Trust

[Flasback continued - ]

When Shadow returned to Emily's dorm room, all that he found was pitch darkness and silence. But again, it was already past midnight. The girl was probably fast asleep after the long tiring day.

Even though it was currently holiday, Emily still had to find a chance to experience any sort of rest. She still needed to wake up early to train her body. Then she needed to spend hours working on her elemental powers and spell casting. After that, she had to spend some time with her friends with whom she had partnered up to open a business, and lastly, she had her webcomic to focus on. 

He wanted to go straight to his room and rest for a while since he too had a rough day while searching for clues to find the Spirit Ball. Thirteen hundred years ago when he gave it away to a Serpent shifter, he had no idea that there would be a day when he would need to search for that item that used to be useless for him.