(o▽)o You Should've Said You Wanted It Earlier
"!!"
Hearing Annie say that, Villabell felt a rush of blood surge to his head. The veins at his temples visibly throbbed, completely beyond his control.
"You..."
"You—you really ate nine of them?!"
As he demanded an answer, he seemed to have finally realized something.
At last, he understood why his team had searched so hard for the past two days and still hadn't found so much as a single feather.
So it turned out that the ironfall birds had nearly been wiped out because of this little brat in front of him?!
Nine ironfall birds were enough to qualify nine teams!
Even if nothing else, if she'd carefully saved one—say, until now—and then given it to his team, he, Villabell, would have been grateful and sworn to protect her with his life until the sunset exam ended. There was no doubt about that!
"That's right!"
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Annie, however, seemed completely unaware of his anger or whatever he was thinking. Instead, she nodded her little head emphatically and shared her culinary insights with utmost seriousness and adorable enthusiasm:
"You've gotta admit, they're pretty tasty when roasted!"
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"The meat isn't all that tender, but it really does taste good, and it's nice and chewy, too..."
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Yes, it really was chewy—so tough that she'd almost been unable to bite through it.
But regardless, neither she, Auntie Moli, nor Uncle Lei As wanted to eat it a second time.
The stuff wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't a delicacy!
"You—"
"Enough!!!"
At last, Villabell roared, cutting off Annie's food review. He was afraid that if he listened any longer, he might lose control and smack the brat's head to pieces.
"Enough with the nonsense!"
"Quick!"
"Hand over the ironfall birds!"
Suppressing his