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.]

a sour

that terrifying. Yeah.

that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then

not to think about

and wrapped it into a set of armor. It

understated and did not restrain his movements at all. It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect equipment for someone who likes

to pierce for any Creature below the Awakened rank, which gave him a great advantage

worm of doubt… does it have

was sure

He wouldn’t expect anything less from the Memory of

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

thought, recalling all the rewards he had received during and after the First

there wasn’t even a limit to the amount each

thought, steering clear of the

seat and, for a while, forgot about the world’s existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned meat filled his mouth, Sunny’s

have lived like that

didn’t you infect me a

in no time. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But it was already

of regret, he stood

small office, sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was

Sunny was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering

to give up information about his abilities, but also knew that he had to tell the worker something. Luckily, the questions were 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

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

did mind, but had to

sure. I haven’t had

alright. Are you able to directly deal damage with

wasn’t even able to

Sunny shared just enough information to create an

he returned to his room, undressed, and went