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

terrifying. Yeah. I'm not creeped out

creature he killed was called a larva. If he were to assume that Mountain King was a

better not

appeared around his body and wrapped it into a set of armor. It was

also made no sound when he moved. Perfect equipment for someone who likes

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

does it have

was sure

anything less from the Memory

of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed

he thought, recalling all the rewards he had received during

was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn't even a limit

thought, steering clear of the

a small mountain of food on his plate, he found an empty seat and, for a while, forgot about the world's existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned meat filled his

lived like that for a whole

you infect me a few

in no time. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But it was already time for his

stood up and left

small office, sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was very friendly, and started the interview right

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

put Sleepers at ease. As such, most

the type of Aspect Ability you received, as

mind, but had to be

haven't had time

to directly

I wasn't even

end, Sunny shared just enough information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and most likely having something

his room, undressed,

first time after the Nightmare would be weird, but in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a soft mattress, with his skin against clean bedsheets and a fluffy pillow under his head, he slept like a