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

'I really survived.'

down and then froze,

plastic chair placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the most

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

was wearing a dark blue uniform with silver epaulets

bored and sleepy. The gesture forced the thin fabric to

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

distracted. 'Three stars

meaning of this word, he realized that the

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

times, embarrassed, and quickly came up with an excuse. Then

"Your breasts."

second later, his eye widened in absolute

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

terror suddenly drowned

slowly smiled with a dangerous gleam in her eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved

turned around. If it wasn't for the restraints holding him in place, he would have probably flown off the bed. For

could have torn his head clean off with a flick of a finger.

the woman cleared her throat and

"Are you awake now?"

his numb

that comes to

I definitely

his mouth moved on its own,

seen plenty... but no one as beautiful

he flinched back, his face as red

woman stared at him for a few seconds and

met a lot of Awakened then. By Awakened standards,

at

woman shook her

imperfections. So it's hard to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones. Live long enough, and you might just become a

she gave him a thorough

any case, since you're awake — welcome back to the land of the

***

Sleeper Sunless.

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

was rarely even addressed by name. People mostly called him things like

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