Shadow Slave

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.

keep putting away the pathetic amount of credits I had earned through doing all kinds of horrid crap. And after four or five years of this, by the time I was nearly seventeen,

He smiled.

us 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

for a few moments, then asked in

Did you meet your

face, glanced

like. There was this girl, around twelve years old, wearing

silent for a while, then continued,

family living in it, can you imagine?

splendor of it, his own embarrassing astonishment,

that light, I observed her family for 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

at

did you

there, watching those happy people. How he looked down at his own frail body, his

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 bring anything

to read more chapters ? ] Out there on that dark and rainy night, while Sunny was standing in the

himself in after this, nothing

motionless for a long time, he slowly backed away, turned around, and walked into

few days after that, he began showing the first symptoms of being

the rest

unpleasant memories, Sunny pretended

thing that I have ever done. I turned

slowly shook her

finally finding its way into

saving. So please tell me, Neph, why is it that you, with all your intelligence

a deep frown appearing on

about my intention to help these people? If so, you