Shadow Slave

Chapter 55

When they returned to the makeshift camp, the first thing that Nephis did was come up to Cassie.

"Hey, Cas. Guess what."

The blind girl turned to her and smiled:

"You've finally received an armor-type Memory?"

Simultaneously, Nephis said:

"I found something decent to wear…"

Then she fell silent and stared at her smiling friend. Cassie laughed:

"The sound of your footsteps changed."

Changing Star blinked.

"Ah. I see. Well… it's from the Carapace Centurion."

While she was describing the armor to Cassia and letting her touch the mysterious white metal it was forged out of, Sunny relaxed and rested by the fire.

Some time later, Nephis was busy preparing dinner. Sunny was once again lying lazily on the stones and staring into the sky.

The sky, like always, was grey and unfriendly.

With all three of them equipped with decent armor, they were finally starting to resemble a real Awakened cohort. In fact, Sunny thought that their group was rather eye-catching even by Awakened standards.

In her light tunic and sea-wave cloak, beautiful and delicate Cassie looked like a princess. Lithe and poised, Nephis was like a noble knight tasked with protecting her. Sunny, however…

If he was generous to himself, he would say that he looked like a young squire.

them, that stranger would most likely assume that Sunny was either

to their surprise when I stab them in the

he stab

I'm sure there'll be a

sat down by his side. Sunny turned his head, looking at the blind girl with a bit

She bit her lip.

told me that you almost died

what this is

He shrugged.

"Yeah."

silent sigh, Sunny

it too much. It's not my first

as far as he knew, the closest. The memory still sent shivers running down

for a while. Then,

"I'm sorry."

Sunny raised his eyebrows.

are you sorry

blind girl

"For being so useless."

or two later, he

"You're not useless."

Cassie softly chuckled.

or Neph. If I want to eat, I need to wait for one of you to feed

her voice turned raw with emotion. This was the first time Sunny had seen her mask of resolve slip a little, revealing the desperate,

have I ever told

shook her head. Sunny half-closed

cold or mistreatment. Chained, bleeding, defenseless. What's worse, my Aspect turned out to be completely useless. I mean, literally. If I remember correctly, the phrase the Spell chosen to describe it was "a useless wretch

head slightly, visibly drawn in by

how did you survive? Did things

Sunny smiled.

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