Shadow Slave

Chapter 25

So, the silver-haired girl, Nephis, also received a True Name in her First Nightmare. To get his own, Sunny had to deal with Hero and Mountain King while possessing a completely useless Aspect — an impossible feat that seemed to have pleased the Spell very much.

'I wonder how she had gotten hers.'

Sleepers in the cafeteria were struck dumb by the revelation of this achievement. They were staring at the screen with astonishment, fear and admiration. Listening to their excited whispers, Sunny felt a childish desire to scream "Me too! I have one too!".

But, of course, he kept quiet.

Looking around, he noticed Caster's gaze fixed on the screen. There was a strange, somber expression on the humorous young man's face. But the weird thing about it was that, as far as Sunny could tell, Caster wasn't looking at the line of text containing the True Name.

Instead, he was staring at the line of text that read "Nephis", as though the girl's actual name held more meaning to him than the one given by the Spell.

'Interesting. Do they know each other?'

Why would a lofty Legacy know someone who came to the Academy in a police-issued tracksuit? And speaking of Nephis… where was she?

Sunny glanced around the cafeteria and quickly noticed the silver-haired girl, who was sitting quietly in a corner with a cup of coffee in her hands. She wasn't paying a lot of attention to the commotion, seemingly immersed in her thoughts. Her grey eyes were serious and distant.

"A Sleeper with a True Name? That's impossible!"

"It's technically possible. Smile of Heaven received her True Name in the First Nightmare, I think. But yeah, I'm doubtful…"

"Maybe she lied in the interview?"

"Are you stupid? If it was that easy to deceive the administrators, the crazy pervert from yesterday would have been in the first place instead!"

Sunny's face twitched. Crazy pervert, huh…

"Well, why don't we just ask her?"

Suddenly, there was a deafening silence in the cafeteria. Following the suggestion, Sleepers stopped talking and turned around, staring at Nephis. However, no one seemed to have the courage to approach her first.

Finally sensing something, she raised her eyes and looked at them with surprise.

"Mmm. What?"

Even the blind girl, Cassia, turned in the direction of her voice.

After a couple of moments, Caster suddenly walked over and made a small bow.

"Lady Nephis. I am Caster from the Han Li clan. I see that your trial went well?"

Lady? Why is he addressing her that way? And he had to introduce himself… so, they don't know each other? Interesting.

be a little bit perplexed by the question. After thinking for

what

awkwardly returned

very glad that you returned

Nephis nodded.

"Thank you."

her coffee, indicating that the conversation was over or simply oblivious to everyone's

Sunny sighed.

'How mysterious.'

thing… breakfast. A few seconds later, he had forgotten all about the awkward dynamic between Caster and Nephis and was happily

***

he was mistaken, but then spotted a gloomy instructor sitting behind a wide

"Come in, young man!"

old man with messy grey hair, absentminded eyes and

Awakened Julius. You can call me Teacher Julius. Sit down, sit

Sunny obediently sat down.

"It's Sunless."

Julius raised his eyebrows.

ominous name. But that is good, very good. After all, we have to deal with a lot

Sunny carefully looked around.

sorry, Teacher. Did I come too

you're

"Are other students late?"

instructor grunted

interested in swinging their fists and swords around. Very few are smart like you and know the true

unpopular. Sunny inwardly sighed, hoping that he won't regret the decision to abandon

why did you choose Wilderness Survival, of all

hiding the true reason. Not that Sunny would have been

First Nightmare, Master Jet, had advised me

advice! That Master truly knows what's important…

His eyes widened.

That murderous savage?! Hm. Who would have thought that a barbarian like her would

Reaper? Sunny's curiosity was

do you know

carefully looked behind his back

Reaper? She might not be the most powerful Awakened out there, but she is certainly one of the most feared. That's because her Aspect Abilities disregard flesh and target soul cores directly. Which means that no amount of armor, damage resistance and physical

He leaned forward.

to become a Saint anytime soon, or even ever. Yes, luckily, there's a very low probability that

Sunny blinked.

"Why?"

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