The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The knight of the Kingdom of Lingle, who had me interrogate him, said something to that effect.

I was a little disappointed that I had told him what he wanted to hear so easily, only to be tortured and then hallucinated that I was being rescued by my friends, but I was sure that the result was going to be good for me.

Usato, the healing wizard.

The best friend of two brave men.

A member of the Lifeguard Corps, an organization of infamous healing wizards.

His mission is to heal and save the wounded on the battlefield.

Having succeeded in finding out more about this mysterious healing wizard, I was filled with a feeling of joy as I raised my hands in the air.

Not only because I could see the holes to be poked, but above all because I now knew the clear weaknesses of the two brave men who had been our obstacle.

A gentle man is a prey for me.

They are easy to show mercy not only to their allies, but even to their enemies.

I kill because they are my enemies.

Because they are my enemies, I will not let them leave alive.

From the bottom of my heart, I am glad that this boy Usato is not a person who can make such a decision.

Because then there are so many ways to do it.

---I had that opinion of him before I fought him, but when I actually saw him, I realized that Usato was a monster of a man.

I should have known that Koga was extraordinary when he talked so much about him.

To the casual observer, it seems as if he was taking it easy on Mr. Koga for the fun of it, only to have him hit back with a painful counterattack.

But when you look at him, he really doesn't seem human.

In fact, I don't think we can even define him as a human being.

He has black wiggly things growing out of his body, and an unusual, demonic-looking bird on his shoulder. The strangest thing is that when the flying dragon is covered with the light of healing magic and attacked, it is obvious that the impact is coming from something other than its fist.

I have no idea how that works.

--- I don't think I can deal with that one. .......

I understood it the moment our eyes met in the air.

It's not like the people we know. Somewhere ...... yes, I think the devil is the most likely candidate. At least it looked and looked like a demon.

Let's have my men do their best to hold them back and I'll go away.

I was about to tell this to my men holding the flying dragon's reins when a thought came to my mind.

--- If I take it in my hands, won't I be able to secure a powerful army?

So I got a little greedy.

To say the least, he has just subdued the second flying dragon, and he is a corps commander. Perhaps, he may be considered more troublesome than the current heroes.

If ...... I can control him with my magic, I can eliminate my only weakness, which is my weakness on my own.

The more I think about it, the more I think the benefits are too great to return.

Rather, I cannot let this opportunity pass me by.

I have come to a conclusion.

I have decided not to run away, but to play a trick.

---A way to deceive and play a trick on the healer who is reputed to be "gentle.

In order to do so, first of all, I had to switch places with a female soldier of about the same age whom I had brought along as a decoy in case of emergency, while he was fighting with a subordinate whom I had arranged to buy time for him.

It's a stupid plan that any normal person would come up with, but I'm sure he will fall for the trap.

After all, he's a gentle man.

He is not mature enough to deal with an unarmed opponent.

Gentleness is not always a good thing.

While some people are kept alive by such kindness, others are hurt by it.

He is the best example.

He is a sweet, sweet boy whose good intentions will be crushed by me, and he will spend the rest of his life for my sake.

There was no more fear.

The healing wizard, no, Usato, was a young, yet easily manipulated child like Koga, and would be easily fooled.

He will be easily fooled.

By using his men as pawns, he finally showed his unprotected back.

I approached him noiselessly, pretending to hold the reins, and my hand successfully caught his head.

I felt a sense of accomplishment and let out an unbearable cry of joy as the magic power of the phantom system, which is impossible for an ordinary human being to resist, was sent to his head.

"Ha, ha!　I did it!　I did it!"

"......"

The first sincere smile I've had in years.

I can't remember when I last laughed, but it doesn't matter.

I now have the monster known as man as my pawn.

And a healer.

I now have a powerful healer that cannot be born of a demon.

"Let's start by convincing him that I'm on his side."

I'm not just a pawn in this war.

Rather, it would be too regrettable to let go of a person who has more prowess than the demons, so let's carefully imprint the illusion and bring him back to the demon king's territory even after the battle.

"Hmph."

Just when I was sure I had completely won --- his torso stirred, and at the same time, something like a sharp black thorn was thrust through my heart.

Suddenly, I am caught off guard and unable to move properly.

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"What?"

He let out a stunned voice, and when he was unable to react, his right arm, which was supposed to be under his control, moved and grabbed the thorn to stop him.

"Ferrum, no!"

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"It's okay. I'm fine.

I didn't order Usato to stop.

Then why did he move in front of you?　My magical power shouldn't be able to do anything.

Ignoring my stunned reaction, he removed his hands from my cheeks and said, "Hmph! He removed his hands from my cheeks.　He then bursts out with a kind of "Kiai" and shoots away the magic power of the illusion I poured into his hands.

"What?　...... what?"

Your illusion doesn't work on me. If it does, it will only blur my vision.

---That's-- that's crazy.

You must have caught him completely by surprise.

A sane person would have been affected by the illusion the moment he touched her.

But it was as if a child had swept away a spider's web.

What am I being shown?

What are you talking about with your harmless, easygoing face? This guy...

What the hell...

I'm scared.

My body trembles with fear.

At that moment, an outlandish speculation crosses my mind.

"Hey, is this the devil incarnate ...... of ......?"

"What?　No, it's not..."

"Yes. He's a demon in human skin. He's a demon with healing magic.

"What?

Hey, Nia?

The owl on my shoulder started talking.

Isn't this bird a demon?　Why is it talking?

Am I being shown an illusion?　How long have I been seeing illusions?

Could it be that the elf has shown me a vision ......?

The sequence of events up to this point is so unusual that I can't decide where the illusion and reality begin.

Maybe it was an illusion from the beginning?

If you think about it, it doesn't make sense that such a healing wizard exists.

If you think about it more dispassionately, it is even fearless that there are people flying around in the sky like that.

It is a desecration of life.

In other words, ...... what you are seeing now is an illusion, not reality.

You have to figure it out. ....... If we don't wake up,......"

To counteract the illusion cast on him, he casts an illusion spell on himself in fear, but his vision does not change at all.

I want to return to reality.

I want to escape from this impossible reality.

But no matter how much you try to cast illusion magic on yourself, the scene in front of you never changes.

The scene you are seeing is unmistakably real.

"No, that's not true. This is impossible. There can't be such a person. ......!　This must be an illusion!　I'm under some kind of psychological attack!"

"Hmm. ......"

The owl's eyes glow red.

The corners of Usato's mouth hang open in a twitch.

The nightmare does not end.

Cornered, I pull out the small knife I have been carrying in my pocket for self-defense.

We know that we cannot kill the demon in front of us with such a thing. But it should be possible to force yourself to wake up from the illusion by hurting yourself. ......!

He pulls down his knife to stab it into his thigh.

"Hey!　What are you doing?

What are you doing?

But it is easily grabbed by the blade and snatched away.

I looked up in despair to see Usato, who had snapped the knife in half, scowling and staring at me.

"Don't do anything rash!"

Are you going to torture me?

"What, ......?"

I was not allowed to wake up or easily lose consciousness.

The owl, whose red eyes are fixed on my frightened body, makes a mocking sound.

"Just stop your futile resistance. Or else, what will he do to you?　......ferm"

As he says this, bat-like wings sprout from his bewildered shoulders.

Dark, black wings sprout from his back.

He looks down at me with a face backlit by shadows, and his white clothes, which had conjured up a sacred image, have now turned into something that terrifies me.

"Oh, oh, oh... ......"

"Uh, sir?　Is something wrong?"

I was terrified, so he tilted his head and reached out his hand toward me.

My spirit reached its limit when the sharply shaped, devilish, demonic hand came close to me.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!　I won't do anything bad anymore, please forgive me. ......!"

"?　It's good that you're reformed, but it's dangerous if you go back any further..."

"---Augh!"

I fell back as if trying to escape, and was enveloped in a strange floating sensation, my vision turning black.

I fell backwards as if trying to escape.

Hannah almost gave me a vision, but I succeeded in getting over it with my own resistance, and I tried to restrain her.

However, I found that she had become strangely upset, apologized furiously, fell down and jumped down from the flying dragon as if she was running away from me.

"Oh, that was close. ......"

I let out a sigh of relief as I grab Hannah's hand and pull her up, as she is about to fall off the flying dragon with white eyes.

I can't let the corps leader get away.

I can't let him get away and manipulate my allies again.

......All we have to do now is to go downstairs.

I think, and talk to the soldier of the demon army who is pretending to be Hannah behind me.

Please bring this flying dragon down to the ground.

"My soul is not delicious!　Yoo, forgive me... ......!　I don't want to die yet. ......!"

"......"

I'm absolutely stunned by the soldier who is not only teary-eyed, but is sobbing and begging for his life.

What's going on?　Why does he think I'm going to take his soul?　What have I done to her in this whole exchange? ......!

I can't help but feel confused, even though I'm used to being treated like a monster like never before.

"Hey! "Hey...if you guys have done something to her, just tell us..." he said.　I won't be offended.

At any rate, I let the soldier take the reins of the flying dragon and, with Hannah at my side, I pursued the two suspicious people.

"No, nothing?"

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"I've been doing some normal devilish things!"

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This owl and his demon girl ......!

The two of them make me pale in the face.

I'll definitely get to the bottom of it later. ......!

After making a firm vow in his heart, he watches the flying dragon descend to the ground.

"Oh, oh, oh, be safe ...... be safe. But good luck, Sean. You're a strong flying dragon. ......!"

"Ggah ......"

"We promised that when the battle was over, we would go on a journey together around the whole continent, didn't we? ......!"

With some apprehension at the strong character of the soldier who had been forced to take Hannah's place, she confirms that she has landed on the ground.

On the ground, Frana and the knights are still fighting with the demons and soldiers, but they all stop moving when they see me capturing Hannah, the corps leader.

"Is that Hanna-sama ......?"

The skies are supposed to be safe.

What about us? ......!

The capture of the corps commander, who is one of the commanders, seems to have helped to dampen their spirits.

"Gee, ......!"

"Is that the flying dragon I just dropped ......?"

However, some of them roar in anger at me.

I changed my mind and glared at them to fight back, but... for some reason, the flying dragon turned around, let out a frightened scream, turned its back on me, and ran away.

"If you knock down a flying dragon in the sky that hard. It's only natural for a demon to think by instinct."

In my mind, "If you intimidate them with your eyes, they will naturally run away!" and "They won't attack us if they think we're their kind!" and Guld's line, "If they think we are their own people, they won't attack us!

Ugh, I can't believe I'm putting into practice the most improbable idea: ......!

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<<<<<< Ohhhh! >>>>>>

The knights are heading toward the soldiers who are upset because of the lack of the corps leader.

As I was looking away from them and thinking about leaving Hannah and the other soldier I had captured as prisoners of war to the knights in the back, Frana rushes up to me.

"Usato, are you all right?

"Yes, I'm fine. I managed to ...... capture the corps leader Hanna and her subordinate soldiers, so I'll leave the rest to the knights in the rear.

"Then leave it to me!　I'll make sure they're restrained so they won't do any more harm!"

I nod at Frana's words and hand the unconscious Hannah over to her.

Mr. Frana tilted her head at the sight of her fainted face and the frightened soldier lying on the ground beside her.

"She looks like she just saw something out of this world. ...... What did you do to her?　The soldier I caught behind me is also frightened and ......"

That's what I want to know, too.

I'm going to ask Nair, who just now blatantly looked away from me, about it later.

But first I have to do what I have to do.

"The capture of Hannah should help our situation somewhat, ...... but that doesn't change the fact that we are still outnumbered."

"But we still have to fight."

We can't give up here.

Senpai and Kazuki are both ...... and now that Rose is fighting a strong enemy, I have no choice but to do what I can do.

So, I'm going to go to the next place..."

"Hey, Usato!"

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As he tries to walk away, he is struck by a slight vertigo and nearly collapses.

I was supported by Nair, who had returned to human form, but I couldn't help but realize that I was more exhausted than I thought I was.

"Usato, you should rest your body, even if it's just a little!　You don't look so good after all that fighting!"

"Frana is right. You can't keep going like this. ......

I'm sure you've been trained to conserve your magic, but it seems that you've endured a series of outbursts of magic power.

But the dizziness only lasted for a moment and quickly subsided.

As I try to stand up alone, I hear a roaring sound not far from here.

I look in that direction and see a snake as big as or bigger than the evil dragon rampaging about. Its mouth appears to be spraying venom-colored liquid.

"We can't rest yet. ......"

"...... understand. But if I decide it's too far, I'll force you to stop, even if it means using magic."

I've never heard of that before.

If I faint, can Ferrum move my body?

But I'm aware that I can't stop him, so I'd appreciate it if he could do so if the need arises.

I sigh and look at Nair, who has returned to her owl form and to her shoulder, and then at Frana.

"So, I'll go ahead ......!"

"Like Kazuki, you don't bend once you've made up your mind, do you? Then I won't stop you any longer. I'm not going to stop you any longer. ...... But if you do something reckless, both Suzune and Kazuki will be sad. ...... Don't die, okay?"

"...... Oh!"

I nodded to Frana, who looked at me and had a somewhat sad expression on her face.

I turn around and head toward the place where the giant snake and the knights are fighting.

Perhaps I will be of no use to them in terms of strength, but I should still be able to heal those who are being poisoned by the serpent.