She had no idea what had gotten into them, but today Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Tohsaka, Illya, and Luvia had suddenly shown up at her door—and at a time when she hadn't even woken up yet, no less. She couldn't help feeling annoyed, but there wasn't much she could do about it.
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So Annie just sat there blankly on her bed, ignoring the four shameless troublemakers standing right in front of her. She didn't even look at the despicable bunch, only rubbing her eyes as if she still hadn't recovered from her duel with the Great Demon King of the Blankets.
"Anyway!"
"That's how it is!"
"As our teacher, you'll take responsibility, right?"
After chattering on at length while Annie was still bleary-eyed, Luvia suddenly planted her hands on her hips and asked with absolute certainty, without caring whether Annie had heard a word.
"That's right!"
"You're the only one who can help us with this. If we lose, it'll look bad for you, too!"
Illya chimed in from the side.
"Stop sleeping!"
"Do you know what time it is? Get up and do something useful!"
Rin folded her arms and looked as if this were only natural. It didn't occur to her at all that there might be anything wrong with the four of them barging in and dragging Annie out of bed.
"Annie, big sister..."
"Um..."
"Could you help my big sister and Aunt Luvia?"
Sakura added her timid support from the side.
Though they were all technically Annie's apprentices, Sakura, like her big sister and Aunt Luvia, didn't much like calling her "teacher." She preferred to call her "big sister."
Because to Sakura, the girl sitting on the bed, stubbornly refusing to get up and glaring at them, was still the most amazing big sister who