Shadow Slave

Some time later, Sunny was sitting on his opulent Memory chair in front of a veritable feast of all kinds of delicious food. Better yet, it was all prepared by Nephis... he was drooling from just looking at it.

They were currently at the mess deck of the Chain Breaker. Sunny was sick and tired of the mist, so being away from it was already doing wonders for his mood. Because of the dimness of the outside world, the mess deck was illuminated by the warm light of luminous Memories... the fragrance of his luxurious breakfast permeated the air.

Nephis was staring at him with a serious expression, her confusion hidden so well that no one except for him would have detected it.

"You said that it was important, so... I did my best."

Sunny marveled at how endearing her seriousness was, then nodded and immediately picked up his chopsticks.

'Where to start...'

For a moment, he was lost for choice.

But only for a moment.

Soon, he was happily stuffing his face with several dishes at the same time. His table manners... would make Fiend look like a gentleman, in comparison.

Nephis, Cassie, and Jet stared at him incredulously.

After a while, Jet let out a long sigh and asked:

"Sunny... sorry to interrupt your meal... but aren't you going to explain what is going on?"

He stopped chewing for a moment and glanced at her briefly.

"I might."

Then, he asked sweetly:

"Oh, can anyone pour me a cup of tea?"

The teapot was right there in front of him, but what was the point of being pampered if he had to do everything himself?

Nephis blinked, confused.

"Can't you do it yourself?"

Sunny smiled. Considering that his cheeks had ballooned because of all the food in his mouth, his smile looked nothing short of ridiculous.

"I can."

There were a few moments of awkward silence.

Then, Nephis sighed and poured tea into a beautiful porcelain cup.

"Here you go."

Sunny nodded in gratitude and chased down the food with a sip of the bitter tea.

"Ah... shame there's no coffee anywhere in this tomb..."

was enjoying his break quite a bit. The other three, however, seemed a little concerned. After a while,

going to tell us what is going on or

another sip of tea, and gave

see. How do I put it... I just wanted you to make me

seemed to twitch

he was not done

I don't have a lot of time left.

She was suddenly pale.

eyes widened. Cassie

lie.

"What?!"

Sunny nodded solemnly.

can stop it. So, I just

was dead silence in the mess deck. Jet was frozen still. Cassie seemed

leaned over, raised a hand... and poked his

trembled

not wearing the

floor with a loud

his cheek, blushed a little,

past that... let's get back to

his

he looked up and saw three beautiful women staring at him in stunned silence. Their faces were

Sunny sighed.

"What?"

sparks ignited

Jet who

you mean, what?! Do you expect to drop that bomb on us and continue eating as if nothing happened?! What do you mean, you are going to die?! Why?! Who is going to kill you?! How do we

Sunny saw the infamous Soul Reaper Jet lose her composure. Well... disregarding the days she was crawling around their

had been much calmer

closed it, then opened

Cassie nodded.

"What Master Jet said!"

few times and put

food go to waste? And I mean dying by "going to die". A terrible Nightmare Creature is going to kill me. As for preventing it...

for his tea and shook

don't get it. Why are you guys making a

for a few moments,

sorry... damn! I think I am starting to understand Effie

the tea, Sunny smiled and looked at his companions with mirth in his eyes.

He sighed.

but this whirlpool is actually a whirlpool of time. Time moves in a circle on this island, meaning this day

at

of us have been reliving the same day ever since arriving at Wind Flower. I'm just the only one who remembers the previous ones. I've died a few dozen times already trying to get us out... and I'll definitely die many more times before we finally escape this

gleamed in a

that dying would actually kill

explained it again, this time in detail.

had rich experience of having this conversation, so

mood was quite