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?"

glanced at

that Noctis. Don't worry, though… he is

pair of Sailor Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness.

of them entered and froze,

"What the hell…"

wise sage in the middle of a deep meditation, if not for dozens of empty

and yawned, causing all the amphoras to fall down and shatter, sending drops of wine flying everywhere and

nice surprise, to see you so soon. And… uh… you brought someone with you? What a hideous creature… wait, did I say that out loud? No,

them a radiant smile, then waved a hand, causing the whole residence to shudder and the shards of the amphoras to disappear without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over to a

you owe the

wasn't it supposed to be the other way

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

am here to deliver some good news. Do you remember the friends I told you about? Well, this is one of

Kai, blinked a couple of times, then took a bite out of

doesn't exist, despite not knowing how

Sunny smiled.

This is Nightingale, my dear friend. A man with a voice of an angel, and a face to go along

then bowed slightly and forced out a grating,

nice to meet

right

even in jest. Angels are not something to be called upon, whether by

the symbol of the moon on his

that you have found one of your friends. Have the two of you discussed my

for a bit, then

we have not. We still need to find two more friends for that.

and more distant by the day. But he needed the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find and retrieve Effie from the