The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Is it an excuse to say that I underestimated the persistence of the demons ......?

I still fight in the air against the soldiers in the sky, blurting it out in my mind.

There are enough arrows and magic coming at me from the ground to cover my entire field of vision, and I'm trying to avoid them with all my attention.

"...... if only we hadn't been stuck there."

I really could have made it to the basement earlier, but I ran into a dragon knight on the way.

The reason is that the flying dragon that the demon lady rode was more persistent ...... than expected.

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It was so hard to do ......!

They were like a single unit of man and horse, flying with unparalleled skill and attacking with long spears, and their extraordinary shouts and high tension surprised me.

Whenever one of them came forward, those who followed naturally rushed in with high morale, and I was quite overwhelmed.

"I'm not ready for this ......!"

I managed to get her down to the ground, making me feel like the bad guy in a hero show, but while I was taking my time with her, most of the soldiers who had been stationed at each location were gathering in my direction.

I admit that I was trying to act as a diversion, but this was just too much for me to expect.

There was no way I could go downstairs and bring the soldiers all the way to Senpai and Usato, and moreover, I would run out of my magical power against this many soldiers, no matter how many there were.

"Shall we go somewhere where they can't reach us?　...... No, I don't think so with that ledger. I can't even ...... blow it away with light magic."

Even if we do that, we won't have enough magic power to reach the Demon King.

"What should we do? ......"

From the looks of this gathering of soldiers, Senpai, Usato, and Leona should have arrived safely at the basement where the Demon Lord's castle is supposed to have sunk.

If I don't head that way soon, there will be no point in my coming here.

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"Ah, here they come."

Manipulating the light magic at his feet, he avoids the magic and arrows shot from the ground.

I am starting to feel more comfortable, but I cannot afford to be caught off guard by a single attack.

As I avoid the continuous attacks, a purple magic bullet with strong momentum and deep magic power comes flying at me.

He takes one look at it and immediately reaches for the sword on his back.

"Huh!"

This is not good.

He intuits this and cuts through the purple magic bullet with the sword he pulls out from his back.

But at that moment, a residue of purple magic covers my vision.

"......!?"

--That's the view.

The stairs leading to the basement and the structure inside.

In parallel with the three-dimensional map being shown in my mind, I make my way along the path as if I were actually there.

A dimly lit place.

A passage lined with stone pillars.

The figure of Usato and the others running ahead of them.

The images that covered my vision disappeared in an instant, but I myself was confused by what I was shown.

"What the hell was that ......?"

Is it a trap?　No, but was that a path leading to the Demon Lord?

I don't know what's going on, but now I know the way to the basement from the images that have covered my vision.

"But it could be a trap. ......"

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"This is no time to be worried!　Hush!　A man's got to have guts!"

It doesn't matter if it's a trap or not!

Let's just act at random like Usato and senpai!

The board of light magic is manipulated to head toward the ground.

With the approaching ground in front of him, he floats a magic bullet in his palm---and shoots out a light that annihilates it.

"Pierce!"

The released magic bullet makes a big hole in the ground and jumps into the ground.

The destination is a huge space.

He brakes, looks around, and compares his memories with what he has just seen.

"Can you go to ......!"

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We can't wait!　I'm coming, guys!

He heads for the ground again, creating magic power in his hands.

They go downwards in a single bound, making a hole in the floor!

I'm coming!

"---What am I doing? ......"

I muttered to myself in a daze as I stared at my hand pointing to the sky.

At last I had escaped from the healing wizard and made it to the ground.

All I had to do now was to wait for the Demon Lord to release the wards created by his magic, and then I could escape.

"......"

A brave man of light descending to the ground with the speed of a flash.

That human, having seen the "map" I showed him as an illusion and my memories of the underground, is probably on his way to the Demon Lord.

This is more unforgivable than fleeing before the enemy.

If I were found out, I would be severely punished, but strangely enough, I didn't care.

"Hah ......"

Sitting on the roof that I climbed up to cast a spell.

Around me, the sound of panicked soldiers fills the air, but it is nothing to worry about now.

I have escaped.

I encountered Amira and tried to escape when the battle started, but a healing wizard grabbed my arm just in time.

I thought I would be taken hostage, or worse, used as a shield by Amira's fire magic.

But the thing let go of my hand and finally said "thank you" to me.

"Thank you ......?"

I don't understand.

How could he thank me for being his enemy?

Did you feel sorry for me when you heard about my situation?

I remember how foolish I was to try to help others back then.

I never wanted gratitude.

I just saw in my childish mind a child in trouble, just like my sister... and I just reached out to her.

"Oh, you mean I saved that monster. ......"

No, no. ......!

I helped the heroes to buy time against the Demon King.

The more chaos on the battlefield, the better chance I have of escaping.

There is no other purpose.

"I'm not like that. ......!"

The healing wizard's words did not move me in the slightest.

I tell myself that as I stand up.

"......Shouldn't we get moving?"

We can still escape.

Since the current threats, the heroes and the leaders of the Demon Lord's army, are probably underground, now would be the best chance to escape.

Fortunately, the magic from before was mixed in with the other attacks, so let's keep moving.

I jump down from the roof and walk with caution.

"Hm?　......!"

There is something a few steps ahead.

You quickly hide in the shadows and look ahead, where you see a broken wall and a flying dragon lying on its side.

The flying dragon was writhing in pain, as if its wing was injured, and there was a familiar figure of a demon, Nono Herestea, beside it.

"Sean, the injury is shallow ......!　It's just a little chipped wing, it will heal in no time. ......!"

"Gyu......!"

"Yeah, yeah, you did good. Let's keep it together ......!"

"......" "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm so unlucky."

I can't keep up with these girls anymore.

I turn on my heel and try to go around by another route, and I realize that I have a different kind of frustrating feeling inside me.

"......Oh, God!"

Holding my head, I walk back the way I came and appear in front of Nono.

"What?　Hannah?　Didn't you get hit by a hero of light?

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"Oh, he's angry!　Is it because I didn't help you?

I ignore Nono, who is still acting crazy, and touch the flying dragon's head, which is moaning from the pain of its wings.

The wound itself is not a problem.

The flying dragon's regenerative power will heal the wound completely.

While checking the extent of the wound, I put it to sleep by pouring illusion magic into it.

"Why ......?

"I don't know. I don't know either.

Nono looks at me in surprise as Hiryu falls asleep with a gentle sigh.

Normally, I would have abandoned this noisy flying dragon geek.

But I saved him.

I really don't know why I did it.

"Thank you very much anyway!　Hannah!"

Thank you... those are the only words that echo deep in my heart.

It's not like me.

Just a depressing, hazy feeling welling up inside me.