Shadow Slave
Chapter 38
Sleep was avoiding Sunny. For a while, he sat silently in the darkness, listening to the calming rumbling of the waves. In this rare moment of respite, memories of the past few days came flooding into his mind. However, he was too tired to seriously think about anything. He was warm, full, and relatively safe. For now, that was more than enough.
Soon, the rhythm of Cassia’s breathing changed, indicating that she fell asleep. Nephis was guarding the camp, motionless and, as always, a bit distant. With her silver hair and fair skin, she looked like an alabaster statue.
Sunny sighed. He struggled for a bit, and then said quietly:
“Hey. Can I ask you a question?”
Nephis glanced at him and shrugged. The lack of an audible response clearly indicated that she remembered about his ability to see in the dark.
“Sure.”
‘Would it be too personal?’
Sunny hesitated.
“I thought you Legacies come into the Spell with a whole inherited arsenal of Memories. I mean, that’s supposed to be your main advantage. How come you only had three?”
Nephis was silent for a few moments.
“Actually, I only had two. The rope came from Cassie.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Oh. I see.”
Realizing that her answer wasn’t really an answer, Nephis thought for a while and added:
“We lost most of our Memories when my father passed away. The ones that remained were sold one by one over the years, to keep the family afloat. This sword and armor came from my First Nightmare.”
So that’s how it was. Sunny realized that the fall of the Immortal Flame clan might have been more thorough than he had thought. Still, something about it didn’t make sense.
“Surely, with your clan’s reputation and standing, there were other ways to make money.”
Without any strong reaction, Nephis simply said:
“There were other reasons.”
Then, she unexpectedly turned her head in his direction.
“Can I ask you a question in return?”
Sunny swallowed.
“Yeah, go ahead.”
Nephis tilted her head.
“How did you know that I’m a Legacy?”
‘What? That’s it?’
“Simple. I heard Caster mention it. He was scolding other Sleepers to make them treat you with respect.”
She gave him a nod and turned away. What thoughts were hidden behind her calm grey eyes, Sunny did not know.
Some time had passed before he gathered enough courage to ask the question that he really wanted to ask. Before doing it, though, he made sure that Cassie was sound asleep and lowered his voice.
ask
a negative response,
are you burdening
of Changing Star’s mouth curled up
“Why? Wouldn’t you?”
feeling the Flaw pushing
“No.”
last moment that the answer would be “yes”. But one
not that Sunny did not pity the blind girl or didn’t want to help her. It’s just that he knew with certainty that it was simply not something he could do. He was barely able to save himself, let alone carry
but be a little disappointed in
to judge him. She showed no reaction at
“Because I want to.”
‘Because… she wants to?’
would either lecture him about virtue and compassion or disclose some obscure way to
was putting her life in danger, to the point of sacrificing an awakened armor-type Memory,
‘Ridiculous!’
as a non-answer. But the more he thought about it,
it was actually
Most of the time, he was doing them because he needed to. It was never a question of “want”… it was always a question of “must”. For him, this was a basic rule of
as he had imagined.
to have the audacity to disregard need in favor of something as frivolous as desire, and do things that a normal person like
simply because that was what Nephis wanted to
that mentality was the greatest advantage of
that separated Legacies
about. However, before Sunny could gather his
“My turn.”
mean it’s her turn to ask
Changing Star once again turned to Sunny and,
the
What sort of a
Sunny shook his head. Then, remembering that she couldn’t see him,
“No.”
away. A few moments
a hero in an ancient war. In the legends, some humans back then had powers akin to the Awakened. Achilles with an Aspect of indestructible body, Diomedes that was so ferocious even the God of War was wary of him, Ajax who was as strong as a giant. Odysseus was
at
did this come from? Why is
Meanwhile, Nephis continued:
to return. Over the years, he survived one horror after another and lost all of his companions. Then, shipwrecked, he found himself
Star’s ethereal, strangely wistful voice resounded in the darkness, creating an enthralling atmosphere. Sunny couldn’t help but listen with
kinds of wonders, delicacies and delights. As long as loving Calypso was by his side, Odysseus was even immortal. But… the longer
Nephis smiled.
delights, the beautiful fairy, and even his immortality behind. So, my
Sunny blinked.
‘What?’
He even considered that Nephis was mocking him, but it didn’t seem to be the
‘Weirdo!’
and then
he was
appeared on Nephis’s
away… from
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