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."

respectful honorifics, as though recognizing Sunny as an elder. Which was logical, given that he believed him to be an eldritch horror. An eldritch horror would technically count as an elder,

Sunny groaned inwardly.

are you using honorifics? I bet I'm

imprisoned in the

you really are a

feeling

"Yes. I really am."

a

you. Please don't get angry, sir monster, but that's not exactly something a human would be able

Sunny sighed.

hide in the darkness. I can also see through it, too. How did you end

young man lingered before

usually end up in these situations? A bunch of thugs decided to shake me down for my Memories. I politely refused, and here we are. They've been keeping me here for a couple of weeks, trying all kinds

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 known

right until

he knew what this whole thing was about.

'How disappointing.'

any sort of danger, at least not with regard to

"I see. Well… goodbye."

to walk away. However,

you… are you really

Sunny grimaced.

am! I've told you

imprisoned in the well

back tonight, I think. If you help me escape, I'll make

of

"In what way?"

pause, the charming voice returned

person. I have a whole stash of soul shards back in the castle. Some might even say that I have a small fortune. Half of it is yours if

suddenly got an idea. Of course, he did not need the ten shards that the young man was offering.

to avoid unnecessary attention when buying Memories with his hoard of soul shards, he would need a suitable proxy. A Sleeper with a lot of shards of his

He smiled.

people know that you