"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:
the end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take, and it paid off. We've
against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable, but couldn't bring himself to stop protesting, solely out of
even be able to poke it with your sword! What
frowned and looked
"It's just an…"
"...awakened demon, I know!"
his head again, feeling like he was talking to a stone
He had realized a long time ago that there was a deep dark well hidden behind her seemingly radiant exterior. No one pushed themselves that hard, endured that much, went that far unless they were being
terrifying Carapace Demon, at
that damned human castle, even more so than Sunny himself? His burning desire to come back 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
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
looked Nephis in the eyes and
no other choice. We were literally stuck
at him for a while
only way
Sunny laughed.
truth, I'll give you
he wiped the
as the only one who actually saw
Nephis scowled.
"Your point?"
Sunny spread his hands.
misunderstand. Yes, we can't defeat it.
appeared on
that
about it, then raised
"You have a plan?"
Sunny shook his head.
sleep on it. However, there's one
remembering the Carapace Demon's disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence, Cassie turned her head to face
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