The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The day after Mr. Lloyd expressed his intention to send a letter to each country, the sun was just about to rise when I heard the familiar scream of a girl as I was feeding him breakfast in the hut where Bulrin was staying. Somewhat guessing what was going on, I went outside the hut with Bulrin and found Rose carrying a large backpack and holding an unconscious Ferrum in her arms.

I wonder if she was like that when I was there, though she didn't faint as a matter of course. From a third person's point of view, it looks endlessly bizarre. Hmm? Rose is coming over here, huh?

Cue.

"Whoa."

Something jumped onto my shoulder from behind with a whomp, black fur and lovely red eyes. Oh, yeah, Rose was looking for this guy.

"Kukul, the Commander wants to see you."

It seems that he is going to make a play to help Ferrum who will go to the in the future like I did. In fact, I was saved by his sensing ability, but it's kind of ...... hateful to think that it's a first.

But I wonder if the fact that he is still riding on my shoulder means that he is fond of me to a certain extent.

While I was thinking so deeply, Kukuru jumped down from my shoulder with a flutter, and with a moderate agility, he slipped up to Rose's feet... .........A picture of a carnivore (Rose) and a herbivore (Kukuru)... ....

Well, I won't be back for a while.

Yes! Have a good day!

I couldn't help but respond in honorifics as he stared at me with a glare. Rose seemed to be annoyed by my response, but soon decided that it didn't matter and walked with Kukul toward the gate leading outside.

She's not a bad person, but she's too scary. .......

"Guru ......"

At my feet, a burin is punching my legs, as if to say, "Give me my food now, you b*tc*!

"You want some of this, you little foodie?"

"Huff ...... hahuff ......."

He holds a piece of fruit in his hand and brings it to Bullyn's mouth to feed it to him. Before, was he going to eat her fingers? I was horrified, but surprisingly, I was not. Blue grizzlies are said to be omnivores, but they are demons that do not gobble up their prey out of habit.

"......... what should we do while the Commander is away?"

I think about what I will do before I leave while feeding fruit to Bulrin. Including today, we have 15 days. Normally it is best to train and stay in shape, but ...... that is not enough to change too much.

Rather, the physical aspect can be trained during the trip. So, isn't it important to do what you can only do here?

What can I do only here, study?

That's okay to a certain extent, as long as you've read the book Rose gave you carefully. It should be all right as long as you understand it universally.

Then, martial arts or swordsmanship?

I don't think I can learn much in ten days or so, since I have no fighting experience other than punching and kicking to begin with. But it's good to take a stab at it, so I'll think about this too.

"And then there's ...... healing magic, right?"

I have only healed wounds and muscle fatigue, so I don't really understand it well, but I think that in these ten days that Rose has been away, I should gain a better understanding of healing magic and know how to use it.

Fortunately, there are people in this country who use healing magic as great as Rose.

Maybe I'll go there after I finish my training for now."

"Google ......"

"Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry, my hand was stopped."

He takes out another piece of fruit and gives it to Bulrin, while thinking about the future.

Olga should know better and will be able to tell us more about it. Well, let's finish training earlier than usual and go to the clinic.

"Inukami-sama, where are you headed?"

Hmm? It's just as far as the lifeguard station."

The sun had risen and I had a short break, so I was on my way to the lifeguard station where Usato-kun was staying. As I was passing through the gates of the castle, I was approached by Mr. Aruk, who was guarding the castle.

"Are you at Usato-sama's place?

"Yes, yes."

He speaks in a junior-like manner, with a strong accent at the end of his words, and I nodded my head in agreement.

Alc Girdle, he is one of the knights guarding the gates, the heart of the castle's defense, and one of the knights that Sigurth-san looks up to. He seems to be an unusual person who does not serve as a knight of the guard or a captain, but is in charge of guarding the castle gate himself.

Well, otherwise he would not have been chosen to accompany me out of the kingdom. I know how honest and straight-forward he is, because after that time Mr. Aruk spared no sleep to look for us, even though I had carelessly involved Usato-kun and he had gone missing.

"I saw Usato-sama heading for the city just now.

"Is that so?"

Well, I guess I'd better head for the city then. ......It's like I'm going to see you, Usato-kun, isn't it?

I wanted to ask you about the school of magic in the magical city of Lucvis. Where should I go to vent my passionate feelings for this otherworldly magic academy city....

What do you know about Lucvis, Mr. Alc?

"It's hard to say it's a nice place, but I think ...... Lucvis is a great place to learn magic."

"When you say ......, Aruk, you mean ......."

"I also studied magic at one time in Lucvis. I was only good at magic and swords, and I just barely graduated!

Aruk-san laughed in a fresh voice that sounded like he was having a breakdown. However, even from my point of view, I think that Mr. Aruk is strong in his own way. I've heard that he uses fire magic, and he's also quite good with a sword. .......

I tilted my head and groaned, and then, as if he must have guessed what I was thinking, he said to me, "Mr. Alk's colleague? Two knight-like men, arms folded, nodded their heads and muttered something to each other.

"Even if you say you have a special skill, Mr. Aruk, you are not good at archery or stick fighting, aren't you? Inukami-sama, he can even become a knight of the Kingsguard if he wants to.

"Yes, I've always wondered why they don't move up. Hurry up and get promoted!

"Oh, you guys. ......"

"Hmm? What does that mean?"

He was upset by the killer pass from his colleagues and returned to his normal self, so I asked him a question just to make him feel better. Aruk-san saw my smile and waved his hand to the side with a wry smile, but he seemed to realize that he could not get away with it and lowered his arm as if he was weak and scratched his helmet as if he was embarrassed.

"I'm pretty clumsy, so I can only protect ...... one thing."

"Then why not a knight of the Kingsguard?"

The knights of the Kingsguard protect their master, King Lloyd. Is that not enough?

No, the Kingsguard can flexibly change the target of their protection around Mr. Lloyd. I'm too clumsy to handle such a situation. That's why I'm protecting this place.

He quickly turns his face toward the gate.

The high, solid walls of the city stand tall and impenetrable.

"If you defend this place, no one will be able to get through. So no one can hurt the people of the castle. If they get past the gates, though, it's the end!

Aruk-san scratched his head mischievously, but I secretly shivered at the sight of him.

He was at the school, which means he was a student.

Swords and magic were his specialties.

A flame magician.

Clumsy.

The ......... hero.

The guard who has all the elements of a hero, Alc Gardel.

He is handsome in a different way from Kazuki. .......

But I'll leave the castle guarding to my colleague for the time being.

"What?"

I wonder what that means.

As I tilted my head in doubt, Aruk-san suddenly stood up straight, his legs in regular alignment....

"I am Alc Girdle. I am pleased to assist you on your journey with Usato-sama, a member of the rescue team!

He said this in a clear voice.

"......... what?"

Haha, I am surprised myself. After all, the castle officials told me about this yesterday.

It's no wonder they sound so crazy. I'm surprised that you had already decided on a knight to accompany you as of yesterday. You are a shrewd man, Mr. Usato. And I hate that you chose him because he is so capable.

No, he must have noticed that Aruk-san exudes a hero's temperament.

"You're a good one, Usato-kun, you're a complete loser, ...... Aruk-san. Please take care of Usato-kun."

"Yes!"

With an overwhelming sense of defeat, he walks toward the city.

With him, Usato will be fine. If the enemy is not too strong, Usato-kun will be able to escape in one piece. And with Amako, who can foretell the future, he would be even safer.

The party is so ironclad that I wonder how we can beat them.

So the problem is me.

I'm going to Calm Helio, a land of heroes. It's not far from here, but it's going to be a hassle. ...... mainly because I'm too popular!

"...... no, it's depressing."

Just hearing about it makes me sick to my stomach. But I have to go there because I'm a brave man and I'm sure they will help me if I go there.

After finishing my training in the morning, I was alone at a clinic in the city. They don't make a fuss when they see me like before, but I can still feel their warm and ticklish stares.

Well, I used to run with a burin on my back, so I don't feel any different.

Anyway: .......

"Hello!"

I knock lightly on the door of the clinic and greet them. The room is as clean as ever, just like the lifeguard station, and I feel deeply moved since I haven't been here for quite a while. Then a girl comes running from the back of the clinic with a familiar voice.

"Welcome to ......, isn't that Usato-kun?"

"Hello, Mr. Uluru. I wanted to see Olga today. ...... are you busy?"

No, I'm fine. It's a good day when I don't have any patients coming in.

A good day, huh? Surely a day when no patients come in means no one gets hurt. ......Yes, it's a good day indeed. I follow Uluru who is in a good mood and smiling, and explain to him the purpose of my visit.

"Well, I think it's a good idea to give my brother some healing magic ....... That's all you've got going for you!"

Surprisingly, Mr. Uluru is very strict with Ms. Olga.

No, she's probably a pretty spiteful girl.

"But, like your brother, Usato-kun is also quite a big deal, isn't he? I heard that you were doing kumite with Mr. Rose this time.

"What? No, sir."

"What? Oh, ...... ah, hahaha, that's for sure. If I had a kumite with Mr. Rose..."

You just got beat up one way or the other.

"What do you mean, 'I'll die ......'?"

Kumite is still a one-sided beating. I endured like a tortoise and tried my best to avoid the blow.

"Well, I did my best. But now that it's over, I think that the leader was pretty easy on me. Because I'm still alive. ...... but why is there a rumor that the leader and I had a kumite?"

"...... hahaha, hahaha, a kid who wondered about the sound that was echoing in the lifeguard training area said he saw Usato-kun fighting with Rose-san. ......"

So that's the rumor, Rose and I had a fight ...... when I was desperately pleading for my life? I remember I begged for my life, throwing away my honorifics and everything else.

But they still let me continue training.

"I'm so sorry you had a hard time. ...... Oh, here's the room where your brother is."

"Thank you."

Uluru-san tapped on the door and said in a rather loud voice to the door, and then a voice that sounded a bit tired said .

As I opened the door and entered, I saw a man sitting on a chair attached to a desk in a corner of the simple room.

"I'm sorry to bother you in your sickbed, Ms. Olga.

"I don't mind, it's my little pleasure to meet people.

Olga Fleur, Uluru's brother. She is a master of healing magic as good as Rose, and the owner of this clinic.

The one I'm about to ask to teach me.

"I see. Before I set out on my journey, I'd like you to teach me some healing magic ......."

I explained to him why I was here and that I would be sending letters to various countries. He nodded his head and thought about something, but he did not seem to be in a mood to refuse.

But I don't think you need to ask me to teach you. Usato-kun, you will soon become a better healing magician than me, right?"

"Still, now that Mr. Rose has gone to the forest, I would like to ask you to teach me."

"Ummm......... I'm not as strong as you, Usato, and, uh, healing is all I have."

Mr. Olga folded his arms and groaned in distress.

Uluru-san raises his hand as if offering advice to Olga-san.

"Well then, let's compare our healing magic. Usato, you don't mind, do you?

"It's all right."

"Well, let's try it!"

"They don't listen to me ...... haha."

Olga-san puts her hand forward with a wry smile and Uluru-san looks at me with a big smile, and then I release healing magic from my palm too.

The color of my healing magic is light green, the same color as when I measured the magic system with a crystal.

Uluru's is a slightly darker green than mine, but not by much. But Olga is .......

"...... after all."

It is dark, a green similar to the color of young leaves, although it retains some transparency. Come to think of it, Rose's healing magic is a darker green than mine, and a lighter green than Olga's is now.

"Ms. Olga, how do you always work your magic? I don't really pay attention to it and it's such a light green color. ......"

"It's the same for me. In my case, it's a little different from Usato's and Uluru's healing magic, it's something I was born with.

"Born to be ......"

"But this thick healing magic is so effective that it can cure diseases. But I'm not very good at casting healing magic myself. ...... hahaha."

---Maybe there is a phase that can be fixed by the intensity of the color?

I look at the light of the healing magic that I have been somehow emitting and slowly clench my fist. The light in my fist is still the same pale green color that it has been since I first used healing magic in this world.

"As far as I know, curing illnesses with healing magic is different in many ways, it doesn't simply heal external injuries, but heals illnesses the body. ...... okay? It doesn't cure, it heals."

"...... I don't really know, but am I correct in recognizing that your brother's healing magic is one step ahead of ours?"

"Yes, I think you are right."

One step ahead of my healing magic: .......

Rose might know something, but somehow I feel like this is something I need to do myself. If the difference between Olga's and my healing magic is the depth of color, then if my healing magic is simply the same color as Olga's, then I should be able to cure diseases, right?

The girlfriend I know would be .......

"......"

--- I'll just put the magic into it without increasing the magic power...

The light of healing that had been overflowing is now just enough to cover the surface of his hand, and he begins to apply magic power to it, which he does not usually do. I thought that if it was too thin, I should increase the concentration of magic power, so I tried it, but ...... it's kind of plain.

But I feel that the color is changing somewhat as the magic power gushes out like an electric shock.

"What are you doing, Usato-kun?"

"Huh? I'm just adding magic power."

Without taking my eyes off my hands, I continue to pour magic power into them, and gradually the healing green light covering the surface of my hands turns deeper and deeper in color. At the moment I thought that I could go,......, Olga-san, who was looking at my hand next to me, gulped and grabbed my arm at the same time.

"Usato-kun! You need to stop that right now!!!!"

"Heh?"

You almost made it! ---Just as I was about to say the words, my right hand, which had been adding magic power, burst into flames. --Fresh blood was spattering.

"Huh. ......"

About an hour has passed since the light gushed from my hand.

After that, my hands were indeed covered with a dark-colored healing magic. But in the next moment, my hand could not withstand the accumulated power, and it exploded. It is not that my hand itself exploded when I say that it burst, but rather that a kind of cut was made on my hand and the magic power leaked out from it.

What surprised me here is that the healing magic that I had deployed did not work. Of course, if I had applied normal healing magic after the injury, it would have healed as usual.

After healing my own wounds, I realized that my method was a rather dangerous attempt. Uluru-san cried hard and Olga-san scolded me. But there was something to be gained.

"The range of healing magic depends on the concentration.

That's the rule I've come up with this time. And there is one more thing I found out. The darker the color of the healing magic is, the more it cannot heal its own body, which is a disadvantage.

In fact, when the accumulated healing magic burst, the healing magic in its dark state could not heal the wounds on my hands. In addition, it makes sense that Ms. Olga, who was born with thick healing magic, was not good at applying healing magic to herself.

"It's worth a try."

Repeat a few times and you'll get a feel for it. Perhaps if we increase the intensity of our magical power, we will be able to heal the injured as quickly as Olga and Rose, and we will be able to heal people with illnesses that we had thought were difficult to heal.

As for the training from now on, we should be able to select and use the density of magic power stably.

For this purpose, please visit .......

"I guess it's just a matter of practice."

Once again, I gather the healing light in my right hand and make it more concentrated.

The good thing about this new training is that you can do it anywhere. But I can't afford to get my hands all bloody again and cause trouble, so I turn on my heel to go to the training ground and look behind me. .......

"Usato-kun!

"Isn't that your senior? ......"

Inukami-senpai found me as I turned around, smiling and waving to me. She ran up to me, a happy expression on her face, and spoke to me somewhat excitedly.

"This is sudden, but how did you recognize Aruk-san's heroic nature?

"What are you talking about out of the blue?"

That's really sudden, senpai.

---Well, I was thinking of going home for some new training, but let's hang out in town a little longer. Senpai, you seem to be pushing yourself very hard...... or is it the same as usual?

"Wait a minute. ...... Soo---ha---ha---ha---ha---ha. --...... okay, fine."

"Is it such a bother to talk to me, ...... Usato-kun?"

"No, it's not like that."

I do think about it a little.

But I don't hate it that much, so I don't say it out loud.