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.]

a

terrifying. Yeah.

he were to assume that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then

better not to think

around his body and wrapped it into a set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with several elements, such as bracers and shoulder guards, fashioned out

restrain his movements at all. It also made no sound when he

Awakened rank, which gave him a great advantage in dealing with all dormant monsters. He also felt a sort of

it have enhanced protection against

was

expect anything less from the Memory of a powerful

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

rewards

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 delicious

thought, steering

existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned meat filled his mouth, Sunny's vision suddenly was full of stars. He had to hold

to think, he could have lived like that

infect me a

gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But

stood

from an administrative worker. The worker was very friendly, and started the

offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her advice, he refused, and the interview smoothly switched to questions about his

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",

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

did mind, but had to

haven't had time to understand

Are you able to directly deal damage with your

guess not? Earlier, I wasn't even able to harm

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

that, he returned to his room,

easy. Lying on a soft mattress, with his skin