The Next Move

A little while passed after everyone around me started saying, "I-I'm getting sleepy..." one after another, then suddenly began dozing off.

――Well then.

I opened my eyes.

All around me, the room had fallen silent, as if the earlier commotion had been a lie.

"Hup."

I rose from the sofa and slowly rolled my neck.

Looking around, I saw that every last one of them was fast asleep.

They looked exactly like a bunch of noble brats who'd played themselves into exhaustion.

"Liera, are you awake?"

"Yes."...