Shadow Slave

The first customers arrived, and the avatar got busy in the kitchen. Sunny, however, remained on the porch, enjoying the fresh air with a leisurely smile on his lips. The lively noises of the city filled the air like a bright melody.

At some point, the door opened, and Aiko walked out, dressed in a smart business suit and wearing a leather messenger bag over her shoulder. The petite girl yawned, stretched her arms, and mumbled:

"I'm off to the Castle, boss."

Sunny looked at her with a good-natured smile.

"You're delivering Memories, you know. What's up with the bag?"

Aiko stared at him with indignation.

"What do you even know... one has to look the part to make the right impression! That's business essentials!"

She glanced him over with suspicion.

"And speaking of looking the part... you seem a bit different today, boss, What is that... did you style your hair?"

Sunny blinked.

"I did not!"

Aiko gave him a sarcastic nod.

"Uh-huh... sure."

With that, she grinned and hurried away.

"Have fun with Princess Nephis, boss! Perform well! We're raking in real money here, so don't screw it up for us!"

The petite girl used her Aspect to skate on the cobblestones and disappeared behind a corner in the blink of an eye. Sunny was left standing on the porch, flabbergasted.

"What? What does she mean, perform well? I always perform well! Wait... that did not sound right....”

the world. Sunny did not have

the shore of the lake. Her wings had already disappeared, and only a beautiful halo remained,

wearing white clothes, her silver hair held down

in black as usual, froze

hope she did not

and walked

Are you

time to keep their appointments in the past few weeks, and never seemed distracted by

of

likely that Nephis simply treated their meetings as part of the war preparations. There was a purpose to them Sunny was a hired sorcerer who had to forge her a superb sword, after

it, the latter possibility

"Master Sunless?"

then offered her a pleasant

"Yes, I am ready."

his arm, and when she wrapped her own around it,

bought the pienic basket specifically for the occasion,

Sunny was pretending to be nonchalant. They made for quite a stunning pair, and passerby stared at them with wide eyes... but he did not care.

‘There, there. Look more!'

to be in

remark, Sunny realized that there was a wide smile on

Today seems like a pretty good day. Don't you think

his face for a few moments, then smiled slightly and

to agree. It

Awakened warriors, and not all of them had a Legacy clan sponsoring them - so, they needed a place to practice and hone their skills, as

were busy protecting the human enclaves and subjugating the

reputation for a martial school. On any day, there would be

today, the martial hall was entirely empty. Nephis had reserved the whole building, displacing even the founder... their outing had to be public, but what they were about to

she nodded at Sunny

comfortable, Master Sunless. I'll

courtyard of the martial hall, which was fashioned into a sand arena. Sitting down on

a