“Kyle, we don’t need useless people like you!”
“W-Wait! I…”
Ten years ago, I was expelled from a certain party.
The reason was simple: I was useless.
My stats were below average and I could barely fight.
That’s why I was given the most unpleasant tasks in the party, but even that became unnecessary.
As soon as the party rose to S rank, I was ordered to be expelled.
“Anyway… lately, I feel like I have too much leftover power.”
Since then, I’ve been working as a solo adventurer.
I used to take on solo E-rank quests at first, but now, ten years later, inexplicably, I’m being assigned S-rank quests.
Honestly, I don’t understand why.
It’s said that an adventurer’s prime is usually around twenty-five on average.
After that, strength declines, and most retire around thirty.
I’m currently in my thirties.
For some reason, I defeated an ogre in a single blow.
“Will this fulfill the quest?”
I skinned the ogre and collected the requested materials, then set off on the journey back.
By the way, the ogre’s rank was S.
It’s a magical beast that would normally be impossible to defeat for a standard party.
Somehow, I was taking it down in one blow.
I don’t even understand why.
As the years and days passed, I felt myself growing stronger.
“I earn a lot of money, but… it’s really scary.”
I was afraid of my own power.
It’s not like I was undergoing special training.
If I had to say something, I do a hundred squats and push-ups a day.
Can I really defeat S-rank magical beasts in a single blow just with that…?
It doesn’t seem possible, does it?
“I’m scared, so maybe I should get a health checkup. It would be terrifying if I had been hit by some strange curse.”
That’s why, at the age of thirty, I decided to undergo a health checkup for the first time since my childhood.
It would be terrifying if I had been given a debuff like ‘Temporarily strong, but in the end, you die.’
I had long thought that I might be under a curse.
I had received many party invitations lately, but out of fear of the curse, I would tell them, “I don’t know when I’ll die.”
And having been alone for so long was becoming increasingly hard to bear, so I thought it was time to get a checkup.
And the day of the health checkup arrived.
I was somewhat nervous as I waited in the waiting room.
I had completed all the tests and was now just awaiting the results.
What will I do if they tell me I have little time left to live?
Honestly, if they were to tell me something like that, I might end up crying like an old man in distress.
“It’s scary… Really scary…”
As I read a manga I had nearby, I couldn’t help but tremble.
I couldn’t even focus on the manga content.
I actually hate going to the hospital.
At times like this, I can’t bear it.
“Oh no! Only five months to live?! What am I going to do now?! Aaaaah!”
“Oh…”
A young man came out of the consultation room crying.
Huh? Was he given a limited life diagnosis?
In such a small hospital? Is this a joke?
I couldn’t stop trembling.
The manga had creased entirely due to my shivers.
“Kyle-san, please proceed to the examination room.”
“Y-Yes…”
A nurse called me.
I was afraid, but I had no other choice. I had to face it.
If they were to tell me I have little time left to live, I could use my savings and go on a fun trip…
Shaking, I opened the door to the examination room.
And I sat in front of the doctor.
“Well… Kyle-san…”
“Yes…”
The elderly doctor silently looked at the paper.
What will he tell me at this moment?
Will it be a limited life diagnosis or a curse after all?
Swallowing nervously, I awaited the doctor’s voice.
“Your stats significantly exceed the average. In fact, I have never seen stats like these before. I feel like I’m examining the body of a being from another race.”
“E-Excuse me?”
What I was told was completely opposite to what I had imagined.
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Level: Unknown
Attack Strength: 15356
Defense: 12352
Magic Attack: 13462
Magic Defense: 16423
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