Betrayed by His Party, a Failed Healing Mage Revived Past Demon Lords Out of Spite and They Were All Overpowered Beautiful Girls

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Chapter 10: The Healing Mage Digs Up Graves Yet Again

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Side: Hero

“Damn it, every single one of them is useless…”

Albert clicked his tongue as he cursed while looking over the documents. In his hands were applications containing photos and profiles of healing mages who wished to become the healer of the hero’s party.

“What are you doing, Albert?”

At that moment, a beautiful girl with pale green hair entered Albert’s room. She wore a leather armor designed for mobility, exposing her navel and shoulders, and several shining gemstones hung from her waist. Her name was Karia, a summoner who fought by calling forth contracted summoned beasts.

“Hm? Oh, Karia. I’m looking for a new healing mage to bring into the hero’s party. We’ll have to head to Sapan Town again soon.”

“Again? Why?”

“…Don’t tell me you don’t know?”

“Of course I don’t. I just got back to the capital after contracting a new summon.”

Albert explained what had happened while Karia was away.

“So, a girl comparable to a Demon Lord, huh.”

“She’s probably a user of charm magic. That’s why I’m looking for someone who can use not just healing magic but also dispel magic, but I can’t find any good candidates.”

“Hm? Then killing Alicia was a mistake after all.”

“…That one stings.”

“Oh, this girl looks promising.”

The application Karia picked up belonged to a girl around the same age as Albert. It stated she could use advanced healing magic and dispel magic. Exactly the kind of person Albert wanted. However, Albert frowned when he saw the document.

“She’s no good.”

“Why not?”

“…You know that Valsh had a teacher for healing magic, right?”

“Valsh? …Oh, that guy.”

In Karia’s mind, the boy named Valsh had already ceased to exist, so it took her a moment to recall his face upon hearing the name.

“What about that useless guy’s teacher?”

“This girl is another disciple that Valsh’s teacher took in. She might be trying to investigate something about his death.”

“Hm.”

“Hm? Seriously…”

“It’s not a problem, is it? If she’s trying to dig around, we can just get rid of her.”

After hearing Karia, Albert thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement. He immediately called the girl in for an interview.

“It is an honor to meet you, Hero-sama.”

“Ah, yes, nice to meet you. I’d like you to join the hero’s party as a healer and—”

“Ah, so I have been chosen… How delightful.”

The girl’s name was Lilith. She wore a white robe and seemed somewhat unsettling. Her appearance was beautiful. She had slightly wavy pure white hair and blood-red eyes. Her beauty was on par with Albert’s three wives. More than anything, what caught Albert’s attention was her ample chest. Karia pinched Albert’s cheek.

“Stop staring at her chest, Albert.”

“S-sorry, sorry. …By the way, why did you apply to join the hero’s party?”

With a friendly smile, as if making small talk, Albert asked Lilith.

“Why I applied? It’s nothing special.”

“If you don’t mind, could you tell me?”

“I want to know.”

Lilith smiled. Her mouth twisted wide as if splitting apart, revealing sharp, shark-like teeth that glinted.

“My senior disciple is someone named Valsh, who betrayed Hero-sama.”

Albert froze while maintaining his smile. He had intended to draw out her true motive for applying… But he hadn’t expected that name to come from her mouth. Pretending to stay calm, Albert waited for her to continue.

“My senior disciple was a very virtuous person. Betray someone out of jealousy? No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no!!!!”

“!?”

Lilith suddenly went mad. She clawed at her cheeks with both hands until her nails tore off, continuing even as blood flowed. Her eyes were unfocused, clearly not sane. She licked the blood from her fingertips clean with her long tongue, then clawed her cheeks again.

“My senior disciple!! Never felt jealousy!! A diligent person who felt ashamed of his own weakness and kept striving!! He was always like that!! When I, his junior disciple, was acknowledged as a better healing mage, he would smile and praise me!! Kind!! Too kind!! A man with a stupid sense of justice like that!! There’s no way he felt jealousy!! It cannot be!! It must not be!!”

“Uh, yeah…”

“…But if his jealousy is true? I want to know. Whether my senior disciple was jealous of everyone in the hero’s party. Whether all of you are truly that exceptional. I want to know… oh, excuse me. When I get excited, my cheeks start to itch.”

After apologizing, Lilith cast healing magic on her fingers and restored them completely. Beside them, Karia spoke to Albert.

“She’s definitely trying to investigate us. Should we kill her?”

“No. If we’re going to do it, it’ll be after we deal with that Demon Lord-like thing. She’s clearly unstable, but her healing magic skills seem reliable.”

“…Got it.”

And so, a suspicious healing mage was newly added to the hero’s party.

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Ever since fighting the knights of the Halmesia Kingdom, I had been thinking about how to become stronger. Fortunately, there were people around me who were stronger than me. I tried asking Elizabeth-san and the others how to get stronger, but…

“Like, you just go boom and then whoosh and most enemies go down.”

“I was strong from the moment I was born. I don’t know.”

“Meme hates effort~”

“Ah… okay.”

They couldn’t help at all. Well, maybe it was my mistake to ask beings like Demon Lords, who were born strong, how to become stronger. So I had to think for myself. What came to mind were Albert and the sword saint of the hero’s party, Testarossa. Their swordsmanship was among the best in the kingdom. If I could imitate their fighting style…

No, there was no way I could defeat them, who had trained for years, with imitation swordplay.

“In the end, I guess I just have to do what I can do.”

“Valsh, the grave robbing is finished.”

“Ah, okay.”

The four of us, Elizabeth, Elshadow, Meme, and I, once again dug up a Demon Lord’s grave in the garden cemetery. With four people, it was naturally faster. When we opened the coffin where the Demon Lord slept, I gasped.

“Whoa, she’s huge.”

The one sleeping inside was a woman even taller than Elshadow. She easily exceeded two meters. Her long black hair covered her eyes, but her facial features seemed well-shaped. Her tight black dress clearly outlined her figure, and her chest size rivaled Elshadow’s.

“Meme might hate this woman already~ Her chest is way too big.”

“Those with poor chests also have poor hearts.”

“Elizabeth-sama, you’re not exactly well-endowed either!!”

“Hehe, hearing that from someone with nothing at all just sounds like the whining of a sore loser.”

“You wanna fight~?”

Elizabeth and Meme were glaring at each other intensely. Still, perhaps because she had lost the previous fight, it was amusing that Meme was addressing Elizabeth with “-sama.” Then Elshadow casually added, “She certainly is large. About the same as mine.”

“…Let’s stop this pitiful argument, Meme.”

“Yeah, you’re right, Elizabeth-sama.”

“Well then, I’ll revive her now. Revival Magic: Re-Raise Dead.”

When I cast the revival magic, the beautiful woman slowly opened her eyes—

“Eek!? W-who are you people!? And where is this!?”

“I am Elizabeth. A Demon Lord.”

“Eh? Ah, n-nice to meet you. I-I’m Pestia. A Demon Lord.”

“Pestia!? The Demon Lord Pestia!?”

“Eek!?”

When I couldn’t help but raise my voice, the Demon Lord flinched and quickly hid behind Meme, the smallest person there.

“Valsh, do you know her?”

“Of course I do!! About a thousand years ago, she killed ninety percent of the continent’s population. She’s the most feared Demon Lord in history!!”