The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

After resuming my training to handle dark magic, I first asked Ferrum for his judgment.

I thought that she, who knew more about dark magic than anyone else in the room, might have an idea.

I nod casually at Ferrum's words and she instructs me to speak in a low voice.

I follow her instructions and pass on Ferrum's words to Keira.

"Keira. The first thing to be aware of is that your magic is yours."

"Mine?"

"Mine?" "Yeah. I don't know why, but you're consciously trying to keep your magic away from me. Unless you do something about it first, your magic will run wild one day and you'll be in big trouble."

Keira's face tightens at my words.

"What's the big deal ......?"

"It means that your magic won't really be yours anymore. It will leave your hands as its wielder and just run amok with your emotions. If that happens, the first people to get involved will be the people closest to you, Mr. Gref and the others."

"Because of me, Gref and the others ......"

Keira looks at her own feet and mutters in dismay.

It's understandable to be shocked, but even I know that there is nothing to hide here.

I have to admit that it pains me, but first I have to tell her about my magical situation.

"Keira, it's inevitable if we don't do something about it. That's why you have to face your magic."

"But my magic doesn't listen to me at all. ......"

"That's why we're here. We will do everything in our power to make sure you don't hurt the people around you."

I am sure that Gref and the others are precious to this child.

If he were to take such an existence in his hands, his heart would be broken.

No one would want that kind of an ending.

"For that reason, first of all, you need to change your perception. Maybe you've recognized that your magic is not yours."

"Is that wrong?"

"Is that wrong?" "Yes. Your magic is still yours.

Perhaps because he has suffered so much from dark magic, he is subconsciously disgusted by his own magic.

If her magic is reflecting her emotions, then it is likely to directly reflect her "dislike for her own magic".

She says, "I can't accept my own magic, can I?

"...... Yes."

"Then let's get used to it while dealing with dark magic."

I pick up a fist-sized stone that has fallen by an empty house and place it on a wooden box.

"My first goal is to touch it of my own volition. Can you do it?"

"Yes, I'll try!"

Saying this, Keira extends the black power of her dark magic from the shadow at her feet.

She looks at the black magic extending from her feet and raises her hand to a stone on a wooden box about two meters away.

The magic at her feet moves, but it seems to resist her will.

She is still trying to force it to move.

"You don't have to try to control it. It is important to take it for granted that you can move it, just as you would move your own limbs.

"Yes, sir."

At my advice, Keira relaxed her shoulders.

The magic around her feet has lost its resistance and is now moving.

I watch her training from a distance of about five meters, while giving her advice little by little.

"If this was a healing magic training, I could have given some advice too. ......"

"It's not so much healing magic as physical training, isn't it?　In your case."

"I don't deny it."

Maybe Nea is right and I'm not cut out to teach magic.

To be honest, the only thing I've been taught about magic is to "feel the magic while running.

"But seeing Keira reminds me of when I was a knack ......"

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"Yeah."

He nodded at Ferrum's words.

When I first met him, he was in a complicated situation, but now he is a member of the rescue team.

The training we had given him was to make him a movable healing wizard just like Rose and me, but looking back now, I think Nack did a great job after only five days of training.

At least for the last two days, I was also very hard on him. .......

"I could have Keira do lifeguard-style magic training, too,...... but it would be too dangerous given the nature of dark magic."

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"It's called running and working your magic. I thought that if I was running, I wouldn't have to think about anything else, and I could just let the magic flow out naturally."

It would make sense, but it would cause Keira a lot of stress, and most importantly, it would not avoid the disapproval of the people around her.

Even I know what is right and what is wrong.

"...... but it's still a mysterious magic, isn't it? Dark magic is so different compared to other types of magic.

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Nair and Ferrum muttered to each other when they saw Keira.

As they are reminded of what a dark magician is, they notice a change in the magical power of the dark magic of Keira, who is training in front of them.

"......"

One of the magic powers at Keira's feet is moving slowly.

There is no awkwardness, as if it is being forced to move. Keira looks seriously at the one black magic power floating in front of her.

After a few seconds or so, the floating black power returns to the shadows at her feet.

She tenses up and turns around to look at me.

"Usato-san!"

"Yes, I was watching you."

"I was able to move it at will, just a little bit!"

Keira smiles brightly.

She is a quick learner.

This is going to be easier than I thought it would be to get her to learn how to use it.

"At this rate, you'll be fine without me, won't you?

"---What?"

Keira's smile fades instantly.

It was a spontaneous remark, but it was not a good idea to upset Keira's mood.

I wave my hand to the side as if to fool Keira and urge her to continue the training.

"Well, first of all, let's keep practicing!"

"...... yes."

She regains her composure and replies, once again manipulating her magic.

Once she had a clue, all she had to do was to let it come to her.

Watching over Keira, I relax my shoulders in peace.

"The magic seems to be working.

"Yes. I was worried at first, but at this rate I think I'll be fine."

"Ferrum, is there something on your mind?"

I ask Ferrum, who growls in annoyance at my and Nair's words, and she replies in a rather brusque manner.

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"What do you mean?"

"......"

Yeah, maybe.

I know very little about Keira.

What kind of past does she have, and how does she feel now that she is trying to learn how to use dark magic? I only know what is on the surface.

"I understand."

"No, you don't understand."

Why do you people only have the option of being dependent or not?　Can't you just say that they trust you?

How much of a troublemaker do you think I am?

I tried to keep my mind off of Keira, even though I was not happy with the way she was treating me.

I was not happy with the way I was treated.

A few hours into the training.

When it was almost noon, I told Keira to take a break from training, and I was grilling a fish on a skewer in front of the campfire.

The fish had been caught by one of my senpai in the morning.

I could preserve it with Leona's magic or make it into a preserved food, but for now, I prepared it lightly to serve as lunch for Keira and her family.

"Sorry, Usato."

"No, no, it's no trouble at all."

I reply to Mr. Gref's apologetic expression with a wry smile.

To tell the truth, it's a simple job of gutting and skewering the fish.

Anyway, Nair is supposed to help me out too, but ...... he flew away as an owl and hasn't come back since.

It's not like he went that far.

"...... you really are a strange man. You're really a strange man, how you can so easily dismiss Keira's magic. ......"

"Ha-ha-ha, I work out a lot."

Mr. Gref smiled as he rolled his arms around me, as if he had been caught by me.

He looked at Rose and Ram on the back of the bullring, and at Keira who was looking at them with a gasp, and gave a small sigh.

"It was hard when I first met her. I'm not very strong myself, so I was always getting fresh wounds. I don't regret taking her in, but it was really hard."

"It's different now, isn't it?"

Of course it is. But she's still ...... sick about it."

You mean you regret hurting Mr. Gref with your magic.

Well, I can't blame you if you feel that way when you hurt someone who is being kind to you. If I hurt the Commander too---wait, let's not think about that since it doesn't apply to the story in the first place.

He moves his hand, which had been stopped, and sticks the skewered fish on the ground where it will be exposed to the heat of the bonfire.

"...... Speaking of which..."

I wanted to ask Mr. Gref something.

I'm not at liberty to ask him in front of Keira, so I'll ask him now.

"Mr. Gref. Keira told me that if she was lied to, her magic would go out of control. Do you know anything about that?"

"...... Keira told you that herself?"

"?　Yes, well..."

"I see. ......"

What's that reaction? It makes me very nervous.

Mr. Gref growls in distress.

After a moment of silence, he looks up with a determined expression on his face.

"Usato, Keira is..."

"Hey!　Usatoh!"

A loud voice interrupts Mr. Gref's voice.

I look over to see Nair, who has transformed into the form of a demon tribe, beckoning to me.

Near her, Leona and her friends are wearing hoods. ......I'm wondering what Mr. Greff was going to say, but first let's go to Nair.

"Mr. Gref, I'm sorry. The fish is just waiting to be cooked. ......

"No problem. If your friends are calling you, you'd better get going."

After saying no to Mr. Gref, I leave the scene.

In the middle of this, Keira notices me and rushes over to me.

"Are you going somewhere, Mr. Usato?"

"Yes, I've been called away by my friends.

"Training, is ......?"

I understand that you want to deal with your magic as soon as possible, but it would be better not to let Keira train in magic by herself, just in case.

Besides, Keira must have consumed a lot of magic power during the morning training.

We shouldn't push her too hard.

"Let's take a break until I come back. She will be tired from the unfamiliar training, so don't push yourself too hard.

"Yes, but..."

Usatoh!

"Aah!　I'm coming!　---I'm coming. Don't worry, your magic is improving.

After telling Keira this, he turns to Bullin.

Bulrin is lying on his back, and Rose and Ram are climbing on his back and playing with him.

Smiling at the sight, I call out to him.

"Bulrin!　I might have to leave for a while, so if something happens, you protect Mr. Gref and the others!"

"Gua!"

Yes!

I confirm that the cry has been answered with a vigorous cry and move away from Keira to join Néa.

"Neah, what the hell is going on?"

The tin can wants to talk to you. What did you say to Keira?　She was staring at me for a second.

"Yeah, I don't see anything funny ......."

I look back at Keira with this thought, but she doesn't seem to be glaring at me.

"It's just your imagination, isn't it?"

"...... Hmmm, maybe it is. "Well, follow me, we're all waiting for you.

"Okay."

He follows Nair and leaves.

They move to the outskirts of the village where the seniors who were with them are waiting for them, and they unassimilate with Ferrum.

Everyone except for Bulrin had gathered there.

When the senior members saw me, they immediately spoke to me.

"A while ago, Leona and I went to the place where the ruins are located.

"......What happened?"

The place had been suspicious to begin with, but had something really happened?

I asked my senpai and Leona nodded.

"Is it related to the reason why you called me and Usato here?"

"Yes, that's why I called the two of you who have the "armor of the brave".

Kazuki's left arm cage and my right arm cage.

Both of them are the armor of a brave warrior given to me by the Lord Falga.

The fact that he called us with them meant that something was involved in that place---the ruins where the Demon King used to be.