Shadow Slave

Everything having to do with Sleepers was situated in the same building. Sunny followed the instructions sent to his communicator and quickly found the dormitories, which were situated on one of the lowest levels. To his surprise, he actually got a whole room to himself.

It had a bed with a soft mattress, a table, a dresser, and even a separate bathroom! The materials were new and aesthetically pleasing, the air crisp and sterile. It was warm inside, and the outer wall was equipped with a hidden screen that seamlessly imitated a wide window, opening to a picturesque vista of a snowy park.

There were even several sets of clothes with the Academy emblem provided to him for free.

‘How extravagant,’ Sunny thought, a little stunned.

Rationally, he understood that such an arrangement was not really luxurious. However, to him, who grew up wandering the outskirts, this room was like a palace. He scratched his head.

‘Looks like… I’ve made it?’

Sunny glanced around, then winked at his shadow and smiled.

“I guess we’re moving up in the world, huh?”

The shadow didn’t respond, apparently not very impressed. Perhaps it didn’t care about such things.

‘Right, what would a stupid shadow know?’

Sunny changed into new clothes and studied himself in the mirror. Then, remembering something, he summoned the runes.

He finally had time to study the Puppeteer’s Shroud.

Memory: [Puppeteer’s Shroud].

Memory Rank: Awakened.

Memory Type: Armor.

Memory Description: [A worm of doubt once found its way into a righteous king’s heart. With time, the king was devoured from inside and became its puppet. A lifetime later, the Puppeteer Worm escaped from the king’s dead body, leaving behind a cacoon of black silk. No one knows where it went; however, once people dared to approach the silent castle, they found the silk among the mountains of gnawed bones and fashioned it into an armor.]

made a sour

that terrifying. Yeah. I’m

think of it, the first creature he killed was called a larva. If he were to assume that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then what the hell would it transform into after becoming a

it’s better not to

Puppeteer’s Shroud. Thin black threads immediately appeared around his body and wrapped it into a set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with several elements, such as bracers and

and did not restrain his movements at all. It also made no

would be tough to pierce for any Creature below the Awakened rank, which gave him a great advantage in dealing with all dormant monsters. He also felt a sort of strange,

does it have

he was sure of

great trophy! He wouldn’t expect anything less from the Memory

obviously not meant to be worn on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed it and left his room,

the rewards he had received during and

wish to taste real meat finally came true: not only was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn’t even a limit to the amount each of them could eat! More than that, there were rice, bread, various side dishes, sauces, fresh vegetables, fruits, and

thought, steering clear of

seat and, for a while, forgot about the world’s existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned

lived like that for a whole

didn’t you infect me a few months

longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But it was already time for his appointment with the Academy

of regret, he stood up

found himself in a small office, sitting across from an administrative

was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her advice, he refused, and the interview smoothly switched to

worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease. As such, most of them started with nice and polite preambles like “would you like to tell me” or “if you’re willing to share”, which gave Sunny an opportunity

mind telling me about the type of Aspect Ability you received, as

mind, but had to

haven’t

Are you able to directly deal damage with

guess not? Earlier, I wasn’t even able to harm

shared just enough information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and

to his room, undressed, and