A week passed since the last mission
A lot of Gatekeeper came to the old building to try and cover the places before the human could finds something
In their investigation they found a lot of evidences between the demon creating and raising devils inside
But they found not a single trace of the two demons describe by Arashi, its felt like they just disappear without leaving a single trace
Eric was sent for recovery immediately inside the Gate after the battle and till this day he still didn't wakes up
The one who are curing Eric said that he used too much of his magic that he almost taken his own life
Its seems that using the Gáe Bulg ability drain its user life, no wonder he seems hesitance when he was about to used it thoughts Arashi
Meanwhile Arashi who left the battlefield with only a few scratches continued to do a solo mission while training himself to become stronger
After all, he already made another promise to another girl, that's why he is training himself so hard in order to fulfill the promise
Just when Arashi were doing a personal training, one of the Gatekeeper called out to him
"Arashi!"
Arashi turned toward her as she seems to be panicking
"You need me?" said Arashi as he put down his sword
The girl nodded
"We have a new mission for you…"
The girl said while taking out her devices
Arashi lean over to look closer to her briefing
"Apparently due to your excellent performance this past few missions, Shinka has decided to give you a special mission."
Arashi turn toward her with a confused look
"A special mission?"
"Is it the one about taking back his lost treasure?"
The girl shakes her head
"This is a whole different mission from that."
The girl said as she scrolls through her device
"Due to you and Eric discovery on the demon evil deed, He had assigned a special mission for you to which he would like you to be…"
"A bodyguard?!"
Shouts Arashi as he couldn't belief what he just heard from the Gatekeeper
"I seriously can't understand that man at all…"
"Like why does he suddenly needs me to babysit someone at this kind of time?"
Arashi keeps on rumbling his problem
"Then… the reason you came here is not to visit me but to rant about your new mission?" Said Eric as he gets annoyed by Arashi babbling
Arashi sits silent after hearing that from Eric
"Well, I was kinda surprised to when that girl Gatekeeper told me that you finally awake today…"
"That's why I rush here to meet you…" Said Arashi while playing with his finger
Eric let out a heavy sigh
"Then, did they tell you who you are going to babysits?"
Arashi sat silence while making a blank face toward Eric
"I kinda forgot to ask…"
Arashi let out his tongue playfully toward his silliness, While Eric kind of wanted to punch that stupid face of him but he tried to holds it
"Anyway, I had other question I want to ask you…" said Eric suddenly became serious
Seeing how Eric became serious, Arashi fix his posture and listen closely toward what Eric wanted to ask
"So, what are you going to do with that demon girl?"
"You can't be serious when you said that you want to save her right?"
Eric without a single thought ask the question that been playing in his mind for a while toward Arashi
Arashi who had already knew that Eric might gonna ask that question look straight at him and give Eric a solid answer
"I'm serious when I said that I wanted to save her…"
"But for now, I still don't know what to do…"
Arashi looks down due to him not knowing what to do and feeling helpless, Eric just stared at him not saying any words
"But…"
"I believe that one day, that I'm going to save her…"
Arashi said those word with a big confident and a smile on his face which made Eric to be captivated by it
He then just gives up from changing Arashi mind and just smiles toward him
"I believe that if you then it might be possible…" said Eric giving out a supportive word to Arashi
"Eric…"
Arashi almost teared up when Eric said that he believes in him
"By the way, aren't you supposed to be going?" Said Eric while pointing at the time
Arashi look over toward the clock on the walls and afterward he begun to panic
"Shit! I need to be there by 4!"
"Sorry for this Eric! I'm going to visit again another time!" Shouts Arashi as he ran out of the room
Eric just waves at Arashi as he dashes out from there
Just after Arashi leaves a doctor from the Gate came inside Eric the room
"Is it really fine if you don't tell him about it?" Ask the doctor
Eric grips his clothes in frustration
"What? About my lifespan is slowly being taken by Gáe Bulg?"
Eric chuckles a bit after saying that
"No…"
"I don't want to make him worried…"
"He has been through a lot…"
"I can't let him go through another depression…"
Said Eric as he imagined how devastated Arashi will look if he found out about his real condition
Arashi then finally arrive in front of the Gate that connects human world and the Gate
There he found that the Gatekeeper girl from before and Shinka had already been standing there
"I'm sorry for being late…" Said Arashi as soon as he steps on the place
"Ohh, its fine… We didn't mind at all…" Said Shinka smiling
As always, he managed to maintain his creepy look which without a doubt give Arashi a chills
"So, where is the person you asked me to protect?" Ask Arashi confused
He then looks over toward the two of them but finds nothing, Shinka then steps forward trying to explain the situation to Arashi
"The person I need you to protect today is…"
"Shirakawa Rei…"
"A human…" Explain Shinka
Arashi is stunned to heard that from Shinka as he always thought that Shinka could care less about a human which he always thinks about as just a bug is now trying to protect one of them?
"Are you serious?" Ask Arashi out of curiosity
Shinka nodded his head showing that he is dead serious
Arashi starts to look even more curious due to Shinka changes in mood toward human
"But why?"
Shinka smiled toward Arashi over his curiosity
"Amanda could you probably explained the situation?" Said Shinka as he slowly put his hand on her shoulder
(So her name is Amanda…) Thought Arashi
"Due to our research in human world, we find out that this girl could be a potential vessel for the demon…"
"A potential vessel for the demon?"
"What does that mean?" Arashi ask confused
Amanda turns over to look at Shinka confirmation before she tells it toward Arashi, Shinka just nodded his head agreeing
"She potentially could be hosting a dangerous demon inside her…"
Arashi is shocked to hear that, he couldn't imagine a person hosting a dangerous demon inside them
"Then why do you need me to protect her?" Ask Arashi confused
Shinka turned toward him with a distant smile on his face
"We can't let any other demon get closed to her, or else…"
"The demon inside her would rise and she…"
"Would die…"
That words that came out of Shinka mouth scares Arashi as he is gripping on his fist
Eventually, Arashi then takes a deep breath and lets it out to calm himself down
After doing that he had his usual determined look on his face and look straight on Shinka face
"I'll take it…"
Shinka smiles so big due to the excitement on seeing how strong and independent Arashi had become
"Well then, I wish you luck for this mission…"
Said Shinka with a proud smile, Amanda then interrupted a bit while handing out a case toward Arashi
Arashi receives the case but still wondered what is the purposes of it
"This case haves everything you need for the mission…"
Arashi nod his head showing that he understood what Amanda just said
"I pray for your safety down there…" said Amanda before sending Arashi go
Arashi nods his head once again
He then turned around and was about to leave the Gate but he was stopped by Shinka out of sudden
"One more thing…"
"When you arrived down there, you can't call for help from us…"
"You need to work alone for this mission if we want to secure the safety of the girl…and you…" Said Shinka worried
Arashi just let out a sigh and turned his face toward Shinka
"I understood…"
"I'm not going to disappoint you…" Said Arashi with confident
Shinka just stood on his place not saying any words afterward but deep down he is glad that Arashi managed to came up to his expectation
"I'll be going now…" Said Arashi as he goes passed through the Gate leaving for the human world