Those knights who had gone searching deep into the Mist Valley naturally failed to find even the slightest trace of Annie. While they were still running around the very depths of the Mist Valley, searching for nonexistent clues, Annie had long since teleported elsewhere. After eating and drinking her fill, she had regrouped with that idiot Guts and made camp.
"Meaning..."
(⊙o⊙*)
"Uncle Guts!"
(^▽^)
"You didn't hack down those guys. You just smashed through their formation, grabbed this useless big sister in the chaos, and escaped?"
(ψ｀▽′)o
Sitting by the campfire, Annie looked at Guts roasting meat, then at the female captive sitting listlessly beneath a nearby tree with her hands and feet bound behind her. After roughly learning what had happened, she nodded in sudden understanding and asked in a sweet voice.
"No!"
"I did not escape!"
Everything else might have been fine, and Guts might not have bothered explaining. But he was particularly offended by the word "escape," so he hurriedly spoke up to refute Annie.
Guts really hadn't escaped at the time. He had openly broken through the enemy formation, successfully captured their commander, and left in a perfectly dignified manner. That had absolutely nothing to do with the word "escape"!
"Is that so?"
Annie nodded to show that she understood.
"Then..."
(ω)
"Idiot Uncle Guts, what are you going to do with her?"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"Are you going to chop off her head and roast it, or feed her to Little Bear?"
(^▽^)
Although she knew the idiot Guts would definitely never do such a thing, Annie was bored and wanted to stir up trouble. After thinking about it, she suddenly put on a vicious, evil expression and "whispered" in a tone that would definitely be heard by the "captive."
"..."
Guts naturally didn't answer Annie's