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..."

quite a bit. The other three, however, seemed a little concerned. After a while, Nephis

are you going to tell us what is

swallowed, took another sip of tea, and gave her a

you see. How do I put it... I

seemed to twitch

was not done talking.

I don't have a lot of time

She was suddenly pale.

eyes widened.

Sunny could not lie. Which meant that... he

"What?!"

Sunny nodded solemnly.

Sadly, it's true... I am going to die soon. It's inevitable, and none of you can stop it. So, I just wanted to spend a pleasant day with you, guys... gals? Anyway, this

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

raised a hand... and poked his face with

voice trembled a

he's not

to the floor with a loud

his cheek, blushed a little, and looked

that we're past that... let's get back to food.

stuff his face. A satisfied sigh

saw three beautiful women staring at him in stunned

Sunny sighed.

"What?"

did not move. Furious white sparks ignited

was Jet who broke the

do 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

Reaper Jet lose her composure. Well... disregarding

been

then opened it again. Eventually, she

Cassie nodded.

"What Master Jet said!"

blinked a few times and put a

"going to die". A terrible Nightmare Creature is

his tea

it. Why are you guys

a

I am starting to understand Effie better. This is

Sunny smiled and looked at his companions with mirth

He sighed.

actually a whirlpool of time. Time moves in a circle on this island, meaning this day repeats itself over

at him

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

teeth gleamed in

did you think that dying would

the nature of the time loop, Sunny explained it again, this time in detail. He wasn't hurried, and did not forget to thoroughly enjoy Neph's breakfast

experience of having this conversation, so he did it

was