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!

of pain, coupled with the new vitality

'I really survived.'

looked down and then

placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the most

first time meeting someone as pale

wearing a dark blue uniform with silver epaulets

bored and sleepy. The gesture forced the thin

fact that there was a shoulder insignia on the woman's left sleeve. There were three stars

thought, distracted. 'Three stars means an Ascended… huh… yeah. Wait.

word, he

you looking at?" she said, not a gram of humor

quickly came up

"Your breasts."

second later, his eye widened in

planning to say those words at

terror suddenly drowned his

gleam in her eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved her hand and slapped Sunny

the restraints holding him in place, he would have probably flown off the bed. For a moment, he even saw

the woman was an Ascended! She could have torn his head clean off with a flick of a

her

"Are you awake now?"

held his numb

advice: don't just say anything that comes to your

I definitely

his mouth moved on its own, and

no one as beautiful

face as

stared at him for a

see you haven't met a lot of Awakened

at her with

shook her

all its imperfections. So it's hard to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones.

she gave him a

awake — welcome back to the land

***

Sleeper Sunless.

was how people would address him now, at least in the short span of days until the winter solstice — after that, he would either return

rarely even addressed by name. People mostly called him things

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