Bang!!
The sound of a door being slammed with all one's might rang out, making the entire room tremble slightly.
"!!"
!?(?''??)?
Then, naturally, a certain little girl who was curled up under the covers, sleeping soundly and still hadn't thought to get up even though the sun was high in the sky, was naturally startled awake.
"??"
?|?'-'?)?
"Hey! Ilena, what's wrong with you? Why are you throwing a tantrum first thing in the morning? Who on earth got you all riled up this time?"
(っ?-?)
Annie poked half her head out from under the covers and asked the "genius witch" who was stomping in angrily.
It was freezing outside, and she had nothing to do. She'd planned to sleep until the afternoon in this quaint little inn, but the awful woman in front of her had come back, slammed the door, and started pacing around angrily. It would have been impossible not to wake her.
"Nobody!"
"I just got tricked by some despicable person!"
"And besides!"
"It's not early anymore! It's already past noon!!"
Ilena sat straight down on the chair by the window, her shoulders still rising and falling sharply. She looked thoroughly furious.
She'd just gone to check, and the target of her commission had disappeared before dawn that morning. The other woman had left the city of her own accord. Ilena knew where she had gone, because she'd tracked her with magic and even found the place where she was staying now: a house in the forest.
But...
Ilena wasn't happy in the slightest. It wasn't because her commission had ended before she could carry it out. No, it was because... Ilena felt she'd been deceived again, in the most blatant and insulting way possible!
This was the fourth time she'd been tricked since setting