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

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

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

came back. That had to change

she

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

was something else that bothered

at Nephis and Cassie and then said, his voice

two forgetting something? This is still my home! We only agreed that Nephis would stay here for

was not going to let Changing Star pull off an

an unreadable expression. After a few moments

if I stay for a couple

and then glanced

problem. Glad to have you,

***

renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor, and

Neph were left

few moments, and then

I never really had one, more or less, before

then slowly shook

was growing up. Sometimes because our financial situation changed, sometimes due to security issues. That manor is

for a few moments,

people who surrounded me that created the feeling of home. But they are all gone now, one way or the other.

remembering the conversation he once had with

is, to be honest. And who those people were.

Changing Star nodded.

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 our properties, craftsmen, mundane soldiers, Awakened retainers, their dependents… a Legacy clan is more

silent,

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