Shadow Slave Regression.

Chapter 5: Welcome Back

Soon, they were in a familiar building filled with the smell of food.

Usually, Nephis would cook her and Cassie's meals, but she did not have enough ingredients to satiate the gluttonous huntress, so the cafeteria would have to work.

As Nephis's eyes scanned the crowd, she saw a familiar woman in a wheelchair wave at her.

With a smile she made her way to their table, Cassie followed with her hand on Nephis's shoulder.

As they arrived to the table, Kai stood.

"Hey Nephis. Hi Cassie."

"Hey Princess. How are you doing Cassie?"

Nephis and Cassie nodded as they sat.

Cassie was the first to speak.

"Hey guys, I am doing pretty well."

"Good morning Effie, good morning Kai."

As they exchanged pleasantries Effie called for an automated server.

"How did your expedition go?"

Cassie was curious of their findings, she had been asked to scry the giant Red Colosseum but she had only been there for a few hours and was in the company of the only saint on the Chained Isles.

She did not know why, and her ability did not seem to work on whatever it was they wanted her to see.

Effie was the one to answer.

"It was really boring, the actual arena is cleared and the only nightmare creatures we killed were the ones that wondered out of the underbelly of the Coliseum."

Kai laughed little.

"She is right, other than the occasional fight it was a lot of writing and combining segments of the massive runic enchantment. Most of it was damaged but we were able to get a good portion on paper."

Effie flinched at the word paper. It seemed she had been forced to use her mind for once, and she did not like that.

Nephis smirked as Cassie chuckled.

"So, they wanted to know about the Runic Enchantment?"

Kai nodded.

"They wanted to see if they could replicate it for some reason. As far as we can tell, it is just a massive shield. It was probably used to protect the audience, at least that was what we gathered from the undamaged sections."

Cassie asked.

"When did you learn Runic Language?"

Kai became a little pink and lowered his head.

"It was after we returned to the waking world, I remembered Sunny saying he studied Runic Language in the academy. I thought it would be nice to do the same. I even got the same teacher as him."

Nephis and Cassie seemed to dim at the mention of Sunny.

Kai noticed this and tried to salvage the mood.

"He is a very excentric man, his name is Julius. He is a very good teacher when it comes to the things he loves. Which is basically anything dream realm, or history in general."

Effie giggled next to him.

"Kai came back talking about him every day, I have not attended a single class and could tell you the basics of most Runic Languages."

Cassie smiled as she lightly elbowed Nephis.

Nephis did not miss the wording either.

'Came back huh. Sound like they are living together.'