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:

going to continue

trying to remember what was

right. It's morning. There are things we

preparations to execute the plan, race to the top of the hill, 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

rest yet. They had to

his exhausted body, Sunny stood up and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he

greeted them with a tired

"Good morning."

Star tried to force a polite smile. However, today it

out

in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold,

so he got 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.

did not seem surprised at the mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis

thing from the sea,

her

incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought

Nephis corrected her:

vision and advice, we wouldn't

blind girl lowered her face,

or three, it doesn't really change a lot,

one girl to another, then finally turned to

something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat

smiled, already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing on

don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't seem right,

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

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

Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there were also

fearless, even valiant. When fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat

educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies?

Sunny's silence, Cassie

know it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and

Sunny shook his head.

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

her face brightened and

great tree's fruits?

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of times before

is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the