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.

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

that'll just add to their surprise when I stab them

why would he stab a random

who cares. I'm sure there'll be

that moment, Cassie sat down by his side. Sunny turned his head, looking at the

She bit her lip.

that you almost

so that's what this

He shrugged.

"Yeah."

with a silent sigh, Sunny

much. It's not my first brush

as far as he knew, the closest. The memory still

for a

"I'm sorry."

Sunny raised his eyebrows.

What are you

girl lowered

"For being so useless."

A second or two later,

"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 alone be of use to either of you in

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

I ever told you

blind girl shook her head.

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

head slightly, visibly drawn in

did you survive? Did things

Sunny smiled.

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