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 sour

Yeah. I'm not creeped out at

assume that Mountain King

better not to think

wrapped it into a set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with several elements, such

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

which gave him

does it have enhanced

was sure

less from the Memory of a powerful

top of a

all the rewards he had received during and after

came true: not only was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn't even a limit to the amount each of them could eat! More than that, there were rice,

Sunny thought, steering clear

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 mouth, Sunny's vision suddenly was full of stars. He had

to think, he could have lived like

you infect me a

than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked

of regret, he stood

sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was very

was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her advice,

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

mind telling me about the type of Aspect Ability

did mind, but had

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

able to directly deal damage with

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

Sunny shared just enough information to create an

his

in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a soft mattress, with his skin against clean bedsheets