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“The whole world now knew my name. Five years had passed since I’d started my new life in another world.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 3

“One sip and my brain immediately rejected all notions that it was potable. Heat spread through my body and beads of sweat coalesced on my brow. “Substance X” was indeed an apt name for this liquid horror.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Luciel, eh? Can’t believe that kid chugged the whole thing,” Gulgar said to himself, looking into the empty mug. Any normal person would’ve thrown up or passed out from pure revulsion. “Oh, yeah, he’s got guts.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Operation Substance X March was a go, and it was going to take a lot of luck and prayer to pull it off. I removed the lid from one of the barrels and tied it securely around my waist with a spare holy silver robe that I had. Then I marched on. The idea was to use it to repel monsters and make it all the way down to the next boss without actually having to fight anything along the way. The undead hordes spotted me, paused for a moment, then turned right back around and fled. It was particularly effective against animal-types. All I had to do was walk around, believing in my gut and Monsieur Luck, and I came across several treasure chests and downward paths with minimal effort.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 2

“Did you hear all that? They were shouting things like I’m some storybook hero. I made out ‘dragonslayer,’ something with ‘paladin,’ ‘the invincible something-or-other...’ Some of them were even calling me a disciple of the Divine Healer!” “You did slay a dragon, admittedly,” Lionel said. “He’s gotcha there,” Ketty added. “By yourself,” Pola remarked. Her grandfather followed with, “Didn’t need us one bit.” “You might call it luck,” Kefin continued, “but you took a full hit from a dragon and lived. You even countered it once. Fact is, you killed a dragon, and that’s impressive.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 4

“Dragons, the Wicked One, capricious spirits... It seemed like I was getting tossed around like a ragdoll. The blessings felt like a curse in disguise. I was receiving them for a reason, but in reality I found them extremely binding, like I was slowly losing any agency in my own life.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 6

“Uh-oh, this was starting to feel like a date. My life (lives?) flashed before my eyes.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I had a superior to rely on here. My only job right now was to try, fail, learn, repeat.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Also, I’m trying to figure out what you mean by ‘Napoleon,’ but I’m comin’ up short.” “Gah!” Critical hit by an unintentional dad joke.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“You have nothing to worry about.” She smiled longingly. “Allies are drawn to those with a greater purpose.” She looked me straight in the eye and gave a reassuring nod.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 5

“Something sweet tickled my nose, and something soft lingered on my lips. My heart beat with an intensity I had never felt in my life. If this was what they called “honey trapping,” then suddenly I understood this world’s fascination with the stuff. I might have been over forty mentally, but physically I was in my twenties. I felt like I was going to explode. “Yes, well. You too.” I shot my head down in an awkward bow. “Thank you. For the kiss, I mean.” This was my downfall. There was an entire legion of knights present to witness my display, and my act would become the subject of laughter among them for days to come. Even the Valkyries would join in on the teasing. And my team would simply leave me to die.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 7

“The Zombie Healer?” “He’s kinda cute. You’re telling me he’s a bottom?”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 2

“Oh, almost forgot, wash it down with this. It’s disgusting as all hell, but good for ya.” He pulled out a glass mug filled to the brim with some rancid-smelling purple substance that looked thoroughly poisonous.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I was an S-rank healer. I just had to do whatever an S-rank healer could manage and let other people play their parts. Nothing good would come of setting impossible standards or comparing myself to a legend. I wasn’t in this alone. All around me were kind, caring people, and they were the ones who had made me into who I was. To rely on them was not a weakness; it was a strength. Likewise, bettering myself in order to allow others to rely on me only made the bond stronger. I didn’t need to be the strongest in order to be the best.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 3

“So which was he, a protective father figure or Satan? It seemed his primary source of anxiety was being caught showing human emotion.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 8

“You’re damn right. What we’ve been doing up till now’s been ‘training.’ Nothing’s killed you so far, or knocked you on your ass that bad. But today, we’re adding pain into your routine.” My master, clearly having lost his mind again, had forgotten that pain was, in fact, already a key component of everything we had done. It was just like Brod to surpass the limits of absurdity.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Instead, for all my efforts, I was given the absolute worst possible name in history among the adventurers—the Masochistic Zombie Healer—to which I promised myself I would never respond. Ever.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“If I can’t beat it with magic, I’ve got plenty of sharp objects that’ll do the trick!”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 2

“You do kinda have a habit of getting into trouble every time we leave you alone,” Ketty confessed.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 7

“The next morning, I saw the list of those who had died, those I hadn’t been able to save. I cried for them. I was not all-powerful, I knew that, and still my weakness gnawed at me. To stave off the sadness, even if only a little, I swore to the departed that I would push myself harder than ever before.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Lumina, all of you, this isn’t a public forum. Treat me like you always have,” I said. “It gives me the creeps seeing you act so formally with me.” “I assure you, it’s purely respectful and not at all motivated by a desire for more honey,” Lumina insisted. “We were going to beat you up if you tried to pull rank, to be honest,” Lucy laughed.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 7

“Seeing the splotches on my clothes reminded me of the fragility of life in this world, and of the power that I had to protect it. I wasn’t a doctor. I had no technical knowledge. And yet I could heal people. I held the power to stave off unfair deaths. That fact made me happy.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I always heard adventurers were brutes and ruffians, but the ones in Merratoni have been wonderful,” she gushed. Unbeknownst to her, this comment would trigger the formation of her own fan club.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“You mean I was a burden,” she said meekly. I gave her a gentle smile. “No, not at all. Running away is addictive. Do it once and suddenly you can’t stop. The moment the going gets tough, you feel the urge to escape. But you kept me from running away from my training. You were my anchor.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I sat atop Forêt Noire, who was acting strangely pompous and bossy around the other horses. I almost started to believe it was Forêt that was keeping me from riding any of the others.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 3

“As an aside, I’d told them they might just get to take the girls out on a date, which I somewhat regretted after seeing how intense it made them. Note to self: maybe don’t use the Valkyries as bait.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 3

“When, amazingly, no monsters showed up, Substance X was no longer just some disgusting hell-liquid. It was a disgusting hell-liquid that repelled monsters, which I happened to drink gallons of. In hindsight, chugging monster repellent couldn’t have looked good on me, but I didn’t have the courage to overanalyze their opinions on the matter.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 4

“Mm-hm. I’m not rubbing that cute tush of yours just because I want to,” Trett said. “We’re here on business.” No. Just no. What robe-making purpose could groping my thighs and butt—and so gently—possibly serve? “Business,” my foot!”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 3

“I’m not gonna become some hero overnight. There’s no need to rush.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I’ve gotta keep it together. Being reincarnated is no excuse for ignoring what I learned in my last life.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 3