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

could not offer the remnants of the

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 plans of how

lot of new information that became available to Neph after she came back. That had to change her approach a little, but should not have affected

was she struggling

sure that he wanted to know…

was something else that bothered him,

glanced at Nephis and Cassie and

my 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

with an unreadable expression. After a few moments of

if I stay for

coughed, and then glanced away in

Glad to have you, and all that. See, was

***

Fire Keepers and the renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor, and then left. Running a prominent

were

a few moments, and

I never really had one, more or less, before buying this house. But if I did,

him, then slowly

a lot while I was growing up. Sometimes because our financial situation changed, sometimes due to security issues. That manor is just the last in

a few

created the feeling of home. But they

conversation he once had with

don't really understand what the Immortal Flame clan is, to be honest. And who those people were. You once said that

Changing Star nodded.

just me, now. At its height, it was one of the most influential 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,

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