Shadow Slave

Chapter 17

He closed his eyes, then opened them again, hoping that the runes would disappear.

'Please, be gone! Please!'

But the runes were still there, shining slightly, as though mocking him.

Flaw: [Clear Conscience].

Flaw Description: [You cannot lie.]

Sunny stared at these three simple words, feeling like there was a bottomless abyss opening right beneath his feet. The Spell, which was usually frivolous with its descriptions, decided to be straight and on point this time. There were only three words. They left him no room to maneuver.

'Can't lie. I can't lie? Me? How am I supposed to live if I can't lie?!'

Sunny's very survival was predicated on his ability to deceive and outsmart other people. Even the Spell itself congratulated him on his treachery! Without the ability to lie, he wouldn't be able to achieve anything.

Not to mention…

His heart suddenly felt as though it was about to stop.

If he could only tell the truth, how was he supposed to hide his True Name? Wouldn't anyone be able to turn him into an obedient slave by simply asking a couple of innocent questions?

"Sh…"

Sunny was about to scream and curse, but at that moment, the Spell spoke again.

[Wake up, Lost from Light!]

The black void spun and disappeared.

***

Sunny opened his eyes.

The armored ceiling of the police station's vault hang above him. No one would call its aesthetics beautiful, but to him, it was the most majestic sight. Only now did he realize how much he had missed the real world.

It was safe and familiar. There were no monsters or slavers… well, at least officially. There was no constant fear of torturous death.

It was home.

In addition, Sunny felt incredible. The cold that had crept deep into his bones during the Nightmare was gone, taking with it all the pain that his wounded body had been enduring day after day. His feet and wrists were not in agony, his back had forgotten the bite of the whip, and he could even breathe without feeling the sharp edges of his broken ribs cutting deeper and deeper into his lungs.

What a blessing!

new vitality that permeated his body, almost made

'I really survived.'

down and then froze,

beside his reinforced medical bed

flawless skin was smooth, supple and as white as snow. Actually, this was Sunny's first time meeting someone as pale as he himself was. However, while

dark blue uniform with silver epaulets and black

sleepy. The gesture forced the thin fabric to tighten,

there was a shoulder insignia on the woman's

stars, huh,' he thought, distracted. 'Three stars

of this word,

you looking at?" she said, not a gram of humor in her

embarrassed, and quickly came up with an excuse.

"Your breasts."

second later, his eye widened

those words at all! His mouth moved

wave of terror suddenly drowned his

eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved her hand and slapped

wasn't for the restraints holding him in place, he would have probably

torn his head clean off with a flick of a finger. Why

the woman cleared her throat and crossed her

"Are you awake now?"

held his numb cheek and carefully

piece of advice: don't just say anything that comes to your mind. Especially to girls. It's not like you haven't seen a girl

you! I definitely

on its own, and he

plenty... but no one as beautiful

flinched back, his face as red as a

a few seconds and then burst

a lot of Awakened then. By Awakened standards, I'm

at her

woman shook her

rid of all its imperfections. So it's hard to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among the stronger ones. Live long enough, and you might just become a flower

a thorough look and

any case, since you're awake — welcome back to the land of the living. Congratulations on surviving your First Nightmare, Sleeper

***

Sleeper Sunless.

winter solstice — after that, he would either return from the Dream Realm as an Awakened

to have a title put before his name. In the past, Sunny was rarely even addressed by name. People mostly called him things like "boy", "punk", "brat" or "hey, you!". But now he even had

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