I think the number of rescue teams has increased a lot.

Well, it was like me who brought him in.

The increase in the number of people does not mean that the rescue team itself will change, and each person will spend their daily life training as usual.

In the event of an emergency, they will be dispatched under the orders of the castle and carry out their duties as a life-saving team.

It's like a switch from rescuing the wounded on the battlefield to a broader range of work.

 

"Well, Kira's training starts today."

 

Three days have passed since he returned to the Lingle Kingdom.

In the meantime, I was busy with reports and other things, but today was Keira's first training day, so I decided to show up.

 

"Thank you for coming too."

"No, it's the road I've taken."

 

Nak also took a break from helping out at the clinic to come here.

The initial awkwardness seems to have disappeared at the welcome party on the first day, and there is no awkward atmosphere with Keira.

 

"Are you sure you want to come?"

 

Kira says to Nak.

Knowing that they were the same age, it was not an honorific but a broken tone.

 

"Oh, I was trained by Mr./Ms. Rose, so I'm kind of like a senior."

"You're the same age, Mr. Nak."

"Even if you're the same age, you're of different age."

"So, how much?"

「…… About six months."

"Indentured ...... Is that what you mean?"

「…… It's noisy."

 

No, I feel like I'm getting a little bit of a sense of humor when I see this kind of age-appropriate conversation.

They seem to be fighting, and the way they talk to each other lightly is a bit like the exchange between me and the tough guys.

…… I don't know, I'm still a teenager, but I feel like I'm watching my students.

 

「…… Huh?"

"Nak, what's wrong?"

"No, I ...... chills."

"Are you okay?"

 

Nak, his body shaking, looked somewhere and muttered.

The direction Nak saw was probably in the direction where Luxvis was...... yes, it's my fault.

 

"So, Mr./Ms. Usato, I heard that Mr./Ms. Rose would watch the training......"

"yes, but before I do that, I think I'll tell you something about your mindset."

"Is that so......?"

 

He smiles wryly at Keira, who looks disappointed.

I'd love to teach you if I could, but I don't have the leadership skills that Rose has.

Well, first of all, let's talk to Keira about her mindset.

 

"For now, it's about keeping your mind strong in training."

"...... heart"

"And don't think about anything else, or more simply, don't think about anything."

「?」

 

I continue to explain to Keira, who tilts her head.

 

"'It's almost there,' 'How long will it last?' When will it end?'

"That's what I was taught, too, even though I was kicked at the ......."

 

I didn't have much time at Luxvis, and I was really training with Rose in mind.

 

"But I'll do my best......!! If it was training, I was watching Mr./Ms. Usato up close!!"

 

If you've seen my training in the Demon Lord's Realm, I'm sure you still have a lot of mental space.

 

"Kira, how bad was Mr./Ms.'s training?"

"It was amazing to see him hunt down his heart!!"

「……」

 

Nak is looking at me with jittery eyes.

And the fact that Keira has a big smile on her face also seems to draw her back.

 

"What were you doing in the Demon Lord's Domain......

"I might make them do push-ups with a clapping signal, or let them live a life of survival in a safe forest without monsters."

"You're telling the truth, but you're not telling the truth......!?"

 

Why did I get caught?

Coughing at Nak, who looks at me with jittery eyes, I pull out a brand new notebook from my pocket and hand it to Keira.

 

"Keira, let's do this first."

"Wow, it's a diary! Thank you!!"

"Oh......."

 

Nak looks like he's guessed.

He dares to go through it and explains it to Keira, who is holding a notebook with great care.

 

"It's about writing about what you think and feel in training, sometimes you can vent your frustrations, or you can genuinely write about your shortcomings and things you can improve. Maybe it's going to be something important to protect your heart."

"Yes! I will cherish it!!"

 

Maybe she doesn't need it...... I'll have to give it to Ferm, Nak, and Keira.

At this point, it's like a tradition.

…… Come to think of it, I didn't give it to my seniors...... yes, I don't need that person.

 

"Also, I think you know, you can't use dark magic during training unless instructed to do so, right?"

"I know, I'm not going to cheat either."

 

I don't think Keira would do that either, so I just said it as a formality.

 

"——— you, you're all there."

 

When he heard the voice that came to the training ground, he turned around and saw that Rose had come to the place.

I call out to her in a pure white uniform.

 

"Are you going to teach me now?"

"Oh, you can't train against a kid."

 

If I let Keira train me to do what I did, I would be hindering her growth, and above all, I would be overdoing it.

The reason why he was able to train his subordinates in the Demon King Territory was because of their background and their ability as soldiers of the Demon King's army.

 

"Yo, thank you!!"

"You look like you're ready."

 

Rose crosses her arms as Kira utters a loud voice with a beautiful bow.

After watching Keira for a few seconds, she abruptly turns to me.

 

"Are you the castle after this?"

"Yes, with my seniors, because I have submitted the report I have compiled so far and received a call from Mr./Ms. Welsey."

 

I also had Nea help me.

I'm also looking forward to meeting Kazuki at the castle.

I've been too busy for the past three days to go see .......

 

"He's been pretty rough too, and I want to call you out and pursue him."

"Is it Mr./Ms.?"

"Oh."

 

Maybe it's system degradation or something like that.

I was pursued a lot by the return letter when I was in the Demon King Domain...... In this case, do we also have to explain the explosion of system strengthening and system degradation?

I wonder if I can borrow a knight's gauntlet at the castle.

 

"Don't stand up, just go."

"Okay, oh, and ......."

"What?"

 

Suddenly, I thought about asking Rose if I met her, so I'll say it here now.

 

"If you have time, I would like to ask for guidance."

"I don't care, I'll see how much I've grown."

"Thank you!"

 

The training with Mr./Ms. Nero was also meaningful, but I think that with my mentor Rose is more suitable for me.

You will be beaten up, but you will gain a certain amount of experience and awareness.

I said a few words to Keira and Nak and was about to leave——— when Nak sensed something and raised his hand with a trembling voice.

 

"Then I'm going to do some self-training elsewhere ———."

"Nak"

 

Rose grabs Nak by the collar as he tries to leave.

 

"It's okay for Temeje to train healing magic, but isn't his body sluggish? I'm going to retrain you when you're in Keira."

「…… Hi."

 

…… Nak, go for it!!

Listening to Nak's trembling voice behind me, I made my way to my quarters to take a report to be submitted to the castle.

 

●

 

Submitting the report to the castle was more difficult than I expected.

No, it seems that he would not have been so handy, but the people in the castle who read what I had done and experienced in the Demon Lord's Territory were in a state of great confusion.

It took a little time, but it was over around noon, and now my seniors and I were in the castle's training ground with Mr./Ms. Welsey.

 

"Thank you for your hard work."

"There was quite a stir when I submitted it......

 

Welsey Mr./Ms. returns it with a wry smile.

At the training ground where I am now, there is me, my seniors, and Mr./Ms. Welsey, and there is no one else.

 

"At the time of the Demon Lord's Realm, there were many unknowns for us, but we never thought that we would be able to get information about the Demon Realm, which is even more unknown."

"Is that the case after all......?"

"Yes, I'm not an expert, but I'm sure all demon-related scholars are eye-opening."

 

The demon realm is different in terms of the ferocity and strength of the demons that inhabit .......

It's such a harsh place that you can't come back alive with half-baked equipment.

That's why it's safe to say that monsters can survive in an untouched environment.

 

"Demon Realm, I wanted to go too......!!"

 

A senior who was listening to the conversation between me and Mr. Mr./Ms. muttered something like that with envy.

 

"Hey, hey, did you find anything else in the Demon King Domain!? Ruins!!"

"It's sharp, there are ruins."

"Is there one!?"

"A city swallowed by a lake, a trap set by someone, a labyrinth entangled in the ruins of the lakebed, a group of water dragons, countless skeletons guarding the treasure of the labyrinth——— and fragments of the power of the Demon King placed as a hidden treasure."

"Why are you so on such an adventure like the movie version!? Usato-kun?"

 

Looking back, it was a series of adventures.

But in the end, it was like I was the one who did it.

 

"Did Welsey know?"

"No, I don't know everything about the report yet...... I'm scared to check now. yes."

 

What should I do, Mr./Ms.'s eyes are empty.

…… It would be even more difficult if I found out about Rune in the report.

　

"Enough of the story, let's show you the skills you learned in the Demon King Realm."

"Well, I've been really looking forward to this day."

 

The purpose of my stay at the training ground was to show off the skills I developed in the Demon Lord's Realm.

The technology derived from magic is unknown in this world, so it is a field that Mr./Ms. wants to study tremendously.

 

"First of all, it's the deterioration of the system."

 

I put magic in my hands and let them gradually lose their color.

The technology that is the opposite of system enhancement that improves the quality of magic power——— show the two of them the magic power that has turned light green due to system degradation.

 

"Is this the deterioration of Usato-kun's system?"

"It's an unbelievable phenomenon when you actually see it with your own eyes......

"In my case, the efficacy of healing for others decreases, but the efficacy of healing for oneself increases."

 

I'm not sure what the principle is, but it's really the opposite of system strengthening.

It's like the pros and cons have been reversed.

 

"Why did you decide to do this...... I often ran out of magic, so I deliberately tried to reduce the quality of my magic and reduce my consumption in order to improve it."

"I see...... So you were trying to improve efficiency. Certainly, healing magic has almost no disadvantage of losing quality compared to other offensive magic......"

 

While watching my systematic deterioration, Mr./Ms. wrote down her thoughts in an open notebook with great vigor.

 

"If we could make this available to everyone, we might be able to help people like Mr./Ms. Arc and Olga Mr./Ms. who struggle with the high quality of their innate magical powers...... That's what I thought."

 

Mr./Ms. is a flame magic that can burn even himself.

Mr./Ms. Olga has a healing power that is close to strengthening the lineage, and her healing power to herself has been reduced.

 

"I think it's worth a try."

"Really?"

"Grid degradation, which is a really amazing technology. There has never been a way to eliminate the symptoms themselves, which until now could only be solved by suppressing the magic and not handling it."

 

Aside from Olga Mr./Ms., Alc Mr./Ms. was apparently having a really hard time with his own magic.

Even he is like that, so those who are struggling elsewhere must be having a harder time.

 

"The question is how to learn it......

"I feel like I've succeeded in doing it with the image of pulling the color out of the magic power in the opposite of system strengthening."

"In the case of Usato-sama, it was probably because he had mastered system enhancement and mastered magic power...... As expected, it is too difficult to acquire the system reinforcement as a learning condition."

 

"Hehe, actually, I'm also degraded...... You're learning!!"

 

…… What.

Did your seniors also learn it?!

To the surprise of me and Welsey Mr./Ms., she suddenly wears magic all over her body.

 

"This is a normal thunder beast mode."

 

A senior wearing a rough electric shock.

However, immediately, a violent electric shock is suppressed into the senior's body, and the power is concentrated.

 

"Thunder Beast Mode 2, and ———."

 

When the senior puts his strength into his body, the golden electric shock turns purple.

 

"Thunder Beast Mode 3 of System Enhancement"

 

…… Senpai, you haven't touched the sword, have you?

In other words, due to the changes so far, the seniors have hardly used the power of the sword.

But why are you going to explain the Thunder Beast mode in order......? When Mr./Ms. and I asked such a question, the senior smiled and closed his eyes and took a deep breath while still in Thunder Beast mode.

 

"And this is a new form that has made it possible to improve the efficiency of magic power and fight for a long time due to the degradation of the system."

 

At the same time, the electric shock worn by the senior returned to a faint color from purple to yellow.

Thunder Beast Modes 3 to 2, 2 to 1——— and then the color is lighter than that of 1, and finally the senior wearing a thin layer of white electricity smiles.

 

"A new form created due to the deterioration of the system——— named Thunder Beast Mode０zeroThat's it."

"Oh, it's cool......!?"

 

It's too much sense.

It's not a minus here, it's a hateful sense to use zero......!

As expected, he ...... a senior!

I was so frightened that I was scared to step back, and my senior was in an even better mood.

 

"My system degradation has reduced the attack power of the lightning magic, and I was able to activate the electricity in my body instead."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm going to omit it because there are technical terms such as electrical signals and reflections...... Your reflexes will be so much better! Instead, it moves less fast than the others."

 

Isn't it still bad?

In other words, it is a one-on-one battle, and the senior can always stay ahead of the opponent.

 

"I'm surprised that Suzune-sama has mastered it too...... Why didn't you tell me?"

"Oh, that's it...... There's a timing to this kind of thing. Aha

 

A senior who is impatient with Mr. Mr./Ms. who looks at him with jito eyes.

I guess he was silent to show it off now.

I was also surprised. Probably, my seniors have arrived at the degradation of the system with only fragmentary information from me, so that alone is amazing.

 

"But now that we have two masters, I think this will help us figure out how phylogenetic degradation works."

"Well, I may be bothering you both......"

"Don't worry about it, if I can help people with my skills, I'll be happy to help."

 

I don't think I'm going to monopolize it from the beginning.

 

"That's it, Usato-kun."

"Yes?"

"Actually, I'm a little worried about this systemic degradation."

 

Trouble......?

Did they find some kind of flaw?

 

"Actually, I'm trying to deal with system degradation and system strengthening at the same time, but it's very difficult ......, and if you try to do one or the other, one of them will disappear."

"That's natural."

 

Mr./Ms. speaks instead of me.

 

"Grid strengthening and system degradation are the exact opposite of each other in terms of mechanism, so to speak, positive and negative. If you try to deal with both at the same time, the magic itself will repel and cancel each other out, and you will not be able to activate it properly."

「…… I see, that's what I mean."

 

…… Let's see.

Feeling a little awkward, he shows it with his right hand as a lineage enhancement and his left hand as a lineage degradation magic.

They looked at my hands and froze.

 

"Well, for the time being...... Yes, you can."

"What? Usato-sama? How can you do that!?"

 

I've been scolded by Nea for being half-gire, but I never thought this was such a skill.

 

"In my case, I try to divide the magic power in my body."

"Usato-kun, you say you're going to divide it, but you can't separate the flow of magic that flows through your body so easily, ......? What kind of image do you have in mind?"

Image ...... Well, the flow of magic flows into the river...... Rather, if you compare it to a train, it is like changing the route you are going and making the 'flow of magic that strengthens the system' and the 'flow of magical power that degrades the system' in your body independent."

 

To be honest, I don't know because I'm doing it by feeling.

But I've been training to strengthen my system, so now I can do it just by thinking about it.

For me, it's just a feeling that I've applied what I've been doing.

 

"Do you mean that different concentrations of magic are circulated separately in the body...... I can't believe that's ......."

"I'd like you to take a look at it later......

 

It's obvious that you'll be surprised, so let's consider this while the impact is low.

Walk a short distance to a training target and stick a ping-pong ball-sized magic bullet of system degradation on it.

 

"This is a magic bullet of system degradation."

"Usato-kun, can I give you a pat on the back for sticking a magic bullet together?"

"Application of elasticity, that's it"

"Kyayes."

 

I can't get the story together, so I explain it briefly, and I gather the magic power of lineage enhancement at my fingertips and touch the target with it.

At that moment, a popping sound sounds, and a magic bullet makes a sound.

After all, it's dangerous without a gauntlet......

 

"Grid degradation and grid strengthening explode when combined."

「……」

"Mr./Ms. Welsey?"

 

Oh, there's no response.

A questioning senior waves in front of Mr./Ms. Welsey, but she doesn't respond.

 

"It looks like I was overwhelmed and passed out......

「…… No, I'm sorry."

 

Should we have shown it in more stages?

For the time being, after casting a healing spell, leave Mr./Ms. lying in the shade of a tree.

Me and my seniors also sit in the field after a break.

 

"Hmm, it still seems difficult for me to use system strengthening and system degradation at the same time."

"I don't think you need to force it, do you?"

"But don't you think it's cool to handle a white electric shock and a purple electric shock at the same time?"

「…… Certainly."

 

If you ask me that, I have no choice but to agree.

I sigh lightly while smiling bitterly.

 

"Somehow, I feel at ease here."

"It's like home to us now."

 

Homeland, ?

As my seniors said, the Ringle Kingdom is now my home in this world.

As he thinks this, he notices that someone has come out of the castle.

I immediately guessed who it was from a distance, and my seniors looked at each other.

 

「…… Oh, Kazuki-kun is here."

"Sounds like it."

 

I spotted him in the distance and stood up.

Kazuki also smiled and waved at me as if he had noticed me and my senpai.

 

"There it was! Hey!!"

"This way! Kazuki!!"

 

I waved back and beckoned to him.

 

"It's been a long time since the three of us have been together."

"Yes, Mr./Ms. has a lot of souvenir stories."

 

He greets Kazuki with a smile as he trots towards him.

I'm sure he's been busy for the past two months, but I'm glad he seems to be doing well.

Now, I'm going to talk about souvenirs...... I need to tell you about the upcoming Festival of Heroes of the Kingdom of Kamherio.

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It was a senior's new technique and Kazuki's appearance for the first time in a long time.