Author's Note: First of all, I want to dedicate this chapter to the Parisians. Second, I hope all you readers enjoy this chapter.

Ichigo groaned as he collapsed back into one of the chairs he'd left out of his inventory, his Devil form fading away once again as he took several deep breaths.

He honestly had clue how long he'd been working on moving the gold coins into his inventory, but his Telekinesis had gone up another five levels and his Devil form had gone up two. He had certainly given both skills a workout, he thought wryly, his shoulders slumping as his muscles started relaxing. He leaned his head back against the back of the chair, not bothering to suppress the yawn that emerged and made his jaw pop.

Almost absently he dismissed his inventory and the rest of the world regained its color. He was going to take a slightly longer break this time to give his powers a rest, he decided, and it wasn't like he couldn't afford to. A full quarter of the coins in the vault were now officially in his inventory along with thirty chairs and seventeen side tables. Oh, and a set of drapes he'd levitated into the screen just to see if he could.

Seeing as how the area around him was clear of coins, he figured during his break he'd take a closer look at some of the stuff that had been uncovered. He was still doubtful about being able to lift that couch though, even with his Telekinesis (which had proved itself to be a damn useful skill if he did say so himself).

What followed was an exercise in futility, as he soon discovered. The things closest to the cleared area he could examine to his hearts' content, but anything behind that first row? No dice. He wound up bracing himself with both hands on a silver lion statue and doing some kind of weird ballerina pose to get a better look at a mirror wedged between a large trunk and no less than eight shields before he gave it up as a bad job.

As he straightened up, he never noticed the faint blue shimmer that ran over the surface of the statues before he took his hands off them.

Ichigo was just glad that no one had been around to see him do that...

He did find a pile of bracelets and rings on top of a dining table though, so his poking around wasn't a total loss. He shoved them all into his inventory without really looking at them passed seeing that they were made of silver and almost all of them featured sapphires (with the odd ruby and emerald thrown in). They were pretty, so he was keeping them and that was all there was to it. They took up some space in his inventory and only a few of them stacked, but whatever.

Deeming his break over, looking around at the dimmed vault around him, he shifted into his Devil form and got back to work. His Telekinesis skill was likely going to be in the sixties by the time he was done moving all the gold...

And it turned out his prediction was right on the money, as the pop-up telling him that his Telekinesis had gained another level, bringing its total up to sixty-eight, appeared just as the last few gold coins passed through the dark screen. He was sweating from exertion as his form changed back to his regular appearance, having to bend over and brace himself on his knees as he tried to get his breath back. He honestly didn't know how much time had passed, but his Devil transformation had timed out five more times and gained two levels before he'd managed to move all the gold.

On a good note, the vault now looked a lot bigger, and as the saying went, Ichigo thought wryly, no rest for the weary.

It was really amazing how much stuff had been buried under all those coins. He wasn't too sure he wanted to keep some of those statues though - a lot of them looked kind of tacky. Most of them were silver, but there was some stone ones and he dreaded having to move all of them.

There were shields, swords, axes, bows and arrows, spears, and a lot of weapons he couldn't even identify (was that a flail?). And that wasn't even taking into account all the armor, jewelry, and other accessories he found. There were also paintings - some of them he thought were really good, even if he didn't know the people in them - and vases and statuettes and a lot of other things. His head was spinning just taking in all the things he could identify at a glance!

The people who used to live in the castle had been filthy rich, he thought distantly, looking around with appreciative eyes. Once he got everything in his inventory he would probably have a better idea of what all there was, since he really didn't want to waste time carefully examining each and every little thing in the vault. He'd been down there long enough as it was, he was thinking.

But first, he had to take another rest...

Energy restored after a short - he hoped - nap on the uncovered couch, Ichigo once again endured the flash of blue taking over his vision as he transformed. He was about to start levitating the rest of the furniture into his inventory when he was brought up short by a pop-up.

[Congratulations! Your Devil Form is now level 10! Which skill do you wish to learn?]

Below that were the words Hypnosis and Telepathy.

He shrugged after a minute and clicked one, not really thinking too deeply about it. He was honestly more concerned by the fact that that bright red cloak he could see on top of a golden-framed mirror looked to be trimmed with fire. Actual fire, not just a flame pattern.

[Active skill: Telepathy has been created!]

Huh, well that answered the question of what he'd picked...

Moving on.

He returned to staring at the flaming cloak for a minute before lifting it with his Telekinesis and sending it to his inventory along with the mirror and three shields that were glowing with an icy blue light. He didn't want to know, he really didn't.

Then he discovered what was apparently the book section of the treasure hoard.

"What the fuck?" Ichigo said in a perfectly deadpanned voice, his expression completely blank.

He was staring, because damn that was a lot of books. He scratched his head, looking quizzically at the towering stacks of books and wondering if these were the ones that were actually supposed to be in the destroyed library upstairs. All of them were giving off a feeling of age and knowledge and magic, if that made any sense, and he could actually imagine them lining the bookshelves in the castle above.

Eyebrow twitching, Ichigo sighed deeply and just started moving them into his inventory. Yeah, he probably wouldn't have a lot of room left after he got done with that section but what the heck. Some of them would probably come in handy.

He was already turning his attention away from the book when a plain scroll caught his eye as he was about to store it and he grabbed it out of the air. He didn't know why, something about it just sparked his interest. He looked at it, expecting something to appear to give him a general idea of what was in the scroll like it had with the book upstairs, and was surprised when the pop-up that appeared over it said something different.

[Teaches Passive skill: Written Language. Do you wish to learn this skill?]

Wait what? Was this thing like a skill book or something?

Slightly at a loss, he clicked Yes and watched as the scroll dissolved into motes of light. He waited for a minute, blinking, before he plucked another book out of the air as it floated by and experimentally opened it. There were more of those strange symbols he'd seen upstairs, but right before his eyes they changed into something he could understand. He stared.

...Okay, he could admit that that was pretty cool.

Also, the book he'd opened was apparently about the various uses for poisonous herbs. Yikes.

Hurriedly closing the book and tossing it into the inventory (he'd discovered if he moved far enough away from it that the screen followed him, which was awesome), he kept levitating things through the screen and steadily filling up the empty squares. A surprising number of things stacked, which was definitely a relief. Of course all the squares on the first page and half of the ones on the second were still filled up and he wasn't even through a fourth of the vault but hey. Nothing he could do about that.

Ichigo took things methodically, clearing one section of the vault piece by piece until, by the time his transformation wore off, he had a quarter of the place cleared of treasure. His inventory was almost full though, which could definitely be a problem...

Seeing as how most of the space was taken up by books, a slow smile crossed his face as a way to free up some room occurred to him. If they were anything like that book upstairs and the scroll that gave him the ability to actually read the weird symbols, then it shouldn't matter if they dissolved afterwards since he'd still get the knowledge/skill.

It worked with the scroll, so why couldn't it work with the other books?

He started pulling books out of his inventory and sure enough, pop-ups appeared in front of each one asking if he'd like to learn what was in it. He just kept on clicking Yes, barely glancing at the skills he gained. Some of the books had to say a bunch of the same things though, since his newly acquired skills - or at least he thought they were skills - sometimes leveled up instead of him getting something new.

Pretty soon he used all the books and freed up a great deal of space in his inventory, so he counted that as a win.

Closing the inventory screen for a moment, he was about to exit the game menu for another rest when, on a whim, he clicked on 'skills'. What popped up though made him frown - where the Spells tab had been was now the word 'Grimoire' and he had to wonder why it had changed even as he tapped it. The screen switched and was replaced by a blank slate with words on the left side; his options being History, Spells, and Bestiary.

Huh, interesting...but he'd fiddle around with it another time. Right now he had to concentrate on clearing out the damned vault and figuring out how to fit all the treasure into his inventory, so a couple of swift taps of the back button brought him to the game menu and then the inventory.

Looking at the remaining hoard around him, he couldn't stop a groan from escaping before reluctantly trudging over to the next area to be cleared. Evidently the time he'd spent clearing the books out was enough time for his energy to recover and he shifted once more into a Devil without any problems. He had to admit, he was starting to like the tail, and the wings weren't half bad either, he decided.

Chuckling softly as he raised his hands like a maestro conducting an orchestra, he set to work once again, using his Telekinesis even as he made like he was directing a choir. What? He had to liven things up somehow! It was getting boring just standing there and watching objects float by and disappear into a blue screen!

Shields and spears and axes went flying by and into the inventory, along with the odd halberd, pike, and trident. The magic lights in the ceiling caused the weapons to shine, showing there was no trace of rust on any of them and creating a rather impressive lightshow as they soared through the air.

Oh look, a katana! Neat.

Into the inventory it went. Wow, that free space hadn't lasted very long...

Author's Note: I know, I know, he's spent almost three chapters in the vault, but I was going for realism considering how much stuff is in that vault. This seemed like a good enough place to end it, and hey, in the next chapter you get to find out which family the vault used to belong to! :) Last chance to submit ideas for things to find in the vault, and as always constructive criticism is welcome!