Chapter 230: Watching Them Dance (2)

"It's Shadow…"

"Our savior…"

"Are those the Dark Apostles?"

"They must be. Only three hooded figures are allowed to stand on Shadow's side—the Dark Apostles."

Listening to the comments of the people makes me cringe inside. I don't control the rumor that Felix and the others propagate. I leave everything to them and they do me dirty. Why does our moniker have to be that cringeworthy?

Either way, I have to stay in character and act as if I desire to be called that way. Casting [Anima Sordiem], I begin to speak.

"Nobles call me Shadow because I loom over them, threatening to devour them like one. People like you—the wronged and oppressed call me Shadow because I came out of the Shadow and bring people out of it. I can see the shadow your suffering cast on your face. I am not going to be your light but I can show you where the light is."