"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:
to say is… uh… we've won in the end, didn't we? It was a risk
the fight against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable,
with your sword! What are we going to do, ask the
frowned and looked
"It's just an…"
"...awakened demon, I know!"
feeling like
him. He had realized a long time ago that there was a deep dark well hidden behind her seemingly radiant exterior. No one
demons were especially dreadful. Much more dreadful than the terrifying
to reality and rip all the rewards that the world owed him was so intense that it would frighten most people to death. There were very few things
meaning for as 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 understand that logic. It was irrational and paradoxical! What can be more important than your life? If you die, you won't be able to
in the eyes
choice. We were literally stuck on a rock with it.
stared at him for a while and then
the only
Sunny laughed.
truth,
died down, he wiped the corner of his eye
believe me when I say it, as the only one who actually saw the Carapace Demon… we won't be able to
Nephis scowled.
"Your point?"
Sunny spread his hands.
misunderstand. Yes, we can't
dark smile appeared on his
doesn't mean that we can't kill
about it, then raised an
"You have a plan?"
Sunny shook his head.
sleep on it. However, there's one thing I
west, remembering the Carapace Demon's disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence,
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