After kindly forcing that finger maiden, that Miss Hyetta, to teleport back to Stormveil Castle and making sure she was well looked after, Annie didn't wander around aimlessly anymore. Instead, she teleported straight to the area near Caria Manor.
Of course, Annie didn't know the exact coordinates of the Carian royal manor. Even though Aunt Rennala had told her about it several times, Annie still had to try teleporting a few times before she found the right place.
But that didn't matter. She was already near Ranni's Rise in the Three Sisters, led there by the ghost of Loretta, the Carian royal knight who guarded the royal family's moon-gazing grounds. She had even spotted the tower belonging to Ranni, the doll girl. That was enough.
"Roar~!"
Just then, a glintstone dragon suddenly let out a loud roar, flapped its wings, and took to the sky. After whipping up several gusts of wind, it hurriedly flew south.
"??"
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"What's it doing?"
Annie was a little confused. She had no idea why the glintstone dragon had been so frightened by the sight of her that it had fled in a panic.
She hadn't even thought about picking a fight with it, let alone eating it or bullying it. She was busy with important business and didn't have time for anything else. Did it really have to run away as if she were its natural enemy the moment it saw her?
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"Queen Annie, don't you know?"
After glancing at the glintstone dragon as it fled, then looking at the baffled little girl before her, Loretta, the Carian royal knight, didn't answer outright. Instead, she asked a question of her own.
"??"
"Know what?"
く(＾_)ゝ
Annie really didn't know anything. This was her first time in Carian territory, and her first