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

terrifying. Yeah. I'm not creeped

he were to assume that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then what

it's better not to think

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

It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect equipment for someone who likes

rank, which gave him a great advantage

it have enhanced

was

less from

Puppeteer's Shroud was obviously not meant to be worn on top of a full set

all the rewards he had

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 the

empty seat and, for a while, forgot about the world's existence. As juicy, textured,

he could have lived like that for a

infect me

the food, decimating the whole plate in no time. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But it was already time for his

stood

himself in a small office, sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was very friendly, and started the

like Master Jet had warned him, Sunny was offered psychological counseling again. Remembering her advice, he refused,

worker something. Luckily, the questions were worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease. As such, most of them started with nice and polite preambles

of Aspect Ability you received,

but

not sure. I haven't had time to understand

Are you able to directly deal damage

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

enough information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and

that, he returned to his room,

it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a soft mattress, with