The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

A friend of mine who was in the same class in my former world told me that traveling is fun on the way to the destination.

I think it is true.

Arriving at the destination is important, but watching the changing scenery and the changing flora and fauna along the way is also quite enjoyable.

And it is also a pleasure to talk with friends during the short time before arriving at the destination - that's what I had been thinking until this morning.

"Senpai. Please stop trying to hug Amako while pretending to be asleep.

Now, I am giving a sermon to my senpai who is sitting on his haunches in the carriage.

For the past few days, he has not heeded my repeated warnings and has been trying to use Amako as a pillow for his pillow by pretending to be asleep. Amako avoided him every time, but he was so reluctant to give up, that I had to give him a sermon, even though I didn't like it very much.　I had to give him a kind of a sermon, though I was very reluctant to do so.

"You're making a false accusation, Mr. Usato. Where is the proof?"

"Isn't it enough to be caught red-handed? ......"

But still, the senior is remaining bashful and silent.

Even though everyone in the room witnessed his crime.

"Hmm, I have a habit of hugging the fox cub next to me when I'm sleeping. This is one of the ten secrets I've been keeping from you with a will of steel."

How pinpoint is this habit of yours? It's as if you've already told me.

"Oh, I hope you will take responsibility for making me tell you my secret, Usato-kun."

"Senpai. Please feel how I feel when you expose my secret without my permission and demand that I take responsibility for it."

Why is this man so proud of himself when he is made to sit on his knees?　Why does he look at me as if he expects something from me?　Amazing, will of steel.

Kazuki and Mr. Welshy are smiling at me, and Amako is looking down at me with the coldest eyes I've ever seen.

I sigh and look at Amako, knowing that no matter what I say, she will stubbornly resist.

Amako nods her head, covers her mouth and talks to her senpai with an air of shyness.

"Suzune, if you tell me honestly, I'll even consider sleeping in your arms. ......"

I, Inukami Suzune, admit that I tried to hug Amako while she was fully awake.

"Hey, steel will."

How loyal you are to your desires, my dear. Your will is not steel, but more fragile than tofu.

Amako tilted her head cutely and looked as if she was thinking, and smiled a smile that she rarely shows.

"After giving it some thought, I think I'll start sleeping about five people apart from Suzune from today on."

"The biggest smile I've seen since I started my trip!"

"I didn't say I'd do it for you, just that I'd think about it.

"You've been set up!"

Well, Amako only said she'd think about it.

Amako is talking to me, perhaps in shock that she was tricked by Amako.

"Usato, Amako lied to you!

"I think it's a very fair decision. ......"

"Kuh."

"No, you don't have to look so bitter. ....... You don't have to sit on your knees anymore, please stand up."

He reaches out his hand and helps the senior to stand up and sit down.

After regaining his composure, he crossed his arms and started talking to us as if nothing had happened.

"Well, it's been three days since we left, but traveling by carriage is not so bad.

"It's hard to believe you just had an exchange like that a few minutes ago with your attitude and words. ......"

"A carriage ride is not so bad!"

You're just going to let it slide?

It's not a bad thing that ...... senior is as energetic as ever, so let's continue our conversation.

"After we left Luxembourg, we traveled on foot. I think it would be nice to travel in a horse-drawn carriage.

"Me and my senior were on horseback, but it's pretty nice to be somewhat more relaxed than having to hold the reins yourself."

It's a bit of a waste of time to move around without moving, but it's still comfortable.

It's a very natural(?) As we were talking about the vehicle, Mr. Welshy, who had been silent until a moment ago, looked up and started talking to me.

"Um, Mr. Usato. May I ask you a question?"

"Oh, yes, of course."

"Thank you very much."

He seems somewhat preoccupied, but I wonder what is wrong.

"What I want to ask you is about Mr. Farga. ......"

What?　Mr. Welshy is ...... for Mr. Farga?"

I was wondering what he was going to ask me, but I didn't know it was related to Mr. Farga.

I had expected it since she seemed to be interested in me when I showed her my basket hand in front of Mr. Lloyd before. .......

Kazuki, who was standing next to me, tilted his head when I was surprised at Mr. Welshy's words.

"Master Farga, I think you mean the divine dragon ...... that protects Mearaq that Usato went to, right?"

"Yes. The one I told you about before, the one who prepares the armor of a brave warrior for you and your senpai."

The existence of Master Farga is a closely-guarded secret known only to the royal family of Mialak. I told Kazuki, the recipient of the hero's weapon, about it. ...... What does Mr. Welshy want to hear?

"Could you please arrange for the Queen of Mialak to have an audience with the dragon? ......!

"What?"

An audience, that means she wants to meet with Lady Farga, right?

While everyone except Mr. Welshy is too shocked to speak, she puts on a thoughtful expression on her face.

"It's not for personal gain."

"No, I understand that about Welshy. But I want you to tell me why you're asking me to do this, Usato-kun.

Of course, I will tell you.

Mr. Welshy looked around at us with a somewhat nervous look on his face, and after a pause, he opened his mouth.

"As you may know, Mr. Kazuki and Ms. Suzune, we wizards who work for the kingdom are studying the art of returning those who have been summoned to another world to that world.

"Those who have been summoned to other worlds, you mean us?"

Yes. When we summoned you, we used the Scrolls written in the ancient books of the kingdom to activate the summoning formula.

"Scrolls?"

Some kind of fantasy-like word.

The name suggests that it is a kind of paper that contains magic or sorcery?

"A scroll is a piece of paper that contains magic or sorcery. Nowadays, this technique is as obsolete as magic, but here in the depths of the great archives of the Kingdom of Lingle, a scroll was found with a formula for ."

We ...... were a bit surprised since we didn't know how to summon the brave men named Senpai and Kazuki.

However, it's kind of strange that a scroll of summoning a brave man can be found in the Lingle Kingdom.

I looked at my senpai with a sideways glance and saw him muttering with a slightly happy expression, "Scrolls are fantasy too, aren't they?

......Even in a serious talk, the senior was the same as ever.

I asked Mr. Welshy a question to get his mind back on track.

"Are those scrolls still there?"

"When the summons was issued, the scroll was burned up along with the old book. After that, you were all summoned to ......."

"So it's just as we know it from there. ......"

"...... yes."

Senpai and Kazuki were training to be heroes in the kingdom, and I was taken away, not kidnapped ...... by Rose, and spent my days in training.

"So, what's the connection between when we were summoned and what Falga-sama told us?"

"I will be honest with you. We, the wizards of the kingdom, cannot find a way to return you to the other world. ......

We were at a loss for words when Ms. Welshy said these words with a sorrowful look on her face.

We were shocked not only by her words about not being able to find a way to return home, but also by the fact that she said them as if she had been driven to this point.

"We have lost too much technology to return you to your world.

Lost too much?

What does that mean?

Before I can ask that question, Mr. Welshy mumbles a few words.

"I heard that several hundred years ago, that is, before the Demon King and the previous heroes were fighting, human beings were engaged in fierce territorial disputes.

"Is it safe to say that there is a war going on?"

Mr. Welshy nodded at his senior's words.

So before the Demon King and the previous generation of heroes fought, when there was no common enemy for mankind in the form of the Demon King's army, there was a war between human beings.

It's not hard to understand, but I'm really glad that Senpai and Kazuki weren't summoned to that time period.

"It was a time when plundering other countries' lands, cultures, and magic systems to make oneself powerful was a common practice. It is said that magic was used at a much higher level than today. One out of five people were able to use the now rarely-used system of reinforcement.

Is that all?

"That's just what the literature says, but I'd say it's almost a fact. In those hard times of constant warfare, the quality of the warriors must have been enhanced accordingly.

One out of every five people who have the depths of magic and lineage enhancement.

That's too much, in those days. I can't even imagine.

"But the age of human warfare came to an end with the rise of the Demon King's army led by the Demon King. The human race had no choice but to unite in the face of the powerful Demon King's army. ......"

"I had a faint idea that the Demon Lord's Army was such a formidable opponent at the time. ......"

"Yes. ....... But the irony is that having a common enemy in the form of the Demon Army has united the warring nations."

The situation is similar to the present day in that people unite to fight against the demon king's army, but the individual strengths of the people then and now are too far apart.

It's hardly the same situation. .......

"After the Demon King was sealed by the previous generation of heroes, a peaceful world without warfare continued until the present age. ...... During those long years, we have lost a lot of technology."

Is it witchcraft?

"Yes. And scrolls. These were techniques that were used a lot in the wars. But as the wars ended and peace prevailed, the techniques passed on faded away, and finally there was no one left to pass them on.

If there is no one to pass it on, it will eventually disappear.

When it comes to sorcery, it takes a long time to master.

"Summoning heroes is a lost art in this day and age. It is very difficult to restore it and to find a way to analyze it and return it to your world. But then I learned that Usato-sama had met the divine dragon, Falga-sama, who lives for a long time."

"No way, the reason I want to meet Master Farga is because of ......."

"Yes. I was wondering if you could help me with your wisdom or with a way to return you to your original world.

Master Farga is a divine dragon who has lived for a long time and is well versed in magic.

He may know about the summoning of heroes.

As I thought about this, Mr. Welshy bowed deeply in determination.

"I know this is an unreasonable request. I know it is an unreasonable request, but I have a duty to return all of you who have lived in peace to your original world. I will do everything in my power for that purpose."

I knew it, Mr. Welshy was worried that he had summoned us.

Maybe even if we told her we didn't care, she would feel responsible for our involvement.

Unlike Senpai and Kazuki, I had very few chances to talk to Ms. Welsey, but even I can tell that she is a very kind-hearted woman.

I am sure that she would not be able to say no to me if she told me ...... so much.

"......I understand. I'll try to negotiate with the queen of Mialak, Norn, to see if I can meet with Miss Falga."

Thank you very much.

But we may not be able to meet right away. The battle with the Demon King's army is imminent, and Farga-sama is in the process of making armor for Kazuki and his senior heroes. ......"

"It can be done after the battle with the Demon Lord's army. I can wait as long as it is possible for you to advance your research on the return technique, which has been nearly stagnant!"

I'll send Leona a hoo-bird when I get back to the Kingdom of Lingle.

I can't send a letter to the royal family by myself.

But ......<>.

I look at Kazuki and my senpai, and shake off the thought that pops into my head.

Whether I return to my world or not is for me to decide. It is not something that I should think about because of Kazuki and my senpai.

But I can't stay optimistic forever.

Usato?　

"...... Yes?"

"No, you're just looking at me in a daze, so ...... you've finally found me attractive, huh?"

If you're embarrassed after saying it yourself, why don't you just say it?

...... sometimes I take a joke from my senpai.

"Yes, I think it's very attractive that you're always in good spirits and don't forget your sense of humor in any situation, don't you?

"Well, is that a compliment, or are you just saying I'm a no-nonsense person? ......"

"Neither of them, right?"

"Amaco is pretty harsh too. ......"

The senior staff members laugh at Amako's words, which make them feel depressed.

I feel grateful to think that in this day and age we can laugh like this.

If we had been summoned to a time of constant strife, Senpai and Kazuki might have been forced to fight as beings who are simply meant to fight. Thinking of this, I feel a chill in the depths of my heart.

What would happen to me then, if I got involved?

It is possible that I will be treated as useless and discarded, or I may be sent to war as a pure healing magician.

Either way, I am sure that I will not be able to laugh any more than I do nowadays.

"No, wait. A few hundred years ago, it wouldn't have been unusual for healing wizards to fight like me and the Commander ......?"

It was a time when magic of a higher standard was more prevalent than now.

The way of being a healing wizard might have been totally different from now.

When I mutter this, everyone's eyes except mine are drawn to me.

"That's a funny joke. Usato.

"No, no, no, that's not true. Mr. Usato."

"That's just the way it is."

"Unfortunately, no such references have been identified. ......"

It's a total whack job.

Even a glimmer of hope is crushed. .......

I'm upset, but I squeeze out a few words.

"Isn't it too much to deny it with all of us?"

"Ha-ha-ha....... I heard that healing wizards were considered much more important in those days than now. In the midst of battle, there were many injured people whose injuries could not even be compensated for by individual recovery magic, so wizards who could display tremendous healing power such as healing magic were very useful.

I see...so they were in their proper role of healing people.

As I was giving a vague response to this unexpectedly decent reply, Amako put her palm on the back of my hand.

"Hey, Usato. Do you think a healing magician can become like Usato and Rose through normal training?

"Well, if they trained hard enough, they could ......."

"No, right?"

"No, ...... not."

Why am I being gently admonished by a girl younger than myself?

Amako nodded in satisfaction at my words.

"Usato is a healed wizard who did something out of the ordinary, you know?　Usato should admit that he is an out-of-the-ordinary healing magic user.

"No, but ......"

"Are you going to continue to make inhuman moves without admitting it?"

Amako tilts her head adorably, her face twitching.

No way, she's really saying that. And this expression is not meant to tease or anything like that, but to seriously admonish him.

I was on the verge of tears with emotions other than emotion.