Shadow Slave

In the aftermath of the Castle Guard's annihilation, the core members of the cohort gathered in a small room that was situated not far away from the great hall. From there, they could hear the bodies of the slain Guards being stripped of anything valuable and then dragged away to be disposed of... lest they attract the hordes of hungry Nightmare Creatures.

Just like that, the former most powerful faction of the Bright Castle was no more.

Judging by the expressions on everyone's faces, no one had been aware of the secret alliance between Nephis and the Handmaidens. Perhaps with the exception of Cassie.

But none of them dared to ask Changing Star about it.

Well, Sunny had no such problem.

Staring at their intrepid leader with a dubious expression, he said:

"So when did you start working with Seishan?"

Nephis glanced at him, then shrugged indifferently.

"Soon after you left."

A slight spark appeared in her eyes.

"Why? Are you surprised?"

Sunny remained silent for a bit, then shook his head.

"No, not really. I figured out that your spy was one of the lieutenants a long time ago. I just didn't know which one. But I thought that either your cooperation ended with Gunlaug's death, or that they double-crossed you as soon as you got rid of him for them."

Changing Star smiled darkly.

"...She wouldn't."

Sunny frowned slightly, then asked, his voice full of cold, calculating curiosity:

your faction when all of this had started? Why go to such lengths

then, he raised his hand to stop her from answering

immense. And that would pressure the other three lieutenants into joining forces

glanced at him and

"Correct."

alliance,

Sunny couldn't help but

there was one problem. His frown returned, now

the last time we talked about your spy you said that she can never be trusted. You only trusted the information she provided. Why

velvety voice suddenly came from

can explain

'What the hell?!'

front of him. Up close, she was even more striking, with her strange grey skin

did she get so close without alerting

fact that Seishan had been able to sneak up on

meanwhile, gave them a

introduce myself.

eyes narrowed. A strange

miss that sudden

reacting this way can mean only one

Seishan, seeing her in a new light. He studied every detail of her appearance, from the modest cut of her velvet dress to the glinting silver of

At least not the

little detail of her appearance did give

his gaze, Seishan offered a polite

have been raised and cared for by the Clan Leader herself, like many other girls orphaned by the Nightmare

lingered for a few seconds, then lowered

Gunlaug because only he was able to give people a chance to survive the Forgotten Shore. And I will follow

discuss anything, everyone stared at Kai, who

of this is