After clearing up the misunderstanding of Senri-sama, who came to wake up Koga, the three of them decided to go to the early morning training with her.

On the way, he meets up with Mr./Ms. Nagi, who does not know the training place, and the four of them proceed through the city.

 

"This is the second time I've seen you face-to-face, Koga."

"Ah, yes."

 

While walking through the deserted streets of Verkhazar in the early morning, Mr./Ms. Nagi talks to Koga.

Mr./Ms. Nagi called out, and Senri-sama's eyes narrowed next to Koga, but Koga didn't notice and looked a little bad.

 

"You don't have very good memories of being stabbed with a sword or having your magic taken away."

"Ahaha...... I'm sorry about that."

"Well, we were enemies, so I don't care as much as I say."

 

The situation at the ruins is the situation.

Mr./Ms. Nagi wasn't exactly himself, and Koga probably didn't care as much as he said before.

 

"I've been stabbed in the stomach or leg by you?"

"You're fine, aren't you?"

"It hurt so much."

"It hurt me to be weaponized by you, too."

「「……」」

 

They both realize that there is no end to this story and shut up.

He hasn't fought Itachi over and over again.

 

"Mr./Ms. Koga, may I ask you about your relationship with this person?"

"Hmm? Related?"

 

In a short silence, Senri-sama cuts out.

Koga tilts his head curiously at the question.

 

"No, it's the second time I've met you, and frankly, I don't know much about you, but I know that you're strong enough to fight Nero's old Mr./Ms.."

"Is that true?"

"I'm so suspicious......

 

I wonder if I'm getting more cautious because of the early morning incident?

As I was looking at him and smiling, Mr./Ms. Nagi, who casually approached me, called out to me with a puzzled look.

 

"Usato, Senri is being guarded by a child, but who is ......?"

"This is the princess of Nirvarna, and she has come here to find her fiancé."

「…… Oh, I see. That's what it ...... Young people these days have this kind of momentum......

 

Mr./Ms. Nagi muttered with some admiration.

Mr./Ms. Nagi is not that different from us in terms of age.

 

"I have heard about Kannagi-sama from your father, the same person who fought as a companion of the previous hero, and the founder of the Kannagi-ryu, a school of beastmen that deals with beastmen."

"Haha......"

"Mr./Ms. Nagi!?"

 

I am surprised by Mr./Ms. Nagi, who suddenly suppresses her chest and chokes on it.

When I ask her what is wrong, she blushes and her voice trembles.

 

"Oh, please don't be a founder...... I didn't think of the technique to pass it on to future generations......

"Eh, but the twelve katas handled in the Kannagi style are regarded by Nirvarna as excellent techniques for all kinds of actual battles, right?"

"It's not only Hinomoto, but also Nirvarna...... isn't it? It's a nightmare, it's a nightmare......

 

From my point of view, I think the technique name is cool.

I won't say it because if I say it, it will damage Mr./Ms. Nagi.

…… I'm supporting Mr./Ms. Nagi who is in agony from earlier, but what is it about her hand that keeps me from leaving my arms?

Is it another Nagi Mr./Ms. that even he doesn't seem to notice?

 

"Huh!? I'm sorry, ......."

 

- She notices it in a huff and moves away from me, but she is not angry, so I laugh and let it go.

 

"I don't care at all, is that the other Mr./Ms. Nagi?"

"Oh, yes, it's really hard to move my body without permission."

 

I know it's hard, but it's good that the will born in the sword of the hero is in touch with the outside world.

As I smiled wryly at Mr./Ms. Nagi, who was getting frustrated, I could see the training ground at my destination.

 

●

 

Naturally, Nero Mr./Ms. and Nagi Mr./Ms. never really fight.

If that happens, not only the training ground, but also the surrounding area could be a mess.

In fact, the forest where the two fought in the final battle against the Demon King's army had been cut down to the point where there was no shadow to be seen.

So he can't afford to bother the busy Demon Lord, so it's not like Nero Mr./Ms. and Nagi Mr./Ms. are working together in the early morning training.

 

「Dog-runIbashiRi"

 

While lowering her posture, she dodged her blow with a leap as she wielded her wooden sword sideways.

I landed with Mr./Ms. Nagi in sight as she tried to pursue her, and I held the gauntlet to greet her and radiated a wave of healing magic to detect healing.

 

"It's faster to react than it was before."

"It's reading the movement with healing senses."

「…… Whew."

 

Holding a wooden sword and smiling happily, she kicks the ground vigorously and comes towards you.

The movement is detected and prevented not by the eyes, but by the healing sense.

 

"Even if you predict clairvoyance, this is not the case! I guess that means that the conditions are divided into five with that sensing ability!"

"Whew!"

 

I've fought opponents who use clairvoyant magic.

Mr./Ms. Jinya from Hinomoto and Mr./Ms. Nagi from the other.

He was able to fight because he couldn't handle precognition magic well enough or because he didn't have a lot of actual combat experience...... Mr./Ms. Nagi is different now.

He is a veteran warrior who is skilled in combat using precognitive magic, and is also packed with actual battles.

It's not an opponent that can be easily crossed over to the extent that it crushed the anticipation of the movement with healing sensing.

 

"Mr./Ms. Nagi, have you forgotten?"

"What'......?"

"That I know how to use clairvoyant magic."

 

As well as his experience fighting with the Foreknowledge Wizard, he hasn't traveled with Amako to Date.

I am well aware of the countermeasures.

 

"What? The other me is leaking a frightened voice...... What are you going to do!?"

"I'm going to fold my skills and bug you."

"......, what do you mean!?"

 

I didn't respond to her surprise and stepped forward, and released the elasticity imparting wrapped around her legs with a kick.

 

"Healing elastic legs!"

「! The range is wide! And this is ...... Don't take it head-on!!"

 

Jump to avoid the crescent-shaped magic bullets.

It must have been avoided because it was a magic bullet with increased viscosity by adding elasticity.

Dare to fly it in the air———、

 

"Healing Explosive Wave!!"

"No hesitation at all!?"

 

Blow it away with an unaimed wide-area attack!

You should win this one! Convinced of this, he forcibly thrust his wooden sword into the ground from his defenseless position in mid-air——— using it as a foothold, and plunged headfirst into the shockwave generated by the healing explosion.

 

「The Great RoosterOtorimaruShhh

 

I put the shockwave behind me with my bare hands!

Yes, that's Mr./Ms. Nagi! You won't let me get the upper hand so easily!!

 

"Then here's what comes next!!"

"Is it still there!?"

 

He pulls his right arm wide and refines his magical power.

He thrusts his arms forward as if crossing them in front of his face——— and releases a shockwave from the gauntlet with the light of healing magic in front of him.

 

"Kuraei! Enhanced Healing, Eye Crushing!"

"Wow!?"

 

- Perhaps she knew that her eyes would be crushed by her precognitive magic, but before releasing the technique, she closed her eyes and unleashed the bottom of her palm.

 

"Oh, what's that!?"

 

When she opens her eyes at the last minute, she receives the bottom of her palm with the hilt of a wooden sword, and she steps back from the impact.

It is also within the calculation that it ...... prevented!

 

"Huh!? Why am I blown away......!!? It's a pattern!"

 

Mr./Ms. Nagi notices a miniature healing explosive bullet attached to the hilt and immediately throws it to the ground.

When she saw the explosive bullet that caused a small shockwave and scattered healing magic particles around her, she turned her somewhat frightened gaze to me.

 

"You seem to have noticed......!"

"Hey, I'm really going to use the tactics to capture the clairvoyant magic."

 

After all, unlike the devil, he won't eat you.

 

"If I kept asking you how to get out, I could see that you were at the mercy of it."

"Then what do you do?"

"We're just going to attack from here!"

 

This time, Mr./Ms. Nagi, who accelerated as if to say from here, approaches.

It's easier to attack from here to show your skills, so it's hard for me to take the initiative to attack.

 

「Wei-tigerIdola」

 

A slash that is swung down as if crushing vertically.

- Nagi Mr./Ms.'s beast-like strength unleashed by Sore is a blow that easily crushes ...... large rock!

However, it is precisely this technique that leads to the technique of the big swing! !!

 

"Healing Break!"

"!?."

 

Restore the healing magic that had been weakened due to system deterioration and confuse Mr./Ms.'s consciousness! !!

Her eyes widen at the suddenness of her senses, and she pauses for a moment.

Pierce the gap and release the bottom of the palm.

 

"Even if I predicted, I don't know what was done at all...... But!"

"Nuh!?"

 

I was squirmed on the side!

 

"If I know you're going to do weird things, I can handle it to some extent!"

 

What do you mean by doing weird things......!!

She wielded a wooden sword next to me, the bottom of her palm was broken, and she swung it down.

 

"I got it! What's that!?"

 

The wooden sword that slams into "me" is easily shaken off after a moment's resistance and sucked into the ground.

Mr./Ms. Nagi, who was taken aback, tilted her head in confusion when she saw me kneeling about five meters away.

 

"What? Usato, didn't you double ...... now?"

"Healing Afterimage Fist...... Dangerous...... I didn't expect to be forced to use my back hand."

"I don't know if I'll say it myself, but I think you're the only one who messed me up this ...... Hisago didn't make it this far, did you......?"

"Huh, I'm honored."

"I'm not complimenting you......

 

I'm glad my alter ego made it in time at the last minute.

I didn't expect that he would respond to healing breakdown at ...... first sight.

 

"Shall we finish our work together?"

"Yes, it looks like it's just over there."

 

Looking in one direction in the training ground, the mock battle between Mr./Ms. and Koga had just ended.

Mr./Ms. Nero spoke to Koga, who was slightly disturbed in his breathing, with admiration.

 

"You're growing interesting, Koga."

"Well, if you think you're going to get beat up so easily, you're wrong. Old man Mr./Ms.."

「…… The old man would have told Mr./Ms. to stop."

 

It looks like it's over there, so let's take a break.

 

"I knew that, but it was hard to deal with Usato because he had more skills that he didn't know when he took his eyes off him."

"Hahaha, but I was able to show you most of the techniques I developed here."

「…… It's going to be more than that. Well, that's one of your strengths."

 

Mr./Ms. Nagi laughs like he's in trouble.

After all, it was strong.

He had been able to hold on to it to some extent, but he still lacked training.

When he and Mr./Ms. Nagi move to the edge of the training ground where Senri-sama is, Koga and Mr./Ms. Nero also arrive.

 

"Koga, how was that?"

"I feel like I'm fighting better than I was when I was beaten up before, but my new alter ego might be a little more difficult to handle."

 

Is that moving quite ambiguously?

It seems to be moving at Koga's will, and it doesn't make sense to hear that it will move on its own without him telling you to do so.

I think it's dark magic.

 

"I think it's a strength to be able to simply bring it into a two-on-one situation, and because it's an alter ego, you can use it as a shield or a diversion, or you can turn it into a weapon and swing it around."

"Well, I tried it."

"......, Mr./Ms. Nero, can you join hands with me and Koga this time?"

"Hey idiot, you're trying to swing at me."

 

Just kidding.

But it's true that it's a simple but powerful ability.

It's simply because there's one more alter ego with the same powers as Koga.

 

"I wonder how Koga's magic has actually changed, just take a look."

"It's okay."

 

The shadow at Koga's feet stretches, and a blacked-out humanoid emerges from it.

The shape of his hair and horns are the same as Koga's, but now he is standing there without even a slight movement.

 

"Mr./Ms. Nero, what happened when you attacked this?"

"It had a certain amount of strength, and if it was damaged to a certain extent, it would have regenerated itself."

「…… I don'...... in pain."

"No, not at all, I don't feel like the magic is being sucked out of me as part of the regeneration."

 

Does it consume the magic power of the wielder to regenerate?

If you're going to consume it automatically, you'll have to be careful about your magic consumption, but .......

 

"Isn't it strong enough to have self-regeneration?"

"You shouldn't have said that."

"Well, I don't think Mr./Ms. Usato should say that because he has healing magic."

 

It was pointed out to me by Koga and Senri-sama.

 

"I think everyone forgets, but healing magic isn't offensive magic, right?"

""What?"""

 

I couldn't help but be stunned by everyone in the room.

Is there a serious difference in perception between me and ...... people around me?

 

「…… Whew."

"What's wrong, Nero Mr./Ms.......!!"

 

I was bitten by Mr./Ms. Nero, who smiled like a forerunner.

Koga stops me in confusion.

 

"And what happened all of a sudden!? Oh, don't get involved in Mr./Ms.!!"

"Not an old man, Mr./Ms.."

"Yes, Koga, there are good things to say and bad things to say."

"It's funny!!"

 

Nero Mr./Ms. seems to enjoy it, too...... Hmm?

When I look at Mr./Ms. Nagi who taps me on the shoulder, she speaks to me with a little hushed voice.

 

"Aren't you friends with Nero Argens?"

"Yes, I learned from this early morning training that this person is a very playful person on the inside."

 

I wonder if he is a person who does not mix up public and private life, but it seems that he was strict without showing it to his apprentice Mr./Ms. at all.

 

"I probably don't know the Demon Lord, so I'll go and inflame him if I have a chance."

"It's a lot of courage to go out and inflame the Demon King, isn't it...... fun, can I accompany you?"

"Absolutely."

 

With that promise, he returns his consciousness to Koga's alter ego once more.

Hmm, maybe I don't have that much time, so now is a good time?

 

"Coming back to the subject, would you like to investigate Koga's magic at this time?"

"Do you want to find out?"

"How much can you do and how much you can't do, and if you don't know that, you'll be in trouble in an emergency, right?"

"That's true...... I used it vaguely, so I don't know much about it."

 

Ferm, Kira...... Dark magic is too diverse compared to existing magic.

Koga's dark magic is no exception, and it is not surprising that there are some hidden abilities and characteristics.

 

"Why don't you touch someone ——— for now?"

"Then I'll do it."

"Thank you."

"Hey, what's my permission?"

 

Before I can finish speaking, Senri-sama raises his hand.

Amazed at the surprising speed of reaction, I decide to leave it to her.

 

"Mr./Ms. Nagi, can I have you look at me with precognitive magic?"

"Okay, I'll make sure the princess isn't in danger."

"Thank you."

 

I don't think Koga's magic will harm Senri-sama, but just in case.

Without any hesitation, Senri-sama grabs the hand of Koga's alter ego.

Nagi Mr./Ms. doesn't say anything, so I watch silently...... Nothing happens.

 

"...... Mr./Ms. Koga accepts me without resistance!?"

"Stop saying things that are misleading!!"

"Dark magic is magic that reflects the deep psychology of the user, so it's safe to assume that Koga says a lot of things in his mouth, but somewhere in his heart, he accepts Senri-sama without thinking about it, Senri-sama!!"

"Usato, Temee!! Don't you just talk too fast!?"

 

Well, Senri-sama's behavior was not as disgusting as it sounded to Koga.

Maybe Koga doesn't really know how to treat people that way because he had a lot of things going on as a child, so that's just how he reacts.

 

"Can I touch it too?"

"Hmmm, can you touch it......!! ...... for you!!"

"Are you ...... rivalry?"

 

Is it still recognized as a nemesis?

Pulling back slightly, he touches the shoulder of Koga's alter ego.

…… Well, just like Senri-sama, nothing happens———、 wait a minute, and my alter ego is deformed on its own!

 

"Hey, Koga!!"

"No, I'm not doing anything!?"

"Uh...... That's what his dark magic is all about."

 

Mr./Ms. Nagi smiled twitchingly, wondering if it was seen by precognitive magic.

The fact that she doesn't stop him probably means there's no danger, but Koga's alter ego twists and turns into a wicked-looking club——— which is repeated in his hand.

 

「「「「「……」」」」」

 

While everyone was silent, I held up the club in my hand.

 

"I see, you didn't want to be swayed, so you made it your alter ego, you thought of something interesting, Koga."

"No, it's not funny at all! I can't hide my shock at the realization of my magic now!?"

 

I don't know what kind of emotions led me to this form.

If me and Koga were to fight together, we could incorporate this as a tactic.

…… It would be nice if I could wear healing magic and have the same effect as the healing punch...... Do you want to give it a try?

 

「! This alter ego has healing magic ...... work! In other words, the ability to regenerate can also be supplemented with healing magic!?"

"Heh, then you don't have to consume my magic when you regenerate."

 

The strength of the alter ego itself is also high.

Regeneration can also be supplemented by my healing magic.

That's what ...... mean.

 

"Even if you don't have an enemy to shield you ......, you can still use the healing guard?"

 

「…… Wait, what's this guy doing now? Did I mention an enemy to use as a shield?"

"Usato, what's that disturbing trick? I'd like to ask you right now......?"

"No, it's still my nemesis......!!"

「…… Hehe, he's still hilarious."

 

Apparently, a ridiculous tactic has been created.

I think I can change the shape at my will, and when I have time, I can think about collaborating with Koga.

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It was Usato, who had acquired additional equipment that could be used as a shield, club, or humanoid to match his flying unit (cloak).