Shadow Slave

Sunny approached the heavily reinforced door and tried to sense if something was moving on the other side of it.

There was nothing.

It didn't feel as though something dangerous waited for him inside the treasury. On the contrary, with how fresh the air was and how clean the floorboards were, the treasury looked almost… inviting.

He wasn't entirely convinced, though.

Sunny lingered for a bit, then commanded one of his shadows to separate itself from his body and slide under the door. It was going to remain very close, so he was willing to risk weakening himself for a bit.

'How do I even open this thing?'

A moment later, Sunny grimaced and covered his face with a palm.

'...When did I become this stupid?'

Looking through the eyes of the happy shadow, he saw the armored compartment in its entirety.

It was a large room, with a high ceiling and three heavy chests standing in its center.

The entire back wall of the treasury, though, was missing, letting in a flood of sunlight through the jagged edges of a massive breach.

'Of course it's missing!'

The Chain Worm had to have gotten inside somehow, after all. Sunny doubted that the demon could have fit through the door of the treasury, let alone politely lock it behind itself after leaving.

this momentary lapse of judgment to

was there to witness him making a fool out of himself,

was no terrifying Nightmare Creature laying in wait on the other side of the reinforced door. Nothing was going to

climbing back on top of the hull of the ship and finding a way to enter through the breach in the back wall of the treasury, then simply stepped through the shadows and appeared inside. He was too excited and impatient to waste any more time... not

that would be a trophy to put all other

letting his eyes adapt to the bright light of the sun, and then studied the three chests standing in the middle of the armored

were open. Two

eyes widened

reinforced by strips

the brim with heavy gold coins. Some spilled out of it and were laying on the floor in a tantalizing pile, showing either the beautiful

are thousands of

skip a bit and swayed

take him all the way to forming a third core, and then some. With this many miraculous coins, Sunny would be able

this can't be

too easy… but it wasn't, really. He had almost died while fighting the Mirror Beast, allowed Saint to be injured in a fight against Sailor Dolls, walked through

this trip would have been fatal. Not to mention that very few could have made the series of discoveries and logical conclusions that

standing. It wasn't easy at all. And anyway, Sunny was due for a bit of good luck. Recently, nothing had really gone his way… take this whole Mongrel fiasco, for example. Or everything that

The golden coins shined in the

This sight was so beautiful. His eyes gleamed

if I

several steps forward, he approached

this back to the Sanctuary? Damnation! I won't be able to enter the shadows with all that burden, too.

stopped suddenly. His hand hovered just outside

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.