"Mm, go home first! Don't come out late at night unless you have to in the future!"
Akame glanced at her and replied expressionlessly.
For her sake, she had disobeyed Lord Durandal's orders. Though she would make up for it immediately.
"Mm-hmm, I won't ever do it again. Um... how about coming home with me? I want to thank you for saving my life..."
"That won't be necessary. I won't see you off either—I have things to do. Farewell!" With that, she decisively turned and left, ignoring the girl as she ran back the way she had come.
Fortunately, Zank had not gone far. Akame found him again before long, but this time she did not act rashly. After sending a signal to Lord Durandal, Akame began carefully following Zank from the shadows.
Found Zank?
Upon receiving Akame's message, Durandal finally took the matter somewhat seriously. She told Akame to keep following him, then summoned every member of the Blade of Immortality except Akame.
Next, she would devise a plan called Operation Cat Catch!
Since this was merely for her own selfish desires, Durandal worried that the girls she had trained would not take it seriously. So she made a promise... whoever caught the target "cat" could make one reasonable request of Durandal or Rita.
The girls whose task of finding Zank had been snatched away by Akame immediately regained their confidence and enthusiasm.
They had to be the first to catch the "cat"!
This reward was even more enticing than Rita's desserts. Although none of them could refuse Teacher Rita's desserts, being able to ask for whatever they wanted was naturally even more exciting.
Even Akame was the same. Although she had been the first to find Zank, if she caught the "cat" too, she could give all