Chapter 3042: Fire Shines on the Dark Clouds—Ran Into a Few Monkeys
In short, Annie's second go-round at Hogwarts—her life as a first-year witch—had finally come to a happy end!
After the holidays began, she didn't return to the island and castle she'd made, which was like something out of a fairy tale and home to lots of pretty Veela maids. She didn't go back to take care of any business, either. On the very day she left school for the holidays, she left that plane and plunged straight into another world, where she began wandering around a remote mountain.
Annie didn't know what kind of world she'd landed in this time, and she didn't care to find out.
Anyway, all she knew was that she seemed to be in a vast, remote forest. The mountains stretched before her like a magnificent, finely detailed landscape painting, spread across the heavens and earth.
As far as the eye could see, countless ravines crisscrossed the mountains, their streams rushing without end like the most rousing melody of nature, each telling tales of ages past. The thousand cliffs and precipices, meanwhile, displayed their unique forms in a dazzling contest, showing off the rugged splendor of the world.
Deep in the mountains, birdsong rang out, clear and melodious, though the birds themselves were nowhere to be seen. Their unseen calls lent the place an air of mystery and serenity. Along a narrow path by a mountain stream—one apparently made by some person or other creature—wildflowers had quietly withered. Yet even as they fell and turned to mud, their fragrance lingered on the branches, making Annie feel a little better as she walked among them.
"Hee-hee-hee~"
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Annie had arrived at just the right time. It was right after the rain, and the sky was