Shadow Slave

Sunny hesitated for a few moments, then looked at Kai and said with determination.

"Let's go."

Kai nodded and followed the four-armed demon, pushing forward his bandaged body with visible effort. Seeing his friend's suffering, Sunny gritted his teeth.

The archer, meanwhile, glanced at him with a grim expression, and then said in his new, unfamiliar and ugly voice:

"Sunny… I have one question. Can you answer it?"

Sunny slowed down and turned to him, a deep scowl contorting the bestial lines of his face.

"Of course. What is it?"

Kai remained silent for a bit, then asked cautiously:

"Uh… where, exactly, are we going?"

Sunny blinked a couple of times, then tilted his head a little.

"Oh, right. Where else? We are going to talk to Noctis!"

With that, he turned around and continued walking toward the immortal sorcerer's residence.

The archer hurried to catch up, then said in a stifled tone:

"Ah… that Noctis? The immortal Transcendent? Blessed of the Moon, Crimson Beast of Twilight, Chain Lord of the Kingdom of Hope, and all that?"

at

that Noctis. Don't worry, though… he

Sanctuary and approached the beautifully engraved wooden door. A pair of Sailor Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness. Noticing Sunny, one of them moved

and froze, unsure how

"What the hell…"

a deep meditation, if

the floor and yawned, causing all the amphoras to

I say that out loud? No,

the amphoras to disappear without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over to a small

you

we owe… wait, wasn't it supposed to be

staring at the immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured

you remember the friends I told you about? Well,

a couple of times, then

the friends that you were supposed to find after visiting an island that doesn't exist, despite not knowing

Sunny smiled.

This is Nightingale, my dear friend. A man with a voice of

glance, then bowed slightly and forced

is… nice to meet you, Lord

looked right and left, then shook his

again, even in jest. Angels are not something to

he briefly touched the symbol of the moon on his forehead

found one of your friends. Have the two

for a bit, then answered

need to find two more friends for that.

the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find and retrieve Effie from the mysterious Temple of the Chalice… in that particular matter, he was willing