There was little doubt about it. With Annie's impatient nature, unable to stand being alone and utterly lacking in patience, she wasn't going to stay at the Academy of Magic for long.
See?
After only two days in the Academy's great library, and one more tour around the Academy, she was already getting impatient!
So, having seen everything for herself, Queen Rennala of the Full Moon naturally went along with it and gently suggested that if Annie really wanted to know the answer sooner, she could simply set out and sneak a look for herself.
To that end, Rennala thoughtfully offered a clue and some advice: Annie should first seek out Iji, the most trusted retainer under Ranni—in other words, her strategist.
Rennala figured that if anyone knew important clues in advance, it would be the strategist Iji. For example, he might know where Ranni had gone.
Of course, whether Queen Rennala was showing favoritism—whether she was worried about her daughter and was just finding a roundabout way to get Annie to go take a look and help out a little—was a matter of opinion.
Anyway!
While the glintstone sorcerers of the Raya Lucaria Academy were alarmed, wary, and suspicious because some troublesome little girl had arrived uninvited, Annie quietly slipped out of the Academy and its great library without alerting anyone.
She planned to ask the strategist Aunt Rennala had mentioned for directions, then follow a certain doll lady and see whether she could successfully hunt down that evil "Finger" or whatever.
Half a day later...
"Hmm..."
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First, she had teleported straight from the great library of the Raya Lucaria Academy to a spot not far from Caria Manor. Then she'd followed the road south for a long, long way, walking for ages. She was nearly at some