As Mia gradually woke up, she heard a low conversation coming from outside the bedroom.
"...How long was I asleep?"
Mia's voice was hoarse.
As she woke, her memories of the dream quickly faded. She could only vaguely remember that she seemed to have dreamed of her old school... She had returned to the classroom, and Arsene had become her classmate.
After that...
...What happened after that?
She seemed to have dreamed of Abigail. She was a transfer student who had transferred from somewhere, and Arsene had immediately kept staring at her...
She couldn't remember anything else.
Mia shook her head, feeling an intense headache. It felt as though water was sloshing around in her brain.
She propped herself up and sat on the bed. After drinking some hot water placed beside it, she finally felt a little better.
"...Where's Arsene? Is he outside?"
When she walked out, she saw several people tidying up something in the living room.
In front of Iver was a rectangular box made of rainbow-colored ice. There were some ashes underneath, and he was neatly arranging fresh chunks of meat inside it. It looked rather like he was rolling steak cubes in grains of salt. Arsene stood beside him, watching the chunks of meat with an expression that seemed somewhat difficult to describe.
"Darling..."
Mia suddenly became much more delicate. "I have a bit of a headache."
She walked over to Arsene and held out both arms, asking for a hug. Arsene wrapped his arms around her in turn and touched his forehead to hers, his voice low and gentle. "Thanks for the effort, darling."
As he spoke, Arsene looked toward Iver. "This headache..."
"—is normal."
Iver answered casually, "She used up too much mental power. She's still an ordinary person, after all, so maintaining