"Please wait!"
"Your Excellency, Archmage Annie!"
Inside the castle of Karthus City's lord, Annie had just returned from a wild outing when a fully armed lord's guard officer called out to her from far away.
"??"
(′?_?`)
"What is it?"
(゜-゜)
Annie stopped and watched as the other man came running over in his heavy plate armor, clanking all the way.
"It's like this..."
"Archmage Annie, could I ask you to enchant this saber of mine again?"
"Just Thorns again is fine. This is the last one I need, and then I'll have the full four-piece set!"
"Please!"
After saying that, the officer didn't even wait for Annie to agree. Grinning ingratiatingly, he respectfully held out the saber in his hand, along with a Thorns enchantment scroll.
"..."
く(＾_?)ゝ
"What's the point of this stuff?"
(lll￢▽￢)
Annie looked at the shabby saber in his palm, then at the scroll. She'd already helped him two or three times over the past few days, but seeing that he was actually willing to spend his entire fortune to get this fourth scroll still left her both amused and exasperated.
Sure, the Thorns enchantment could improve vitality a little and reflect damage, but the effect was only so-so. Annie certainly wasn't impressed.
"Please!"
The officer didn't argue. He just kept grinning foolishly and begging.
"Honestly!"
ε=(′ο｀*)))唉
"Fine!"
???(＿＿*)??
There was no helping it. It was an easy enough favor, so Annie didn't fuss. She simply raised a finger, and the scroll instantly turned into a beam of light that sank into the plain old saber.
"Done!"
(′~`●)
"If there's nothing else, I'm going home!"
ヾ(￣▽￣)Bye~
Getting something enchanted by anyone else came with a chance of failure, took ages, and might even cost money. But asking Her Majesty Queen Annie was quick and guaranteed