The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Assimilated form of me, Amako, Nair, and Ferrum.

Although I have been unwillingly called a chimera, I can now break Kannagi's advantage of foreknowledge.

"Uh-uh, Usato-kun!"

"Not now, please!"

I reply without turning around to the voice of my senpai coming from behind me.

I knew that reaction was coming, so I will deal with it later!

"Now, let me finish!

"Suzune!　Don't interrupt Usato!

Senpai, more golems are on their way!

"Whoa!　Then, we'll just have to get rid of them quickly, won't we!

With a yell, the sound of gushing electric shocks echoed.

After confirming this, I confront Kannagi again.

She looked at me now and frowned as if she was biting a bitter bug.

"No matter how much I looked at my past memories, there was no one who fought like you. ......"

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My insides are buzzing.

It's like I can hear three people's voices echoing in my mind at the same time.

This form has expanded what I can do.

I'm in the middle of a battle, but I'll keep exploring.

"Amako, please watch the prediction and give us instructions.

"Hmm?"

I listen to Amako's voice.

Then Amako's voice echoes from within, just like Ferrum's.

"......?"

"......?"

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And anyway, let's leave it to Amako.

If she can foresee my movements with her precognition magic, she can anticipate the transformations of sorcery and dark magic that I will be seeking.

This way, we can work together without me having to use my own words.

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"Oh, shit!"

As soon as Amako finishes, the kanagi, just as predicted, comes at them with its eight tails.

Amako flicks them away with the swords extended from her arms.

However, I am not so naive as to be able to outwit all of them, and the tails that I could not repel are closing in on me.

I quickly ask Nair to cast a resistance spell on me..,

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"......!"

Just before a direct hit, the resistance spell is activated, repelling the tail.

Amako gave the order before I could say it out loud!

......I see, this is what Amako was talking about!

"This is the Kannagi-style, Madomidan!"

Kannagi clicks his tongue, and unleashes a serpentine, shimmering slash.

This is a close-range technique.

The unpredictable movement of the snake makes you impatient, but..,

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"Ah!"

Amako's quiet voice coming from within keeps her calm.

Perhaps this technique is intended to confuse the opponent and then deliver a slash.

If you look at it calmly, it is not a move you can't handle. ......!

"I see it!"

"Then how about this!

I just barely spot the tip of the cut, and lean to the side to avoid it, but eight black tails unfurl from Kannagi's back.

They spiraled into a single spiral, and were thrust toward me like a drill.

"Ferrum!　Match it!"

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As soon as I spread my arms, four black knight's arms reach out from behind my back.

I back away from the impact and grab the tail with all of them as if to hold it down.

"More like a monster ......!"

"You can't say that!"

The tail, released as if it were popping, tries to wrap itself around me like a coil of coil.

"I'm going to catch you like this..."

Quietly, Amako speaks, and the four arms on my back hold my tail down.

---A preemptive transformation based on precognition magic.

Without me having to say anything, Amako tells me the most appropriate magic and form for the situation.

Then I can attack without thinking.

A black magic covers my cage hand, and it transforms into a cylindrical hammer.

"On the contrary, you have narrowed down the escape route!

What?

Binding and Healing Fist!

Here, the fist strikes Kannagi directly for the first time.

At the same time as the fist strikes, a healing flying fist is released at close range, blowing her body wide open.

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I'm going to use my healing flying fist to knock you unconscious!　I won't let you escape this time!

He points his hands and the palms of the four baskets extending from his shoulders and back toward Kannagi, who is being blown away.

"Healer flying fist with six at the same time!　Healing six bullets (chiyumugekidan)......!!!"

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This should allow the impact to pass through even if it is defended by Koga's magic.

Just as he was about to release all his magic power at once, he noticed that Kannagi had a golden magic power in his palm.

"Or, Liberation spell ......!"

"Ah!"

"Ugh......guh......!"

The binding spell is erased unnaturally.

She was blown backwards to get out of my attack range, and held her abdomen, which was protected by black magic.

Judging that it would be impossible to hit her with the six healing bullets at this distance, I let go of the magic in my palm.

"Nair, that was ......."

I knew he was still hiding something, but witchcraft of all things.

I hope it's only a liberation spell, but of course he remembers other magic as well.

"Oh, it hurts more than I thought ......!　I don't want to get hit by it again and again, even if it can be cured by healing magic. ......"

"...... I guess I'll have to hit you as hard as I hit Koga with the fist of continuous blows to knock you out completely."

"I'm not going to let you do this to me. ....... I don't want to get hit with this more than once. ......"

Kannagi looked at me and trembled slightly, as if the fist had hurt him a lot.

I feel a little guilty, but I can't end this fight unless I stop her.

"Ferrum?"

I listen to Ferrum's voice without taking my eyes off Kannagi.

"What do you mean, "mix"?"

Of course there are disadvantages.

I guess I knew that, but I'm not sure about the "mixing" part.

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"Oraa!　Kannagi!　You're dead!"

"!!?　Kyu, you're suddenly going to do it?

Amako and Nea mutter loudly as they hit Kannagi.

I'll pretend I didn't hear that!

I got goosebumps!

Oh no, I can't let that happen!

I was a fool to think of further reinforcement, even for a moment!

"Kannagi's own magic is not strong enough, but I guess we'll have to use it..."

Kannagi sees a fist covered with a binding spell and a golden pattern appears on his hand.

The pattern of magic spreads in her hand---turns into a white spiral.

"Witchcraft. ......!"

"Transference spell."

A whirlpool so large that a person could barely pass through.

Kannagi dives into it without hesitation and disappears with the whirlpool.

"He escaped ......?

No, that's the same white vortex we were sucked into.

If she didn't use it to escape..,

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"That's what I'm talking about!"

He just barely repels a sword thrust out with his arm from the vortex that appears above his head behind him.

Kannagi emerges from the vortex and lands on the ground with a faint smile on his face.

"If we are equal in foreknowledge, I will surpass you in sorcery. ...... "Fire spells."

Flames engulf the sword held by Kannagi.

I didn't want to think about it, but it seems that he can use more than one magic.

Instantaneous movement is a nuisance, but is it simply because it consumes so much magic power that he has not used it so far?

"You use magic, but you never use the power you took from Koga's magic on me, do you?

"......"

"Don't tell me that's magic, too?"

Kannagi's smile disappears when I point this out.

I think I have made a mistake in my reaction, but he opens his mouth in a surprisingly calm manner.

"......It was the power of the hero's magic left in the sword that took the magic from Koga. The sword can only be used once on a single target.

"...... you're going to talk to me."

"Actually, you were supposed to have this power. You don't want ...... this power even now, do you? ......"

"Yes."

As I said at the beginning, I am not going to give up my healing magic.

Moreover, I cannot accept such power when Kannagi himself has been adversely affected by the evil dragon. Worst case scenario, I might be controlled by Kannagi myself.

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They nodded silently at the voices of Nair and Ferrum inwardly.

"When this battle is over and all the obstacles are eliminated, I will change your mind.

With these words, Kannagi enters the vortex again.

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"That way or ......!"

A blade engulfed in flames crosses just in front of your face.

The heat is so intense that I almost close my eyes and try to attack, but like whack-a-mole, I quickly hide myself in the vortex.

That's nasty.

Should I target it and hit it with a counter-attack fist ......?

"You can't catch it like this, can you? Then, "magic spell!"　Fire!

Kannagi jumps out of the vortex, and a golden pattern floating on his left hand appears, and a pattern similar to a magic circle appears around me.

What are you doing!　Before I could say "What are you doing?", Kanna-gui combined the spell of fire in her right hand with the spell of magic roll in her left hand.

Instantly, small fireballs shoot out from the magic circle around me.

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"Yes, that's right. And more!

Kannagi grows eight black tails.

As if to attack with them, she makes several whirlpools appear, into which she plunges her own tail.

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"Ah!"

An attack from directly above.

He dodged it and raised his fist, but it was one of the black tails extending from Kannagi's waist.

The moment he realizes this, the black tail comes at him from both sides at the same time from the vortex.

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"You guys need to be quieter!"

The fireball and its tail fly at us as we jump and dodge.

Immediately, he uses his Healing Acceleration Fist to evade the fireball in mid-air and lands on his feet, and then uses the chaos to clasp his kagotte to Kannagi's sword as he slashes at him.

"I wonder if I'm already low on magic power!　You've been fighting so many battles in a row!

Are you okay with that?

What?

We outnumber them!

Kannagi's expression turns into one of dismay when he replies.

"You're practically all alone!

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Whose side are you on?

I show him a fearless smile, holding back the urge to criticize him.

"What you are doing alone, we are doing together. Then we are stronger!

I don't understand!

As soon as Kannagi moves back, her tail disappears into the whirlpool.

With that, I am once again hit from all directions, but I am able to deal with it through Amako's precognition, Ferrum's and Nair's eyes, and my own senses.

"Now, the key is how to catch Kannagi. ......!　...... hmm?"

For a moment, Kannagi's eyes seemed to look away from me.

Is he checking the transfer site?

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"...... yeah, I know."

What are you after?

That's what I'm worried about, but for now we need to deal with the attacks coming from all around us. ......!　

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The battle between Usato and the beastman, Kannagi, was the most intense and violent---and yet awesome---fighting I have ever seen.

No, the earlier battle with the golem, a very large stone monster?　And also, Usato was very strong in the battle with a scary dragon called "Evil Dragon".

I didn't know much about the battle, but I couldn't take my eyes off the dark magician ...... who was wielding Koga like a weapon.

"Wow, look at that, Ciel. Just when you thought you've assimilated the owl demon, now you've assimilated the beastman's child! He's a bad guy. That guy..."

"I think you are a new kind of monster rather than a human being!　It looks to me like a child of the beast or an owl absorbed ...... predator!"

"That must have been assimilated by Ferrum's dark magic. From what I saw in the fight, does it mean that Usato now can transform his magic and do magic at the same time in almost no time at all?"

Koga-san, the demon tribe, looks at Usato fighting and analyzes him like that.

Ciel, somewhat distraught at the sound of his voice, points to Usato who is fighting.

"Who is that dark magician in the first place?　Why is he on that side?

"What?　He used to work for me. He betrayed me.

Ciel's eyes are filled with anger as she looks at Mr. Koga, who is holding his wound and smiling a wan smile.

She raises her hand and starts slapping Mr. Koga with it.

"You stupid leader of the army!　You, you, you!

"Ow, ow!　Don't hit me exactly where I'm hurt!　I'm really only getting the bare minimum!

That's what happens when you're not popular!　Isn't her distance from me strange!　From their point of view, we, the demon tribe, are enemies!

"I wonder why. I don't understand it either.

"Right now, he's by far more trustworthy than Mr. Koga!　You useless bastard!"

These people are a bit strange.

Mr. Koga is a dark magician like me, and Ciel is a kind and gentle man.

The two of them are related to the Demon Lord's army, and Usato-san and the others are fighting against the Demon Lord's army.

Maybe it is Usato-san and the others who are the enemies of us Demons. ...... but even knowing that, I didn't feel any anger or hatred toward Usato-san.

"......Grue."

"Mr. Bullein?"

"Guh."

Mr. Bulrin, the blue bear demon, the blue grizzly bear, who has been protecting me nearby before I know it.

While Suzune, Kazuki, and Leona are holding off the golem, he is watching Usato's battle, his eyes clear and his figure majestic.

"Usato-san."

He is fighting Kannagi-san right now.

He is in the form of a demon tribe and is so strong that it is hard to believe that he is human, as he avoids attacks that cannot be followed with his eyes.

"......,......"

I've been protected my whole life.

I've been in trouble a lot, and Usato-san, you guys have been protecting me for a long time. ...... and now Usato-san is protecting me again.

Kannagi-san is going to kill us, the demon tribe.

I had no idea what she didn't like about us when I heard her story.

But the look she gave me was very scary.

But more than that, I was so frustrated that I was always protected by Ms. Usato and could do nothing.

If I could have used dark magic as well as Koga-san, I could have helped Usato-san who is fighting now.

Why am I so helpless?

If I had the strength to fight, I could have fought too.

If I had been able to handle my own magic, I wouldn't have become a stumbling block to Usato-san.

I would have been better off if I had been treated as a mere weapon like Mr. Koga.

Dark magic is more effective for Usato than this useless me..,

"Piii!"

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Suddenly, a voice from next door causes me to let out a strange scream.

I look at the person next to me in surprise, and see a person who looks just like Kannagi floating in the air, looking as surprised as I am.

"Who is it?"

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"......Ah."

When I came to myself, the shadow at my feet was about to move.

Also, my magic was about to start moving on its own.

At this point in time, I had tried to pull Usato's leg again.

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"Kata, we?"

Mr. Kannagi floats down and looks at Usato and Mr. Kannagi after taking a glance at Koga and Ciel who are still unaware of him.

"Huh?"

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Is he the same as me?

I see Kannagi-san's image in mine, abandoned by the family I thought I cared about so much.

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"The difference is ......?"

"...... such kindness is not enough to do anything. ......"

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If anything, it's just a comforting thought.

As I replied with some thorny words that were not unlike myself, Kannagi-san, with a gentle smile on his face, looked at Usato-san and continued to speak.

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She then turns back to me and makes eye contact.

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"Strong ...... wishes."

How have I always used magic?

My mother and father abandoned me because of this magic.

I don't need this magic.

I wish this magic would just go away.

I have always thought so, and I never believed in myself or in this magic.

"My... thoughts."

The feelings I put into this magic.

If it was to take shape, the answer was much simpler.

Realizing this, I naturally wiped the tears from my eyes and thanked Mr. Kannagi.

"Thank you, thank you.

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Kannagi looks a little sad.

However, as soon as a loud sound echoes from the direction where Usato-san is, he looks at her with a grim look on his face.

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Did Mr. Kannagi notice something?

Just as I noticed something wrong with her floating next to me, I heard a buzzing sound coming from right next to me.

I looked at her immediately and saw a white whirlpool there, from which a black tail-like thing reached out and --- grabbed my arm.

"---What?"

"Grua!"

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But Mr. Bulrin reacted faster than anyone else, and with tremendous speed, he bit off the black tail that had grabbed my arm and made it disappear.

However, my relief is short-lived, as several white whirlpools appear around me.

"Guh!"

"Oh, my God, ......!　Kyaaaah!

Just as Mr. Brulin was distracted by the whirlpools, an arm reached out from under my feet and grabbed my leg.

He squeezed me with such force that I was pulled into the vortex.

After a moment of flickering vision, I am held in someone's arms.

"---I can't help it, you just won't give up."

It was the voice of Mr. Kannagi, who had just spoken to me.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Mr. Usato in front of me with a look of astonishment on his face.

The person holding me, the scary Mr. Kannagi, placed a silver sword-like blade around my neck and spoke to Mr. Usato in an inappropriately cheerful voice.

"Usato, can you unassimilate me?"

Then I finally realize.

I had dragged Usato-san's feet at the worst possible moment.