"Oh, right. Are you thirsty? Want me to grab you a drink?"
"Sure. Make it quick."
"Okay~"
Yan Huan let Firefly wander off and kept fiddling with the prize wheel.
But he never won the grand prize. Every spin gave him the minimum payout.
"..."
"Screw this! I'd rather play Genshin Impact!"
With that, Yan Huan headed after Firefly.
She was standing at a bar, apparently waiting for the bartender to finish making the drinks.
When Yan Huan arrived, she looked puzzled.
"Oh... what's wrong? Had enough already?"
"I'm done. It's all the same anyway." Yan Huan sat down at the bar, looking exhausted. "I want to lie down. How about we go home, wash up, and sleep?"
"Go home...?"
Firefly blinked.
"But the Dream Hotel is still being repaired. Do you mean you want to leave the dream?"
"I was joking." Yan Huan looked around from his stool. "Let's just sit here for a while. We're in a dream anyway. Sitting down should be enough to rest."
"Mm... okay."
Firefly sat beside him and smiled.
"Did you have fun today?"
"This part of the Land of Dreams—Penacony's Golden Hour—is wonderful, isn't it?"
To Yan Huan, her smile seemed a little forced.
"It's not bad, but is something bothering you?"
"You sound kind of down."
"Uh..."
Firefly sniffed, then answered.
"I wouldn't say I'm sad. I just suddenly felt that... this dream is so welcoming, so forgiving."
She lowered her head.
"It's vast and deep..."
"Like an ocean. Even a nobody can find a place to rest in it."
"A nobody?" Yan Huan glanced around. "It's not cheap here. Anyone who can enter a dream on Penacony probably isn't a nobody."
"There are cheaper options, actually," Firefly explained.
"The room you booked might be expensive, but there are rooms for