The Eminence in Shadow

Final Chapter

Just Who Is This Mysterious Badass?!

Until she saw that beautiful arc, Rose had been prepared to die. If she was captured and turned into a pawn, her father’s death would have been in vain. She wasn’t going to let that happen.

Death is petrifying.

However, it was the only option she had left. She’d been allowed her indulgences as a princess, but she still intended to carry out her royal duties.

This was to be her final task.

She’d been prepared for that.

“Y-you’re…”

However, the instant she sees that boy beautifully cleave through everything, she’s reminded of a memory from her childhood.

“The time for lies is over…”

And with that, Mundane rips off his face.

The crowd stirs.

Beneath Mundane’s skin sits an all-too-familiar mask.

Black liquid swirls and spirals around him.

When the spiral subsides, it leaves a man wearing a jet-black long coat in its wake.

“Shadow…,” someone murmurs.

But to Rose, he isn’t Shadow.

He’s the man who made her want to take up the sword. The one whose blade embodies beauty.

“Shadow, are you…? Are you the Slayer?”

The memories flash through Rose’s mind.