The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Hey, wake up.

"Huh?"

The morning after I was fed a ghoulish substance by Mir and Gomul.

I was awakened by someone. Well, in this case, it would be more accurate to say that I was kicked awake rather than knocked awake.

As I fell out of bed and groaned, I turned my eyes toward the assailant who had disturbed my sleep, and there was Rose, a beautiful green-haired woman, looking down at me with folded arms and grim eyes.

"What's going on? ...... It's still dark outside. ......"

"Get dressed, I'll tell you what happened later."

After saying this, he immediately walks out the door.

Ah, you're a stormy one. .......

With a foggy head, I finish getting dressed.

I know that if I resist too much, I'll provoke his anger, and I don't want to end up like Mil and Gomul did yesterday.

"I have to get out of here. ......"

After putting on my training clothes, I leave my room and head toward the entrance to the dormitory.

At the entrance I see Rose with her arms crossed.

Rose finds me and throws a square object at me.

Is this a backpack?　It's smaller than the last one.

"Take it."

"What?　I'm a little confused about the situation. ......"

"I just received word from Master Lloyd that you are to accompany the brave men in their training."

What about .........?

"No, the brave ones are ...... Inukami-senpai and Kazuki, right?"

"Kazuki the Brave has already gone to train outside of the country, in the same way as you. You will be accompanied by Inukami the Brave.

Training outside the country with my senpai?　Why weren't you and Sigurth there when I was ...... Kazuki? I think we should leave it to them.

As if sensing my question, Rose sighs and restrains her forehead.

"......I was notified to accompany you to the training of the brave Kazuki as soon as you returned from the forest,...... but it would be unreasonable to send you there when you were mentally exhausted from fighting that snake,....... I refused. So yesterday, Kazuki the Brave came back, and now it's Inukami's turn. Well, I turned down that offer yesterday too,...... but if Lloyd-sama asks me again and again, I have no choice but to fold."

That's why you looked so tired yesterday. .......

Well, it's obvious that I'm a liability after returning from the forest. I should be thankful for Rose's concern.

...... so you're going out with Inukami-senpai and the soldiers of the kingdom.

"I see you understand the general situation. Then let's head for the gate.

"Yes, I understand. ...... Oh, and Bulrin is ......"

You can take him if you want."

It's still dark outside.

I'm going to the stable to pick up Bulrin, it's a chance to get outside and give him some exercise, which he hasn't been getting enough of lately.

"Hey, wake up, Bullyn."

"Guffaw~"

"Whoa, he's not getting up. Oh, for God's sake, get up and walk!

He moves the backpack to the front, not to the back, and puts Bulrin on his back. He sleeps so comfortably ...... that my back is a special seat for him.

I get out of the stable and head for the gate leading out of the kingdom with Rose, while screaming at Bulrin for not waking up.

I was so excited to see her.

After passing through the castle town, which is not very popular due to the early morning, Rose and I arrive at the door leading out of the kingdom. There we see Inukami-senpai and two soldiers standing near her.

"...... isn't that you, Usato-kun?"

In addition to Inukami-senpai, there was a cheerful guard whom she had met in front of the castle and a man with a robe over his head.

The cheerful one was a man with short red hair, giving a fresh impression.

The other was a taciturn man with slightly long bangs who was wrapped in a black robe. They look suspicious, but I decide that they are the ones who are in charge of the escort.

"No way, the last person to follow me is ......."

Maybe it's me.

If I am the last, that means there will be four members including me.

Not too many, not too few, just the right number.

Rose looks around at everyone including me, and then turns to Mr. Thomas, the guard protecting the door from us ---- or so, and asks him to open the door.

Naturally, Mr. Thomas is frightened but opens the door.

"Go on," he says.

"Don't you have something more to say ......?"

"Hmm?　You want me to say something?"

...... is good.

Rose smiles a nice smile and shrugs her shoulders.

"...... your teacher is a tough guy."

Inukami-senpai muttered a small, sorry sound, and my shoulders slumped as I walked through the gates and out of the kingdom.

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"How was Kazuki?"

"I think he had a pretty hard time. He is not used to this type of competition, and he has been sleeping since yesterday.

"I hope you're okay. ......"

We, four of us and one animal, walked out of the Lingle Kingdom on a cleared road, exchanging some light chit-chat.

We were told that there are not many monsters around here, and that we would not be attacked unless we had a serious problem. In fact, Rose and I were not attacked.

The two guards walk in front of us, ready to respond to any monster attack at any time. They are knights, I must say, and their concentration is extraordinary. I can see that they have the ability to take me lightly.

"...... will not Burlyn wake up?"

"Yes?"

"I'm asking if there's any chance of that happening."

What is this senpai saying out of the blue? ...... I look at him with cold eyes as he wriggles his hands and breathes heavily.

"I'm not awake. ......

The moment I said that, Inukami-senpai reached for Bulrin's head with blinding speed.

A sudden attack(?). I reflexively swat his hand away with my right hand.

Inukami-senpai holds his own hand and looks incredulous.

It happened in a few seconds.

"Why?

No, that's my line. No, that's my line. >>I'm the one who asked "Why? Why did you suddenly and reflexively knock him off?

"You slap a girl's hand and you're so discouraged. ...... Well, you're awake!"

What for?

I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm not sure what to make of it either.

Oh my God, he's finally awake....

I call out to the two guards walking in front of me and set him down on the ground.

"Walk like a man, will you?

"Goo!"

Sighing as he staggers along on his quadrupedal steps.

He soon wakes up and is able to walk normally, so I tell the two guards that he is fine and ask them to move forward.

But then..,

"Bulrin, I'll ...... carry you on my back!　Come on, come on!"

No, really, you-- Oh, no!　The blue grizzly is a huge bear, and I'd say his cub, Bulrin, weighs as much as any wild bear living in Japan, which is to say, as much as two grown men.

In addition to that, he is so sleepy right now that he could have mistaken me for him and fallen onto Inukami-senpai's back...

"Guh~"

"Geez. ----"

"Sen-sen-pai?"

I thought I just heard a voice that didn't sound like a flower girl in high school, but I'll forget it.

But I'll forget about it. I have to rescue Inugami-senpai, who is about to be crushed by Bulrin, as soon as possible...!

"No, I'm sorry, Usato-kun. I thought I had a chance.

"I don't know what you think you're taking a chance on, but please don't get hurt when you're not fighting."

He hurriedly retreated from the burin and rescued his seniors.

He was tougher than I expected, but he might have injuries on bones, internal organs, and other parts of his body that I couldn't see, so I cast a healing spell on him as I went on my way.

"Suzune-sama, are you all right ......?"

"I'm fine, and Usato-kun is with me. Wow, you look amazing, I feel so much lighter.

"Huh~"

The magic is exercised while placing a hand on the senior's shoulder, there is no ulterior motive, not even the slightest.

Rather, it is more of a sense of dismay. ......I thought I was a perfect person in my original world, but how did I end up like this? How did I come to be this way when I was a perfect human being in my original world? Or have I really gone crazy? Maybe the real senior is this way: .......

"Things are not as they used to be. Hey, Bullyn.

"Gu~~"

He's cute.

Inukami-senpai seems to be okay, so I take my hand off his shoulder.

...... I didn't ask you where we're going.

Excuse me.

"Yes?"

The guard turns at the sound of my voice.

He must be a very skilled man, since he is in charge of such an important place as the entrance to the castle. With this in mind, I ask him about our destination.

"Where are you going now?"

"Near the plains, where there are many monsters. There are a lot of monsters there because it is near the forest that is said to be the Darkness of Lingle.

The monsters that come out of the forest where Rose threw me out.

When I was in the forest, I mostly ran away from them or passed them by. I didn't run into too many monsters, but that forest is pretty big, so there must have been a lot of monsters there.

How long will it take you to get there?

"Well, we should be there by ...... noon or so."

At this pace, unlike the time in Rose, we're four people and one dog. It is only natural that our steps would be slow. .......

However, from this route, I guess we will pass near the forest. ...... It's only been a few days, but I feel a little nostalgic.

Especially in Burlin----

"Gu?"

No, I won't say it.

He followed me because he had something on his mind. I don't have to ask, and I don't think it's worth it. There's no point in digging.

I was looking at Brulin, when suddenly he tapped me on the shoulder and I looked in his direction.

Sure enough, it's Inukami-senpai.

"I knew you'd let me touch him..."

"Enough, please!"

That's enough. I won't help you if you crush me again.

I won't help you if you get crushed again.

We are well on our way, a few hours after leaving the kingdom, and as we approach the forest, two people walking ahead of us suddenly stop in their tracks.

"...... lots of reactions ahead."

"Demons or ......?"

"Something's coming."

"It looks like it."

A person in a robe is accurately capturing "something" coming from the front.

Then, a large number of black shadows are coming from the front with a cloud of dust. I am absolutely stunned at the sight of them. They are bipedal creatures, wearing unclean clothes and carrying weapons.

"......... Thieves."

"It's a bandit!　Both of you, stay back!

Mr. Usato!

No way. ......

Inukami-senpai's first real opponent was not a demon but a ---- human.