The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Our house is located on the edge of Lukvis.

That's where we live, out of sight of humans and less likely to be ransacked when we're not home. When my siblings and I arrived here, someone who had been here before us showed us around. ...... Of course, he was a beastman.

At first, we thought that among so many people, there might be one who would accept us. .......

After all, Luxembourg is a big city with tens of thousands of people from all over the continent, it's not surprising that a few of them are tolerant of beastmen. With such faint hope, we left the hidden village where we were born and passed through the gates of Lukvis to learn magic.

We wanted to learn magic, which everyone in our family said we were talented at, and we wanted to make friends with other than the children of our village.

But it wasn't long before I realized that I was a fool for having such hopes.

On the surface, persecution of subhumans is forbidden in Luxvis. Although this policy makes it impossible for such things to happen, even if nothing is done to me, I still feel alone, as if I am standing on a needle in a haystack.

Distrust.

Contempt.

Fear.

An environment that does not allow you to make friends with others.

The pressure to be alone.

Here, as a ...... beastman, I could show my worth as a wizard not by my friendships, not by my power, but only by the strength of my magic.

Yes, Luxembourg was a great place to hone my magic and skills. Yes, I was made to understand, that man can make peace with man, but to them the beastmen were not even .

People who are only superficial, people who are part of a group, people who are simply indifferent.

I was exposed to many strange stares, and it made me feel very sad.

The people who came to visit me also tried to be alone.

I would not get involved with humans.

Not to get used to each other.

Trust no one.

They were not weak-minded like me who could not be alone.

They never get involved with anyone, they just learn magic. Like wary beasts, they did not expect anything from people, that's what they were.

---Oh, I should have ...... done it this way...

I don't know when.

I started hiding my ears to attract attention when I walked outside, and I began to hone my magical skills .......

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--- that's what I told myself in the lonely dormitory where it was just me and my siblings.

After repeating this over and over again, a beast girl came to Lucvis.

Amako, a mysterious girl who recites the future, comes not from a hidden village like us, but from the home country where there is hatred for humans in particular. She says that she is looking for a healing magician from her home country, far, far away, to save her mother.

Healing magic is a unique magic that can only be used by humans. I thought it was impossible to get a human to cooperate. In fact, it seems that the healing wizards here have refused to cooperate.

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But the boy would not give up. He wanted to save his mother, so he wouldn't stop, even if it was dangerous.

It must have been hard for her to come this far,...... and dangerous,......, but Kyou stopped her till the end, but I couldn't stop her.

I wonder if I'm doing as well as Amako.

I wonder if I can try to believe in people.

I wonder if there are people who can get along with beastmen without worrying about their surroundings.

I still don't know the answer.

I thought I had given the answer a long time ago, but I didn't think it was the answer.

I guess I'm still thinking about it.

I'm sure I still think that someday... there will be someone who will befriend me...

"...... morning or ......"

I wake up to the sound of bells announcing morning in this city.

I feel as if I had a nostalgic dream ....... I almost forgot what kind of dream it was, but somehow I think half of it was unpleasant.

I get up from my hard bed and stroke my rough tail.

When I have groomed it to some extent, I get up from the bed and get dressed quickly to get ready for breakfast, then leave my room.

The living room is just outside the door, but today it is different from usual.

"What's that? What's wrong, Satsuki? It's so early in the morning."

Satsuki, a beastman who came from the same hidden village as Kyou and me about a year ago, was peering out from in front of the entrance I had broken last night.

When Satsuki noticed me approaching, she put her index finger to her mouth and made a silent gesture.

I wonder what's ...... wrong. I'm going to take a peek to see what she's looking at.

I look in the direction she is looking from behind Satsuki, who is looking out, writing something with interest.

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"..............."

Why is this human doing push-ups so early in the morning? ...... Amaco is also on his back with an innocent look on his face.

"It's great Kiriha, he's been doing it since the sun came up. And he doesn't look tired at all. What the hell is going on! I can't believe it's a person!"

Ever since the sun came up? If you're doing this without a break, you're even less like a normal human being. It's strange that you can take my rock-crushing fists head-on.

Is it the result of his unrelenting training, or is that his power? I can't imagine how hard that tireless training must be.

But I'm more interested in .......

"Satsuki...... have you been observing Usato all morning?"

"Yes!"

......The problem is that Satsuki, who has just smiled so radiantly in front of me, is showing so much interest.

This girl is quiet in front of others, but at the drop of a hat, she turns into a different person and writes down the events in the notebook she always carries with her. According to him, it is a notebook where he writes down anything mysterious or inexplicable.

In other words, Usato is a mysterious and inexplicable person to Satsuki.

Usually he's a really ...... quiet boy, but when he's like this, he just has to be left alone. She has been silent ever since Usato and Amako arrived yesterday, but I guess she was so interested in them that she didn't have time to talk.

"Well, in moderation. ......"

"I know."

I leave Satsuki in the shadow of the entrance and go to the kitchen.

First we prepare breakfast. Usually it's a simple task, but today Usato and Amako are here. Let's make it right. As I pick up the ingredients in the kitchen, I suddenly remember what Usato said to me yesterday when we were eating.

"......... delicious, huh?"

He said "delicious." I don't think I have the virile personality to be embarrassed by such a compliment, but I am sure I was surprised.

Although I had told Kyou at that time that Usato could be trusted, the truth was that I myself still did not fully trust him. That's why I sat right next to Usato so that I would be safe no matter what happened, and I let him eat the food that I ...... made by the beastman. Normal people don't want to eat food made by beastmen, and they don't say it tastes good either.

"You're really just saying that ...... I am."

I still feel very low that I can't trust Usato, who forgave me for cutting up his hand, even though it was healed by healing magic, and for saying such terrible things to him.

"........., yes, breakfast."

Satsuki's classes start early. And I have to wake up Kyou soon to take Satsuki to the school.

If I continue to cook slowly, the two of us will have to skip breakfast. I've decided to make it today, so I have to do it. .......

After I finished the breakfast, Satsuki and I sat down to have breakfast with Kyou who got up late. Usato was a little late because he was a little sweaty, but it seemed like it had been a long time since we had such a lively breakfast.

"Hey you! If you do anything weird to my sister, I ain't gonna let you get away with it!"

Kyou finished his breakfast and said to Usato, who was drinking water at his desk while preparing to go to the school, as if to nail him.

I chuckled at my brother's overprotectiveness, but decided to offer a helping hand to Usato, who was pawing his cheeks in annoyance.

"Kyou, isn't it about time? If you don't get Satsuki and go to the school soon, you'll be late."

"What? Is it that time already? ...... Satsuki! Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go! ...... how late are you writing!"

"......, I'm going to watch a little more..."

My words made him pale, and Kyou, still in his robe, grabbed Satsuki by the collar, who was still jotting down notes about Usato in her notebook, and ran out of the house.

Usato watched them disappear toward the town and turned his head to look at them with a questioning look on his face.

"Kiriha, are Kyou and Satsuki learning magic in the same place? You look like you're a different age."

"Uh, ......."

That's a fair question.

Kyou is 17 like me, and Satsuki is 12, so their ages are different to begin with. They must be wondering why Kyou and Satsuki left together, and why I'm still here.

"I have Kyou take Satsuki to the school. Satsuki is still a little girl. ....... Kyou and I are in the same class at school, but I have a lot of things to do before I leave home."

I've asked Kyou to be my chaperone in case I get into trouble with bullies or something.

Our classes start later than Satsuki's, so it's more convenient for us.

"So Kiriha will be leaving for the school in a little while too ......"

"That's going to happen. ...... What about Usato and Amako? Do you want to wait here?"

No, we'll go to the stables near the gate. No, we're going to the stables near the gate. There are some people who came here with us and we're going to meet them. ...... Amako is okay with that, right?"

"Yes."

By "the people I came with," I assume you mean the people who were at the place where Usato went to tell them after dinner last night that he was staying here, so I don't have to worry about their whereabouts.

But they won't be wandering around the city all night either, so I'll be back early.

As I was washing the dishes, thinking about tonight's dinner, Usato, who was wearing white clothes similar to the coat hanging on the wall, called out to me.

"Yes, thank you for the change of clothes. I washed them before dinner and hung them out to dry. ...... is it okay?"

"You didn't have to worry about it. I was just lending you some of Kyou's clothes, nothing more than you need to thank me for."

But then he looks outside and sees the clothes drying neatly on the floor.

He is surprisingly meticulous ......, a far cry from the boy I saw yesterday who had a frightening look on his face. He was terrifying yesterday, I know humanoid auger is an overstatement,............ but he would never look like that. I never thought I'd be pressured by the sight of a human face. .......

"......You look blue, are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah,......, I'm fine,...... yeah,...... I'm fine."

Amako was worried about me, because I had been showing it on my face without realizing it.

She told me a lot about Usato yesterday, ...... that he's not a bad guy and that the Lingle Kingdom, where Amako stayed for two years, is a better place than I could ever imagine. .......

He dips his still-shaking hands in the cold water and regains his composure. When I finally regained my composure, Usato, who was in the living room, came out of the entrance of the kitchen.

"We'd better get going," he said.

"I'm off, Kiriha."

He and Amako, who is behind him, also put on a white cloak and say so to me.

To my eyes, they seemed to be friends with nothing out of the ordinary. I had thought how much I had thought that would never happen, but now that I see them in front of me, ......I feel an inexpressible feeling.

"...... haha, have a good day!"

I said this in a voice that sounded a little off-kilter, and I'm sure I had an expression that contained both a smile and a hint of anxiety. Usato only tilted his head slightly, but Amako would have definitely been suspicious. She is a sharp and intelligent girl, regardless of her foreknowledge.

"--I guess I should get ready too. ......"

I met the friend I wanted to meet.

And yet, strangely enough, my heart is still not clear.

A message from my senpai?

Gua?

The knight told me as I moved from the inn where Kiriha was staying to the stables where Bulrin and the knights were staying, and as I was serving breakfast to a sleepy-looking Bulrin.

It seems that the knight who asked the seniors to tell them about me last night was asked to do so by Inukami-senpai on his way home.

"Yes, something like that, when Usato-dono arrives, he wants us to come to the place of the heroes."

"So, you mean the ...... inn."

I had been planning to go, but I was afraid of the reaction of my senpai.

I hope he doesn't get upset over something ...... like that.

"Is it urgent? ......Since he's a senior, he's expecting me to be here in the morning, so I'd better get there early."

I have to explain to them that I changed the place where I am staying without their permission without meeting them in person.

"Amako, can you stay here today and take care of Bulrin?"

"Hmm, it's okay. I don't mind being with her. ......"

She crouched down and stroked Bullyn's nose as he ate a piece of fruit in a good mood.

I'm sure this place will keep Amako busy, and there are some trustworthy knights here who can take care of her if anything should happen to her.

I say goodbye to Amako and the knights for the time being and run out of the place.

The destination is the inn in front of the school where the seniors are, a place you can reach in a few minutes if you run fast enough. I got a general idea of the distance yesterday, and as long as I don't get caught in the crowd, I should be able to proceed fairly smoothly.

But running through the city, even if it's just a short run, I'd like to do some running with weights like I did when I was in the Lingle Kingdom. I don't have any weights with me, so I can only do a normal run, but if I can get Bulrin to go around with me, I might be able to ...... No, not before I run, because that would freak out the people here. .......

"Maybe I'll ask Gladys to do that for me. ......"

In the meantime, I heard that there is such a thing as a messenger, so maybe you can get permission from him.

I don't know if the general term "messenger" applies to my relationship with Bulrin, but it's worth a try if you ask and ask.

I don't know if this applies to me in general, but it's worth a try if you ask and ask.

"......, this is ......."

Perhaps because I was running in a daze, I found myself in front of an alley where a group of what appeared to be students from the school had entered yesterday. Normally, I would have continued running without paying attention to them, but I stopped when I noticed a crowd of people on the other side of the alley.

I wondered what was going on. They seemed to be onlookers, but I wondered if there was something in the center of them.

Driven by my curiosity, I walk into the alley in front of me and approach the crowd.

"Oh, those guys ...... are doing terrible things to me again."

"Why don't you just leave him alone? ......"

"But we wouldn't want to get caught in the middle of it either. ......"

...... some kind of disturbing conversation could be heard in the crowd.

I walked a little faster to get to where they were and was surprised when I caught something in the center of their conversation out of the corner of my eye.

"............!"

One of the group that entered this alley yesterday, a boy in soot-stained robes, was lying in tattered condition.

I quickly approached him and picked him up, trying to heal him with healing magic, but an onlooker who was watching from a short distance away told me not to worry.

"I don't know who he is, but he's going to be fine, no need for healing magic".

"You're hurt, you're hurt!

He's a healing wizard. Look, it's dirty, but there's not a scratch on it, is there?

"What?

A boy who looks like a student onlooker points at me, and I look at him again.

To the onlooker, he is a ragged man covered in scars. ...... No, there is no scar if you wipe the dirt off his cheek.

Is this really the healing wizard ......? This girl who was staring at me yesterday? I don't get it. How the hell did this happen?

"You said earlier that this girl is a healing magician, right? What happened?"

"You're a newcomer, aren't you? ......Well, it's no wonder he doesn't know, he's on the radar of a lot of troublesome people. ......Every time he does this, he's entrusted with healing magic to do this and that."

Healing magic is not for sandbagging, except for training.

I had no idea that I had already met the Lucvis healer I had been interested in. And they're hurting you to this degree: .......... No, not to this extent, not to this extent.

"It's a complicated thing to face,......, let's wake him up anyway."

I shake his shoulders and try to wake him up.

I want to make sure he is safe and sound, just to see if he regains consciousness. If he doesn't wake up with no wounds, it's too bad, even though I had nothing to do with it.

".........U........."

"Oh ......"

I shook his shoulder for a dozen seconds or so, and he slowly blinked his eyes with a faint moan.

He seems to be okay, as he regained consciousness surprisingly easily. ...... I wonder if it was an unnecessary worry.

I'm not sure how I feel now..."

"Pssst! Let go of me!

"Whoa!"

The moment he woke up and had me in his sight, he brushed off my hand on his shoulder. I was a little surprised at the sudden rejection, but the boy looked at the clear blue sky and somehow became impatient.

"The time is ........."

"Oh, hey, wait a minute..."

Somehow, the boy did not listen to my voice and ran out to the main street.

His impatience was unusual. ...... I wondered if he had something important to say to me. But I didn't think he'd reject me. ......Maybe that's how distrustful he's become of people. ......

I wonder if it means that he is so distrustful of human beings.

"......Well, what to do now?"

My wish to meet a healing wizard outside the Lingle Kingdom has come true, but it's kind of frustrating. I'm not so good that I can't turn a blind eye to bullies, but I can't afford to be unsympathetic.

I can't do anything about it, or rather, I don't have the power to do anything about it. If anything, I'm in a position in this city where I, as a healing magician, might be able to do something about it.

I guess I'll join up with my seniors now.

Let's talk to senpai and Kazuki first.

I don't know what to do, so it's quicker to get their opinions.

Then I'll go to them right away...

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I look back at the familiar voice behind me and clearly see two beautiful men and women in the alley leading from the plaza to the main street.

They are Inukami-senpai and Kazuki.

"...... didn't we have to go there?"

Kazuki is waving at me cheerfully, and I smile sincerely as I walk toward them.

As expected, Inukami-senpai looked at me with dissatisfaction as I changed the place to stay without telling her.

Of course, Kazuki was laughing as much as I was.

"You're right, Usato-kun! If you're going to stay at Amako's friend's house, I wish you'd take me with you!"

"Don't be so snotty and reckless. I've been through a lot myself. ......"

It looks like Kyou's heartache will be half as bad as it was when the quintessential seniors came to visit. ....... I know he's not a bad guy, so I don't want to take him as far as possible until I get some trust from him.

"But aren't the seniors supposed to be at the inn?"

"I came with him when he said he was going to pick up Usato. But if I could have met him here, it would have saved me a lot of trouble."

"Hmm? What is it?"

Maybe the school has already decided on a response or .......

I was told it would take quite a while for a decision to be made. .......

Perhaps sensing my doubts, a senior student with a proud face approached me excitedly.

"Last night, the headmaster of Gladys School asked me if I would like to visit the school. So take Usato-kun with you."

"A tour? ......"

I remember you said something like that yesterday on the way back from handing over the letter.

I see, Mr. Gladys was also impressed when she saw that my senpai had taken an interest in it. Is it because I'm a small-minded person that I feel uneasy about being treated so well?

"I was wondering about that, too, and I'll go."

I knew you would say so, Usato-kun. Then let's get going."

Inukami-senpai grabs Kazuki and me by the hand and starts to walk quickly toward the school. I wonder how much he was looking forward to it. A senior.

"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. ......"

But you're looking forward to it, aren't you, Usato?"

"I can't hide anything from ...... Kazuki. ......"

After seeing Kazuki's happiness when he nodded at my words, I looked at my senpai walking in front of me. He looks very happy. Of course,...... this is a school city that trains wizards from another world. The dark side of the city is more than outweighed by the romance and fantasy that abound here.

I'll get to what I want to talk about later. It's not too late for us who have been summoned here ...... to have the kind of fun among friends that we couldn't have in our original world.