The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

A cold, sharp, touch against my neck.

The person holding the sword, which could easily take my life if I moved even a little, was Kannagi-san, the beastman who was trying to kill us.

My situation was terrible.

"I'll say it again. Usato, unassimilate me."

"...... Kannagi, you are..."

I was pulled into a vortex controlled by Mr. Kannagi and held hostage.

I am so terrified that I cannot move, let alone speak.

My life is in his hands now.

Just thinking about it, I cannot stop my body from shaking.

"Hurry!"

But just like me, Kannagi-san's arm was shaking just as much as mine.

I don't know what kind of emotion it was.

At least, Kannagi's face seemed to be impatient, fighting against something.

"......ferm."

As Mr. Usato spoke these words, three figures jumped out from his body.

Amako, Nair, and Ferrum appeared as if they were splitting up.

With that, Mr. Usato's appearance also changed from that of a demon, and became that of a human wearing white clothes.

"---"

"Ugh. ......"

I could not help but scream, and Usato-san looked at me.

"Keira, don't worry. "Keira, don't worry, I'll make sure you get back to Gref and the others.

"Mr. Usa,t ......"

You could have left yourself behind.

Kannagi-san, seeing Usato-san who had broken his assimilation, took the blade of the sword away from my neck, held it in his opposite hand, and pointed the hilt toward Usato-san.

"Take me, take this sword, and I will spare her life.

"...... except for Keira?"

"You think you have a choice now?　Honestly, I've been wanting to kill her for a long time, but I've been holding back. I can't make any more concessions."

"......"

"Hurry up, can't we just get rid of the three of you there first?"

Kannagi's gaze turns to Amako and the others in the back.

He closed his eyes and was silent for a few seconds before stepping forward and nodding at Kannagi's words.

"Okay."

"No, Usato!　Not only will you lose your healing magic, but you will also be affected by the evil dragon!　Worst of all, you could be trapped in your hatred for the entire demon tribe!

"Don't worry, I'll live positively as a light wizard if it comes to that."

"Why are you invoking some weird positive attitude there?

Usato lose his healing magic?

We---you're going to start hating the whole demon tribe?

In my mind's eye, I see the image of Mr. Usato who was kind to us.

I don't like it.

I don't want him to change.

I don't want him to hate us, hate me.

"No. ......"

A small, muffled voice escapes my mouth.

I don't want anyone to get hurt.

I can't stand the thought of anyone else getting hurt because of me.

And yet, my weakness has brought about this situation.

Kannagi-san slowly approaches Usato-san with a crooked smile on his face.

"No! ......!!!"

I can't be protected forever.

As I clearly voice this out loud, the black magic power peculiar to dark magic overflows from under my feet.

It was a different sensation from before, the feeling of being able to control magic with my own will.

Dark magic?

"I will protect you. I won't let anyone hurt you anymore!

Dark magic envelops me, engulfing my head.

A cloak of black cloak covers my entire body.

It moves independently of my will, shaking off Kannagi's restraints, and flips off her body.

"You!　You little ...... girl!

"Here!　Healing Fist!

Ah!　Why, why, Usato!

Usato thrust out his right fist, and something flew out of it with tremendous force, striking Kannagi directly.

I was relieved to be released from the hostage situation, but in a short time, the cloak of black magic that covered me started to move on its own and headed toward Mr. Usato.

Moreover, I was flying in the sky.

It was my first experience in my life to fly in the sky, so all I could do was scream.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

"Keira!"

As soon as he could, he was caught by Usato.

She backed up to release the impact, and hurriedly checked on me to make sure I was safe.

"Are you hurt?　No cuts!

"No, I'm fine!"

"Usato!

Kannagi's voice sounded like an exclamation.

Usato and I both turned our heads at the same time to see Kannagi's image shooting many fireballs from his tail, which was covered with flames.

"No, no, no, no, no!

"Hold on, I'm coming..."

"Ha-ha-ha, you can swing me around!　I'm a dark wizard, I can handle it!"

"....... What the hell did that coga bastard put in Keira's head? ......　I'll never forgive you!

As soon as Usato-san, who supported me clinging to his neck with his left arm and cloaked in magic power in his right hand, was about to fire a spell at the approaching fireball, the cloak that covered me started to move all by itself.

"What?　Oh, wait, it moved on its own. ...... ah?

"Huh?"

The cloak moves away from me and starts moving around at an unbelievable speed, drowning out the fireballs.

In an instant, all the fireballs headed for Usato-san and me were blown away, and the cloak was somehow placed over Usato-san's shoulders instead of under mine.

"....... Uh, Keira, what's this?"

"Wow, it's my magic, but ...... I have no idea what it is either. ......"

My magic protected you, Usato?

It moves of its own accord, but unlike before, I feel a sense of security.

"I don't know what's going on, but let's all gather again!"

You're a real hard man to please. ......

"Hi."

"Huh. ......."

Ferrum, Nair, and Amako jumped into the room with me in their arms.

In an instant, Usato-san, now clad in black magic, flips my dark magic---black cloak and points his free right hand at Kannagi.

Kannagi.

Keira was taken hostage, but she was able to save the day by using her own dark magic at the last minute.

However, I was surprised to see Keira flying into the air at breakneck speed the very next moment, but I was even more astonished to see her dark magic clinging to my shoulders like a cape.

"Aah!"

Kannagi attacked without question, weaving her magic into the mix.

The attacks lacked precision, but they were even more furious than before, and contained a strong intent to kill.

However, the cloak around my shoulders knocks most of them away.

"Keira, your magic seems to be a defensive magic ......!"

.

Nair asks Ferrum curiously as he mutters this in my mind, and her voice takes a sour tone.

>

>

So please don't fight amongst yourselves.

With some reluctance, he swings his right fist, which is wrapped in elasticity, repelling the attack that has slipped through the cloak's protection.

"Actually, I wish I could have gotten you out of there somewhere safe ......!"

"No, ...... this is the safest place too, in a way."

<

Amako agrees with Keira.

Amako agrees with Keira's words.

Kannagi's priority is on the demon tribe. As long as Keira is here, there is no guarantee that she will be safe.

"There you are!"

He immediately turns around and swings his fist, but it only catches Kannagi's shadow and fails to strike the main body.

I am now able to block their attacks, but I am also unable to strike them.

At this rate, we will only be exhausted.

"No, if you have Keira's magic, ......"

"What, me?"

I think you can use that technique that takes so long to activate.

As I was about to respond to the attack, seeing Kannagi moving through the white vortex, a translucent figure---Kannagi himself---comes flying toward me.

.

"Mr. Kannagi!　I'm busy right now. ......!"

"Can you stop it?

I almost turn to look at Kannagi-san, but before I can do so, Kannagi, in the shape of a demon, swings his sword down into my brain.

This is blocked by Keira's cloak, but her eyes are fixed on Kannagi-san.

"What do you think you're doing at this point ......!"

Kannagi's words make her even more angry.

"You're going to wipe me out. ......!　Don't lie!　You're so good at making up lies to suit your own needs!

>

"Let's just do as much as we can!"

I respond to her voice and move away from Kannagi.

Kannagi, who has lined up beside me, gives me some instructions.

>

"Just what I was thinking of doing."

<

"Oh, I didn't hear that. ...... Whoa!"

Kannagi-san enters me without question.

I don't feel anything wrong with my body, but "possessed" is the wrong word.

My face turns pale, and my right hand stretches my cheek, and I call out to the amakos inside me.

"All right!　Let's do it!"

<<<< what? >>>>

>

As long as it gets through to Amaco, we're good.

I immediately move the elasticity grant I created to my left hand and create a healing explosion wave with my right hand basket hand.

>

>

"Huh?　What?　Usato, what are you doing ......?"

He covers his entire right arm with black magic power to wrap the healing explosive bullet he has created, and creates a cannon barrel.

The barrel is then covered with a shock-resistance spell.

He then applies a restraining spell to the healing bomb, and moves to the position to launch a healing flying fist.

--- It takes time to launch this technique.

Meanwhile, Kannagi continues to attack me, but Ferrum's arm and Keira's cloak are blocking all of their attacks.

"d*mn, you ......!"

I take one look at Kannagi, who is still trying to block my attacks, and quietly call out to Amako inside.

"Amako."

<>

A blow that will surely drive Kannagi away.

It is meaningless if you don't hit it, but if Amako is there, it doesn't matter.

"Predict the position from which Kannagi will flee."

<>

"---Hiccup......!"

Kannagi, who has seen the prediction, enters the white whirlpool, his face turning blue.

Once Amako concentrates on the prediction, she can see further into the future than Kannagi, who has to be in constant motion.

Amako, unlike Kannagi, has the luxury of being able to do so.

As Amako instructed, he points his right arm diagonally upward---,

"Go, healed eight-foot bullets!"

He releases a healing bomb bomb accelerated by Healing Flying Fist --- the Healing Eight Shaku Bullet.

The strong recoil sends him sprawling, but as he looks ahead, Kannagi emerges from the white vortex.

"---Now!"

Just before the magic bullet approaches her, the elasticizer bursts off.

With it, a powerful explosion of healing magic is triggered, and a shockwave and binding spell are released.

Kannagi tries to wrap herself in black magic as quickly as possible, but the shockwave blows it away as if it were easily ripped off, and it strikes her.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah!

Shockwave cage.

A wide-area, special, life-saving technique using healing magic.

That's the healing eight-foot bullet.

The purple pattern from the binding spell and the particles of healing magic scattered in the air.

And as Kannagi continues to be exposed to the shockwave..,

<<<<<>>>>>

"Wow, beautiful ......"

The three girls in my house let out a don't-know-what sound.

Only Keira looks at me with pure eyes and is impressed.

I put Keira down on the ground, heartbroken at the sight of Kannagi, who has been holding her in his arms for some time.

When she leaves me, the cloak on my shoulder will also return to her, but it is more convenient for me.

"Keira, are you sure you can handle this by yourself?"

"Yes. Yes. I don't need to be protected anymore.

"Okay. Let's see. ......

The shockwave subsides, filling the space with particles of healing magic, and a deflated kanagi falls from it.

Using elasticity and a burst of magic, he quickly reaches her and catches her.

"Uh-uh. ......"

Mr. Kannagi!

>

At the same time as I said this, Kannagi-san, who had been possessing me, entered Kannagi's body through me.

After a few seconds, she slowly opens her eyes and looks at me.

"I succeeded ......."

"It's fine that I put you back in your body, ...... but what are you going to do after this?"

But the voice sounds double.

To return Kannagi's soul to its original body.

That was the way she had told me to deal with Kannagi.

To do so, she had to drive Kannagi to the point of fainting, but she did not tell me what she would do from here.

<>

"Usato, trust me."

"?"

I'm going to confuse things a little bit.

Kannagi-san turns his attention to the hero's sword in his hand.

As she grips it, the black magic power in her body melts away as if it were melting into the ground. With that, a ball of light shoots out from the sword, heading toward the direction of Koga.

<>

<< Then go and help those people over there!　At least repay us for protecting you! >>

>

Is the magic of the cogwheel back?

I look from Koga, who is being kicked by Ciel-san, back to Kannagi-san, who is holding him.

Before she knew it, she had her sword back in her hand and was about to stab it into her own chest.

"What?

Don't worry, don't stop me."

Just before she was about to plunge the shining blade into her own chest, Kannagi's own left hand grabbed the shining blade and stopped her.

"---No. I don't want to disappear. I don't want to go away...I don't want to go away...I don't want to go away...I don't want to go away...I don't want to go away..."

"......!"

"Help me,...... help me,...... Usato,......"

Kannagi looks up at me as if clinging to me and pleads with me with tears in her eyes.

Her hand grips the sword and blood pours from it, staining her clothes red.

"I can't believe I'm still unwanted by anyone. ....... Why was I born ......?　If I'm not a creature, am I not even allowed to live a normal life ......?"

--- Kannagi is a child.

You knew that while you were fighting.

Her desperate attempt to take a hostage was also because she was desperate.

Even though she was trapped in her hatred for the demons, she still wanted me to help her.

"Finally, we met. ....... We had so much to talk about. ....... It really wasn't supposed to be like this. ......

"Kannagi ......"

This girl was just desperate.

He took advantage of someone and put them in danger because he was desperate.

That's not something I can forgive, but if that's the way she chose because she wanted me to help her, I'm partly to blame.

"You were the first person Kannagi saw."

Nair appears next to me after she has unassimilated from Ferrum.

"I have been alone for hundreds of years since my ego awakened. Then I saw you through the katana I pulled from the heart of the evil dragon.

"So, that's what it was. ......"

"Maybe he really just wanted you to help him ....... I was born with imperfect will, so I couldn't live honestly with myself, and I couldn't even be aware of it."

"......"

I can't find the words to say.

I rejected Kannagi's hand that was asking for help.

I feel a strong sense of regret when I think of how much I had hurt her in that moment.

I release Kannagi's hand holding the blade with the hand that had been supporting her back, and clasp it in my hand, healing it with healing magic.

"I'm sorry. I didn't recognize your cry for help.

"Usa,t......"

"...... I can't do anything."

Heal the wound on her hand with the little magic you have left.

There is only so much I can do.

Even though I have done the best I can in each situation, there are lives I cannot save.

I have had such thoughts many times during the battle against the Demon Lord's army.

But even so, I am not so graceful as to give up so easily just because there is nothing I can do.

I put my palm on the sword that Kannagi is clutching in his right hand, and put my strength into it.

"But I can believe in you."

"Hey Usato, what are you doing ......?"

---He thrusts the glistening blade into Kannagi.

I haven't forgotten what you said about helping Kannagi. ......!　Mr. Kannagi......!

"---Ugh!"

At the moment the sword pierces Kannagi, something flows from her body into the blade.

It is something black and fearless.

I knew that presence.

It was the aura of an evil dragon, a living disaster that radiated malice and murderous intent.

"This is ......."

"The hatred of the evil dragon is ...... on the sword?　No, something else is flowing with it. ......"

Me and Nair are stunned.

As the steel-colored blade turns black, Kannagi's body relaxes as if he is losing strength.

At the same time, the sword, which has turned into a black sword, falls to the ground with a clang. He quickly looks at the place where the sword was pierced, and finds no wound, not even a hole in his clothes.

"......Kannagi-san"

The golems that had been fighting the seniors crumble to pieces.

With Kannagi-san, who had not woken up, in my arms, I head for the seniors.

The long battle was over, but my heart was not at rest.