Shadow Slave

Sunny was surprised to see Jet here. She was one of the executive leaders of the government now, after all. Someone like her was not supposed to visit members of a Great Clan unannounced…

Not that he wasn't happy to see her.

Jet was exactly like she had been before. Her ivory skin, raven-black hair, and icy blue eyes made for a striking sight. Despite the fact that she had risen much higher in the government hierarchy by now, her uniform was pretty much the same — it was just that there were four stars on the insignia instead of three.

If anything had changed, it was that she seemed even more sleep-deprived than usual. If that was even possible.

Sunny found himself staring at her without meaning to… but for a very different reason than he had during their first meeting.

It was just good to see her, after all that time…

Jet stared back at him.

«You must be the Lord of Shadows.»

He nodded and answered evenly:

«You must be Soul Reaper Jet.»

She studied him for a moment, then raised an eyebrow.

«What's up with the Halloween costume?»

«Huh.»

Sunny tilted his head, contemplated her question, and asked seriously:

«What is Halloween?»

Jet blinked a couple of times. Eventually, she waved a hand at him.

«Never mind. I've heard a lot about you, Shadow. It's nice to finally put a face to the name. Well… sort of.»

«So, no one is going to explain to me who this Halloween is? Rude.»

Sunny frowned behind the mask.

«Only the good things, I hope.»

Jet grinned.

«Well. They say that you rule a Death Zone, eat Cursed Nightmare Creatures for breakfast, wrestle Titans for fun, and can turn into all kinds of terrible monsters on a full moon.»

stared at

«That is preposterous.»

to respond, but before she could, Sunny

terrible monsters any time I want. What does the moon have to do with

seemed to forget what she was supposed to

beside her, Kai suddenly choked on thin

Sunny smiled silently.

at Nephis,

mentioned that you would be honest with me. I

for a moment, but it was

am here to placate Nephis on behalf of the government. To tell you the truth, this assassination attempt saved me a lot of trouble otherwise, I would have had to come secretly. lіght~nоvel~cаve~c`о/m.

having a few guesses

Nephis nodded.

a couple more people,

room. He

in the eyes of his mask seemed to grow even more

«Song of the Fallen.»

She bowed lightly.

«Lord Shadow.»

wasn't that strange that he had not sensed her approach — Sunny could still feel the underlying fabric of existence rippling around them subtly, somewhat akin to the shockwave of

must have arrived directly from

sensed something else… A

the sound of energetic footsteps,

looked around, and her gaze

He tensed immediately.

is that woman going

for

«Hey.»

that, she

I bet he can't even cook. Stay strong,

Nephis closed her eyes.

meanwhile, opened them

can I be inferior to that lazy bastard?! I mean… we're

a very strange expression on her face. Nephis exhaled slowly, remained motionless for a moment, and

Shadow. Meet Saint Athena, Raised

the fact that

to be an Awakened out there somewhere with such Aspect,

He said emotionlessly:

«…She's loud.»

him a dirty look and

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