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Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2836

Nephis looked at Sunny, while Cassie shifted slightly and faced him. Both waited for what he would say next intently, tension and anticipation written clearly on their usually reserved faces.

However, Sunny lingered.

He had to think about what to say and how to say it. This matter concerned the Tomb of Ariel, after all — it concerned him and his fate — and therefore, most things he could share with them would be immediately forgotten.

Beyond that, Sunny had to gather his thoughts first.

‘The answer is oblivion.'

The phrase had been used to describe the Key of the Estuary by the Mad Prince. It held several meanings...

The first and most obvious of these meanings was the answer to the simplest of questions: who was buried in the Tomb of Ariel? The answer... was Oblivion. The Demon of Oblivion, who could hardly be remembered by the world, had been entombed in the great pyramid after dying a lonesome death, both her passing and her burial forgotten. No one knew how she had died and where her final resting place was — except for Weaver.

Weaver, the Mad Prince, and Sunny.

In a broader sense, the great tomb had been built by Ariel to help him forget the unbearable truths he wanted to be free of. And then there was the personal meaning the Mad Prince imbued the description of the Estuary Key with.

The Mad Prince had wanted to conquer the Third Nightmare and escape the Tomb of Ariel together with Nephis. But he could not, because his soul had been infected by the Defilement — and due to the Sin of Solace, he would remember the same forbidden knowledge that had corrupted him at the start of every loop, therefore locking him into an inescapable paradox. Ironically enough, it was the Sin of Solace that had prevented him from fully losing himself to Corruption, as well. In the end, the Mad Prince had found a way to silence the loathsome apparition and erase his own memories of the Defilement by escaping to the next loop while in possession of the Estuary Key — an impossible Memory he had created to fulfill his desperate, dire wish.

The true key to his liberation was oblivion. But what did the Mad Prince, the Estuary Key, and the Tomb of Ariel have to do with Asterion? Why had Cassie sent herself this cryptic message?

‘Why is it so cryptic, to begin with?’

Before considering the content of the message, Sunny thought it prudent to consider its form.

Although Cassie was an oracle — or had been, at least — she was under no obligation to deliver her prophecies in a vague and cryptic manner. In fact, that would only be counterproductive. If she had indeed foreseen that Asterion would become a deadly threat once, and even gleaned a strategy to defeat him, she could have just explained it to her future self plainly.

Go there, find that, recruit those people, avoid making these decisions... something like that. The message encouraging her to find a man named Sunless and wish him a happy birthday on the day of the winter solstice had been worded quite straightforwardly.

This time, however, she had only sent one mysterious sentence.

Why?

‘Well. First of all...'

Even though the message had been delivered to Cassie, it was not meant for her.

Nephis and Cassie did not know it, but Sunny had immediately realized that he was the intended recipient, instead. Because he was the only one who remembered the events that had transpired in the Tomb of Ariel clearly, as well as the only one who remembered the description of the Key of the Estuary.

Even if the others had seen it, they were not capable of remembering it.

Chapter 2836 Fateless Encryption 1

Chapter 2836 Fateless Encryption 2

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