled.
“Devil Forest?”
Only the girl did not understand the true meaning of Aldis' grin. Even Dorland, who had just criticized the girl, turned to Aldis and frowned.
Clarine says something that agrees, and Bandera stops reading. They all find the answer.
“So what will you do?”
“I'll do it!”
“OK, we're on our way. Just a few blocks from here.”
“Yeah... she really has a bad personality.”
Clarine did not look desperate as she spoke of her assessment of Aldis without hesitation. Despite the girl's excited anticipation, the group's feelings were very different.
In the hours leading up to the Demon Forest, the girl struggled to make him reconsider in the slightest. Her cooking skills were better than ever, and she gained strength by pulling a cart. He is able to prepare camp and supervise things with precision. If a monster approached, he would notify it out loud.
After eating at the campsite near the Demon Forest, every member of the group was relaxing. The girl, on the other hand, tried her best to satisfy her hunger by reading the bottom of the pot.
“Hey, it's funny to see someone who isn't talented try. Effort is done by those who succeed, so it is called effort. Inability is just a waste of time.”
“Then Aldis, have you ever made that effort?”
“I don't even need to try, Dorland, how about you?”
“I have tried to keep my strength, but since reaching the bottom of the world, I have no power to do so..”.
Aldis is a genius. He was born an ordinary person, but from an early age, he showed a talent for swordsmanship and combat, and by the time he was seven, he had surpassed all the adults in the world. In the following year, he defeated the lowest level monsters by himself.
When he was 13 years old, the king heard about him and recommended him to be admitted to the Royal Academy, the gathering place of many prestigious nobles. Although he was scolded for being an ordinary person, he graduated in just two years, silencing all opposition.
However, even the teachers were unable to talk back to him after just six months of his enrollment.
Even if he shut up, he was admired and women would approach him. It was inevitable that he would develop a personality that would be aggravated by arrogance, as he would never have the heart to care for the weak. In his spare time, Aldis will choose women.
“Hey, Son. Do you really want to be an adventurer?”
“Yes! In the village, I-“
“No, I don't want to hear anything anymore. I don't need you to repeat it.
“I'm sorry..”
“Then you should be able to survive in the Demon Forest alone, right? Kakakaka”
Aldis' words are lies. “Devil” forest is full of monsters that can only be defeated by adventurers of at least fourth rank, in other words, adventurers whose achievements have been recognized by the Adventurers Guild branch.
Even if such adventurers formed a party, there was still a possibility of death. It was not an environment where a girl without combat experience could survive.
“Tomorrow we will finally arrive at the Demon Forest. We'll say goodbye there. We'll talk about the meeting point later.”
“Ya!”
After arriving at the Demon Forest, all the talk was a lie. He lets a village girl face the despair of death by making her have high hopes for the future. In his mind, he justified it as kindness.
It's a pity that the girl met Aldis.
“Well, I'll leave you here. I'll be waiting for you at the entrance in a week.” (Aldis)
“Eh, weapons?”
Aldis smiled disdainfully, showing the answer to the girl. Then she verbally slapped him in despair.
“What? You don't need a gun in a place like this. What kind of adventurer would you be if you couldn't survive here without a weapon?
“Eh, is that it?”
“In addition, I have already told you that all you need to do is survive. In other words, you should be able to find a way not to fight. Can't you find something like that, fool?
“I'll be diligent..”
As expected of the girl, despair surfaced in her mind. At this point, he could hear the screams of unknown monsters mixed with some other sounds.
It is hard not to be afraid and to run away. But he also did not believe that it would be easy to realize his dream.
“Well, I'm leaving! See you in a week!”
“Oh, good luck.”
The girl did not look back and continued to head deeper into the forest. Shortly afterwards, Aldis burst into laughter, Dorland giggled, and Clarine brushed her bangs before taking a deep breath.
Bandera was the only one who secretly glanced at Aldis.