She was part of an adventurer’s party .

Their job was to get rid of monsters while traveling, and the members were the hero's Gran, the swordsman's Christian, the wizard's Gill, the Warrior's Lian, and the healer's Carol .

Carol was responsible for treating wounds and restoring physical strength and magic . She ran around every day looking for medicinal herbs to be used as ingredients for her potions . And no matter how hard it was, she continued to make medicine for the ones she considered her friends .

Carol had less physical strength than other members, so she followed behind them . But… as she wanted to help, she was always desperate to make medicine . Even when tired and unable to move, her priority was to recover the physical strength of others rather than herself .

But there are times when she felt exhausted of such life . Looking at Carol, the leader, Gran, tells her to make them happy .

"If you can't do it, then leave it… it’s okay . " Gran said while smiling .

But although it was a very kind voice, Carol was scared for some reason, and her eyes held back the tears forming .

(TL: here starts Carol thoughts…)

If I don't help the party, I feel like I’ll be thrown away . . .

"I can! So don't throw me away!"

My words were desperate . I don't want to be disliked . I want to be near Gran .

However, with that one heart, Carol continued to make as much medicine as he wanted .

--One day . Carol was introduced to a woman at the inn .

“Carol, Liz is a new friend of ours . ” Gran said .

Standing next to Gran, she has bright green eyes, and pink lips . And she was a beautiful woman with big breasts and a beautiful body . She is a spiritual master and is good at healing magic .

"Hello"

Liz smiles and says . She was full of confidence and Carol even felt admiration at her .

"This is the future plan . . . "

Gran expands the map . He said that he decided on his next destination, the neighboring country of Syl .

Carol was trembling as she thought about leaving Amst .

“I've traveled all over the country so far, but it was my first time to go to another country . ” She said .

“Suyl, located in the north of Amst, is a small country surrounded by high mountains on all sides . Unlike Amst, where there are many plains, in Suyl there are many mountains and forests, and the road is steep no matter where you go . Moreover, because the forest surrounding the country is deep, there are many monsters hidden in it . Even if you take a detour and take a relatively safe route, it will be a much more difficult journey than those we ever did . ”

Gran said, pointing to the top of the map .

"This path crosses the North Mountain"

Gran looks around with his confident eyes . But Carol immediately opposed .

“Eh? Do you want to cross the North Mountain at this time? It’s impossible . ”

Gran showed the shortest route from here to the country . However, it is too dangerous to go anywhere near there now . All party members looked at Carol with cold eyes . Carol doesn't understand what they’re angry about . Then Christian said with a big sigh .

"You can’t . But we can . "

In short, it was said that it was her problem, but Carol couldn’t understand their words . Christian continues saying funny words .

"Look at her . It's very easy to cross the mountains . And she says we can’t… It’s autumn now…"

When the snow gets deep in winter, it is difficult to cross the mountain . But in the autumn, I would like to say that crossing the mountain is not so difficult .

But that mountain is dangerous in autumn . Winter is safer .

Because there are many monkey-shaped monsters on the North Mountain . These wild monkeys are carnivorous, and it is not uncommon for them to eat humans .

Usually, they live in the mountains by swarming, but in the fall they actively hunt their prey and start accumulating for winter .

[Human with soft meat becomes the preferred prey of a wild monkey . If you enter the mountain during this season, they will surely attack you in groups . The number can be from several tens to as many as one hundred .

No matter how strong Gran’s party is . It is suicide to enter the North Mountain at this time . If they don't know about it, I can tell them . But they wouldn’t believe me anyway .

“There are wild monkeys on North Mountain . . . ”

When Carol opens her mouth, this time they stare fixedly at her . But while looking away from them, Carol tries to explain it .

"In autumn, the monkeys . . . "

However, as soon as Carol begins to speak, she hears a heavy sigh and cannot continue .

--Oh, I see .

They are not willing to listen to Carol's opinion in the first place .

When he noticed that Carol was silent, Gran said in his usual kind voice .

"Okay, Carol . You know that you can't keep up with us, right?"

The gentle voice stabbed in my heart and hurt me .

"I've crossed that mountain before . I've already decided . If we go to the neighboring country, we should be able to earn more . "

There are many monsters in the country . I hear that monsters can be the object of faith there, so there may be no one who is going to get rid of them actively . However, since attacks from monsters have occurred, it does not mean that there are no requests for subjugation . In addition, because the country of Suyl is rich in resources and economically rich, the rewards are high . Therefore, there were many adventurers in Amst who bothered to go to there .

“We should be able to cross that mountain easily . ”

――If you don't exist . I felt like I could hear those words .

The gaze of all members is speaking . “I want you to leave . ”

Carol looked at Gran like hesitating, but he looked down and ignored her .

¡Looking at his attitude, Carol realized that she can't continue with them anymore .

-- For everyone happiness, I leave the party here .

And all the members are waiting for Carol to say it herself . Because, if the leader Gran asks her to leave, it is their duty to send Carol to her home town . If they do things like throwing her out in the middle of the journey, others eyes will get cold while looking at them . The party's prestige will be lost . However, Colon, Carol's hometown, is at the extreme south of Amst . It takes a minimum of several months to get there from here .

So they want Carol to leave the party herself .

Carol, who knew that, moved her shivering lips and squeezed out .

"I can't keep up . . . let's break up here" “Oh, Carol, we’re thankful of your mindfulness . ”

It seemed that the gran smile was very far away . is appearance, which always looked shining, couldn't be seen through my tears stained face .

"See you" "Goodbye"

The people at the party stood one after another . Meanwhile, Liz was approaching Carol .

"I'm sorry . It seems that you need to leave because I entered . "

She laughed at Carol and apologized on purpose .

Thus, Carol was left alone in a city far from her hometown . Two years after traveling, Carol was now eighteen years old .