BRILLIANT HEALERS NEW LIFE IN THE SHADOWS GN (2025)

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.

Now that Zenos has managed to coax information out of a drunken Bonds, the mystery around Afred’s disappearance is one step closer to being solved. Unfortunately, the man’s incoherent ramblings fall short of explaining everything, and when Zenos gets booted from Goldran’s faction for the crime of helping a grievously wounded Zonde, his chances of chasing down any further leads seem slim. Though many questions lay unanswered, Zenos starts packing his bags—it’s clear his time at the Royal Institute has come to a close.But behind the scenes, more trouble is brewing. And when it rears its ugly head, an old, hidden truth surfaces with it.