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

back

to find 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

tilted her head and gave him a strange look. Kai's smile paled

of water and continued in

black tower in the abyss, I went to a white tower in the skies, and then rode back to

stared at him for a few

Kai shook his head.

take it back. Let's hear the long

***

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

was done, Effie

yours has really

appeared on Sunny's

the thing, when it does finally happen, one thing usually leads to another. It's not all

took a sip of tea, and

voice…

Sunny hesitated, then shrugged.

came to believe that Mordret is 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,

thought for a bit,

of information he had given me turned out to be true, so far. And very helpful. I might have not been alive

Kai smiled.

that case, he is alright in

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

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... would

little before giving an answer, but Effie remained quiet for a bit,

Nightmare? Now, barely four months after we had become

He smiled.

I don't mean now. Both of us need

saying that, Sunny

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