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!

sudden disappearance of pain, coupled with the new vitality that

'I really survived.'

looked down and

chair placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the

first time meeting

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

her head, clearly bored and sleepy. The gesture forced the

shoulder insignia

'Three stars means an Ascended… huh…

Sunny could fully digest the meaning of this word, he realized that the woman was staring at

not

times, embarrassed, and quickly came up

"Your breasts."

second later, his eye widened in

planning to say those words at

wave of terror suddenly drowned

without any warning, she moved her

restraints holding him in place, he would have probably

An Ascended, the woman was an Ascended! She could have torn his head clean off

her throat and

"Are you awake now?"

held his numb cheek and carefully

don't just say anything that comes to your mind.

"Thank you! I definitely will not!"' Sunny

mouth moved on its own, and

plenty... but no one

flinched back, his face as red

him for a few seconds and then

haven't met a lot of Awakened then. By Awakened

glanced at her

woman shook her

rid of all its imperfections. So it's hard to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones. Live long enough, and

him a thorough

awake — welcome back to the land

***

Sleeper Sunless.

the winter solstice — after that, he would either return from the Dream Realm as an Awakened or not

was rarely even addressed by name. People mostly called him things like "boy", "punk", "brat" or

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