"Mmmm," I slowly opened my eyes as sun rays filtered through the windows, stinging my retinas. I instinctively raised my hand, rubbing the sleep from my eyes with my palm, trying to shake off the heavy fog of a restless night.
"It is already morning?" I muttered to myself, my voice sounding raspy even to my own ears.
{Well, yeah. It is 9 o'clock in the real world,} Saya responded, her voice as crisp as ever.
Looking around, the room was far more grand than I expected. Last night, my mother, Ella, Yoonhe, and Emily had all been brought here to the Goblin Queen's domain.
Calling it a "dungeon" didn't really do it justice—it was more like a subterranean kingdom. According to what the Queen told me last night, the "Gates" appearing in the real world were actually gateways to this dimension. This place was a totally different world, with its own sky and ecosystem, all tucked away beneath the fabric of our reality.
"Mmm," I heard a muffled sound from my side.
