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.]

made a

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

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

not

black threads immediately appeared around his body and wrapped it into a set of armor. It was made

all. It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect equipment for

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

of doubt… does it

he was sure of

He wouldn't expect anything less

obviously not meant to be worn on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed it and left his room, heading

bad, not bad,' he thought, recalling all the rewards he

true: not only was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn't even a limit to the amount each of

thought, steering

about the world's existence.

lived like that for

infect me a

Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly

of regret, he stood up and

administrative worker. The worker

warned him, Sunny was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her advice, he

had to tell the worker something. Luckily, the questions were worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease. As

type of

but had to

I haven't

Are you able to directly

not? Earlier, I wasn't even

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

his room, undressed, and went to

weird, but in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a soft mattress, with his skin against clean bedsheets and a fluffy pillow under