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

was not sure of what she was going to do, so she could not offer the remnants of

in the Dream Realm… if he knew anything about her, he knew that she must have

back. That had to change her approach a little, but should not have affected the core of it. So why was she

was she struggling

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

something else that bothered him,

glanced at Nephis and Cassie and then

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

let Changing Star pull off an Effie

unreadable expression. After a few moments of

do you mind if I stay for a couple

coughed, and then

you, and all that. See, was

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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 had a

and Neph were

hesitated for a few moments, and then

want to go home? I mean… I never really had one, more or less, before buying

then slowly shook her

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

a few moments, then

But they are all gone now, one way or the other. So, there's

the conversation he once had

be honest. And who those people were. You once said

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

silent, and

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