"At the time..."
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(゜︶゜)
"I was thinking, those three witnesses were being kept in the Heavenly Court Inspection Bureau's prison. What if someone used them to say something bad about us? Wouldn't that be a huge hassle?"
(*︶*)..
"So that very night, while it was dark and windy, I sneaked into that Inspectorate prison and took care of them!"
() Hehe
Annie spoke so casually, as if she had done something completely trivial.
"!!"
"W-what?!"
But when Lin Daiyu heard that, her face changed abruptly.
She sprang up from her bamboo chair, horror written across her face, her voice turning shrill with shock.
"Master!"
"W-was what you just said true?"
"Did you really go to the Heavenly Court Inspection Bureau's prison... and break, break the prisoners out?!"
Tanchun, sitting nearby, also gasped. The teacup she had just lifted nearly slipped from her hands. She stared at Daiyu, eyes wide with disbelief.
"No way!"
"At a time like this?"
"On the very night Consort Yuan came to visit her family?!"
"Oh my god—!"
Remembering what Daiyu had told her two days ago, and thinking about what this troublesome little girl immortal had done, Tanchun instantly felt her scalp tingle. She had a sinking feeling that things were about to get bad.
After all, Annie could have done it at any time, but she had chosen that very night—after Consort Yuan told them something. That made the whole thing much more serious.
"Goodness!"
∠("∠)＿
Annie, however, didn't seem to care at all. Still smiling, she waved her hand and leisurely blew the steam off her hot tea.
Then she even took the time to correct them:
"You've got it all wrong. That wasn't breaking anyone out!"
o(^｀)o
"I just sneaked in for a look around and happened to send those three