"No one expects anything from me" My dude. You were expelled specifically because they expected something out of you and you failed and refuse to acknowledge how badly you failed.
At the very least though, he has enough bravery to face danger to help someone else. So that's a positive. And he better not magically be super skilled because otherwise it just goes to show how much of a lazy sentimental idiot he was being. Taking down a singular goblin in a corridor, I can accept that. It's a goblin. But something that makes other adventurers flee and causes trouble for his previous savior, that'll be something else.