"What?"
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"You're saying Erza was captured by bad guys? Weren't they given vouchers for some vacation hotel by that little four-eyes, and then went there to have fun for two days? How did they get into trouble again?"
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When Big Sister Mira mentioned what had happened, Annie couldn't help but cry out in surprise and gloat.
That's right, Annie didn't like that little four-eyed Protoss named "Loki" one bit. After Lucy rescued him, it had only been a few days before he gave Lucy, Erza, Natsu, the cat Happy, Gray, and the others each a voucher for a stay at a vacation hotel. But he'd left out none other than the incomparably great Queen Annie!
So, naturally, she'd held a grudge against him.
It wasn't as if she didn't have the money to go to that lousy hotel herself, but those jerks had taken their tickets and happily gone off, leaving her behind without even saying a word. So... how could she possibly worry about those people getting into trouble when she was still mad at them?
"That's right!"
"Gray just sent word. The attack at Akane Beach was carried out by a group of strange people. They caught everyone off guard, and apparently even Erza was captured by the enemy."
"They're chasing after them now. He didn't say where they were headed, only that Natsu was following their scent."
"The guild master has gone to contact the Magic Council about the details of the attack. We still don't know what's going on..."
"Ah..."
As she spoke, Mirajane let out a soft sigh from behind the counter of the tent-like open-air bar at the temporary guild base. The motion of the glass she was wiping slowed.
She was deeply worried about Erza, and about Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and