A soft radiance spilled out from the necklace resting on Aster's neck, and in the next moment, the phantom of a being appeared between them.
"Lord Stella?" Aster called out in shock as Ryuk silently stared at the figure before him.
It was a humanoid being, and just like the rest of the Stellis race, she was formed entirely from starlight.
She wore a long gown woven from the same celestial glow, a hood draped over her head like flowing night.
But what set her apart was the eight eyes embedded across her face.
Only two were open; the remaining six rested as closed slits along her cheeks.
"How did you—?" Aster asked, unconsciously turning to her necklace.
It had indeed been a gift from her master, Lord Stella.
But she had never known it held a fragment of her consciousness.
"Though I allowed you to keep Ryuk Knull close to you, because you annoyed me enough to eventually say yes," she said, and Aster's cheeks turned red.
She had indeed begged her relentlessly.
