Shadow Slave
Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened - an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers. Transported into a ruined magical world, he found himself facing against terrible monsters - and other Awakened - in a deadly battle of survival. What's worse, the divine power he received happened to possess a small, but potentially fatal side effect... Discord: https://discord.gg/NpDgaxRA6Y
Message to Myself
A few days before, far away from the harsh splendor of Ravenheart, Sunny was looking at Cassie while hiding his emotions behind a polite smile.
"Oh, and by the way…"
Her tone was neutral.
"...Happy Birthday."
For a split second, his mask cracked.
Sunny's face did not move, but his gaze changed. For a short moment, his eyes were much deeper and darker than before — the lightless depth contained within them was much too vast, much too cold, and much too unfathomable to fit the image of a harmless shopkeeper.
He froze, a storm of emotions raging in his heart. For a second, Sunny was stunned, not knowing what to say.
The shadows stirred.
But then, he quickly composed himself.
"Why, thank you. But how did you know?"