Shadow Slave

Chapter 12

Right now, that obstacle was looking down, avoiding Sunny’s gaze. His hand was resting on the sword handle. As always, the young slave had no idea about what was going on inside Hero’s perfectly shaped head.

The uncertainty was making him nervous.

Finally, after some time had passed, the soldier spoke:

“I have only one question.”

Both Sunny and Scholar stared at him while holding their breaths.

“Yes?”

“You said that one of us must be sacrificed to save the other two. Why him? From what I see, you are far closer to the grave.”

‘A great question! I was just about to ask it myself.’

Sunny turned to the older slave, trying very hard to suppress a mocking grin. But to his dismay, Scholar had an answer ready.

“Before the first attack, he was already bleeding because of your senior’s whip. During the attack, he was drenched in the blood of a fellow slave. His cloak, too, was soaked in it when the previous owner died. The boy already reeks of blood. Keeping him alive will put us in danger. That’s why he is the best choice.”

The grin died before reaching Sunny’s face.

‘Curse you and your big brain!’

Scholar’s reasoning was appallingly solid. Hero listened, his expression growing darker with each word. Finally, he looked at Sunny, a dangerous light shining in his eyes.

“That is true.”

Sunny felt his mouth getting dry. Cold sweat was running down his spine. He tensed, ready to act…

But at that moment, Hero smiled.

“Your logic is almost unassailable,” he said, unsheathing the sword. “However, you failed to account for one thing.”

trying to hide

“What might that be?”

smile disappearing from

salve. Just one of the revolting crimes you have committed would

Scholar’s eyes widened.

the

worry about it. I’ll make you bleed enough to overpower whatever residual scent the boy

that Sunny barely had time to react. Hero lunged forward with a speed that seemed almost inhuman. A moment later, Scholar was shrieking on the ground, his leg broken with one strike from the flat side of the young soldier’s sword. Not giving him

like that, Scholar was

Hero’s actions was in such stark contrast with his usually graceful demeanor that

a calm look and said in

“Wait for me here.”

he grabbed the older slave and dragged him down the path, soon disappearing behind a rock outcropping. After a few minutes, terrible screams could be

left alone,

is… this is

how sudden Scholar’s demise came to be.

acting as though nothing had happened. But it was exactly

Scholar’s rucksack and throwing most of the firewood out, the young soldier put it

We need

to say, Sunny gave him a

were only two of them

was sort of stupid, but Sunny suddenly

thoughts. A strange feeling of melancholy descended on Sunny… somehow, he began to feel that the

in silence for some time

about what happened. It’s not your fault. The decision was mine, and

soldier was a few steps

you don’t. Just trust me when I say that killing him was an act

which one of us

desperate to maintain an illusion

getting an

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