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:

this

he raised his hand to stop her from

guess. If the Handmaidens joined us directly, the power of the faction would have been too immense. And that would pressure the other three lieutenants into joining forces against it instead of fighting among each other. Then, we would have really had to end things with an all-out battle, the last

glanced at him and

"Correct."

alliance, but they also

Sunny couldn't help

there was one problem. His frown

said that she can never be trusted. You only trusted the information she provided. Why the change of heart? How

suddenly came from behind

can

'What the hell?!'

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

did she get so close without alerting neither me nor my

been able to sneak up on him one bit.

meanwhile, gave them a reserved

myself. I

A strange expression appeared

did not miss that

reacting this way can mean

at Seishan, seeing her in a new light. He studied every detail of her appearance,

a Legacy. At least not the ones he had

of her

his gaze, Seishan offered a polite

not a true descendant of the great clan Song. However, I have been raised and cared for by the Clan Leader herself, like many other girls orphaned by the Nightmare Spell. As such, it is my duty and ardent wish to return to

for a few seconds,

that my wishes align with yours. I followed Gunlaug because only he was able to give people a chance to

to discuss anything, everyone stared at Kai, who coughed and said in an

yeah. All of this is true. She