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

he was not capable of killing a Great Terror to collect six Supreme soul shards. Although, if this Memory

"Or six Sovereigns."

offered a

at the apparition.

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

six Great Beasts, either. Or

what does

Supreme Memory of the Sixth Tier appeared in his soul

just

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

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

the fact that 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

received a Memory for killing a shadow creature. Who knew, maybe all

still possible that somewhere in the waking world, Serpent had slain a Great Terror that had been a shadow creature once, and Sunny received the reward - which just happened to be tied to the Great River -

now... if there was one thing he had learned, it was that he should never say never. All kinds of improbable coincidences were

other explanations, as

of weaving, procured six Supreme

his Class, number of shadow fragments, collection of Memories, and the state of

thing about him had indeed changed, and to a frightening degree. It was the Sin

less believable than the first one. Too many

strangely in this Nightmare, it was... maybe?... possible that Sunny would create the Key of the Estuary

but time itself was like a perversion of itself here. In any case, he had no idea how it worked on the Great River. So, who was to say that something like that

yet, it somehow sounded more plausible than the other