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

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

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 how to destroy her

back. That had to change her approach a little, but should

was she

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

was something else that bothered him,

Cassie and then said, his voice

here for a week. Shouldn't you at least ask me before

Changing Star

at him with an unreadable expression. After a few moments

I

and then

course! Sure, no problem. Glad to have you, and all that. See, was that so

***

the Fire Keepers and the renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor,

Neph were left

few moments,

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

then slowly shook her

financial situation changed, sometimes due to security issues. That manor is just the last in

remained silent for a few

feeling of home. But they

sighed, remembering the conversation he once

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

Changing Star nodded.

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,

grew silent,

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