Shadow Slave
Chapter 43
Sunny was on his feet even before fully waking up. Somehow, Azure Blade was already in his hand. His shadow was hovering beside him, ready to either wrap itself around the sword in case he needed to attack or around his body, in case it was already too late for that.
He tried to understand what was going on. Nephis was nearby, her longsword raised in a defensive stance. Cassie…
'Where's Cassie?'
Fearing what he might see — giant tentacles reaching for them from the darkness — he looked around. The eastern horizon was just beginning to show the first hints of dawn, adding a tiny shade of grey to the blackness of the world. In that blackness, there were no signs of danger.
Finally, he saw Cassie.
The blind girl was stumbling at the edge of the platform with a horrified expression on her face. With her blond hair in a mess, she was stretching her hands out, clearly lost in space. Of course, there were no walls for her to find. The platform was opened to the elements, and the only thing waiting for Cassie was a plunge into the dark, tumultuous waters…
Before Sunny knew what he was doing, he was already running. That wasn't a very smart thing to do — after all, he did not know what had caused Cassia to scream and if there was some hidden danger nearby. Plus, it was still too dark for Nephis to see. His sudden lunge could have caused her to lash out with the sword before asking questions…
All of these were good reasons to wait and observe first, but in an uncharacteristic and completely irrational manner, Sunny acted before thinking.
He caught Cassie moments before she took a step off the platform and, holding her tightly in his arms, dragged the blind girl back.
"I got her!" Sunny yelled, letting Changing Star know that there was no need to stab him with a sword.
And then, in a quiet voice, he said to Cassie:
"I got you. It's alright. Everything is fine. Calm down…"
He felt the girl's body trembling and looked around again, trying to understand what had scared her so much. But there was nothing.
Nephis was listening to the sea for the same reason. After a few seconds, she asked:
"Do you see anything?"
Sunny helplessly shook his head.
"No."
He helped Cassie sit down in the center of the platform. While Nephis stood guard above them, he looked the blind girl over to make sure that there were no wounds on her body. Everything seemed to be fine.
"She's not hurt anywhere."
Changing Star looked down. Although her face remained indifferent, he could tell that she was a bit flustered. After a second or two, she asked in something that might have been her version of a calming tone. It sounded pretty much exactly the same as usual:
"Cassie? What happened?"
Magically, that did seem to calm the blind girl down a little. At least enough for her to speak in a quivering voice.
hand and pointed
I
frowned and looked at
see a
was silent
know. It never happened
of them turned to Cassie, not sure what to
no apparent danger around, they took turns trying to calm the horrified girl down. However, after that one sentence, she fell quiet and refused to speak again.
a while, Nephis
her be, for now.
about to retort, but, truth be told, he didn't have any ideas either. In the
keep an eye on
however, had other
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was receding, Nephis chose to give Cassie some space and led Sunny to the edge of the platform. However, she made sure to always have the blind girl in the
her knees. Her eyes were closed, but small tremors that periodically ran through
Sunny's eye twitched.
it's okay to leave her like
him a complicated
"Yes."
some thought,
"Cassie is strong."
Changing Star considered someone to be strong, then they most likely were. However, "strong" was the last word that came to his mind when he thought about the delicate, beautiful, blind girl. Wasn't she someone who
strength. Cassia was still alive and sane despite her debilitating Flaw. How many people could
"If you say so."
studying it for a while, she nodded and took her longsword
than that of the Azure Blade, with an incredibly sharp, symmetrical tip. The whole blade, as well
swords side
in both. It is created primarily for
she gestured
and thrusting, and it
one near the guard and another near
with two hands, one hand pushes," she pushed the sword down with the hand
simultaneously pulled the handle
how you generate force and perform powerful strikes. Now, your
at his sword and gripped it with both hands, mimicking Nephis's pose. Then, he raised it and slashed down,
Changing Star observed him.
Power comes from your feet, your hips, your core, your
to the overall stance and movements of every part of Changing Star's body,
there wasn't a lot of strength in his body. The principles
few more times. After each time, Nephis gave him pointers and corrected his mistakes.
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