Shadow Slave

A couple of hours later, Sunny was ready to claw his eyes out.

Not because the lessons taught to Rain in school were boring, but because he had to watch a bunch of entitled kids exist in an enclosed space and make it as hard for everyone to learn anything as possible.

The elite school seemed like a place of learning, but in fact, it was more like a battlefield. The hidden politics among the students and the hierarchy of numerous cliques they formed were more complex than the ruthless strife between the factions in the Bright Castle, and judging by their behavior, just as dire.

…But it was not.

No one's life was at stake, no one was going to be exiled and starve to death if they did a wrong thing. All of this was simply about prestige, vanity, and standing.

It was utterly stupid!

However, once Sunny thought about it a bit more, he realized that it was not. Not to them, and maybe not at all.

These kids were put under immense pressure, assigned a numerical value, and forced to compete with each other. As the result, they inevitably developed a fierce sense of resentment toward their rivals, which was only made deeper by the deep sense of insecurity this system instilled in them.

No wonder they were at each other's throats.

The school was, in fact, not only meant to teach the kids the skills necessary to survive and thrive in the real world, but also to destroy the very same softness Sunny had pondered about a few hours earlier.

It wasn't hard to imagine that, at the end of it all, the best and most resilient students would become harsh and jaded, while the rest would simply be broken and discarded.

one of very questionable

tea in the quiet cafe, Sunny shook his

'Rich people…'

the actual studying. She sat calmly at the back of the class, avoiding getting embroiled

to catch this school's version of the

during his first months on the Forgotten Shore… well, it would not have changed much, really. No matter how much

help but feel a bit wistful. He had been denied access to this treasury of knowledge as a kid. Who knew how his life would

of knowledge and overall readiness for the Nightmare Spell, but he still did not know how well she was really being trained. He had to see her during a lesson in

Sunny had become a little bit bored. Listening to a lecture about spelltech absentmindedly, he looked around

lunch break, as were senior students of the school.

is it coming

a couple of months, I

the female lead, then? No,

discussing some upcoming film, excitedly wondering about the casting. Something about their conversation appeared strange to Sunny, but he

mindset of

Of course not! He only said that because he considers social status and renown meaningless. In the eyes

that were in the

What

hear, was not only a total buffoon, but

purpose, after all. I wonder what this guy's problem is? He has

again, because she was