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

that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already

not

black threads immediately appeared around his body and wrapped it into a set of armor. It was made of

movements at all. It also made no sound

which gave him a great advantage in dealing with all dormant monsters. He also felt a

doubt… does it have

was sure

expect anything less from

on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed it

rewards he

be as lavish as the dormitory. Sunny's wish to taste real meat finally came true: not only was it freely 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

Sunny thought, steering clear

forgot about the world's existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned meat filled

he could have lived like

infect me a few months

on the food, decimating the whole plate in no time. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving.

regret, he stood up and left

office, sitting across from an administrative

Remembering her advice, he refused, and

at ease.

type of Aspect Ability you received, as in combat, sorcery,

did mind, but had to

sure. I haven't had time to understand it

able to

Earlier, I wasn't even able

went on like that. In the end, Sunny shared just enough information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and

that, he returned to his room, undressed,

thought that falling asleep for the first time after the Nightmare would be weird, but in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a