𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟 [𝔻𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟 𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣]

(Chapter 38) Another Nightmare

  "Goodbye, Miss Naoko!"

All the boys greeted her and thanked her deeply as they were leaving the Wisteria Residence.

They were setting off for their missions, and it seemed that their paths would be divided once more.
"GUYS!"

Kyojuro shouted as he took the attention of everyone.
"Let's promise each other that we will do our best and we will meet again.
All of us!"

The boys smiled as they approached each other and hugged together.
They promised each other, and they were off on their missions.

Takeo followed his crow and was thinking about himself.
"Will I be able to be useful this time?
There are times that I  think that maybe bad luck doesn't follow me, but I am the bad luck.
Things only get worse whenever I try to do better.
May the cause of all this be because of my so called Curse?"

Takeo began to shake those thoughts away.
"No, I shouldn't be thinking about this.
I promised Abano-sama that I would overcome my fear and start fighting for real from now on."

A boy who feared his own self now began to trust himself more.
His fears didn't disappear, but his courage rose more.

The courage that might help Takeo overcome the long battle that had started within him.
That of a man versus a monster.
Both sides want something from the boy, but he is vulnerable and doesn't know whom to trust.

After walking a long way, the night had come.
Takeo, who was following his crow, was curious where he was going to.
The boy started gazing around the forest and noticed some lights coming from the top of a mountain.
Apparently, there was a big village.
Takeo, who was gifted with sharp eyes, looked deeply into that village and was shocked to see that a house was on fire.
Soon enough, the smoke came to where he was, and he immediately rushed to the village.
"This is bad!
The fire has caught the other houses too."

Takeo went inside the house and found some people.
He took them out immediately and took care of them.
Suddenly, a dreadful sensation ran through his body.
A demon appeared and tried to attack him, but he managed to block it.
"Of course that this would be your doing in a way or another."

The demon didn't listen to him and attacked him.
Takeo parried his attacks easily.
"Breath of The Dragon!
First Form:Dragon's Roar!"

Takeo cut the demon's head off and went to save the other people, but it seemed that there were other demons, and the fire wasn't stopping.
A true disaster was caused by demons upon this village.
But the thing was that there were too many demons.
In a normal village, there would be the maximum three demons, but here were dozens.
Far away from the village...
Tadao was rushing to the place where it was said to be raid by the demons, and soon enough, he entered the city.
There was no sing of a demon, but Tadao kept his suspicions and looked around.
"This has to be a mistake!
No demon is in here!"

Suddenly, a member  of his team approached him and looked at him.
"You are the strongest, but it seems that still you fall for trap as easy as an ant."

Tadao looked at him while concerned.
"What are you trying to say?"

The guy showed a tattoo on his right hand that spelt 'Devil'.
"You fell prey of Akumanote!
I am afraid the real raid is happening right now, far away from here."

With Takeo...
As Takeo was rushing to help people, he encountered Masachika, who was fighting demons.
"Masachika, you are here too?"

As Takeo was rushing to help people, he encountered Masachika, who was doing the same.
"Breath of Wind!
Fourth Form: Rising Dust Storm."