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!'

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

six Supreme soul shards. Although,

"Or six Sovereigns."

Sin of Solace offered a suggestion with a

the apparition. His face was even

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

of killing six Great Beasts, either. Or

does

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 have been made from shadow

just

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

if the explanations are more than a little

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

killing a shadow creature. Who knew, maybe all Memories awarded for slaying shadows were like

somewhere in the waking world, Serpent had slain a Great Terror that had been a shadow creature

that had happened. But Sunny had been living with the [Fated] Attribute for many years now... if there was one thing

two other

them was that Sunny had somehow vastly improved his mastery of weaving, procured six Supreme soul

fragments, collection of Memories, and the state of his Shadows were all the same as they had been before

true - 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 different from how it had been before.

first one. Too many

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

know that much about time... or rather, 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 worked on the Great River. So, who was to say that something like that

the most bizarre... and yet, it