Perhaps because he had been too exhausted before, Bai Zhi slept for an exceptionally long time, and the quality of his sleep was remarkably good.
Especially midway through, there had even been a faint sensation of weightlessness, like being rocked in a cradle. The experience had been excellent.
"...It's already night?"
Opening his eyes, Bai Zhi looked at the stars overhead.
The sun had been shining brightly when he fell asleep, but when he woke, the sky above him was already full of stars.
After staring at the Starry Sky overhead for a while, Bai Zhi suddenly realized a problem belatedly.
...The tree was gone.
When Calamity Reimu had dragged him into the Demon Refining Pot to rest earlier, the two of them had lain directly beneath the tree's shade. But now, where was the tree above his head?
And besides that...
Touching the jade bed beneath him, Bai Zhi sat up.
The wind stirred the bamboo shadows, the moon danced upon the western wall. The courtyard below lay bright and clear, aquatic weeds crisscrossed beneath the water, and the moon's reflection rippled.
He was, astonishingly, inside Good Dream Pavilion.
...Had Dead Zero already awakened?
Turning to glance at the jade bed, Bai Zhi's expression became somewhat subtle.
He had specifically set restrictions on this area before. Until Dead Zero woke up, no one could enter this place.
—Of course, that "no one" did not include him.
If he could lie here, then...
"Hmm, you're awake?"
Before Bai Zhi could think too much, Calamity Reimu's voice came from outside the courtyard.
"Since you're awake, do you want to go relax together?"
"What... uh..."
Following the voice and looking up, Bai Zhi froze before he could finish speaking when he saw Calamity Reimu standing outside the courtyard.
Unlike the bandit-like Windproof