Shadow Slave

Chapter 1595

The new customer was a young woman wearing a sharp, but somewhat wrinkled formal suit. Her white blouse was buttoned up all the way despite the warm weather, and her dark hair was gathered in a bun. There were dark circles under her deeply intelligent, but tired eyes.

Unlike Teacher Julius, who visited Bastion in his sleep, she was a mundane human residing here permanently. It also seemed like she was visiting the Brilliant Emporium after burning the midnight oil and working through the night, instead of doing so first thing in the morning.

The young woman glanced at Sunny, frowned slightly, then gave him a curt nod.

"Master Sunless."

He hid behind a polite smile.

"Miss Beth."

"Ah, Chief Bethany! You've made it!"

Forgetting about Sunny's existence, Beth turned to where Julius was sitting and smiled brightly.

"Professor Julius! Of course, I have."

Sunny received her order and retreated back into the kitchen. As he started preparing a cup of hot chocolate for the tireless scientist, he sighed and shook his head.

"She doesn't change..."

Aiko, who had just finished running some calculations on a wooden abacus, gave him a curious glance:

"Oh? Do you know Chief Bethany, boss?"

a few moments, then shrugged stiffly. "We had a few brushes

looked around and

pass

abacus, but the salt shaker floated from the shelf into Sunny's hand. That was her Dormant Ability — a weak form

considering that she used to run a gambling

who was Sunny

making the hot chocolate, poured it into a ceramic cup with

a part of the conversation between Teacher Julius and Beth. The old man

doing?" Beth let out a long sigh and picked

breakthrough recently, but you know how it is... both sides are hoarding information instead of sharing it. The guys from Valor are also tightening up security, as if they

grimaced and shook

of engineers have given it their best, but

She took a sip of her hot

cleared

the bigwigs are too myopic to realize that we should not

smile appeared on her

of a power station. There is no reason for electrical power not to work in the Dream Realm, right? And yet, it doesn't... for now. But mark my words, I'll have the streets

his hands and applauded her

simply wonderful! What are you using

Beth shrugged.

still produced by steam-powered turbines. It's just the method of producing heat, and therefore steam, that differs. So, we are using heat. Granted, finding a way to produce heat from soul essence is

that, Beth's explanation became too technical for Sunny to understand. He had long retreated to the reception desk, of course, but his hearing was greatly enhanced when compared to that of mundane humans — he was a Saint, after all. If Sunny wanted, he could eavesdrop on the conversations between the residents

in the habit of doing

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