Shadow Slave

The four people in the room reacted to his arrival differently.

Nephis seemed to be indifferent, as always. However, Sunny knew her well enough to notice a strange tension hiding in the depths of her calm grey eyes.

Caster greeted him with an amiable smile, but there was coldness hiding behind it. It seemed as though the handsome scion was not happy about this turn of events. Did he see him as a rival for Neph's attention, or was there more to it?

In any case, it was not Sunny's problem. He did not plan on returning to the cohort on a permanent basis. Caster could have all the attention to himself.

Effie looked at him with a genuine surprise.

"Doofus? You are actually alive?"

Sunny blinked and stared at her for a few moments, then said in an acrid tone:

"Sorry to disappoint."

She shook her head.

"No, no. Just… how the hell did you manage to survive three whole months in the ruins?"

He grinned.

"What can I say? I had a good teacher."

Since Effie was the one who taught him how to navigate the Dark City, that compliment was directed at her. However, the huntress simply shook her head.

"No student of mine would be stupid enough to actually live in the ruins. Not to mention returning looking so… feral."

'Do I look feral?'

Sunny took a mental picture of himself. Ragged clothes, dirty hair, a crooked grin, a hint of madness burning in his eyes… no, he couldn't see anything wrong with how he looked. In fact, the thought he looked great.

With an offended frown, he glanced at Effie and said:

"Yeah? Well… you look like you've gained a little weight."

…In all the right places.

'Focus, fool!'

him for a few moments,

eat. But also…

finally, there

out of all of them. The changes were not instantly apparent, but to

there was an invisible weight pressing down on her, the

back, Sunny. I'm so happy that you

wasn't exactly the kind of welcome he had expected from her. He

she is shy because of

Sunny had a feeling that he already knew the true reason for her subdued attitude. He just didn't want to admit

the vision. That

on one

did you guys want to

door and closed it. After that, he summoned a Memory that looked like a bone flute and placed it on the table. Immediately, something in the room

Sunny raised an eyebrow.

"What is that thing?"

a chair next to

creates a cone of silence. No one outside this room will be able

to do with the Bright Lord, Gunlaug himself. Suddenly, he felt an irrational desire to be

He sighed.

is finally ready to obliterate you all? Can't say that I'm surprised. If

Effie giggled.

"Oh, did he ever…"

making the huntress

Bright Lord is indeed about to make a move. We have withstood his previous attacks, but they were just a rehearsal. A few provocations to test out

Sunny raised his eyebrow:

help the great

him and Nephis a strange look, then cleared her

can this little imp… uh, no offense, Sunny… do

"Hey! Offense taken!"

Star smiled, then

but in fact, he's the last person in the Dark City I would want to face in combat. He is far more dangerous than

few moments passed in silence,

I guess the secret is out of the box. Surprise, everybody! I am actually

at Effie and added

for you already knew. It seems that you

However, Neph interrupted him: