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?

any sense. Sunny carefully put his arm around her, feeling how

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

with a frown, not neglecting to scan the surroundings for any signs of danger from time to time.

that she thought Sunny could do,

blind girl calmed down a little. However, she

Remember, it's five.

sounded quieter and quieter, as though she was not sure of what she

will be to hold on to it. That's why I can only tell you this one word, the simplest thing to impart… when the right time comes,

choosing his words, Sunny hesitantly

Can you tell

girl flinched and raised her head to face

were still traces of fear in her eyes, but mostly, it had been replaced by

"Huh? Did something happen?"

Sunny blinked.

one who woke

why did she wake us up, to

had trouble remembering the details of the past few minutes. The conversation they just had was already hazy in his

still groggy from waking up so abruptly. Lack

wanted to tell us something. It had

Cassie raised her eyebrows.

"Five? Why five?"

He was going to ask the same

"I have no clue."

he looked at Nephis, hoping that she will be able to

steps away with a distracted expression

you have your sword

tried to

I'm not sure. Why did you

though noticing the sword in her hands for

wrong with our

expect help from Nephis, Sunny sighed and turned back to

see

girl trembled. Her eyes opened wide,

yes, I saw a vision. An

"What did you see?"

remember. A deep frown appeared on her face. Finally, Cassie