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

Yeah. I'm

were to assume that Mountain King was

not to

of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft

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

this armor would be tough to pierce for any Creature below the Awakened rank, which gave him

worm of doubt… does it have enhanced protection against

was

anything less from the

to be worn on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed

bad, not bad,' he thought, recalling all the rewards he had received during and after the First

as the dormitory. Sunny's wish to taste real meat finally came true: not only was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn't even a limit

steering clear of the

building a small mountain 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

to think, he could have lived like that

didn't you infect me a

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 appointment with

stood up and left

office, sitting across from an administrative worker.

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

to give up information about his abilities, but also knew that he had to tell the worker something. Luckily, the questions were worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease.

type of Aspect Ability you

did mind, but had

I haven't had time to understand

alright. Are you able to directly deal damage with your

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

In the end, Sunny shared just enough information to create an impression that his Aspect was weak, harmless and most likely having something to do with

to his room,

but in fact, it was surprisingly easy. Lying on a