Shadow Slave

Behind the door, there was a medium-sized hall that had no windows. It was illuminated by a strange lantern that levitated in its center, radiating a bright and stable glow.

Along the walls of the room stood various weapon racks, wooden mannequins dressed in full suits of armor, and tables with a wide assortment of beautiful and intriguing objects placed upon them.

All of it — the weapons, the armors, the objects, even the levitating lantern — were Memories.

Sunny felt a thundering thought explode in his mind. For a few moments, he was only able to think about one thing:

'Money! That is so much money!'

Inside this unassuming hall hid a fortune that could rival that of an entire corporation.

He was barely stopping himself from drooling.

"Uh… Sunny?"

Brought back from his covetous stupor, Sunny blinked a couple of times and glanced at Kai.

"Huh?"

The beautiful archer hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I was saying, this is Stev. He is in charge of this place."

Only now did Sunny notice that there was someone else in the room. It was a man that was old by the standards of the Dark City, nearing twenty-five or so. He had a round face and cheerful eyes, which were currently full of doubt and hints of disgust.

His gaze, of course, was aimed at Sunny.

'Have you looked in the mirror, bastard?!'

Apart from his extremely tall stature, there was one other special thing about Stev's appearance, and it was that he was… fat. He was the first obese person that Sunny had met in the Dark City. Having a belly like that in a place like this must have required a lot of work, talent and dedication.

He didn't know whether to be impressed or appalled.

In any case, Sunny decided to not get on Stev's bad side.

eaten by this ogre, after

meet you,

then glanced at

Are you sure this

Sunny frowned.

'Be civil… be civil…'

dirty vagrant won't break every bone

both Kai and Stev stared at him with

back and

little gremlin is a funny one, Night! Well, good. Very good! If there's one thing I lack

he shook his

good Memory will cost you a dozen shards, at least. Much more if you want something really useful. Are you sure you have the means to shop here in my

Sunny blinked.

Do I look like someone who would ever be able to buy something from you? Of course not! I've never even absorbed a single soul shard, that

gave him a strange

his companion was sufficiently powerful. However, now he suddenly learned that Sunny had never absorbed any soul essence. With

was. He absorbed plenty

soul shards he was about to spend. Letting the archer think that he was too obsessed with wealth to expend

Sunny shook

here is the one who'll be handing you the shards. I'm just here

capable of peering into the very essence of Memories and discerning their true traits. But neither of them

back of

look around. Ask me

he glanced at

for advice, you know? It's not like I can lie

Kai smiled with embarrassment.

"Oh. Ah… yeah, sorry."

walked away, he leaned

me is to pretend to buy a Memory and then give it to you, so that no one knew that

it was a good theory. Having a weapon or

didn't really know who he was dealing

Sunny shook his head.

you to buy a Memory on my