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

then, he raised his hand to stop her from

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

at

"Correct."

Gemma from considering an alliance, but they also eviscerated the Castle Guard without losing a single follower.

Sunny couldn't

was one problem. His frown returned, now

memory serves, the last time we talked about your spy you said that she can never be trusted. You only trusted the

voice suddenly came

can

'What the hell?!'

saw the beautiful woman standing right in front of him. Up close, she was even more striking, with

close without alerting

that Seishan had been able to sneak up

gave them

me to introduce myself.

Caster's eyes narrowed. A strange expression appeared on his

did not miss

proud scion is reacting this way can mean only one thing.

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

like a Legacy. At least not the ones he had

detail of her appearance

gaze, Seishan

by the Clan Leader herself, like many other girls orphaned by

lingered for a few seconds,

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

everyone stared at Kai,

yeah. All of this is true.