Shadow Slave

Sunny shuddered.

The voice he heard… was not his own. It sounded pleasant and calm, and seemed to have come from the darkness of the Sky Below itself.

'...Have I finally lost it?'

His first thought was that he had gone crazy again and was now hearing things.

His second thought was much less comforting…

'Damnation!'

Had he summoned some unholy titan from the depths of the Sky Below, after all?!

Sunny outstretched one hand, ready to manifest the Cruel Sight, but then hesitated.

If the owner of the voice was not a figment of his imagination, but some harrowing being of the void, was it really wise to agitate it? Would the silver blade even do anything against it?

'Calm down. Calm down. Maybe you just imagined the whole thing…'

As if to answer his thoughts, the void laughed softly.

"Ah, my apologies. I seem to have startled you."

Sunny gulped.

The pleasant voice seemed to belong to a young man, but no matter how hard he looked into the darkness, he couldn't see anyone… or anything… nearby.

He was reminded of his first meeting with Kai, only this time... this time, things were much more frightening.

"N—no worries. I just… didn't expect to hear another human's voice here. You, uh… you are a human… right?"

The void was silent for a while, then answered in a neutral tone:

be a human once,

the voice was coming. It was just… there, somehow. Everywhere. Around

then asked

Then what are you

few moments, then sighed. Finally,

"...Lost."

Sunny blinked.

the hell does he

in lost in

out a sad

in the

Sunny felt cold shivers run

am sorry. I haven't spoken to anyone in a long, long time. Instead of lost, It would be more proper to say that I am one of the Lost. My body in the waking world was destroyed, but my soul continues to exist here, in the Dream Realm. I hope that

One of the Lost…

never met one in person. Just like there were Hollow — people whose souls were destroyed, leaving an empty body behind — there were also the Lost. People whose bodies had somehow died in the real world, leaving their souls stranded in the

voice was one of these lost souls made Sunny relax a little… not that he

Or something worse...

The Lost, from what Sunny knew, were just like any other Awakened in the Dream Realm.

they certainly were not were disembodied voices coming

slightly, ready to… do something to protect himself, if

I am able to hear your voice,

some time, that

is a good

but that seemed to be it. A bit irritated, he

you going

the voice

you descending into the Sky Below? This is a very dangerous

a couple of times,

Below as I am falling into it. I got stuck on an island because of the Crushing, and sadly, that island broke off its chain. So, I had to jump off. And

Then, he frowned.

place? Why is it dangerous? I haven't seen

lingered for a while, then sighed with