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In her hazy daze, Xiao Hei felt as though her body were submerged in water. There was neither the solid sensation of standing on the ground nor the weightless feeling of floating. All she felt was an unreal, dreamlike sensation...
(My body... feels strange...)
That was the only thought in Xiao Hei's muddled consciousness.
With the tiny bit of blurry awareness she had left, Xiao Hei had no way of judging what kind of situation she was in. She only knew that a sense of restraint seemed to surround her, as though something had suspended her in midair. It felt both heavy and light...
In that state, Xiao Hei's consciousness slowly returned, and her mind regained the drive to function, allowing her to gradually open her eyes.
Faint light entered Xiao Hei's vision, making her newly opened eyes instinctively narrow again slightly. Then, with another blink, she revealed her amber-like eyes.
"Oh?..."
At almost the same moment, a familiar voice rang out nearby.
"Finally awake?..."
Hearing the voice, Xiao Hei's heart skipped a beat. She raised her head and looked ahead.
There, Wu Yan, Hinagiku, Mikoto, Rin Tohsaka, Luvia, Illya, and Miyu—a group of seven—were all gathered together. Some stood, some sat in twos and threes, their gazes all fixed on Xiao Hei.
Only then did Xiao Hei clearly see her current circumstances...
This was a rather spacious hall...
The hall was fully furnished, with sofas, tables, chairs, and several counters. There was also a small kitchen to one side, and at the far end stood a glass door leading out to an open-air balcony. At