Banished From the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Novel Volume 8 was written by Zappon with illustrations by Yasumo.

A new Hero named Van has appeared, and he’s headed for Zoltan. This naïve and innocent boy possesses the strength to make even Theodora the Crusader shudder, and he blindly obeys the word of the Church. When Red, Rit, and Ruti learn of this new Hero they decide...to avoid him completely by leaving Zoltan for a little while on a vacation?! A confrontation with this unprecedented second savior of the world does sound like a lot of work, after all. But will they really be able to evade Van forever?