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 to have known,

made no sense at

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 Prince

make her

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

incongruity gnawed at him more and

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

was no stranger to witnessing extremely improbable events. His entire life was full of them due to his [Fated] Attribute. This time,

And still, still…

restless,

point that Sunny was having trouble concentrating on weaving. He found himself glancing at Cassie

try and spy on the blind girl secretly — because she

to herself, but not to the point of avoiding others on purpose. Usually, she would take her turn controlling the Chain Breaker, then descend below deck to rest when Nephis replaced her on the steering

there was a need. When everything was calm, she rested and went about her

did not know what she was doing when

Well, actually… he could.

their every move. However, as far as Sunny knew, while Cassie

see through his eyes, if she wished to, but she could not see

send one of the shadows to observe the blind girl, just in case there was something strange going on with

sure that it was an appropriate

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

do the blind girl any harm, he would be breaking trust with her. Their relationship was complicated and tumultuous, and they had endured a lot together to repair it. He

fact, the sword wraith did not whisper,