Just as the portal closed, Sunny and his shadows sank into the shadows and disappeared from their location, leaving only a pile of corpses sprawled on the asphalt.
Some distance away, Sunny walked from an alley and turned right, merging into the crowd with his hood up.
"So Naughty is your battle art martial arts?
Naughty materialised beside him from a vast amount of shadows surrounding them and smiled while his face was obstructed by a black face mask with jagged white teeth, designed and a cap on his head. Aside from that, he looked similar to Sunny.
"Yes, that's right. I can have the most contact with others' bodies. Isn't it amazing? You can feel..."
He looked at Sunny, who wasn't really looking at him directly, coughed and scratched the back of his head.
"Sorry. Yes. I combined every martial art into my own. This is my Shadow dance technique. I don't want to brag, but I am stronger than everyone before me."
"Don't overestimate your abilities, Nau."
Naughty threw his head behind, smirking behind his mask at the fully formed Creepy that appeared between Sunny and Naughty with an identical outfit to Sunny.
"Wanna go?"
"It's getting too crowded. Creepy."
Creepy nodded slightly and discreetly dissolved himself as Sunny's shadow.
"Should I do the same? Master..."
"No. I still have things I want to ask you."
"As you wish. Master."
Sunny and Naughty continued their conversation a little while longer until they finally turned onto the same street where his school was located.
"How long am I supposed to ignore that swordswoman who's been following us? master."
"She will join us in a while, so there is no need for that. Still, we could test her if you want to."
"I would love to fight her."
Sunny looked at Naughty from his periphery and smiled slightly.
"Gloomy?"
"Master. This woman is boring. Can I stop being her shadow? It's making me sick."
"I wanted to ask how...but I don't think I would understand since I am not a shadow."
Gloomy, who was still in Morgan's shadow, replied.
"That would be a correct assumption."
Naughty shrugged and asked.
"She obviously wants something; shouldn't you stop and get this over with?"
Sunny smiled as he stopped in front of the cafe.
"I will wait here."
As he stepped inside, he looked around and took a seat for 2 in the dark corner of the coffee shop.
Young waiters came up with a menu and asked what he wanted, and his reply was a little paused, but in the end, he made his decision.
"Doopio. Make it twice."
"Would you like some honey to it?"
"Anything but that!"
She recoiled slightly, to which he responded with a slight distaste written on his face.
"My bad, I didn't mean to startle you."
"Alright. I'll be back in a second."
"Take your time. Can I also take that chocolate cheesecake?"
She smiled and walked away to prepare.
Not even a moment later, Morgan was standing where the waitress had been standing till now.
"We need to talk. Come with me, Awakened Sunless."
Sunny motioned with his palm to the seat in front of him.
"I already ordered. I will finish it. If you don't want to, you can wait outside. Besides, with how obstructed we are, isn't this place good enough? I mean, people talk about anything, even right now."
"This matter can't be discussed in a public setting."
"Is there really nothing we can discuss while I finish my cake?"
Morgan thought about it for a moment and said Finally.
"There is one thing."
As she said, the waitress brought them their beverages and cake for Sunny. She gave her a polite smile in return.
"Ask, princess of war."
Sunny sipped the coffee and internally sighed.
"So bitter...but better than I remember. Weird."
"Why aren't you attending any classes?"
"I am. Even right now."
"Your shadow is. Not your original body."
"How rude. All of my shadows are thinking on their own."
"You don't get it. Or maybe you do but are just refusing to answer."
Sunny finished half of his cake and said.
"Tell you what. I will tell you if you pay."
"Seriously?"
"Yes. After all, I am the most honest person in the world...2 worlds even."
Morgan just shook her head and asked again.
"Why isn't your original body in school?"
"I am far more powerful than them. Besides, everyone who survived Forgotten Shore is extraordinarily powerful. You have to agree with that, right?"
"That's fair. Is that all?"
"Yes. That's all."
He finished his coffee and cake and slowly stood up.
"I will wait outside."
Morgan sighed and said.
"You will follow me, do you understand. Alone."
Sunny stopped beside her for a beat and chuckled lightly while shrugging.
"Sure, princess."
With that, he walked out of the cafe.
Mogan finished her coffee, paid and walked outside where Sunny was waiting.
"Let's go."
After a while, he was sitting on the sofa in a nice and very luxurious room filled with Valour ornaments. The reason behind his being there was that Valour had eyes everywhere and saw an Awakened with Shadow abilities by the gate, and because the gate wasn't small, there were some strays being handled by other Awakened in different locations, as Sunny was doing his own thing.
"This could've gone better. Still, what do I do now?"
As he looked down onto his shadow face appeared from it, and an overly cheerful voice said.
"Master... can I fight a bit more?"
Sunny chuckled and waved his hand.
"Everything has it's time and place, Naughty. Your time will come soon. Don't worry about it."
With that, Morgan called him into the training room.
The training room was a large 70m square built from a grey, incredibly durable material of unknown origins in Sunny's eyes.
"So, tell me why a rank 1 awakened but still very weak in gate4 comparison was dealing with a gate alone and despite everything won?"
"Well, I am not a weakling first of all, second. When did I pass Nephis? Wasn't I 2nd? I wasn't alone, and lastly, I just blasted his core from his body."
"Was it really you?"
"Well, me...but Naughty. So go ahead, introduce yourself."
Morgan blinked and forgot how to talk for a second, only to feel a touch on her shoulder.
"Maaaster. She is pretty, I wanna play a bit with her."
Sunny sight and shrugged while taking a seat on his chair that materialised under him as he said.
"Fine."
Morgan shook Naughty off and looked at him.
Naughty was still only wearing as if sweatpants and his very fit body... which was the same as Sunny's, with 2 major differences. Serpent was in a different location, and his hair as well as his expression were different.
Naughty smirked and said while leaning forward.
"So, You are Morgan? Princes of raw?"
"WAR!!"
Naughty just waved and said.
"Yeah, that's what I said."
"And who are you? Don't you want to introduce yourself?"
"Oh. I am Naughty. Nice to meet you, Princess of...."
He paused for a second, enjoying himself
"R...A...W"
"So you want to die. Fine with me."
She lunged at him but slipped from her attack as a serpent and tapped her waist from behind.
"You like that?"
Morgan twisted in rage and swung her palm at him, which Naughty effortlessly dodged, doing to over-the-top split and knocking Morgan to the ground while he was standing up, swiping her legs.
He stayed in a handstand rather than one-handed and finally flipped himself on his feet, stumbling a little.
"Oups. I am so rough. Wouldn't you agree?"
Sunny, in the background, was crying from laughing so much, unable to hold it in after the first line from Haughty to Morgan.
"I don't think I have had so much joy in my life. Thank you."
Naughty looked at Sunny, who wore a pleasant smile on his face. Not fake, just normal.
"That's great. Now let's work with her a little more."
Morgan took off her gloves and swung at Naughty with her killing intent now clearly present.
Naughty sight and said as if disappointed.
"I really want to play with your body a bit more. But every step you take is damaging your body. It's painful to watch this. Princess"
With that, he grabbed her forearm and tossed her across the room, making her crash into the wall.
She stood up and did the same thing as last time, only this time, Naughty didn't just appear in front of her.
"How is he so close? When did he? I can't dodge this."
As soon as she said it, Naughty's palm connected with Morgan's chest, knocking her straight to the ground on her back, gasping for air.
Naughty looked down and said.
"If I were to use any momentum of my own. You'd be severely injured. If I used fist, you'd be gravely injured, and lastly, if I were to use the spear technique. We wouldn't have this conversation."
She looked at him and his extended hand.
She refused to take it, so her took it himself and helped her stand up.
"You aren't hurt?"
"Why should I be? You can't even scratch me. My ego is also not broken. I had a special delivery for touching your chest, so I am good. The only thing is that I am disappointed. I thought this would be more fun."
"I hate how you act."
"Thank you."
"Also, one more thing. That disciple of yours, she will be coming with me."
"Why?"
"There is a punishment for using an unlicensed summons. She will work for Valer for ....well"
Naughty's smirk changed, and when Mordan looked at him, he changed. His physical form didn't change, but the air around him changed. As she was looking into the abyss of absolute darkness in a physical form.
"That's not happening. The young lady is staying with us. If you dare to go against my master's will. I don't mind obliderating you."
Morgan stepped back, but Naughty was standing inches from her face.
"How...no when did he move? I didn't even blink, but he as is stopped existing in one place and started to exist in front of me."
Naughty's unblinking and cold onyx eyes were reflected in Mordan's, and what she saw was someone that shouldn't exist.
"Such ruthless killing intent. This is beyond normal. No normal can define anything I saw till now."
"Who gave that order?"
Naughty didn't ask, only whispered it quietly, but that was far more than what was necessary.
"Higher-ups from Valour. They are saints, and their authority is higher than mine..."
"I don't care. Deal with it. Or I will."
Sunny was standing beside Morgan now with his hands behind his back.
"Morgan, I don't care how many men you send against me. However, if anything happens to her, I will kill everyone connected to Valer, and you won't be able to stop me."
"You are still an awakened. Despite how incredible your power may be, far surpassing Ascended. It just simply is not enough to face saints."
"I am well aware. That's why I am asking you to deal with it."