The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The pair of outcasts dropped me off a cliff into a deep forest.　

I would have been more or less injured in the past, but now that I had gone through the hellish training of those outcasts, all of us took a normal passive stance and landed on the ground unscathed.

"That healing magic demon!　You've got to be kidding me!"

He kicked the tree repeatedly, as if taking it out on them.

What's going on?

"When I get home, I'm going to hit you and hit you and hit you and hit you ......!

I take a deep breath as the tree I kicked shatters and falls.

I take a deep breath. I turn around and make it my goal in this life to get back at that stupid white coat who repeatedly does the devil's work in the name of healing magic.

"Sean, I'm tired of this ......"

Ignore Nono, who is losing energy for the moment.

She's going to get up somehow.

Check the luggage!

"Hi!"

I don't know what to do, I don't want to go along with those hot and bothered guys.

But checking the luggage is an important task, so we also check the luggage given to us, kicking Veena's ass as her excitement subsides.

"I knew it was worth coming here!

"You definitely have impure motives for joining the demon army, don't you?"

"Yes!"

Honesty can be a deadly weapon sometimes.

I understand that now.

I was asked to come by a fellow member, but I don't really care anymore...

"Asked?"

I'm talking about this. Mmm-hmm."

...... don't ask too many questions.

Well, let's unpack.

Well, there's some food and survival stuff in there.......

"What about ......?"

I opened the mouth of the bag and a stone rolled out.

.......

What is it?　Huh?　Why?

For the first time today, I turned my bag upside down with a bad feeling, and out of it came a stone, packed tightly.

The empty bag contained nothing.

No, wait, there is something like a notebook in it.

"What is this ......?"

At any rate, when I open it, I find a pen and a text on the first page, which I assume was written by Usato.

---The first page is a text that seems to have been written by Pen and Usato.

If you are reading this, that means you are in the woods!

You hit a heavy load, yes!

You hit the jackpot!

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"Elle-san, your face looks like the Grim Reaper, are you okay?"

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I almost lose all emotion in anger at Usato's provocation in the first sentence.

Veena's voice brings me back to reality, and I read the letter aloud.

"Well, one of the six bags is a fake. In addition, there is only enough food in the six bags to last at least three days. ......

I wonder if he is aware that he is doing something quite dangerous at this point. ......

I wonder if the healing wizards of the Lingle Kingdom are crazy enough to throw their subordinates off a cliff.

I want you to live in the forest with this. No, I'm talking about you who have gone through rigorous training. I know this is not enough for you yet."

"Captain ......"

"Now is the time to get excited ......!"

"You've been talking about us that much: ......!"

I think you three are a little crazy, if I do say so myself.

Even Veena said that Kevin's group was contaminated.

It's too late for Kevin and the others, so let's give up.

""Don't worry. Don't worry. We'll take good care of you.""......What's so scary?"

This implies that they are watching us so that they will know if we run away, right?

I'd like to think that he can understand us deep in the forest, but ...... he could do anything.

I look around in vain and check the contents of Nono's luggage.

...... food, a canteen of water, a simple medical kit, a blanket, and a knife, and the rest is just weights.

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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""!

The screams of some kind of monster make you brace yourself.

This is ...... the threatening voice of a blue grizzly-like demon. ......?　Usato's partner, Bulrin, is not here, so is it a different animal or another demon?

There are many bear-like demons.

All of them are dangerous and troublesome, so it is not a good idea to be attacked in this situation.

The most important thing is that the only weapon I have now is a knife, so I have to fight back with magic.

"Ah!"

With a thud, a bush shakes about 30 meters from here.

It's ...... and they've noticed.

It might only be a matter of time before they come at us.

Nono, wake up!

I'm a cavalryman, I'm not good at personal combat!

You're not normal if you've had to endure all this training!

"Aren't you sad to hear yourself say that ......?"

.......

While nearly weeping at Nono's scathing remarks, he performs a magic turn and cloaks his body in an air current of wind.

Kevin puts his hands on the ground and tries to manipulate the trees, and Wal puts his arms partially covered with rock armor and prepares to intercept the demons.

Something shakes the bushes and slowly emerges.

Just as I was about to get into a fighting stance, I let out a gasp of dismay when I saw the creature coming out.

"Meow!"

"...... cat?"

Out came a small black cat.

A newborn baby, perhaps?　It was no bigger than my palm, and its small body was covered with mud and other debris.

But what caught my attention most was its two tails.

"Oh, isn't that Linecat?

"...... Veena, you know?"

I ask Veena, letting my guard down.

I kind of know that kitten is a demon, but I've never seen anything like it.

A demon in the shape of a cat with two tails. It seems to be a very rare being with a demon eye, and it is supposed to be extinct by now. ......"

You mean, the survivors?

"Perhaps."

Veena nodded at Nono's question.

Does the fact that your body is covered in mud mean that you were attacked by that yawning monster earlier?

Kevin and the others, who are not hostile to such a small monster, immediately let their guard down.

Then, Lynncat comes up to me and rubs her head against my leg.

"...... meow."

"......"

I pick up the kitten without hesitation.

Mud stains my clothes, but it doesn't matter.

The kitten squints at me comfortably, and all the resentment that has been piling up in my heart vanishes.

"This kitty..."

Yes?

I'll raise him.

"huh?"

I think we should name her Lin.

"...... would be good, wouldn't it?"

Okay, it's decided. ......!

The fact that there's only one in this situation means that the child's parents are already gone.

Then I have no choice but to take responsibility to protect her.

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"Ah!"

I have something to protect now, but what I have to do remains the same.

We were thrown into a forest infested with ferocious monsters.

Limited food, water, and supplies.

Large demons.

Usato and Koga, anthropomorphic malevolent beings.

We survive in this hellish environment, and after we return alive, we will seek revenge on Usato's men.

First we need to find a base, then we need to secure food.

"Meow."

"I will protect you even if it's just me. ......!!!"

I'll make sure you survive. ......!

I look at the "red-eyed" kitten in my arms, and I resolve to resist the situation.

I'm going to do it!

"Demons?　There will be demons?　Not the most ferocious ones, but..."

After pushing my men down into the forest, Koga and I joined up with Hannah, Uluru, and Bulrin, who had earlier established a base on a high cliff overlooking the entire forest.

I patted the neck of Bulrin, who had just given me two yells, and answered Hannah's question.

"......What do you mean, he's not a ferocious demon?"

"Hm?　I didn't hear that either.

"I told Koger exactly what I meant, didn't I?　...... is exactly what I meant. This forest is a bit of a special environment. There are very few fierce demons here.

You would not just push your precious men into a dangerous forest without thinking.

He checked the map with the Demon Lord before deciding to go on today's exercise.

"There's a place near here where miasma ...... spreads its poisonous magic. It doesn't affect us directly, but demons sensitive to magic don't like it and don't go near this forest."

"...... Is that what you mean? But isn't that the kind of training you were talking about, Usato-kun?"

"Preconceptions are not to be underestimated.

Yes, that is not training.

That's why I casually emphasized the fact that there are ferocious demons during my explanation.

If you are told that there will be ferocious monsters, you can't help but be on your guard, can you?　That's why I had Bulrin raise his yell to make his preconceived notions come true.

"...... Mr. Uluru, Keira. Is this man really human?　The way he does it is so vicious."

Hannah, who is still in the middle of her story, calls out to Uluru and Keira, who are sitting around a bonfire with smoke hidden by illusion magic.

"Well, Usato and the others were really thrown into a forest with demons, so maybe they're still the kinder ......?"

"If that's what it takes, I don't care.

"What, am I crazy?　No, no, no, no, it can't be. ......"

I laugh at Hannah, who is completely flustered.

It's an easy exercise once you realize it.

Now that the Demon Lord has brought power and balance to the land, there is no need to worry about food.

"The important thing is to make sure they don't see through the imaginary demons we've created."

They must contend with the threat of unseen and unseen monsters.

They do not have to worry about being attacked directly.

They will not be injured.

"The existence of imaginary demons, which cannot be solved by defeating them, will surely wear away at their hearts."

"......"

"It's about how much you can pull yourself out of a situation like that."

Hannah looks at me as if I were an unbelievable creature, and I put my back to Bulrin, who lies down behind me.

"Coga is on standby in case of emergency."

"Oh."

"Hannah-san, please use illusion magic to create a vision of a demon. It doesn't have to be something extreme, just something that lets us know that there are demons.

"Oh, yes, I understand."

"Mr. Uluru is on standby, as is Koga, in case anyone gets hurt."

Thank you!

Bulrin, I want you to go into the forest and give a yell periodically.

"Grua!"

Keira, stay here with me.

...... though I may ask her to accompany me to do the Demon Lord's bidding.

No, I can't put her in danger, as Mr. Gref is in charge of her.

"Hey, Usato. Where's Nair?"

"Oh, by the way, wasn't she just there ...... a few minutes ago?"

"No, she's definitely not there."

Koger and the others noticed that Nair was missing.

It is not that she disappeared of her own accord.

"Yeah, I gave Néa a job to do."

Beyond the forest below.

We see Els the size of peas.

"You have an important job."

It was mentally painful, but it gave me emotional support and purpose in my survival in the forest where I had no guidance.

In that sense, I have to admit the efficiency of what Rose did.

I smile faintly as I look at Neah, who has become a kitten with red eyes.