Shadow Slave

A few minutes later, Sunny heard a noise coming from somewhere above. Looking in that direction, he noticed that Cassie was standing at the edge of the wide branch, gripping the golden rope in her hands.

Before he could react, the blind girl was already climbing down. She was very cautious, but also quite nimble for someone without sight.

He blinked.

'Is she crazy? That's dangerous!'

But he was worried for nothing. Cassie quickly reached the ground and let go of the rope, safe and sound. She then summoned her staff and took a hesitant step, trying to remember where his shout had come from.

Sunny made his presence known and guided her by saying:

"I'm here!"

The blind girl turned her head in his direction and walked forward, carefully feeling the ground in front of her with the staff. Because of how uneven the surface of the island had become, it took her longer than usual to reach him.

Just as she was about to walk past, Sunny spoke again:

"Hey, Cas."

Cassie stopped and lowered her head with a surprised expression. Then, she asked:

"Why are you lying on the ground?"

He smiled weakly.

"Ah, it's very comfortable."

Suddenly, the blind girl frowned and asked in a worried tone:

"Are you hurt?"

Sunny shook his head with a sigh. His sense of humor was not always appreciated. In fact, it had often landed him in hot water in the past.

"Just bruised all over. Nothing serious. I'm just really tired… that one was really intense."

Since Cassie was still frowning, he thought for a moment and added:

"Neph is also fine. She's resting a bit further away."

Finally, the delicate girl relaxed. Her face cleared, and she offered him a hesitant smile.

"You really killed that demon?"

Sunny cast a gaze at the giant corpse and closed his eyes.

"Yeah. He's very dead."

Both of them were silent for some time. Sunny was on the verge of falling asleep when Cassie carefully asked:

just going

his eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

are things

climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on fire, not to mention the… all the stuff that happened after. All culminating in the short but terrifying battle

not time to rest yet.

shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's

greeted them with a

"Good morning."

tried to force a polite

out of ten. Not

around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle

distracted for a few moments. That's when Neph attacked. She used her Aspect Ability to ignite her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was

Cassie did not seem surprised at the mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something

with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off.

shook her head in

awakened demon! I

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been able to do

girl lowered her face,

it doesn't really change a

one girl to another, then finally turned

But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't

his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I

of making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature was a bloodthirsty demon who would have swallowed them whole without a second

how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the

Creatures were universally insane

dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like

me on the ethics of eating your

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed and

just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do the

Sunny shook his head.

understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us, so

blind girl sighed. Then, her face brightened and she

about the great tree's fruits? I bet

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of times

it's also very strange and suspicious. Why is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty