I stopped working because I was expelled from the Hero's party who denounced me as a coward

I quit my job after being thrown out of the Hero’s party—they called me a coward. My name is Nicola, a fighter who uses cowardice as my weapon. After my so-called friends betrayed me, I swore I’d never work another day in my life.

But fate had other plans. Against my will, I ended up as an instructor at Shanoa Institute. That’s where I met Alice, a fragile girl everyone dismissed as weak. In this world, strength defines your worth, and she had none—or so they thought.

Desperate to change her fate, Alice begged me, of all people, to train her. No rules, no limits.

This is the story of a coward’s climb to power—a battle fantasy unlike any other.