An E-Rank Apothecarist

In the ruthless hierarchy of adventurers, Healer Carol occupies the very bottom rung: E-Rank, a designation that marks her as the weakest of the weak. Dismissed by her peers as useless and a burden, she nevertheless poured her heart into her craft, tirelessly concocting medicines in a desperate bid to prove her worth to her comrades. Her devotion, however, was met not with gratitude, but with cold indifference. In a final, humiliating blow, she was unceremoniously expelled from her party, left stranded in a foreign town with a depleted purse and a future that promised only destitution. As despair begins to set in, Carol’s path crosses with that of a dying adventurer named Kaido. With nothing left to lose but her innate compassion, she administers the very remedies she had once created for free, expecting little more than a temporary reprieve for the man. To her utter astonishment, the treatment yields an extraordinary result—her unassuming medicine draws unprecedented, effusive praise from those who witness its effects. This chance encounter not only throws her forgotten skills into a startling new light but also hints that her long-overlooked potions may hold a value far beyond her paltry rank, potentially rewriting the fate she thought was sealed.