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 him, then

though… he

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

entered and froze, unsure how

"What the hell…"

the middle of a deep meditation, if not for dozens of

enter, Noctis lazily opened one eye and stared at Sunny, then at Kai. Finally, he landed on the floor and yawned, causing all

with you? What a hideous creature… wait, did I say that out loud? No, surely not… I

amphoras to disappear without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over to a small table, picked up a fresh apple, and

what do you owe the

wait, wasn't it supposed to

glanced at Kai, who was staring at the immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his

you remember the friends I told you about? Well, this is one of them.

stared at Kai, blinked a couple of times, then took

one of the friends that you were supposed to find after visiting an island that doesn't exist, despite not knowing how they look, where they are, and what they are called? He just happened to be here, in

Sunny smiled.

A man with a voice of an angel, and

spared him a sidelong glance, then bowed

nice to meet you,

shuddered and looked right and left, then shook

even in jest. Angels

touched the symbol of the moon on his forehead and

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

hesitated for a bit, then

to find

a choice was looking more and more distant by the day. But he needed the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find and