Shadow Slave

The strings of the Memories created by the Spell were made out of soul essence... at least Sunny was convinced that they were. They were strings of ethereal, silver light.

The strings that Sunny himself weaved, however, were made out of shadow essence. Although they were a perfect substitute for the strings of light, they appeared entirely black. This was the reason why the weaves of the Memories he modified were like a patchwork of light and darkness.

...The weave of the Estuary Key, however, had no light at all. Every string of its vast and intricate tapestry was black, as if created out of shadow essence. It was just like the Siege Souvenir that Sunny had made and used to kill Goliath.

Sunny stared at the jagged piece of black stone, dumbfounded.

'What... what is the meaning of this?'

How could there be a Memory such as this if he had not created it?

Suddenly, there was cold sweat on his face.

'...Have I lost a part of my memories?'

Oblivion, oblivion... the answer was oblivion...

Sunny shifted, and his hand instinctively shot to the side, ready to grasp a weapon.

The Sin of Solace observed his panic with an amused smile.

A few seconds passed, then a few more. The Great River was peaceful and desolate, with not a threat in sight. Slowly, Sunny allowed himself to relax.

'Even if I somehow lost some memories, that wouldn't explain this damned Memory!'

of creating a spellweave of such magnitude and complexity. He was nowhere near that level,

of killing a Great Terror to collect six Supreme soul shards. Although, if this Memory was an artificial one, the soul shards could have come from six Great

"Or six Sovereigns."

a

flinched, then glared at the apparition. His face was even

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

incapable of killing six Great Beasts, either. Or even

does it

really felt as if he was losing his mind. A Supreme Memory of the Sixth Tier appeared in

just too

froze for a few minutes, thinking. After a while,

explained. Even if the explanations are more than a

of shadow essence did not

killing a shadow creature. Who knew, maybe all Memories

had been a shadow creature once, and Sunny received the reward - which just happened to be

believe that something like that had happened. But Sunny had been living with the [Fated] Attribute for many years now... if there was one thing he had learned, it was that he should never say never. All kinds

other explanations,

of weaving, procured six Supreme soul shards, created the Key of the Estuary, and then forgotten

changed, either - his Class, number of shadow fragments, collection of Memories, and the state of his Shadows were all the same as they had

was the Sin of Solace... the spirit

even less believable than the first one.

had to do with the Great River, and the nature of time. Since time worked strangely in this Nightmare, it was... maybe?... possible that Sunny would create the Key of the Estuary in the

person would. Sunny was not ignorant, but time itself was like a perversion of itself

explanation was the most bizarre... and yet, it somehow