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.

surprise

why would he stab a

who cares. I’m sure there’ll

sat down by his side. Sunny turned his head, looking at

She bit her lip.

that you almost died

so that’s what

He shrugged.

“Yeah.”

a silent sigh, Sunny

much. It’s not my first brush

was, as far as he knew, the closest. The memory still sent shivers

a while. Then, she quietly

“I’m sorry.”

Sunny raised his eyebrows.

What are

blind girl lowered her

“For being so useless.”

looked away. A second or two later, he

“You’re not useless.”

Cassie softly chuckled.

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 help…

seen her mask of resolve slip a little, revealing the

have I ever told you about my

girl shook her head. Sunny half-closed

to die of cold or mistreatment. Chained, bleeding, defenseless. What’s worse, my Aspect turned out to be completely useless. I mean,

visibly drawn in by

did you survive? Did things change for the

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