"Usato-sama is a kind-hearted person."

 

The knight of the Ringle Kingdom, who was interrogated, said something like that.

I was dismayed that I had been tortured and then had hallucinations of being helped by my companions, and I was able to say what I wanted to hear, but I was convinced that the results were going in a good direction for me.

Usato, a healing wizard.

The best friends of the two braves.

A human who belongs to the Life Rescue Corps, an organization with notorious healing wizards.

Their role is to heal and save people who are injured on the battlefield.

I succeeded in asking about the healing wizard, who had been a vague existence until now, and I was filled with the desire to raise my hands and rejoice.

It was because we could see the holes to be poked in, and most importantly, because we could see the clear weaknesses of the two heroes who were our obstacles.

However, a kind person is just an easy prey for me.

This is because such a person can easily show mercy not only to his allies, but even to his enemies.

Kill them because they are enemies.

Because they are enemies, they will not return alive.

From the bottom of my heart, I'm glad that the boy named Usato wasn't the one who could make such a decision.

Because there are so many ways to do it.

 

 

——— was my assessment before I fought him, but when I actually saw him, he was a ridiculous monster.

 

At the point when Koga was talking so much, he should have noticed something extraordinary.

The fact that he knocked Koga, the commander of the Second Corps, to the front in a fistfight seems to me to have been amused by him and hit a painful counterattack.

However, when you see it, you can't believe it's really human.

In fact, I feel like it's useless to even define it as a human being.

There's a black squirrel growing out of his body, and he's carrying an unusual monster-like bird on his shoulder. The funniest thing is that when attacking with the light of healing magic, the beaten Hiryu is clearly impacted by something other than his fists.

I have no idea what the principle is.

 

——— doesn't seem to be able to deal with that......

 

I understood it the moment our eyes met in mid-air.

It's not the same person we know. Anywhere?????? Yes, I think the devil is a powerful force. At the very least, I think the look and appearance were appropriate for the devil.

Let my subordinates stop me in their tracks, and leave me alone.

Thinking of this, and about to tell the subordinate who was holding the reins of the flying dragon, an idea crossed my mind.

 

―――If I can get that in my hands, I will be able to secure a powerful force.

 

So, I got a little greedy.

To say the least, he has just subdued the second flying dragon and has the ability of a legion commander. Perhaps it is safe to assume that they are more troublesome than the current heroes.

If...... If I could manipulate him with my magic, I would be able to eliminate my only weakness, which is my weakness alone.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that the benefits I get back are too great.

In fact, we can't afford to miss this opportunity right now.

The conclusion was made.

I decided not to run away, so I decided to play with it.

 

―――How to reliably deceive a healing wizard who is described as "kind" and take him as a cue ball.

 

In order to do so, he must first replace a female soldier of about the same age who he brought with him as a decoy in case of emergency, while he is fighting with his subordinates who have been inciting him to buy time.

It's a crazy plan that anyone would normally come up with, but I'm sure he'll fall into the trap.

After all, he's kind.

They are not mature enough to deal with someone who is not resisting.

Being kind is not always a good thing.

While there are people who are kept alive by their kindness, there are also people who are hurt because of their kindness.

He is a prime example of this.

He's a sweet sweetie, and his good intentions will be trampled on by me, and he'll spend his whole life on me.

There was no more fear.

A healing wizard, no, because Usato is a young and easy child like Koga, and he will be easily fooled.

 

●

 

By using his subordinates as discarded pawns, he finally showed his defenseless back.

Without making a sound, I pretended to hold the reins and approached, and my hand succeeded in catching Usato's head.

I felt a kind of sense of accomplishment as the magic of the phantom lineage, which an ordinary human could not even resist, was sent to his head, and I let out an unbearable cry of joy.

 

"Ha, ha! Hooray! We did it!"

「……」

 

A sincere smile for the first time in years.

I mean, I don't remember the last time I laughed, but it doesn't matter.

I was now able to use the monster named Humans as a pawn.

What's more, he's a healing wizard.

I got a powerful healing bearer that I couldn't create in the Demon Tribe.

 

"Let's start by mistaking me for an ally."

 

This battlefield is not a pawn in the world.

Rather, it would be too much of a shame to let go of someone who has more strength than the Demon Clan, so let's carefully imprint the illusion and bring it back to the Demon Lord's Territory after the battle.

 

"Fufufu"

 

Just when I was sure of complete victory——— his torso wriggled and something like a sharp black thorn pierced my heart.

Suddenly, I was caught off guard and couldn't move properly.

 

"Damn it!"

"What?"

 

He let out a groan, and when he couldn't react, his right arm, which was supposed to be manipulated, moved, grabbing the thorn and stopping it.

 

"Ferm, come on."

『!? U, Usato, you...... Manipulated ......!'

"It's okay, I'm fine."

 

I didn't order Usat to stop.

So why did he move in front of me? I shouldn't be able to do anything with my magic.

Ignoring my stunned eyes, he removed his hands from his cheeks and said, "Hmmm!" And enthusiastic? and repels the magic of the illusion that I poured into it.

 

"What? …… Huh?"

"Your visions don't work on me, and even if they do, they'll only blur my vision."

 

——— funny.

He must have been completely caught off guard.

Any sane person would be haunted by an illusion the moment he touches it.

It was as easy as a child brushing off a cobweb.

What am I being shown to do?

What are you talking about with a harmless and sullen face? This one is.

What's this?

Scary.

My body trembles with incomprehensible fear.

At that moment, an outlandish speculation crossed my mind.

 

"Well, it was the devil's incarnation after all...... ......?"

"What? No, it'——— not."

"Yes, this is a demon in human skin. He's a demon who can use healing magic."

"Huh!?"

"Hey, Nea!?"

 

The owl on his shoulder began to speak.

Isn't this bird a familiar?! Why are you talking!?

No way, am I being shown an apparition? Since when have I been shown visions?

Could it be that the elf showed me a vision......!?

The sequence of events up to this point is so unusual that it is impossible to determine from what is an illusion or a reality.

Maybe it was an illusion from the beginning?

If you think about it, the very existence of such a healing wizard makes no sense.

If you think about it more calmly, it's even frightening that there are people flying around like that.

It can be said that it is a blasphemy against life.

What you mean...... The scene I am seeing now is an illusion, not reality.

 

"I have ......to wake up, I have to wake up......

 

In order to counteract the illusion that has fallen on him, he casts an illusion spell on himself while being tormented by fear, but his vision does not change at all.

I want to get back to reality.

I want to escape from an impossible reality.

However, no matter how much you try to cast an illusion spell on yourself, the scene in front of you will not change.

 

"What you see is undeniable reality."

"Oh, that's a lie. There is no way that such a person should ......! Surely, this is an illusion! I'm under some kind of mental attack!"

"Hmmm......"

 

The eyes of the owl glow red.

The corners of Usato's mouth twitch and lift.

The nightmare never ends.

Cornered, I take out a small knife for self-defense that I kept in my pocket.

I know I can't kill the demon in front of me with something like this. But it should be possible to forcibly awaken from the illusion by hurting ...... yourself!

He swings the knife down to impale it into his thigh.

 

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

"Whew!?"

 

However, it was easily grabbed with the blade and taken away.

When I looked up in despair, I saw Usato, who had broken his knife in half, frowning and glaring at me.

 

"Don't imitate prematurely!"

"Wow, are you going to torture me!?"

"What......?"

 

They are not allowed to wake up, nor are they allowed to lose consciousness easily.

I am frightened, and the owl with red eyes makes a mocking voice at me.

 

"Please, stop resisting in vain, or you won't know what he's going to do, right? …… Ferm"

"Leave it to me"

 

As he says this, wings reminiscent of bats grow from his bewildered shoulders.

Fierce, jet-black wings sprouted from his back.

The white clothes that looked down at me with a face that was shadowed by the backlight and evoked a sacred image had now turned into something that was terrifying to me.

 

"Ahhhh......h

"Uh, uh? What did you do?"

 

I was frightened, but he tilted his head and reached for me.

When a sharp-shaped, vicious, demonic hand approached me, my mind reached its limit.

 

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm not going to do anything wrong anymore, so forgive ......!"

「? It's good that you're converted, but it's dangerous to go any further—"

"——— Ahh

 

As I fell backwards as if to escape, I was enveloped in a strange feeling of floating, and my vision turned black.

 

●

 

Hannah almost showed me a vision, but I managed to get through it with my own tolerance and tried to restrain her.

However, before I knew it, she was unusually upset and apologized furiously, and fell down and jumped off the flying dragon as if to run away from me.

 

"Oh, it was dangerous......

 

I let out a sigh of relief as I grabbed Hannah's hand, which was about to fall from the flying dragon with the whites of her eyes peeled off, and pulled her up.

You can't let the Legion Commander escape.

It's not a good idea to run away and be manipulated by your allies again.

…… All you have to do is go down.

With that in mind, he talks to a soldier in the Demon King's army who was forced to pretend to be Hannah behind him.

 

"Please bring this flying dragon down to the ground."

"Wow, my soul doesn't taste good! Yu, please forgive me......! I don't want to die yet......!"

「……」

 

Far from being teary-eyed, he screams at a soldier who is crying and begging for his life.

What do you mean? Why do you think I'm going to take my soul? What did I do to her in this series of exchanges......!?

I'm used to being treated like a monster like never before, so I can't help but be confused.

 

"Hey, if you guys did something, be honest with me? I'm not angry."

 

For the time being, I entrusted the reins of the flying dragon to the soldier, and while holding Hannah in my armpit, I pursued the two suspicious people.

 

"No, nothing?"

"Didn't you just look like the devil?"

"I was doing devilish things normally."

"That's it!"

 

This owl and the demon girl ......!

- Standing a blue streak on the two of them who show an unthinkable closeness by looking at their usual appearance.

I'll definitely find out later......

Yes, after making a firm vow in his heart, he sees the flying dragon descending to the ground.

 

"Oh, oh, be safe...... Be safe. Good luck, Sean. You're a strong flying dragon......!"

"Gugya......"

"You promised me that when the battle was over, we would go on a journey across the continent together......!"

 

The soldier who was being made to take Hannah's place is a little apprehensive about her strong character, but she confirms that she has landed on the ground.

On the ground, it seems that Mr./Ms. Flana and all the knights Mr./Ms. were still fighting the demons and the soldiers, but when they saw that I was capturing Hannah, the commander of the legion, they all stopped moving.

 

"Hannah's ......."

"The sky is supposed to be safe, so why?"

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

 

Thanks to the capture of the Legion Commander, one of the commanders, it seems that he was able to reduce his spirits.

 

"Guy......!"

"Is it the flying dragon I dropped earlier...... Sigh."

 

However, some of them are flying dragons that growl angrily at me.

I changed my mind and glared at him to fight back, but for some reason, Hiryu suddenly turned around and screamed like he was frightened, turned his back on me, and ran away.

 

"Glow Wolf is also scared of Usato."

"If you knock down a flying dragon flying in the sky like that, it's only natural for a monster to think instinctively."

 

In the back of my mind, "If you intimidate them with your eyes, they will naturally run away!" Mill's line and "If you think you're kindred, you won't be attacked!" Guld's line comes to mind.

Ugh, I ...... that I would put into practice the idea that I thought was the most impossible!

 

"Now is the time to be without the Legion Commander! I'm going to conquer this place!

"'Oooh!'"

 

Lacking a legion commander, the knights head towards the agitated soldiers.

While I was thinking about leaving the captured Hannah and another soldier as prisoners of war to the knight in the rear, Mr./Ms. Flana ran up to me.

 

"Usato, are you okay!?"

"Oh...... I've managed to capture Hannah, the Legion Commander, and my men, so I'll leave the rest to the knights in the rear."

"Then leave it to me!" I'll keep you tied up so you don't do any worse!"

 

He nods at Mr./Ms.'s words and hands Hannah, who has fainted.

Mr./Ms. tilted her head when she saw her stunned face and the frightened soldier beside her.

 

"I'm fainting with a face that looks like I've seen something out of this world...... What did you do? The soldier behind me is also frightened......

 

That's what I want to know, too.

I'm going to ask Nea a question later, which I blatantly averted my gaze from now.

But first, we have to do what we need to do.

 

"I'm sure we'll pick up a bit now that we've caught Hannah...... But that doesn't change the fact that we're the underdog."

"Still, we have to fight."

 

We can't afford to give up here.

Senpai and Kazuki...... And now that Rose is fighting a tough opponent, I have no choice but to do what I can.

 

"Then I'll go to the next place—"

"Oh, Usato!"

"Hey!"

 

When I tried to start walking, I was struck by a slight dizziness and almost collapsed.

I didn't collapse because of the support of Nea, who had returned to her human form, but I couldn't help but realize that I was more tired than I thought.

 

"Usato, you better rest your body even if it's just a little! After all that fighting, I look so pale!"

"You're right, Frana, I won't keep it like this......

 

I'm sure I've been practicing to save my magic power, but it seems that I can't stand the continuous outburst of magic.

However, the dizziness was instantaneous and quickly healed.

When I try to stand up on my own, I hear a roar not far from here.

If you look there, you will see a snake as big as or larger than the evil dragon running amok. Its mouth appears to be littered with a poisonous colored liquid.

 

"I can't afford to rest yet......

「…… Endorsement. But if I decide it's the limit, I'll stop it by using magic or by force."

"In case of emergency, I'll move Usato's head over the armor."

 

It's the first time I've heard of it.

If I faint, will Ferm be able to move my body?

But I'm aware that I can't stop myself, so I'd be grateful if you could do so when the time comes.

With a sigh, he turned back to the owl and looked at Nea back to his shoulder before shifting his gaze to Mr./Ms. Furana.

 

"So, I'm going ...... go first!"

"Just like Kazuki, once you make up your mind, you don't bend. …… But if you do something reckless, both Suzune and Kazuki will be sad...... Don't die."

「…… Ahh

 

I look at me and nod to Mr./Ms. Frana, who has a somewhat sad expression on her face.

He turned around and headed for the place where the giant serpent and the knights were fighting.

Perhaps I won't be able to do anything useful in terms of strength, but I should still be able to heal those who are infected by the snake's venom.

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Usato: "Am I a monster? No, I'm the devil" (Hannah's point of view)

 

If a demon wing suddenly appeared from a person who was acting strangely, you would believe it.

Hannah herself was in an unstable state, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.