Shadow Slave

Satisfied with his performance, Sunny walked back to the deserted corner of the hall. He felt people looking at him with mockery, contempt and pity. No one seemed to be willing to stay close to him. It was just as well: he didn’t want to be bothered anyway.

Still, weren’t their reactions a bit exaggerated? It’s not like he was carrying an infectious disease. Well, except for the Spell. But it wasn’t really a disease, which everyone here should have known already.

Finally, he extricated himself from the crowd and reached the corner. For some reason, Sleepers were unwilling to approach it: currently, there was only one girl sitting quietly on the bench. Sunny gave her a look.

The quiet girl was delicate, demure and very pretty. Her clothes were tidy and neat. They weren’t very expensive, but still rather tasteful. With her pale blond hair, big blue eyes and exquisite face, she looked like a beautiful porcelain doll.

She was subtly breathtaking.

However, there was something wrong with her. Sunny frowned, trying to understand what exactly about the girl made him uncomfortable. After a while, he realized that her empty, expressionless stare was reminding him of Mountain King.

Startled, Sunny understood that the girl was blind. It took him a couple of seconds to compose himself.

‘What a shame.’

A bit disheartened, he carefully sat on the opposite end of the bench.

The girl wouldn’t have survived the First Nightmare if she had been blind prior to entering the Spell. Which meant that she lost her sight as the result of the Appraisal.

It was her Flaw.

Suddenly, Sunny felt very apprehensive. A cold sensation spread through his chest.

I thought my

had received in exchange for her sight, it was effectively a death sentence. A blind person had no chances of surviving in the Dream Realm, at

was effectively a

were trying to avoid this corner: the girl was surrounded by an invisible, but almost palpable

usually weren’t very superstitious, but anyone would feel uncomfortable in her

Sunny suddenly saw a pattern in how the young people in the hall were grouped. Instinctively, they all tried to stand close

from the rest of Sleepers. They were all confident, calm and had an air of readiness. These were the Legacies: they were trained for the Spell since birth and had the

the scions of rich and high-ranking citizens. Their training was pretty good since such families had ample funds to hire private tutors — even Awakened

tutors, but their education wasn’t bad. The government spent a lot of effort

training in private. To survive, these Sleepers would need to put in a valiant effort, and also have a bit of luck. But it wasn’t improbable. Consequently, they were

point of view of other Sleepers in the hall, their chances of

‘How charming.’

alone and apart from everyone, seemingly indifferent to tension and nervousness that permeated the air. She was leaning against a wall with her

of training, everyone was already tired

the damn induction ceremony

Not only was he tall, he was actually almost a giant. Sunny even

long before the Spell even appeared. But he once saw pictures in

bear-like Nightmare Creature,

had wide shoulders, an athletic build and a gorgeous brown beard. His eyes were calm and serious. After reaching the center of the stage, he gave Sleepers a long look. When his gaze

Ability. Otherwise, he might separate me from a limb or