The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows

Zenos hails from the slums, but he won’t let that stop him from paving his own path to success when he chances upon a healer and begins learning the curative arts. When an adventuring party extends him an invitation, Zenos is elated—only to find himself treated like dirt. Despite honing his skills to perfection, the party deems him useless and kicks him out. Now broke and out of luck, Zenos starts an illegal clinic, becoming a shadow healer. Word of his genius quickly spreads through the city’s underbelly, but as his reputation grows among the dregs of society, word of Zenos’s ability reaches the wrong pair of ears...

Krishna finds herself in mortal peril when she follows up on a lead about Callendore’s involvement in child trafficking—but luckily, Zenos is there to save her in the nick of time! Zenos earns the knight’s appreciation and thus adds another “unique” lady to his ever-growing list of difficult patients. Meanwhile, a certain healer-less party discovers that maybe, just maybe, they’ve made a terrible mistake...and they decide to make it Zenos’s problem! With trouble hot on his heels, Zenos finds his wish for anonymity quickly becoming a pipe dream.

With the golem situation resolved and the slums safe, it’s time for Zenos to take a well-earned vacation to the hot spring town of Flamme! When Krishna, Lily, and even Carmilla decide to tag along, Zenos realizes this trip is bound to be less relaxing than he hoped... Meanwhile, volunteer healers visit the slums to offer their aid. When they find no injured people in need of assistance, people in high places begin to suspect that something is amiss—and coincidentally, one of those individuals just so happens to be in Flamme on healing duty. Will Zenos be able to relax and stay in the shadows? Or will his brilliance be revealed, kick-starting a whole new adventure?

The fight against the undead rages on in the Royal Institute’s graveyard! But this time, a stronger foe has emerged: the zombie king. Cress may lead the battle, but Zenos also happens to distinguish himself enough to earn a spot in Goldran’s faction. Ambi