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:

with the short

scratched the back of his

into a bottomless abyss on top of a devil's corpse, and being burned by divine flames. Luckily, there is this voice I can hear in my head sometimes, and it helped me to only

gave him a strange look. Kai's smile paled a

of water and continued in a

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

them stared at him for a few moments, and then sighed almost

Kai shook his head.

back. Let's hear the long

***

sequence of events that led to him 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 Weaver, and the real reason for why he was so desperate to grow

was done,

[Fated] Attribute of yours has really been in overdrive lately, hasn't

appeared

bad or too good happening before that, though. But that's the thing, when it does finally happen, one thing usually leads to another. It's not all terrible,

took a sip of tea,

what about this voice… Mordret? Do

Sunny hesitated, then shrugged.

indeed one of the Lost, and most likely an Awakened just like we are. 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 of his. Other than that, though… I

for a bit, and then

so far. And very helpful. I might have

Kai smiled.

that case, he

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

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. But...

giving an answer, but Effie remained quiet for a bit, an uncharacteristically

Now, barely four months after we had become Awakened? Are you

He smiled.

don't mean now. Both of us need time to grow stronger and

that,

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