Shadow Slave

The Silver Bell rang once more, and a new customer walked in. Sunny was idly wondering what they would order when he noticed who it was. A moment later, his eyes glistened with professional interest.

It was a young woman wearing light armor and a white cape… an Awakened. Her elegant beauty and golden hair were lovely, but her expression was cold and composed, creating an uninviting impression.

Sunny did not really care about what she looked like, though. The aloof Awakened was important because she was one of his clients, and had come to retrieve a Memory. More than that, she was a Legacy. Which meant a hefty commission and a great boost to the Brilliant Emporium's reputation.

Plus, she was a passing acquaintance from Sunny's former life. Even though they had only met a few times, hers was still a familiar face.

He smiled and bowed politely.

«Awakened Telle. Welcome.»

The young woman glanced at him sternly and nodded.

«Master Sunless. I'll be leaving Bastion soon, so I wanted to check on your progress. It would be convenient if you procure a suitable Memory before I depart.»

He couldn't help but widen his smile a little.

«It is good that you decided to pay the Brilliant Emporium a visit, my lady. In fact, I have just recently acquired something that might be of interest to you.»

hiding the extent of his abilities.

he simply possessed a network of connections that allowed him to find and purchase suitable

signaled Aiko to hold down the fort and invited Awakened Telle to follow him downstairs. Passing through an ornate

tasteful, exuding elegance and class. Various Memories were displayed in

nothing to do with designing how the Memory Boutique looked. It was all

much more knowledge on how to actually sell Memories, both because she had been close to Stev, the caretaker of the Bright Castle's arsenal, and because she had run the actual operation of Sunny's Brilliant Emporium in the past.

rationale well to make Sunny sign off on all these expensive

to luxury goods than to common tools. Therefore, a Memory shop had to cater to a luxurious clientele in order to

that the Brilliant Emporium had only sold one Memory in the last two months, it was actually not that bad of a result. In fact, Sunny only

his secrets, he was reluctant to partner up with external specialists. Therefore, he did everything

surprisingly good at it… well, actually, it was not

the wilderness, which included maintaining their equipment, constructing shelter, sewing up wounds, and many other things. Additionally, he deepened his knowledge of all

the Nightmare Spell

essence strings made all other forms of craftsmanship seem accessible. He also had a golden touch due to

and precision were unrivaled, his senses were vastly superior to those of mundane humans, and his mental

Sunny had put a lot of effort into mastering his trade, and was confident that he would not lose to the famed forgemasters of Clan Valor when it came

he was somewhat envious of all the tools and resources they had

but there was more than one chamber in the basement of the Marvelous Mimic. Sunny also had an expansive workshop hidden behind the boutique, containing everything he used to do work, from a forge and a kiln to a pottery wheel and a sewing