Shadow Slave

Chapter 783

Projected onto the wall, a languid jade beauty with a slim waist and long eyelashes was traversing a labyrinth of crimson coral, her voluptuous figure barely covered by a flimsy seaweed attire. A teenage boy of about thirteen years of age was scurrying along as he shouted:

"...Are you crazy?!"

Sitting on the sofa near the real Changing Star, Rain felt like sinking into the earth. As the movie went by, her cheeks slowly turned bright red. The daughter of the Immortal Flame clan, on the contrary, became increasingly more deadpan and devoid of emotion. By now, her face was so still that it seemed paralyzed.

Rain awkwardly cleared her throat.

"Uh… come to think of it, the actress they chose does not look like you at all. You are much prettier!"

Nephis shifted and briefly glanced down. Then, she said evenly:

"Thank you."

After a while, she added:

"Why would they cast a child to play Sunny? What a strange decision. Only a complete fool could mistake him for a young boy."

Rain let out a nervous laugh.

"Yeah! Yeah… definitely…"

She looked away in utter embarrassment, and then forced out:

"And what is up with that stupid catchphrase? That does not sound like something Sunny would say at all!"

Changing Star moved, suddenly becoming a little more lively.

"Oh, no. That actually happened. A lot!"

Shore and eventually reached the Dark City. The brief moment of liveliness passed, and instead, Changing Star seemed to grow more rigid and cold

idiot directed

screen. Rain glanced at Lady Nephis curiously, wondering how much of what

relationship with Sunny fit into

had been an

Star's stoic face. The movie progressed, slowly reaching

playing Sir Caster radiated courage and passion. Holding the grief-stricken jade beauty by the hand,

extinguished! As long as it burns, humanity still has hope! The Dreamers of the Dark City have hope! As long

Rain shifted uncomfortably.

me, or is

Star's face. She

however,

Rain frowned.

'Huh?'

next moment, she thought that she smelled smoke. Turning around, the teenage girl noticed a

'That's strange...'

her mouth to say

The projector suddenly exploded.

***

for long enough to help Changing Star clean up the debris of the malfunctioned projector. Then, she found

was going to explode

empty house. She lingered for a bit, then went back into the guest bedroom and rummaged through Effie's closet. She had no clothes apart from the tracksuit that the Academy had issued to her, which was soaked with sweat after

course… but she had worn armor for the better part of the last three years. Putting on

shirt on, she found a pair of gym shorts to match it. Sadly, other articles of Effie's clothing did not fit

matters again

Nephis found herself back in the living room with nothing to do. She simply sat in silence for a while, trying to deal with the

at it for some time,

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