Alice's decisive plea for help left Leomaster beside her utterly dumbfounded. Only the footsteps of the Saint of Darkness outside remained clear, seemingly unaffected in any way.
But none of that had anything to do with Alice anymore. Leomaster, the white Great Serpent, and the entire storage room shattered with a crash amid Alice's scream.
—She "woke" up.
After staring blankly for several seconds, Alice tried to observe her surroundings and determine where she was.
Alice found herself curled up beneath a huge boulder—the very boulder she had leaned against when she fell asleep.
Alice climbed atop the boulder. The familiar city still stood in the distant dusk, like a signpost.
What... had just happened?
Just as Alice was considering whether to sleep again and try to Figure Out what was going on, daylight suddenly illuminated the Dream, and the night ended.
Alice Opened Her Eyes and discovered that it was noon again. She inexplicably sighed and muttered softly:
"This place really feels like an abandoned game dungeon, with only noon and night..."
Alice left her room and came to the deck. After looking around, she discovered that Klein was not on deck.
Huh...?
Wasn't he afraid of Missing the Mermaid's Traces, so he ran outside as soon as he woke up...
Alice frowned and prepared to turn back to see what Klein was doing when the corner of her eye caught Frank Lee.
Frank Lee was squatting on the deck, looking shocked and confused. Alice glanced back toward the cabins and decisively chose to look for Klein later.
"What happened?" Alice walked over and squatted before Frank, suppressing the curiosity in her voice as much as possible and trying to look more concerned.
Alice was not sure how well she had concealed it, because Frank Lee clearly did not