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!

disappearance of pain, coupled with the new vitality that permeated his body, almost made Sunny

'I really survived.'

down and then

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

as white as snow. Actually, this was Sunny's first time meeting someone as pale as he himself

blue uniform with silver epaulets and

she was stretching her arms above her head, clearly bored and sleepy. The gesture forced the thin

was a shoulder insignia on

distracted. 'Three stars means an Ascended… huh… yeah.

this word, he realized that the woman was staring

not a gram of humor in her

up with

"Your breasts."

later, his eye widened in

wasn't planning to say those words at all! His

wave of terror

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

whole body was turned around. If it wasn't for the restraints holding him in place,

was an Ascended! She could have torn his head clean off with

the woman cleared her throat and

"Are you awake now?"

held his numb

say anything that comes to your mind. Especially to girls. It's not like you haven't seen a girl

definitely will

mouth moved on its own, and

but no one

flinched back, his face

at him for a few seconds and then

met a lot of Awakened then. By Awakened standards,

glanced at her

woman shook her

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

a thorough look and

In any case, since you're awake — welcome back to the land of the living. Congratulations on surviving

***

Sleeper Sunless.

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

strange to 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 had a

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