Shadow Slave

Chapter 179

Once outside, Sunny spent some time finding Effie and Kai. The two of them were in the dining area of the lodge, discussing something between themselves.

There was no sign of Cassie anywhere, but he did notice Caster observing him from the stairs leading to the second floor.

'Is she avoiding me?'

Somewhat disappointed, Sunny landed on a chair next to the two locals he had come to know and gave them a dark look.

"What, the two of you know each other?"

Kai smiled.

"Who doesn't know huntress Athena? We had, uh… a few brushes in the past."

Deciding not to inquire what type of brushes he was talking about, Sunny sighed and asked:

"Does she know about that peculiar Flaw of yours?"

The charming young man blinked a couple of times, the said with confusion:

"I guess so? I don't make a secret out of it."

Great. Of all the people in the world, he got stuck with two weirdos who had no qualms about telling every random stranger about their most hidden vulnerability.

…Well, if he had a Flaw like Kai's, he wouldn't worry about it too much either.

'Lucky bastard.'

Since there was no point in pretending anymore, Sunny simply asked:

"Well? Was anyone in that room lying?"

Effie grinned.

"Ah, so that's why you dragged Night along. Paranoid much?"

Sunny would love nothing more than to ignore that question, but unfortunately, his own Flaw was much more restrictive than Kai's.

exactly as paranoid as

archer

no one said a single lie. Your friends are all extremely honest

'Oh, you poor lamb…'

to react to that display of naivete, Sunny shook his

"Not even Caster?"

him a

he was honest,

Caster really just an honest

lingered for a bit and then turned

to continue our conversation in a week. Until then,

The huntress giggled.

That makes me feel real safe. Thanks,

He grimaced.

worry. I might not look like much, but wait till you see

on his drink and paled a little. Reminded of something, Sunny

deal is

prizes with his looks already, but next to Kai, he

looked at him for a few moments,

it was nice to make your acquaintance, Sunny. I can honestly say that

at Effie with something that resembled pity, rose, and

of them were

expression,

do we

Sunny didn't hesitate.

to get back to

a strange look,

Let's ditch this scary place and go hide in the ancient cursed

***

Being here in daylight was

worked well together. Sunny fell into the familiar rhythm of cooperating with Effie without skipping a bit, as though three whole months had not passed since they last saw each other. It was honestly nothing short of

unruly huntress glanced

How did you

gave her a dark look, then

know that I am very good at hiding in the shadows. I slept during the day and hunted during the night. Observed my prey carefully before striking at their

thoughtful for a while, then

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