The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Mr. Usato.

Where are you now?

Is it Samaritan? Or have you already arrived in Mearaq?

Either way, I sincerely hope that your trip will end safely. But I believe that you can easily overcome any adversity and hardship.

Just like when you reached out to me when I was at rock bottom and helped me to stand up on my own. .......

Anyway, it has been about a month since I joined the rescue team as an apprentice.

The daily life of the rescue team has been both demanding and fulfilling for me.

At first I was scared of Alec's face, but when I got to know them, they were very nice and kind to me, a junior member.

I often talk with Mr. Uluru who sometimes comes to the rescue team.

But every time I see him, he asks me, "Are you okay?　Hasn't your personality changed?　Has he become like Usato-kun?" He asks me. To be honest, I'd like to ask him how I can become like Usato. ......

And Mr. Rose.

I know what I'm talking about when I'm trained by him. ......

Usato, you were so kind......!

He cared for me so much......!

Once, when Mr. Ferrum and I were dropped into the demon-infested forest, I was really prepared to die.

I got out of the forest in three days, but I couldn't hide my shudder at the fact that Usato-san had been in that forest for ten days and was seriously trying to hunt a grand grizzly bear.

And...

"Hey, what are you writing?"

I was writing a letter near the lifeguard's quarters when someone approached me.

I turned around and saw Mr. Ferrum, a colleague of mine in the rescue team, looking at me with stern eyes.

"What?　Oh, it's a letter for you, Mr. Usato. I heard that Huberd always comes to tell you when you arrive at the destination country, so I thought I'd ask him to send mine.

"Hmm, you must really admire him."

Yes. He's the man of my dreams.

I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for him.

Then you should respect me, too.

"Huh? You should talk in your sleep.

"What?"

Huh?"

I quickly put the letter in my pocket and stood up.

"Hey!　You're my junior, you should respect me!"

"What are you doing acting like a senior when you substituted your junior for Mr. Rose?　I'll never respect you, Alec and the others!

What the hell!

I often quarrel with Mr. Ferrum who is four years older than me.

At first I was scared of him because of his horns, but after being beaten up by Mr. Rose over and over again with him, I stopped being afraid of him.

Rather, I am half afraid of Mr. Rose.

Now I am so afraid of him that I can't even resist him.

"You're so young!"

"Shut up!　You have horns like a sheep!"

"You call me a sheep!" "You call me a sheep! ......?　I'm a sheep for lack of a better word!

"Yes, you are!　I think your twisted horns show your true character!

"Mwah!　I'll never forgive you!　I won't be quiet just because you're younger than me!　I'm going to carve the black knight's fear into your heart!"

We started to fight each other.

But since Mr. Ferrum's physical abilities other than leg strength are overwhelmingly superior to mine, he grabs me by the cheek and pulls me away without a second thought.

I grab her cheeks as well.

"Gu,fy......halyasee......"

"Hotchkotch, you're the one. ......"

A back-and-forth battle, with neither side backing down.

But neither I nor Mr. Ferrum would let go of my hand.

This is because the pain is much more bearable than Rose's punishment. But so is Mr. Ferrum...so this is a battle of wills to see who will break.

We can't lose..,

"Shut up, you guys."

"Yi!"

"Taa!"

At that moment, we heard the voice of a terrifying demon near Mr. Ferrum and I, and at the same time, a tremendous blow fell on our heads.

I crouched down, unable to speak out from the pain, and Mr. Ferrum, who was in front of me, was also holding his head with tears in his eyes.

I was so shocked by the fistbones ...... after I had removed all sign of this!

Mr. Rose ......"""

"Don't fight over stupid shit. What's our motto?

Don't fight over shit!

There will be no next time.

Yes!

Mr. Ferrum and I, both of whom have a deep-seated fear of Mr. Rose, apologize in unison, unable to disobey him.

Rose sighs in exasperation and pulls out a piece of paper from her pocket and holds it out to me.

"I've got something interesting for you," she says.

"Something interesting?"

"What's ......?　It's...

You'll have to wait and see. Okay, I'm going back inside. Don't make a fuss.

A form handed to me by Rose, who seemed to be in a good mood.

When I took it, Rose let out a small smile and walked toward the lifeguard's quarters.

"What's this?"

"That's what that woman hands me with a smile. It must be something terrible."

We can't rule out that possibility.

Maybe there is a training menu on which we are to be beaten to hell from now on.

I looked over the paper handed to me with trepidation, and there was Usato's name on it.

"......E, you refuse the prince's marriage proposal?　The rumored female heroine is a healing magician?　Usato-san?　What?

Don't tell me the female heroine is Suzune?

Even though I've only met her a few times, Usato and Suzune seem to be good friends, but I'm surprised that she has feelings for Usato. .......

I wonder how Usato-san feels about this.

I'm sure he won't mind, but he must be in trouble.

"But ......"

There's something that looks like Usato's portrait under the headline, but .......

"But what is this? This is not Usato."

If you want to make a portrait of Mr. Usato, he should look more like a demon.

He's not a noble man.

"Mr. Ferrum. What do you think of this?　It doesn't look like Mr. Usato, does it?"

"...... hmph."

"Ah."

Mr. Ferrum snatched the paper out of my hand and tore it to pieces with great force.

I panicked when I saw the pieces of paper fall to the ground.

"What?　What are you doing?　I was going to save it because it was your article!

"I was annoyed because you seemed to be having fun."

"What is the reason?　Oh, so disjointedly ......"

"Shut up. I really don't like the way he's traveling so fluently while I'm suffering right now."

I let out a sigh as Mr. Ferrum turns away with a frustrated look on his face.

But that doesn't mean you have to break it. .......

"Usato-san, you're not playing around either, are you?"

I don't know anything about humans. I'm a demon.

Well, from Mr. Ferrum's point of view, who is a demon, it may not matter what Mr. Usato's mission is, as he is working for the peace of human beings. ...... but I think this person's mission is different.

"Are you sulking, by any chance?"

"What?

Mr. Ferrum is a bit surprised.

As I recall, Tong told me that Mr. Ferrum used to be a soldier of the Devil King's army, and he was also a black knight, a very terrible person. Usato beat him up and caught him,...... but looking at his attitude toward Usato, he seemed more like a child who was left alone to look after the house rather than hating him.

"I knew it. I knew it. He's probably sulking because he thinks Usato-san is going to be taken away by Suzune-san!

"Hmph!"

What?

Ferrum-san's head butt hit me directly on the head.

Her head, which has been hit by Rose's fist more than anyone else's, is so hard that stars are flying all over my field of vision.

"Look. I haven't forgotten what he did to me."

"~~~!　We used to be enemies, so it can't be helped. ...... And yet you're always complaining and being a pain in the ass."

"...... you think what would happen if Rose punched you in the face and then beat you with an octopus?"

You'd be a piece of meat.

What are you asking me that's so obvious?

Mr. Ferrum says this while holding his forehead, and his face turns serious.

"Usato did that to me.

"I'm sorry. I think that's something you should hold on to."

"Hey!" in the distance. I thought I heard Usato's voice in the distance.

"And I need to know more about him.

"What?　I thought you didn't like me because of your usual attitude. ......"

I thought I wouldn't like him in the least, but apparently not.

Mr. Ferrum becomes more grumpy at my words.

"He's a puzzle to me," he says. He healed me when I was his enemy, and after that he came to me in the cage with a light heart and made small talk with me. He wasn't even afraid of me when I came in here, you know?　......It's natural to want to know how you can behave like that towards someone you've been killing each other."

"......"

Usato-san killing each other ......?

No, he didn't.

"I don't think it's a killing match for you, Mr. Usato."

"Huh?"

He wasn't running around the battlefield doing that. He came here to help people in accordance with the philosophy of this place and this rescue mission. I don't know the situation when Mr. Ferrum and Mr. Usato fought, but I think Mr. Usato fought to save someone ...... maybe ...... no, I definitely think so."

There is no way that Mr. Usato would use his power to kill his opponent.

If he did, there is a possibility that Mr. Ferrum would not be alive today.

Usato's fist without healing magic would be dangerous to a human being. .......

"Is that what you mean?　Does that mean he didn't care about me in the first place?"

"No, I don't think that's what it means.

"Kuhkuhkuhkuh ...... that explains his attitude of not taking a shine to me. He didn't know how I was feeling, but he, he, he,...... f*ck him, that monster!　d*mn, next time I see him, I'll make sure I get even with him!"

"...... Oh, shit."

Mr. Ferrum, who is completely bloodied up, is stomping his feet on the ground and talking about his resentment toward Mr. Usato.

It's good to see you enjoying yourself so much, but if you make any more noise, you'll get ----,

Just when I think it's time to stop Mr. Ferrum, someone stutters down behind us.

""......""

Mr. Ferrum and I stop moving.

There's someone behind us.

No, I don't have to look. The shadow cast by the sunlight coming in from behind us shows an all too familiar silhouette.

As soon as I looked fearfully behind me, a hand was thrust out so fast that I couldn't follow it with my eyes, and it grabbed me and Mr. Ferrum's head.

"How many times have I told you not to make a fuss?　Is that it?　Can't you learn?　Or do you want to spend your vacation training?　That's a good attitude. Shall I give you five times what you want?

"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, I'm ...... going to grab you by the head.

"I have almost nothing to do with this...?"

"If you don't understand, it's best to let them understand."

It's not about making them understand, it's about controlling them with fear.

Mr. Ferrum and I were both grabbed by the face and struggled.

It's a wonder that Mr. Rose can't even faint, perhaps because he's moderately controlled.

"Now, we're going to have a fun, fun training session. You'll be happy, won't you?

...... Usato.

This is my lifeguard routine.

It sure was a hell of a place to be.

But I don't know.

Living here, I feel like I can be a different person than I was before.