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 of the Dreamer Army guidance. She could not become their general again until she

hesitation to slow her down. More than that, she had spent two whole years alone in the Dream

lot of new information that became available to Neph after she came back. That had to change her

was she

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

something else that bothered

Cassie and

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

Changing Star pull off

turned and looked at him with an unreadable expression.

I stay for a couple

then glanced

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

***

speed about the state of the Fire Keepers and the renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor,

were left

a few moments,

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

then

I was growing up. Sometimes because our financial situation changed,

for a few moments,

created the feeling of home. But they are all gone now, one way or the

conversation he once

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

Changing Star nodded.

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 our properties, craftsmen, mundane soldiers, Awakened retainers, their dependents…

silent,

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