Shadow Slave novel Chapter 3026

Some time later, Sunny left the Bastion manor of the White Feather clan in lifted spirits. It felt good to be the bearer of good news, for once...

‘Perhaps I do only speak with Tyris when something awful has happened.'

Sunny pondered his habits for a few moments.

But then, he couldn't quite imagine just visiting Sky Tide casually. A social call, to Sky Tide? How would that even look like? Sunny remained motionless for a while, then shook his head and continued walking.

‘Plus, it's awkward, because everyone else thinks I'm dead.'

Being both dead and a demigod limited Sunny's opportunities to socialize quite a bit. On the bright side, that only made him appreciate the few relationships he did have so much more.

And speaking of those...

The speech was going to start soon, so he had to hurry.

Reaching a deep shadow cast onto the ground by the wall of the Castle, Sunny stepped into it and emerged in the corridor of a tall building that stood in one of the lakeshore neighborhoods of Bastion.

He knocked on it, waited for a bit, and knocked once more.

A moment later, a familiar voice resounded from behind the door.

"Come in!"

Sunny walked inside and smiled.

"I was in Bastion, so I decided to pay a visit..."

There was an old man with disheveled hair and eyebrows that seemed to have a life of their own inside the room. He glanced at him and grinned.

“Sunny, my boy!"

Then, he froze for a moment, covered his mouth, and whispered:

“Oh... I'm sorry. Sunny, my boy."

Closing the door behind him, Sunny chuckled.

“Thank you for your understanding, Teacher Julius."

Julius was one of the few people Sunny had revealed himself to after returning from the Tomb of Ariel. Back then, the moment he walked through the door, the old man joyfully welcomed him in this exact manner. He did not seem shocked by the fact that one of his students had magically risen from the dead at all.

In fact, Sunny had been a little disappointed back then. Looking at the old man, he hesitated for a moment and then asked:

"You don't seem surprised to see me, Teacher?"

Julius chuckled.

"I might be old, but I am not feeble-minded yet."

With that, he opened a drawer and pulled out a copy of the Exploration Report on Everything.

The old man patted its cover lovingly.

“Sunny... do you know how people sometimes say that they would want nothing more than to forget a book they love, just to be able to read it for the first time all over again? Well, who could have known that it would actually happen to me?"

He chuckled.

“The first few weeks after my memory was wiped — and everyone else's — were quite hectic. But then, I discovered this paper and... by the dead gods! It was like I turned into a little kid again, having received the best gif of my life. Not only was the paper riveting, but I also couldn't help but recognize my own student's writing style. Each true explorer has their own approach, you know?"

Julius shook his head and pulled something else from the drawer.

It was a familiar-looking letter.

“And then I found this. Ah... you almost made this old man cry, Sunny."

He looked at the letter for a while, then put it down.

“To think that when we met, you could barely write..."

Sunny frowned.

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