Chapter 124: Where Shadows Choose to Sleep
Zorathys had no idea how he got separated from Elyn and the Syrenthis.
At least—that was the version of events he fully intended to present when they eventually reunited.
The truth was far less dignified.
Zorathys did not like walking.
He hated it, actually.
There was a reason teleportation existed. A very good reason. A divine, sensible, merciful reason. And that reason was to prevent powerful beings—such as demon kings like himself—from having to walk like common civilians and low-ranking demons with functioning calves and a sense of direction.
Unfortunately, Elyn had insisted. He understood why she did it, though. He did—but that still didn't make him any less annoyed at the fact that he was walking, or rather, that he had walked for hours.
