Shadow Slave
Chapter 166
Changing Star frowned. There was a hint of surprise visible in her cold, grey eyes.
"My… goal? Isn't it obvious?"
She gestured to the slum that surrounded them and the magnificent castle towering above it.
"I'm trying to help these people. What else?"
Sunny sighed.
Then, turning his face away, he asked:
"Hey, have I ever told you about my sister?"
Nephis blinked.
"No. Why bring this up all of the sudden?"
He smiled wistfully.
"I just was reminded of her recently, so I thought I'd share. You see… our parents died when we were little. She got adopted, but I ended up on the streets. Life wasn't really sweet for me. In fact, it was nothing but unsavory and bitter. So, young as I was, I simply imagined that it was the same for her. That's why I got obsessed with the idea of finding her. I had this fantasy in my head, you know, of saving and protecting her. Becoming a family again."
Sunny grimaced.
"But how could a penniless undesirable like me find anyone? You know how the city databases are. Even if they're functional, unsealing anything requires you to be a citizen, and one of a considerable rank, too. However, I was ready to do anything to accomplish my goal. So, I saved up money. A street kid can't earn much, but even then, I saved up as much as I could."
A dark expression appeared on his face.
putting away the pathetic amount of credits I had earned through doing all kinds of
He smiled.
nobodies to gather information for him. His services weren't cheap, but I trusted him. Or in him, at least. So I gave all my money to that guy and told him to find my sister. And you know what? He did. One day, about a month after we made the deal, he gave me a piece of paper with an address written on
hesitated for a few moments, then asked in a
Did
glanced at the sky,
that time, I didn't recognize her. You see, despite my lofty ideas of being her savior, I couldn't even really remember what she looked like. There was this girl, around twelve years old, wearing a tidy school uniform. She was walking in the same direction as me. I only realized that it was her after she entered the house from the
while, then continued, his
whole house to themselves. Just one family living in it, can you imagine? Well, I guess you can. Anyway… there was even a lawn. And a window… a big window that shined light outside. Watching them
own embarrassing astonishment, and tried to smile.
a while. She had parents who loved her and treated her well. She had real food, and enough of it to never go hungry. She had pretty clothes and expensive textbooks. She even had cute younger siblings. They were all smiling, laughing, and
looked at him and
what did
watching those happy people. How he looked down at his own frail body, his dirty and ragged clothes, the bruises on his bloodied knuckles. And realized how utterly out of place he was in that
of dreaming of finding his sister and saving her, he was faced with the simple fact that she… she never really needed him. She probably didn't even remember that he existed. More than that, returning into her life would not
on that dark and rainy night, while Sunny was standing in the shadows, something in his heart was extinguished
find himself in after this, nothing would really compare to the darkness he felt
motionless for a long time, he slowly backed away,
after that, he began showing the
rest was
memories, Sunny pretended to be carefree and
the only selfless thing that I have ever done. I turned around and went away. Do you know
slowly shook her
anger finally finding its way into
to save didn't need his saving. So please tell me, Neph, why is it that you, with all your intelligence and clarity, can't seem to do
a deep frown
my intention to
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