The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The kidnappers numbered 15.

After subduing them all and rescuing the kidnapped children, I first tied up the kidnappers and then cast Nair's binding spell on them and locked them in a room of an abandoned house.

"That's it!

"Well, let's get the kids out of here."

After confirming that we had locked them in, Nair and I went to call Keira and the others.

The three children, Ram, Kai, and Mee, seemed to have calmed down considerably and looked relieved when they saw me coming in.

Now that all the scary people are gone, let's go outside.

"Your words are the scariest thing I've ever heard."

Nair gives me a sharp rebuke, and I walk out of the abandoned house, cloaked with Keira, lifting the children up as if to put them on my cloak.

It is dark around me, so I light a healing magic light in my right hand to illuminate my surroundings.

"Hmm?"

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Smiling at the children who look up at the glowing magic bullets with curiosity, I give them the other three magic bullets I have made.

"Thank you!　Thank you, Usato!

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

It's a relief to see you back in good spirits.

I hope the experience at ...... was not too traumatic for them.

"Is Keira okay now?"

I whisper to Keira, who is still in her cloak, and a slightly dejected voice comes back.

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"The one who kidnapped our children. It's no wonder."

When we seized the kidnappers a little while ago, Keira's magic went out of control.

At that time I was able to control it and subdue the kidnappers. ...... I don't mind about this at all.

"It was only with your help that I was able to save the children."

If they had taken him away, we could have been in trouble.

"Well, I'm just relieved that you didn't use the last resort."

What were you going to do, by the way?"

I hear Nair's voice on my shoulder, and I smile, imagining what might happen if I did.

"To push you into a corner with all the help I could muster."

"Wow, your friendships are so great, it's honestly terrifying. ......"

It's going to be especially scary around Mr. Lucas. .......

I can see why he likes you so much, so it's not that I don't like you.

With this in mind, I exit the abandoned house where the kidnappers are locked up, and soon after, I hear loud footsteps and Bulrin jumps into the room.

"Grrr!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but it's not easy for you to get out of control against a half-baked guy..."

"Hmph!"

"Yeah, I'll bring you lots of food later."

I laugh at him as he punches me in the leg, and the children on the cloak on my back come out.

"Oh my God, it's Bulrin!

"It's the demon my brother always carries on his back. ......"

"Did you come with ......?"

Bullein sniffs as he catches the children's attention.

He looks back at the children, patting them on the head.

"Give him some credit. We wouldn't have found you if it weren't for him."

"Yes. ...... then. ...... great bulllin'!　That's great!"

Thank you!

"Thank you!" "Gruaaaah!"

In fact, we wouldn't have found this place without him.

I was smiling to see Bulrin being patted by the children, when I noticed the presence of several people approaching the place.

He quickly steps in front of the children, but soon realizes who is approaching and relaxes his posture.

"Oh, I thought it was over already..."

"You're early, Kohga."

It was Coga who leaped out of the forest and landed in front of me.

He walked up to me, not looking particularly tired, and looked relieved when he saw the children behind him.

"I see the kids are all right."

"Yeah. We were able to save him before it was too late."

Maybe the Demon King sent us there.

Koel and the other five and Nono on the flying dragon arrive a little later.

......?　Is that Ms. Hanna riding the flying dragon with Ms. Nono?

"Yes, thank you Sean,...... is that Hanna-san?"

"Mmmmmm!"

Ms. Hanna got off the flying dragon silently and approached me with a glare.

She glances at the children before quickly turning her gaze back to me and waving her arms in the air..,

"You stupid idiot!"

He slapped me with a goo.

When I tilted my head, Hannah-san glared at me again with teary eyes, holding her hand.

I told you not to move without my permission!

I'm sorry. I thought I would be too late if I didn't help you soon. ......"

"Then you should at least let me know!　Or maybe you should let me go with you and let the thugs who kidnapped the children be punished!

I'm really letting my personal feelings out.

Huh?　Actually, isn't he the one who is the angriest?

"At any rate, I'll show the kidnappers you've caught a vision of the most horrible demon in the world ......"

Hannah, you can't do that.

What? Why?

Nair says to Hannah, whose distinctive side tails seem to stand on end.

Well, she's too stunned to cast an illusion spell..,

"I've already seen that horrible demon."

You mean you can't do it.

I did it with the intention of punishing her a little. ....... I don't think it's any better than Hannah's illusion magic.

"d*mn it, don't do something more terrible than my illusion magic!

"Is this unreasonable?"

And why are you assuming that I'm doing more terrible things than the illusion magic that Hanna-san shows you?

Isn't that strange?

She looks a little disappointed, and I'm a little taken back when Koga starts talking to her.

"Our mission is to rescue the children and to get the people who kidnapped them."

"I knew it... the Demon Lord gave the order?"

"Oh. The Demon Lord laughed. You started moving even before I gave the order. The Demon Lord's magic followed you here.

Koga points behind him with his thumb and sees a magical design floating in Nono-san's hand on the back of Sean the Flying Dragon, which seems to have been given to him by the Demon King.

The geometric pattern in the shape of an arrow is pointing toward me, so I guess he tracked me with it.

"So, let's talk about the next step: ......"

I nodded, noticing that Koga's gaze had turned to the children behind me.

This is not a good story for them to hear.

"Mr. Nono."

"What!"

I called out to him from behind and he braced himself.

I turn around with an onomatopoeic snap and tell him what I want him to do, wondering about his mysterious posture.

"May I leave these children in your care for a moment?

"Oh, yeah,......, that's totally fine!"

...... Are you sure you're okay with this?

Well, Keira is a strong woman, so as long as nothing too serious happens to her, she should be fine.

The first thing to do is to make sure that you have a good time with your children.

"You understand that we are going to take them to the city and detain them, right?"

"Yes."

Of course, there is no way we are leaving them here.

This is probably a big problem in the city.

"So, the problem is that the demon tribe is in a precarious position in the eyes of the rest of the world.

"...... you feel like maybe you can't interrogate them or something?"

We're on our own.

I guessed what Coga was getting at when I asked him this.

In other words, it is possible to interrogate them if I am present.

As I was convinced of this, Ms. Hanna, who was moving with me, raised her index finger.

"Well, it's just a pretext. After all, Usato-kun, who is an outsider, took them into custody at his own discretion. This is very different from what we have caught him.

"I see. ......"

If we catch them only by the judgment of the demon tribe, there might be problems afterwards, but this time I caught them first, so I can treat the kidnappers as bad guys, I guess.

That's why the Demon Lord wanted you to go there in the first place.

He went straight to the rescue, though."

"Ah, haha ......"

Coga and Hannah laugh at the words.

I went with a bang, but under the circumstances it might have been a bad idea. .......

"The interrogation is going to be easy. It's just me, Hanna, and Usato here. It's a full course of making them throw up with charms, illusion magic, or fear.

What about the fact that I'm a natural.

...... but they need to tell me how to get into the demon king's territory and who they hired.

"The surest way to do that is to get them to tell us what they know and then round them up at their rendezvous point."

"I'm sure they don't expect every single one of them to be caught either. ......"

I've got my magic senses and Bullein's sense of smell to make sure of that.

I caught them without letting any of them escape, so the people who might have asked for the kidnappers will not know that they have been caught.

"Captain, I brought these guys here ......"

"Oh ...... hmm?　Oh, come on. ......"

Coga smiles a wry smile when he sees the fainted faces of the kidnappers who have been brought in.

"What could have done this to their faces?"

"They look worse than we do after training. ......

He's got a look of fear in his eyes, but to be honest, if we don't scare him this much, he's still going to repeat himself.

But .......

"I don't think I did anything more than pass out."

"Specifically?"

I've knocked people out in the dark and attached them to walls with magic.

"It's turned into fear in another direction. No wonder she fainted with a face like this.

Koga looks at one of the kidnappers who has fainted and makes a face like, "Wow," while looking at him.

I wondered if I was unknowingly doing something creature-like like in a horror movie or if I was ......?

"So, how did these guys do?"

"I don't ...... know, because I knocked them out without letting them do much of anything."

"Hmmm. Well, normal is no standard when it comes out of your mouth. If you can control it by holding back, then that's all you can do."

Then why did you ask?

Actually, the strongest one was the first one who came out with an iron cage on his arm, but I was able to sink him without any trouble.

Fifteen kidnappers.

After carrying them all out of the abandoned house and tying them up again, Koga gives instructions to his men.

"Oh, well, let's load some of them on the dragon boats and we'll carry them on our backs.

I'll help you.

Carrying people is my specialty.

I tried to help him, but he waved his hand to the side faster than I could do it.

"You don't have to do that.

No, I'd say I'm the real deal.

"We'll carry these guys, you go get the kids back to their parents."

"Coga ......"

You'd be surprised at how much you care.

In the beginning, he was a guy who would start fights with me out of the blue, but ...... it makes me feel very emotional.

"You ...... have become a lot more rounded ......."

"All right, let's hit each other at the early morning training tomorrow. I'll beat you to a pulp. ......!

"Huh?　Great. I'm gonna beat you to a pulp.

"The conversation is flowing so fast, I think it's going to capsize."

"These people are really ...... already."

Nair and Hannah glanced at Coga regardless of their dismayed mutterings.

I wonder if they are planning to get up early in the morning. .......

Senri's efforts are paying off.

"If that's the case, I'll take advantage of your kindness.

"Oh. ...... Oh, and as soon as you get the kids back to the house, go see the Demon Lord."

"Okay."

I hope I made the Demon Lord happy again. I can still picture his funny smile.

With a sigh, I walk with Hannah to Keira and the others who are with Nono.

"Keira, we're done here, let's go home.

"Yes!"

Keira slips into the cloak and pulls it over my shoulders.

She transforms the cloak and spreads it wide to make it easier for people to get in.

"Okay, you can get in."

Then be my guest."

Hannah was the first one to get in, and she looked so familiar.

The children got in after her.

They had ridden the boat once before when we left the abandoned house, so they got on without any confusion.

"Burin, you can ride too, what do you want to do?"

"Grua!"

Bulrin shakes his head to the side to indicate with his head that the kidnappers are being carried out.

"Are you going to help us with the cawgaws?"

"Gua!"

You want to get rowdy ......?

But if that's the case, he thinks, and pats Bulrin's head and tries to let him handle it... and then Nair, who was on his shoulder, moves to Bulrin's head.

I'll go home with him, then. I can deal with him when the binding spell is broken.

"Grua!"

"I'll feel safer if Nair is with me. I'm going to take the girls home now, take care of them.

Yeah, you too.

I tell Kohga that Bulrin and Nair will help him take them away, and I fly up into the night sky in my cloak.

The children squeal with delight at the view of the forest from the moonlit sky.

"Wow!

I've never been this high up!"

"Me too!"

It's not every day you get to fly in the sky.

That's how special Keira's magic is.

"It's dangerous to fall! Now, you can hold on to me, okay?"

Hannah said ...... no, she wouldn't.

"Usato, big brother..."

"Hmm?"

I laugh at Hannah, who seems to be the only one who is satisfied, and Ram calls out to me.

"All the humans I've met so far have been kind people, but the people who kidnapped us ...... weren't."

"...... I agree. I'm sorry you guys had to go through that. I'm so sorry."

I think Ram has met me and the people of the Lingle Kingdom who were sent to the city.

But it was other people who wronged these girls today.

...... There must be a certain number of such people outside the demon kingdoms. It's not surprising that these children have suffered a great deal of emotional trauma because they have seen such people's malice this time.

"It's not your fault, Usato!"

Ram denies my words.

I am surprised at the brightness in her voice, and she continues to speak.

"I know there are people who are afraid of humans. I know that there are people who are afraid of humans, because there are people who are afraid of demons just like us.

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"That's why I'm not afraid of you, Usato!　Because he came to save us!"

"That's right!"

"I'm not scared at all!　And he was so strong!

They both say to me as if they are following Ram's lead.

Not scared, huh?

After scaring the kidnappers so much, these words from the kids make me a little sad.

"It's funny ...... that Usato isn't scared of you. ......"

"Hannah, would you like to walk back to the city alone?"

"You've lost if you think I can walk home alone, haven't you?"

That's funny, why am I losing?

I was puzzled by the fact that Hannah had become mentally stronger than when I arrived in the city, and we continued to fly toward the city.