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... Character art by @Catphinee Discord: discord.gg/guiltythree Wiki: shadowslave.fandom.com OST: youtube.com/@skeuzmusic Reddit: reddit.com/r/shadowslave
Caster stared at him for a long time, then suddenly laughed. Even Cassie giggled, entertained by Sunny's earnest delivery.
Shaking his head, the handsome young man smiled and said:
"I see your sense of humor did not change. Good, that is good. Few people manage to preserve it here."
Sunny blinked a couple of times and said, pretending to be offended:
"What do you mean, sense of humor? It's the honest truth."
He received another bout of laughter instead of an answer.
'...There was food, safety, and laughter,' he thought suddenly, remembering how Cassie had described the Bright Castle after dreaming of it for the first time.
She had also seen Sunny leading her through its gates. Her prophetic visions were turning out to be frighteningly accurate.
'Makes you wonder about that other vision she saw…'
Not allowing himself to become distracted, Sunny chased away the ominous feeling and hid a smile. Then, with a shrug, he scoffed.