Shadow Slave

Chapter 789

Nephis looked in the window and remained silent for a while. Her face was distant and still. After a while, she lightly shook her head.

"No… not yet."

Cassie seemed to be surprised by that answer.

"No? But… why?"

Changing Star sighed.

"The… Fire Keepers. That is what people call the Awakened who follow you, right? They all look up to me, do they not?"

The blind girl silently nodded.

"Of course! We… they have been waiting for your return ever since escaping the Forgotten Shore. Even though the Dreamer Army was an alliance of convenience, the bonds that were forged between its members are real. Their bond to you is real, too."

Sunny sipped his coffee with a strange expression. Neph, meanwhile, lingered for a moment, and then said:

"But they want more than just to welcome me back. They expect me to lead them, like I did on the Forgotten Shore. Am I correct?"

Cassie nodded once again.

Neph looked away.

"How can I lead them when I don't know where I am going? I… I need more time to figure things out before I face them."

The blind girl remained silent for a while, then sighed.

"I… I understand. I think."

meanwhile, did not

she was going to do, so she could not offer the remnants of the Dreamer Army guidance. She

to slow her down. More than that, she had spent two whole years alone in the Dream Realm… if he knew anything about her, he knew that she must have dedicated a considerable amount of that time to obsessively making

came back. That had

was she struggling

wanted to know… yet. In any case, he was going

something else that

at Nephis and Cassie

home! We only agreed that Nephis would stay here for a week. Shouldn't you at least ask me before deciding to

going to let Changing Star pull

and looked at him with an unreadable expression. After

you mind if I stay for

coughed, and then glanced away in

Glad to have you, and

***

they were making to the Immortal Flame manor, and then left. Running a prominent Awakened organization was not an easy task, so she had a

Neph were left alone

a few moments, and

home? I mean… I never really had one, more or less, before buying this house. But if

him, then slowly shook her

up. Sometimes because our financial situation changed, sometimes due to security issues.

silent for a few

the feeling of home. But they

conversation

Immortal Flame clan is, to be honest. And who those people were. You once

Changing Star nodded.

it a great clan, even, although that distinction was not established yet back then. Apart from the immediate family, the clan also encompassed hundreds of other people. Professionals to manage our properties, craftsmen, mundane soldiers, Awakened retainers, their dependents… a Legacy clan is more than just a few powerful warriors. It is a… a large, self-sufficient

silent,

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