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."

did not

surface, what Nephis said made perfect sense. She was not sure of what she was going to do, so she could not offer the remnants of the Dreamer Army guidance. She could not become their

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 plans of how

had to change her

she struggling

not sure that he wanted to know… yet. In any case, he was going

was something else that bothered him,

and Cassie and

is still my home! We only agreed that Nephis would stay here for a week. Shouldn't you at least ask me

not going to let Changing Star pull off

and looked at him with an unreadable expression. After a few moments

do you mind if I stay for a couple

then glanced

course! Sure, no problem. Glad to have you, and

***

Keepers and the renovations 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 lot on

Neph were left

hesitated for a few moments,

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

him, then slowly shook her

up. Sometimes because our financial situation changed, sometimes due to security issues. That manor is just the last in a long series of temporary

remained silent for a few moments,

people who surrounded me that created the feeling of home. But they are all gone

sighed, remembering the conversation he once had with

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

Changing Star nodded.

Legacy clans. You could have called 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

silent, and then

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