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!'

capable of creating a spellweave of such magnitude and complexity.

knew for a fact that he was not capable of killing a Great Terror to collect six Supreme soul shards. Although,

"Or six Sovereigns."

a

at the apparition. His face was

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

of killing six Great Beasts, either. Or even one...

does it

really 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

Even if the explanations are

the Estuary Key's weave were seemingly made out of shadow essence did not mean that

fact, Sunny had never received a Memory for killing a shadow creature. Who knew, maybe all

been a shadow creature once, and Sunny received the

years now... if there

were two other explanations, as

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

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

and to a frightening degree. It was the Sin of Solace... the spirit of the cursed sword was

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

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 future, but was

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

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