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?"

stared at them with surprise,

and Nightingale… what a strange pair you are! Do you not know fear? I have just told you how frightening the

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

you might not know this, but Sunless and

Transcendent gave them a dubious look, and then

it. But no, no, it doesn't matter! Even if you are willing, you can't get into the Temple of the Chalice. Only women are allowed inside, and not any women at that. They will only give passage to female

a few moments, then sighed deeply

won't be

a couple of times and looked at him

"Uh… how so? Sunless…"

a strange look, and then asked

I don't know about

at him darkly, scowled, and answered in

was not what I meant. I just

stepped out of it, wreathed in darkness. Her graceful figure appeared in the middle of the sorcerer's residence, and then the Shadow turned her head slightly, staring at the master of

looked back at her, his eyes widening. His

"That… that…"

expression frozen, and then suddenly clenched his

fit! Oh, gods… who forged that masterpiece?!

at the immortal Transcendent with inexorable expressions. After a few moments of

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

glanced at him with confusion, then waved

have not done it justice. This beauty, however… so it was Hope's little brother, huh? Who knew he

moved his gaze up, staring right into Saint's ruby

Oh, did you inherit this sublime creature from the Shadow Lord? That rogue… he had been hiding such

bit. In fact, he suddenly felt a very strong impulse to wipe the lecherous smile off the immortal's face… which would not

He gritted his teeth.