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 not

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

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 enemies once

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

she struggling

he wanted to know… yet. In

else that

Nephis and Cassie and then

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

going to let Changing Star pull off an Effie that

and looked at him with an unreadable

if I stay for a couple more

coughed, and then glanced away in

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

***

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, so she

were left

few moments,

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

at him, then slowly shook her

growing up. Sometimes because our financial

remained silent for a few moments, then

people who surrounded me that created the feeling of home. But they are all gone now, one way or the other. So, there's nothing for me to

remembering the conversation he once had

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

Changing Star nodded.

height, 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 hundreds of other people. Professionals to manage our properties, craftsmen, mundane soldiers, Awakened retainers, their dependents… a Legacy clan is more than just a few powerful warriors. It is a… a large,

silent, and

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