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!'

that he was not capable of creating a spellweave of such magnitude and complexity.

not capable of killing a Great Terror to collect six Supreme soul shards.

"Or six Sovereigns."

a suggestion with a mocking

the apparition. His face was

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

incapable of killing six Great Beasts, either.

does it

losing his mind. A Supreme Memory of the Sixth Tier appeared in his soul out of nowhere, and on top of that, it seemed to

just

groaned, grabbed his head and froze for a few minutes, thinking. After a while, his agitation lessened

still be explained. Even if the explanations are more than a little

the strings of the Estuary Key's weave were seemingly made out of shadow essence did not mean that it was Sunny who had created them. There could have been another shadow creature capable of weaving somewhere

never received a Memory for killing a shadow creature. Who knew, maybe all Memories awarded for

Terror that had been a shadow creature once, and

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

two other

improved his mastery of weaving, procured six Supreme soul shards, created the Key of the Estuary,

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

one thing about him 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

time. Since time worked strangely in this Nightmare, it was... maybe?... possible that Sunny would create the Key of the Estuary in the future, but was

he knew just as much about it as any person would. Sunny was not ignorant, but time itself was like a perversion of itself here. In any case, he had no idea how it

third explanation was the most bizarre... and yet,