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

not that terrifying. Yeah. I’m not creeped

If he were to assume that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then what the hell would

it’s better not to

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 shoulder guards, fashioned out of black, lusterless

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

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

of doubt… does it have enhanced

he was sure of

great trophy! He wouldn’t expect anything less from

of a full

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

was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn’t even a limit to the amount each of them could eat! More than that,

thought, steering

an empty seat and, for a while, forgot about the world’s existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned meat filled his mouth, Sunny’s vision suddenly was full of stars. He had to

to think, he could have lived like that

didn’t you infect me a few months

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

he stood up and left

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

was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her

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”,

telling me about the type of Aspect Ability

mind, but had to

I’m not sure. I haven’t had time to understand

to directly deal damage

not? Earlier, I wasn’t even able

the end, Sunny shared just enough information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and most likely having

returned to his room, undressed, and