Do You Think I'm Easy to Bully?
Whether Ditliss had managed to escape the organization's pursuit was still unknown. In any case, as dawn gradually brightened the land and the sun rose high in the sky, the second day turned out to be another sunny one, with not a cloud in sight.
Today, Annie naturally wasn't in a hurry to go after Elena and the others. She knew they hadn't left the Central Lands of Yuanluz yet, let alone entered the Far East, so she simply stayed home and played by herself.
Of course, there wasn't much to do. She chatted with the maids, waited for meals, and, when she got bored, gave Little Bear a beating or two.
After all, who knew if it had gotten too cocky lately? Last night, it had shown up in the middle of the night and frightened the maids who didn't know the truth. It had even shoved one of them into its food dish. Though it had done some cleanup afterward, making the poor woman think she'd just been dreaming, she'd still been so badly frightened that she'd lost her mind and had to take leave and run home.
At the same time, rumors that the manor was haunted had started spreading.
Annie knew the truth, of course, so she naturally had to teach that bear a lesson it wouldn't forget. There was no question about it.
(...)
(￢￢.)
And yet...
On this bright, sunny day, in broad daylight, for some reason, a group of people had impatiently and recklessly climbed over the wall into the woods in the rear garden of her manor. They were now stealthily making their way toward her residence at high speed.
"..."
(~)
Annie, who had just gotten up and was eating what counted as both