"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm..."
(??~??) Chomp~!
Today, Annie did not go watch the matches. Instead, she leisurely ate her afternoon meal in the little dining room of her own palace.
Of course, although it was called an afternoon meal, it also included the breakfast and lunch she had missed. She had only just gotten up, after all, and she certainly would not go do any of that messy business before she had eaten and drunk her fill and gotten enough rest.
"??"
(??????)????
Just as Annie had nearly finished eating, Hermione hurried in with an exhausted look on her face. She seemed so tired that she did not even greet Annie, merely waved casually before sitting down in the empty chair beside her and letting out a heavy breath.
"What happened?"
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"Did you lose your match?"
?|?'-'?)
Only after Hermione had taken several breaths and gradually calmed down did Annie lean over and ask cautiously.
If even the Hermione before her had lost, then Her Majesty Queen Annie would definitely have to secretly increase her support for those idiots Tohsaka Rin, Illya, Luvia, and Misaka Mikoto. Otherwise, if the people she had called over could not even make it to the finals, how embarrassing would that be?
"I didn't have a match today..."
"Tomorrow is when I do..."
Hermione said weakly, seeming not to have fully recovered yet.
"Then what happened?"
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"Nothing!"
"Forget it!"
"I'm going to eat something first."
Hermione shook her head, clearly unwilling to talk. She simply reached out, grabbed two things from the table, and bit into them viciously.
It was nothing more than Harry and Ron's affair. One of those two had just caused a huge mess and was facing a sky-high compensation bill, while the other completely refused to listen to her advice and