The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The assailant who shot an arrow at me.

Amako asked me to chase after him, and I was running through the trees.

Aruk and the others must be chasing after me, but I would get lost if I ran too far away from them. If I am to catch him, I must do it as calmly and quickly as possible.

But this is the beastmen's home ground. There are too many trees for me to run as fast as I can.

"The trees are in the way ......!　I can't run fast enough ......!"

"What are you talking crazy about?

Yes, the distance itself is getting closer, but only by a little bit.

The beastman running in front of me is faster than I expected. From her back, she looks like a girl, but from the gray ears and tail that I can see, I wonder if she is a wolf beastman.

Even my legs, which had managed to escape from Rose when she threw me into the forest and played hell tag with a grand grizzly bear, could only keep up with her little by little.

"Huh, I guess I'm not ready for this yet. ......"

All right, let's go back to the drawing board and add some running to our training today.

A smile naturally forms around my mouth as I realize my future training plan.

How could they catch up to me?　Help me!

"Hey, I wonder what you look like to that beast now. ......"

"......"

Huh?　I'm the one whose life was threatened, aren't I?

How come they are the ones asking for help?

...... should do something before we instill any more fear in them.

He grips his right hand, which still has the cage attached, and stares ahead.

"Nah, hold on!"

"What the ...... Kya!?"

He leans forward, steps down hard on his right leg, and leaps out of the water with a mighty leap.

Seeing me rushing toward her at a high speed, the beast girl, her face turning blue, avoids my hand that tries to catch her with her amazing reflexes.

Unable to stop with the same momentum, I walk right past her... but..,

"But!"

"Hi!"

I slam my right back fist into a tree and change direction, turning my attention to the beastman girl.

I finally caught up with her. She must be able to understand me if I'm this close!

I try to smile as much as I can and talk to the girl so as not to scare her.

"Calm down!　I'm human, but I won't hurt you!

"No, you're lying!　How can a human move like that!　I know what you are, you monster disguised as a human!

With tearful eyes, the beast girl climbed up the tree behind me with the ease of a cat, and moved from tree to tree with the agility of a monkey.

Looking up at her, I couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Nea, I think she knows who you are."

"No, I think it's you. I mean, I'm an owl now."

"......"

Oh, that's right.

It's quite a feeling to be treated like a demon by a girl you've almost never met before.

It's funny, I tried to smile as much as I could.

"......I can't let her get away with this. Nair, prepare a binding spell.

"Healing magic restraining bullet?　At that distance, even you can't hit them.

"A few bad shots don't hurt anyone."

Huh?

He produces several small healing magic bullets from his right palm.

Now that I am assisted in the manipulation of magic by the basket hand, my healing magic bullets are enhanced.

Originally, this technique was designed to heal multiple wounded people in a melee situation, but if Nair's binding spell is added to it, it changes into a technique that can cast a binding spell on multiple enemies.

The name of this technique is--,

"Healing Magic Ranbun!"

The magic bullets are thrown in the direction of the girl with force.

The magic bullets leave my hand, split up as if they were popping, and hit the area around the tree the girl jumped over with a thudding sound.

The girl crouched down on the branch of the tree and screamed in grief.

"My hand, my hand, I can't move!　Wheeeeeee!

"Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. ......"

Nair is a bit surprised, but the healing magic bullet is a basically harmless technique.

Like the healing magic bullet, this technique does not have the power to kill or injure the opponent. All that exists is a healing spell that is gentle to the body and a restraining spell that only disables the body for a moment.

And the girl was hit directly in the right arm, and her arm was temporarily restrained.

A momentary gap, but more than enough for me.

"I'm going to have to ask you to come down from there!"

I'm going to knock you off!

I charge at the tree where the girl is, as fast as I can.

Even if I climb up the tree, she will run away while I'm up there. But there is no way I can convince her.

Then, I have no choice but to force her to come down, even though I don't want to.

"Hmph!"

With all my might, I jump and kick the tree, shaking it violently.

The girl is shaken off the tree just enough to break it, and falls headlong to the ground, but I catch her with both arms.

"The operation has succeeded, hasn't it?

"You're even more of a monster now that you're in Mialak, you ......."

Why do people have to say that when all I did was throw and run and kick ......?

Oh, right.

We need to find out if the girl who caught him is safe. I cast a healing spell on her as soon as I caught her, but I'll be in trouble if something happens to her.

Are you okay?　I'm sorry. I have to do this much to talk to you. ......?"

"---"

"That ......."　

The girl who caught him had her eyes white.

She remained motionless and motionless. Nair noticed the girl's condition and looked into her face quizzically, then turned to me awkwardly.

"You've fainted, haven't you?"

"......"

This is similar to the symptoms of the injured knights who were brought by the strongmen during the war against the Demon Lord's army.

They look as if they have seen something terrible and are stained with fear. ...... I see.

"Poor guy, he must have been scared of falling from such a high place."

"You definitely know what you're talking about, don't you?　It's obviously your fault, isn't it?

You're putting me on the same level as those face weapons!　I don't care how much you think you can get away with it!

Why do you have to be so angry?

I've been called a monster many times, but I won't be silenced by the real monster faces of the rescue squad.

I'm still human.

With the unconscious girl in my arms, the bickering that had begun continued until Amako and the others arrived.

Amako and the others arrived.

We were able to catch the beast girl unconscious, though unwillingly, and we temporarily rested there, waiting for her to wake up.

In the meantime, we talked to Amako, who told us that the girl was also an acquaintance of Amako.

The girl's name was Rinka.

She is a wolf beastman with gray ears and tail, and was a friend of mine before I left the beastman country. As for why she was aiming an arrow at me, I guess she was trying to save Amako who was with a human.

Now that I know why she attacked me, I still have one question.

Why did she target me?

The girl fainting in front of me tried to take me down first.

If she had only targeted me by accident, that would have been the end of it, but it was obvious that she was concentrating only on me, and that's what bothered me.

Amako took one look at the passed out Linka, who was using Burlyn's relaxed body as a pillow, and looked back at me with a worried expression on her face.

"Maybe it's because Usato seemed the weakest?"

"What?"

"The Linka I know wouldn't hurt an animal unnecessarily. On the other hand, Usato looks normal, so he probably thought it would be better to go for Usato compared to Aruk, who looks strong from the atmosphere.

"I see. Usato looks weak. But when you open the door, he's a monster who grabs an arrow on sight.

"You guys don't think it's right to emphasize that, do you?　Why do I have to take so much flak from my own side?"

I cry sometimes too, you know?

No, I'm aware that I look weak.

"I wonder if I can be like the Commander and not get shot by an arrow out of nowhere. ......"

He is always in a predator-like mood, and his eyes are always on the shooter.

When I tried to imitate Rose as I imagined her while brushing my hair, the three in front of me turned pale in unison.

"Usato, I'm sorry. It's fine the way it is."

"I'm sorry. You don't have to change.

"Usato-dono, now is the best time for you."

It's creepy that Aruk-san is suddenly so nice to me, though.

What?　Did I look that bad?　I didn't even know I looked that bad.

"...... everyone, Linka's going to wake up."

Amako turns to Linka. Apparently he saw her wake up in his premonition.

Amako quickly moved to stand beside Linka, hiding us, and gently shook her shoulder.

"Linka, are you okay?"

"Ugh, ugh,...... the monster, the monster is chasing me,...... ugh, yeah, what is it?"

Linka opened her eyes in a swoon and stiffened when she saw Amako's face, then sat up quickly and hugged her.

She couldn't see us, but was sobbing with relief.

"Ah, Amako, it's been a long time!"

"Hey, long time no see, Rinka."

I had heard that they were the same age, but Amako was shorter than him, so he couldn't get out of it and was left to do as he was told.

"You were captured by that human-skinned monster, and you escaped!

That's a terrible thing to say at the outset.

No, actually...

What the hell was that?　How could he catch up with me, the fastest beast of the wolf tribe, and he even had the cunning to try to trick me, and he even used magic to curse me, so, so, so ...... I was scared, so, so ...... ugh! ......"

"Yes, it was scary. I know exactly what you mean."

That's a terrible thing to say.

Don't you agree with me, Amako?

I slap Nair, who's laughing beside me, with a decapitating slap, dismayed by Rinka's words that cut into my mentality.

Let's just wait until she calms down.

After a few minutes of watching Amako comforting the crying Linka, she finally stops crying, and then Amako starts talking about us.

"Linka, I know there are a lot of things you want to know about me, but there is something I want you to know first."

"Yeah, anything?"

"Well, look behind you."

"What's behind ......?"

Linka follows Amako's words and turns around.

Her eyes meet mine with what I assume is a subtle expression on her face.

I awkwardly apologize to her as her face goes stone cold with a beaming smile.

"No, I'm sorry about that ...... earlier, okay?"

"--"

"I didn't mean to scare you. ...... hmm?"

"...... Linka?"

Amako taps her on the shoulder as she remains frozen and motionless. She still doesn't respond, and Amako lets out a sigh and looks at me with a stern stare.

"She's passed out again. ...... Usato, what did you do to Linka?"

"I just pulled him down from the tree.

I can't tell him that I caught him by kicking him down a tree after I upset him by hitting him with a healing magic bullet.

"No, you didn't. I hit him with a magic bullet with a binding spell and kicked him out of the tree to catch him."

"I know you can't help it, but that's too much ......."

Nair exposed me as soon as he could.

Amako was right, even though she was the one who had shot the arrow at me, I had gone too far.

"Anyway, let's wake her up again. This time I'll tell you about Usato and then we'll meet face to face. Usato and the others will stay a little far away.

"Okay."

Disgusted by my treatment of something so completely horrible, I follow Amako's words and leave the place.

After a few minutes or so, Rinka wakes up once more and says almost the same words to Amako as before. She added a new voice of fear, saying that she had given him a nightmare and that she had tried to trick him again, but she did not need to be told the reason why.

After explaining what had happened to us, Amaco took Linka by the hand and led her to where we were.

"......Ho, are you sure you're okay?　Amako."

"Yeah, I'm fine. We've traveled this far together, so you can trust me."

She is still anxious, shrinking down to hide behind Amako's back, but Amako is too small for her, so she is not able to hide at all.

I have been trying to hide myself from her, but she is too small to hide at all. ......Amako is too small for her age, I guess. She doesn't look the same age as the girl in the back.

As I was thinking about this, Aruk-san approached the frightened Linka and made eye contact with her.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Arc, and I am traveling with Amako-sama.

Nice to meet you. I'm Linka.

I'm Nair. I'm the demon you say is disguised as a man.

What?　It's me!

Guar!

"Huh?　Why is there a blue grizzly here?

Each person introduces himself/herself (?) So I'll do the same.

I'm going to make a good impression by being a 100% smiley brother, which will dispel the image I have so far.

I don't want to scare my friends from Amako.

"My name is Usato. I'm Amako's..."

"I'm sorry. I'm not scared, don't be mad ......!"

I had only said his name, but he was so scared.

That's funny. I heard that Amako explained about me too.

"Amako. How do I explain this to him?　I'm not mad at you, just tell me the truth."

"I told him roughly what kind of journey I've been on."

"Ah, that makes sense. That's the kind of reaction you get when you find out that the person you're fighting with has had an extraordinary journey. ....... I'm sure the beastman would know about Kalon's outburst."

Yeah, I didn't solve it alone. .......

I guess my first impression of you gives me a bad image of you.

"Oh, I told him you're human."

"I've always thought that you've been poisoned by Usato too, ......."

For some reason, Nea was taken aback when Amako said this confidently.

I wish she would question the fact that she has to prove that she is human.

......I hope they don't scare me off. For now, it's good to know that I have met Linka, an acquaintance of Amaco's.

It's better than if she doesn't like me, and that makes me feel a lot better.

I let out a small sigh when I see Linka, who is still wary of me and does not come out from behind Amako's back.