Journey eventually gave up on sorting through the mountain of items and straightened her back, turning to Aeron.

“Where’s Kana?”

For the past few days, every time Journey logged into Silea Online, Kana’s face had greeted her. Well, technically, it was more of her hood-covered figure than her actual face, and it wasn’t as if Kana was particularly thrilled to see her. But still, Journey had grown accustomed to starting her mornings with Kana around, making this morning feel strangely quiet by comparison.

“Still sleeping, probably. She tends to sleep a lot.”

“Huh?”

Journey let out an incredulous squeak at …