My head feels light and floaty. It's that fuzzy sensation where the boundary between the outside world and your skin becomes unclear, like soaking in a warm bath. Slowly, my senses start to sharpen.
I lift my eyelids. An unfamiliar ceiling. I don't feel like getting out of bed. Maybe I should just snuggle in and go back to sleep. With that thought, I close my eyes.
It seems I must have fallen asleep without realizing it. But since when? Where am I sleeping? I can't pinpoint it. I hug the warm blanket closer, trying to piece things together. Although I'm still sleepy, I can at least trace back my memories.
I got caught up in a bizarre anomaly called the Dungeon Hall, right? And then I wandered into an unknown dungeon. Unlike pseudo-dungeons, there were real dungeon monsters there. Dungeon Shiba Inus. I fought them off, got hungry... then I heard a girl's cry for help, met Kotone Hayashido, and—oh, that's right—Shihahime, covered in blood...