After returning to the city from the exercise and reporting to the Demon Lord, I returned to my dormitory without being ordered to do anything.

Honestly, I'm tired.

I felt like resting because I had consumed a lot of magic power in the series of battles with the demons, but I was finally able to rest in my dormitory after making sure that I had properly delivered Kira and Mr./Ms. to their respective homes.

 

「…… And is that Veena suspicious?"

"Yes, it seems that the Demon King was aware of it, so it's like it's confirmed that it's not an ordinary Demon Clan."

 

In the evening, after dinner, me, Nea, and Hannah Mr./Ms. sat down at a table to discuss Veena Mr./Ms..

Since there is no certainty, it is not yet possible to determine what her identity is.

What matters here is how she got here.

 

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Yes? What is it?"

"This is confidential, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right."

 

I nodded at Mr./Ms.'s words as she raised her hand.

 

"Why am I here?"

「……」

「……」

"So, Nea, let's continue the story."

"Hey!!"

 

Speaking of which, when I was about to proceed with the conversation, Mr./Ms., who leaned forward, grabbed me half crying.

 

"Why am I involved in a troublesome case again!? If it's a problem, you can solve it by yourself!?"

"Mr./Ms. Hannah, there has never been a single case that I have been able to solve alone. We've all solved it with the help of our peers. ———You're one of mine."

"It must be a mistake to get caught up in your troubles!" You won't be fooled if you tell it like a good story in vain! This, this!!"

 

She punches me with a fist in the arm, but sadly, even as a demon, I can't seem to break through my biceps with her blows, which are somewhat weak.

 

"Mr./Ms. Hannah, any more will hurt your fist."

"Well, now that I've gotten involved with this guy, I have to be prepared for this."

"Wow......"

 

I'm sorry for that, but I would like to see other collaborators besides Koga.

Could it be that the Demon King thought about this and entrusted her as my assistant?

…… No, no way.

 

"Hey Veena, you certainly feel the same way I do."

"Do you mean you have the ability to shapeshift or something?"

 

Nea's powers as a vampire also had the ability to shapeshift.

If you use it, even if you look like a human, you can take the form of a demon and sneak here.

 

"Or maybe there's a line of phantom magic like Hannah......

"I don't think so."

「…… That's right. I don't think so."

 

The two of them looked at me and nodded deeply.

I'm aware that I'm strong against such illusions, so it's safe to say that there are no illusions or anything like that.

Even if there is, it's the worst opponent who uses Demon Lord-class magic.

I just hope that doesn't happen.

 

"But why bother with me?" The devil hates me so much that he wants to kill me, doesn't he?"

 

Based on the words of Kayla, the demon I met the other day, I thought I had a lot of grudges.

If Mr./Ms. Veena were the same, there would have been plenty of opportunities for me to take advantage of them...... If you don't do it now, is there any other purpose?

 

"I'm here to assassinate you? Or rather, is Usato going to die?"

"Excuse me, I don't want to say it myself, but I've been dying more times in the past year than I can count on the fingers of both hands."

 

In fact, there may not be many people who have been as close to death as I am.

The events during the battle with the Demon Lord and the journey to deliver the letter were the same, but such experiences were common during the training with Rose.

That human pinball seems like a distant memory now, .......

 

「…… Um, Mr./Ms. Nea. Why do you have these nostalgic eyes?"

"That's the kind of person he is......

 

As I was thinking back and nostalgic about a year ago, Nea, who was sitting on the table, gave me a jittery look.

 

"I've been wondering, but you seem to be doing pretty well."

"Well, yes."

 

When I say energetic, I guess it refers to the fact that I used a lot of magic power in battles.

In terms of physical strength, healing magic can heal you, but magic power is not.

You have to wait for natural healing, so you usually have to rest after a battle where you run out of magic.

 

"Because the degradation of the system can reduce the consumption of magical power."

"As far as you are concerned, it seems more threatening if the healing magic is less effective."

"Do you need healing magic? What are you talking about?"

"Can you please stop saying it with unclouded eyes? You're going to scream, aren't you

 

Healing magic is needed to stun an opponent unharmed.

In fact, when I think I don't need it, I need it more than once.

 

"Also, I guess the simple fact is that for me, the degradation of the system is the opposite of the strengthening of the system."

「…… What do you mean?"

 

This is a matter of speculation, but given the conditions in battle, the degradation of the system is exactly the opposite.

Show both hands to Nea and Mr./Ms. so that you can compare.

 

"This is the right hand that strengthens the lineage."

"Yes, I do."

"And this is the deterioration of the system on the left hand."

"How can you do that?"

 

I looked at my hands again in response to Nea's question...... Ah, I dare to tilt my head, thinking that it is done.

 

"Whew."

"Mr./Ms. Nea, please calm down!! If you're going to hit me, let's do it together after listening to the story!!"

"This guy is finally doing something crazy in the direction of magic manipulation!? If I were a scholar, I'd isolate this guy!!"

 

Mr./Ms. Hannah does her best to stop Nea, who stands up vigorously from her chair with a smile.

To be honest, I'm surprised that I can do it normally, so please forgive me.

 

"You know that strengthening the lineage of healing magic strengthens the healing power of living beings other than yourself, right?"

"yes, but it doesn't work for me."

"Yes, Mr./Ms. Hannah, touch my right hand."

「…… Won't it explode?"

"No, I won't."

 

What kind of suspicion?

Still, I was very suspicious of him, and he touched my hand with the hand that held out to me.

Then, a deep green healing spell flows into her and takes effect.

 

"How was it?"

「…… This is tremendous, isn't it? As expected, it is a system strengthening...... Or so it seems. Can't you put this in a jar or something?"

"Don't be nonsense."

 

As expected, the commercialization of healing magic is recommended so far, and the desire to develop it is ...... No, no, the topic that I digressed from diverges even more, so this time I hold out my left hand.

 

"Yes, now the deterioration of the left hand."

 

This time, without hesitation, he grabbed his left hand, which was filled with pale green magic.

Just like her right hand, the light flowed in and the healing magic took effect, but she tilted her head curiously.

 

"Is this healing magic?" I feel healed, but I feel very weak."

"Healing magic that has deteriorated due to phylogeny degradation weakens its potency, well, I've been applying it to healing breaking, and I've known about it for a long time...... It wasn't just me that."

「…… Ah, I see."

 

So far, Nea seems to have understood.

She pauses, looks at Nea, and opens her mouth with a sigh of dismay.

 

"It means that the effect on third parties other than yourself will be extremely weakened, but the effect on yourself will be stronger......

"That's right, because the degradation of the system optimizes the magic power and makes the healing of the body stronger...... Naturally, it's hard to get tired, but somehow, maybe ...... I understand......!"

"Why is it so fluffy at the end?"

"It's crazy what you're doing, this person......"

 

I digress.

I need to get back to Mr./Ms. Vina before I get any more pimped.

 

"I'll get back to you, about Mr./Ms. ...... veena."

"I'm sorry!"

「「「!」」」

 

Voices can be heard from outside the dormitory.

I open the door, alarmed by the voice of the person I was talking about earlier.

Beyond the door———、

 

"Good evening, everyone, Mr./Ms.."

「…… Mr./Ms. Veena. I should have told him to rest until tomorrow."

 

Brown skin with characteristic horns, light golden long hair with a slight quirk.

Mr./Ms. smiled at someone who looked like a demon tribe who gave a somewhat calm impression.

 

"I'm about to get caught, so I came ♪ to beg for my life."

 

I still don't understand what she's thinking.

However, I knew that it was more troublesome than any demon I had ever encountered.

 

●

 

"I have to confess that I am the devil."

 

Mr./Ms. Veena sits at the table in the dormitory and suddenly gets upset about such a thing.

I had a guess, but I didn't expect him to reveal it ...... himself.

 

"As proof of that, look at this."

 

When Mr./Ms. snaps her fingers, her figure lights up and changes her appearance for a moment.

The horns are still intact, but the wings resembling bats and thin black tails grow on the back, making it look the same as the demons that Kayla and the others encountered the other day.

 

"Is it witchcraft?"

"Yes, it's called the magic of change, which means that magic that acts on the mind doesn't work on Mr./Ms., so I was made to reshape my very appearance."

"I'm going to talk a lot......

 

Parrying Nea's questioning expression, Mr./Ms. Vina returns to her demon form.

 

"Why did you come here?"

"It's just to find out more about the Demon Lord and you."

"Me?"

"You're quite resentful, aren't you?"

 

I see.

But from the way she speaks, does that mean that Veena Mr./Ms. is different?

 

"I don't care, I don't have a problem with my magically weakened powers, and my values are very different from those of other demons in the first place."

"You mean you don't look down on people?"

"Well...... To sum it up simply, right? In the end, he was sealed by the previous hero, who was a human, and he was trapped in a small space that kept him conscious during that time, right...... Well, I feel like I've been figured out."

 

Why is this person suspicious of such behavior?

He's been glancing at me for a while now, and I'm just very anxious.

 

"Another purpose is to understand the ability to turn magic and awaken with that technology."

"Hey, you're interested in the devil too."

「「……」」

 

When I was impressed, I was stared at by Nea and Mr./Ms. next to me as if I was looking at a terrible idiot.

 

"Putting aside this senseless training idiot, what are you going to do with that information?" I don't think you're going to use it for negotiations in the future, are you?"

"No way, if that's the case, don't come here and run away immediately."

"Then what is it?"

"That's why I came to beg for my life."

「…… Huh?"

 

Mr./Ms. Veena is smiling as if she is still begging for her life to Nea, who reacts in a nonchalant manner.

…… It just looks like he's enjoying the situation to me.

 

"The devil has no sense of kinship at all."

「…… Well, if you look at the guys we've been through, you'll know."

 

There are three demons I have encountered so far.

The attitude of all of them towards their peers was like treating a disturbance.

 

"Originally, the demon race is a troublesome race that thinks of each other as a nuisance, and in some cases even kicks each other down."

"Uh-huh......"

"I don't know what the other demons are thinking, I don't know what they have, and we don't get along so well that I always wish we could both die."

 

The devil's inner workings are too rattled.

Isn't this coordinated at all?

 

"I feel like I was sent here because I could get away from the troublesome guys, and then there was the brutality of the Mr./Ms. in Miarak...... Rather, I couldn't help but be curious when I heard about his success...... I'm here."

 

For some reason, Mr./Ms. Veena puts her hand on her cheek as if she is embarrassed, and she gets chills.

　……。

 

"Nea, Mr./Ms. Hannah, I'm tired today, so I'm going to bed first, so listen to me afterwards!!"

"The Spell of Restraint!!"

"Phantom self-hypnosis!!"

 

As I tried to get up from the chair, Nea used restraint magic to secure my right hand and chair, and Hannah Mr./Ms., who had slammed the illusion magic into her head, grabbed my left arm and stopped moving like a stone.

Nair aside, what happened to Hannah Mr./Ms.!?

 

"I'm a rock, I'm a rock, I'm ...... rock!!"

"Did you stop me from self-hypnotizing ......!?"

"You're the weirdo you attracted! Respond properly and responsibly!!"

"Damn ......."

 

Why do you attract strange people to ...... outsiders?

- I have no choice but to break with fate at the earliest!

…… Can't help it.

 

"Well, even if you beg for your life, I'm not going to take your life."

"Then you're going to catch me ......!?"

"Can I leave it alone?"

"That's it!"

 

I don't understand why you would be disappointed there.

What if the penchant for abuse during training is not acting or anything?

 

「…… In other words, you were a member of the club."

「?」

 

In that case, I would like to ask a question in my capacity as Deputy Leader.

He tilts his head as if he doesn't understand anything, but that's ...... okay!

 

"Mr./Ms. Veena, I want you to tell me what you want to do now."

"I'll help you if you're going to hide it here, I don't have a lot of information on the devil's side, but it should be useful."

「…… Hmm."

 

Not a bad story.

If you don't trust them, you can ask the Demon Lord to use some kind of restraint magic.

If you have her on your side, you can take effective measures against the demon's dark future efforts.

 

"I'm just asking for it, but there is one condition from here."

「…… What are the conditions?"

 

Hmm? Why do you get up from your chair?

- She sat on the floor as it was, and she had a bad premonition———、

 

"Please be my master!!"

 

In a sense, the words I was expecting were blown away with momentum.

I don't know if I learned about it from Hinomoto, but it's a splendid dogeza.

But ...... the master?

Nea said that at first, and after vampires, demons are the next ones, hahaha...... Huh.

 

「…… Wow......"

 

Perhaps now is the most daunting thing I've ever done since I came to this world.

Well, it's a terrible .......

 

"Well, does that mean you're going to be a familiar?"

"In some cases, it will be your dog."

"Uh...... Can you please keep your mouth shut for now?"

"Kyayes......!"

 

It's a pimp.

The senior is a charming pimp, but in this person's case, it's so terrible that he pulls from the bottom of his heart.

It's already a great feeling......

 

"I guess it's the devil trying to be the devil's servant, this one."

"Usato, I'm enough of a familiar, right?"

 

For the time being, I'm not going to increase the number of familiars any more, so I'll refuse. I also feel a strange pressure from Nair.

Above all, I definitely don't want to be my husband.

We have no choice but to explore other conditions here...... What

 

「…… Hmm?"

 

I thought I saw something in the window right now.

As I followed the shadows I saw at the edge of my vision, I saw El Mr./Ms. and Nono Mr./Ms. peering out of the window at me, their eyes widening in astonishment.

The two of them have seen something wrong! With a look like this, when you move away from the window, you will leave the place with all your might.

 

"Oh, you've seen it."

「…… Nea, isn't this bad?"

"yes, that's bad."

 

　……。

 

"Hey, Veena."

「! Yes!!"

 

I called her name in the same snarky voice as Rose, and she got a very nice response.

He points to the exit door without making any eye contact with her.

 

"Clear up the misunderstanding now, or I'll ——— you from the next training."

「…… Very little."

"I won't let you do anything."

「…… What?"

 

Next, I put on a smile that I made with all my might to Mr./Ms..

He looks dumbfounded, but he doesn't need to be considered.

 

"It's a good idea to watch the training by yourself."

"Oh, what...... My condition is ......."

"I said, 'Right now,' right? Didn't you hear me?"

「～～! I'll be right !!."

 

Mr./Ms. Veena goes out with surprising obedience and speed.

After seeing the situation off, I sat down in the chair again, feeling a fierce tiredness that I had not seen before.

 

「…… Okay, Veena Mr./Ms. seems to be okay with that kind of treatment. I'll go report to the Demon King tomorrow."

"I can see a future where the Demon King bursts out laughing."

"Aren't the demons surprisingly compatible ......?"

 

Who's the devil.

I'm the most tired of the day.

Let's go to bed today.

________________________

The Demon King LOL case is back.

It was Usato, who knew how to handle Vina.

 

As for the degradation of the healing magic system, it is now a reduction in magic consumption and an enhancement of self-healing.

It feels like the healing wizard who was originally reluctant has become even more reluctant (white eyes)