The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

A child's scream echoed through the dark forest.

Hearing this, my senpai and I run as fast as we can toward the sound of the voice, and emerge from the forest into an open space.

First, a village-like area with a number of old houses comes into view.

"Usato-kun!　Hey!

The senior, clad in electric shocks, points in the direction he sees.

In front of the door of a larger house than the others, a man of the demon tribe is lying with blood streaming down his legs, and two children are crying beside him. And a girl is standing in front of a group of demons, hangwolves, to protect the wounded man.

"Get away from me!　Don't come any closer!

Shadows flicker at the girl's feet, tentacle-like things shoot into the air and are swung about as if to keep the demons away, but they are feeble.

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"We have to deal with the demons first!"

That's right!

The older man, who was wearing his hood even more deeply, accelerated at once, his whole body covered in electric shocks, and delivered a powerful flying kick to the hang wolf that was about to attack the girl who was using dark magic.

"---What?"

"Oh, how cute!"

The screams of the older students who saw the girl are ignored.

While the senior members are dealing with the hangwolf that tried to attack the children, we should take care of the injured.

"Senpai, please keep the demons away from us!"

Leave it to me!

Senpai shoots electric shocks forward to keep the demons away from us.

Meanwhile, I approach the two children who are clinging to the man in tears.

Stay away from me!　Who are you!　Who are you people!

A girl using dark magic stands between them as if on guard.

I bend down to make eye contact with the girl whose voice is trembling, and speak to her in as calm a voice as possible.

"It's okay! We're just going to take care of you."

"......, but ......."

I'm guessing she's a little older than the crying child, given her age?

A girl with dark silver hair and small horns. From her appearance, she seems to be close to Nack's age.

It is understandable that she is wary of me, a stranger, with my face hidden by a hood.

Ferrum?

I feel the hood on my head being pushed out by something as she mumbles this in my mind.

With that, I feel a slight discomfort in the black magic that covers my body.

"Yeah, but ......"

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The black magic forcefully moves his hood, revealing his true face.

I quickly tried to hide my face, but surprisingly, the children who saw my face were not surprised.

Nair, who was as surprised as the children, speaks to me in a whisper from over my shoulder.

Usato, you have horns, don't you?　And your hair is whitish, and your skin looks like a demon ......."

"What?　What?"

I put my hand to my head in confusion, and sure enough, there were horns on the side of my head.

More than that, when I look at my hand, I see that my skin is brown, like that of a demon.

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Can assimilation do that?

No, it's a little complicated, but I think I've managed to put the kids in front of me off guard.

I take a small deep breath, regain my composure, and face the girl.

"I want to take care of him. Is that all right with you?"

"Uh-huh!　Help Gref!　Uncle!

...... Uncle?

I look at the wound of the demon man called Gref, a little concerned about being called uncle.

He must have been bitten by a hang wolf.

I can heal him with healing magic at this level --- but if I show him my healing magic, he'll know I'm human, so I casually heal him with healing magic while wrapping a bandage for first aid that I took out of my bag.

"Now you're all right."

Really?

"Yeah, but I'm out cold, so you guys just wait here for a minute. We'll get rid of the demon that attacked you.

After tying the bandage properly, he stands up and walks toward the senior who is releasing electric shocks.

Healing magic is a strain of magic that only manifests in humans. It is better to fight without healing magic, because those who understand it will understand.

He covers his arms with black magic and grows a whip from his back to protect the children behind him.

"Wow, the same dark magic as mine ......"

We can hear the girl's voice behind us, but for now let's focus on what's in front of us.

"The injured have been healed. All we have to do now is get rid of them.

"Usato, is it okay if I play with your appearance?"

"Can we talk about that later? ....... Really, it's only their appearance that makes them demons. ......

I never thought I would look like a demon myself, no matter how much I tried to put people off.

My senpai also seemed to have understood the general situation when he saw the demon children behind me.

"Well then, let's make this quick!"

As soon as he drew his sword, he was covered with electric shocks and headed toward the hang wolves with a gushing sound.

I switch my attention to the nearest hang wolf and raise my left arm.

"Stretch!"

I extend the black magic power of my left arm, grab the hang wolf by the neck, and pull it toward me.

The hang wolf goes wild in a half frenzy, but the arm made of black magic does not even get a scratch.

"Ba-va-u?

Yes!

"Kuu----n?

He throws the man who groaned in agony toward the forest.

The two hangwolves, who saw their comrade disappear into the woods with a shrill cry, continue to charge at me.

Soon after, Ferrum transforms his left arm into a shield shape, so I push my left arm forward and strike him with it.

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I don't know what you're talking about, but thank you!

I grab one of them by the neck who scared me and the other one who attacked me directly.

Then we throw them into the woods..,

Look out!

Hmm?

Gah!

At the same time as the girl's voice, I hear the sound of something jumping at me from both sides.

From the sound, is it trying to attack me as if it's pinning me in between?

But..,

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I know you can see me!

--- I have no blind spot in this state ......!

From around the shoulder blades on their backs, arms with sharp claws resembling the black knight's cage hands are extended, grabbing both of them as they try to surprise the attackers and simultaneously casting a binding spell on them.

"Did you think it would be easy to take a bite out of you if you couldn't use your arms, you wanker? ......!"

"Wow, it looks like a demon, doesn't it ......?"

I'm in a pretty bad shape right now, if you think about it calmly, aren't I?

I look like a demon, and I have two black knight's arms on my back.

In addition, I have a hang wolf in each hand.

...... No, let's not worry about that right now.

"Sleigh!"

""""Kuh---?

For now, we grab the four animals and throw them into the forest.

"Well..."

As I flap my hands and look at my senpai, I see a hang wolf, paralyzed by an electric shock, lying on the ground, convulsing.

It seems that the senior's side has been roughly taken care of.

"My side is ......... hmm?"

What?"""?"""

I glared at the rest of the hangwolves, and they realized that they were going to be subjected to the same thing as the ones I had thrown away, and they ran away at full speed in the direction where my friends had been thrown, their whole bodies bristling.

"...... I feel like I'm getting scared of demons more and more these days."

He mutters something like that as he returns the black magic that has grown out of his back.

I've fought off a pack of hangwolves, but I'm not sure if I should be involved with these people who were here.

Even if I disguise myself as a demon, I have to hide my face with my hood from my senpai and everyone else who hasn't arrived yet.

As I was thinking about what to do while checking on my senpai who was rushing toward me, Nair suddenly jumped up from my shoulder.

"......Nea, what's wrong?"

"I have an idea. I'll be back in a minute."

"Oh, hey!"

With a flap of her wings, Nair flies into the shadow of a building.

I'm sure he didn't go far, but what was he doing there ......?

"What are you going to do, Usato?"

"I'd like to wait until everyone else arrives, but first we should carry the fallen man to the building.

"......You know what, Usato?"

I'll talk to them. I think they're dangerous.

"What do you think I am?"

No, I'm just saying, when I see a girl with dark magic, my first reaction is, "Cute!" What are you talking about?

I was about to talk to her again when she came out of the shadows of the house Nair had flown away from, transformed from an owl to a humanoid form.

She rushed toward us as if she were chasing us, her head covered with horns like a goat, and her skin had changed to the same brown color as that of the demon tribe.

"I've turned into a demon. This way they won't suspect me.

"Neah, Neah has a demon girl attribute ......?　How many attributes does she have?

"You're a ......

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But it will definitely make communication much easier than if I were to talk to you alone.

In that sense, it's a good decision.

With a very upset Senpai behind us, Nair and I approach the girl and the two children who have been staring at me for a while now.

"Well, um, it's nice to meet you. My name is Usato, Usato Ken.

"Hello. I'm Nair and I'm accompanying him on his journey.

The two children burst into tears and hid behind the girl's back as she spoke to them, trying not to scare them as much as possible.

Oh, no. I can't find the distance.

Perhaps not seeing me like this, Nea, smiling at me, opened her mouth.

I'm his wife.

"What are you doing, lying to a child?"

"Kyan!

The healing finger shot from the basket hand and smashed into Nair's forehead.

Ignoring her writhing in agony with a voice not unlike a girl's, he regains his composure and speaks to the stunned children.

"May I know your name?"

"...... Keira. These are Rosé and Ram."

"Well then, Keira. The demons might attack again, so let's just carry this fainted person to the nearest house."

"...... yeah."

After confirming that Keira nodded her head, I carried the demon man called Gref.

"Senpai. When Kazuki and the others arrive, may I ask you to explain to them what's going on?"

"Either way, it seems that's all I can do right now. ....... Okay. I'll be waiting nearby when I meet up with Kazuki and the others.

The first thing we need to do is to confirm the safety of this person who seems to be the guardian.

I put my hand on the front door of the house near where Mr. Gref had collapsed, and I hear the sound of creaking wood and smell the musty odor, as if the house has not been used for years.

"...... do the other houses feel the same way?"

As I was about to step into the building with Nair, I felt a tug on the hem of my dress from behind.

When I turned around, a girl named Keira pulled my hand away from the hem of my dress in a bit of a panic.

"Oh, um, Mister, thank you for that ......."

"Uncle ......."

"Pfft... uncle!"

Ignoring Nea, who is trying to hold back her laughter, she looks at her reflection in the glass window at the entrance.

It is blurred and dirty with dust, but there is my face, which has grown black horns and changed to the brown skin characteristic of the demon tribe.

I put my hand to my chin, thinking of Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Sigurth, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Hyde.

I know it must have been a shock to be called an uncle before, but ...... yes.

"Was I that ...... dandy?"

"You're not so ...... dandy, are you?"

It's just a little refreshing since every time I've been told I'm just like Rose.

I've been called a lot worse than uncle, so I don't mind, you know?