The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Today's exchange game was a very fruitful event for me.

Through the hand-to-hand combat with Mr. Hyde, I learned in detail what I lacked and how to deal with various weapons, and I was able to clarify the issues I need to address in the future.

I also met with the knights of the Kingdom of Calm Helio and the sky-blue knights of Samaritan, and as one might expect, each of them had their own unique fighting style, and I learned a lot from them.

The night after the exchange game.

After dinner and a meeting of sorts, I lay down on my bed at the inn and thought about what had been discussed in the meeting earlier.

"Tomorrow is the end of the meeting..."

If nothing happens, the meeting will end tomorrow.

If there had been any obstacles or conflicts, the meeting would have been postponed for a few days, but since the sense of crisis against the Demon King's Army was higher than expected among the kingdoms and Lucas-sama assisted the meeting to proceed smoothly, the meeting would be finished earlier than we had expected.

It was a good thing for us to be able to finish the meeting early, as the Demon King's army could attack at any time.

While I was thinking about this, suddenly there was a knock at the door of my room.

"......?　Is it Kazuki?"

Or was it my senior?　No, he said, "Woo-saatooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" as if he were on a school trip in elementary school.

Tilting my head, I put my hand on the doorknob and opened the door,

"Hello, Usato. I'm here to play."

The too-unexpected person appears in front of me, and I reflexively close the door and slap myself hard on the cheek.

What's that?　Did I dream this?　I feel as if Master Lucas came to my room dressed in rough clothes.

I even heard an auditory hallucination that he had come to visit me.

After taking a deep breath, I slowly opened the door and saw Master Lucas with a big smile on his face. .......

"Hey, Usato!　I'm here to play!"

"What are you doing, you ......?"

As I am stunned, Lucas smiles at me like a child who has just played a successful prank.

"This is a traditional trick only royalty are allowed to pull off," he said.

There is no such traditional technique!

"Oh, don't worry!　I've brought my own guards!

I don't think that's the issue.

How can this man be so free?

Well, thanks to Mr. Lucas, the meeting is going without a hitch, for which I am very grateful.

"By the way, how is Eva doing?"

"Oh, she's at ......."

As I tilt my head, I hear a conversation in the hallway through the open door.

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"Now, you're playing with the tin cans."

"Oh, I see."

Why is it that I can easily imagine senpai being purified by Eva's innocence?

At any rate, I invite Lucas-sama into my room, while inwardly cheering for the senpai who will be pushed around by Eva, and for Eva who will try to be friends with the senpai.

"Please come in here."

Ha-ha-ha, there is no need to be so timid. I'm the one who came here.

"No, I'm a superior even without that. ......"

He pulls out a table and chairs to the center of the room and asks Master Lucas to sit in the chair he has prepared.

I also decline and sit down in the chair across from his table.

"First of all, let me give you my impressions of today's exchange game. I'm relieved to see that you are as usual.

"Oh, you mean as usual ......"

No, you were the same as ever.

Before, in front of Master Lucas, you subdued several knights with healing magic bullets and your bare hands, and even with the help of Nair, you sank the strongest knight in the kingdom, Fegnis-san.

"I came to you today because I wanted to talk to you about something.

"If you want to talk, you can come to ...... during the day."

"This matter is a little bit complicated. I can't do it in the presence of unrelated people."

I can't do it in the presence of unrelated people. ...... means that the story is related to me.

The only things that come to mind are the curse of Samaritan, the heroes of the past, or Eva.

The other thing that comes to mind is ...... Mr. Fegnis.

"You may have a few things in mind, but I want to talk about Faegnis."

"...... what is he doing now?"

"He's in jail. He's calmer than he was after the incident, but he still won't open his mouth."

In jail, huh?

It's not surprising considering what he's done ......, but the look on Master Lucas's face as he talks about it is somewhat sad.

"Indeed, he has sinned. Even though he knew about the curse, he overlooked Eliza's disappearance, sacrificed Eva, and even tried to bind you to Samaritan.

Yes, sir.

For Samaritan.

That was Mr. Fegnis' goal.

But I, too, was on a great mission, and I was determined not to let Eva be sacrificed, so I destroyed what he had protected, freeing the souls of those who had been bound by the curse for hundreds of years.

"That is certainly unforgivable. But at the same time, I still consider him a friend."

"......"

"Even if he betrayed me, even if he cheated me, I can't change the memory of how he helped me rule my country."

I thought at the time that Master Lucas and Mr. Fegnis were really good friends.

That's why he is shocked at the fact that they betrayed him, but at the same time, he doesn't hate them completely.

"Usato. I would like to ask you, who was involved in this situation at that time. Can I ...... forgive him and Faegnis?"

I thought about it for a while, and chose my words as carefully as possible to reply.

"I don't know how to say this, but he had his own beliefs. No matter how distorted his means may be, I am sure that what he was going to do was not for his own greed, but for the people of Samaritan. That's why I think we should ...... exchange words, whether we forgive or not."

It is too irresponsible to just talk and make up.

Even if Mr. Lucas forgives Mr. Fegnis for his behavior, others may not. But still, nothing can be done without talking to him.

I myself have not forgiven him for sacrificing Eva, but if he decides to take the right path after the conversation with Master Lucas, I will accept his decision without saying a word.

"Yes, that's exactly right. I should have known it myself, but I just couldn't act on it. ...... Maybe I just needed a nudge from you."

"What, me?"

"Yes, only a few people know the whole story. I wanted to hear your answer, since you know everything.

With a smile on his face, Master Lucas leaned back against the backrest, as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.　

"As a matter of fact, I told Eva the same thing.

"What did she say?"

"<>She said, "I don't know. She never had a grudge against Fognis from the beginning. She had some feelings about it, but there is more to her now than that.

That may be so.

Eva now has access to the outside world that she has not been allowed to know for more than a decade. She will have so much fun that she will not have time to resent people, since everything she sees will be full of things she does not know.

In the first place, I couldn't imagine her being so kind-hearted as to hold a grudge against anyone at all.

"It was worth it for me to come here in spite of myself, wasn't it?"

"Kai is ...... not that witty and ......"

"Of course not. Talking to you in the capacity of a friend has given me the courage to step forward."

......I wonder if he was consulting with Master Lucas or something like that before Mr. Fegnis was put in jail?

If so, I am glad that I could help him, if not replace him.

"Well, I'm sure you won't be comfortable if I stay too long. I think it's time for me to go home."

"Uh, yes."

I stand up as Master Lucas sits up.

Probably, after the meeting tomorrow, all the kingdoms will be busy preparing for the battle against the Demon King's army. Samariar will be especially busy without Mr. Fegnis, the key figure of the knighthood.

"Master Lucas. If there is anything I can do to help you, I will help you as much as I can.

"Well, you can take over for me..."

"Please come back here when you leave!"

I had a feeling that the conversation was going to get complicated, so I stood up first, walked up to the door of the room, and put my hand on the door.

He said it in a very light-hearted manner, but his eyes were serious. ......!　I was not at all careless or careless at all. ......!

I pulled the door open in a cold sweat, and my eyes met Eva's, who was holding up her hand as if she was just about to knock.

"U, Usato-san......!"

"Oh, yeah, it's Eva. Have you come to call on Mr. Lucas?"

"Yes, yes."

Our eyes meet unexpectedly, and Eva and I back away a little and look away.

Then I saw an older student behind me, who had probably come with her, clamping his mouth shut and shivering as if in shock.

"Don't tell me this is the kind of event where our eyes unintentionally meet each other and we are both embarrassed when we open the door. ......?

I'm sorry. I couldn't understand about half of what you said because you spoke too fast and for too long.

I regain my composure thanks to my senpai and move to the side so that Mr. Lucas can get through.

"Eva! I'm going home first, what do you say?"

"Um, can I stay at Suzune-san's place?"

At your senior's place?

I looked at him quickly, and he gave me a thumbs-up with a fresh smile.

However, if you look closely, you can see his knees are shaking.

What on earth could have made him so groggy?

Or rather, did Mr. Welshy give him permission to do so?　Well, she seems to be surprisingly tactful, so I guess she got the permission before she came here.

"Yeah, no problem. Suzune, take care of her.

Yes. But I think it would be better to have an escort. ......"

"Oh, don't worry about that. They are lurking in positions where they can protect Eva at any time.

By "they," do you mean the knights of the sky blue?

They are lurking in positions where they can be protected. ......

I look around casually and see a few figures peering at me from around a corner.

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I don't think they are lurking when I can see some of them from the corner. I thought they were suspicious because they weren't wearing armor, but I heard a faint voice and immediately recognized them as Eva's guard knights.

I guess he must have noticed my appearance, or maybe he's lurking... Lucas-sama looked at the escort and nodded his head as if to say "I'll leave the rest to you.

He nodded as if he had left the rest to me. Usato, you don't have to worry about the guards.

"I see. ......"

"Eva. I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow before the meeting starts. Have fun, but don't cause trouble for Usato and the others."

"Yes!"

She replied happily, and Master Lucas nodded his head in satisfaction before leaving with another guard who had been waiting nearby.

"What are you going to do now, Usato-kun?"

"No, what do you mean, I'm going back to ...... room."

"No, no, no, no, Eva's here too."

That's true, but...

While I was wondering what to do, Eva, who was watching our exchange, approached me.

"Well, if it's not too much trouble. I'd love to hear about your travels!"

"Travel stories. That's great. We're never short of topics. How about you, senpai?

"I don't mind at all. Oh, let's invite you too, Kazuki. It will be more fun if there are many people to talk to.

Well, let's go get Kazuki. At this time of night, I don't think he is still sleeping.

So I invite Eva and my senpai into my room, and then go to call Kazuki.

I thought to myself, "It's not a bad idea to get together like this to deepen our friendship.