Shadow Slave

Chapter 463

The three of them sat down and were presented with old-fashioned, paper menus to make their choice from. Sunny stared at the word "steak" for a bit, then shuddered and shifted his gaze to the salad section.

A few minutes later, a waiter approached to take their order. Effie spoke:

"I guess… three portions of bibimbap, three portions of samgyeopsal, three bowls of jjajangmyeon, and three portions of tteokbokki."

Then, she turned to them, smiled innocently, and asked:

"...Oh, and what about you, guys? What are you going to order?"

Sunny almost choked on the water he was drinking from a beautiful crystal glass.

The waiter, though, somehow managed to keep a straight face.

'What a professional…'

...Since they were seated in a private booth, Kai finally took off his cap and sunglasses, then smiled brilliantly. His voice sounded so sincere that it irked Sunny... a little.

"It's so nice to see you, Sunny. Effie and I were really worried!"

Sunny cleared his throat.

"That's, uh… thanks. I guess. I sort of… assumed that you wouldn't notice that I was gone."

Effie sighed.

"I am starting to wish that I didn't, you idiot! Anyway… what the hell happened? Why were you gone for an entire month?"

He hesitated, then said:

"Do you want to hear the long version, or the short version?"

Kai gave him a curious look:

start with the

scratched the back

clues about a hidden treasure, but ended up almost being eaten by a treasure chest, falling into a bottomless abyss on top of a devil's corpse, and being burned by

him a strange look.

sip of water and continued in

broken dolls and a rotting severed arm inside, which I… uh… ate, sort of. From the black tower in the abyss, I went to a white tower in the skies, and then rode back to the ground on a dragon's tail. That's basically it. Oh, and before all that, I kind of killed myself,

him for a few moments, and then sighed almost

Kai shook his head.

take it back. Let's

***

being gone for more than a month, keeping a few things to himself — like the true number of the miraculous coins he had collected, everything having to do with

he was done,

of yours has really

sour expression appeared on Sunny's

or too good happening before that, though. But that's the thing, when it does finally happen, one thing usually

sip of

what about this voice… Mordret? Do you

Sunny hesitated, then shrugged.

Most likely, he can communicate with me over a large distance because of the mirror shard I picked up after putting down that strange artificial Echo

a bit,

information he had given me turned out to be true, so far. And very helpful. I might have not been alive right now if not for him. So it's hard to say,

Kai smiled.

in that case, he

dirty dishes away and refill their glasses. After they were alone once again, he remained silent for a

true. I think I can get the Obsidian Knife, which is supposed to make the Nightmare easier. So… I wanted to ask. Effie, I know that you can snap your fingers and have a dozen of the most powerful Awakened cohorts in the world accompany you to conquer the Second Nightmare.

little before giving an answer, but Effie remained quiet for a bit, an uncharacteristically serious expression on her face. After a while, she

after we had become Awakened? Are

He smiled.

now. Both of us need time

saying that, Sunny looked

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