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!'

such magnitude and complexity. He was nowhere near

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

"Or six Sovereigns."

of Solace offered a suggestion with a

at the apparition. His face was even paler than

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

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

does it

the Sixth Tier appeared in his soul out of nowhere, and on top of

just

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

if the explanations are

seemingly made out of shadow essence did not mean that it was Sunny who had created

Memory for killing a shadow creature. Who knew,

Terror that had been a shadow creature once, and Sunny received the

was extremely hard to 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

two other

six Supreme soul shards, created the Key of the

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

degree. It was the Sin of Solace... the spirit of the cursed sword was entirely different

first one. Too many things about it did not make

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 somehow capable of already possessing it

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

was the most bizarre... and yet, it