Shadow Slave

A tense silence settled in the opulent residence of the mad sorcerer… who, meanwhile, was staring at Sunny with an indescribable expression on his pale, beautiful face. Noctis didn't seem happy at all despite finally learning the secret that he had been searching for all this time.

In that silence, Kai's hoarse voice suddenly resounded, full of polite curiosity:

"I am very sorry… but that glass knife you are talking about… why exactly do we need it?"

Both Sunny and Noctis turned to him. After an awkward pause, the immortal scratched the back of his head and answered:

"Ah… that thing, you see, is the only thing that can kill Sevras, the blessed of the Sun. And I really, really want to kill him."

Noticing a slight confusion on the archer's face, he thought for a moment, and then added:

"Right, these days people call him Sevirax, the Ivory Lord. You have heard of him, yes?"

Kai lingered for a bit, then looked down at his bandaged hands and said evenly:

"...Yes. You might say that I have."

He closed his eyes for a moment, and then smiled.

"In that case, we must retrieve the Glass Knife. And our friend. Lord Noctis… surely, there is something that we can do? You know a lot about that sect of theirs. Is there a way for you to enter the Temple of the Chalice, find both the knife and our friend, and bring them back to the Sanctuary?"

Noctis stared at him for a while, then shook his head.

"No, there is no way for me to invade the Temple. At least not without destroying it completely, which would doom that friend of yours along with the rest of the sect… sadly, that is also one of the places I can't infiltrate in disguise… uh, infiltrate it again, I mean…"

Sunny and Kai glanced at each other, and then, the archer cautiously asked:

"If that is the case… what if we infiltrate it, instead?"

sorcerer stared at them with

pair you are! Do you not know fear? I have just told you how frightening the War Maidens

and then shrugged. Kai shook his head and answered for both of them, saving him

you might not know this,

gave them a dubious look, and then shook

and not any women at that. They will only give passage to female warriors of utmost skill, those

a few moments, then sighed

that won't be a

a couple of times and looked at him with confused

"Uh… how so? Sunless…"

him a strange look, and then asked with a

I don't know about

glanced at him darkly, scowled, and answered

I meant. I just have

the taciturn demon stepped out of it, wreathed in darkness. Her graceful figure appeared in the middle of the sorcerer's residence, and then the

her, his eyes widening.

"That… that…"

and then suddenly clenched his fists

The design! The fit! Oh, gods… who forged that masterpiece?! Sunless,

while Sunny and Kai stared at the immortal Transcendent with inexorable expressions. After a few moments of

not sure. Prince of the Underworld, I think. Wait, haven't you seen me wearing a similar

confusion,

you must have not done it justice. This beauty, however… so it was Hope's little brother,

into Saint's ruby eyes. His smile widened, but then grew rather strange. He glanced at Sunny with

of your Shadows, yes? How come she is more powerful than you? Oh, did you inherit this sublime creature from the Shadow Lord? That rogue… he had been hiding such

suddenly felt a very strong impulse to wipe the lecherous smile off the immortal's face… which

He gritted his teeth.