Chapter 165: Strange Hobbies
The heavy lid of the metal sarcophagus opened, letting out bluish light and wisps of cold mist. Soon, a pale hand emerged from inside.
Jumping out of the sleeping pod, Sunny landed on the floor, felt the ceramic texture of the armored plates beneath his bare feet, and let out a low, satisfied sigh.
’I’m back, finally!’
It was so nice to return to the real world.
After meeting the cohort of the Sanctuary Awakened on the Iron Hand Island, he traveled back to the Citadel with them. Some were curious about where he had been for more than a month, but he used the full scope of his formidable ability to bend the truth ever which way, and left them with the impression that his recent expedition had been long, but not very exciting.
...They did continue to give him strange looks the whole way back, though. For some reason.
But Sunny wasn’t too bothered by that. At some point, Sparkle had intercepted him and dragged him to her room for a lecture, which was followed by him heading straight for the altar. Since it was the middle of the day and the moon was hidden behind the horizon, he couldn’t use the coins immediately. So, instead, he simply touched the altar and left the Dream Realm.
’Home, I’m finally home...’
Even though Sunny had not spent a lot of time in his new room, the feeling of safety both it’s walls and the real world gave him was extremely comforting. Miraculously, even though he had been gone for many weeks, his body felt completely fine. It was as though he had only slept for a night.
"That’s the magic of technology!"
Glancing at the extravagantly expensive sleeping pod, Sunny decided that the Astral Express had spent their money well, and headed for the exit of his room in order to let everyone know he was fine — even if nobody noticed he was gone in the first place.