Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata ~Senjou wo Kakeru Kaifuku Youin~

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I ended up running away .

The training was harsh .

I didnt want to fight Mina .

I didnt want to waste any more time and effort in something pointless .

I didnt want to look like a fool .

I had a lot of reasons No, I had a lot of excuses .

Either way, it only made me realize once again how pathetic and weak my own existence was . My fate might have already been set in stone when I discovered I had healing magic . It was also possible that I was fated to live a miserable life the moment I was born .

Uuu .

I was sitting in a back alleyway devoid of people .

This was a convenient place for me since non-humans didnt pass through here . As I stared at the ground, I felt a sense of helplessness tormenting my body .

Around the time Mina and her group started to bully me, I found this place and would always escape here . No one else came here . No one would talk to me anyways . . so this was my own secret hiding spot . Even if someone discovered this alley, there was nothing special about it so they would easily forget about it . I felt truly at peace here .

Uu . . Uuu .

I was crying here like usual .

Without the need to worry about feeling any sense of shame or stares from others, I cried .

I always cried here when I got bullied but I was crying for a different reason today .

Im . . Sorry Im Sorry

I ran away .

I ran away from Usato No, I ran away from Mina .

Just from seeing the look on Minas face yesterday, and how she was laughing and looking down at me I couldnt help but feel a real sense of fear . It was pathetic of me but I understood something from that . Mina could only make an expression like that due to the confidence she obtained from abusing me for all these years She was insane .

My body trembled . Whether I wanted it or not, the faint hope that I had for victory disappeared just like that .

I thought I had matured a little . Even though I had a burdensome healing magic attached to me and my life was messed up, I thought I would grow . Then, I would become as strong as Usato one day . .

With those thoughts alone, I was somehow able to stick with the training .

Even when I felt like I would faint, I gritted my teeth and held my ground .

When a Blue Grizzly chased after me, I desperately ran, fearing that it would take my life .

Usato-san would never shout at me harshly so I would frantically try my best to be recognized .

But the moment I faced Minas pure malice, I cooled down instantly .

It was called training but all I did was run .

What was the point of training my legs?

Why did I have to use healing magic as I ran?

Was there a reason I had to experience something so painful? Arent there other ways to win?

Stop it . This is wrong .

Im just making up convenient excuses .

There was definitely a good reason for Usato-sans training . Despite only training for a few days, I felt some differences in my body . My body felt lighter and my stamina went up by quite a bit .

These were the results of training for just two days . There was nothing wrong with Usato-sans training . It was obviously me who was wrong .

I was supposed to meet Usato-san right now and train . Instead, I was sitting here in such a sorry state and drowning in despair .

Im an idiot

I was afraid of fighting Mina .

There was nothing I dreaded more than fighting against her .

If I lost against her, something even worse would happen to me . I didnt want to imagine what exactly would happen but it wouldnt be strange for Mina to come up with something to exceed my expectations .

In that case, remaining like this was just fine .

It was fine as long as the unfortunate things only happened to me . But if I lose against Mina, Usato-san and the other hero beside him would have to compensate . Since I ran away from the duel, I would be the one to shoulder all the blame

I didnt want anyone to have any expectations for me

It was better to not cling onto some small hope .

It was fine as long as I was the only one who was hurt .

Since all I could do was heal myself, I didnt mind being hurt .

By doing this, no one would expect anything from me . I would also not have any expectations for someone to help me .

Whether it was Usato-san, that hero, or the beast girl Kiriha-san who lent me a place to sleep . None of them would have anything to do with me anymore .

. . Uu . Uuah .

My tears kept flowing as I immersed myself in my own thoughts .

I started to recall what I did in the past two days .

It was nothing but difficult training .

Despite this training being pushed onto me, it was done with good intentions in mind . I experienced kindess again from others for the first time in a while .

Usato-san tried to train someone as useless as me .

He didnt abandon a failure of a healing magician like me .

No matter how many times I lost consciousness, he would encourage me .

When I was exhausted and couldnt move, he would carry me back to Kiriha-sans house and allow me to eat some warm cooking .

I remembered the scene of Usato-san talking cheerfully with the family of beast kin . They had crossed the set barriers that usually divided them .

Kiriha-san, Kyou-san, and Satsuki didnt frown at Usato-san even once .

Since I always ate dinner alone, this scene felt especially vivid and bright in my memory .

Uu . . Ah . . Aaah . .

I destroyed everything with my own hands . I wouldnt be able to experience something like that again I didnt have a future anymore .

At the very least, these warm memories allowed me to temporarily forget about that unpleasant family of mine .

This time, I really had nothing left .

I could only wait for Mina to carry out her punishment on me .

But this was my own fault . I was the one who gave up . I just hope that my actions dont inconvenience Usato-san and his friends . As long as I would bear the burden alone, I will accept any of Minas conditions . Everything will be over with that .

I swallowed my own sobs and frantically used my sleeves to wipe my tears .

Lets go .

I wasnt a beast kin but I will kneel down if Mina tells me to . No matter what she tells me to do, I will do it .

Instead of trying to fight Mina and miserably lose to her, it was better for me to choose the path that would lessen my pain by admitting defeat .

I should go

Alright, I found you .

Eh . .

Just as I was about to get up, I heard a cheerful voice . It resounded in this narrow alleyway and felt out-of-place .

Upon hearing that voice, my legs felt weak and I sat back down where I was . I turned toward where the voice came from . . there stood a young man who wore a white coat in this dark and gloomy space .

Since it was so dark, I couldnt see his face . But from his build and voice alone, I knew who it was . My mouth unconsciously moved and said,

Usato-san .

*

Finding Nack was quite easy .

Although I say it was easy, I would have had a difficult time finding Nack by myself . But with Bluerin and Amako here, the story changed .

I used Bluerins nose to track Nacks scent first . Following Bluerin, we got the general idea and direction of where Nack was . As we followed Bluerin, Amako would look into the future . She would check different paths we had taken in the future and see whether or not Nack was there .

Bluerin basically narrowed down our search area while Amako pinpointed Nacks position . It was the perfect combination and coordination Although I was completely useless .

As a result, we were able to easily find Nack . When I first spotted him, he was sobbing and I panicked .

Was my training really that tough!? Youre kidding right . I thought I did my best to be as gentle as possible .

Rose never gave me any breaks but I would give them frequently to Nack .

Wait Wasnt giving breaks during training something obvious to begin with?

A-anyhow I ignored the condemning gazes from the fox girl and bear behind me and walked towards Nack . Ill try talking to him one-on-one .

I did my best and called out to him in the friendliest voice possible . Seeing Nacks response, it looked like he was willing to talk so I sat next to him .

The suns rays didnt reach this alleyway so the ground was nice and cool . Nack looked at me when I sat down but hung his head in shame shortly after .

Ah, eh how?

This town isnt that big . Finding you was no trouble for us .

Even though I sounded confident, I didnt actually do anything .

Seeing Nack looking at me with surprise and shock, I couldnt help but laugh a little at myself .

Sorry . Looks like I was a little too strict with you . I should have realized that since it was still my first time trying to teach someone . I still have a long way to go .

Thats not it . I ran away . Its not your fault, Usato-san . I I was intimidated by Mina and lost my resolution to fight against her .

Intimidated . ?

It looked like it wasnt the trainings fault .

Then why was he here crying? I tilted my head to the side in confusion as Nack started to explain .

After listening to his explanation, it was evident that he was scared of Mina This wasnt as simple as I thought . Mina was deeply embedded in Nacks psyche . She was powerful enough to completely crush Nacks determination just by meeting him .

Nacks image of Mina was probably beyond my imagination .

Is Mina bullying you because youre a healing magician?

I didnt ask this before since it was a sensitive topic . However, I couldnt leave things as they now that weve come this far .

. Back in my hometown, we were just acquaintances . But my family was on good terms with her family

So they were nothing but acquaintances and their families got along Huh? If I recall correctly, Mina was the daughter of a noble . Did that mean that Nack belonged in the same class?

It didnt really make sense . If Nack was a noble just like Mina, then Mina should treat Nack the same since they were similar .

But the reality was completely different .

I understand your doubts, Usato-san . My family indeed belongs to the noble class . Even within the nobles, my family is the most influential . Im aware I lived quite a good life before coming here .

Could you explain in more detail?

The people in my family have a history of being born with the ability to use water magic . My father even purposely chose someone who could use water magic as his bride . That person later on became my mother Of course, my fathers plan was to initially hire an instructor to teach me water magic but

. But you have healing magic, huh .

Yes . Before coming here, I had just turned 9 years old and was celebrating my birthday with my little sister . It had already been arranged beforehand to examine both our magic talents on this day . My parents and my little sister naturally thought I could use water magic But the result was that only my little sister demonstrated the aptitude for water magic .

Although Nack was mocking and laughing at himself, I could feel a sense of emptiness from him .

This situation already went beyond the worst case scenario I thought of in my head .

I suspect that for an abnormality like Nack being born in an influential noble family, his parents have already

After that, my life completely changed . Despite how affectionate and kind my father and mother were before, they became cold towards me . I couldnt meet my little sister who I got along with before either Hahaha, its really ridiculous, right? Just because they discovered my aptitude for magic, they started to discriminate against me . Whats even more ridiculous was they drove me out of the mansion and forced me to come here to Luquis . At that point, I had already lost a place to return to But when I left that mansion, I felt like a burden was lifted . I thought, I was finally free .

Come to think of it, I remember my first encounter with Nack . He looked desperate and panicked when he realized he would be late for his class . The only place he had left was this school He probably didnt want to be expelled from school for missing classes .

Since something as important as that was on the line, it made sense for him to be in such a hurry .

But even if he viewed the school as his only place to call home, he still couldnt live there in peace .

And then Mina, who didnt really get along with you, started to target you

I have no idea why Mina is bullying me . It could be my familys fault, the fact that I have healing magic There are a lot of things that come to mind . Either way, I I dont want to go back to my family .

This was heavy .

Why were all the people around me carrying such heavy pasts and troubles?

Amako definitely had a difficult past . Kazuki had his own concerns too . I seem to draw in people like this everywhere This was truly bad for my own heart .

Looking at how troubled Nack was, I basically didnt have a choice . I dont want to abandon him .

In other words, you want to know why it is that Mina bothers to find you even though youre not that close with her?

No, its not that simple and cute

I understand that your parents are complete fools . I know that you have no other place to return to . But what are you going to do from now on? After graduating from here, youll have to go on a journey What will you do?

T-thats

This world was harsher than I thought .

I tend to forget this because Lyngle was peaceful due its kind King . Other countries trafficked slaves . . there were also bandits and monsters between each country . When you travelled from one country to another, you had to be careful and pay extra attention to your surroundings .

Nack had healing magic which wasnt all that special compared to other types of magic . Everyone could use magic to recover their wounds, healing magic was only slightly better at it . The worst part was that Nack could only use healing magic on himself .

Nack probably understood the gravity of his own situation since he was staring down at the ground .

I gave him a wry smile and slowly got up .

Just come to the Rescue Squad .

. . Eh .

Ive talked about it before right? If we included you, we would have 3 healing magicians . Well, theres also one member thats a little special I guess . You can rest assured that Leader wont mind if you joined . I mean, shes even okay with a bunch of scary looking guys who are like monsters .

Judging from the results of Nacks two days of training, he should be able to keep up with what Felm was doing .

Even if Nack couldnt use healing magic while running, he could join the scary bunchs group of black robes . In either case, Rose wouldnt reject him .

If you dont want that, you could also come to Lyngle and live there . I have a friend who is also a healing magician and runs a clinic . He could certainly use another helper . If you dont want to go through with the Rescue Squads training, this is also an option .

He should be fine in Olga-san and Uluru-sans hands .

It was possible that Nacks ability to heal others would come back too .

W-wait just a moment!! W-what am I going to do about my fight with Mina!? If I lose against her like this, Usato-san, youll

Welllll, its not like you have to go out of your way to compensate her or receive her punishment . As long as I threaten her a little, she should keep her mouth shut . Itll be fine .

Eeeeeeeeh!?

Honestly, it wasnt necessary to go along with Minas conditions . If she requests the impossible Ill just use some more forceful methods . Of course, I would only use this kind of measure if there were no other ways .

To put it bluntly, Mina was just a little girl were it not for her familys noble status . It would really . REALLY, break my heart to use such drastic measures but Well, what can I do? Sometimes I have to become the demon .

Hah . Yeah right . I was totally enjoying the idea of punishing Mina with a little force .

While Im at it, I should also invite Inukami-senpai to join me .

Ill prepare a place for you . Somewhere you can return to and feel like you belong . Thats why you dont need to mind it . You feel like its stupid that people are classifying and discriminating against people based on what magic they have, right? Theres nothing wrong with who you are . You should just find a place where you can be yourself and live happily .

Ive been entrusted with an important mission so I cant personally lead you to Lyngle right now . Therefore, Ill write a letter for you to take instead But since Im still unfamiliar with using these characters to write, itll probably take me quite a bit of time .

Nack sucked in a breath of air and looked down . It looked like he needed some time for my words to settle in .

I advanced the conversation on my own but now all I could do was wait for Nack to make a decision . If he were to go with Olga-san and Uluru-san, I wouldnt need to worry . The problem was there was a high possibility of Rose saying Just when did you become so important that you could add a group member to the Rescue Squad on your own? Huh?? Then Rose would get mad and start beating me up I was a little scared .

Huh . . ? Didnt that mean that I would face the consequences if I returned back safely from this journey?

H-hmm . I probably shouldnt think about it for now .

Ive already said this much . What do you want to do?

. Is it really okay . ?

You dont need to think like that Youre the one deciding . Im just showing you one path you can take .

Just like how Rose showed me a path when I first arrived in this world, it was now my turn to show Nack a path .

I looked at Nack and presented my hand to him . Nack looked at my hand and his eyes visibly quivered . He extended one of his hands to meet mine But as they were about to touch, he stopped .

I think I will fight against Mina after all

You dont have to force yourself, you know?

There was no need to burden yourself with something you couldnt handle .

Nack slowly shook his head and looked directly at me with his swollen red eyes . He looked serious . Within his black and dull eyes, something had obviously changed . He looked much more reliable now . There was a spark that wasnt there before .

Right now, I dont have the right to be at the place you recommended . Ill properly sever this tie I have with Mina . Unless I face her head on, Ill never be able to be satisfied with myself . Thats why

He paused briefly before grabbing onto my hand and pulling himself up .

Thats why Please continue the training with me!!

I felt like this was the first time Nack truly wanted to overcome this . He was similar to me back then .

It was a strange feeling but I didnt hate it .

In that case I should stop trying to project myself onto him . Taking it easy on Nack wouldnt actually help him . In fact, it was impolite .

I got it . But this time I wont be so gentle . Even if you faint or ask me to stop, I wont stop . If you faint, Ill wake you up . Even if you somehow lose your legs, Ill restore them back to normal . No matter what happens, Ill make sure youre constantly using healing magic .

Eh . I-Ill do it! I wont complain anymore!!

We still had time, we can make it .

I felt like I saw his determination waver a bit Perhaps I was just seeing things?

. Well, I probably didnt need to worry about it .

Lets get out of this dark place . Lets go back to the school and resume the training .

Yes!

I headed towards where Bluerin and Amako were waiting .

The time I had left to train Nack including today was 3 days . We lost a bit of time but it wasnt really a big deal . Nack was overflowing with motivation now and I wouldnt go easy on him anymore .

I actually didnt want him to experience Roses methods but Nack looked confident right now . He didnt have a single trace of unwillingness anymore .

Even so, was I capable of using Roses methods on someone else? No, it wasnt a matter of whether I could do it or not . Its I WOULD do it . Nack had faith in me . It was my duty to respond to that .

Ill throw away these useless thoughts of pity and sympathy for Nack .

For Nacks sake, Ill steel myself and become a demon .

Right now, I didnt mind even if people called me a fiend or the devil .

I wont just teach Nack what Rose taught me, Ill beat it into his body .

We had 3 days remaining . During this time, I I will become a sadistic brute .

. Uu C-cold .

?

Nack was walking next to me and his face suddenly paled . Was something wrong?