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!'

spellweave of such magnitude and complexity. He was nowhere near that level, as far as weaving was

Supreme soul shards. Although, if this Memory was an artificial one, the soul

"Or six Sovereigns."

offered a

the apparition.

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

was incapable of killing six Great Beasts, either. Or even one... most

what does it

felt as if he was losing his mind. A Supreme Memory of the Sixth Tier appeared in his soul out of nowhere, and

was just too

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

be explained. Even if the explanations are more than

did not mean that it was Sunny who had created them. There could have been another shadow creature capable of weaving

a shadow creature. Who knew, maybe all

shadow creature once, and Sunny received the reward - which just happened to be tied to the

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 of improbable coincidences were prone to happening to

other

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

number of shadow fragments, collection of Memories,

had indeed changed, and to a frightening degree. It was the Sin of Solace... the spirit of the cursed sword was entirely

explanation was even less believable than the first one. Too many things about it did not make

of time. Since time worked strangely in this Nightmare, it was... maybe?...

person would. Sunny was not ignorant, but time itself was like a perversion of itself here. In any case, he had

most bizarre... and yet, it somehow sounded more plausible