Shadow Slave

It happened on the day they killed the Carapace Demon. Back then, all three of them were utterly exhausted. After moving away from the corpse of the giant creature and finding a good hiding spot, they fell to the ground and immediately fell asleep.

But they didn't stay asleep for long.

An hour or two later, Sunny was shaken awake by Cassie, who was holding him by the shoulders. There was an expression of terror written clearly on her face.

"Sunny! Sunny! Wake up!"

Instantly coming back to his senses, he jumped to his feet and summoned the Midnight Shard, afraid that they were under attack.

However, there was no one around except for panicked Cassie and wary Nephis, who was in a similar pose, her sword raised and ready to strike.

Confused, Sunny looked at the blind girl.

"Cassie? What's the matter?"

Grabbing him by the shoulders again, she brought her face close and whispered in a begging tone:

"Sunny, you have to stop it! Please! You are the only one who can!"

He frowned, failing to understand what exactly he was supposed to stop.

'Did she see another vision?'

Trying to calm her, he said in a measured tone:

"It's alright, Cassie. Slow down, breathe. Tell us what happened. Start from the beginning…"

She desperately shook her head.

"There's no time! I will forget soon! We all will! But you, you have to remember!"

'We will all forget soon? What does she mean?'

Not able to see Sunny's dazed expression, Cassie yelled:

"You have to remember, Sunny! Five! It's five! Remember! You have to remember! It's five!"

Remember… five?

was not making any sense. Sunny carefully put his arm

I'll remember. Five, right? See, it's pretty

for any signs of danger from time to time. For some reason, Cassie was only talking to Sunny, not

thought Sunny could do, but Changing Star could

girl calmed down a little. However, she

Good. Remember, it's five. You

she was not sure of what she was saying. Sunny was barely able to discern her

hold on to it. That's why I can only tell you

choosing his words, Sunny hesitantly

Can you tell us what

the blind girl flinched and raised her head to

her eyes, but mostly, it had been replaced by

"Huh? Did something happen?"

Sunny blinked.

she the one who woke them up in

she wake us up, to begin

had trouble remembering the details of the past few minutes. The conversation they just

guess I'm still groggy from waking up so abruptly. Lack

It had to do with the… uh… number

Cassie raised her eyebrows.

"Five? Why five?"

know what to say. He

"I have no clue."

Nephis, hoping that she will be

with a distracted expression on her face. Sensing his gaze, she stared at him

do you have your

to remember what had caused him to

Why did you

looked down, as though noticing the sword in her hands for the first time. An expression of

wrong with our heads

was pointless to expect help from Nephis, Sunny

you see another

Her eyes opened wide, once again

saw a vision. An awful, awful

"What did you see?"

a few moments, trying to remember. A deep