Western Fantasy: They Regretted It After I Left the Party

[Western Fantasy, Light Novel, Love Triangle, Multiple Heroines, Laid-Back Daily Life, Epic Adventure, Subverting Expectations, Comfort Food, Racial Conflict]

Eric is the “logistics specialist” in a hero's party. He's proficient in basic magic of every element, wilderness survival, emergency first aid, and a hundred ways to cook meat over a fire.

On the eve of the final battle against the Demon King, his childhood friend Lia, the hero, exiles him for being “too weak to fight.”

He thinks he's about to enjoy a peaceful retirement, returning to his northern homeland to spend his days farming.

But he has no idea...

The exile was carefully orchestrated to “protect” him.

Afraid that he'd die at the Demon King's hands, Lia decides to shoulder everything alone. After the battle, she plans to give up her title as hero and marry him.

Evelyn, the holy attendant, allows him to be exiled, but plans to approach him while he's down and keep him by her side forever.

The elven scholar Ella sees through it all. She uses teleportation magic to haul him straight back to his home and smiles at his parents as she announces:

“I'm your son's fiancée.”

When the Demon King crashes to the ground, the three women who stand at the pinnacle of the world hurry back, only to discover that someone has already stolen him away.

And so a “battle” over Eric begins...