Chapter 24 Moving Up In The World
Everything having to do with Sleepers was situated in the sa 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 arrangent 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, rembering sothing, he summoned the runes.
He finally had ti to study the Puppeteer's Shroud.
mory: [Puppeteer's Shroud].
mory Rank: Awakened.
mory Type: Armor.
mory Description: [A worm of doubt once found its way into a righteous king's heart. With ti, the king was devoured from inside and beca its puppet. A lifeti 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.]
Sunny made a sour face.
'That is not that terrifying. Yeah. I'm not creeped out at all.'
Co to think of it, the first creature he killed was called a larva. If he were to assu that Mountain King was a mature Puppeteer Worm — and already a tyrant… then what the hell would it transform into after becoming a moth?
No, it's better not to think about it.
With a sigh, he summoned the Puppeteer's Shroud. Thin black threads imdiately appeared around his body and wrapped it into a set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with several elents, such as bracers and shoulder guards, fashioned out of black, lusterless leather.
The armor was light, understated and did not restrain his movents at all. It also made no sound when he moved. Perfect equipnt for soone who likes to lurk in the shadows!
Sunny smiled. He knew that this armor would be tough to pierce for any Creature below the Awakened rank, which gave him a great advantage in dealing with all dormant monsters. He also felt a sort of strange, faint calmness while wearing it.
'A worm of doubt… does it have enhanced protection against ntal attacks?'
Sohow, he was sure of it.
A great trophy! He wouldn't expect anything less from the mory of a powerful tyrant.
The only problem was that the Puppeteer's Shroud was obviously not ant to be worn on top of a full set of clothes. Quite satisfied, Sunny dismissed it and left his room, heading for the cafeteria.
'Not bad, not bad,' he thought, recalling all the rewards he had received during and after the First Nightmare.
The supper turned out to be as lavish as the dormitory. Sunny's wish to taste real at finally ca true: not only was it freely available to Sleepers, there wasn't even a limit to the amount each of them could eat! More than that, there were rice, bread, various side dishes, sauces, fresh vegetables, fruits, and all kinds of delicious beverages.
'Extravagant!' Sunny thought, steering clear of the coffee.
After 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 at filled his mouth, Sunny's vision suddenly was full of stars. He had to hold back an exhilarated moan.
And to think, he could have lived like that for a whole year!
'Damn Spell… why didn't you infect
a few months ago?'
He concentrated on the food, decimating the whole plate in no ti. Satiated and more than a little gorged, Sunny longingly looked back and thought about getting another serving. But it was already ti for his appointnt with the Academy personnel.
Full of regret, he stood up and left the cafeteria.
Soon, he found himself in a small office, sitting across from an administrative worker. The worker was very friendly, and started the interview right away.
Just like Master Jet had warned him, Sunny was offered psychological counseling again. Rembering her advice, he refused, and the interview smoothly switched to questions about his Aspect.
He didn't want to give up information about his abilities, but also knew that he had to tell the worker sothing. Luckily, the questions were worded in a way to put Sleepers at ease. As such, most of them started with nice and polite preambles like "would you like to tell " or "if you're willing to share
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