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Chapter 1958: Practice run.
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    Pro100zver25
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    1959: In the bag.

    Sunny had woven many Memories in the past. However, today, he had an entirely new goal —weave something entirely new without relying on imitation.

    In theory, he was ready for that challenge. His foundation was quite solid — firstly, he had meticulously studied countless weaves, so his mental library of string patterns was sufficiently vast. Secondly, he had spent numerous hours pouring over these patterns, trying to discern how they worked.

    These efforts allowed him enough insight to change and modify the weaves he was familiar with however he saw fit… well, maybe not. Although Sunny could indeed achieve a lot, he was still somewhat limited in the scale and scope of such alterations.

    For now.

    Lastly, there was his new ability to fuse with the Memories in his possession, which allowed him to fathom the connection between the weaves and the enchantments they produced on a much deeper level.

    It was that last gain that was supposed to give him the push he needed to break free from his past limitations.

    Sunny looked around the material storage, then walked over to the section containing various leathers — which he had made himself from the hides of Nightmare Creatures over the years.

    Choosing a roll that wasn't too valuable, he considered it for a moment. Of course, the low value of this leather was relative — Sunny could afford to disregard it, but it would be a real treasure for most Awakened, and more than a few Masters as well.

    Nodding in satisfaction, Sunny picked up the roll of leather, then found a few more materials and left for the workshop. Once there, Sunny unrolled the leather, traced it roughly, and then swiftly cut it. The material was durable enough to resist enchanted weapons, but he effortlessly sliced through it using nothing but his nail.

    After that, Sunny got to work.

    Sitting down, he manifested four more hands. These shadow hands were responsible for weaving threads of essence, while his original pair was handling the leather.

    Funnily enough, Sunny also summoned Weaver's Needle. Today, it had some mundane stitching to do…

    Slowly, a leather backpack took shape in his hands. The backpack was on the smaller side, but crafted with utmost care — in fact, it could quite easily compete with the most luxurious leather bags sold by famous fashion designers in the waking world. That was how good his craftsmanship had become…

    After paying a ridiculous amount of credits for what would eventually become the [Overpriced Saddle], Sunny had given a solemn vow to never be robbed blind like that again and learn how to handle leather himself. The name of that Memory was not a joke, but rather an expression of his deep, inconsolable anguish!

    He continued to focus on his work. When Sunny needed additional tools, he manifested them from shadows. When he needed thread, he used the diamond thread from the Ebony Tower. Eventually, all that was left was to add the clasps to hold the flap of the backpack tightly closed when moving.

    Finishing that, he gave the backpack an appreciative look.

    «Damn… it's a shame I can't sell you right now.»

    Aiko already had the combat equipment market on the Valor side of Godgrave basically cornered, but no one said that they could not expand into fashion… people longed to look good even in the middle of an apocalyptic war, after all. Take Kai, for example, who chose his armor based on how pretty it was.

    «That fool…»

    Shaking his head regretfully, Sunny walked over to a massive chest and opened its lid, revealing a radiant pile of soul shards. Most of his fortune was safely stored in the Nameless Temple, but he had plenty of shards at hand here, as well.

    Fishing out a few Ascended shards from the pile, Sunny returned to his workbench. He did not know yet how many anchors his weave would need, so it was better to be safe than sorry.

    Then, he summoned the Endless Spring, put it down, and gave it a complicated look.

    Sunny had always suspected that the beautiful glass bottle was, at its core, a spatial storage Memory akin to the Covetous Coffer. However, after exploring it recently, he realized that he could not have been further from the truth.

    The Endless Spring was… unique, to say the least. In hindsight, it was a truly remarkable Memory, far beyond what other enchanted tools of its Rank and Class were supposed to be. But then again, Cassie — the person who had initially received it from the Spell — was quite an unusual Awakened herself.

    Considering that her Aspect was of the almost unheard of Sacred Rank, the Nightmare from where the Endless Spring had come must have been a remarkable trial, as well.

    In any case, the Endless Spring could not help Sunny with what he was trying to do at the moment.

    The Marvelous Mimic, however, did.

    So, Sunny augmented his Shadow instead of the beautiful glass bottle.

    He wanted to create a spatial storage Memory for Rain, and for that, there was no better reference point than the Covetous Coffer, which the Marvelous Mimic had been born of.

    Sunny closed his eyes and sighed, contemplating the next step… all the while continuing to weave threads of shadow essence with his additional hands, of course.

    Space was an absolute law, so violating it was no easy task. He wasn't sure that there were Memories out there that could achieve that, but if there were, they must have been of the Divine Rank. He was far from being capable of creating something like that.

    Luckily, there were plenty of ways to manipulate space without violating its laws.

    The original Covetous Coffer had done just that, and the Marvelous Mimic inherited this ability. It contained an independent space within itself — a pocket dimension, basically — and at the same time served as a portal between the larger world and that space. More than that…

    Sunny leaned back with a contemplative expression.

    In some sense, the Covetous Coffer had also been a soulbound Memory. Not to the same degree as and in a different way than the Mantle of the Underworld, but its capacity to mimic various objects, as well as the volume of its inner space, had depended on the potency of its master's soul.

    That was definitely something Sunny had to explore further. Even if he could not repeat what Nether had done with the Mantles, there were still ways for him to achieve the desired effect.

    In any case, creating an independent dimension and then connecting it to the world through a Memory was still a difficult task. Sunny was confident that he could do it, if given enough time for research and experimentation… but Rain did not need something that sophisticated, and there was a much easier way.
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      1960: Master Weaver.

      Sunny could simply trap a bit of space within the backpack, making it much larger on the inside than it was on the outsider. Of course, that would create several problems of its own, which he would then need to solve.

      For example, there was the issue of weight — a simple Memory like that would be able to contain many items, but it would also weigh accordingly. Having a spatial storage Memory was of little use if its master could not lift it, after all. Luckily, Sunny had long mastered enchantments that manipulated weight. By adding a simplified version of the [Feather of Truth], he would be able to give the backpack the ability to reduce the weight of all items stored inside.

      Then, there was the issue of continuity. Effie had actually possessed a spatial storage Memory of her own long before the Black Beast Locket, all the way back on the Forgotten Shore. However, it possessed a glaring Flaw when compared to the Covetous Coffer — once it was dismissed, everything inside was tossed to the ground instead of being safely stored within her soul.

      The same would be true for the leather backpack, unless Sunny came up with countermeasures.

      «Huh…»

      He had to weave plenty more shadow threads, so there was enough time to think.

      «Actually… I feel that the answer is hidden in the rudimentary enchantments that all Memories possess. The most basic of them — the ability to dismiss a Memory and manifest it again from essence. If I can somehow make the backpack treat everything stored inside of it as a false Memory… maybe a part of itself? That's worth exploring…»

      He mentally planned out the desired enchantments in his head.

      Just like with the backpack itself, which was made from leather, but required many little details to be added — like clasps, pockets, decorations, and so on — the fundamental weave also needed many additions to perform well.

      There was a lot to think about.

      Eventually, though, Sunny took a deep breath and concentrated on the backpack, peering beneath its surface.

      He was ready… as ready as he would ever be.

      The tentative design of the weave was fleshed out in his mind. Unlike how he had done it before, meticulously imagining every twist and turn of each single thread of essence, Sunny did it differently this time.

      Instead of a precise and clear image, the weave in his head was more… abstract. There were clearly defined sections, those that were responsible for the overall structure and framework of the entire tapestry. There were also several precisely mapped patterns, mostly the smaller ones.

      However, there were also segments that were loose and vague, more of a concept than a detailed solution.

      Those, he was going to finish in the process, following his knowledge, intuition, and inspiration.

      Before starting, Sunny cleansed his mind, bringing it to a state of clarity — something he usually only did when going into battle, but which felt strangely appropriate.

      Then, he picked up Weaver's Needle and one of the soul shards…

      And started to weave.

      Sunny started slowly, creating the framework of the weave and its rudimentary enchantments. In the process, he dove deeper into the state of unity with the Marvelous Mimic, exploring its connection to space.

      Of course, the Marvelous Mimic was a Shadow now, not a Memory. But Sunny remembered the spellweave of the Covetous Coffer quite well. By becoming the Mimic, he could mentally connect its traits and Attributes to the corresponding patterns on the Coffer.

      «I think… I understand…»

      Following an intense spark of inspiration, Sunny entered the state of flow and switched to the conceptual patterns of essence strings he had loosely planned. It was not absolute improvisation… rather, it was a guided improvisation that sought to invent the correct connections between the concepts and elements of the weave he had prepared in advance, forming the functional pattern out of them.

      There was a strange, unfathomable, and beautiful logic to weaving that Sunny did not quite understand, but could feel intuitively. It felt close now, just out of reach now.

      He was the heir of Weaver, after all.

      Armed with that intuitive kinship, the deep well of theoretical knowledge he had built, and the state of unity with the Marvelous Mimic, Sunny used all six of his hands to form the intricate patterns of essence threads.

      At some point, his eyes widened.

      «This… this is it!»

      As if by magic, the chaotic mess of strings was slowly forming into a harmonious tapestry, giving birth to order. The correct decisions were just… clicking together. In that moment, Sunny fully felt the nature of a spellweave, where everything was tied together and interconnected.

      Resolving one problem led to a solution to another, which hinted at how to deal with two more. Like that, a cascade of understanding was born, helping him deal with dilemmas that he had no prior knowledge of, and pushing the weave to its final form.

      «It's… wonderful…»

      Finally, many hours later, Sunny let out a long sigh and dismissed the shadow hands, looking at the beautifully crafted leather backpack with satisfaction.

      He had succeeded.

      He had created a spatial storage Memory — not by copying a pattern created by the Spell, and not even by altering one.

      Instead, he had enchanted the backpack simply by having a sufficient understanding of the fundamental rules of weaving, graduating from imitation to originality.

      This was his first entirely original Memory. Sunny smiled tiredly.

      «Hell. Am I a bona fide master weaver now?»

      His skill was at least on par with that of the unknown sorcerer who had created Ananke's Mantle, and even superior to it in many regards.

      And it would only continue to grow.

      In fact, he was about to enter a period of explosive growth. The sky was the limit.

      Well… maybe here in Godgrave, that phrase was not the best to use.

      In any case…

      There was one last step left.

      Sunny stared at the leather backpack lovingly.

      «What should I call you, huh?»

      He intended for Rain to use it well.

      Sunny scratched his chin.

      What was the purpose of a spatial storage Memory?

      Obviously, it was to hold things.

      Not just hold things, of course, but hold it away from the grabby hands of other humans.

      And here, in front of him, was basically a leather bag.

      Sunny's eyes glistened, and he raised a finger into the air.

      «Ah, I know!»

      It was so obvious.

      He nodded in satisfaction, as if having arrived at a perfect answer.

      «I shall name you… the Bag of Withholding!»
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        6pain
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        Dammmmn sunny is like he’s parents
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        FunFact
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        I want Aiko to enter the basement while Sunny is weaving and witness the master at work. I want someone to see Sunny's amazingness
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          Neoryu
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          Aunque entre al sótano no podrá verlo, aunque no aiko no puede ver los hilos de sombra, solo verá como sunny está haciendo un extraño conjuró a una mochila de cuero con 4 brazos de sombra adicionales, definitivamente pensará que por fin su jefe se volvió loco
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      Zeus dab
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      U r a god my friend.
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    DanielPlay
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    The complicated thing is that the places where most people got chapters here are gone, telegram, discord, etc., everything is gone.
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      ArMiks
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      Whatdyamean? There are still chapters on telegram tho?
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    Aydin27
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    No new chapters??
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    kanenightshade13
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    Someone tell me when the chapters release
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      Royalty Ducky
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      They released early this morning, it's just that no one has posted them yet. Seems they are busy
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        Lost_From_Maidens
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        How dare the mods have their own life when I want free novels😔😔😔
        [Mods its satire]
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        kanenightshade13
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        😫no
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      Zeus dab
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      +1 for me
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    Deathseeker
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    Nice, wanna see mc getting skewered by arrows again boast
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      KisaraxD
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      Control deathseeker control
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