Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 64– After Afternoon Incident

"Ah~ Okay-okay. He always attacked physically. So now, I will end it with my Mana!" Asuka stepped on the earth, then instantly the surrounding streets turned into darataj covered in ice and snow. Then suddenly, the air there felt even colder.

Even Dylan was shivering from the cold. But as he watched Divan, the man did not seem to be and was still focused on Asuka. Maybe he was used to the air.

"Ah, I'm not wearing a jacket. I hope Takana can help me." Dylan will find his Oniroshi friend to warm him up. It could be that Takana is making a fire, or heating up his body temperature, so that when Dylan is nearby, he can be like being next to a campfire.

But after he found Takana, Dylan was surprised to see the Oniroshi in the small garden beside the hospital relaxing in front of the campfire that Dylan wanted. While eating the Noodle Cup was also what they bought from a passing street vendor.

"Oh? Dylan!" Before long Dylan glanced, Takana also glanced at him. He waves. "Dylan-san! C'mon here! You'll be a snowman there!"

"Ke–why are you guys even relaxing like this?!" ask Dylan.

"What's? Asuka said she didn't want to be helped. Yes already~" replied Zai casually, then finished his noodles. Then he glanced at the wagon belonging to the street vendor. "Fel, one more!"

"okay!" Fely. It turned out that the woman was near the wagon and she was the one who would make her noodles. Dylan walked over to his brother and asked, "Why did you make the food? Who's this wagon, oy?"

"Ooh .. There were brothers passing by. Tpi when we call, want to buy his merchandise, suddenly he even run away not know why. Trus place dikilain gini aja, yes we have benefited."

"Huh? That's his name steal–"

"Please, Dylan. Brother paid, really! Well, now what do you want? He said he'd warm up the body."

"Ck, just warm milk." Dylan had to order one of the drinks because of his cold body. While waiting, Dylan turned back around and saw Asuka's fight with Tanaka.

Tanaka has not given up. He still wanted to fight, even though his arm was already bleeding because it was hit by Asuka's attack probably. Meanwhile, the ice lady still looked fine. But not with her darling.

"A–asuka ... hurry ..." Because of his old fight and his Master still likes to play around with his enemies, making Divan not strong to withstand the pain and energy that continues to be absorbed by Asuka every time he uses his strength.

"Just hold. This will also be your training point so you can be better in the future." Reply Asuka.

"Ugh," forced Divan to obey. He knew Asuka would not use her power too much and would rather avoid the noticed Divan. So it is not useful if he gives support. It would be a waste of energy. Then, it was better that he would just keep quiet while his master was still fine.

Dylan himself did not understand. Why didn't Asuka just finish off her enemy? He guessed it might be because Tanaka was too strong. "But why did Tanaka suddenly attack us earlier? There must be something wrong." Dylan glanced around. Then I looked back at Tanaka. Dylan discovered the difference to his physique other than the tentacles used to attack.

"His eyes are empty yellow. He's so .. like Oni. Eh?! What is the real Tanaka that is an Oni? But the others didn't suspect Tanaka as Oni." While thinking, Dylan was surprised to see Tanaka's body floating towards him. He could not escape, but used both arms to protect his head. But it turns out that Tanaka's body hit a shield in front of Dylan.

Dylan opened his eyes again and saw a crack in the shield from Tanaka's body. The man went back to attack Asuka. Slowly, Dylan walked forward until he finally felt something hard in front of him.

Like a wall, but transparent. As he looked around, it turned out that from earlier, he was protected by a large and invisible shield. The other Oniroshi is also protected. None other than that power came from Fely who used his invisible shield to protect himself and the people around from Tanaka's attacks.

Dylan looked up to find the former crack. But it turned out to be gone. Then he accidentally saw someone standing on the roof of the building across the street. From where he stood, Dylan could see the mysterious person. "Eh? What's that, bye?"

"Dylan, this is the milk– eh? You see what, anyway?" Fely approached after finishing making the drink that Dylan asked for. He also immediately glanced at the object Dylan was staring at.

"Did you see that?" Dylan pointed. But when Fely glanced at the roof of the building across the street, he didn't see what Dylan saw. The man was surprised too. He immediately looked back up and it turned out that the figure he saw just now was no longer there.

"Eh? There was someone standing there." Dylan glanced around the building. But suddenly in the sky there was a passing in front of his eyes. It turned out that a flying Oni was approaching the battle of Tanaka and Asuka.

All the Oniroshi instantly prepared to fight the emerging Oni. But so close to Tanaka, the creature turned into the figure of a small child and immediately embraced Tanaka's feet. After being hugged, the man fell silent. Somehow, the boy was able to calm Tanaka down and remove his entire tentacle.

"Sister! Brother!"

"Eh .. the boy was like ..." After seeing it, Dylan recalled something. The girl was no stranger in her eyes. But thinking about it made Dylan's head hurt. He was sure that the girl was like she had been his life companion before.

"Hah, okay .. done already." Asuka stomped her feet to the ground, then instantly appeared an ice crystal from under Tanaka and instantly froze half of his body. The man could not move anymore. But before it was frozen as well, he was already motionless and was even dumbstruck on the spot with a blank look.

Fely turned off his protective magic, then Zai and Lea immediately approached the little girl to secure her because the child had previously turned into Oni. When Fely noticed her, he remembered that the girl had fought with him in the Oni form like that.

"Then, the Oni should be annihilated!" Zai formed a pointed stone with his strength. He'll stab the girl right in the heart. But suddenly his hand was held by Tanaka. Zai was shocked when he saw Tanaka's creepy eye glances.

Then before long, the ice crystal that was holding Tanaka's body shook and shattered. The tentacles on Tanaka's back came back out, but the man's behavior became increasingly strange. He held back all four of his tentacles with his bare hands, then shouted at Asuka. "Ce–quickly cut this creature!! Get him out of my body!"

"What do you mean?"

"Cut it! I'll endure the pain!"

"But later–"

"Do it!!"

Hearing her words, Asuka looked surprised. Dylan was astonished by his new expression. It seems like something serious is happening right now.

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At night, everyone was at home. Dylan was in his room studying, while the others were outside. But Fely and Asuka were in one room. There they said they wanted to operate on Tanaka to cure him. Ethan and the girl close to Tanaka were also brought into the room.

On the door there is the inscription "Bidden to enter". So everyone can only wait from the front of the room. Tired of waiting, they would go to another room in search of entertainment. Except Takana who remained standing at the door to wait for news of her brother's condition.

In his room, Dylan was actually reading his textbook after he got word from his teacher that the school would be re-examined again after a strange incident happened to his school. But the test will begin 3 weeks after renovating the damaged school building. So during those three weeks, all the students and teachers will be shut down.

Although the time was still long, Dylan decided to study early. "It was good that this happened too. Because today, the exam at school was really very sudden. I didn't learn and now is the time."

TRINING!

Dylan heard his phone ring some notification sounds. Curious, he opened his phone. It turned out that his class group was noisy and they seemed to be talking about something. Dylan opened the message and read it.

He was surprised to see one of his classmates spread photos of the sightings of Oniroshi standing on top of the building. "I–ini are the Oniroshi who want to enter the hospital building. Hm ...."

Dylan scrolled down and read the other chat. The response from his friends was very positive. They are happy with the Oniroshi who look like they are protecting the city by killing human predators.

[If they don't exist, maybe we can all die of being eaten by monsters! ]

[They've been viral before and you just found out? ]

[Sadly, they are hiding. The incident at the hospital was also no one dared to approach them. So no one knew who the real figures of those heroes were! ]

[Aaah .. if this image can be seen clearly. Maybe we can figure out who they are. ]

[I hope they can be heroes to protect us all. ]

"Hero, yes ..." Dylan went back to the top of the chat and saw a photo that his friend had shared. Fortunately the photo was blurry and the Oniroshi there was nothing in sight. "They .. are heroes, anyway. Same as in the comic book."

Dylan looked at his favorite comic book collection. Including comics in which there are visuals similar to Takana, only there is a female version. Then he saw both of his palms. "They are very strong. Can I be as strong as them too? Takana still gets attacked a lot and I can feel his wounds too. That's very painful. Is there any way Takana and I can be stronger?"

"The answer is practice."

"Yeah! Since when are you there?!" Dylan was surprised by Divan's presence behind him. Suddenly the man appeared behind him without Dylan noticing.

"You're so focused on thinking about something that I just didn't know? I just want a pillow from here." Divan approached Dylan's bed, then took one of his pillows from there. Then he left again. "Bragging pinjem, huh? I'm just gonna take a break outside. Fear of bothering you."

"Eh, wait." Dylan moved out of his chair, then pulled Divan's back shirt. "Di–here only first. There's something I want to ask."

With doubt, Dylan said. Divan just smiled and nodded. He'll listen to Dylan. Then he sat down on his bedside. "What do you want to ask?"

Dylan sat back in his chair and faced Divan. "You're a darling too. I.... just want to know how to provide support for Takana?"

"That's all? That's very easy. You just have to say the name of the skill you want to give to Takana. But the pay is your strength. You must pay attention to your energy as well in order to support enough. Use it for the important and crucial times and always save your energy." Divan.

"What would happen if I ran out of energy?" ask Dylan seriously.

"You will lose consciousness and it will trouble your Master. Then if your Master is also weak, then he could have been killed and you would also be the target of the monster that previously killed your Master. Well ... eventually you two will also die."

"Eh?!"

"Well .. You must become stronger if you want to be darling for your Master. You two need to be equally strong. I don't know what dangers will come later." Divan moved out of place while carrying Dylan's pillow again. He just wants to sleep in the front room.

But before leaving Dylan's room, Divan turned back to Dylan behind him and said, "I hope you and Takana can be ready to face an even stronger enemy later."

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To be continued–