Chapter: 28, Flashback_2
Sunny didn't give up. She was determined to escape those fake feelings and her enslavement.
The next course of events went smoothly….well not really. The battle of the Black Skull was intense. Sunny and Nephis killed Saint Dire Fang together. Morgan lost to Mordrina (Female Mordret).
The intense battle was interrupted by the opening of a category five gate. Yes, a category five gate. As a cursed being got out of the gate, all of them entered the dream realm and reached the nightmare desert to survive.
The skinwalker pursued them, as the Black Skull citadel was impossible to conquer. The princesses of two great clans were ready to leave with their saints but they refused to leave without Noir. Sunny knew they had also fallen for him.
The saints were trying hard to convince them, but they were stubborn. Seishan acting like that was understandable, but the cold and murderous daughter of war acting like a stubborn princess was surprising.
Noir convinced the two princesses and sent them with their respective saints.
Noir then asked Mordrina to lead them toward the special nightmare seed. Noir, Jin, Nephis, Jet, Kai, Effie, Cassie and Sunny herself all entered the nightmare seed.
As Sunny opened her eyes in a wooden piece flowing in the middle of the Great River of Time, she met with the 'Sin of solace' for the first time.
The sword wraith was completely different from what Sunny thought it would be. He thought that the sin of solace, making her insane, would have a personality like bitter, cold, foul mouth and disdainful.
But the sword wraith was sweet, kind, enchantress and obsessed with Noir. She would try to make her accept the suffocating fake feelings and enjoy them, to become a slave to those feelings. They both had the same goal of being free, but for completely different reasons.
Sunny wanted to be free, nothing else. But the sword wraith wanted to be free for the purpose of being a slave to Noir. She wanted her to not be completely free, but only to change masters.
The sword wraith also exposed her to the forbidden knowledge and she became the Mad Princess. After all, she hadn't regressed many times by then.
When she was planning how to conquer the nightmare, Noir found her with a tempting offer. He offered to give her a chance to go back in time, without asking for anything in return. When she asked why he would help her, he replied.
"I have taken your feelings, your love and your freedom. I want to give you a chance to get everything you want back."
Both of them agreed, Noir handed her a memory of the divine rank to pass onto his past self. With ability, he merged the past and future selves' souls. But between the processes, the consciousness of her and the sin of solace switched.
The sin of solace got control of the physical body and enjoyed Noir's touch that she kept obsessing over many lifetimes.
Currently, Sunny in her secondary form was looking at the sin of solace clinging to Noir in her body. She sighed with frustration, watching her body clinging to noir who she currently hated the most.
It has been six months since they came back to the waking world. Jin and Nephis both went ahead to challenge the fourth nightmare. Noir knows that the world will be in danger soon, so he has to get a Supreme before the mass nightmare gate incident occurs in Antarctica.
And obviously Nephis was the most suitable one for that.
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In the Burned Forest of the Dream Realm, Jin and Nephis were staying at the Burned Trunk Citadel. Some of Jin's shadows had previously noticed a category four nightmare seed in the inner area of the forest.
At that time, they didn't plan on becoming supreme so early on, but because of a certain person, they now have to.
Jin was looking at his army of shadows that he summoned back. They were mostly the dragon army and the former shadow army from Ashborn, every other shadow needed to grow stronger. The shadows he summoned were all of the Great and Sacred rank.
We're ready to enter the seed. At that moment, Nephis appeared from inside and said
"Ready to head out?"
Jin nodded and held her in his arms by hugging her waist and kissed her lips as he said "Yup, anytime you're ready."
Nephis hesitated before she asked "will it be alright?"
"What?"
"We didn't even meet Suho and are challenging the fourth nightmare right after becoming awakened. Shouldn't you at least spend some time with him?"
Jin chuckled, hearing something funny, "Don't worry. Suho has the company of his girlfriend, so he will think about us a bit later." He reassured her.
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At the break time, Suho was laying Rain's lap as she was feeding him the homemade food she made herself.
They were in a secret spot behind the school, where most of the students didn't bother coming.
As he was enjoying their time together, Rain suddenly asked, unable to hide her curiosity "Hey Suho, I know you currently live alone, but can I ask you where your parents are?"
"Suho gave her a teasing smile as he asked "What? Can't wait to see your future in-laws?"
Rain gave him an angry glare as her face flushed and she said while pouting and not feeding him "Humph, I just wanted to ask if they're okay."
Suho sat up from her lap and said a bit seriously "They're currently challenging a nightmare seed, so it will be long before I can introduce them to you."
Rain suddenly felt bad for asking as she tried to comfort him "Don't worry. They'll be alright."
Suho lay down on her lap again as he said nonchalantly "Don't worry. I am not worried about them. I have very much confidence that they will return much stronger than anyone before. I am just wondering how long it will take, hope they return soon…"
To be Continued…