"Mm-hmm~?"
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Needless to say, by the time Annie had wandered around outside to her heart's content and returned to the little room at their inn in Mondstadt, it was already dusk on the third day.
As luck would have it, those two, Lumine and Paimon, seemed to be in the room, too.
Anyway, when Annie bounced up to the second-floor hallway, she could faintly hear the exclamation of a certain idiot, Paimon, coming from inside.
"Hello, everyone!"
|?˙?˙) Hello?
"I'm back!"
???(?)????
Annie didn't even knock. She flung the door open and bounced inside with a cheer, clearly hoping to startle everyone.
"??"
"A-Annie?!"
"Whoa!"
"The delinquent Annie, who'd been missing for ages, is back!"
Lumine and Paimon both cried out and stood up. But one was delighted, and the other was startled—you could tell from their tones alone that they felt very differently about it.
"You're the one who was missing!"
?(?`^′?)?
"I was just out having fun for a couple of days. What's the big deal?"
(ˉ▽￣~) Tch~~
Annie glared at Paimon for her thoughtless remark, then turned away dismissively, not bothering to explain herself.
"Huh?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"Amber, you're here too?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
"Is something going on?"
(??????)????
Only then did Annie notice that the room held not just Big Sis Lumine and that idiot Paimon, but also Amber, the young lady with a red headband who looked like a bunny girl. She pulled the door shut behind her and asked in surprise.
"!!"
"You!"
"I'm your friend too, you know. Do I need a reason to come see you?"
Amber stood up from the little sofa and planted her hands on her hips, glaring at Annie in irritation. She didn't seem too pleased with the way Annie had put it.
"Of course you don't!"
(*^▽^*)
"But now