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?"
counter to balance herself.
in the Awakened, to begin with, and the government mostly used the heroic visage of Raised by Wolves as she looked in the Dream Realm
to mention that a normal person would never expect to
oh gods, I
lowered her head, then suddenly looked up and
Wolves, Nightingale, and Song of the Fallen?! They are
frowned in confusion,
what? We used to be members of the
times. Her voice became even
Song of the Fallen, Raised by Wolves, and
Sunny smiled innocently.
that's
down, almost missing the chair. She remained silent for a long
Lady Nephis? The Lady Nephis? Changing Star of
He grinned.
Neph? Yeah, sure.
Rain closed her eyes.
anything for a
waited for a few
"So… about those potatoes…"
her apron again,
home. I, uh… forgot to do
Rain stood up and
at
What homework?
"sorry" one more time
the door closed behind
felt avenged.
was priceless… I do wish she
***
dinner, the four of them settled around the table and moved on to the real reason for today's gathering — the discussion of their plan to challenge the
place in the Sanctuary, but despite having a somewhat good relationship with the White Feather clan, Sunny didn't want
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