A Past Memory

Sunny was lazily walking to the classroom of Wilderness Survival. The communicator in his wrist showed him a map of the academy.

And yes he is good with directions.

Some sleepers gossiped lazily while others are on their way to their respective classroom.

Sunny was tempted to leave his Shadow to spy on them to test out how his Shadow actually worked.

He knew it from the novel but he need to see it with his own eyes.

Theory and practical are not the same.

But he didn't leave his Shadow, after all people can notice him being without a shadow.

' Left , then right, Classroom 5-6-A.'

While Sunny was busy studying the map a sudden thought flashed by his mind.

Sunny suddenly stopped in his tracks. A sleeper behind him almost clashed into him.

"Hey why did you stop?"

Sunny turns around and looked at the sleeper.

" Sorry."

A bland apology.

Without giving the random sleeper any other chance to snap back at him,Sunny quickly entered the nearest washroom leaving the sleeper on his own.

The sleeper looked at his departing back.

" Rude bastard."

Sure he was being rude, but he has far more pressing matters to cover.

Entering the washroom, Sunny looked at his reflection on the mirror above one of the sink.

A reflection of a pale boy with messy black haired appeared.

' That feeling, I can tell it's important.'

The feeling is still lingering in his mind.

Sunny closed his eyes and concentrated on it.

His mind went blank , his senses got erased for a single moment.

Sunny opened his eyes, looked at his reflection again in mirror.

'Bad, it's bad.'

...

After Alex tapped on that feeling , he saw all of Sunny's past memories.

How he was born , how he raised by his parents, how his parents died one by one, how both he and his sister Rain got sorted into an orphanage, all of it.

Not only his memories Alex also experience all of Sunny's feelings and emotions.

All of it in a single moment.

How's that possible, he has no idea.

And all of it is now stored in his brain as if he can replay it whenever he want.

Sunny really was innocent before his parents died.

The streets turned him into a complete new person.

But keeping the memories aside the most important part was the emotions.

The emotions Sunny felt in the memories, is now slowly merging with his conscience.

Sunny's emotions are affecting him.

His thoughts, feeling, believes, ideologies all of it are affecting Alex.

' It's bad, like really bad.'

For example, as a reader Rain is nothing more than a fictional character to him. But now he is feeling affection and love towards her all of a sudden.

The affection that siblings feels towards each other.

The meaning is clear, Sunny's emotions are affecting him. Since his consciousness and Sunny's consciousness merged , their emotions , thougths and perspective also merged.

The only plus point is it's affecting him passively. While he is in control of taking decisions, Sunny's thoughts are passively urging him to taking a decision that will suit Sunny's priorities.

Alex took a deep breath.

' It's okay I am still in control. I won't lose myself.'

He remembered the strange whisper from cafeteria.

^I don't like coffee^

While he looking at Nephis having coffee, Sunny whispered in his mind that he didnt like coffee. He passed it of previously because of his headache.

Alex immediately thought of a scenario.

He just woke up from a good nap and someone offered him coffee.

He will gladly take it.

But what if he is tired and exhausted after an battle. His thoughts will be messy at that time. What if someone offered him coffee at that time?.

^ I don't like coffee.^

He will refuse it probably. In a state where his thoughts are tangled and he isn't somber enough, Sunny's thoughts will guide him to make decisions he normally wouldn't.

Alex looked at his communicator and groaned. He need to start moving or he will be late.

Full of dark thoughts he exited the washroom.

' It's just getting more complicated.'

...

Sunny stood in front of the classroom of wilderness survival.

Spacious, tastefully decorated and empty.

A gloomy professor was sitting behind a desk. Noticing him the professor perked up.

"Come in, come in young man. Take a seat and tell me your name."

Entering the classroom he obediently took a sit.

" Sunless. I prefer Sunny."

" What an ominous name. It's okay, after all we deal with a lot of ominous things."

He was a lively old man with messy grey hairs and absentminded eyes.

" So Sunny I am Awakened Julius. You can call me Teacher Julius."

Sunny already knew his name by reading the novel but here he isn't supposed to know it yet. His course description didn't contain the instructor's name.

He wondered what will happen if:

Sunny : Teacher Julius I already knew your name.

Julius : How ?

Sunny : .....

How will his flaw act here?

Because of [Clear conscience] he has to tell the truth.

But the problem is there is no truth.

He didn't knew Teacher Julius's beforehand.

Suddenly an invisible and weird pressure appeared on his mind. It slowly turned int blinding pain. More he thought about this hypothetical situation the more the pain continued to build up.

It seem that his second flaw is working well.

Sunny redirected his attention to Teacher Julius and the pain vanished.

" Umm teacher are the other students late?"

The instructor looked at him and sighed. He said his next words with contempt.

" No one else is coming Sunny. Those uncultured brutes are only interested in swinging there swords and fists around. Very few are smart like you and appreciate the value of knowledge."

The instructor looked a little disappointed but quickly removed it from his face and smiled.

"It's my pleasure to have a knowledgeable awakened as your as my teacher."

The old man blinked.

" Your sweet words won't fool me. Say young man why did you choose wilderness survival out of all the things available there?"

"The awakened that monitored me during my first nightmare was Master Jet. She advised me to attend this course above all things."

The instructor seemed to return to his happy mood knowing that another awakened appreciated the value of knowledge.

" A wise piece of advice ! That master truel.....wait did you say Jet, Ascended Jet?"

" Yeah."

" Really that savage barbarian..."

Teacher Julius continued to tell him everything he knew about Master Jet. Sunny occasionally questioned about this and that while adding fuel to the fire.

' Someone likes to talk behind other's back huh.'

" to attempt conquering the third nightmare. Soul Reaper jet...wait!"

Suddenly Teacher Julius flinched and leaned back on his chair.

" Why am I gossiping with you. And it's not in my nature to badmouth others behind their back."

' Yeah sure sure.'

Sunny kept his thoughts to himself.

" Let's talk about your curriculum. What others course are you taking?"

" Only this. For the next 4 week I will be under your care."

An excited gleam appeared on his face. Teacher Julius looked at him for some moments. Finally he grinned .

" Wonderful ! This is wonderful!

You're such an astute young man. In the next four weeks I will make you immortal."

Sunny grinned along.

' Guess I just received my blessings of immortality. Is this the reason why Sunny always came back to life after dying?. I will be damned.'

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