The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Kannagi and I are heading to the Demon Lord's territory after receiving news from Usato.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have my doubts about going back to the city I once visited to fight the Demon Lord, but it seems that the city is not fortified now, so I'd like to head there without being overconfident.

But first we have to go through the "demon territory" that exists between the Demon Lord's territory and Hinomoto.

......

Deep in the dark forest.

In a place where only a few rays of sunlight shine, the shadow of a large boar demon falls to the ground with a resounding crash.

Kannagi, a fox beastman like me, sheathes his sword, which is dripping with the demon's blood, as he looks down at the demon, which has already expired and is returning to its demonic element.

"Amako, it's all right now."

"Yeah."

He steps out from behind a tree where he had been hiding to avoid being caught in the middle of it.

"You know, I always thought this place was different from the times I knew, but it seems that this place has hardly changed at all."

"Really?"

"Maybe this is the only place where civilization has not advanced. This area is inhabited only by demons.

The demons that attacked us on the move were easily defeated by Kannagi.

As one would expect from someone as skilled as Ms. Rose.

Even from my perspective as a member of the beast race, his physical abilities are extraordinary.

Let's hurry on then.

"......"

Kannagi then held his bag in front of him and crouched down in front of me to show me his back.

"What's wrong?"

"No, you know. I know. I know it's efficient. ......"

Kannagi, can't you just keep running?

--- Horses can't be taken into the demon territory.

Horses are easy prey in this place where many ferocious demons live, and the horses themselves run away from the dense presence of the demons, so we were forced to travel on foot. ......

"Don't worry!　I'm not a beastly man!"

Kannagi is trying to run to the destination while holding me and my baggage on top of it.

Even Usato can do something crazy like that..,

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--No, Usato would normally come up with the same idea.

And he could do the same with Kannagi.

"Though it's not as good as Usato's!"

Even with his healing magic, how is it possible for him to be superior to Kannagi in terms of physical strength?

But I know that he is really saying this with good intentions, and not with evil thoughts like Suzune, so I just sit on Kanna-gui.

She stands up without feeling the weight of Kannagi's body and runs through the forest at a tremendous speed, kicking the ground as she goes.

It's been half a day since we entered the realm of demons. I think we're almost out of here.

Not so fast, is it?

Is it smaller than I thought?

I've only been stopped by demons a few times.

No, I'm on the edge of the road. I'm heading for the demon king's territory by cutting through the shortest distance. If I try to cross it normally, it will take quite a long time, especially with the demon attacks. ......... and more dangerous than anything else."

Yes, yes.

"If you go deeper, you'll probably find a lot of ferocious monsters."

Kannagi's feet were too fast for me to get a proper view of the surroundings, but I somehow had the feeling that she was jumping on some rocky place or climbing vertically up what seemed to be a cliff.

"......Kannagi, are you okay?"

"Hm?　If it's physical strength, I'm fine..."

"No. ...... are in a hurry. Is it something to do with the letter?"

"......, I think so. I think it's more like confusion than impatience.

Kannagi himself has told me about it.

Shea Garmio, a girl with the memories and magic of the previous generation of heroes.

Kannagi, who knew the heroes of the past well, must not be happy about this story.

"I'm sure that the strange feeling I had in Mearaak is her."

"You mean the discomfort you were talking about when you were in Mialak?"

"Yes."

I watch Kannagi's profile as she runs through the trees, not breathing a breath.

I felt some kind of strange sensation that she had noticed when we were in Mearaq. In the end, I couldn't figure out if it was the girl named Shea that Usato had met.

"I had no idea that there was someone nearby with the same magical power as Hisago. If I had moved at that time, I might have been able to find her. ......"

"I don't know why you contacted Usato. ......"

"That's not crazy."

Kannagi replies with a response.

The relationship between the Demon King and hisago is quite complicated. If the Demon King had been defeated by a human, and not a brave one at that, even if it was only a memory, it would have had a great impact on Shea's child.

"You mean ...... because he defeated the Demon King?"

"It's also possible that Hisago's "humans kill the Demon King and win the peace" plotline was destroyed and that may have influenced him."

It was the same with the evil dragon, but when he gets involved in such a commotion, the trigger is not Usato himself. .......

Lucvis is a knack.

At the time of Samarir, it was a small sword he pulled out of the evil dragon.

Mia Lark was because Mr. Karon went out of control due to the wave of the evil dragon.

Hinomoto was trying to save me from capture.

When I think back on it, Usato himself was always involved.

"I'm not surprised that that stupid, lazy, no-nonsense old man has done it again. In a way, it was the usual thing.

"It happened all the time: ......"

"But I won't allow you to do such a creepy thing as planting your memories and magic on an innocent girl. ......!!!"

Kannagi is extremely angry.

"So we have to free this Shea girl from Hisago's curse. I only know from the letter, but she should have been a normal girl. She shouldn't have a power that she doesn't need, a power of the hijagos."

"......What do you think about that place, the other Kannagi?"

When he asks this unexpectedly, Kannagi's eyes turn purple in profile.

In the ruins we had visited before the battle with the Demon Lord, the other Kannagi was about to give Usato light magic. In exchange for the healing magic that had been ...... there originally.

Not exactly a memory, but I wonder how she feels about the same thing happening to her.

She giggles as Kannagi's eyes quickly turn back to their original blue.

"I feel bad, she says."

"I see. ....... What happened to the light magic in that sword?"

"It's been smeared by the power of the evil dragon. So it's just a sturdy sword, like Usato's cage hand.

He looks at the black sword in its sheath at his waist.

That's a relief.

Healing magic is the best for Usato.

I can't think of anything else,

"It's because of healing magic that Usato is able to do some messed up things."

"That's true, too. Maybe they've come up with some more weird tricks in the past month."

"Well, I'm sure he's up to something.

When I say this with a straight face, Kannagi looks puzzled.

"I was just kidding."

Kannagi doesn't understand Usato. Usato doesn't do anything strange when you take your eyes off him. He does strange things even when you don't take your eyes off him.

"Yeah, yeah."

Nair fights together with Usato a lot, so she seems to be doing her best to keep track of the increasing number of Usato's techniques.

"It's also possible that she's making a mess of things like countermeasures against demons right now."

"As expected, that's ...... no, but it might be."

"Right?　That's the kind of person he is. I guess you could say that ...... makes me feel safer."

Kannagi has also seen Usato's behavior through the sword and Kagote.

...... I think we've gotten to know each other pretty well over the past month.

We have always been close, but thanks to my mother, a person who needs care and whose sense of distance is broken, we have become more united.

"...... I think we're about to get out of demon territory. After that we'll continue on to the city without stopping, but are you sure you don't want to take a break or something?"

"Don't worry. Don't worry. Kannagi, don't be too hard on yourself.

Got it!

Kannagi runs through the trees and accelerates even faster.

Soon, you can see a place illuminated by the sunlight coming in from the sky, which is different from the dark forest.

"Hmmm..."

We will soon arrive at the city where Usato and his friends are.

It will be about a month since we have seen each other, but we are still glad to see each other after a long time.

Well, apart from that..,

"I'm sure he's doing something."

"Haha ......"

With what happened to Lukvis, we should probably expect to see Usato running around the city with a burin on his back, worst case scenario. .......