Shadow Slave

Chapter 17

He closed his eyes, then opened them again, hoping that the runes would disappear.

‘Please, be gone! Please!’

But the runes were still there, shining slightly, as though mocking him.

Flaw: [Clear Conscience].

Flaw Description: [You cannot lie.]

Sunny stared at these three simple words, feeling like there was a bottomless abyss opening right beneath his feet. The Spell, which was usually frivolous with its descriptions, decided to be straight and on point this time. There were only three words. They left him no room to maneuver.

‘Can’t lie. I can’t lie? Me? How am I supposed to live if I can’t lie?!’

Sunny’s very survival was predicated on his ability to deceive and outsmart other people. Even the Spell itself congratulated him on his treachery! Without the ability to lie, he wouldn’t be able to achieve anything.

Not to mention…

His heart suddenly felt as though it was about to stop.

If he could only tell the truth, how was he supposed to hide his True Name? Wouldn’t anyone be able to turn him into an obedient slave by simply asking a couple of innocent questions?

“Sh…”

Sunny was about to scream and curse, but at that moment, the Spell spoke again.

[Wake up, Lost from Light!]

The black void spun and disappeared.

***

Sunny opened his eyes.

The armored ceiling of the police station’s vault hang above him. No one would call its aesthetics beautiful, but to him, it was the most majestic sight. Only now did he realize how much he had missed the real world.

It was safe and familiar. There were no monsters or slavers… well, at least officially. There was no constant fear of torturous death.

It was home.

In addition, Sunny felt incredible. The cold that had crept deep into his bones during the Nightmare was gone, taking with it all the pain that his wounded body had been enduring day after day. His feet and wrists were not in agony, his back had forgotten the bite of the whip, and he could even breathe without feeling the sharp edges of his broken ribs cutting deeper and deeper into his lungs.

What a blessing!

of pain, coupled with the new vitality that

‘I really survived.’

down and

chair placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the most beautiful woman he

Actually, this was Sunny’s first time meeting someone as pale as he himself was. However, while Sunny’s

woman seemed to be in her late twenties. She was wearing a dark blue uniform with silver epaulets

bored and sleepy.

almost missed the fact that there was a shoulder insignia on the woman’s left sleeve. There were three stars

he thought, distracted. ‘Three stars

this word, he realized that the woman was staring at him,

are you looking at?” she said, not a gram of

a couple of times, embarrassed, and quickly came up with an excuse.

“Your breasts.”

second later, his eye

say those words

of terror suddenly drowned

her eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved her hand and

for the restraints holding him in place, he would have probably flown off

woman was an Ascended! She could have torn his

her

“Are you awake now?”

his numb cheek

to your mind. Especially

definitely

his mouth moved on its own, and he

seen plenty… but no one

face as red as a

for a few seconds and then

a lot of Awakened then.

at

woman shook her

an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones. Live long enough,

gave him a

any case, since you’re awake — welcome back to the land of the living. Congratulations on surviving

***

Sleeper Sunless.

the short span of days until the winter solstice —

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