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In the palace inside the floating city—a vast structure with a Fire Elemental exterior, but a delicate, luxurious Quel'Thalas interior—the Fire Queen's owner, Annie, was staring wide-eyed at one of her former apprentices: the traveling witch, Elaina.
That was right!
Her Majesty Queen Annie always did whatever she wanted, and she always followed through!
And now?
With a certain date drawing near, she had finally remembered something she'd said she would do. So she'd rudely opened a Teleport portal to the New World and forcibly dragged her apprentice here. Elaina had graduated, was fairly capable, and even called herself a genius.
"I say!"
"Most respected teacher!"
"Don't you have something to say to me?"
After a long while, when glaring at her troublesome little teacher had gotten her nowhere, Elaina spoke first. With her hands on her hips, she glared down at her teacher, puffed up with anger, and demanded an answer.
"??"
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"Say something?"
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"But I don't think I have anything to say..."
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Annie scratched her face, then her head, and asked in a puzzled, innocent tone. She had no idea why the other girl was glaring at her so angrily.
"!!"
"Nothing?"
"How can you have nothing to say?!"
"You!"
"You summoned me here without permission, without asking me first. Don't you feel even a little ashamed? Shouldn't you apologize to me first?"
Elaina's small chest rose and fell several times. Then she let out a heavy breath, bent forward, and leaned in close to Annie, her pretty face stern. Nearly nose to nose with her teacher, she scolded her in a furious, shrill voice.
Sure, the troublesome little girl before her was her teacher, but Elaina the witch had graduated! The fierce bear-head witch badge pinned to her chest was proof of