Deep into the dawn.
It was a cloudy day, and even the moonlight was barely visible.
At an hour when everyone else was asleep, Lia had been lying in her bed at the inn for hours, unable to find rest.
Lia, who had been keeping her eyes closed for a long time, let out a deep sigh and slowly opened her eyes in the dark room.
It had already been several days.
Lia, who had been spending her nights unable to sleep until this late hour, finally pushed herself up from the bed.
She gulped down some water, but the faint heat rising within her chest wouldn't settle at all.
Lia set the water bottle down on the desk with a frustrated thud.
...She already knew in her heart exactly why she felt this way.
A tickling desire blooming inside her body.
It was because of a certain urge that kept resurfacing whenever she lay down to sleep.
"Haa.... Again."
Lia finally let out another heavy sigh.
...She really intended not to do it anymore.
