Shadow Slave

Sunny could really understand how bad the situation looked from the perspective of the young man with a beautiful voice.

The only thing that could be worse than approaching a terrifying dark well while thinking that there's an ancient and utterly evil creature hiding inside was to actually be locked inside that terrifying dark well while thinking that some abominable thing was looking down on you from above.

At least Sunny had a chance to escape if things were to turn really bad. The poor guy in the well literally had nowhere to run.

Of course, there was still the possibility that all of this was just a cunning act performed by some incredibly horrifying monster. Sunny had to keep that in mind while exploring the other theory.

'So… if he is indeed a human, how do I make him believe that I'm not a monster?'

That wasn't a very simple task for Sunny. He had never been good at communicating with people in the first place, and three months of complete isolation did not make things any better. In fact, they had made everything worse.

Now, even Sunny sometimes felt uncomfortable when talking to himself.

'Uh… what would Cassie say?'

He cleared his throat.

"Are you a… human? I am too. I am a human, too. We are both… humans."

'Great job, idiot!'

After that abhorrent attempt, Sunny wouldn't be even surprised to find out that he was not, in fact, a human. Who talks like that?

The young man in the well grew silent. Then, he silently said:

"Yeah, it's definitely all over for me. Oh, well. I had a good run, I guess…"

Sunny sighed heavily.

"Stop panicking, you idiot! I really am a human!"

The owner of the charming voice laughed:

"Please forgive me if I don't believe you."

an elder. Which was logical, given that he believed him to be an eldritch horror.

Sunny groaned inwardly.

I bet I'm

man imprisoned in

you really are

smiled with excitement, feeling

"Yes. I really am."

voice returned a dozen seconds

of light with you. Please don't get angry, sir monster, but that's not exactly something

Sunny sighed.

my Aspect allows me to hide in the darkness. I can also see through it, too. How did you

man lingered

been keeping me here for a couple of weeks, trying all kinds of methods to get me to transfer the Memories to them. But I must say, their

somewhat easy to believe. Of course, it would take a very special kind of fool to choose the ruins, of all places, to keep a prisoner, but thugs were not

well right until the moment they had the misfortune of stumbling

whole thing was about. Just

'How disappointing.'

any sort of danger, at least not with regard to this mess. The mystery was solved. He had wasted a whole night on

"I see. Well… goodbye."

turned around and began to walk away. However,

you… are you really

Sunny grimaced.

I've

man imprisoned in the

are not coming back tonight, I think.

of his

"In what way?"

the charming voice returned again, this

not know this, but I am quite a rich person. I have a whole stash of soul shards back in the castle. Some might even say that I have

need the ten shards that the young man was offering. The fact that

soul shards, he would need a suitable proxy. A Sleeper with a lot of shards of his own, one that was indebted to Sunny no less, was

He smiled.

that you have a