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

is not that terrifying. Yeah. I’m

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

not

set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft

light, understated and did not restrain his movements at all. It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect

gave him a great advantage in dealing with all dormant

does it have enhanced protection

was

trophy! He wouldn’t expect anything less from the

only problem was that the Puppeteer’s Shroud was obviously not meant to be worn on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed it and left his room, heading for

not bad,’ he thought, recalling all the rewards he had received during

wasn’t even a limit to the amount each of them could eat! More than that, there were rice,

thought, steering

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

have lived like that for a

Spell… why didn’t you infect me a few

Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back

stood

a small office, sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was very friendly, and started the interview right

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

want 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

about the type of Aspect Ability

mind, but had to

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

to directly deal

guess not? Earlier, I wasn’t even able

create an impression that his Aspect

returned to his