The final step

Another one?

Again, after waking up in his room, Sunny summoned the endless spring and drank a lot of water. He saw Neph next to him, still sleeping peacefully.

Smiling, he got up and realized he was already in clothes, and it was quite late. His face went from smiling to just being confused about what was going on.

He decided to go back to sleep and continue in the morning. Although it took him a bit to actually fall asleep, he was thinking about all the times with Neph, the rest of the cohort, and his sister. He also had a dream about the future. The dream was something Sunny deeply wished to happen actually.

His dream was his future with Nephis, his sister, his friends, and everybody that he cares about. It only made Sunny more determined to make sure that it actually happened.

The morning came soon, it was after breakfast, and Nephis and Cassie were talking quietly. Since Sunny was still asleep, they had to be quiet.

They were talking about what happened yesterday at breakfast, they were trying to understand why Sunny did what he did. It didn't make sense how the person just died on the spot.

They were waiting for Sunny to finally wake up, since he had slept all the way from coming back to his room to go until now.

His sleep was undisturbed and long. His face calm and relaxed, and his features were serene and neutral. Nephis was a little jealous that he could sleep that long.

And just at that moment Sunny awoke, just like he had another nightmare, maybe he did, who would know until he told them.

Confused as to why both Cassie and Nephis were looking at him, he just got up and summoned Shadow Chair. He sat down and looked at them to continue what they were talking about.

“Sunny, are you okay?”

The voice that broke the silence was Nephs, she was worried about Sunny; he had slept for more than a day straight. Now he just looks and acts like nothing happened.

“Yes, why are you asking? Did something happen to me while I slept?”

“No, the reason I'm asking is because of how long you slept. You were asleep for more them a day, and now you are acting like nothing happened.”

Now it was Sunny's time to be confused, he took a moment to think about it and realized why they were worried. He probably forgot to tell them about the bad thing of using Mercy of shadows. He didn't even tell them about it anyway so now was a perfect time.

“Oh, that is because of the ability I learned that is supposed to let me become a divine being, it's a bit undeveloped, so I had to rest a little.”

Both Cassie and Nephis were mind blown, Sunny just nonchalantly said he found out how to become divine. Silence came over the room for a few minutes, Sunny was doing his best to hold back laughter.

He had missed being able to do that, being alone for six months made him depressed. Sure, he had his shadows and his shadows, but they were mostly quiet and never responded.

“So, you found the first step to becoming divine, that is wonderful Sunny. Is there a trick that can help us?”

Nephis broke the silence with her surprisingly happy voice. Her words were excited and amazed.

“No I didn't, calling that ability a step is too much. When I was learning the final step of shadow dance I found a temple similar to the one in my first nightmare. There I found some ancient text that revealed how to use it.”

He paused for a second, took a deep breath and continued. Both girls were waiting for him to continue, they waited eagerly wanting to know more about what happened.