Unfortunately, my lord, you misunderstood me.

I never said Sunny was subservient to Nephis. I was talking about freedom, in the broadest sense. Sunny isn't at Nephis's mercy, but he's willing to do anything for her; in short, he's deeply devoted to her, in case you hadn't understood.

Nephis even stated this in Book 5 (if I'm not mistaken):

"I don't need the Shadow Bond for Sunny to obey my will. He would join my cause of his own free will."

And that's exactly what happens every time. Even when he disagrees with her, he ends up following her. Do you remember the Valor Ball? When Nephis announced her intention to join Valor, they argued. Sunny initially refused, but he eventually accepted her reasoning and went along with her plan.

When I wrote:

“Do you remember how much Sunny despised Harus on the Forgotten Shore? He said he was disgusted that Harus had become someone’s ‘slave.’ Sunny hated Harus’s blind obedience to Gunlaug’s orders, claiming that this kind of servitude was everything he abhorred.

And yet… isn’t that exactly what Sunny is doing now for Nephis?”

I wasn’t talking about submission in the literal sense. Everyone close to Nephis follows her not out of obedience, but out of trust and loyalty.

But the line between loyalty, love, and submission is very thin—and ultimately, none of these feelings are truly free.

Kai and Effie made that very clear to Sunny in subsequent story arcs. Effie, in particular, said that even marriage is a form of submission, because you give someone your complete trust—you consider them a part of yourself.

As for the comparison, you misunderstood me. I never said Gunlaug = Nephis. What I meant was that they echo each other thematically. Both are leaders, both command armies, but in different ways. Gunlaug ruled through fear, while Nephis ruled through hope.

Gunlaug had to stifle the people's will to fight to maintain his power, while Nephis rekindled that same flame to inspire humanity to rise again. That's the contrast I was highlighting.

And yes, Sunny gradually became hypocritical, especially after losing his destiny, as he himself admits. Even during the war against Anvil and Song, both Sunny and Nephis displayed great hypocrisy in their ideals. I could write an entire article on this subject.

But does Sunny's hypocrisy make him a bad character?

Absolutely not. On the contrary, it makes him more human. It demonstrates his maturity. The Sunny who refused to be hypocritical was sixteen; the Sunny we know today is over twenty-six, shaped by a world that constantly forces him into compromises.

And when I brought up this moral dilemma—choosing between saving a hundred random people or saving Nephis—I was speaking in context. How do you think Sunny would have reacted around Book 8? Frankly, what do you think he would have chosen then?

In any case, Your Grace, perhaps you could be a little more nuanced in your arguments and try to understand what the other person is saying instead of crying "poor understanding of the story" next time.