In front of the entrance to the cave in the middle of Mount Gulwa, Gaston waited boredly for Yuto to return.
　Then Gaston sat on the trunk of a large fallen tree and let out an unusually loud sigh.

''Yuto's husband........you used that power after all~....... And it was even stronger than mine.

　Gaston remembered about the seals on Yuto, which he had learned directly from Yuto's memories earlier.

'As I recall........there are seven seals. Both hands and feet, the head, the abdomen, and then the chest.......the seals are applied to both hands and feet......right~? In my case, you only unsealed both hands.......but this time, you unsealed more than that......

　Gaston puts a hand to his sturdy-looking chin as he considers.





　As a matter of fact, Gaston had met with Chatozo and Sun Wei before.
　Rather, as he was walking to see Yuto, he was suddenly caught from behind by these two terribly drunk men and forced to take him to the dojo, Yuto's family home.
　Gaston, the legendary immortal and over 190 in height, was caught by these two smirking old delinquents, and Gaston tried his best to resist, but the old men didn't freak out and couldn't do anything about it.
　Gaston was eventually forced to sit on the edge of the dojo as it was, and the image comes to mind when he was surrounded by Sumazo and Sun Wei.
　Gaston's face was tense for the first time in 1,500 years, and the already drunken-looking Tiezang and Sun Wei grinned at him, wondering what they would do to him.

''Uhyahya!　Vampires, we've found you!　I found this one!　Come on, come on, come on!　Take care of my grandson!

Yes, yes, there's a rare one!　Drink, drink!　You are my apprentice contractor?　Then enjoy!　Ho ho ho.

'What?　Huh?　Hey!　Aww ... you guys are my husband's ... ngg!

　Laughing in high spirits, the two old men brought a large amount of sake, shochu, and old sake and laid them out in front of Gaston, who forcefully poured the sake into Gaston's mouth.
　Gaston neither dislikes sake nor is he a weak drinker. No, it's more that he's a strong drinker. He can hardly remember being drunk.
　It's not that Gaston doesn't like to drink, but he is a strong drinker, or at least he doesn't remember being drunk. And of course, the Kagerura have been drinking a lot.
　Gaston doesn't know what they mean, but the old men suddenly appear and accompany him on a drinking spree that seems like an eternity, and then, for the first time in his life, he drinks until he can't remember anything. Then, the intoxicated Gaston lost consciousness, and the next thing he knew, the three of them, a combination of two hermits and a vampire, were greeting the morning on the edge of the dojo.......



''Uppu........''

　Gaston couldn't help but feel sickened by the memory fragments that came back to him.
　As soon as Gaston could picture the faces of the old delinquents he'd positioned as the '#1 ranked people he never wanted to see again' in his 1500 years of experience, he erased them as soon as he could think of the faces of the old delinquents he'd positioned as the '#1 ranked people he never wanted to see again', despite the fact that he'd never met them before.

(That was.....I still don't know if it was a welcome or a harassment, even now! For now, I don't want to see those people called hermits anymore...)

　Gaston's head shook violently as if to shake off the nightmare, and then he returned to consciousness about Yuto's seal again.

''But this power........I'm starting to understand it better now that I've made a contract with my husband. This........is a power I shouldn't let him use it too much. From now on, I have to be more careful. I almost had the contract ripped out of my hands......................hmm?　Oh!　Sir!

　Gaston found Yuto coming out of the cave and raised his hand.

'Gaston!　Oh ... you ... you ... you remember me.

'What are you talking about?　He's the second friend I've barely made, you know?　You can't stop a friend that easily, not at all.... Oh, let's talk about it later, sir. Those strange people are here, so let's get out of here right now. I think they'll be back soon, so let's get out of here while we can!

Yeah, yeah, okay.

　Yuto and Gaston drove to the military jeep they had borrowed in Minra, and as soon as they got in, Gaston started the engine and drove off.

'Gaston, what kind of weird guys?'

'Probably, but those are the agency guys. They're probably here to investigate. Or maybe it's just reconnaissance. They were reasonably skilled at it, by the looks of it. Most likely a counterattack team for the Sword of Surt. But they would have been beaten back, so I don't think they were the main force. Well, I just mingled with them and let them get lost at random.

'What?　Are you okay with that?

'It's okay, you don't understand me either. More importantly, sir, is that wound okay?

Yeah, it's not as big a deal as this.

'Maybe you're right. I don't even know what kind of people they are, but I figured if I found out about your husband, I'd get in a lot of trouble, so I did a lot of things, right?　Of course, for the sake of da... na...

　As Gaston said, Yuto laughed.

'Or would you have preferred it to be known that your husband had defeated Surt's sword?

'No ... fine. This wasn't a mission, and I did it on my own...

....

"...Gaston.

What is it?

Thank you....

　Gaston smiles at Yuto's words of gratitude.

'Hmph, I hope your husband won't be too picky about me with this~'

'Gu!　Well okay, already. ...and Gaston, I have a little proposition for you?

What is it?

Gaston, why don't you come over to my house?　You see, you're a wanted man, and... well, I'm not going to force you.

'What?　Duh, sir....

'The reward this time was so much better than I thought it would be, and I think we can fix up most of the house... and then we can use that big, useless house. Even Gaston would prefer to have a proper house, wouldn't he?

'But mister.......for thinking about that....

Well I don't know.

　At Yuto's unexpected offer........Gaston's shoulders shook. Then, Gaston held his mouth with one hand and squeezed his slightly moist eyes shut.

''........Gaston?　Yeah?　Huh?　You know, it's all well and good to be impressed but are you looking ahead?　Ooh!　Hey!　Open your eyes!

'Sir! Wow!

Nuh-uh!　Gaston!　Hey, hey!　I'm just saying, you're driving!　Stop hugging me!　Gaston!　You mean...?　Ahhh!　Gaston, look out!　Maehee!

　Gaston is overcome with emotion, so he hugs Masato and refuses to leave him. Turning blue in the face, Masato tries to pull Gaston away, but the sharp curve of the mountain road down ahead comes into Masato's view.

''Misteraaaah!

　The car with Gaston and Yuto in it plunged into the forest at high speed, and Gaston and Yuto were thrown out of the military jeep with a flourish.......

'Noooooo!　Buh-beh!　You fool, Gaston!　You stupid vampire-ii!