Shadow Slave

Chapter 55

When they returned to the makeshift camp, the first thing that Nephis did was come up to Cassie.

“Hey, Cas. Guess what.”

The blind girl turned to her and smiled:

“You’ve finally received an armor-type Memory?”

Simultaneously, Nephis said:

“I found something decent to wear…”

Then she fell silent and stared at her smiling friend. Cassie laughed:

“The sound of your footsteps changed.”

Changing Star blinked.

“Ah. I see. Well… it’s from the Carapace Centurion.”

While she was describing the armor to Cassia and letting her touch the mysterious white metal it was forged out of, Sunny relaxed and rested by the fire.

Some time later, Nephis was busy preparing dinner. Sunny was once again lying lazily on the stones and staring into the sky.

The sky, like always, was grey and unfriendly.

With all three of them equipped with decent armor, they were finally starting to resemble a real Awakened cohort. In fact, Sunny thought that their group was rather eye-catching even by Awakened standards.

In her light tunic and sea-wave cloak, beautiful and delicate Cassie looked like a princess. Lithe and poised, Nephis was like a noble knight tasked with protecting her. Sunny, however…

If he was generous to himself, he would say that he looked like a young squire.

But truthfully, he resembled a page boy a lot more — at best. If a random stranger were to see the three of them, that stranger would most likely assume that Sunny was either a lowly servant or a feeble ruffian that had been captured by the noble lady’s guard.

just add to their surprise when I stab them in the

would he stab

sure there’ll be

moment, Cassie sat down by his side. Sunny turned his head, looking at the blind girl with a

She bit her lip.

that

so that’s what this

He shrugged.

“Yeah.”

silent sigh,

worry about it too much. It’s not my first

the closest.

for a while. Then,

“I’m sorry.”

Sunny raised his eyebrows.

What are you sorry

blind girl lowered her

“For being so useless.”

or two later, he said in his

“You’re not useless.”

Cassie softly chuckled.

need to be leashed to you or Neph. If I want to eat, I need to wait for one of you to feed me. That’s my life now. I can’t do even the simplest of things without your

her voice turned raw with emotion. This was the first time Sunny had seen her mask of resolve slip a little, revealing the desperate, angry, frightened face beneath. He was silent for a long

I ever told you about my

blind girl shook her head.

you the truth, the situation was pretty hopeless. I was a slave destined to die of cold or mistreatment. Chained, bleeding, defenseless. What’s worse, my Aspect turned out to

turned her head slightly, visibly drawn

did you survive? Did things change for the

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