The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The journey of Mr. Hisago and Mr. Nagi.

It passes like a photographic film.

If we were to follow their memories for a long time, a day or two would not be enough, but the Demon King manipulates the memories to show us with one hand.

---Perhaps several years have passed since Mr. Hisago met Ms. Nagi.

Their daily life was not a good one, to put it mildly, as they were kicked out of the Kingdom of Hagar and set out on a journey.

The fact that he had kicked out an army sent by the Demon Lord had led him into battle again and again.

Many of these battles were caused by past Demon Kings or attacks by other nations who wanted his power.

Even when he saved a city threatened by the Demon Lord's army, the people he was supposed to have saved threw stones at him, saying "The Demon Lord's army came because of you", and he was almost killed by the betrayal of the heartless people who were deceived by the Demon Lord's sweet words.

They continued their journey despite the threats from the humans who were supposed to be their allies.

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At first she was shabby and sooty, but in no time at all she had grown to be almost as tall as Amako is now.

She is now kicking a tree as if taking it out on me with a terrible look on her face, though she doesn't really look like the same person as the current Nagi-san.

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The tree she is kicking at is snapped off with just a kick, and she takes a slow, deep breath, as if she has had enough. Behind her, she looks thoughtful, staring at the two swords --- the armor of a brave warrior made by the Lord Falga.

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Cursing without any sense of restraint.

We can only be amazed at how Nagi-san has changed from his initial emotionless appearance.

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No matter how much he fought, he was thanked less often.

Maybe it was because the world was at war all the time, or maybe people's hearts had been broken by it.

Either way, from my point of view, the time Mr. Nagi lived in was not a very good one.

......Well, that aside...,

"...... how much are you spying on the brave?"

"Don't be disgusting. I'm just plugging in the memories I copied while I was fighting with him."

"...... What?"

Ciel, who is standing by the demon king's side, looks surprised, so maybe she was thinking the same thing as I was.

But I think it's a good idea to copy the memories ...... while they are fighting.　Did she use it for a mental attack or something?

"I think he was first recognized as a brave man when he defeated the enemy of mankind, me. Until then, he had been treated as a nuisance who merely possessed great power, and was treated with all sorts of disdain."

"...... you made it that way."

As Nagi wrote in her memoirs, there were times when the Demon Lord was seducing people into betraying Ms. Hisago.

It seems to me that you, the cause of this, are only shifting the responsibility.

"Partly. But even with that, human beings are inclined to exclude those who are different from themselves. To the people in the past, Hisago must have looked like a "monster" no different from the beasts and demons.

"...... just like Usato."

"...... yeah."

"You guys, don't get all serious-faced and convincing ......!"

What are they, the enemy?

Nair and Ferrum nodded with mysterious expressions, and I regained my composure even though I was about to lose my temper again.

At any rate, I now understand that the people of this world are being driven into a mental corner by the repeated wars and the threat of the Demon Lord's army.

It is not only the Demon King's fault that such an era has come about.

The Demon Lord is only one of the powerful forces of the demon tribe that appeared in that era, and there have been fierce conflicts among humans before that.

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Then the phantom Mr. Nagi said to Mr. Hisago.

He meditates for a while as if in thought.

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He smiles self-deprecatingly as he returns his drawn sword to its sheath.

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Hisago stands up as he says these words.

The Demon King looks a little bored at the sight of him.

---I believe in the goodness of mankind.

To me, his words sounded like he was talking to himself.

I can't see it, but maybe he's devastated.

He is supposed to be protecting people, but the people he is protecting are blaming him.

Past Mr. Nagi looks at Hisago in anguish, then runs up to him as he walks away, forcing a smile.

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Coincidentally, our voices overlapped with hisago's.

Lingle Kingdom?　No, no, it must have existed in this time period, but why is it now ......?

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Both Hisago and NAGI are terrible.

No, I know you didn't mean it in a bad way, but it makes me feel very sensitive.

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Hisago-san nodded his head, as if he had some thoughts on the matter.

The heavy atmosphere of the previous session was somehow lightened.

...... If the Demon Lord is cutting out this memory to show us this scene?

But I think there is a silver lining to their disastrous journey.

After all the hardships they've been through, it would be nice to have a break in the Lingle Kingdom for a while.

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Hisago receives the map from Nagi and looks at it intently.

If the Lingle Kingdom still exists today, it means that it was never destroyed by the Demon King's army or other kingdoms, so its safety is assured---,

At that moment, you feel as if you've been hit over the head with a punch.

Samaritan.

That place is probably the second most familiar to me after the Kingdom of Lingle.

A place where the ghosts of the past, sorcerers, have bound the souls of hundreds of people to the city, and where they have sought out the heroes, the human pillars of their delusion.

You look at the demon king, hoping that he will be removed, but when you see the faint smile on his face, you are convinced of what is about to happen.

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

"Ah, the Demon King. That's what's coming to Samaria, isn't it?"

"Oh, you knew. No, if you were involved with the Samaritan's Curse, you must have known.

Ferrum is the only one who doesn't seem to understand what I mean, but from my point of view and Nair's, it's really, really bad.

I wish we had arrived in the Kingdom of Lingle without any problems, but the past has not allowed us to do so.

"Then I'll remember where we're going from here..."

The Demon King flips his hand and the scene forcibly changes.

With a flicker of light, the image was projected on the screen,

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--- the deafening roar heard over and over again, and the scene of the city of Samaria, filled with fear and chaos.

Spewing a poisonous smoke over the people ruled by fear, the dragon is lightly snatching lives from the air, its huge body floating in the sky with its two large wings flapping.

Ciel and Ferrum are stunned by the sight of this horrifying figure.

"What is this ......?"

"It's an evil dragon."

What?　You mean that nuisance Nair resurrected?

In his prime.

A veritable monster.

A monster that I doubt even I can compete with today. Even if it is a re-creation of a past scene, it has a tremendous presence.

Among the people running away with the evil dragon on their backs, I spot Mr. Hisago and Ms. Nagi.

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Hisago, with his right hand on the sheaths of the two swords, one large and one small, at his waist, walks toward the evil dragon.

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I'm not being pushy.

They are not words of concern for Mr. Nagi.

Nagi-san, who was speechless at the different words and actions, still raised his voice.

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The evil dragon takes in a large gulp of air.

Hisago-san notices this behavior and turns his body from Nagi-san to the evil dragon.

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A poisonous smoke with a sludge-like density is released.

They are closing in to engulf Mr. Hisago and the people fleeing in the background.

Faced with a breath with a range that could engulf the city itself, Mr. Hisago turns his palm to the front of his eyes.

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He creates a compressed ball of light in his palm and shoots it forward as if throwing it lightly.

At the moment the ball of light touches the poisonous smoke, the poisonous smoke that was about to cover the city is sucked into the ball of light as if sucked in by a strong wind.

He pushes the ball of light, which he has drawn into his hand, into his chest and looks at the evil dragon.

The evil dragon notices his presence as he removes his own poison.

With a loud flap of its wings, the evil dragon lands on the ground, crushing houses, and looks down at Mr. Hisago.

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The evil dragon swings its tail at him as he returns silent.

The tail is swung with incomparably greater force than mine, and it approaches Mr. Hisago, sending a shockwave that destroys several buildings.

A small sword is drawn from his waist.

The sword is held in the opposite hand and strikes the tail with it.

Just like that, the tail of the evil dragon stops as if there was no impact.

A ball of light is produced from the small sword that catches the tail, and when the ball is sucked back into the small sword, it turns the blade into a golden color.

Without hesitation, he thrusts the golden sword into his abdomen.

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Golden light streams into Mr. Hisago.

With it, he runs toward the evil dragon.

With his first step, he shatters the ground and dives into the Evil Dragon's bosom with moves that transcend the human.

Absorbing the poisonous smoke that the dragon spits out to intercept him with a ball of light, he swings his big fist into the dragon.

A mere fist.

However, it is enough to send the dragon's huge body soaring.

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Looking up at the evil dragon soaring into the sky with a scream, Mr. Hisago generates two spheres of light from his own body.

He pulls out his other sword and draws the two spheres into it. The blade of the sword turns a poisonous purple color and is enveloped in a strong wind.

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The sword held in the upper position is swung down and a purple shockwave is released into the sky.

The purple shockwave pierces through one of the wings of the evil dragon as it tries to regain its posture in the air, and --- in an instant, it flies away into the sky.

The dragon loses its wing and falls.

Before it can do so, Mr. Hisago pushes a newly produced sphere of light against himself, then leaps to the same height as the falling dragon.

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As he flies through the air with ease, the evil dragon, which has managed to get itself into position with its perforated wings, opens its big mouth and tries to swallow Mr. Hisago.

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An evil dragon tries to bite and crush itself.

Not seeming the least bit perturbed, he slams his back fist into the Evil Dragon's jaw as if he were swatting away a fly.

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Fangs shattering and flying off.

As the dragon grunts, he generates countless balls of light from his body.

They circle around Mr. Hisago like satellites, and some of the hundreds or thousands of them fly out into the air around him..,

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When the sphere pops at his words, spears shot out with tremendous force emerge from the void and rush toward the evil dragon.

The spears, imbued with the magic power of light magic, penetrate the scales of the extremely solid Evil Dragon and tear through its flesh.

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As he continues to fire his spear from the ball of light, he draws another sphere toward him.

It is the same shape and color as the sphere circling around him, but..,

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The sphere bursts open and releases a flame that covers the sky.

The explosive flames blow the body of the evil dragon further away, and it falls to the outskirts of the city.

He looks down at the Evil Dragon, which falls to the ground screaming, but this time he looks down at it from the opposite direction, and his expression is somewhat mixed with surprise.

As the dragon slams to the ground with a roar, he shifts his gaze to the cityscape of Samariatar below.

His expression shows no emotion.

It just gives the impression that he has somewhat given up, that he has been stripped of his emotions.

He says these words and laughs mockingly.

He mutters to himself and looks at the evil dragon that has fallen to the ground.

He continues to speak to the evil dragon, who looks at Mr. Hisago with hatred from the ground.

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<<< Ki, geezamaa, geezamaa! >>

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He directs some of the orbs circling around him toward the evil dragon.

After saying these words, he descends toward the evil dragon.

The next moment, there was a roar and the dragon's yell echoed through the air.