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 had started? Why go to such lengths to

then, he raised his hand to stop her from

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 man

at him and

"Correct."

the two of them prevent Tessai and Gemma from considering an alliance, but they also eviscerated the Castle Guard

Sunny couldn't

His frown returned, now even

she can never be trusted. You only trusted the information she provided. Why the change of heart? How come you were so confident that she would

velvety voice suddenly came

I can

'What the hell?!'

startled expression, Sunny turned around and saw the beautiful woman standing right in front of him. Up close, she was even more striking, with her strange grey skin seemingly shining

she get so close without alerting

the fact that Seishan had been able to sneak up on him one bit. Things like

them

to introduce myself. I am Song Sei

A strange expression appeared on his

not miss that sudden

the fact that our proud scion is reacting this way can

studied every detail of her appearance, from the modest cut of her velvet dress to the glinting

didn't look like a Legacy. At least not the ones he

one little detail of her appearance

Seishan

I am 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

a few seconds, then

no reason to trust in my character, you can at least trust in the fact that my wishes align with yours. I followed Gunlaug because only he was able to give people a chance to survive the Forgotten Shore. And I will follow Lady Changing Star, because only she can give us a chance to escape

Kai, who coughed and said

yeah. All of this is true.