Kai, Effie, and Cassie settled in the living room and chatted while Sunny returned to the kitchen. The two areas were basically a single space, separated only by distance and a tall counter, so he could see them clearly. Watching his friends at ease and happy to be reunited with the blind girl turned his expression dark for a short moment, but Sunny quickly put on a carefree mask.
Rain was by his side and staring at them, too.
Her gaze lingered on Kai for a while, then on Cassie. Finally, she looked at Effie and studied her face with a complicated expression.
'Here it comes!'
A few moments later, her eyes widened. Sunny didn't think that it was possible for the teenage girl to become paler than she already was, but he was proven wrong. Looking like a ghost, Rain slowly turned to him and whispered:
"Effie… she is… she's…"
Sunny offered her a polite smile.
"Huh? What are you mumbling about?"
Then, he glanced into the living room and raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, do you want me to call her over? No problem. Hey, Ef…"
Rain waved her hands and pressed one against his mouth.
"No! Don't!"
Sunny stared at her with a silent question in his eyes.
The girl looked at him, then at her hand, then awkwardly stepped back.
"What I wanted to say was… Effie, is she…"
Sunny grimaced.
"...Awakened Athena, also known as Raised by Wolves? What, you didn't know?"
the counter to balance herself. A comically mortified expression
girl wasn't that interested in the Awakened, to begin with, and the government mostly used the heroic visage of Raised
to a wheelchair. Not to mention that a normal
but she and I… oh gods, I even
her head, then suddenly looked up and pierced Sunny with
friends with Raised by Wolves, Nightingale, and Song of the Fallen?! They are
frowned in confusion,
be members of
times. Her voice
the Fallen, Raised by Wolves, and
Sunny smiled innocently.
that's
chair. She remained silent for
Star of the Immortal Flame clan? You're from... from her
He grinned.
Neph? Yeah, sure.
Rain closed her eyes.
did not say anything for a bit, then cleared his
few more
"So… about those potatoes…"
flinched, looked down at her apron again, then answered
sorry. Actually, I have to go home. I, uh…
stood up and rushed to the
at
homework? It's
"sorry" one more time and fled the house in a
door closed behind her and
avenged.
That was priceless… I do wish she would
***
and moved on to the real reason for today's gathering —
a somewhat good relationship with the White Feather clan, Sunny didn't want to
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