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!

sudden disappearance of pain, coupled with the new vitality that permeated his body, almost made Sunny

'I really survived.'

down

plastic chair placed beside his reinforced medical bed sat the most beautiful woman he had ever

short, raven-black hair and icy blue eyes. Her 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 Sunny's pallor

dark blue uniform with silver epaulets and black leather boots. The jacket of her uniform was casually unbuttoned, revealing a black tank

bored and sleepy. The gesture forced the thin fabric

missed the fact that there was a shoulder insignia on

distracted. 'Three stars means an Ascended… huh… yeah.

Sunny could fully digest the meaning of this word, he

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

quickly came up with an excuse.

"Your breasts."

later, his eye widened in absolute

words at all! His mouth moved

wave of terror suddenly drowned his

slowly smiled with a dangerous gleam in her eyes. Then, without any warning, she moved her hand and slapped

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

off lightly. An Ascended, the woman was an Ascended! She could have torn his head clean off with a flick of a finger. Why did he have to offend someone

her throat and crossed her

"Are you awake now?"

his numb

piece of advice: don't just say anything that comes to your mind. Especially

I definitely will not!"'

mouth moved on its own, and he

plenty... but no one as beautiful

face as red

a

see you haven't met a lot of Awakened then. By

glanced at

woman shook

to find an unattractive Awakened, especially among

she gave him a thorough

awake — welcome back to the land of the living. Congratulations on

***

Sleeper Sunless.

people would address him now, at least in the short span of days until the winter solstice — after that, he would either return from the Dream Realm as

the past, Sunny was rarely even addressed by name. People mostly called him things like "boy", "punk", "brat" or "hey, you!". But now he

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