"Glug?"

"Th-this is...?"

After slowly opening her drowsy eyes, the first thing little Aeria saw was an unfamiliar ceiling. In her groggy state, she gradually sat up from the bed.

"Where am I? Did I pass out earlier?"

She blinked, staring blankly at her own head, squinting her eyes and trying to recall everything that had happened just before.

She seemed to remember, after being brought to the Enigmatic Abyss by the Evil God along with her sister, she had become so hungry... and then... she...

In an instant, fragments of memories suddenly flooded into Aeria's mind.