When Ray felt happy seeing his own sister's smile, he realized that there was someone else there besides himself and his sister.
He became aware of this person's presence because he felt that his right hand had been touching something since he woke up. This made Ray turn to his right and see a high school girl in uniform sleeping while tightly holding Ray's hand.
Her long, smooth black hair and emerald green eyes made her look like an angel. Her mature appearance made her look beautiful and charming. Moreover, a hair ornament on the right side of her front hair made her look cute and adorable too.
Ray recognized the girl very well. She was one of Ray's classmates who was also taken to another world with him. the girl's name is Alice lionheart.
Alice slowly opened her eyes because her sleep was disturbed by the noise around her. When she opened her eyes wide, in front of her was Ray's face, looking shy and looking in a certain direction. She was curious about what Ray was looking at and also turned to look in the direction Ray was looking at. At that moment, she realized that she had fallen asleep while holding Ray's right hand.
"uh...," Alice quickly turned her face away, feeling embarrassed.
On the other hand, Cecilia watched the situation and felt ignored. She pouted and looked upset.
"Ray, why are you ignoring your sweet and beautiful little sister!?"
"I'm not ignoring you."
"Liar! You were blushing looking at Alice's face right in front of my eyes!"
"W-what do you mean, I wasn't blushing."
"Look at you, you're a liar!"
"I'm not lying!"
In the midst of the siblings' argument, Alice showed a sad face while looking at Ray's face.
Ray was unaware that he was being watched by Alice. After getting tired of arguing with Cecilia over trivial matters, he turned to look at Alice again.
Alice immediately turned her face away and covered her face with both hands. She couldn't bear to look at Ray's face right now for a personal reason she couldn't tell Ray.
Ray denied that he had scared Alice, "I-I'm sorry, I think I scared you."
Alice shook her head to signal that Ray's assumption was a misunderstanding.
Ray was confused by Alice's action. He didn't understand what Alice was thinking at the moment. From the beginning, he and Alice weren't very close. That's why Ray was surprised by the reason why and why Alice was in his room and fell asleep holding his hand earlier.
Cecilia, who understood the situation, sighed and muttered, "When will you realize, Ray," she looked sad.
While Ray was confused about things around him, he remembered some events that had been embedded in his memory. He got up from his sleep because he was shocked. He started to feel nauseous and wanted to vomit right then because he remembered unpleasant memories.
"Ray!" Cecilia exclaimed, looking panicked because her brother suddenly became strange.
"Ray!" Alice exclaimed, looking panicked at Ray's sudden painful appearance in front of her.
Cecilia and Alice quickly rushed to hold Ray's body so he wouldn't fall off the bed. They slowly put Ray's head back on his soft pillow.
"Alice... What are you doing here right now?" Ray asked while holding his head that hurt.
"I-I'm just keeping you company, Ray...," Alice replied, acting shyly.
Ray wasn't surprised by her shyness, because that was a common sight from Alice. But remembering her nature like this made Ray even more confused about Alice's reason for accompanying him until she fell asleep in his room. Alice even looked scared to make eye contact with Ray directly.
"Who brought me here, Alice?"
"J-jimmy and the others, I was just tasked with keeping you company until you woke up."
"Where are the others now?"
"T-they're having dinner with the princess right now. T-they said we should join them after you wake up."
The memory of Anderson sitting at the dinner table came to his mind and made him panic. He felt panic and fear and reflexively rushed to grab Alice's shoulder quickly.
Cecilia was shocked by her brother's sudden aggressive action.
Alice, faced with this situation, was immediately shocked and closed her eyes and asked resignedly, "W-what are you going to do to me?"
Ray, ignoring the question, instead asked Alice something, "What day is it that we were called to another world?"
"Eh?" Alice was confused by Ray's question.
"Just answer my question, how many days have we been in this castle? More precisely, how many days have we been called to this world?"
Alice, with a confused face, answered, "W-we were just called to this world this afternoon."
After hearing Alice's words. Ray's head is now filled with Jimmy's words to him that confuse him. Ray now doesn't understand the flow of time around him. He feels like he's still trapped in a long nightmare.
Ray slowly released his grip and slowly calmed himself down. Meanwhile, Cecilia and Alice looked at him with a look of confusion and pity.
"Are they just about to have dinner?"
"I-I don't know for sure, I-I'm sorry I fell asleep."
"That's okay, I was just asking. I should be the one apologizing to you."
Ray took a deep breath and got up from his bed.
Cecilia, still worried, tried to stop her brother from leaving, "Ray, shouldn't you just rest for now?"
Ray smiled and replied, "I appreciate your concern. But I want to confirm something at the dinner place."
Ray was actually still scared at the moment. But he couldn't just sit there without knowing anything and die curious. Little by little, Ray understood what was happening to him, only he wasn't fully confident with the deduction he made himself.
"Alice... Aren't you coming?" Ray asked as he was about to leave his room.
"W-wait for me...," she replied, rushing to catch up with Ray.
Meanwhile, Cecilia sighed as if tired of something and also hurriedly followed Ray and Alice from behind.
The three of them walked towards the dining room of this large castle with different hopes.
Cecilia just wanted to accompany her brother wherever he went. Alice joined because she didn't want to be left alone. Meanwhile, Ray walked hoping to get a clue about what was happening to him at the moment.