So they all reached Elma village.

As soon as she got off the car , there was a line of armed man standing by her car. " er....."

Tedine ; they're your guards.

Nana looked into the car " huuuh ? "

Tedine exits the car " they're yours. Your Shadow Demon can't be 24 hours around you. "

Nana : he can !!

Tedine : he's not here.

Nana : ..... I can take care of myself.

Tedine : no *whispers* god powers

Nana : Yui will be back soon !!

Tedine ; just take them.

Nana : salary contract.

Tedine ; I know you don't trust those.

Nana : they're ok to sign their souls over ?

Tedine : Joy has his methods

Nana looked to them " I know his methods. Joy threatened any of you ? To do this job. "

The first guard looked Tedine. Tedine didn't answer. Then he replied " it's ok. You don't have to worry too much. "

Nana ; ah. He thinks I'm a kid. *Snaps*

The N emblem appears on the back of his palm and burns a little.

" you're the one we signed over to ? "

Nana : hey hey correct. So did he threaten you ?

" .... "

Nana : there are five of you. Can't remember all of you names. So... eins , zwei , drei, vier, funf.

Tedine sweatdropped " seriously ? " then he looked to eins. It means 1 - 5 in another language."

Nana : you guys are ok with that right ?

" yes ... ... Miss ....?"

Tedine : Miss is fine.

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Nana checks in to a hotel. " er... 3 + 5 + 1 .... so... "

Juliet sighs as she looks to Tedine sitting at the couch at the lobby " Miss , I'll settle the rooms . "

" yay !! Great !! " nana goes to the couch to join tedine.

Eins walked over " er , how much budget do you guys have in getting rooms ? Can you get a suite ? "

Juliet ; only for you guys ?

Eins ; for all of us. Easier for us to guard.

Juliet : fair enough.
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Juliet ; miss ! Ready to go up.

Allison: do I need to help with any luggage?

Juliet ; I'm here. Don't worry. Go ahead up with Miss.

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They checked in the suite, which was made of two floors.

Nana yawns " so Allison. How long will you need ? "

Allison ; need some special seeds. May take a week for them to deliver. And they don't deliver to the apartment because it requires special care to keep.

Nana : not even with lots of money ?

Allison: I mean ... we're already here...

Tedine : a week is fine Miss.

" alright. " and Nana enters the room on the first floor and closes behind her.

Juliet : I'll take the room beside her

Zwei : er... then we...

Juliet: there's more rooms upstairs.

Zwei ; we're hired as guards. Would be better if we stayed below.

Juliet : Miss is lazy. She does whatever she wants.

Drei : you're making our own difficult.

Eins : I'll just sleep on the couch.

Funf : we can take shifts.

Vier : sounds like a good idea.

Tedine ; whatever rolls your boat. Juliet. I'm heading up.

Juliet ; yes. Mr Tedine.

Allison: I'll go get the seeds.

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It was evening at the guards were at the table. There were no one as they all sat there.

Funf started the conversation " so... you guys ok with signing over to a kid ? "

Zwei ; it's not like we knew. I thought I was signing over to a guy.

Drei ; oh. You too ?

Eins ; wouldn't have signed if I wasn't threatened.

Vier ; .... what were you threatened with ?

Eins ; .... something precious.

Zwei ; I was threatened too.

Drei : me too... wait. Was everyone threatened here ?

Funf : I was. Guess isn't that bad we're being called numbers instead of real names.

Vier ; probably.

Zwei takes in a deep breath " so we're all being played over for a kid. A very rich kid with very capable people working for her. "

Drei : maybe one of those rich noble people.

Eins : maybe.

Drei: definitely. Maybe powerful when she grows up next time.

Zwei : that sounds legit.

Funf : a job is a job. We still get paid.

" sighs. True. " zwei takes out a photo " at least I have something to feed my baby girl with "

Drei looks over " cute child. Mine's a grown up boy. Playing on the school's soccer team. "

Eins : nice . You guys ever had time to watch them grow up ?

Drei laughed " you know what we do. Ain't we have time for that. You have one ? "

Eins ; coming. Maybe I'll join your squad soon.

Zwei: congrats man.

Funf : so everyone here has a kid ?

Eins : do you ? Vier.

" that's an interesting conversation you guys are having. " Nana said.

The five of them look to the couch. Realized she was lying on the couch since they couldn't see her there.

Eins : Miss... when were you...

Nana : all of you have kids. That's what Joy used.

Zwei kicked eins' knee. Eins stood up and went over to sit opposite Nana's couch. Funf goes to sit as well.

Eins : you weren't supposed to hear that.

Funf : just ignore ok ?

Nana: it's ok. This is minor compared to what I do. Some people call me evil or worse. Worst I had was... shallow bitch. Got really angry that day.

Eins : ok...

Nana : are you angry at me ? Scared of me ?

Eins : no.

Nana : or at my joy, or tedine.

Eins ; ......

Nana : zwei ?

Zwei ; he let them go... so I'm ok.

Nana : drei ?

Drei ; we are going to work with them ? Then I guess I've to learn to live with it.

Nana : vier ?

Vier ; they weren't hurt. They told me. Never was. So no.

Nana : vier's thorough and forgiving.

Funf : it was a scheme!!

Nana : hmm... would you believe me if I told you , joy said , we just paid your families a sum of money to act a little video for us.

Vier : kept them occupied... while...

Zwei : we've already signed over by then.

Drei : No harm done. But foul.

Nana : yup.