Shadow Slave novel Chapter 3010

"...and then Belle, that bastard, looks me right in the eye and says — you look like someone who will die first, let's be friends. Can you believe him?!" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The sounds of laughter filled the private booth as Luster waved his empty glass in the air.

“Because having me around meant that he would not be the first, you see! What kind of messed-up logic is that?!"

He put his glass down and huffed a few times.

Luster was pretty fired up, but his excitement slowly drained away. He stared at the table for a short while, and then said in a much more withdrawn tone:

"Hell. Now I feel kind of guilty for not staying with him until the end. Maybe if I did, he would have really stayed alive."

Sunny, Jet, Kim, Luster, and Quentin — they were all that remained of the First Irregular Company. The seven cohorts of elite soldiers were reduced to only five people, and since today was Remembrance Day, these people had decided to gather and remember their fallen comrades fondly.

...Or angrily, in Luster's case.

Kim pushed him lightly.

"No one could have survived that. Only the Captain."

Jet, who was leaning back in her chair, smiled lazily.

“Hey, I was there as well.”

She shook her head.

"But you're right. No one could have survived the Winter Beast."

Jet leaned forward, intending to pour herself another glass. Before she could, however, Quentin hurriedly grabbed the bottle with both hands and did it for her. She gave him a pleasant smile, then raised the glass and gulped the fiery liquid down.

"Aaahh."

Jet winced.

“I went back to Antarctica after becoming a Saint, you know? I wanted to hunt that cursed thing down. But... no luck. The Winter Beast was nowhere to be found — someone had already killed it."

She glanced at Sunny and smiled.

"I couldn't figure out who it was for the longest time, until my memories of this guy were restored.”

A corner of Sunny's mouth lifted briefly.

He glanced away.

“Indeed. That was the first thing I did — sail across the ocean and hunt down the Winter Beast."

Luster stared at him with wide eyes.

“But how did you kill that thing, Captain?"

Sunny gave him a deadpan look and shrugged.

“I bit it to death.”

There were a few seconds of silence, and then Luster let out an emotional sigh.

“Ah, it's so good to have you back, Captain! I mean... boss. I mean, Captain Boss! Boss Captain?"

Sunny gave him a dubious glance and turned to Kim.

"I think he's had enough."

Luster shook his head.

"No, you don't understand — I was like a lost chick without you, Captain! Even if I couldn't remember, I still felt it. The absence. And then some shady bastard came along and offered me to work for him... oh, but he could never! Ever! Replace the Captain... that insane bastard..."

Kim cleared her throat.

"Yes. I think that he's had enough."

She remained silent for a few seconds, and then added:

“But he is right. It is good to have you back, Captain."

Quentin smiled.

"I'll drink to that."

Jet pushed her glass in his direction silently.

“Indeed. You probably don't know, but I knew him the longest. In fact, I was the government Awakened assigned to monitor him during the First Nightmare. And do you guys want to know what was the first thing he said after coming to his senses?"

Sunny shifted on his chair.

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