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

eyes and blinked, trying to

It's morning. There are things we

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

time to rest yet. They

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

them with

"Good morning."

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

it 3.6 out

the three of them were sitting in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of

her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was

surprised at the mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or

from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him

her head

is… incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been able to

her face,

doesn't really

looked from one girl to another, then finally turned

to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are you ready to

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

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

of an intelligent creature. Even if it was

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

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

smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and

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

educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies? What an

silence, Cassie blushed and

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

Sunny shook his head.

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

girl sighed. Then, her

about the great tree's fruits? I bet they're

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple

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