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

going to do, so she could not offer the remnants

Sunny harbored doubts about the sincerity of this indecision. Nephis had never been one to allow her hesitation 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 plans of

Neph after she came back. That had to change her approach a little, but should not have affected the core of it. So

was she struggling

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

something else

Nephis and Cassie and then

Nephis would stay here for a week. Shouldn't you at least ask me before deciding to leave her here for

let Changing Star pull

him with an unreadable expression. After a few moments

you mind if I stay for a couple

and then

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

***

longer to get Nephis up to speed about the state of the Fire Keepers and the renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor, and then left. Running

and Neph were left

for a few moments,

not want to go home? I mean… I never really had one, more or less, before buying this house. But if I did, I imagine I would have

him, then slowly shook her

were moving 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 long series of

for a few

surrounded me that created the feeling of home. But they are all gone now, one

the conversation he once had

understand what the Immortal Flame clan is, to be honest. And who those people were. You

Changing Star nodded.

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

silent, and

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