Shadow Slave

Everything having to do with Sleepers was situated in the same building. Sunny followed the instructions sent to his communicator and quickly found the dormitories, which were situated on one of the lowest levels. To his surprise, he actually got a whole room to himself.

It had a bed with a soft mattress, a table, a dresser, and even a separate bathroom! The materials were new and aesthetically pleasing, the air crisp and sterile. It was warm inside, and the outer wall was equipped with a hidden screen that seamlessly imitated a wide window, opening to a picturesque vista of a snowy park.

There were even several sets of clothes with the Academy emblem provided to him for free.

'How extravagant,' Sunny thought, a little stunned.

Rationally, he understood that such an arrangement was not really luxurious. However, to him, who grew up wandering the outskirts, this room was like a palace. He scratched his head.

'Looks like… I've made it?'

Sunny glanced around, then winked at his shadow and smiled.

"I guess we're moving up in the world, huh?"

The shadow didn't respond, apparently not very impressed. Perhaps it didn't care about such things.

'Right, what would a stupid shadow know?'

Sunny changed into new clothes and studied himself in the mirror. Then, remembering something, he summoned the runes.

He finally had time to study the Puppeteer's Shroud.

Memory: [Puppeteer's Shroud].

Memory Rank: Awakened.

Memory Type: Armor.

Memory Description: [A worm of doubt once found its way into a righteous king's heart. With time, the king was devoured from inside and became its puppet. A lifetime later, the Puppeteer Worm escaped from the king's dead body, leaving behind a cacoon of black silk. No one knows where it went; however, once people dared to approach the silent castle, they found the silk among the mountains of gnawed bones and fashioned it into an armor.]

made a

is not that terrifying. Yeah. I'm not creeped

he killed was called a larva. If he were to assume that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then what the hell would it

better not to

it into a set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with several elements, such

at all. It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect equipment

below the Awakened rank, which gave him a great advantage in dealing

it

was sure

expect anything less

that the Puppeteer's Shroud was obviously not meant to be worn on top of a full set of clothes.

not bad,' he thought, recalling all the rewards he had received

available to Sleepers, there wasn't even a limit to the amount each of them could eat! More than that, there were rice, bread, various side dishes, sauces, fresh vegetables, fruits, and all kinds of

Sunny thought, steering clear

about the world's existence. As juicy, textured,

have lived like

why didn't you infect

a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But it was already time for his appointment

regret, he stood up and left the

office, sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was

Remembering her advice,

something. Luckily, the questions were worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease. As such, most of them started with nice and polite preambles like "would you like to tell me" or "if you're willing to share", which gave Sunny

mind telling me about the type of Aspect Ability you received,

mind, but had to

haven't had time to

able to

wasn't even able

information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and most likely

that, he returned to his

the first time after the Nightmare would be weird, but in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a soft