Chapter 226 The Fool (1/2)

Chapter 226 The Fool

On the evening of the first of the two days that they had at their disposal, Sunny clihest point of the statue and sat there alone, looking at the setting sun

He felt as though he had to find a sense of balance that he had lost at so the way Not because heto need that balance to remain firm and steady when the ht about the future, then this was probably the last day of peace he would experience until this whole thing was over Not only the expedition…

But all of it

Looking back, his behavior in these past few hly erratic Where were the cold rationality and ruthlessness that saved hi that allowed hi like hi tireatly because of everything that had happened But was it the only reason?

Come to think of it…

The first blow dealt to him was the bitter revelation that there was no Gateway in the Bright Castle After everything that Sunny had endured tointensity of their journey through the Labyrinth, the diabolical trap of the Soul Devourer and their escape fro the dark sea… all of it turned out to have been for nothing

Not only were they not rewarded for their efforts, but all of their hopes were mercilessly destroyed and obliterated instead

ReadNovelFullh to drive a personof alienation he felt while living with Nephis, Cassie, and all the newco support and solace in the company of his friends, Sunny fell into his old habit Unconsciously, he turned hi him one

This was theto his old self After fighting so hard to change and grow, Sunny ended up abandoninginfected by the Night after a few days of sobriety and giving up completely because of this one small mistake

But who could bla under the pressure of the situation One little push, and he would fall under its weight

In the end, it was not one, but three blows that shattered hih the world wanted to make sure that he was truly broken

First was the terrible epiphany of what Cassie's vision really meant Al, came the fatal mistake in the conversation with Harper and the brutal h, the person he relied on the most to keep his sanity in this cursed place, Nephis, er

Anyone would have collapsed under that weight And yet Sunny ed to keep his balance, even if just barely

The final straw that finally broke hi sea of torturous pain he suffered after being ht

After that, Sunny had relinquished all pretense of having control

And now here he was Playing the fool, acting like a fool, and fooling around with Kai and Effie Wasn't it fun? Wasn't it easy?

Yes, his reat

But it was also very convenient to bla on this condition The truth of it…

The truth of it was that Sunny did not try to reign hi a bit crazy was co, si to look at the heartbreaking truth and remember it Sunny needed the shi+eld of madness to save himself from the bottomless despair that threatened to destroy him completely