When Shade's dazed consciousness realized that he was falling into a long, deep dream, he found himself standing on a ridge in an endless wilderness, gazing at the enormous moon hanging in the sky as though it were about to fall.
The wind beneath the starry sky was gentle, yet it seemed to carry the scent of the young ladies' perfume. The Silver Moon reflected in Shade's eyes. He opened them wide and breathed slowly and deeply, feeling utterly relaxed. He could even vaguely sense that his sleeping body was also perfectly peaceful.
Even though he knew he was dreaming, he remained still on the ridge, gazing at the Moon. He was quite familiar with this dream. Here, all he needed to do was look at the Moon.
"You seemed quite happy during those five hours just now?"
The gentle breeze carried her voice. The activity of his subconscious within the dream brought Shade a step closer to waking as he understood her words.
In the dream, he sensed the situation around his sleeping body. There were still three hours until dawn. The bedroom was dim, filled only with steady breathing, and all the young ladies had fallen into Slumber.
Because he was currently dreaming, Shade even suspected that what had just happened might have been part of his dream as well. Luvia was the shyest of the three, while Leisha—who theoretically did not know him at all, yet was actually very familiar with him—was the boldest. Her Royal Highness the Princess, whose temperament was as fiery as the color of her long hair, had successfully helped Luvia, who was trying a "multi-person tango" for the first time, gradually adapt to the atmosphere. She had also made the Outlander understand that the imagination of this era was not truly poorer