Chapter 10.5: Those Who Are Picked Up

Story of my life i tell ya

I swear i spent the entirety of my life running from one hot guy to another, only staying long enough until they abandon me...

Why am i not good enough?

In the beginning i was always accepted, but as time passed i became worse and worse in their eyes, until finally i was merely cast aside.

I can't even remember just how many times this pattern has repeated itself.

And even right now, i am in one of those situations once again... No worse than usual after attaching myself to a kind and virtuous man, who was more than just a man, yeah he was a hero, so strong and gallant, even his friends were hero's with powers far greater than anyone else I'd ever met.

So i latched myself onto their party, it's only been three days since that time.

This makes it the fastest I've ever been cast aside before, and what made it worse was that i wasn't just cast aside but was instead offered up as a sacrifice so the party members could all escape...

Not even one of them gave me a second glance as they ran from the monster standing before us.

I mean sure they were injured from the fight but even still with only a single one left standing if they worked together they'd be able to beat it easy.

... ... ... ... ...

But no they all ran and left me behind, a non-combatant who was merely this parties mascot, or as they commonly liked to refer to me as trash, i cant refute that after all im good for nothing thats why i keep getting cast aside.

I cant do anything right, im not able to do anything, and in the end my worthlessness just drives everyone away.

As i was coming to terms with the upcoming end of my life by the hands of this monster standing sneering before me.

When all of a sudden hope returned to me, as i thought the party that abandoned me had returned to take down the monster after regrouping and rescue me.

But instead what i was what looked like a dirty little goblin child, tossing primitive weapons with reckless abandon.

I mean really what is this kid thinking, why bother trying to do combat with weapons made of stones?

Beyond that this kid clearly isn't here to save me either two of it's weapons narrowly avoided hitting me lodging deeply into the earth.

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The battle continued on as i sat there in the dirt watching in both horror and shock.

Thinking i was about to witness this small creatures own murder moments before i'd get to experience my own.

and shock at just how this kid was able to keep up with and put a valiant fight against such a monster.

The kid even had the gall to lead the monster over to me, when he retrieved his tossed weapons, my heart stopped for two reasons one because i figured he was trying to gets its attention to me so he could run, and the other for the glare he gave to me when he'd picked up his weapons.

*Shudder*

That gaze, even if he manages to kill the monster it's clear im going to be his next target.

It's just two predators fighting over their prey.

and so here i wait in the dirt to see the end of the fight that will determine my own fated end.

*Sigh*

Sir. Aneas how i wish you'd come back and save such a worthless human like me.