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Night.
At that moment, a shadow was leaping forward through the streets. In the blink of an eye, it covered dozens of meters. Its speed was astonishing!
That shadow was, of course, Izayoi Sakamaki, who had climbed out the window and gone after Annie.
As he leaped forward, Izayoi noticed that the city in the Little Garden was eerily quiet at night. Night had only just fallen, yet every household had already shut its doors and windows and turned out the lights. Aside from the dim streetlamps and the enormous circus tent blazing with light in the distance, there wasn't a single pedestrian in sight.
There was no doubt about it: the scene was rather strange!
But then, this was the world of Little Garden. Black Rabbit had warned them that strange things and bizarre customs were nothing to be surprised by here, so Izayoi didn't dwell on it. He simply kept rushing forward at full speed.
"Hey!"
"Annie, wait up!"
"Don't do anything reckless!"
Fortunately, since they had needed to look for and wait for Black Rabbit earlier, Izayoi and the others had chosen a nearby inn. As a result, he reached the circus tent in less than half a minute and managed to stop a certain troublesome little girl who seemed about to charge inside and make a scene.
Of course, Annie hadn't needed him to come stop her in the first place.
When he arrived, he found Annie standing in front of the tent, looking a little perplexed as she stared at a piece of parchment floating before her.
"Ah!"
"What are you..."
Izayoi stopped, slightly out of breath, and couldn't help feeling puzzled. He'd thought Annie would charge right in, grab their friend, and start a fight or something. But she hadn't done anything like