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:

why didn't she join your faction when all of this had started? Why go to such lengths to

to stop her

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

at him

"Correct."

an alliance, but they also eviscerated the Castle Guard without losing a

treacherous cheat like Sunny couldn't help but be

was one problem. His frown returned, now even deeper than

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

velvety voice suddenly

can explain

'What the hell?!'

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

so close without alerting neither me

that Seishan had been able to sneak up on

gorgeous woman, meanwhile, gave them a reserved bow and

me to introduce myself. I

eyes narrowed. A strange expression

did not miss that

our proud scion is reacting this way can mean only one thing. It's some Legacy

appearance,

At least not the ones he had

her appearance

his gaze, Seishan

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 the real world and

a few seconds,

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 it. This is my belief, and this is what I will do. She is Broken Sword's daughter, after

discuss anything, everyone stared at Kai,

yeah. All of this is true. She is