Chapter 245 - Listen Close, I'm The Only *Shadow* Permitted To Be Pulled Onto MY 'Sun'

"You look a lot better like this."

For a moment, the illusionist wondered if she had actually said those words aloud. They certainly hadn't been what she planned to say when imagining this confrontation. Confusion replaced fear in his expression at her words… and the brief similarity to her husband-wife's features when puzzled made her spirit twist unpleasantly.

'On second thought, shouldn't I just make him disappear?'

"I... what?"

She closed more of the distance as her Vacuum Layer kept this exchange between them. Her disciples didn't need to hear the ugliness lurking beneath the surface. Of herself… or of the plots within families.

"You have caught me in a bad mood again, though this time you were not the original source. Arguably that was true in the past. I am trying to say that being *yourself* suits you. It's a vast improvement over being someone else's body double."