From Tsugikuru Books, released on September 10th (Friday)! The manga adaptation (Futabasha) Volume 1 was released on May 13th (Friday)! Old Title: I Started Guarding the Second Princess, My Childhood Friend, After Being Exiled from the Hero's Party for Being an Assassin! 'Noah, rumors might spread that you're a disadvantage to the party, so I'm exiling you today.' 'What? What do you mean?!' I've always devoted myself to this party. I would even risk my life to save someone in danger, and I've taken on the villains myself. I trusted this party so much. (Why, then!?) Is it because being an assassin has a bad image? If that's the case, I just need to work harder, right? But... Then the hero, Oliver, says, 'You were only included because your family is a noble house directly under the royal family. And our goal has been achieved.' That's right. I was only used as a bridge for the country to provide financial support to the hero's party. That's not fair... While I was crouching in the square, my childhood friend and the second princess, Rubia Laurilai, proposes to me. 'Would you like to be my guard?' This encounter changes my life. At that time, Oliver still didn't realize how much I had contributed to the party. From there, the decline of the hero's party began. * Ranked 2nd in the daily, weekly, and overall daily rankings by genre! * Ranked 3rd in the overall weekly rankings! * Ranked 5th in the monthly rankings by genre! * Ranked 10th in the overall monthly rankings! * Ranked 288th in the overall annual rankings! * The hero's party appears from the guard story. The main focus is on the guard story. The 'serves them right' elements start around Chapter 8 of the guard story. In the assassin story, I plan to write about the protagonist's blossoming and the hero's despair. * Also being posted on Kakuyomu.