"Mm-hmm~?"
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Annie continued wandering aimlessly down the road. She had no particular destination in mind; she was just heading east along the main road and figured she'd decide what to do when she reached the bridge the others had called Saint's Bridge.
But then...
"Huh?"
!(;?o?)o
To her surprise, before she'd even reached Saint's Bridge, which crossed the canyon, a series of whooshing sounds came from the sky. A dragon rider suddenly descended from above.
After kicking up a gust of wind and clouds of dust, the rider landed a short distance in front of her.
"Your Majesty Queen Annie, is that you?"
"Thank goodness, we finally found you!"
"Wonderful news!"
"Our forces in the south have just sent back a report!"
As soon as the dragon rider landed, a capable female voice rang out. A figure who was clearly a female knight, judging by her armor and heroic bearing, jumped straight off the dragon's back. She ran over to Annie, dropped to one knee, and loudly delivered her report.
"You!"
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
"You actually chased me all the way here..."
=????('ヮ'=????)
Unfortunately, Annie wasn't at all happy to see her. If anything, her little face was full of annoyance and helplessness.
The newcomer was none other than the mightiest of the many "Fire-Eyed" knights Annie had summoned back then!
And the dragon she rode was none other than the little Black Dragon Annie had resurrected—the one captured by "Grafted" Godrick, who had nearly grafted its limbs onto himself.
But now, that little Black Dragon had become a red-eyed (Fire-Eyed) Black Dragon. And the leader of the "Fire-Eyed" knights had naturally become a red-eyed Black Dragon Knight, currently responsible for guarding Stormveil Castle and commanding the "Fire-Eyed" knight legion.
They said that, paired with the red-eyed Black Dragon, she was