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.

boy a lot more — at best. If a random stranger were to see the three of them, that stranger

that'll just add to their surprise when I

would he stab a

cares. I'm sure there'll

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

She bit her lip.

me that you

so that's what this is

He shrugged.

"Yeah."

a silent

don't worry about it too much. It's not my

was, as far as he knew, the closest. The

silent for a while. Then,

"I'm sorry."

Sunny raised his eyebrows.

What are you

blind girl lowered

"For being so useless."

and looked away. A second or two later, he said in his usual careless

"You're not useless."

Cassie softly chuckled.

want to eat, I need to wait for one of you to feed me. That's my life now. I can't do even the simplest of things without your help… let

first time Sunny had seen her mask of resolve slip a little, revealing the desperate, angry, frightened face beneath. He was silent for

I ever told you about my First

her head. Sunny half-closed

First Nightmare was as bad as it gets. To tell you the truth, the situation was pretty hopeless. I was a slave destined to die of 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 with no skills or abilities worth

slightly, visibly drawn in

survive? Did things change for

Sunny smiled.

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