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.

I'm exactly as paranoid as a person should be. By which I mean extremely,

he looked at the charming archer with

one said a single lie. Your friends are all extremely

'Oh, you poor lamb…'

to that display of naivete, Sunny shook his

"Not even Caster?"

him

he was

just an honest and honorable guy?

Sunny lingered for a bit and

conversation in a week. Until then, you'll be

The huntress giggled.

me feel

He grimaced.

like much, but wait

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

your help. Our deal is done. See you around,

this guy one bit. Sunny wasn't winning any prizes with his looks already, but next to Kai, he seemed downright ug… uh…

a

can honestly say that spending time with you is…

with something that resembled pity, rose,

two of them were

weary expression, and then asked in

When do

Sunny didn't hesitate.

back to the ruins. This

him a

no problem. Let's ditch this scary place and go hide in the ancient cursed ruins. At least we can feel safe there,

***

Being here in daylight

of them were experienced hunters and 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

huntress

How did

her a

the night. Observed my prey carefully before striking at their weak spots.

for a while, then

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