"..."
(ー`′ー)
Annie frowned as she watched the floating island containing the enormous Magic Crystal in the sky become connected to huge chains and begin accelerating toward the other floating island, Extalia, under the power of that boring magical device.
Because although she knew what she ought to do, the question of how she was supposed to get up there was something she really needed to think about.
"It looks awfully high. If I can't fly, I probably can't get up there directly..."
(;′⌒`)
If Annie stopped obeying that rule, she could teleport up there as easily as she pleased. It would be ridiculously simple for her!
However, she had always insisted on using only "Lulu's" power and had never cheated or broken the rules. Suddenly abandoning that resolve left her feeling rather unwilling.
But if she did nothing, and that enormous thing crashed into Extalia, the consequences would surely be far worse than merely destroying the Magic Crystal.
"Hmm..."
(?????)
"Is there really no other way?"
(′▽`〃)
"All right, then!"
ε=(′ο｀*))) Sigh
After thinking it over again and again, Annie realized she could not come up with any way to solve the incident perfectly without cheating. She could only sigh and prepare to cheat, while bringing her journey through this interesting world to an end.
(...)
(●￣?￣●)
"Huh?!"
!(;?o?)o
However, just as Annie was about to act, she suddenly discovered that a flying bull had arrived in the sky outside her hotel balcony. It resembled the fake "Erza" she had caught and thoroughly beaten last time, though it was smaller.
"President Annie..."
"The situation is urgent. The Magic Crystal is about to crash into Extalia. I'm going to prepare to teleport the crystal back to the Earth-land world immediately. Hurry and get on—I need your help!"
The newcomer was