Raya Lucaria. It hadn't been long since Annie had returned once again to the academy of magic, shrouded in the thick mist formed by the vapor rising year-round from the shores of Liurnia.
"Hm?"
"Annie?"
"Why are you back again?"
Seeing the troublesome little girl suddenly teleport back into the Grand Library, Rennala, the Full Moon Queen, couldn't help feeling surprised. She had been listening to a lesson alongside her daughters and instinctively asked.
"!!"
"Is Ranni's business over?"
"How did it go?"
"Did everything go smoothly?"
Then, seeing Annie's expression, Rennala's heart gave a jolt. She could no longer focus on the lesson. She immediately left her seat and hurried over to Annie, then asked anxiously and cautiously.
"It went smoothly!"
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"The Fingers are dead!"
(＿＿*)
Annie spoke impatiently as she took out the Dark Moon Greatsword she had just acquired and tossed it aside, returning it to its rightful owner.
"This is..."
"Ah!"
Rennala had felt a little relieved when Annie said the Fingers had been destroyed. But the moment she saw the Dark Moon Greatsword Annie had tossed aside, her heart jolted again, and the relief she had just felt vanished.
That was unmistakably the "Moon Greatsword" bestowed upon their consorts by generations of Carian queens!
It was one of the legendary weapons. Before Rennala, the Full Moon Queen, had fallen into her "slumber," Ranni had taken charge of it. After all, Ranni was not only an Empyrean, but also the rightful next queen of the Carian royal family!
However, since Ranni's moon was that cold full moon, the Moon Greatsword naturally shone with the light of a cold dark moon. Rennala could not possibly mistake it: this "Dark Moon Greatsword" was definitely Ranni's!
Yet now the sword had been brought back by Annie, while its