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 him,

Noctis. Don't worry, though… he is indeed terrifying,

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

entered and froze, unsure how to

"What the hell…"

his legs crossed and his eyes closed. He might have seemed like a wise sage in the middle of a deep meditation, if not for dozens of empty

and stared at Sunny, then at Kai. Finally, he landed on the floor and yawned, causing all the

No, surely not… I am too wise and courteous to make

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

do you owe the

it supposed to be the other way

was staring at the immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face. Finally, he cleared his throat and turned

deliver some good news. Do you remember the friends I told you about? Well, this is one of them. And… yes, you did

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

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,

sidelong glance, then bowed slightly and

to meet you, Lord

looked right and left, then shook

Sunless… do not ever mention those creatures again, even in jest. Angels are not something to be called

symbol of the

you have found one of your friends. Have

hesitated for a bit,

need to find two more friends for that.

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