Shadow Slave

Chapter 17

He closed his eyes, then opened them again, hoping that the runes would disappear.

'Please, be gone! Please!'

But the runes were still there, shining slightly, as though mocking him.

Flaw: [Clear Conscience].

Flaw Description: [You cannot lie.]

Sunny stared at these three simple words, feeling like there was a bottomless abyss opening right beneath his feet. The Spell, which was usually frivolous with its descriptions, decided to be straight and on point this time. There were only three words. They left him no room to maneuver.

'Can't lie. I can't lie? Me? How am I supposed to live if I can't lie?!'

Sunny's very survival was predicated on his ability to deceive and outsmart other people. Even the Spell itself congratulated him on his treachery! Without the ability to lie, he wouldn't be able to achieve anything.

Not to mention…

His heart suddenly felt as though it was about to stop.

If he could only tell the truth, how was he supposed to hide his True Name? Wouldn't anyone be able to turn him into an obedient slave by simply asking a couple of innocent questions?

"Sh…"

Sunny was about to scream and curse, but at that moment, the Spell spoke again.

[Wake up, Lost from Light!]

The black void spun and disappeared.

***

Sunny opened his eyes.

The armored ceiling of the police station's vault hang above him. No one would call its aesthetics beautiful, but to him, it was the most majestic sight. Only now did he realize how much he had missed the real world.

It was safe and familiar. There were no monsters or slavers… well, at least officially. There was no constant fear of torturous death.

It was home.

In addition, Sunny felt incredible. The cold that had crept deep into his bones during the Nightmare was gone, taking with it all the pain that his wounded body had been enduring day after day. His feet and wrists were not in agony, his back had forgotten the bite of the whip, and he could even breathe without feeling the sharp edges of his broken ribs cutting deeper and deeper into his lungs.

What a blessing!

pain, coupled with the new vitality that permeated his body,

'I really survived.'

slowly looked down and then

a cheap plastic chair placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the most

icy blue eyes. Her flawless skin was smooth, supple and as white as snow. Actually, this was Sunny's first time meeting

in her late twenties. She was wearing a dark blue uniform with silver epaulets and

her arms above her head, clearly bored and sleepy. The gesture forced

almost missed the fact that there was a shoulder insignia on the woman's left sleeve. There

stars means an Ascended… huh… yeah. Wait. An

the meaning of this word, he realized that the

she said, not a gram of humor in

quickly came up with

"Your breasts."

later, his eye widened in absolute

to say those words at

terror suddenly drowned his

dangerous gleam in her eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved her

holding him in place, he would have probably flown

Ascended! She could have torn his head clean off with a flick of a finger. Why did he have to offend someone so powerful, of

cleared her

"Are you awake now?"

numb cheek

Let me give you a piece of advice: don't just say anything that comes to your mind. Especially to girls. It's not like you haven't seen

you! I definitely will

moved on its own,

seen plenty... but no one as beautiful as

face as

him for a few seconds and

haven't met a lot of Awakened then. By Awakened standards, I'm below

at her

woman shook

it's hard to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones. Live long

she gave him a thorough look

back to the land of the living. Congratulations on surviving your First Nightmare,

***

Sleeper Sunless.

him now, at least in the short span of days until the winter solstice — after that, he would either return from the Dream Realm as

have a title put before his name. In the past, Sunny was rarely even addressed by name. People mostly called him things like "boy", "punk", "brat" or "hey, you!". But now he even

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