"An examination of the dawn moon? Surely with that, that curse would be broken. But if you get killed by me here, that's it. Your mother will never wake up again."

Face-to-face with hatred reminds Lili of important memories.

The day Maris put a "sleeping curse” on Stella. Lili was out as usual. casual, a day as usual. Until I got home, this was supposed to be such a day for Lili.

"I got beautiful flowers today. Mom, I wonder if you'd be happy ~"

Lili goes home thinking of her mother's delightful face. Her footsteps are light.

"I'm home... that?

Lili, who arrived at home, just opened the door.

But no one's voice comes from inside the house. Always when Lili gets home, her mother Stella says softly, "Welcome back," always in a happy voice.

You haven't noticed you're back, or you're in a situation where you can't let go of something. Lili told herself that and walked up to the living room.

"... mommy⁉"

Stella's appearance in the living room was completely different from what Lili had in mind.

Stella was lying on her back and fell on the floor. Besides, there are fragments of a broken teapot scattered around her. It's not just a matter. Lili, so intuitive, approached Stella.

"No way, you fell asleep in this place? Just leave the plates to break."

Coming close, Lili noticed that Stella was going to hear her sleep. Hasn't someone attacked you and killed you? Lili, who thought so for a moment, leaks a breath of relief for a moment.

Stella is a gentle, soft woman. As a result, there is a slight flutter and a gap between them. Lili knew that.

I'm working too hard on my chores and falling asleep in a weird place. It's unnatural and extreme to have a teapot cracked, but it's also impossible for Stella to break a plate well. Lili decided to think so.

"I'm a troubled mom ~ Look, let's get some sleep in bed ~"

Lili accidentally spilled a grin when she saw her mother, who just seemed to be sleeping in swallowing.

While loosening her cheeks, Lili supports Stella's shoulder and tries to travel to the bed.

"Is this still not happening?

Lili was uncomfortable with the boulder. Even if you try to force your body to move, there's no sign of Stella waking up at all.

With a touch of anxiety, Lili carried her mother to bed. I guess I fell asleep too deeply. Lili at this time couldn't think of any other possibilities.

Lili fell asleep beside Stella this night.

Next morning. What entered Lili's sight when she woke up was the figure of her mother, who kept sleeping with a serene face.

Less than 20 hours had passed since Stella fell asleep at this time, but there was still no sign of her waking up.

"... Mom?

Stella usually wakes up earlier than Lili and makes breakfast for me.

The little anxiety Lili had had had had had grown over time. Still, I'm just sleeping longer than usual. Lili told me that and was trying to dispel her anxiety.

But with Lili's thoughts backwards, then a few days later, my mother Stella never woke up. Lili, who had told herself over and over again that she was overthinking, was finally unable to contain her anxiety.

"Mom...... Mom! Mommy:"

To awaken Stella, Lili rocked her body many times. No matter how hard you get rocked, Stella's condition hasn't changed since then. Stay in deep sleep.

This situation is unusual. Lili finally figured it out. The discomfort I had from the beginning was not wrong. Stella stopped waking up for some reason. If you say you're not dead, but you don't wake up, it's just like you're dead.

"No...... no! Hey, hey, hey."

Lili shouted as far as her voice, in front of her mother, who had literally fallen into eternal sleep. From her eyes, tears flood with endless tears. The routine I took for granted, I'm not coming home anymore. I can't see my mother's smile on her way home that day again.

Grief, regret, wrath without a place to do it. Various emotions were swirling in Lili. Lili, who was frustrated by despair, could not calmly analyze the situation, just kept crying.

After continuing to cry all day, a town doctor was visiting Lili's house. When Lili saw the swelling of her eyes and desperately explained the situation in a squeaky voice, the town doctor rushed to her house.

"Uh-huh... you're sleeping really well"

After examining Stella for a while, the town doctor said so in confusion. From the doctor's point of view, Stella's body doesn't have any abnormalities. I'm just asleep.

"Is there any abnormality? My mom's been asleep for five days."

"If you've been asleep for five days, there's got to be some anomaly in your mother's body... and I don't really think you're lying. I'm sorry, but I have no idea."

"Oh no..."

Bringing in a doctor couldn't tell why Stella fell asleep. What happened at home while I was out? Lili doesn't know many things.

"Oh? What is this piece of paper?

"... Huh? I didn't even notice."

In the meantime, the town doctor noticed an unfamiliar piece of paper in the house. Lili, who was distracted, could not notice the slices of the Black Magic Book (Grimoire) that had fallen from the beginning.

"This... sounds like a slice of a black magic (Grimoire) book. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with black magic (Grimore). I'm sure this is due to black magic."

"Black Magic (Grimoire) …?"

Lili, who lived a life roughly unrelated to black magic (Grimoire), had no idea at this time what exactly black magic (Grimoire) was.

"" Curse of Sleep "… what it says here seems to me to be exactly what I'm talking about your mother's condition right now. If the sleeping curse was deliberately left behind by the murderer, he's a bad taster."

"" Sleep Curse "? So your mom won't wake up?

"I don't know about black magic (Grimoire), but from what I've read it says here, it seems so. Looks like he's been targeted by a nasty black magician (Grigori). I'm sorry."

That's what the doctor tries to leave. This is a problem that doctors with no knowledge of black magic (Grimoire) cannot do. Even if we stay here like this, doctors can't help Lili.

"Wait, wait, wait."

"Hmm?"

"How can my mom wake up?

Still, Lili called off the doctor. The big shock had kept Lili from thinking about the hard stuff. It's a strawy thought now.

"Find the Black Mage. There are many black magicians (grigoris) in the neighboring kingdom of Sertoria."

"… Kingdom of Sertria"

Lili was thus to visit the Kingdom of Sertria. After visiting the Kingdom of Sertoria and falling asleep by train, Lili stepped into Adford, the western capital, where she met Bell.