Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (勇者パーティを追い出された器用貧乏)

Maybe I haven't gotten as out of shape as I worried I was.

I can still make it as a swordsman, I think.

Time to try some support magic, too.

Strength Up.

Support magic improves its targets' physical abilities,

or strengthens their equipment.

The caster can not only use it to help his party members, he can put it on himself.

With spells to increase both attack and defense, it's something every party needs.

THE JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES BECOMES A SWORDSMAN ONCE MORE

But it has a weakness, too.

Time.

Three minutes exactly, huh?

Strength Up.

Support magic doesn't last forever.

And an individual's magic resistance changes the amount of time it lasts.

In my case, it lasts 180 seconds.

Three seconds left...

Strength Up!

I have to keep a close eye on the state of the battle, and cast it at just the right time.

Enchanters who use support magic are constantly in a race against time.

Normally, you don't try to use it while swinging a sword around.

But in my case...

We're going to have to ask you to leave the hero's party today.

Is this some kind of joke, Oliver?

It's not, Orhun.

What are you talking about? We're childhood friends!

Comrades who've always been together!

Yes. Until now, I've given you plenty of chances because you're from the same village.

But from now on, you won't be able to keep up.

Why not just come out and say it?

Tell him he's just slowing us down.

Anneli? Derick?

You just aren't strong enough.

So we're going to ask you to leave the hero's party.

Oliver...

The party that Oliver and I formed eight years ago achieved S-Rank in just a few years.

We were the first to reach the 94th floor in the Southern Great Dungeon.

People began to call us the "Hero's Party."

Perhaps you're right. Maybe I'm not strong enough.

But that goes for all of us. At this rate...

Orhun, we didn't understand how important it was

to have an enchanter who could use support magic.

But...

In the joint raid last month,

we were able to see how incredible the other S-Rank party's enchanters were.

And we understood how weak your support magic is.

Of course it is. I'm supposed to be a swordsman.

That's why I created my own original magic.

Shut up!

You converted because Oliver was better with a blade than you!

And now, you're not a very good enchanter either.

Are you in a position to complain?

We needed an enchanter,

so I converted because I was the one who had the most aptitude for it.

I've invented my own kind of magic to make up for my flaws.

And we've survived even on the deepest floors of the dungeon because of that...

We've already found a replacement enchanter.

I'm sorry, but that's how it's going to be.

We're the Hero's Party!

We have to keep going!

And we can't do that with you, is what we're saying.

What?

Is that how you treat me after all we've been through together?

There's no place for me here anymore, is there?

Very well. Thanks for everything.

Magic, sword fighting... you can do a lot, but only at an A-Rank level.

But you kept telling us what to do,

and it was pissing us off.

Do you know what they call people like you?

A jack-of-all-trades!

A jack-of-all-trades, huh?

All right. A swordsman and an enchanter...

This new style I've developed that combines both...

I'm adaptable enough to pull it off.

So that nobody will call me a jack-of-all-trades anymore...

Someday, I'll be an adventurer who can do anything.

And now I'm registered with the teleportation crystal.

I can start from Floor 7 next time.

That's enough for today...

Hurry! Come on!

What?

Damn it! How did this happen?

There's nothing we can do about it. There're so many orcs...

But we left that girl behind!

What?

We would've been wiped out!

I made the right call!

B-But that doesn't mean...

She just joined us today...

of course I'm going to prioritize you, my old friends!

I shouldn't get involved.

She just had bad luck joining up with them, is all.

But...

I know how much it hurts for your party to abandon you.

I made the right call!

If you don't like it, are you going to go save her?

No way! I can't...

I can't bear to listen to this.

Who are you?

You left that girl to die.

Now you're just making excuses instead of going to save her.

Guys like you piss me off more than anything.

You... How dare you?!

Even if I stayed back there, I couldn't save her alone!

Then just lie there.

Where is she?

Tell me where you left her to die!

Stay away...

Stay away...

Stay away from me!

I can't handle so many...

Sister...!

Somebody...

save me!

Aeroshock!

Who is he? A swordsman?

Strength Up!

Technical Up!

Support magic?

Is he a swordsman? Or an enchanter?

Sharpness Up!

Wow... I've never seen anyone fight like this!

There's a lot of them.

I can see why a low-ranking party would run.

But me...

I can handle this alone!

He's...

so strong!

You okay?

I'm alive...

Okay, I'll be going.

Wait!

Let me thank you properly.

Thank you so much!

My name is Sophia Claudel!

Claudel?

That crest...

Um...

Oh, no, I'm sorry for not giving my name.

I'm Orhun Dura.

Orhun...

A wonderful name.

So, Orhun... would it be all right if I treated you to dinner as thanks?

I didn't save you because I wanted thanks...

Please!

O-Okay...

Thank you.

Orhun, we're here!

This place isn't expensive, but it's really good!

Just like I thought, it's one of the Rabbits' shops...

I could guess from the crest on her cape,

but she's clearly from the Night Sky Silver Rabbits,

one of the biggest guilds in the kingdom of Nohitant.

The Night Sky Silver Rabbits are one of the most popular clans in the kingdom...

After all, she's part of them.

Sister?

What are you doing here?

Sister?

Oh, Sophia?

I had a meeting near here today.

So... who are you with?

It's too soon for you to have a boyfriend!

Orhun Dura?

It's been a while, Selma Claudel....

Orhun, you know her?

Yes, of course.

Selma Claudel is the leader of the S-Rank party that's the most powerful in the Silver Rabbits...

and the continent's most powerful enchanter.

She's the one who made enchanters famous,

and created the idea of different party members having different roles.