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 to continue

eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

right. It's morning. There are things

in its branches, risk

time to rest yet. They had

offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis was

with a

"Good morning."

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

it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing

her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was not as strong as the rest of his carapace, so the sword

trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her

was already severely wounded from his fight with the… the thing from the sea,

her head

demon! I thought that stuff

Nephis corrected her:

Without your vision and advice, we wouldn't have been able to do

blind girl lowered her face,

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

to another, then finally turned to

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

his mouth. However,

I don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

of an intelligent creature. Even if it was

idea of making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature

things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of life... death? The

was not only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was,

monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like that could indeed be considered…

on the

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed and

but that's just how I feel. You and Neph

Sunny shook his head.

we didn't bring any supplies with us, so we

blind girl sighed. Then, her face brightened and she

about the great tree's fruits? I

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple

but it's also very strange and suspicious. Why is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the