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

that terrifying. Yeah. I'm not creeped out at

If he were to assume that Mountain King was

better not to think

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

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

gave him a great advantage in dealing with all dormant monsters. He also felt a sort of strange, faint calmness while

worm of doubt… does it have enhanced protection against

was

great trophy! He wouldn't expect anything less from the Memory

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

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

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!

steering clear of the

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

lived like

you infect me a few

plate in no time. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back

he stood up

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

again. Remembering her advice, he refused, and the interview smoothly

had to tell the worker something. Luckily, the questions were worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease. As such, most of

telling me about the type of Aspect Ability

did mind, but

I'm not sure. I haven't had time to understand

Are you able to directly deal

not? Earlier, I wasn't even able to

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

his room, undressed, and went to

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