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

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

alone in the

course, there was a lot of new information that became available to Neph after she came back. That had to change her approach

was she

that he wanted to know… yet. In any

was something else that

Cassie

only agreed that Nephis would stay here for a week. Shouldn't you at least

was not going to let Changing

with an unreadable expression. After a few

if I stay for a

and then

no problem. Glad to have you, and all

***

for a bit 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 a prominent Awakened organization was not an easy task,

and Neph were left alone

for a few moments, and

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

at him, then slowly shook

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

for a few

created the feeling of home. But they are all gone now, one way or the other. So, there's nothing

conversation he once

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

Changing Star nodded.

clan, even, although that distinction was not established yet back then. Apart from the immediate family, the clan

silent, and

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