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 scared she was from her shaking

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

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

that she thought Sunny

down a little.

Good. Remember, it's five.

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

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

his words,

tell us what happened,

his voice, the blind girl flinched and

were still traces of fear in her eyes, but mostly, it had been replaced by

"Huh? Did something happen?"

Sunny blinked.

woke them up in a

she wake us up,

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

from waking up so abruptly. Lack of sleep affects

wanted to tell us something. It had to do with the… uh… number

Cassie raised her eyebrows.

"Five? Why five?"

didn't know what to say. He was

"I have no clue."

at Nephis, hoping that she will be able

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

have your sword

and tried to remember what had caused him to

I'm not sure. Why

as though noticing the sword in her hands for the first

wrong with our

expect help from

see

eyes opened

vision… yes, I saw a

"What did you see?"

A deep frown appeared on her face. Finally, Cassie