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!

sudden disappearance of pain, coupled with the new vitality that permeated his body,

‘I really survived.’

down and then froze,

a cheap plastic chair placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the most

and as white as snow. Actually, this was Sunny’s first time meeting someone as pale as he himself was. However, while Sunny’s pallor looked strange

uniform with silver epaulets

arms above her head, clearly bored and sleepy. The

Sunny almost missed the fact that there was a shoulder insignia on the woman’s left

‘Three stars

could fully digest the meaning of this word, he realized that the woman was

said, not

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

“Your breasts.”

his eye widened in absolute

wasn’t planning to say those words at all!

of terror

slowly smiled with a dangerous gleam in her eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved her

was turned around. If it wasn’t for the restraints holding him in place, he would have probably flown off the bed.

the woman was an Ascended! She could have torn his head

the woman cleared her throat and

“Are you awake now?”

numb

Let me give you a piece of advice: don’t just say anything that comes to your mind. Especially to

“Thank you! I definitely will

on its own,

but no one as

he flinched back, his face as red

at him for a few seconds and then burst into

see you haven’t met a lot of Awakened then. By Awakened standards,

glanced at her with

shook

core develops, the body gets rid of all its imperfections. So it’s hard to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones. Live long enough, and you might just become a flower

gave him a thorough look

awake — welcome back to the land of the living.

***

Sleeper Sunless.

solstice — after that, he would either return from the Dream Realm as

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