Kouga arrives to the home of his father's old friend, the Makai Priest Amon. Explaining that this is a night when Horrors cannot enter their world, Amon reveals that he and Taiga played a game of Bar Chess and wishes Kouga to finish what his father started. During the match, Amon reveals he knows of Kaoru and suspects that Kouga is protecting her the same way his father protected him. However, Kouga admits he used Kaoru as a tool at first to find Horrors, but he grew to love her and is intent to save her. Impressed, Amon reveals he knows of the item Kouga intends to save her with: The Barankas Fruit within the Forest of Glen, which he intends to get for Kouga once it is ripened. Though Kouga is close to losing the game, and ten years of his life, Amon post pones the game like Taiga did years ago. But before Kouga leaves for home, Amon presents him with another revelation: the chance that his father's pupil Barago is still alive and events will unfold where he has to know who is truly friend and who is truly foe.
鋼牙は、約束の地へと急いでいた。20年に一度の『陰我消滅の晩』。ホラーを狩る魔戒騎士にとって、休息の日と言ってもよい。森の中で待ち構える男こそ、魔戒法師阿門。阿門は、大河と自分が交わした約束を、鋼牙に果たすように伝える。その「時を超えた約束」とは？ そして、阿門が感じている不安と疑惑とは？
