Sunny did not mind, though.
"...boy gets reunited with the girl in the Third Nightmare, breaks the fate of all existence with the help of a devious blind oracle to free himself of her, gets forgotten by the entire world as a result, loses his mind and wanders the Dream Realm for a few years, slaughtering all kinds of Nightmare Creatures, regains his senses and meets the girl again, signs a contract to be the fake lover of the girl, conspires with her to conquer the world, kills himself, kills the Sovereigns, pretends to be killed by her, kills a mad bird to become her magical slave again, gets robbed blind by the dead bird..."
Sunny sighed.
“You know... the usual."
Revel exhaled slowly and rubbed her temple.
“Okay, I'll need to hear a longer version after all. But not too long. How about a medium version? A between version? Can you do that?"
Sunny beamed.
“Why, naturally! So... where was I?"
He scratched his chin with a thoughtful expression and then said:
“Anyway, Nephis and I got to know each other on the Forgotten Shore. At first, she thought that I was an assassin sent by the Great Clans to kill her, while I thought that she was a mad demagogue planning a mass slaughter..."
Revel nodded.
“Oh? Enemies to lovers. Great stuff." Sunny glanced at her in confusion before continuing.
"But despite that, the two of us quite liked each other. It was just that Cassie had received a prophetic vision showing that the two of us were destined to fight each other to the death. So, the knowledge of what the future held stood between us..." Revel was staring at him intently now. “No... star-crossed lovers! Even better!" Sunny frowned.
"So, anyway, as I was saying — Nephis was playing the role of an enlightened savior, and everyone was dancing to her tune. Except for me. I was the only one who told it to her like it was, and as a result..."
But Revel interrupted him.
"Wait, wait!"
She studied him with a look of concentration, then mumbled:
“Why does it make sense, though? Changing Star is a reserved young woman suppressing her feelings, then you appear and blow up her whole stoic routine with your nonsense. The roles are reversed, but aren't you a picture-perfect manic pixie dream boy, then? I like it!"
Sunny stared at her with a baffled expression.
“A manic pixie... a what? What the hell are you talking about?!"
Revel shook her head.
“Don't think about it. You can continue." Then, she raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, but what about Han Li Caster? In the Song of Light and Darkness, the two of them were clearly..."
Sunny scoffed.
“What, do you believe everything you see on the screen? That guy was the real assassin sent by the Great Clans to kill her! Actually, shouldn't you know, Lady Song?" Revel's eyes suddenly glinted in the darkness.
“Oh! So it was a doomed love triangle!" Sunny almost fell out of his chair out of pure outrage.
“What? No! There weren't any triangles, okay?! None!"
Revel gave him a doubtful look.
"Sure."
Sunny gritted his teeth.
“I told you there weren't, didn't I?!"
She glanced at him with a deadpan expression.
“And I told you ‘sure’, didn't I?"
He glared at her for a short while, then scoffed and glanced away.
“Well, anyway. The Forgotten Shore was a bit tough on us, Sleepers. By the end of it all, I had killed around four hundred Awakened abominations — and a few Fallen ones, as well. And a Great Devil! All of that despite being a mere Dormant Beast. | also lived in the Dark City alone for a while — alone with my friends, I mean. A shadow, a talking rock, and a mute statue. Ah, those were great times. I only kept my sanity because of them..."
Revel's expression turned peculiar, for some reason.
Ignoring that, Sunny continued his story, eventually reaching the siege of the Crimson Spire and the fateful duel at its pinnacle.
“...but actually, Nephis pretended to lose — all of it was a ploy to get me to leave. She wanted to sacrifice herself to save me. "
He heard a peculiar sound and glanced at Revel with wide eyes.
"Hey. Did you just... squeal?"
She glanced at him chillingly and said in a somber tone:
"I did not."
Sunny hesitated.
"But I clearly heard..."
“You were mistaken."
“Are you sure? I am a Supreme, after all, so my hearing is pretty great."
“Oh, is it? How come you didn't hear me telling you to get the hell out of my room, then?"
"I did hear! I heard it perfectly well — I just chose to ignore it."
“I wonder where Aiko is. Maybe I should invite her here to help me check your hearing."
“Anyway, back to the story!"