"...Ah..." I jolt awake suddenly—it feels like I've been sleeping for days and was just rudely pulled from slumber by a bucket of cold water. It takes me a moment to realize where I am. I look around, seeing an endless ocean.
Water stretches in every direction, though I'm not sinking—it's as if the water's surface is completely solid. And I know exactly where this is immediately, since I've been here before.
"!!!"
"Oh, looks like you're awake. Good morning, sleepy little fruit—you've been out for nine days!" Arial says with a smile, appearing right in front of me. But my memory is foggy, a hazy mist that leaves me confused.
Besides, Arial isn't one to just show up like this. Actually, this is the first time I've seen her since what happened in the dungeon. She made it clear she wouldn't keep appearing, and that most of the time I'd have to come to her, asking for things in exchange for giving something up.
