Shadow Slave

1530 Blessing of Misfortune

Sunny was restless.

Cassie had survived, which brought him indescribable joy. He would have been… broken, if she had perished in Twilight. Nephis would have never forgiven herself for causing the death of her best friend, either.

Not to mention that Effie and Jet would have been killed, as well, making the heartbreaking tragedy simply unbearable.

So, it was the epitome of wonderful that Cassie had survived.

But how had she survived?

He did not know.

It was close to impossible for her to be driven all the way to the limits of the city by accident. Which meant that she had fought her way there on purpose.

Which meant that she knew what would happen.

…Which was also impossible.

Not even because Cassie would have shared such precious information with them, allowing the cohort to come up with a better plan, but simply because she was not capable of perceiving the past and the future in the Tomb of Ariel. She had told them so herself — all Cassie saw in her visions, ever since entering the Nightmare, was darkness.

That was what saved her from sharing the fate of the sybils, who had all been Defiled by the visions of the Estuary. Here in the Tomb of Ariel, Cassie was blind to the future and the past. That was her saving grace.

She could not have known what would happen in Twilight. Otherwise, she would have been Defiled — and she wasn't Defiled. Sunny knew that because he could see Cassie's soul, and because she was still a carrier of the Nightmare Spell.

had

no sense at

nonsensical thought that had entered his mind after they escaped Aletheia's Island. That Cassie could have been able to remember the previous cycles of the Great River, just like the Mad

would make her

been able to see the darkness of Corruption in her soul, and the Spell would have

him more and more with each passing

was that fate had played a trick on them. It was almost impossible for Cassie to have found herself near the gates of Twilight when the explosion happened — but only almost. She must have gotten

Attribute. This time, they must have received a blessing of

And still, still…

was restless, plagued by

himself glancing at Cassie furtively when she was nearby, and then felt ashamed for

secretly — because she could have been watching the world through his eyes, and would be aware of him

but not alarmingly so. She usually kept to herself, but not to the point of avoiding

behind and stepping forward if there was a need. When everything was calm, she rested and went about her usual duties

Sunny did not know what she was doing when

Well, actually… he could.

was not an easy matter, considering that she could see through the eyes of the potential spy and knew their every move. However, as far as Sunny knew, while Cassie could use her Ascended Ability on the members of

if she wished to, but she could not see what he saw through

one of the shadows to observe the blind girl, just

he wasn't sure that it was an appropriate thing to

a long time to gain the ability to trust others, so he cherished it greatly. Being able to trust, and

her. Their relationship was complicated and tumultuous, and they

Solace kept whispering into his ear, fanning the flames of Sunny's paranoia. In fact, the sword wraith did not whisper,