The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

He runs out of the place as fast as he can and tries to make a preemptive attack on Koga, the commander of the Second Legion of the Demon King's Army, who has come to this place at a moment's notice.

Although the smoke from the sand is still flying in the air and his vision is still limited, he knows where he is by the voice he heard earlier.

Then, it will be easy to strike him with our fists!

Take that, Koga!

Greetings, Usato!

As soon as he clears the dust, KOGA's image appears in front of him.

We were less than a meter away from each other, and he and I both said, "What? We collided with each other with great force.

"Huh!"?

We were both hit by lariats with our swinging arms, and both of us writhed in shock.

We were crashing into each other as if we knew each other.

"It's self-destructive. ......"

"That's it. I guess it's true what they say about brains thinking alike."

You three, Shallup!

After glaring at Amaco and the others once, he turns his attention to KOGA.

"Well, you're good at surprise attacks, aren't you ......!

"d*mn, what a coward! ......!

"No, you don't say that. ......

I can't believe he was thinking the same thing I was. .......

Koga holds my neck as he chides me for my swearing.

At the same time, he hits the ground with his healing elastic fist and leaps while still down.

"There's a gap!

"What, jump ......, that's dangerous!"

He spins around in mid-air and slams a heel drop into Koga, who is still on the ground, but he loses his footing.

"d*mn, you missed ......!"

"Oh, you've learned another strange trick, ......!"

I knew this guy was going to be a problem for me.

Like Coga, he jumps backward to get away.

Coga, on the other hand, wipes his forehead with his sleeve and smiles wryly.

"It's true what the Demon Lord said, isn't it? Indeed, I could not have asked for a better surprise!

No way, Koga's being here has something to do with Keira's situation.

As I cautiously move back to my seniors, I notice that Kazuki has turned extremely hostile towards Kohga.

"KOGA DINGAL ......!"

"Yo, it's Kazuki, the hero of light magic, right?　And that's the lightning hero who was fighting Amira. Hey, hey, what kind of a joke is this?　Why are you here in the demon king's territory, and what do you want with these ruins?"

That's what I'm talking about.

The older man with his hand on the hilt speaks to Koga in a quiet voice.

"You say, what do you, the commander of the second corps, want with these ruins?"

"Ha, I don't have any particular purpose. I'm just here to tell the Demon Lord..."

"Here, here, here Mr. Koga!

The voice sounds out of place in the tense situation.

Another demon woman emerges from the hole in the wall where Koga came out.

"Don't leave me here!　You're supposed to be my guard!　And yet, you completely forgot about me just now!

"You, look around a little ......."

"Huh?　A human being?　I've never seen that before!"

...... You're a very noisy person.

Leona and Kazuki, who had been so alert, look stunned.

"Isn't this a bad situation?　...... Um, Mr. Koga, you'd better run away right now..."

"I don't know why, but it's a good opportunity. Let's have some fun. ...... Usato!

Listen to me!　You stupid army commander!

Coga, who had just passed over the woman's words, attempted to cloak himself in dark magic.

The woman slapped him on the back of the head with a slap while crying.

"What the hell, Ciel ......?"

"You know what?　I'm a non-combatant, remember?"

"Don't worry. "It's all right, stay out of harm's way."

"Are you an idiot, an idiot?　We're outnumbered, aren't we?　How are you going to win?　I mean, who are these people!

Koga put his hand on his chin and pointed at Senpai and Kazuki.

"Those two are the brave men of the Lingle Kingdom."

"---What?"

"And that's Usato. I told you before.

The woman called Ciel, who looked at Koga with the movement of an unoiled machine.

"Yu, the brave one, but Koga-san, that man says he's Usato, but for all intents and purposes he's a non-combatant just like me!　He looks just like the person I've heard about!　He's not at all like the rumors!

I wonder how people in the Demon King's Army are talking about me.

I don't want to know, but I'm curious.

"Ciel, you idiot! That's just for now! When you open the door, you'll see that humans are not so easy to live with.　They're the ones who cast healing spells and attack brutally!"

That's unbelievable!

But this ...... Ciel is a man with a lot of guts.

He doesn't look scared in front of the seniors with weapons. ......?

"But it's been a while since I've been treated like a decent human being. ......"

Even under these circumstances, I was happy.

Perhaps they heard my muttering, the ne'er-do-wells behind me whispering in hushed tones.

"Aren't you sad?"

"You've come this far, you're pathetic."

"Usato, you poor thing."

"Hey. Don't forget that you guys mainly treat me like a monster, right?"

I'm aware that I don't deserve to be treated that way either.

We have the advantage, hands down.

The woman behind Koga seems to be a non-combatant and doesn't seem to want to fight, so let's capture Koga ourselves and get some information about the Demon Lord.

I extend my arm to Ferrum to assimilate him, while casually looking at Leona and the others.

"Ferm, assimilate..."

---The-- the time has come.

"----"

A moment later, I heard a voice that sounded like it was coming directly from my head.

I frowned at the pain in my head, and it seemed that my senpai, Kazuki, and Koga were feeling the same pain in their heads as I was.

"There's a voice in my head. ......"

"Usato, this is ......."

Leona and Néa must have noticed our abnormality, because the next moment when they were about to rush over to us, something like a white swirl of light appeared where we were.

I recognized the whirlpool of white light that appeared in front of me and immediately pushed Nair and Ferrum, who were nearby, away from the whirlpool.

"Kya!

Usato, you!

However, the small Keira could not resist the power of the vortex and was about to be pulled into it.

I grabbed her hand as quickly as I could, but even with my strength I could not resist the vortex's pulling power.

"U, Usato-san ......"

"Keira, don't let go of my hand!　Everyone else, go to ......!

No. No time to check the perimeter. ......!

There was another vortex near Senpai and Kazuki, are they okay?

"Hmph!"

He hits the ground with his basket hand, forcing it to embed itself.

I manage to hold Keira with my left arm and try to move away from the vortex.

"Okay, keep going like this..."

"Kyaaaaaaaah, why am I being sucked into this, even though I'm a maid of honor?

"Hey, wait a minute!　If something happens to you, I'm going to get in trouble with the Demon King!

What?

The next moment I try to escape, Ciel-san and Koga are drawn into the vortex and slam into my body.

Ah!"

Keira and I are pulled into the vortex together with Koga.

The view is moving away from us. Amako is trying to reach out to me, protected by Bulrin.

I see it in my vision and yell at the man who was sucked into the vortex with me.

"KOGAAAA!!!!　You!

"Ha-ha-ha, no, I'm sorry!"

We yell at the laughing Koga, and we are swallowed into the depths of the white light.

Our vision spins around and around, the landscape is pure white.

I had to hold on to Keira to keep her from going astray, and I just had to keep my eyes shut and bear it.

---Ah, Usato. The beginning of your ordeal...

---Guggaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Such a voice echoed again.

And the next voice---no, the cry was familiar to me.

The cry of the most evil and cunning dragon.

---The owner of that voice was none other than my very own "nightmare.

I was in the middle of a nightmare.

Me, Keira, Koga, and the mysterious demon woman, Ciel, were swallowed up by the white vortex.

We were blown away by the whirling vision for a few tens of seconds.

I was thrown out of one vortex to another with a momentary floating sensation, and before I could check my surroundings, I checked to see if Keira, who had been thrown out with me, was safe.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yes, yes, I'm fine. ......"

"Okay ...... but what the hell is this place ......?"

At this point, we finally look around at the place where we have been thrown out, and we are absolutely mortified.

We were not in the ruins, but in a town somewhere. The town looked as if it had been inhabited just a short time ago, and there were so many buildings that one would never expect to see in the Demon Lord's territory.

"Here, here, here, do buildings this big exist?

While Keira was all upset like a country girl coming to the city for the first time, I was upset in another way by the cityscape in front of me.

I had seen this view before.

"d*mn, I've had a bad time ......!"

"Ugh, you said there was no danger. Oh, my Lord!

In a moment of stunned silence, Koga, who had been thrown out a short distance away, is trying to get up.

Coga didn't do it ......, did he?

"Hey, Usato. Where am I?"

"I know, but I don't know."

"What?　You've got to be kidding me. ......"

"It's true. I know this place, but it can't possibly be here. ......!"

No.

I'm confused myself.

I hold my forehead and try desperately to collect my thoughts when Ciel speaks to me fearfully from behind the cohort.

"Excuse me ...... what are you talking about?　I can speak better than he can, so please explain yourself ......."

"You're losing your reserve, aren't you? ......"

We may be enemies in terms of our positions, but at this point, we can't afford to be quibbling over what to do.

That's how abnormal things are.

This is the Kingdom of Samaritan.

"......If I'm not mistaken, this is a country in the human realm, isn't it?　Are you saying that you've been transported?"

"No, no. This is not the modern Samaritan Kingdom.

"?　What do you mean?"

How could I forget this place they showed me so much, this tragedy that happened here?

The building, the fruit in front of the stalls, the chairs, the tables are all the same.

"This place..."

"This is the Samaritan Kingdom of the past."

"""¡!""

A third voice.

At the sound of that voice, Koga and I are ready.

In the center of the avenue where we are standing, there stands a blonde-haired beastman girl.

She is dressed in a kimono, almost a shrine maiden's robe.

Her age was not so different from ours, and her face seemed to resemble those of Kanoko-san and Amako.

The girl looked at me with a happy smile and put her hand on her chest.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Kannagi."

Kannagi, that name sounds familiar.

"Are you the person ...... whose stone statue was enshrined in the beastman's hiding place?"

"It's embarrassing, but yes. That's right."

The hidden village where we stopped before going to Hinomoto, the land of the beastmen.

There I saw a stone statue of Kannagi, a beastman who once fought alongside the heroes against the demon king's army.

"Is he real?"

"Of course it's him, isn't it?　Only his soul, though.

"......"

What, you mean he's a yu,yu,yu ghost?

No, I don't know yet.

Even if he's a ghost, he may or may not be a punching bag.

I tell myself that and regain my composure.

"That's why I called you here. I wanted to entrust you with something. And to do that, I had to do it the hard way."

"......"

"Yeah, you're naturally wary. If you have any questions, you can ask me, okay?"

I can't tell if this guy's friend or foe.

The trust she inspires is real.

But there is something off about her.

"...... was it you who entered Amako's dream?"

"Yes, I did. It's been a long time since I've talked to anyone, so I've been a bit cautious. It's been hundreds of years.

It's been a long time since I've talked to anyone, so I've given Amaco the benefit of the doubt.

It's not surprising if you don't talk to people for hundreds of years. ...... No, there was one more thing I needed to ask.

"Was it you who misled Keira,......?"

"......Yes, that's right."

"----"

She steps forward to protect Keira, who shudders and trembles.

Keira could be in danger because of this man.

Depending on his response, she would not be able to trust him.

As I clenched my fists secretly, she bowed her head deeply to me.

"When I heard you weren't coming here, I had no choice. I'm really sorry."

I had not expected her to apologize in the usual way, but when she looked up at me, she continued to speak.

"But I trusted you."

"...... believed?"

"I knew you would save Keira's heart. That's why I could do such a crazy thing."

"Such a selfish ......!　What if something happens to me?

"No, you will not abandon Keira. No, you will never abandon Keira, because you never have.

Kannagi then points to the basket hand on my right arm.

It was given to me by the former hero Farga. She looked at it, which was now a baskets hand, and gave me a small smile.

"I am. I am connected to your basket hand. I have seen your journey so far, and I know exactly what kind of person you are."

"Ever?" ......

"I've been watching you ever since you pulled the katana out of that d*mned evil dragon. I've seen the curse of Samaritan, the Dragon Men of Mialak, the deeds of Jinya of Hinomoto, and all your battles in the war."

What, the whole time?　While wearing a cage hand?

I was honestly shocked, but Kannagi's expression didn't change.

I had no idea how much meaning she had put into her words.

"That's why I want to see it with my own eyes.

"...... what?"

"I want proof that I'm not mistaken in my decision to entrust you with my life."

At that moment, Kannagi holds up his palm and black figures appear around him.

These semi-transparent figures look in one direction and run away, screaming in a sad voice.

The shadows gradually become clearer and clearer.

It did not take me long to realize that they were the phantoms of people from the past.

At any rate, among them were the same people whose memories I had been shown in Samaritan.

"I have been waiting a long time since I woke up. Long, long, alone. You were my only hope. So..."

Kannagi's voice was drowned out by the flapping wings of a black shadow descending from the sky.

From the sky, the nightmare of the past descends.

An evil dragon that rots the flesh with its fearless venom, tears with its sharp claws, and devours all with its huge mouth.

What are you doing?

"Show me ...... that the Usato Ken I know will not be defeated by this level of adversity."

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The evil dragon as it was before it was sealed by the heroes.

It was a nightmare for me, the memory of the tragedy that took place in Samaria.

As soon as I turned my attention back to Kannagi, she was no longer there.

Instead, a black dragon with wings spread wide stood before us.

"Could it be, could it be, the evil dragon that the Demon King mentioned ......?　Oh no, surely it has already been defeated and is no longer in this world. ......"

Ciel-san, who is facing the screaming evil dragon, looks more pale than ever and hugs Keira, who is also frightened.

A disaster has befallen the city of Samaritan.

Normally, the previous heroes would have sealed the evil dragon and saved the people of Samaritan.

"Hey, hey, Usato!　What the hell is this!　This is an interesting opponent!

Koga!　Give me a hand!

But there are no heroes here.

All that's left is me, a healing magician, Koga, the commander of the 2nd Legion of the Demon King's Army, and Keira and Ciel, who are terrified of the evil dragon.

The only way to protect Keira is to join forces with Koga and fight the evil dragon. ......!

Koga smiles at my suggestion.

"What?　I was hoping for a three-way match between you and him.

"Oh?"

"Huh? What are you talking about in this situation, Mr. Koga!　Are you an idiot!　You should cooperate with that person normally!

Ciel-san gives Koga a seriously disappointed look, while I remain expressionless.

Coga, without noticing me, smiles pleasantly at Ciel-san who is revealing his anger.

"......"

"Haha, just kidding."

Irritated by Koga's joking response even in such a situation, I put down the fist I was about to fire in rapid succession.

I thought I'd knock him out before I confronted him, but he seems to be cooperating with me.

"Well, after I defeat this guy, you and I are going to have a match next. Don't forget that, okay?"

Koga points his finger at me in a cool and cool manner, which irritates me even more.

I guess I don't need to be so modest with this guy.

I smile and offer my cooperation to Koga, as if I'm trying to rewrite the previous exchange.

"I don't like it, but just cooperate with me for now, Koga!　You and I are going to take him down!"

"I don't mind, but..." he says. Why are you holding my leg?　You know what?"

I grab him by both legs without hesitation.

If I have to fight KOGA after defeating the evil dragon... then I will fight KOGA with the evil dragon.

"I need a big weapon. So I need you to transform your armor into a weapon!"

What?

I pull Koga's legs as hard as I can, hold his legs by the sides like nunchucks, and carry his torso on my back.

The key is teamwork!

"Hey, you!　You're talking nonsense! That's not cooperation!

Let's go!　Let's go!

"Oh, hey, hey, stop... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Boom!　He swings once with his cogwheel and heads for the evil dragon, which has landed on the ground.

This is the second battle with the evil dragon.

And this time, the Evil Dragon's body must be in its peak condition.

This is not an opponent you can let your guard down!　I'm going all out!