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

though… he

the garden of the 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

them entered and froze,

"What the hell…"

his eyes closed. He might have seemed like a wise sage in the middle of a deep meditation, if

landed on the floor and yawned, causing all the amphoras

someone with you? What a hideous creature… wait, did I say that out loud? No, surely not… I am too wise and courteous to make a rude remark like that, of course… nice to

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

do you owe the

wasn't it supposed to be

with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face. Finally,

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

sorcerer stared at Kai, blinked a couple of times, then took a bite out

exist, despite not knowing how they look, where they are, and what they are called?

Sunny smiled.

dear friend. A man with a voice of an angel, and a face to go

sidelong glance, then bowed slightly

nice to meet you, Lord

shuddered and looked right and left, then shook his

ever mention those creatures again, even in jest. Angels are not something to be called upon, whether

touched the symbol of the moon

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

a bit,

have not. We still need to find two more

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