The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The meeting after the attack by the demon Rapdo was cancelled as a matter of course.

However, since the meeting was canceled on that day and will be rescheduled at a later date, it was good that the discussion at the first meeting itself did not go in vain.

However, it is true that their existence has become public because of the devil's attack.

We have to consider that their power will increase in the future, and above all--,

"What do you mean I'm being called a demon-slayer ......!!!"

"Of course not."

"What are they really saying?"

"I love it. It's so cool."

"As a bystander, you were acting even worse than the heroes."

"I guess that's what you call rust from the inside out."

This is a total whack job.

In the lounge of the inn, Ferrum, Nair, Senpai, Koga, and Amira gave me a lot of comments.

It was really hard after that.

After I gave the ashes of Rapdo to Mr. Falga, I was surrounded by the great people of the kingdoms and they talked to me a lot.

As for the content, well, it must have been almost the same.

Although I was getting used to it, I was usually troubled when they came to me in groups.

"I don't understand, how did you detect the location of the devil?　I didn't even get a sign?"

To answer Amira's question.

It's nothing to hide.

"I put particles of healing magic around it, and when I detected its activation, I was able to locate it."

"......?　Sorry, is that possible in the normal sense?"

"This guy was able to do it because his sense of sensing magic power has been sharpened to the point of abnormality by a technique called magic spinning, so it's impossible with normal senses.

When Nair explained on my behalf, Amira and her senpai looked worried.

"So, if I can master that magic power, will I be able to sense like Usato-kun?"

"Ah, I can't be sure, but considering the nature of your and Amira's magic, it might be possible.

Senpai could do the same thing with electric shocks on the ground or in the air, and Amira could do the same thing with fire sparks scattered around her.

As a test, I show them the magic spinning I have always practiced.

"This is it."

"I know, but you're faster than before."

"You're dexterous. ....... But there are similarities with the techniques that the master and I handle: ......"

Anyone can do the magic spinning.

It takes motivation and perseverance to keep going. .......

"The more people who can do what I do, the more of a deterrent it is to the devil's art of hiding."

"It's a strange way to hide. ...... You're not going to teach that to the rest of the world for free, are you?"

"No?"

I nodded at Coga, and he looked surprised, but then he gave me a silly smile.

It's something anyone can do if they know how.

There's nothing to hide, and it's better to spread the word.

I'm going to tell the others when I get back, Rose included.

"No, you're not greedy, that's why. That's all right."

"Yeah. ......?"

For some reason, I was convinced.

Did he think I was going to take his money?

While I was thinking this, I noticed that my senpai was staring at Koga with a serious look in his eyes.

Hey, Koga!

"What the hell?"

Koga looks somewhat alarmed as he is approached by his senpai.

"I suspect you have a little bit of a crush on him, but what do you really think ......?"

"Hey, Usato!　This brave man just threw a huge bomb at me!　What's going on?　Don't blatantly distance yourself from me!　I told you before, that's not what I meant!

Koga yells at me for reflexively distancing myself from him.

No, I know, but his desperate reaction is scary or something.

"KOGA...... has his own taste, but in moderation."

"The first kind words you ever said to me were too much!"

He puts his hand on Amira's shoulder and her cheeks twitch.

"You're kind of like that, aren't you? You're a good guy, but if you don't get into fights, you'll lose your good nature.

"Given the nature of dark magic, it's a real possibility."

The perceptions from Nair and Ferrum are also moderately bad.

I feel sorry for them, so let's clear up the misunderstanding.

"Senpai. Koga is just a battle-hungry dark magician who is a bad guy who persistently challenges me to a fight. Ha-ha-ha."

"I guess you were right. ......"

"Do you realize that your true feelings are hurting me the most, you ......!"

I think it's time to go to .......

I stand up as the scenery outside begins to turn the color of sunset.

"Well, senpai, I think it's time to go."

"Oh, it's that time already. ......"

Senpai also stands up and carries a brave man's sword at his waist.

We are not going to fight, but we need to be equipped for the battle after the demons have come out.

"Nair, you can stay here with Ferrum.

I'll do that.

Am I going to be okay if I don't go?

Don't worry. I'm just going to see Master Lloyd.

Now that Mr. Earle has left, we have to talk to Mr. Lloyd.

It seems he knew about Mr. Earle, too. .......

"Well then, Koga, take care of Amira too."

"Yes, sir."

I'll leave you two in charge of guarding this place, and we'll leave the inn.

Our destination is the inn where Master Lloyd, the representative of the Kingdom of Lingle, is staying.

I and my senpai are walking down the street, wearing hoods to hide our faces.

"Usato-kun... I think you're a little overconcerned.

"What?"

Then, suddenly, the older student starts talking to me about that.

I looked at her and saw that she was turning her magic power while looking at her own hand.

I was amazed at how smoothly she was spinning the magic from finger to finger, accelerating the magic to such a degree that I could not believe she had just started.

"I can see why you take your mission so seriously. I understand that you are working for the sake of the demon tribe. But you know, sometimes you're a bit self-absorbed."

"Is that so ......?"

"Yes, it is."

I was assured.

I was not aware of it, but my seniors thought so. .......

"You are thinking that in the end you should do this, or at least try to do this. In that final choice, even your own life is at stake.

"That's what ...... is all about."

"If you lost the battle against the Demon King, you were prepared to let us go and strand us by yourself, weren't you?"

"!"

I understand. I know what you're thinking. I'm your senior.

I couldn't tell him that the battle with the Demon King was already over.

I was honestly surprised that she knew about my resolve, which I had not mentioned to my senpai.

"I'm not saying it's wrong. If you are going to act without regard to my feelings and Kazuki's, then I guess it's the best solution."

"...... Yes."

"But maybe you and I will get angry if we do. Not only you, but the Demon King and even the demon tribe. They will try to get you back by any means necessary."

By any means necessary.

I hadn't thought that far ahead.

At the time, all I could think of was to keep Senpai and Kazuki alive for the sake of hope for the future.

"I have seen you in the parallel world, and I can tell you that I would be the same way if I lost you. That's exactly what I will become, an evil demon who will use any and all kinds of cowardly means."

"No, my seniors would never do such a thing ......."

"I thought the same thing when I saw you doing it."

.......

I lost my senpai and Kazuki in the first battle, and I became a nobody, not even a member of the lifeguard corps.

I can understand why you feel that way.

We are friends who came to the same world.

We came to the same world and became friends.

How can I be in my right mind when I lose two such people in front of me?

"Well, I can't say I blame you, because as I said, things are going well."

"Yes."

What matters is what the future holds."

The senior, who has taken a lighter turn, raises his index finger.

"We're fighting an enemy we don't really understand, the devil. Besides, you have to fight against Mr. Rose's former subordinates.

"It's going to be a tough fight. ......"

"Yeah, you're going to be caught in the middle of a lot of it. That's why--"

She stops dead in her tracks, turns around and removes her hood.

Her black hair is blowing in the wind, exposing her senior's smiling face.

"I'll be right behind you, lest you turn into a real devil!

"....... What's that?

"Frowning is fine, but you're better off smiling. You're not Mr. Rose, you're not an ogre, much less a demon. You're you."

I guess I'm me .......

It feels like it's been a long time since I've been told that.

The hooded senior starts walking again and looks at me with a startled expression on his face.

"Oh, now I look like a heroine!

"If it weren't for that one word, you definitely would have."

"Kyaun ......"

"Ha ha ha."

I think you are a really fun person.

I'm reminded that he's really a blessing to me, and that he's the reason I'm still feeling the way I do.

I am so thankful to have him in my life.

I arrived at the inn of the Lingle Kingdom and was escorted to the room where Master Lloyd was waiting for me.

I was the only one who could talk to Master Lloyd and Mr. Sigurth, since my senpai was going to wait at the door with Kazuki, as if he cared about me.

I was invited into a large room with Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Sigurth, and a large amount of papers were piled up on a table, as if they had been doing their work until a few minutes ago.

"Oh, you've come. I'm sorry to have called you here, Usato.

No, I'm sorry to bother you at a busy time.

"You can sit in the chair there."

I sit down at the urging, and Mr. Lloyd takes the seat opposite me, with Mr. Sigurth standing at his side.

"You fought against Rose's former subordinate, Aul, didn't you?"

"...... Yes."

The story is about Mr. Earle and his friends.

Seven skilled warriors stolen from the graveyard of the Kingdom of Lingle.

"I expected this. I was prepared. But I didn't expect them to appear looking so much like they did before they died.

"Did Mr. Lloyd know about Mr. Earle personally?"

"I have not forgotten any of you. Even those who lost their lives in battle, knights who are still serving their country.

Do you, by any chance, remember the faces and names of all the knights?

I looked at Mr. Sigurth, and he nodded silently.

"I'll have to tell Rose."

"What do you think, Commander? ......"

"He's strong. He is strong... impeccably so. But he also has human weaknesses.

"Weakness ......?"

Well, I somehow understand that in his case, he never shows it to others since he became the deputy commander.

"But I'm sure he won't have to worry about that with you. You are Rose's only apprentice and successor to her will."

"I'm still a work in progress, though. ...... haha ......"

I need to gain more experience.

"How does the Lingle Kingdom plan to deal with Mr. Ahl and the others?"

"Hmm. We are planning to spread the word about the arrangement, but the fact that they are working with the devil won't make much sense. Instead, we need to tell them at the meeting that we have the ...... means to summon the dead."

"Indeed, ......."

We can't let the deceased powerful people of each country other than Mr. Ahl and his friends come back to life as a mute body.

"Ahl or ...... he was quite the curmudgeon. Sigurth.

"Yes. He was always causing problems when he first joined the team, but he started to make his mark when he became Rose's subordinate. ......"

He smiled and said so with a wry smile, as if he remembered those days.

"Usato-sama, was Aur the only one who had a will?"

"Yes. Yes, I am sure of that. The other six were ...... like puppets.

"It makes sense, given the strength of her spirit ......, but at the same time, Aul has a very troubling mindset ......."

"May I ask you to be more specific?"

Rose has told me, but I would like to hear from Mr. Sigurth as well.

"Aur's spirit never wavers in any situation. No matter how bad the odds are against her, no matter if she is surrounded by demons, no matter if she is trapped in a cave where the rubble crumbles and there is no escape, she does not despair and she does not stop.

"...... is amazing."

"From my point of view, I can say that I am just like you."

Never give up, huh?

I don't know if I am like him or not, but I still respect Mr. Ahl as a person who has gone before me.

"The others were all quite a bunch of crooks, too. Mr. Lloyd, do you remember the incident where the liquor in the liquor store in the castle town was consumed in a single night?"

It's hard to forget something as shocking as that, even if you wanted to.

What do you mean ...... that liquor from a liquor store was consumed in one night?

As I tilted my head, Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Sigurth looked at me distantly.

"There were two female knights under Rose, Beth and Narca. They have a very bad drinking habit, and they are also very heavy drinkers. They often go down to the castle town and drink heavily, and the next morning they return to their knightly duties as if nothing had happened.

"Are those people human ......?"

There are more. Two large men, Chris and Gilg, roam the streets at night, half naked. Josh, who leaves the exercise and heads out to seduce a woman. And Dinh, who has done nothing wrong but is oddly shadowy and often forgotten."

They're a hell of a lot of people with a hell of a lot of character. ......!?

"I still think it's an amazing story to think that all of them came under Rose's control."

"Ha-ha-ha, at one time they were the most famous seven in our country."

It makes me a little happy to see that Rose is still Rose, as are the strong men of today.

That's why I'm a little itchy to see those seniors being left to their own devices by the devil.

"But somehow, the members of the rescue team, including me, don't seem to make much of an impression on me.

""......""

"......Hey?"

Why did he silently turn his face away from me,...... Mr. Lloyd?

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, Mr. Lloyd turns to me.

"Oh, yes. I have to show this to you, just in case.

"Yes?"

He shows me some documents in a somewhat suspicious manner.

I take one of them in my hand and look it over--my body goes rigid.

"Mr. Lloyd, is this ......?"

"This is a letter to contact you."

"......"

I honestly wonder what he's going to do when he meets me.

"Don't worry. I'm going to refuse everything. Still, I thought I'd let you know. ......"

"Thank you."

Master Lloyd looked tired, if not a bit exhausted.

I rolled up the documents, feeling somewhat sorry for him, and as I had expected, there were some documents of Mr. Harold of the Kingdom of Calm Helio.

"Kazuki and Suzune received the same, and you have received just as many as well.

"From other people's point of view, I'm in a more easy-going position than a brave man, I hear. ......"

"And in addition to that, there is the work you've done here. Together with Suzune and Kazuki, he saved the hostages and defeated the demons with his unique skills."

I guess I was too conspicuous, even if I had no choice. .......

It's hard to get involved in political matters like this, but if we are going to be involved in demonology and demon issues from now on, we have to face these issues as well. .......