"I can't." Tsubasa could hear the note of desperation in his voice. Jabi or anyone else who found out about his situation would have been perfectly justified to inform the Senate and request that they remove him from active duty. Such a thing seemed unlikely to happen to Kouga; but Tsubasa did not have the standing of GARO among Makai Knights, and with two apprentices and two Makai Priestesses in his territory, it would not be completely undefended without him. "It's out of the question. Unless you expect me to fight without it, and be destroyed by a Horror faster than by the curse."