Vylyss felt herself sinking through a sea of suffocating darkness.
There was no water around her and no abyss beneath her, yet her consciousness continued to descend. She sank so deep that even her thoughts became heavy and sluggish. She could no longer feel her arms or legs. She didn't know whether her body was lying down or standing upright. Sometimes, she wasn't even sure she was still alive.
Time had lost all meaning in this place.
Perhaps only a few minutes had passed.
Perhaps it had already been several days.
Every time her consciousness surfaced, it took her a long while to remember who she was.
Then a name appeared in her mind.
Noan…
His face, his voice, and the hand he often placed on her head emerged one after another. Those memories became a slender thread stretching through the darkness.
The moment Vylyss tried to grasp it, a violent pain tore through her head.
