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.»

wanted to respond, but before she could, Sunny added

any time I want. What does

seemed to forget what

suddenly choked on thin

Sunny smiled silently.

at Nephis,

Nephis, you mentioned that you would be honest with me. I wonder what you were

but it was Jet who

To tell you the truth, this assassination attempt saved me a lot of

the two of them, having a few

Nephis nodded.

waiting for a couple more people,

else was in the room. He shifted his gaze, noticing that

nestling in the eyes of his mask seemed to grow even more

«Song of the Fallen.»

She bowed lightly.

«Lord Shadow.»

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 an opening Nightmare Gate. It was a strange sensation that only Saints could feel, denouncing that someone had crossed over from another realm

arrived directly from

sensed something else… A

moment, there was the sound of energetic footsteps,

around, and her gaze

He tensed immediately.

that woman going to say

him for a few

«Hey.»

she

Sunless. I bet he can't

Nephis closed her eyes.

meanwhile, opened them

How can I be

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

Shadow. Meet Saint Athena, Raised

at Effie, lamenting the

his looks could not. There had to be an Awakened out there somewhere with such Aspect,

He said emotionlessly:

«…She's loud.»

gave him a dirty

arm-wrestle? If you