The mighty huntress stared at the Stone Saint, her hand hovering in the air, ready to grasp the shaft of the spear. Her beautiful hazel eyes were full of tension and dark anticipation.
The contrast between that fierce pose and the fact that she was still comfortably wrapped in a blanket was so funny that Sunny couldn't help but snicker.
"Gee, relax. Haven't you seen an Echo before?"
Effie blinked.
"That thing… is yours? Wait, you got an Echo?!"
He gave her a nod and gestured at the Stone Saint.
"Yes, I did. Meet Saint. Aint' she a beauty?"
The huntress stared at the taciturn creature, then scowled with outrage.
"You lucky bastard! You do know that I haven't even caught a sniff of an Echo after three years in this pit? How dare you get one before me, huh?"
Sunny laughed.
"Actually, this was my second Echo. The first one got killed in the Labyrinth."
Effie glared at him for a long time, then shook her head with an expression of utter dejection. Finally, she turned to the Shadow and studied her.
"Wait… is she what I think she is?"
Sunny nodded.
"Yeah."
stood up from the bed and, leaving the blanket behind, walked barefoot around the Stone Saint. She studied her from all angles and
the hell did you manage to kill one
involuntary studying Effie from all angles as well, blinked a couple of times and
an epic clash, to say the least. I just happened to be there in time to
at the
"What class is she?"
Sunny smiled.
Fallen Beasts, so… I'd say she's an elite among her peers. Anyway, you can see how it's not impossible to hunt three monsters in one night with
crossed her arms, thought for a bit,
are you showing her to me? With how paranoid you are, I'd expect you to keep such
for a moment, then
have planned, showing her to you is
silent, then gave him
kinds
getting what she
You… what kind of a degenerate are you?! Training! I wanted to use her
unruly huntress blinked
inexperienced, at your age. In fact, it's quite charming! You don't need to
you calling inexperienced?! I'm plenty experienced! Wait… crap. What are we
with outrage and walked over to the makeshift kitchen while shaking her head. Soon, the tantalizing
going to be pure self-defense, anyway. A week of this will
to calm down. When his thoughts returned to their usual
was time
***
his way back to the cathedral, Sunny had made
the power
this was going to bring him a lot of pain in the future, he was adamant about his choice. There were several reasons why he wanted to face his pet
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