"Let me guess. You want to kill it…"
Nephis continued to stare at him with her usual unreadable expression. After a while, Sunny chuckled and shook his head in disbelief.
"You really are crazy. That's… that's an awakened demon we're talking about, remember? Have you forgotten that we're just Sleepers?"
Then he frowned and scratched his head.
"W—wait a second. I feel like we already had this conversation before. Doesn't it feel familiar?"
Cassie glanced at the two of them and politely cleared her throat.
"Actually, you had said pretty much the exact same thing right before we decided to attack that first carapace centurion."
Sunny beamed.
"Yes! Exactly! And how did that end up? I almost got killed!"
Nephis shrugged indifferently.
"You survived, didn't you?"
He froze with his mouth open, too flabbergasted by the sheer audacity of her remark to answer immediately. A few seconds later, Sunny was finally able to speak again.
"That's not the point!"
Cassie gently touched her friend on the shoulder and whispered.
"Neph! That's not a very nice thing to say."
Changing Star's face flushed a little. Glancing aside, she hesitated and said:
in the end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take, and it paid off. We've grown stronger
feeling that the fight against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable,
it with your sword! What are we going to do, ask the bastard
frowned and looked at him with
"It's just an…"
"...awakened demon, I know!"
feeling like he was talking to a
her seemingly radiant
had ever known Nephis was, her personal demons were especially dreadful. Much more dreadful than the terrifying Carapace Demon, at least. But although Sunny understood that she was running from something, he had no idea what destination she was
rewards that the world owed him was so
long as he stayed alive. Nephis, on the other hand, seemed to pursue a goal that held more meaning than her life. Why else would she be so willing to risk it? Sunny just couldn't
Nephis in the eyes and
so because there was no other choice. We were
him for a while and
only
Sunny laughed.
truth, I'll give you
wiped the corner of
makes sense. But believe me when I say it, as the only one who actually saw the Carapace Demon… we won't be able to defeat it
Nephis scowled.
"Your point?"
Sunny spread his hands.
misunderstand. Yes, we
dark smile appeared on
that we can't
it, then raised an eyebrow and
"You have a plan?"
Sunny shook his head.
entirely. Let me sleep on it. However, there's one thing
west, remembering the Carapace Demon's disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence, Cassie turned her
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