Yuuki slowly lifted his head from his desk and looked around.
"What?" he said to himself. "Where am I exactly?"
The place in question was a classroom, filled with tons of desks and a chalkboard up front. Yuuki felt as though he had been here before, but wasn't 100% sure if that was the case.
"That was quite an adventure you went through there…"
From behind Yuuki came a soft voice. Yuuki turned to face a girl wearing a white dress, accompanied by wings on her back, and flowers in her hair, which were as white as her dress.
"M-Minerva?" Yuuki said, holding his head as he felt a migraine start to come on.
"I won't lie, it does make me smile to know that you still remember my name at the very least. It seems you've been through a lot lately." she said, walking over to Yuuki.
"Yeah…" Yuuki said with a sigh.
"I'm glad you are doing OK though…"
"Say Minerva…when can we go home?" Yuuki asked, hoping the question wouldn't offend the AI she just met.
"That's something I'd like to figure out too. While It's true that I am the one who has control over Legends of Anthem, that control has slipped out of my hands, and it's due to her…"
He wasn't 100% sure, but Yuuki had a feeling that the "her" she was talking about was Eris, the strange girl who seemed to have an obsession over Yuuki.
"Her?"
"I'd rather not say her name. I've been laying low from her for a while now as I don't want her to capture me and change me. That said, I do want to inform you of some good news with the little time we do have right now."
Minerva placed her hand on one of the school windows, causing it to glow brightly. Before Yuuki's eyes, he was shown a photo of him lying in a hospital bed, with a feeder tube connected to him.
"Is that me?" he asked.
"Yes. This is the fate of you and the many others who have been trapped in this world right now as we speak. Believe it or not, it's only been a week and a half."
"Really?"
MInverva nodded.
"I know it seems longer than that here, but indeed it's only been about a week. The incident that trapped you all in here and left a part of you almost destroyed happened on this very day last week."
Yuuki didn't know what to think. MInverva had told him that it's been only a week or so, yet he's felt like he's spent months here, years even. How could it even be possible that only a week has passed since Yuuki and friends were trapped in the game?
"Minerva…what can I do to help everyone get out of this game."
"Collect sol fragments…" Minerva started to trail off, but Yuuki could still see her talking. He tried to listen closely, but couldn't. Something was stopping him from hearing the rest of her.
"Are you sure you want to leave…" Eris said, wrapping her arms around Yuuki. Yuuki woke up in a cold sweat after that, looking around his room to make sure no one was in it. After calming himself down, he looked outside his window at the moon that shined brightly in the sky.
"Sol fragments…I need to collect sol fragments…"