The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

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Huh?　I don't know.

I wanted to reply reflexively, but the person who has taken over Shea's mind was still looking up at me with a somewhat relaxed expression on his face.

Behind me, Koga and Mr. Nagi are getting ready for battle, but now I am waiting for them.

If I don't, Shea, who may be possessed by her, may be harmed.

"You mean you're not going to identify yourself?"

We've only just begun. It's too late for me to let you interfere with it.

"Plan"?　...... didn't you think we'd take you down right here and now?"

I can reach him with a light hand.

There are many ways to do it, like using a binding spell or a cloak to restrain Nair.

Shea chuckles at my words.

"Usato, you know what I'm talking about, don't you?　This body is a hostage. If you try to seize me, I will do everything in my power to end this life.

"Yes."

This guy: .......

"I wonder if your healing magic can save someone who has no will to live?"

I thought that was the idea, but ...... that's nasty.

I can't let Shea get away with it, as she said.

"...... you don't mind if shea dies?"

"I don't mind at all. It's just that this is the perfect time for the best results, and if not, we can just wait a few hundred more years and do it again after the interloper is dead."

"......"

"That's just the way it is, the value of this body (・・・・) to me."

Great timing and great results, huh?

I think it's about time the battle with the Demon Lord was over. .......

"Well, you can give it a try. I'll bite my tongue out in front of you just for the heck of it.

Shea sticks out her tongue to agitate me.

She is right, there is no point in healing someone who has no will to live ...... and is about to take his own life by applying healing magic.

It would only hurt the heart of Shea who would live inside of her.

But you, you ........."

"Oh, Kayla. I'd forgotten all about you."

Shea looks down at Kayla, whose body is almost gone, unable to regenerate.

She scoffs at Kayla, as if she knows that Kayla will not survive.

"Demons are such irredeemable creatures, aren't they? Well, you were useful to me right up until the end, so I'll give you credit for that. ...... can you go away now?"

"f*ck you too ........."

She was about to shout something when Kayla disappeared.

The end was so unexpected that it left me with an indescribable feeling of helplessness.

"Usato. You need to calm down.

"Yeah, I know."

I try to keep my composure with Nea's words.

Shea's gaze turns to the owl on my shoulder as Nair speaks.

"A vampire/necromancer hybrid, Nair."

"Oh?　You know me?"

"Of course I do. You're the perfect creature, the one who doesn't have the weaknesses of either demon. You'd be crazy not to pay attention to me, wouldn't you?

"The perfect creature!　Did you hear that, Usato?

Nair slaps my cheek happily.

I told you to keep your cool, but you're getting all worked up.

"Not to mention your potential, your magical power and your knowledge of magic are top class. Above all, his ability to control the living and the dead is astonishing. With time, he could even become the next Demon King.

"......"

I don't know if he is a demon king or not, but it is true that Nair's abilities are powerful.

In fact, in Hinomoto, we were helped by Nair's vampire power.

"Hmm."

Shea's words did not make Nair's eyes soar as before, but on the contrary, they sharpened.

"You are very appreciative of me.

"Well?　Are you willing to turn over to us?　A magician like you would be a great help to us...

"No, thank you."

Nea, who had immediately refused Shea's invitation, raised her wings as if to shrug her shoulders and sighed in exasperation.

"You don't know anything about me and her, do you?　If you don't know anything about me and this guy, then you don't even deserve my offer.

"nea......"

"Usato is an idiot, a muscle idiot, a training idiot, an insensitive idiot, but he is ...... my master (...). From now on, I will never work for anyone but him."

I'm so glad you trust me, but I've been called an idiot about four times.

Isn't that a little too much stupidity?

"Too bad. Well, I knew it was impossible, so it doesn't matter."

"Are you done being a bad recruiter?　So, what are you?　What do you want with this Shea Garmio obsession?"

I'm not going to tell you that much.

She moved away from me, as if she didn't want to talk any more, and dropped back down to where the dark wizard twins---Esta--were.

"Esta. Esta.

You still want to use it?　Well, that's okay."

Esta moves her fingers, and several threads grow.

The threads are so thick that it is doubtful if they are visible, and they are headed for ......,．

"Mr. Aul......?

The threads of dark magic entangle Mr. Ahl and the others by the wall and carry them toward us.

She remains motionless in midair, looking at me helplessly.

"I'm sorry. Usato.

"Oh, you're still conscious. I'm the one who stopped you, but you've got a lot of spirit.

That guy's pretty good. Magic is rare. Isn't that a good thing?

Just right? ......!

As I try to step forward, Esta all at once spreads a thread of dark magic to deter me.

I glare at Esta and Shea as I try to create a healing explosive in my palm as if I'm trying to intimidate them.

"What are you going to do with Mr. Ahl and the others? ......!

"We only want this girl. I'll return the rest of the corpses to you ...... after I do a little work on them."

Shea points her palm at everyone except Mr. Ahl, who is fished up into the air by a string.

White magic patterns emerge from her palm, and they are sucking something from the six corpses.

---I don't know what she's doing, but I know it's not a good thing.

I'll stop it!

No!

<>Yes!

I won't let you do what you want any more!

Shea pulled out the cutlass from her waist as I lowered Rune to the ground and tried to stop the magic from being activated.

Shea pulls out the cutlass from her waist. She uses the healing blast wave to repel the strings of dark magic that are closing in on us at once, and heads straight for Shea.

"Master! My magic is not compatible with him."

"...... saves me the trouble. Well, Esta, you take care of Kannagi and the other one.

Impossible. Ten seconds at the most.

That's all I need.

If we catch him, he could commit suicide.

Then we have no choice but to knock him out in an instant or restrain him like a goose!

With a not-so-quick movement, he plays the cutlass wielded by Shea with his cage hand.

"Ha ha!　How fast!"

After all, the body itself is just a human being.

Is it a sign that I can't harm Shea?

......It's easy to neutralize a move like this.

"......"

He opens his clenched fist and thrusts out the bottom of his palm covered with healing magic.

Shea smiles at me and takes my palm strike with her shoulder.

She looked at me in disbelief, her expression distorted with pain.

"Why, Usato ......?

"Don't act so bad!"

"What?"

I know you're going to do that. ......!!!

I can see that you're trying to create an opening by pretending to be Shea and inviting my sympathy!

He grabs her by the shoulders and restrains her with his palm strike.

"Keira!　Nia!"

Keira's cloak transforms and wraps around Shea's body.

Nair's restraining spells flow into her body as if to overlay the cape, and her body is completely immobilized.

"Okay, that's it..."

"The spell of release."

A voice comes from inside the cloak that should have restrained him.

"You're talking about the liberation spell!"

Instantly, Nair's magic bursts into pieces, and the cloak that had enveloped her body is torn to pieces.

The magic is the same, but Keira's cloak is also ripped ......?

In Shea's hand is a cutlass with a blade of white light...is this the same light magic as Kazuki's?

"Should we be so preoccupied with the sword?　We've already caught this one (・・・・), right?"

"Huh?"

Shea's hand on the basket was concentrated with the magic of light magic.

It overflowed and popped, carving lacerations on her white skin, but despite this, she kept her smile on her face and kept on casting her magic power.

I immediately understood what she was doing and tried to shake her arm off, but before I could do so, the cage hand disappeared from my right arm.

"System reinforcement sealed!"

"!"

......They took your cage hand away from you.

Shea, however, shot several light magic bullets at me from her uninjured right hand.

"Usato, light magic!　You have no basket hand..."

"Healing Sink."

A technique that Mr. Ahl taught me.

He uses the magic in his hands to channel the light magic backwards.

"Huh?　You played light magic with your bare hands?

"...... tsk."

Once I had regained my composure, Nagi-san jumped out from behind me at a furious pace.

She cut through the threads of dark magic and came at Shea, and then she grabbed a sword and put it to her neck...?

"Oh, I can cut off your head now, can't I?　Kannagi!"

"......."

Ms. Nagi swung down her sword, which stopped just short of Shea's neck.

I was unintentionally relieved, but Nagi's expression remained grim as he glanced at Shea at close range.

"Ha ha. That's right Kannagi, you can't cut. You're that kind of guy."

"What do you know about me?"

"Yes, I know."

Shea looks at the black sword stopped just short of his neck.

Unlike when she looked at me, she turned her gaze to the black sword around her neck with clear hostility and mockery toward Mr. Nagi.

"I don't want this unholy sword. ...... if you don't want to kill me, get out of my way."

"Ah!"

Shea reaves Cutlass with light and makes Mr. Nagi retreat, then she grabs the sphere that may contain the handbag she just took from me and pulls out the contents.

She then grabs the sphere that would have contained the handbag she had just taken from me, and pulls out the contents.

"...... I was surprised. Even this body of the original user can't be restored to its original shape. Is that how much he is recognized by the divine dragon Farga?"

"...... were you trying to turn it back into a sword?"

Did you need hisago's sword to control the light magic?

Unfortunately, it had become my own personal weapon, so it didn't seem to take the form of a sword.

"I'm sorry, but it's mine. I've been looking for it for a long time. I'm sorry you need it, but..."

"Do you think I'm weak just because you took my cage hand from me?"

He took your cage hand?　What does it matter?

I can't use my fist of lineage explosion or outburst of healing magic anymore, but that's a trivial matter.

I have trained myself not to be dependent on the cage hand, thinking that one day I will return the cage hand to Mr. Farga.

It is a fact that I have been wronged even in .......

I feel really sorry to Mr. Farga.

"....... That response is a bit unexpected. No, you're lying. You're not even a little bit attached to this?　This is a legendary piece of equipment.

"The only thing you can trust in the end is your own body. ......"

They looked at me as if I were looking at some creature they didn't understand.

And I cannot understand why they are looking at me the way they are looking at Nair on my shoulder and at Korga, who has come to stand next to me.

I don't care about Neah, but Koga is closer to me. ......!

While she was almost indignant, Esta came up to her and whispered to her.

Master. I'm telling you, he's an idiot. I could tell just by the way he carried me on his back today, so it's not worth it to talk to him badly. If you're not careful, it'll spread to the master."

"What's that too scary ......"

I can hear you!　Don't you talk about people like they're a virus!

Then Shea puts away the bracelet as well as the fragment of the Demon Lord's power and looks at her hand, which is now damaged by the forced reinforcement of the system.

"Ah, my hand hurts, and I haven't finished strengthening my ...... lineage yet. I can't win against a strong person with this body. It's good to know that. ......Well, is it time to go?"

!　The magical patterns attached to the other six disappear, and six spheres wrapped in light appear.

Shea nods in satisfaction as he holds them in his hands, which are different from light magic.

"Extraction complete. Yes. Esta, you can give the others back to him since you have no more use for them.

"Yes, sir."

The corpses of six people, except for Mr. Ahl, are thrown to the ground.

I hurriedly catch them with my cloak and glare at Shea as I slowly lower them to the ground.

"What did you do ......!!!"

"You're a real pain in the ass, you know that? Your position and your abilities are so mismatched that you're everywhere. This would be much easier to deal with if you were a brave man.

She puts her hand on Mr. Ahl's cheek and smiles at him as he remains motionless.

"That's why you need a tool to harass me, isn't it?"

"......Usato, don't worry about me."

It can't be good. ......!!!

We can't just let them take Mr. Ahl.

But the bottom line is that someone has taken over Shea, and the worst part is that Shea is not that important to the person who took over Shea.

It is possible that they are bluffing, but even so, we can't touch her on the off chance that they might. ......!

"Esta."

"Hmm, another one's hiding."

Another thread of dark magic pulls something.

With a scream comes Leri, the first demon to run away without his companions.

......... I mean, he's been hiding nearby the whole time.

"I haven't forgotten about you too, Leahy!"

"Hiiii, I'll do anything you say!　I'll lick your shoes!　Just don't make me disappear!

"Mmm. Shut her up.

A string is lightly tightened around his neck, and he falls silent.

Shea moves the limp Reaali and the motionless Mr. Awl behind her and looks at me again.

"I don't want you involved anymore if I can help it. I don't know what you're going to do, and it's just too much trouble to deal with you. ......"

That's a really terrible thing to say, even for an enemy. .......

Shea looks really disgusted and once again strengthens my resolve to get involved in this matter.

"You might be happier if you just abandon the spirit of this body, you know?　For you and for Shea.

"Help me," he said.

"Huh?"

The first time I saw him, I didn't recognize him, and the second time he asked me for help.

At that point, she must have been worried, scared.

That she was turning into someone she wasn't.

"I don't care what you're up to. I don't care what you're up to, as far as I'm concerned.

"You tell me ......."

"As long as Shea needs help, I'm not going to back down."

"......!"

She rolls her eyes and feigns surprise, making her eyes look sharp.

For the first time since I came here, I stare back at her without saying a word in response to her hostility.

"Then you can do whatever you want. Either way, I can't touch you now. I'll just let you go home.

A white pattern spreads out at Shea's feet, enveloping Esta, Leali, and Mr. Ahl.

This is the magic of the transition that I saw in Mearaq.

When I saw it slowly spreading, a small lion jumped out from behind me.

"Rune!

<>

The lion cub is engulfed in blue-black flames, and before the white pattern can close, Lune jumps back inside and takes on the form of a little girl.

"Oh, hey, what's wrong?　Roone, do you want to come to our side?"

"...... Shea, I'm with you."

"....... I see, then you're welcome."

Rune stands up in the light and looks at us.

Keira, seeing the apologetic look on her face, jumps out of her cloak and calls out to us.

"Rune!　Why ......!"

"Because Shea is ...... going to be ...... alone again if we let her go now!　Like me!"

"Oh, Rune. You're ........."

"That's why I have to go with her, someone has to be there for her. ......"

You know how dangerous it is.

And yet, Roone chose to follow Shea.

I looked at her in silence and nodded my head in agreement.

She nodded her head and opened her mouth in a pattern of magic filled with white light.

"Hey, guys. I'm sorry."

At the moment such a voice was heard, the magic circle of transition was activated and the girls disappeared completely from the scene.

---Who or what is possessing Shea?

The turmoil comes to an end, leaving many mysteries unanswered.