The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Kayla disappeared after capturing the power of the Demon King.

Shea took the power of the Demon Lord with her, and she herself was possessed by someone and disappeared with Lune by means of a transfer spell.

Although we were able to recover the corpses of the other six except for Mr. Ahl, ...... she was also taken away from them.

The result of the case was not so good.

"...... Usato, you can eat now."

"Hmm, thank you."

We were resting around a campfire in a place surrounded by stone buildings.

We used a lot of magic today. .......

We look at the scenery around us, munching on a grilled fish on a wooden skewer that Amaco gave us.

"A city in decay, huh?"

The place where we escaped from the ruins is a different town from the one we entered.

It was a bit smaller than the city, but it was larger, and above all, there was a large building like the cathedral that used to be the exit of the labyrinth.

However, the city was surrounded by a deep forest, and its structure was somewhat reminiscent of Hinomoto.

We escaped to such a place and soon met up with Amako and the others who were waiting near the exit, and set up camp tents in the city to take a rest.

"It's been a really hard day, hasn't it?

"Yeah, totally."

Amaco, sitting next to him, replies.

Korga, my men are resting in the camp tent, and Keira, by my side, is sleeping wrapped in a cloak, holding Neah in her owlish state.

Keira must be very tired.

"I made you do something reckless. She really saved my life.

Bullyn is now sleeping in the back where Amaco and I have our backs to him.

The only ones awake now are me, Amako, and Mr. Nagi, who is sitting across the fire from us.

"What you said earlier, is this ...... shea person conscious?"

"I can only speculate, but I think she is conscious."

The being that possesses Shea is of a very cautious nature, and is also good at bargaining to a certain extent.

It is hard to believe that she would be able to wipe out Shea's spirit so easily, which would have a hostage effect on me and Mr. Nagi.

I agree with Usato.

Mr. Nagi, sitting in front of me across the fire, agrees.

"The people who haunt Shea Garmio are very calculating. I think they are quite troublesome when they have not even let the Demon King and Falga-sama be aware of their existence until now."

"...... You seemed to know Ms. Nagi."

"At least I don't know her."

.......

"Is that Shea's personality, Mr. Hisago?"

"......"

Ms. Nagi casts her eyes down in response to my question.

I don't want to doubt Mr. Hisago, who is a benefactor to her, but the situation is such that I must be sure of this.

We only know about Mr. Hisago by the power of the Demon King, and that is only one aspect.

He was a brave man, after all.

After a short silence, Mr. Nagi opened his mouth.

"He was blunt and sometimes I didn't know what he was thinking, but he never overlooked anyone in need and ...... above all, he would never take an innocent person hostage. And ......."

Mr. Nagi pressed his forehead as he spoke.

He looks as if he is in agony.

"To be honest, I don't want to think that a guy who takes over a girl's body is a hisago. ......"

"That's very earnest. ......"

"Just the thought of my father, who speaks in such a stilted manner, imitating the tone of a girl younger than me makes me want to cry. ......"

"Ah, haha ......"

Nagi-san looks rather seriously depressed and I laugh at her.

When she looked up, her eyes were tinged with a purple light.

"Shea's thing is not Hisago himself. I was right, generally speaking.

"...... the other Nagi?"

"Yeah. I just took over.

She stood up with a start, revealing her other personality, and then she moved to sit down next to me in the vacant ...... seat as if nothing had happened.

"Hmm?"

"Hmm?"

What?

"I'm just moving in closer to make it easier for you to talk to me. Don't worry about it."

"Oh, yeah. ......"

You didn't mean anything by it.

It's true, it was a little inconvenient to talk across the fire.

I should have known.

"I was looking at him with the same view I share with Kannagi. Usato, he wasn't hostile toward you, but someone in ...... Shea was clearly hostile toward us."

"Hostility?"

Anger, murder, jealousy, you name it. If Kannagi had been beaten up by Hisago and turned on him, it's hard to imagine Hisago's personality turning on Kannagi with such bad feelings."

If Mr. Nagi says so much, it is safe to assume that hisago's memories have not manifested themselves as his personality.

"Then, who is that ......?"

"I don't know that either. They seem to be withholding information. I think their intention is to confuse us by not revealing the core information.

"That's really nasty. ......"

More cunning than the devil, huh?

Perhaps we should be more suspicious of her every word.

"......, it's time to get back in character."

Nagi-san closes her eyes as if she has finished talking, and falls down as if leaning against me, so I hurriedly support her shoulders.

She shifts to a position where she rests her head on my shoulder, and after a few seconds she opens her eyes.

She opens her eyes after a few seconds.

"Are you all right?"

"No, no, no, no, it's nothing!

Nagi-san wakes up with surprising speed, and I laugh.

He is so reliable when he is fighting, but he looks his age in such a situation.

Well, I guess I'm too young to say that.

Kannagi, you can't keep on like that, can you?

I know. I know, but ......!

Nagi replied to Amako, holding her face with her hands.

As I watch this exchange, I notice a presence approaching quietly.

"Veena-san, it's still too early for you to take your turn, isn't it?"

"It's too early for you to take over, Ms. Veena," I heard her saying, "I heard you cursing me and having a good time.

.......

"Mr. Vina, you're not ready for your shift yet, are you?"

"Oh, what?　Did you just rewind time?

The time has just rewound?" I avoid Mr. Veena's blurbs, whose engine is still running at full throttle, by using my skills trained by my senpai.

I am pleased because I responded to her in a proper manner.

A little ruthlessness is necessary for smooth conversation.

"Just as well, Veena-san, I'd like to hear your opinion."

"Well, I don't have the slightest idea, but ......"

Well, I guess you're right.

He seems to have some kind of a cooperative relationship with the devil since he entrusted Mr. Ahl and the others to him, but I don't think he's so naive as to show his tail there.

While I was thinking that it could not be helped, Veena-san, who seemed to be in a panic for some reason, opened her mouth.

"Well, um, is it possible that the demon who gathered us together may have been in contact with this Shea guy behind the scenes, ...... or something?"

"That's pretty vague. When we were gathered, Veena was there too, wasn't she?　You didn't mind?"

Veena looked away from me awkwardly.

"Even though we were gathered, I didn't care who gathered us. ......I honestly don't think anyone knew who gathered us, did they?"

"......"

"Usato, I understand your exclamation, but demons are such creatures. They really don't have any sense of camaraderie.

I should have known that, but even looking at it again, I am more stunned than appalled at the sloppy gathering on the devil's side.

Is it because they are immortal or is it because they live momentarily in a good or bad way? ......

"Rest assured. I was taught by you ...... and changed."

Did you just try to say "spanking"?

When I looked at Ms. Vina, who was acting suspiciously, she had a radiant smile on her face.

"I have learned to have compassion for others and to share joy with them. Now, the members of the corps are my one and only friends with whom I have shared many hardships and joys."

"Ms. Vina, ....... If you've changed so much, then I guess it's safe for me to go back to the Lingle Kingdom."

"Yes. ......"

I tilt my head to Veena, who stiffens." ?"

"Actually, I have evil feelings for everyone in my unit!　More so for you, Usato-san!

"I was a fool to look at you even for a moment. ......"

I was rather serious about reviewing it. .......

Well, I know that Veena has changed, as I was watching her training, so I won't say anything more.

"Are you going back to the Lingle Kingdom as soon as you get back to the Demon King's territory?"

"No, you will still have time to stay there for a few more days. Well, I'm sure I'll lose that time too with reports and all..."

I'm depressed to report to the Demon King.

We couldn't recover the power of the Demon Lord, and we couldn't rescue Shea either.

The only good thing is that the search for the demon realm, which is our main goal, is going to be successful.

"Just because there is a civilization, it means there is an environment where people can live. Maybe there are people like Rune who live deep in the forest. It's not my job to find out, though. ......

I have only made a signpost, and the rest will be left to the people in the demon king's domain.

That would be the job of Koga, Amira, and Nero.

Kannagi and I will return with you to the Kingdom of Lingle.

"Are you and Mr. Kanoko done?"

"Yes. I know you're fine, and they sent me and Kannagi away too.

I looked at Nagi and she nodded with a wry smile.

When I have more time, I would like to go to Hinomoto again too.

"...... and I'll have to bring the bodies back to the Lingle Kingdom."

The bodies of six people except Mr. Ahl.

Their bodies, which had been treated in some way in the course of their magical work, existed like dolls, in their original form, undecayed and undecaying.

They're being kept in Keira's cloak for now, but I'll have to take them out as soon as we get back to the demon king's territory.

"Huh. ......"

He looks at his right hand.

It's a cage hand now.

I look at the bonfire, accepting the fact that I have lost the key to my defense.

"...... I have something to do, too."

"Hmm?　What should we do ......?"

"Now that I've lost my cage hand, I should really try to find a way to fight without it."

It's not that he has supported my fight since Mialak until today.

Even though I am not aware of it, the fact that I lost my cage hand will create many obstacles.

For that reason, I will look back at my fighting style once again.

"Elasticity

Create a magic bullet with elasticity from the palm.

Then, I stretch the magic bullet to cover my forearm.

To the naked eye, it looks as if a green film of healing magic is covering his right arm, but when he puts his hand close to the campfire ...... to test it, no heat is felt.

"Usato, what is it?"

A replacement for your lost cage hand. I call it a healing coating.

""......""

What are you trying to say, Amako, Mr. Nagi?

"Wow, you have excellent taste. It's my kind of devastating!"

Veena praises my work, but for some reason I don't feel like I'm being praised.

This is just a hastily made thing.

It is not as strong as a basket hand, and with the whole arm covered, it is impossible to create magic bullets from the hand.

Instead, I just came up with ...... which can stick to the opponent or stick to the wall in response to a blow.

I'll make do with this for the time being.

"Okay, I've decided. When I get back to the Ringle Kingdom--"

"When I get back?"

I've been vaguely using magic for a while now, and I've never had any trouble with it.

But now that I'm going to use this new technique of magic, I have to look at myself more closely.

I'm going to go see Mr. Welshy again to learn how to use magic.

"I feel sorry for Mr. Welsey, so don't do this to him: ......"

Why stop when you're just going to get a lesson: ......?

I have to go there because I have been summoned to learn about the application of magic.