Chapter 1: Did the Redo of Healer Starting Off Get Something Wrong!
"Mr. Keyaru!"
"Mr. Keyaru!!"
An anxious yet somewhat eager call snapped the brown-haired young man out of his daze.
His chapped lips felt unbearably uncomfortable. Keyaru looked around in confusion.
This was a basement built from worn-out stone bricks, now covered in green moss after years of neglect.
The cramped space, barely enough for one person to stand, was filled with a musty, decaying smell that made Keyaru, already dehydrated, feel even worse. His handsome face was flushed an unnatural shade of purple.
Souma in his previous life, Keyaru in this one...
Among the countless transmigrators, he never expected such a dismal start!
Trying to move his hands, Keyaru was shocked to find them tightly bound by heavy chains, as if he were a heinous criminal!
"Don't bother struggling, Mr. Keyaru~"
"The material of these chains can't be broken even by a Level 3 adventurer, let alone you, who's only Level 1~"
This time, Keyaru clearly identified the source of the voice...
Following the sound, the brown-haired youth saw a pair of sharp, intense eyes staring intently at him from outside the iron door of the basement.
For some reason, Keyaru sensed a certain charm in those eyes... along with blatant malice directed at him!
He knew... he needed to figure out his situation first!
But before that, he needed enough water to restore his brain's ability to think!
With a hoarse, dry voice, Keyaru struggled to speak:
"Thirsty..."
Hearing Keyaru's words, the owner of the eyes outside thought for a moment, opened a small hatch under the iron door, and passed in a cup of steaming, milky-white beverage...
Without hesitation, Keyaru downed the hot drink in one gulp. His thirst was quenched, but a few seconds later, he clutched his throat, coughing painfully!
Watching Keyaru kneel on the ground, coughing uncontrollably, the person outside the iron door laughed heartily.
The girl's bell-like laughter echoed loudly, piercingly out of place in the small basement...
"It seems Mother Mia didn't quite get the alcohol level right in her newly brewed Rice Wine~"
"I'm truly sorry, Mr. Keyaru! I'll bring you a proper cup of rice wine next time to apologize properly!"
With these words, the girl's light footsteps gradually faded into the distance, leaving Keyaru alone in this basement that resembled a prison cell...
Gradually recovering from the burning sensation of rice wine in his throat, Keyaru leaned against the wall, his eyes cold!
He had fully digested his memories now... To be precise, he wasn't some transmigrator, but rather a reincarnator who had only recently awakened his memories...
This world was none other than the DanMachi world that Keyaru was extremely familiar with from his previous life...
In this life, he had an ordinary family and ordinary life, until the Dark Age of Orario took both his parents' lives!
As a child, to avenge his parents, he joined the familia of an unknown minor god!
That minor god's name was... Asmodeus!
At that time, Keyaru didn't know this was an evil god!
Fortunately, this small familia only had him as its sole member...
So why was his familia classified as part of Evilus? Even though Keyaru, the only member, had committed no evil deeds...
The answer was simple—Asmodeus, this god who sought amusement, believed that committing evil deeds needed to be done personally to have the right flavor!
Thus... Keyaru, who was completely innocent except for his affiliation, was classified as part of Evilus... all thanks to Asmodeus constantly boasting about having a lovely child...
Fortunately, over the years, he had never faced any reckoning.
He survived through the Dark Age...
He avoided the Astrea Familia...
Until the mad "Gale" stole a list from the Guild, and Keyaru's nightmare began!
A golden-haired elf named Ryu Lion came for him...
But fortunately, he wasn't killed. Before that could happen, a gray-haired girl stopped the elf's actions, and the elf herself had some considerations...
Afterward, the two discussed and reached a compromise...
Keyaru was temporarily imprisoned in this lightless basement...
Having sorted through his memories, the young man's eyes were filled with speechlessness.
Good grief, if he hadn't awakened his past life memories, with experiences like these, even a good person would probably turn to darkness!
But then, Keyaru noticed another problem...
That was his name...
Keyaru... wasn't that the name of that hero?
Also, why did that gray-haired girl, Syr, want to save him?
One question after another swirled in Keyaru's mind, until he thought of something...
The current Syr should actually be the goddess Freya... the DanMachi "trouble magnet" that Keyaru least wanted to get involved with...
Freya... Freya, this joke wasn't funny at all!
Thinking of that perverted princess Freya who had abused the Staff Hero in various ways, Keyaru decided this was just a coincidence!
Probably his modern abstract soul had intrigued this goddess, which was why she was willing to spare his life!
This was what Keyaru thought, but then Syr's sudden return made him overturn his own theory...
Bang!
The iron door suddenly swung open, and a girl with delicate features and radiant gray hair walked in smiling, her playful eyes blinking at the silent Keyaru.
"Truly different now~"
"It seems I wasn't mistaken—you've changed!"
"With a soul like this, I have a premonition that, under my continuous training and repeated discipline, you may one day shine far brighter than Alfia! As dazzling as the stars!"
"I didn't want to interfere, but..."
Syr dropped her facade, her face flushed as she began to pant heavily, completely unconcerned that Keyaru was witnessing her in this state...
After reaching her climax, the gray-haired girl calmed down as if transformed, her eyes abruptly turning into a brilliant, gem-like purple. She coldly addressed a patch of darkness behind her:
"Ottar, restrain Helen!"
"Don't let her interfere with me..."
After a moment of silence, a deep, resolute voice echoed from behind the gray-haired girl.
"As you wish!"
Once Orario's strongest boaz warrior vanished, the gray-haired girl turned her gaze back to Keyaru.
"You heard all of that just now, Mr. Keyaru~"
"Syr's biggest secret has been discovered by you. As compensation, shouldn't you cooperate with Syr and do a few things?"
Staring at the seemingly schizophrenic gray-haired girl, Keyaru answered evasively:
"Which version is the real you?"
The gray-haired girl's expression stiffened; she paused, then smiled indifferently.
"What I am doesn't matter at all..."
"What matters is... do you know what you're about to face, Mr. Keyaru~"