Sunny's eyes widened.
Not because she had [Unseen from Fate], he had already expected that she could also got that like him. But he was surprised by something else.
'How does she have [Blessing]? It doesn't make sense, all our memories and attributes got reset.'
He looked at her and asked.
"How do you still have [Blessing]? All our things got reset, so it doesn't make sense for you to have [Blessing]."
Nephis, who was also looking at her runes with surprise in her eyes, turned to him.
"I don't know. Before I came here, I had checked my runes. [Blessing] was not there before."
Sunny pondered. 'It is because [Blessing] is connected to her soul? But then why don't I have my [Marble Shell]? Is it because it already exists in this past as a memory? So, if I have that, it will directly clash with this past. And [Blessing] doesn't exist in spell. And it different from Dreamblade. So, when we got connected, it appeared. Because my shadow essence created ninety percent of the weave? And Winter Beast cores are not important after it became an attribute, that's why they didn't clash with the past?'
Yes. Dreamblade appeared in Nephis runes now because she got connected to Sunny. Sunny shadow weave created the ninety percent of the weave. And because of Unknown bond their souls got connected. And spell couldn't generate shadow essence normally. But Sunny didn't received [Marble shell] because it already exist as a memory that can be soul bounded. That would make two [Marble shell]. But [Blessing] doesn't exist lile that. Dreamblade is a normal memory. And it can't be soul bounded. So [Blessing] is completely different from Dreamblade. So there can only be one [Blessing].
After thinking for a bit, he cursed.
'Damnation! If this is right, I should have created [Curse] before anything else. It does not exist. So, if I got it, then it would not clash with the past.'
Then Nephis who were looking at the runes noticed something. Her eyes suddenly glistened. She turned and looked at him with a slightly.... smug expression?
"So you see me as your light, hmmm?"
Sunny's ears shaded red. Seem like she was reading [Dance of Light and Shadow] description. Anyway That was not a question, but yet, he still answered.
"Yes. I see you as my light."
Nephis blushed a little, her cheeks got a bit pink barely noticeable. Clearly, she wasn't expecting an answer. In the past, he told her this in an indirect way. But actually hearing it from his mouth was different. She looked away.
After thinking for a bit, he sighed in displeasure and started experimenting with Nephis.
First, they tried to augment each other like Shadow Bond. And it worked. They could augment each other like Shadow Bond, but without the master and slave BS.
Then they tried to learn how to see locations and teleport. An arrow appeared and pointed to each other. Sunny saw a white line extended toward Nephis. Nephis saw a black line extended toward Sunny. And the name of their locations manifested in their minds.
Nephis speculated that the names of locations came from own knowledge. The names they gave to these places.
And teleportation was rather easy. They just had to think about teleporting to their partner.
Sunny tried to reach out to the warm feeling in his soul, and suddenly another perspective was added to him. Like his shadow, how he sees from it. This time he could see from Nephis' eyes.
Nephis also did that, but swayed a little bit because of Shadow Sense. Sharing perspectives didn't feel unpleasant or uncomfortable, but it definitely felt a little strange.
After that, they were tired and sat on the bed.
Sunny looked at Nephis and said.
"What do you think?"
She turned her head toward him.
"Thousand times better than Shadow Bond."
"I agree."
They settled in a comfortable silence. But Sunny wanted to ask something, though he was hesitating.
"Hey, Neph."
Nephis turned toward him.
He waited for a bit, then said.
"Uhmm....what are we?"
Nephis tilted her head, not understanding what he was talking about.
"I mean.....what is our relationship? Are we still...you know?"
He knew how stupid this question was. He knew very well why she came here wearing her sleep clothes. After he explained to her why he betrayed them, she understood his reasons. So nothing suggested why their relationship would be different than before. But he still couldn't help but ask, wanting to hear from her own mouth.
Nephis' mouth hung open for a second, before she composed herself and sighed.
'Is he serious right now? Because what kind of stupid question is this!?'
Well, she still decided to answer this question. Actions speak louder than words, so she moved.
She leaned toward him, closing the gap, and placed her soft lips on his, kissing him tenderly. He responded to the kiss without any delay. He extended both of his hands. One toward her waist and other toward her back, gently pressing her delicate body against his, gently. The kiss was not desperate or forceful, instead it was passionate.
After running out of breath, they finally parted. Nephis' cheeks were red as she asked him while breathing heavily.
"So.....do you now have your answer?"
Sunny nodded, catching his breath.
"Yes."
Then they again went silent, catching their breath. After a few minutes, Sunny turned toward Nephis, and coincidentally at the same time, she also turned toward him. And eyes met. Their eyes burned with.....desire and longing. Before Nephis' memories recovered, her desire and longing toward Sunny fell short compared to Sunny's longing toward her. So he had to always hold back.
But currently, her desire and longing matched his perfectly. Both moved forward at the same time. They held each other's hand and intertwined their fingers tightly. Lips met again but, this time, much more deeply, desperately, and more passionately. Tongues intertwined, exploring each other's mouths.
They parted for a for a moment. A faint thread of silver saliva stretched between mouths. Then again their lips met each other. Both dropped to the bed and settled in. Nephis settled on top of Sunny. Sunny's one hand was on her waist, pressing her delicate body against his. His other hand was on the back of her head, deepening the kiss.
Nephis's one hand was on his shoulder, Gripping it tightly. Her other hand was on his head, pressing his lips against hers, deepening the kiss even more. Their warm body pressing against one another.
Loosened their grip a little and looked into each other's eyes.
Their eyes is burning with desire more than ever, almost uncontrollable. Faces hot red. Both knew what they wanted. So without wasting any moment, they kissed again. And after that...
Went to sleep. Their legs entangled. Arms wrapped tightly around each other's bodies. Foreheads rested against one another.
Well, you see, they wanted to go further, but if someone heard them, it would be a problem. So they had used a little bit of supreme willpower to stop and went to sleep, holding each other.