However, there was still one thing that she couldn’t understand. Why did some in Earthland help these Demons to pour into their realm from the Abyss? Her village was destroyed not because the Demons decided to target it specifically. It was destroyed because a human had deliberately summoned them there. This was betrayal and the root cause of the problem.
Naomi’s goals have morphed. She still wanted to fight demons. But above that, she wanted to rid the world of these betrayers who help the abyssal creatures. One such guild that was known to allow these things was Red Hades. The guild was shrouded in a plethora of rumours. Everyone knew its name, many acted like they knew what the guild was capable of and spun scary implausible stories when pressed for information, but none could give any reliable direction to where their hideout was.
After several weeks of investigation, under the guise that she was looking to join the guild herself, she had finally managed to find a lead. She was asked to wait at the far end of the train station at midnight, and that a member would put her through a test if she would fit the guild. And if she did, she would then be inducted into the guild. Naomi wasn’t sure what they were going to ask her to do and how much of it she could take. She hadn’t even informed Kyo about it; whom she knew would definitely want to follow her. She couldn’t risk putting him in danger. This was her choice—and she alone would face the consequences.