The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Be aware of the release of magic power.

Instead of releasing the magic gathered in the right arm as it is, he weaves it in and overlaps it.

You make the best use of the magical auxiliary ability of the basket hand to the maximum extent.

I have to concentrate a lot, but I feel a different sensation from before, and I feel a slight sense of relief.

"......"

After a minute or so of weaving, he releases the magic from his palm.

He opens his eyes, sensing that the magic has enveloped him from the wrist to the end.

In your open vision, you see your right hand covered with green magic power, the same as usual.

"......It looks normal, doesn't it?"

"Hmmm, yes."

Senpai, Kazuki, and Leona's gazes are drawn to the hand covered with magic power.

It looks nothing out of the ordinary, but let's touch it just to try it out.

When I touched the magic power of my right hand with my left hand, I felt the elasticity of the hand, which sounded onomatopoeic.

"Yes, you're good!　Usato!"

"Is it working?　Is this successful?　It's a little bit squishy!"

Kazuki's joy makes him impatient, and the magic in his palm dissipates in an instant.

As Kazuki and I were stunned by the magic that had vanished into thin air, my senpai spoke to us with a difficult look on his face.

"It seems that if you are not careful, it will dissolve. No, perhaps the duration is simply too short.

"You mean ......?"

"I guess it just takes practice."

I guess that's what I thought.

It takes some getting used to before you can trigger it, and still, it's far from being a real battle.

"But that's great. You almost succeeded the first time.

"It's all thanks to Leona's explanations. It was easy enough for me to understand."

"Oh, yeah?　If you say so, it was worth participating.

As was the case with Mearaq, I still have a lot to learn from Leona.

Now, thanks to Leona, I've got a good start, and all I have to do now is to do the same thing I've been doing until I get it right.

Fortunately, I don't have to hurt my hands every time I do it like I did when I was strengthening the system, so I feel comfortable.

"I'd like to try out the elasticity application as soon as possible."

"Oh, you're using it right away. "Elasticity."

"It would be inconvenient without a name."

It's easy to understand, and it's a hassle to say "elasticity to magic power" every time.

Smiling at the senior who seems to be very happy, I put the elastic magic power on my palm.

As much as possible, he tries not to lose his concentration, and he holds his kagotte in front of him in the form of a hand-knife.

"...... I was wondering, Usato-kun, how do you intend to use it?"

"Senpai, now, Usato is concentrating on ......."

"Hmm, that's something I'm curious about too. ......"

Gaze at the space in front of you and visualize the enemy.

I imagine the most memorable enemy, Koga, the demon tribe.

When the black masked one is about to swing his claws down on you, you hit him with your elasticized cage hand as if you are going to wipe him off.

"Hmph ......!"

I move my right arm as if I play it with the magic power of elasticity without putting force.

If the healing acceleration fist is a technique to add change to my movement, the elasticity grant is a technique to eliminate waste from my movement.

This is a way of fighting to conserve magic power instead of outburst of system reinforcement which consumes a lot of magic power.

Aiming at the gap where my arm is forced to be bounced off by elasticity, I thrust my left fist with stepping into the defenseless bosom of the opponent.

"......"

After all, an image is just an image.

Ideally, this is how it should be, but as it is, it doesn't work this way.

......The current sequence of movements must be incomprehensible to the onlookers.

What if the three of them look at me strangely?

With this thought in mind, he dispelled the magic power in his right hand and turned around to face the three.

"You force your opponent to lean back with your right hand basket hand, and then you pound him with your free left fist..."

"You've become even stronger in close combat. Usato.

"It's the kind of technology that enemies don't want to deal with. ......"

Huh?

Aren't you all too insightful!

I don't have to explain it to you. They've figured out the whole technique.

His cheeks twitch with incomprehension.

"Anyway. I guess we've accomplished the goal of the training sooner than I thought. Now we can practice on the areas we want to improve.

"Yes. I've become aware of my shortcomings in the battle against the Demon King's Army.

The senior nodded at Kazuki's words.

I agreed with him, as I didn't want him to waste his training time just for me.

Then he turned to Leona who was watching where the conversation was going.

"Leona-san. Could you teach me about lineage reinforcement?"

"Hmm?　Yes, that's fine. But is it worth the risk?"

I know it's risky!　In order to fight against the Demon Lord's army from now on, you'll need a technique like strengthening the lineage!"

With eyes filled with strong will, the senior made a clenched fist.

Her enthusiasm seems to be motivating Leona, ...... but I can understand it.

What are your true feelings?

"I want to use special moves like the two of you!　...... Ha!

I spoke to her in a muffled whisper, and she immediately blurted out, "I want to use special moves like you two!

Leona-san, hearing this, is a bit taken aback.

"No, I'm the only one who hasn't mastered the system reinforcement, or I'll lose my face as a senior!　I was told not to practice because it's dangerous, but Kazuki was practicing behind my back, isn't that unfair!

"So you're going to jump on me now?

Kazuki, who had been watching our exchange with a smiling face, was surprised, as if he didn't expect the story to come around.

However, Kazuki's attention was focused on Kazuki for a moment, and his eyes immediately turned to me.

"In the first place, it's not fair that Usato-kun learned it first!"

"No, I didn't have any prior knowledge of it, I just noticed it when I unleashed my magical power on my own."

"That's new to me!　How did that happen?

It was in Olga's clinic, when I was trying to deepen the color of the healing magic.

Well, I think that time may have been the beginning of my current fighting style.

"Wait a minute, Usato. What did you just ......?　Did you just trigger it on your own?　What were you trying to do ...... when you didn't know how to enhance the system?"

Oh, shit, I dug my own grave. ......!

Leona looks at me with suspicious eyes, and I try to change the subject, smiling to cover it up.

"Kazuki!　I heard that you and Leona-san are going to train to strengthen your lineage, so why don't we do something together?

"Oh, okay. Oh, then, will you accompany me to the sword training?　After the battle with Koga, I felt that I was not strong enough to fight in close quarters.

I nodded at Kazuki's words, and rushing him, I set about my training.

I rushed him along and we began our training.

The training was to end around dusk.

After that, we had to do our own training, switching training partners, but the training with my seniors for strengthening the system was full of surprises.

By surprise, I do not mean that my senpai had a hard time in learning the systemic reinforcement, but on the contrary, he was acquiring it at an unbelievably fast pace.

I don't know if it was because of Ms. Leona's skillful teaching or because of my senior's genius, but I was surprised even if that is included.

"Hmmm..."

"You're in a good mood. You're in a good mood.

"I've finally mastered lineage enhancement, too. That makes me happy."

On the way home from the castle, I smile along with my senpai, who is in a good mood.

For some reason, he says, "I'll walk you on the way! and he follows me. I agreed without thinking about it, but I wondered if he had something he wanted to talk about.

"Well, even including that, the strengthening of the system was a necessary technology for me now..."

"......?"

"In my fight with Amira, I realized that just being fast is not enough to get through to a certain level of skill. I knew I needed a special move for me.

"Was Amira strong after all?"

I've only seen her twice.

I knew she was strong, but I didn't know what she was capable of.

"He was a great opponent. Experience, swordsmanship, magic... he was better than me. I think I was able to defeat him thanks to the power of Falga's armor. ......In that sense, I guess you could say that I was saved by you again."

"No, that's not ......."

"I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. It was the same in the first fight, it was the same in the second fight.

Senpai then turns her attention to the ribbon around her wrist.

She touches it with her left hand and speaks in a mumbled voice.

I am still weak. So I have to become ...... stronger."

I did not know how much meaning was put into those words as I walked next to him.

At this time, the image of the previous brave man I had been forced to see in Samaria flashed through my mind.

The previous hero who fought alone against the tyrannical evil dragon.

Overwhelming power and a lonely back.

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I remember the words of the nameless girl, one of the souls bound to Samaria by the sorcerer's magic.

A power feared even by those who tried to help her.

I don't want ...... senpai to become like that.

Then I must train myself to be as good as her.

"What, why would I do that?"

My sudden words made him look at me with a puzzled look on his face.

"Because, if I leave you alone, you might get into trouble.

"Weird!　Don't you trust me anymore?

I cower my shoulders as I feel the somber air lighten.

"What are you talking about?

"I was being serious!　I was doing my best to keep my eyes on the prize!"

"Oh, I don't like that kind of thing.

You don't like my seriousness, do you?

I don't understand what you mean by "like me".

But I don't think it's typical for senpai to be so gloomy.

I open my mouth while brushing aside the senpai who is coming at me with a biting look.

"I won't let you fight alone like the previous heroes. You have us with you.

"!"

Maybe there was someone next to the previous heroes.

I think that "someone" is the owner of the that describes him, but that person was only regretting that he had let the previous generation of braves fight alone.

The previous generation of heroes who fought alone were betrayed by the people they believed in, the people they were supposed to protect, and he himself became unable to believe in anyone, and became lonely.

I cannot imagine how painful that must have been for him.

But I don't want my senpai and Kazuki to feel that way.

"Let's be strong together and stand strong together."

"...... Yeah. Thank you, Usato-kun."

I walk down the street in the dark, relieved to see my senpai smiling at me so cheerfully.

Then, the senior who was walking on my left side noticed something and pointed at my right hand.

"......Hey?　Usato-kun, you still have your basket hand on.

"What?　Oh, that's right.

Looking at my right arm, I saw that Master Farga's cage hand was still deployed.

I thought I had put it away at the end of the training, but I wondered if I had taken it out unconsciously or had not put it away in the first place.

For the time being, I will put back the cage hand in the form of a bracelet.

"......I'm sure I had put it back in. ......"

"I didn't pay much attention to it either, so I didn't notice it until now."

I guess I'm just tired after everything that happened today?

Well, it's nothing to worry about.

I thought lightly and looked at the bracelet on my right hand once before turning my head forward again.