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

is not that terrifying. Yeah. I'm not

larva. If he were to assume that Mountain King was

it's better not to think

of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with

light, understated and did not restrain his movements at all. It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect

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

of doubt… does it have enhanced protection against mental

was

He wouldn't expect anything less from the

top of a full set of

all the rewards he had received

finally came true: not only was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn't even

Sunny thought, steering clear of the

an empty seat and, for a while, forgot about the world's existence. As juicy, textured, perfectly seasoned

have lived

why didn't you infect

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

regret, he stood

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

again. Remembering her advice, he refused,

a way to put Sleepers at ease. As such, most of them started with nice and polite preambles like

about the type of Aspect

mind, but had to be

haven't had

you able to

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

In the end, Sunny shared just enough information to create an impression

returned to his room,

Nightmare would be weird, but in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a soft mattress, with his skin