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Listening to Aiko nagging, Sunny let out a sigh. Running a business wasn't easy. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

"Boss, we are not making enough money. We only sold one Memory in the last two months! What even is the point of calling ourselves a Memory Boutique? Give me some funds for a marketing campaign, I'm begging you…"

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

Out there, high above the tallest tower of Bastion and slightly to the side, a beautiful island was hovering in the sky, bathed in the golden light of dawn. A great pagoda of pristine white stone rose from it, just as majestic as the colossal ancient fortress. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

The Ivory Tower.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

It was The Exploration Report on the Tomb of Ariel, by: Nobody.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

Even though he had lost credit for his previous academic papers, it seemed like a shame to just leave all the knowledge he had accumulated in the Third Nightmare go to waste. So, even knowing that it would cause some problems, he published an research paper anonymously.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

While the coffee was brewing, he ignited a second flame and put a pan on it. Then, Sunny opened the icebox and took out a few eggs, butter, and a jar of milk…

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

The old man looked at him and smiled politely.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

As he was almost done with the preparatory work, the first customer finally arrived.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

After all, although the countless Nightmare Creatures he had slaughtered while aimlessly wandering the Dream Realm had not given him a lot of shadow fragments, they had provided him with numerous soul shards. He was secretly an extremely wealthy person.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

…In any case, Aiko had been reluctant to pledge her allegiance to the Legacy Clans or the government. She had lost her job as Kai's manager when he enlisted, and the Brilliant Emporium was on the verge of going bankrupt. That was when Sunny found her and purchased the ownership of his own business back from her. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

The same went for the material traces he had left in the world. There was that famous movie, for example… The Devil of Antarctica. It had been inspired by his actions during the Southern Campaign. People knew that the main character was based on a real person, but were incapable of thinking deeply about who that person was.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

Just some guy. An inconsequential stranger. A fleeting acquaintance. A comrade who had perished long ago, their face and voice erased from memory by the passage of time. People vaguely recognized that someone had been there, side by side with them, but as soon as they concentrated on these memories, their minds naturally wandered to other matters. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

Aiko seemed to remember that she had had a partner, and even that her partner had been responsible for providing the Memories for the shop. However, her memories were vague at best, and her attention seemed to wander away every time she tried to concentrate on who that partner had been, exactly. She would even forget trying to recollect the details, switching to thinking about something else. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

Those words did not mean that Sunny was anchored in a Citadel called the Nameless Temple. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

It was time to open the shop.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

Sunny had lost his home in NQSC after his existence was erased from the tapestry of fate, so he made sure that his new home would be able to follow him wherever he went.

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree

His house could also walk, swim, shapeshift, devour intruders, and produce soul coins. Among other things. 

Shadow Slave

Fantasy · Guiltythree