"Just now, i felt a very uneasy feeling..."
Galahad says, as he and Sahaqiel are sitting in front of the Gate in the darkest night.
Sahaqiel. "The same here.
A feeling i haven't felt in a long time..."
"Can it be....That he's back?!" Galahad asks worriedly.
Sahaqiel. "I don't know...I doubt.
It was only for a brief moment...But it was very close from here."
Galahad. "Should we go check in?"
Sahaqiel. "It may be a trap, let's guard the Gate for the time being..."
...
Later on the next morning, Alkeyder and The GrandMaster left the Luxic Paradigm Castle.
Only Heracles knew about what happened the last night, because he sensed that little time when Alkeyder burnt the demon, and asked him about it.
He's now in charge, in case anything happened or whether Oumad needed assistance.
Joshou is in a world within himself at this point.
Still training alone, silent all the time...Only swinging his sword to cut the water drops one by one.
He's still thinking deeply about what Galahad told him.
...
*East, Whitehome. 13h16pm"
Herald gets a call from his friend Yussein.
"Hey man! How are you?"
"Yussein! Am good brother. What about you?"
"Same here, i called to tell you that today at arround 5pm we'll be in the usual café.
Since you asked me to gather the group."
"Oh really! Alright, count me in.
Thanks a lot!"
"Okey good. See you later!"
"See you!"
*The call ended*
'It's been a long time since i met them, I cannot alienate them from me now that I am who I am.
I won't use my powers this day, or else i won't even make it to them.'
Herald said in his mind.
Muruem wasn't home anyways, so he spent the rest of his time drawing some manga sketches.
It is sad that he always wanted to make one one day, but it seems like that far from reach now...
When it was time, he wore his clothes and got out.
As he was locking the door, a familiar voice came greeting from afar.
It was Zobach!
Herald was happy to see him.
"Hey man. Long time no see!!"
Zobach. "Yeah definitely, when did you come back?"
Herald. "About a week ago. We just didn't cross each other until now."
Zobach. "Hmm yeah, I was busy these days as well.
How was your trip?
Herald. "It was good, thank you.
How's your family and all?
Zobach. "Just as you left them, but with a slightly bigger economical crisis Hhahaha"
Herald laughs back. "Don't even get started with that..."
Zobach. "Well anyway, glad to see you again!
Let's talk later, I have somethings to tell you."
Herald got a bit confused. "Hmm?!...Okey.
Take care!"
'What does he mean by he has somethings to tell me...
I sure hope it's just some silly neighborhood thing.'
Herald gets going, the road towards the café isn't that long so he didn't need to use his car. Beside that he missed having a normal walk in his city.
But on the road...He couldn't stop imagining what the normal eye can't see...Now that he certainly knows it's there.
There may be more than one demon who are putting a curse on some poor humanbeing!
Or there could be again someone in danger...
The possibilities are endless!
'UGHH!! Goddamn it... My head is buzzing.
Can't I be normal for just one day now? I gotta resist it..."
Herald keeps on resisting and tries to think of other things to distract himself.
Suddenly, a motocycle driver going full speed passed next to an old woman, and quickly snatched off her bag.
"A THIIEEEEFFF!!" She screamed with her old tired voice.
But no one can stay in front of him, or even catch him...
The action happened meters away from where Herald was standing, he just stood there silently.
The old woman cried her heart out, saying that all her money was there and that she's poor and barely surviving.
'WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW??
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO STAND THERE...IF YOU WERE USING YOUR POWERS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. IT IS YOUR FAULT HERALD!!!
BUT...
HOW MANY ROBBERIES AND KILLING IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD.
CAN I STOP THEM ALL??
WHO AM I?
HUMANITY'S SAVIOR????
WHAT THE FUCK AM I SAYING NOW....HE IS GETTING AWAY EVEN MORE NOW....
I guess I'll...."
Herald, walked away!
His feet almost moved unwillingly towards the opposite direction the thief ran away.
"Why?
Why am I going this way....Yeah!
My friends...
My life!!
If I went after him there will be an even bigger robbery...
My life will be stolen away from me. I refuse to let that happen!"
Herald hears something again...
"HEY LOOK!
Someone brought her back her bag!!!"
"Really???
Who's that!?
He looks so intimidating..." Said two little kids who were at the scene.
Herald stops in his place, not knowing whether to look back or not.
But he ended up...Doing so!
And he wished to compensate as much time as possible in order to go back in time...
It was Guiado!!
Looking straight at him.
Their eyes met. Herald felt like there was no one else in the world except them both.
It was so exhausting for him to just stand and keep that same look, Guiado makes absolutely no facial expression.
The moment lasted for about 3 seconds in reality, but it felt much more than that for the so called
"Chosen one"!!
"I owe you a lot son, thank you so much." Said the old lady, with a big smile on her face.
Both Guiado and Herald, moved simultaneously towards different directions...
That three seconds said more than what 3 hours of conversation would say.
Herald decided to shut down his mind completely, or else it will put him in a terrible mood that will affect meeting his friends. He took a taxi, so he can run away from his thoughts at a higher speed.
Finally, he arrives! He searches for the table in which they're sitting in.
Then hears them calling his name.
What a very soothing feeling it is, he felt some sort of safety...
Atleast for a little time, he'll forget about what troubles him.