Shadow Slave

Chapter 1834

Chapter 1834 As Simple as That Some time later, Cassie's office was a mess. The actual damage wasn't that severe, but there were parchments and sheets of paper scattered everywhere.

The two young women were sitting on the floor, breathing heavily. Cassie's blindfold was a little crooked.

Nephis glared at her for a while, then groaned and hid her face between her knees.

Eventually, her muffled voice resounded in the stone chamber:

"I... I forgot to retrieve my damned dress..."

Hearing that, Cassie livened up a little, as if feeling a chance to redeem herself.

"Oh! Don't worry. He picked it up."

Instead of answering, Nephis slowly raised her hands and silently grabbed her head.

After a few moments of silence, she said:

"When is the war starting? Let‘s go to war, Gas..."

The blind seer smiled.

"Of course. I'll go with you."

She paused for a moment, then added softly:

"But honestly, I don't know why you are reacting so strongly."

Nephis raised her head and looked at the other young woman in astonishment.

"Why? I‘m embarrassed! Embarrassed! I'm so embarrassed that I want to fall through the earth."

Cassie smiled slightly.

"Really? Well... embarrassed is better than angry, I think."

She paused for a moment, then asked cautiously:

"Are you disappointed?"

Nephis remained silent for a while, then sighed and leaned tiredly on the wall.

"No. Yes? Maybe."

She gritted her teeth.

"I am disappointed, but I am also excited. Ah, I don't know..."

hesitated for a

were how soft and... safe he was. Unlike me, and everything around me.

Nephis frowned.

really? The man I've come to know... and like... is not an illusion. It's just that I‘ve only

voice grew a

there is his other part. The Lord of Shadows. He is someone I... appreciate. Someone whom I might have wondered about —

her head

gain the best of the both worlds? Or is it both? I'm

hid her face in her

that is not

had been listening to her tirade silently,

felt comfortable with enough to let herself be so open and

now, she

not? What

head and

a while, she opened

it's just... is not how it

touched her

was it supposed

out a

that I will spend some time with Master Sunless and try to enjoy myself. Maybe something would come out of it, and maybe not. In any case, it was supposed to be a timed entanglement. Soon enough... before anything too serious might have happened... I would have left Bastion and gone to war. And then, by the time it was over, a year or several years later, I would have been able to decide what

at Cassie

see the problem here, Cas? There is no "then" anymore! Because

to be able to see Neph‘s face right now, but she couldn‘t. It was just the two of them in the room, so she could only see

Eventually, Cassie chuckled lightly.

"I see."

breath

now. I trusted that he had no ill intentions toward you, and he asked me to keep his secret until he found an opportunity to tell you himself. That was why I kept quiet. But, honestly... I wanted you to enjoy yourself, as well. I knew that you would go into the Changing Star of the Immortal Flame mode as soon as you learned

the light smile

some other reasons, as well, but there is no point in talking about it. In any case, he promised me that he would tell you before the war,

a

need to make

looked at her

in

do? You know that I am... not good

help but

proof enough. But, actually,

her with subtle

Cassie spoke softly:

whatever there is between you two cannot continue, and you are ending it immediately. That you will be nothing but colleagues in the future,

not see, but she felt her friend's shoulder

She smiled.

"How does it feel?"

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