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

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

of it, the first creature he killed was called a larva. If he were to assume that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm

it's better not to think

he summoned the Puppeteer's Shroud. Thin black threads immediately appeared around his body 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,

made no sound

any Creature below the Awakened rank, which gave him a

doubt… does it have enhanced protection

was sure

expect anything less from the

worn on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed it and left his room, heading for the

recalling all the rewards he had received during

even a limit to the amount each of

Sunny thought, steering clear of

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

have lived

why didn't you infect me a few

food, decimating the whole plate in no time. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about

he stood up and

sitting across from an administrative

had warned him, Sunny was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her advice, he refused, and the interview

at ease. As such, most of them started with nice and polite preambles like "would you like to tell me" or "if

the type of Aspect Ability you received, as

but had to

I haven't had time

to directly deal damage with

wasn't even able

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

to his

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