Shadow Slave

Sunny studied the obsidian knife for a while, and concluded that he had no idea what this thing was supposed to be capable of. It wasn't a Memory, and it didn't have a weave, so neither the Spell nor his own ability to perceive and somewhat understand such things could help him.

The only thing Sunny knew for certain was that someone had plucked a string from the tapestry of Fate and placed it inside the knife, making a circle out of it… for some mysterious purpose.

Everything else was going to have to wait until the next time he heard from Mordret. The lost prince was bound to know more about the obsidian knife, since he seemed to know a lot about the Chained Isles and their past in general.

Now, however, Sunny had to deal with another problem…

He had to explain the disappearance of the knife to the White Feather clan, somehow.

Come morning — or at any moment, really, if someone decided to leave the Dream Realm or entered it in the middle of the night — people would become aware that the knife that no one had been able to lift or move was now gone.

Sunny had no doubt that it was not going to take a long time for them to figure out that it was him who had taken it.

And after that...

'What to do, what to do…'

In the end, he came up with a really crazy idea. Something that he would have never even considered, in normal circumstances. Something that went against his very nature.

…He went and told Master Roan the truth.

Well, the part that had to do with the miraculous coins, to be precise.

Visiting the White Feather compound in the middle of the night was a bit strange, but luckily for him, the older man turned out to be up. He was preparing to leave on a patrol, and so rose early to make the necessary preparations.

After Sunny was done talking, the mighty griffin rider stared at him for a while with a perplexed expression. Then, he asked to take a look at the knife.

Sunny reluctantly handed the obsidian blade over and watched nervously as Master Roan inspected it. He was really hoping that the White Feather clan would not decide to keep it… there were very few things Sunny could do if they did.

the strapping Master returned the obsidian knife to him

managed to lift it by

Sunny nodded.

you know about

Master Roan nodded.

have been found here and there on the Isles over the years. It seems that this was the preferred currency people who

for a bit, and

one stashed somewhere. Wait here

disappeared into the stone chateau, and then returned ten

it! I used to carry it with me a lot before, as a lucky charm.

returned to

glance at the moon, and then place the coin on the altar. Once again, it gleamed and disappeared, leaving a bewildered expression on

damned! I just received a bit of soul essence. You

his head in

coins had such a use all this time, and no

Master Roan hesitated for a few moments, and

knife back on the

of his formidable power in a vain attempt to lift the obsidian blade off the white surface. When he was done with that futile attempt and stepped back to catch his breath, Sunny

"Interesting!"

truth. Sunny tensed as he waited for the older

for a

know this, Sunless, but there is a sacred rule among us Awakened in the Dream Realm. The sanctity of this rule is unassailable and beyond reproach. And that

Sunny blinked.

'What?'

The strapping Master grinned:

don't have to worry about either me or Tyris taking

however, his

or if there even is anything special about it, someone might get too excited and act