CHAPTER 49
This new feeling of strength felt strange, almost elusive, and it had only lasted for a moment as the boy quickly stepped back, allowing his shadow to retreat. With a gleaming smile on his face, he said,
"There's a lot more I can do with my shadow than meager enhancements, a few that I can tell you about… if it pleases you. But in return, I want you to tell me about your abilities and how this healing of yours works."
Megumi sighed and gazed up at the sky, the silver circle of the full moon now at its highest point. He thought for a while about what he should and shouldn't tell the boy standing before him. Given what he had said earlier, there really wasn't much to tell him.
After a while, he lowered his gaze and gestured to a bench that lay to the side in the castle's courtyard. Thereafter, he and Kuran approached the quiet resting point and sat down, basking in the stillness of the night.
