The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

"I don't have to say it: ......!!!"

Usato is being swallowed by a skeleton right in front of me.

As I watched him, unable to move, I suppressed my desire to rescue him immediately and continued to cast spells on Lucas and Eva.

"Nea, Usato-san is ......!"

"Worry about yourself now!　If you leave me now, you'll end up like Usato!"

The spell of resistance can only be cast on one subject.

It is only because I am touching Lucas and Eva now that the spell of resistance is in effect, and if either Lucas or Eva leaves me, they will be out of the effect range of the spell of resistance.

"I'm sorry. I can't fight, and I'm slowing you down, and that's why Usato is ......."

"You can't kill Usato just like that!　Don't say things that make me anxious!

I shout at Lucas, who has a pessimistic expression on his face behind me, but in reality I am in a great deal of hurry.

Usato is ridiculously strong against physical attacks, but weak against mental attacks.

He was suffering from the mental attacks of only a few skeletons last night, and now he is afraid that his heart might be broken by the attacks of countless skeletons.

My master is finished here, and I, the messenger without a master, will be a stray demon just like before.

"......

I wonder what they are thinking, me too.

I was ready to die before I became Usato's messenger.

There's nowhere to go now. If anything, my position as Usato's messenger is where I belong now.

Perhaps it is not a bad idea to give up my life here and now, even if only for a short time, for the sake of the one who made me decide to go out into the outside world.

"---I'll stay with you until the end. I'll fulfill my role as a messenger whether I succeed or fail!

Gee!

Gah!

I'll show you something special!

I smile faintly at the skeleton that throws the chain at me, just as I did when I caught Usato, and I put more magic power into my resistance spells.

Then, the pattern of the spell of resistance that covers the three of us floats up and turns into a spherical boundary.

"You can do it, go ahead and do it ......!"

This way, neither the skeleton nor the chain, which is the curse itself, can be touched. Instead, the magic will be completely fixed to the spot, and it will use a lot of magic power, but it should be very effective against these guys.

"Ji,a......!

The chains thrown by the skeletons are all repelled by the warding.

Some of them hit us with force, but that doesn't make sense either.

"Nair-chan!　You're just trying to protect us. ......"

"I'm only going this far because Usato said he would help you!　So you just stand there and watch!"

To withstand the impact of the incoming skeletons, she thrusts her hands forward and concentrates on maintaining her magic.

Resistance spells are indeed powerful magic, but they are by no means unbreakable. It can withstand as many attacks as it can withstand, but it is not so strong against other attacks.

Therefore, I have to reinforce the load of impact and weight with my magic power. ......!

"......!!!"

As I endure the onslaught of skeletons, a figure appears from the floor in front of the altar, giving off a distinctly different atmosphere from the skeletons I've seen before.

It was still a skeleton, but it was holding a tattered robe and a staff that must have been very expensive, and it was speaking with clattering teeth.

"You finally showed yourself ......!"

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Suddenly, the man in front of you raises his hand, and the chain around the skeleton's neck is yanked back, forcing the attack to stop.

It's a whim, though in reality it's just a sign of victory.

And, unlike the others, he can speak the language, and the fact that he stopped the attack means that he can manipulate the curse to some extent.

And from the word "my long-cherished wish"..,

"You're a vindictive son of a b*tc*, sorcerer. It's insane to bind a dead man's soul to a curse under the guise of a death sentence."

"Sorcerer," huh?　You don't think he's the sorcerer who was executed by the king for sacrificing his people to witchcraft?

No wonder Lucas is surprised.

He wouldn't expect a man who lived hundreds of years ago to be so obsessed with a brave man that he would bind himself to a curse.

"It's a strange story if you think about it. It was the king and the sorcerer who sacrificed the people of Samaria to the curse, but for some reason only the royal family was cursed. The curse should have been placed on the sorcerer's descendants, the Faegnis family. Because you shifted the direction of the curse to the royal family only. ...... isn't that right?"

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That means that Fegnis was also being used by this death squad.

So the teaching that makes him so obsessed with the heroes is like a curse.

What are you going to do with Usato?　Either way... you are doomed to extinction. Even if you are sure of your victory, it is only temporary.

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?　What's so funny?

The sorcerer, his shoulders shaking, turns his hollow eyes toward us and emits a chilling voice.

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"...... what do you mean?"

"That is an act out of this world's reason. ......!　The dead are not allowed to come back to life!　And moreover, a dead person is not allowed to take over a living ...... person!

You mean to say that the purpose was not to bind Usato to Samaritan, but to take over his body?

The mental attack that Usato is now being subjected to by the skeletons.

Dozens or hundreds of thoughts at once would break a normal person's heart.

When the skeletons see my bloodshot face, they start giggling again.

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"Well then, Usato, go to ......!"

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Immediately, he sees Usato surrounded by skeletons.

We can't see him because he is surrounded by so many skeletons, but in there, we are being shown the hatred and abominable memories of the people of Samaritan for a long time.

No sane person would last a minute. ......

"Please stop ...... why are you doing that ......?"

Eva asks the magician in a low voice.

The sorceress snickers and scoffs.

"Yes. You can't bind a brave man who slays an evil dragon with your magic."

It is true that magic is powerful, but it is easily defeated by a far superior opponent.

And this is a brave warrior who defeated even an evil dragon. He must have tremendous strength, and above all, there is no way that he is an existence only by his strength.

"Then use your failures as a stepping stone to..."

Here, for the first time, a voice filled with emotion emanates from the sorcerer.

Eva shudders at the sound of his voice.

The magician's next words were the worst and most evasive I could have imagined.

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.......

I must say, this guy is a real monster.

He sacrificed the lives of so many innocent people for this, that even he himself became only a soul and a part of the curse. .......

<<< Now, if you will be a sacrifice for the curse, you can be with the healing wizard, right?　And you can see your missing mother.

"......, no!　You are still doing your best!　There is no way I can give up living here now!"

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"......What the hell are you talking about!"

I swear at the magician's words.

He seems to be saying something kind like mercy, but it's as if he's saying that we're supposed to turn it off anyway. The fact that he can only say such words that narrow down our options shows that this sorcerer is an outcast who is far away from the word mercy.　

You will never be a brave man.

At that moment, Lucas said something like that to the magician.

The words, uttered calmly, were filled with quiet anger.

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"You will never be a brave man if you can only speak like that."

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No, it's not. You're attracted only to power, but I'll tell you!"

Lucas steps forward forcefully and moves to my side.

I silently move to the side and face the magician so that he can speak more easily.

"It is not the power that matters, but the mind of the one who wields it. I understood this when I got to know a part of Usato. He has great power, but he uses it to save, not to overrun. You have no idea how difficult that is, do you?"

<<< So what?　Does your ambition or your creed make you a brave man?　That is too foolish a thought.

"You're the one who's stupid. What do you worship the brave? All you worship is their power. ......!"

The sorcerer is caught off guard by Lucas's words and stammers a little.

Regardless, he spins the rest of his words.

I am sure that the brave men who slayed the evil dragon also risked their lives to fight for their people. But you and the king of that time made it meaningless. And yet, instead of regretting it, you continued to use the souls of the people you sacrificed for hundreds of years. ...... How can a man be a brave man if he tramples on human dignity like that!

...... Indeed, the heroes of the previous generation must have fought for the people of Samaria, who were being tormented by the evil dragon. He fought without sleep and finally plunged into the mouth of the evil dragon and plunged his sword into its heart.

But when the battle was over, what awaited him was the betrayal from the country he was supposed to have saved and the corpses of the people he was supposed to have saved who were sacrificed to bind him.

No wonder he is so disgusted with humans. ......

"I had given up hope that I could save my daughter, but thanks to him I am here now. He said he would help me, so I can keep hope alive. ...... Can you do that?　Can you give people hope?　Can you do that to a coward who sacrificed hundreds of innocent people and then used even their souls to take over ...... Usato's body!!!"

The sorcerer does not utter a word as Lucas says this with emotion.

Instead, the taunts that had been clattering from earlier were gone, and only the eerie atmosphere was noticeable.　

"What?"

As soon as the sorcerer's arm moves, he casts a spell on the boundary that had been restraining him, and activates it.

Instantly, the skeletons, whose movements had been blocked by the chains, rushed toward the wards at once.

"Ugh... ......"

Nair!

Are you okay?

Stay back!

The onslaught of skeletons was caught by the warding, and I made Lucas and Eva back away, worried about me as I screamed in pain.

"I know what you mean, I don't need you to tell me that. ......!

I grit my teeth and say this to him.

What you are doing now is just stalling for time.

"Hmph, for such a thing, it's taken you quite a while to break Usato's spirit. ......!"

It has been many minutes since Usato was captured by the skeletons, but they have not moved away from him at all.

Doesn't that mean that Usato hasn't given up yet?

Looking at the mute magician, I am convinced that the fact that Usato has been able to endure until now is something he never expected.

"......ff"

I don't know, I can't help but smile at his words in spite of the hopelessness of the situation.

"You're so funny now. It's ...... aggravating to see you in such a state of triumph, getting carried away, and being so ugly that it's almost unbearable to watch, but it really is similar to my situation back then."

I am sure that from the point of view of Usato and the others, I looked just like I looked at the magician in front of me. Just like me, who had underestimated my opponent when my plan had worked, and who had suffered the consequences.

A scheme hatched by a little guy like you will definitely fall apart. The person you're trying to get now is a man who can do extraordinary things that can't be measured by ordinary scales. You will be seriously injured if you think things will go your way. ......!

Normal people don't use healing magic in battle, and they don't try to fight an evil dragon head on.

First of all, the assumption that the man is made up of only his strong body is wrong.

This sorcerer does not understand that.

The magician raises his arms in a gesture of frustration.

Hundreds of chains extend from the floor in response to his movements, and skeletons appear, many more than ever before.

"You are a real outcast ......!"

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I can't even keep up with my own magic if I'm hit by so many attacks all at the same time.

But now I have no choice but to defend myself.

The hopelessness of the situation makes my heart break, but even so, I desperately try to shake myself up and put my magical power into the wards.

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"Hoo!!!!!!"

<<<<<>>>>>

Floating skeletons rush to my wards.

I meditate to prepare for the coming shock and strain.

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"......?"

But the coming impact never came.

The skeletons' voices, too, have changed from bestial cries to a mixture of astonishment and bewilderment.

I slowly open my eyes, still puzzled..,

"......What the hell is this?"

--- In front of me, a translucent white figure floated in front of me, standing as if protecting us from the skeletons.

If you look closely, you will see that not only in front of us, but there were several white figures surrounding us, protecting us from the onslaught of the skeletons.

The white figures were not in front of us, but surrounded us.

"Are you protecting us ......?"

Suddenly, a white figure appeared.

The one that caught my attention the most was a female figure with long hair who was protecting us from the skeletons with her arms outstretched in front of her.

The white light was the same as the other figures, but her waist-length hair was colored blue and her appearance was somewhat similar to that of Eva, who was in the arms of Lucas behind her.

"You came, you came. ......"

"Do you know what this is?　Eva."

I ask Eva, who says this happily, about the white figure in front of her.

These people are not bad people. They are kind people who have always protected me from scary dreams. ......"

He protected me from scary dreams. .......

I wonder if these are the ones who were protecting her mind from the curse of Samaritan's people who were trying to drive her into a mental corner?　

Why did they come out now?

Could it be that they jumped out of the curse because of Eva's crisis?

"Father, it's all right now!　These people will protect you!"

"......"

"...... father?"

Lucas stares at the white figure in front of me, as if he didn't hear Eva's words.

Lucas stares for a moment, then gasps, his voice shaking with tears as he tightens his hands on Eva and opens his mouth.

"Oh, I see...... that's right, you've been watching her grow up close to you, even though her body is gone. ....... I am still no match for you, after all. I guess you didn't need to say goodbye, because you were always with Eva. ......"

Lucas's voice trembles, and the blue-haired woman turns her head and smiles kindly at him.

Eva blinks when she hears Lucas' words.

I see, this woman is Lucas's .......

That means that the figures around her are the royalty of the past that have been erased by the curse, right?

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Just then, the sorcerer's angry voice echoes through the hall.

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With these words, the sorcerer pulled up more chains and sent more skeletons rushing into the shadows.

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The sorcerer is right, the royalty around them are not enough to stop the skeletons.

In fact, every time we catch a skeleton, its white shadow flickers like smoke and its figure changes to a dim one.

The female figure before us is no exception. However, the woman, who seems to pay no attention to the skeletons' attacks, turns her head toward us again and slowly moves her lips.

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"What?"

I don't hear a voice.

I can't hear her voice, but I'm sure she's trying to tell us something.

What the hell is .......

He's saying it's okay ......

"Eva, do you understand what he's saying?"

"Yes, yes. Yes, I have a vague idea. ......

Is she able to communicate to some extent because she was protecting Eva from the curse?　Or is it simply that this woman is her child's---that's what we should think about now.

What's okay? The situation is still as much as before, and I don't think so at all, even if I am told that everything is okay in such a situation.

To my concern, the woman smiled kindly, as if to reassure me, and then spun a short sentence.

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"He's already awake, so ......?"

I nod my head in confusion as Eva tells me this.

Woke up, in this situation, I mean .......

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"Gosh, that's annoying ...... that guy ......."

The sorcerer, whose true nature has been exposed, laughs with no decency at all.

I glared at the magician to say something back, but... I saw the skeletons surrounding Usato behind the magician scatter apart as if they were spiders, and I realized that I had just said something like that. I understand the meaning of the woman's words.

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A figure approaches from behind the magician, who is smiling, unaware of the unusual situation happening behind him.

As soon as we see him clearly, somehow the skeletons that were attacking us gradually slow down. By the time he is close behind the sorcerer, the skeletons are so weakened that they are forced to hit us with their wards while they are still pulled by their chains.

"......That's right, you're late getting up,......, huh?"

I was elated to hear him talk lightly, but I shuddered when I saw him lying on the ground.

I could feel his anger even from a distance, and I could see his arms were so strong that his blood vessels were floating.

"Hey!

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With a dusky voice, a hand reaches out from behind the smiling magician and grabs his head.

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"What's wrong?　Smile. Like an idiot. You have to laugh while you still can..."

He slammed the sorcerer's head into the floor with enough force to send him crashing to the floor.

Looking down with cold eyes at the large shattering of the floor and the sorcerer's shattered skull, Usato smiles and clenches his fist, as he always does.

"You'll never laugh again, will you?"

A traveler from somewhere once told me that people naturally smile when they are really angry, and I guess that's what Usato is doing right now.

He was completely pissed off, and I was really glad from the bottom of my heart that Usato had not done anything to lose his temper so much.