The blazing summer sun hung overhead, and the air inside her helmet was stifling and humid.
Just breathing felt like drowning in water...
"Ha!"
It was as if she had suddenly awoken from a dream!
Yulia opened her eyes in shock. The suffocating sensation in her body made her gasp for breath.
I... am awake?
Dazzling sunlight shone directly into her eyes through her helmet, making it almost impossible to open them.
...When was this?
Was it daytime?
"No! That's not right, I..."
Yulia furrowed her brows, feeling as though her head was swelling painfully.
No, I wasn't...
A few jumbled, chaotic fragments flashed rapidly through her mind, gradually melting into a strange mass of colors.
Bzzzt#￥%...
She suddenly grabbed her head. The intense dizziness nearly made her pass out.
Wasn't what?
A puzzled question surfaced in her heart.
Yulia's tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and she stood there in a daze.
That's right... Wasn't what?
"Did I just...?"
Yulia raised a hand to adjust her helmet and muttered to herself.
"What's wrong, Yulia?"
A deep voice came from afar. It was a familiar voice.
Yulia instinctively raised her head and looked ahead.
Clip... clop... clip... clop...
The sound of hooves gradually approached. A cavalryman in armor of the same style came riding over.
"Why did you suddenly stop? What happened?"
Yulia quickly shook her head, squeezed her legs against her horse's belly, and came alongside the cavalryman.
"Thanks, Keith. I'm fine."
"Are you sure...? If you're feeling unwell, you'd better not force yourself."
Keith watched Yulia pass by him, then turned his horse around and followed her toward the unit.
He raised his head and glanced at the sky before asking with concern, "By the way, it's gotten hotter lately. It's noon now, too. Yulia, could you be suffering from