The Expelled Genius Healer Starts a Second Life

A slightly surprised but clearly teasing voice came from above. Kathleen, who was splayed on the ground with one of her twin tails undone, looked up.

In her line of sight, a handsome youth dressed in a black robe with a black coffin on his back stood before her, looking down at her with a smile.

For a moment, she stared blankly, utterly dazed.

No, looking closer, it wasn't a coffin.

Instead, it was an extremely dark greatsword. Crafted from some unknown material, the black greatsword seemed to absorb light, appearing incredibly dim no matter how much light shone upon it.

The massive greatsword formed a stark contrast with the youth's slender frame.

If one didn't pay close attention, it was easy to mistake the greatsword on his back for a coffin.

But when she recalled the teasing words he had just directed at her, embarrassment and anger rushed through her at once, her face flushing so red it looked like it would bleed if pinched.

Scrambling up from the ground in embarrassment, she covered her face with her right forearm and ran away, feeling deeply wronged.

The blond youth, Reid, paled when he saw his teammate run off. At this point, since his teammate had fled, it would make him look like an absolute scoundrel if he didn't go after her.

This would ruin his reputation, and it might also leave a bad impression on the cute girl in front of him.

He first shot a jealous glance at the handsome Xia De, his eyes harboring a trace of malice.

He absolutely refused to let anyone be more handsome than him!

He hurriedly threw a line to Milia:

“My lovely lady, let us go on a date later!”

Then, he chased after Kathleen. However, as he passed by Xia De...

With an incredibly friendly smile on his face, Xia De spoke to him in a voice only the two of them could hear:

“If you look at me like that again, I will gouge your eyes out and stuff them down your throat.

Trust me, you don't want to find out what your own eyes taste like.”

Though his tone was incredibly pleasant, it made Reid feel as if he were being targeted by some terrifying, monstrous beast.

His pupils shrank rapidly. In that instant, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, feeling as though even his soul was frozen.

By the time he snapped out of it, he realized he had already run far away without even noticing, his body beneath his armor drenched in cold sweat.

Panting heavily, he looked back toward the Adventurer's Guild with lingering dread.

Just now, that was...

Meanwhile, back inside the Adventurer's Guild hall, after Reid left, Charles wanted to thank Milia.

But before he could even speak, Milia's serious expression turned urgent once more.

With a whoosh, she grabbed Charles by the collar. Charles felt his feet leave the ground as Milia dragged him and dashed out of the Adventurer's Guild at lightning speed.

Leaving only Xia De standing dumbfoundedly at the entrance.

Seeing everyone's gaze converging on him, he raised his hand and waved awkwardly in the air.

With a dry laugh, he said:

“Haha, so you guys weren't here to welcome me?”

As soon as he said this, a brief silence fell over the Adventurer's Guild hall, followed by a burst of loud chatter and laughter.

“I didn't expect Kathleen, that fiery spitfire from the Sword of Assault, to get shut down like that.”

“Hahaha, exactly! And that Reid, who acts like his nose is glued to the sky. Did you see his face when Milia rejected him?”

Someone nearby chimed in.

“It looked like he was constipated. At least ten pounds' worth!”

“That's what she gets for provoking Milia, the genius girl who's the captain of an A-rank party.”

...

Xia De quietly watched the adventurers in the hall gossip, suddenly feeling a strange sense of familiarity wash over him.

Wasn't this the exact same scene as back then in the Adewang Town Adventurer's Guild hall?!

Except this time, the subject had changed from himself to someone else.

Xia De kept complaining in his mind while silently listening to the gossip, though his face remained expressionless.

He hated two types of people the most.

First, people who watched the drama.

And second, people who kept him from watching the drama!

But when he wasn't the target of the gossip, he had only one thing to say:

Although he had made a brief cameo as a bystander at the end, it didn't matter. As long as he wasn't the main target of the gossip, it was fine.

Casting a stealth magic on himself to lower his presence, he silently slipped through the crowd and walked up to the reception desk.

He cast a minor ice spell on the dizzy receptionist to snap her out of it.

“Excuse me, what exactly happened just now?”

Miss Coco instantly felt as if she had been transported to a snowy mountain. Shivering and with her teeth chattering from the cold, she explained the sequence of events to Xia De.

If you were to ask how she could know the whole story so clearly when her head had been spinning like a top at the time...

Xia De pretended not to notice Miss Coco shivering from the cold and lowered his head to organize the information he had gathered.

It was simple: Charles, that ordinary-looking brown-haired youth, was scouted by the cute girl Milia to join her party, only to be mocked by his former teammate Kathleen, the face-plant girl.

Milia stood up for Charles and argued with Kathleen. Unable to win the argument, Kathleen called over that blond scumbag Reid to back her up. However, Reid seemed to have taken a liking to Milia, so his attitude was completely different from what Kathleen wanted.

Ultimately, Kathleen couldn't take it anymore and tried to attack Charles, only to be thrown over Milia's shoulder. The rest was what he had witnessed himself.

After piecing together the whole incident, especially upon learning that the reason Charles had been kicked out of the party was because he hadn't cast any healing spells, a strange expression appeared on Xia De's face.

As mentioned before, he had a habit of using his appraisal magic whenever he arrived at a new place to check the strength of those around him, ensuring there was no one who posed a threat.

He had done exactly that the moment he arrived.

The good news: there was no one like that kid with ten million Combat Power from last time.

The even better news: not a single person's Combat Power could match his.

However, combining the status panel's information with the plot he had just learned, Xia De's expression became highly amused.

He felt a very bizarre sensation.

【Name: Charles, the ordinary-looking brown-haired guy

Combat Power: 2,104 (Tier Four, Rank Five) (Healing)

Status: Regressed to youth in body and mind due to using taboo magic, and has lost his memories; currently re-cultivating

Skills: Ultra-fast healing magic, capable of healing injuries before the target even realizes they have been hurt.

Buff magic, significantly boosting all stats and statuses of teammates, keeping them in peak condition almost indefinitely (Evaluation: A spear that never dulls is no longer a dream; behold, the dragon's thrust!)

Unusually powerful offensive magic, specifically water and ice attributes, with wood attribute hidden.

...】

Recalling the information he had just gathered, Xia De chuckled.

Xia De: I've seen this episode before. The teammates got arrogant because they were healed too quickly, so they kicked out the party's true powerhouse, only to get slapped in the face when that powerhouse rises again.

Although his own healing magic was of extremely high quality and could heal any wound, it had one fatal (?) flaw:

It had a casting delay.

Even when he had healed the severely injured Hilia before, it had taken him some time to cast the spell.

Now, with such perfect study material right in front of him, if he could just learn his ultra-fast healing magic...

In the future, when he fought, he could simply cast healing magic on himself while fighting, recovering instantly no matter what kind of damage he took.

Xia De smirked foolishly as a chibi version of himself drooled in his mind. He shook his head to clear away these random thoughts.

He would have to find an opportunity to closely observe the spell formula when Charles cast his healing magic.

With his absurd, peerless talent, he would only need to observe it for a brief moment to completely master the magic.

Then, Xia De seemed to think of something. A faint smile played on his lips, but his dark eyes were cold.

Yes, Reid had already been added to Xia De's hit list, for a very simple reason.

Reid had directed malice toward him.

Although Xia De had claimed that he would kill Reid if he looked at him like that again the next time they met...

Anyone who directed malice toward him, no matter who they were or what their reason was, was already marked for death.

Had it not been under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and with his current focus being on the dungeon, that blond scumbag would have already been blown to smithereens.

Becoming nourishment for the shadows!

Coldness glinted in his dark eyes.