Shadow Slave

Did Nephis distrust Caster for some reason?

Sunny surely did, and to be entirely honest, he didn't even need any reason to do so. His intuition and general paranoia were enough.

But Changing Star was different. He had learned a bitter lesson and now knew that everything she ever did had a firm logic behind it. Even if that logic was entirely different from that of a normal person.

So if Nephis was hiding her true battle style from Caster, there was a reason for it.

But it didn't make any sense. From everything else that she had done, he was her most trusted lieutenant. Changing Star entrusted more to Caster than she ever had to anyone else. Caster himself also had never acted against Neph's interests.

In fact, he was even a bit too loyal. The bastard was always near Nephis, as though glued to her side. He also didn't seem to like it when others got too close to her.

In that regard, he was almost like that flying rapier of Cassie's. During their entire day on the marble arch, the unfriendly Echo somehow always managed to remain between the blind girl and any men who tried to approach her for whatever reason. The message it was sending was quite clear.

I'm watching you!

It was honestly rather comical.

Sunny shook his head. The dynamic of Changing Star's relationship with Caster was really weird. But once again, he didn't have enough information to make any conclusions. All he could do was keep his eyes open and try to sleep with one of them open when the handsome Legacy was on watch duty.

Maybe it was some strange Legacy thing? Like guarding the secrets of the clan against the prying eyes of other clans.

Who knew?

Glancing at the fighting swordsmen, Sunny suddenly got an idea.

After considering it for a bit, he looked at them again. This time, his eyes were burning.

'That… that actually might work!'

that it lacked true individuality. Sunny knew that there was a secret hiding inside his shadow that could become the foundation of

understand what that secret

progress at deciphering it had stalled. While training, Sunny had trouble keeping his eyes both on the Stone Saint and on the shadow. Whenever he tried, the taciturn knight would

dire

what if… his shadows tried to imitate someone else instead of him? And not just someone, but

would Sunny be able to observe every tiny detail of its movements, but

It was hard to tell where Sunny ended and the shadow

it followed someone else, he would be able to separate the cadence and pattern of that person's movements from the shadow's by contrasting

This had to work!

anticipation, Sunny waited for Nephis and Caster to take a short break, and then send the shadow

the shadow approached Caster and brazenly glued itself to his feet. Then, it crossed its arms and glared at

couple of seconds and then raised his

what are you

did not sound happy at

with a carefree

As a form of punishment, I've decided to make him your shadow for a bit. So, you

shadow turned its head and pierced

could practically hear

you calling a cretin,

I guess right, huh? Oh, sorry. I forgot you cannot

shadow any more attention, he just

a few moments, and

prefer if you

Sunny sighed.

"Ugh, alright. Whatever."