[B] "It is for the fate of Japan, that you do this."[/B] 

Akane tried her best not to scoff at those words. Even in the beginning this sounded suspicious. All warriors must specifically be female set off some alarms, but the reward and the source seemed good enough. What changed was her respect for the royal family. Well what little she had for them was now gone. It was obvious that a Demon or something else was involved and it might be a one way trip for the Princess. She had dealings with those who wanted to break a pact with a Demon, but her skill was only in killing them. Priestesses were far more skilled in that manner and simply killing the Demon wasn't good enough. Just thinking about this being the case caused her to grimace slightly. An image of her dead father's face flashed briefly. Abandoning family for anyone's sake was something she could never do no matter what.

 For now Akane was going to do her duty. It was possible that she could be wrong and she considered it, but in the end it was irrelevant to the mission. The other guardians were likely to have their own opinions on this. She just hoped it wouldn't hurt their objectives in the end.