afternoon......
Due to some indescribable force majeure factors, little Annie is now 'forced' to leave home and go out for entertainment and recreation. She is prepared to stay outside for a whole day, and then sneak back quietly at night when everyone else is asleep. Or simply play outside all night and go back to sleep on your own until tomorrow morning?
But, now it seems that she may be more likely to go back at night...
Because Annie discovered that the Academy City outside is now in a mess. More than half of the shops are not open, and there are very few pedestrians on the streets, shops or shopping malls. The whole city is still in the process of post-disaster reconstruction and order restoration. The city in the city seemed very depressed and deserted. No one wanted to wander around the ruined streets outside when engineering rescue teams were everywhere doing construction work, so there was really nothing fun to do.
"Uh-huh..."
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There was basically no suspense. Little Annie, who was out playing, secretly found a place to enjoy delicious food by herself outside, happily turning on the small stove.
No one here recognized her as the dangerous terrorist who was still wanted, although she was only slightly disguised. She just changed into a small skirt that she rarely wore, and then wore a hat. The fashionable little hat made her dress style much different from the past. Even so, she was not easily recognized by others.
In addition, the identity card she uses is a new 'legal' identity created by the chubby robot. Generally, people who are not familiar with her or have never seen her in person will definitely not think of her as a smart, well-behaved and cute person. The little girl is associated with the evil 'terrorists' on TV news who are deliberately and excessively vilified for the sake of publicity.
"Uh huh huh..."
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Little Annie, who was eating, was now very satisfied with the food in this restaurant.
Of course, this doesn't mean how much she likes it here or how delicious the food here is. In fact, it's just because the food and soup here are cooked, not like those everywhere on the street. Those shabby shops specializing in sashimi and bibimbap are just selling half-cooked stuff.
Moreover, the food here is much better than the dark cuisine in their 'secret base' that only pursues 'quantity' but not 'quality'! Therefore, even though the taste here is not that good, she does feel quite satisfied despite the comparison and harm.
"boss!"
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"Did you see, I've finished eating this fish? Hurry up and bring me another one..."
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Little Annie skillfully used the thing called chopsticks to pick up the wild large yellow croaker, which she had eaten until all that was left was a fish head and a body of fish bones, and then waved to signal to the counter in the distance that the business had been slow recently. The boss, who was already dozing off, quickly steamed up another one for himself.
Although the steamed sea fish and so on here are more than a little inferior to the steamed lake fish and so on she ate at Uncle Li Gongfu's house in Qiantang County... But now in this seriously polluted earth, as long as others She can eat food, as long as it is the kind of food that is not poisonous to ordinary people on earth, she will not be too picky about it.
"Huh?!"
Σ(°△°)
However, soon, little Annie's raised hand slowly lowered it.
Because she suddenly discovered that the originally noisy sounds around her began to gradually become quieter? Then, the whole world gradually became quiet, as if a certain area around her was instantly covered and isolated by an invisible glass cover?
"..."
(ー`??ー)
"Hey! Red-haired bad guy, you must be here to cause trouble again, right? Come out quickly, I saw you! You said you are such a big man, why do you like to play hide and seek so much? Where’s the game?!”
(lll￢ω￢)
Needless to say, little Annie, who has seen this situation several times, knew immediately without the reminder of her little bear Tibbers or using her huge mental power to investigate: This kind of situation is now In this case, it is definitely the 'good deed' done by some bad guy who wears earrings, dyes his hair, and also likes to smoke.
Because, apart from the 'idler dispelling' magic that is very similar to the 'Muggle banishing spell' of the bad guy rune magician Steele who calls himself a 'genius', the only thing that can produce the effect in front of him is There must be no other possibility.
"I'll say it again..."
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"If you have anything to say, come out and say it. After you say it, leave as soon as possible. Don't hinder others from eating! Otherwise, be careful, they will set you on fire later!!"
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Although she didn't know why the so-called 'genius' flame magician dared to provoke her easily after knowing a little bit about her own strength, but little Annie said that since she was in a pretty good mood now, if the other party didn't mean it If he came to find fault, maybe she would forgive him easily and generously?
After all, fighting all day long is actually quite boring when you think about it...
As for her who had just saved the world a few days ago and was a little tired, she really didn't want to do the useless good thing of fighting bad guys again so soon. She had to take a break first. God, wait until you have nothing to do before you think about that kind of thing.
"..."
Finally, under the little girl's unabashed threat, the figure of the 'genius' magician Steele walked out from a corner of the restaurant that no one noticed.
However, Steele did not speak in a hurry. Instead, he walked step by step towards the little girl's semi-enclosed box table from a distance. He did not stop until he came to stand in front of the other party's table. They politely performed a ritual toward the other party that was reserved for mages on their magic side.
It was not easy for him, Steele, to appear here, because he had to wait outside the mansion protected by strange magic for three full days before he finally caught the must-have in front of him. A great opportunity to have one-on-one close contact with the little girl.
"Huh?!"
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"When did you, a naive guy, become so polite again? I clearly remember that last time you broke into other girls' dormitories without saying a word and wanted to do such bad things!!"
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Little Annie didn't want to talk about the other party dyeing their hair, getting earrings, smoking, and tattooing payment codes on their cheeks, things that only dirty gangsters would do. But, the other party was there last time. She still clearly remembers the incident of running into the girls' dormitory in the middle of the night to do bad things, and the last time she went to peek near the swimming pool of the girls' middle school. Even if the other party wanted to deny it, it was useless!
So, don't think that she has forgotten those things because she once fought alongside them. Anyway, the guy in front of her is undoubtedly the kind of bad guy according to her Queen Anne label! It's just that the other party is not bad enough yet to the extent that it must be burned in time to avoid harming society.
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"..."
"Hello, Your Majesty the Grand Magician Anne Hastur!"
"Stiyl Magnus, a priest and rune magician belonging to the Church of Necessary Evil, the Zeroth Holy Parish of the English Puritan Church, and specializing in flames, sends his regards to you!"
After standing in front of the other party, bowing and looking at him for a while, Steele, who ignored the other party's teasing words, slowly said what he had been thinking about for a long time. . He was afraid that the other party had found out his own details a long time ago, so he simply didn't hide it at all, he just told it openly and bowed his head slightly again.
Although he acted calmly, Steele was undoubtedly in a very uneasy mood at this moment...
Because, if Aleister Crowley, the Prime Minister of Academy City, had not explained it to him three days ago, I am afraid that he and Kanzaki would not have recognized the flame in front of them that claimed to be LV5. The cunning little girl who controls superpowers should think about their magical side, right?
"scare?!"
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"that……"
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"Steele, the bad-ass magician who is not good at learning, were you just... were you talking to me just now? That big mess of a magician, couldn't you be talking about me?!"
o(??⊙ω⊙`)o
The first time he looked around him, he found that the other party had used the little trick of 'dispersing idlers' to completely block out the sounds and attention coming from outside. The spell was still in effect, and he confirmed that he was following him at the moment. The other two were not affected, and after confirming that the other party was really talking to her, little Annie blinked her big green eyes, looking at the calm face of the other party with innocent and ignorant eyes. He looked straight at him with a determined face.
Anne said that she was pretending to be surprised that she didn't understand what the other person was saying...
Anyway, she would definitely not admit to being the 'Arcane Magician', because, to be precise, she, Queen Anne, should be: 'Her Excellency Anne Hastur, the Archmage of the Arcane'. That's not the case. What a mess of a great magician!
(…)
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"..."
Steele still had that calm look on his face, and it was obvious that he didn't believe what the little girl said.
"Although, if you refuse to admit it to death, there is nothing I can do, but we have actually investigated clearly..."
"In fact, we all already know that the so-called LV5 flame control ability is just an excuse for you to hide your identity. From the beginning to the end, there is no flame control ability at all. What you use is actually fire magic. But your superb spell-casting skills have completely eliminated the need for catalysts, spells or runes, and have reached the level of silent casting similar to 'superpowers'."
"Am I right? This is the Great Magician Anne?"
A few days ago, after passing Prime Minister Aleister's explanation in the 'windowless building', Steele finally fully understood all the doubts he had before, and finally understood what was going on at that time. Why did this little girl tell herself such nonsense about the so-called 'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry' in London, England...
It turns out that the root cause of the matter is like this...
This is undeniable. The cunning and cunning little girl in front of me is not Academy City's most powerful LV5 flame control superpower at all, nor is it a force that belongs to the science side. , but a complete ambush hidden in Academy City, using magic to impersonate the super power of flame control, and pretending to be decent, almost completely deceiving him, Stiyl Magnus, the 'genius' Flame The 'Grand Magician' of the Rune Magicians?
"..."
(lll￢ω￢)
Although she didn't know how the other party found out, and although the other party's reason was far-fetched, when little Annie heard this and saw the other party's eyes, she had to regretfully find that it seemed that she had pretended to be so good. A perfect disguise, but the other party accidentally saw through it?
"All right……"
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"So, this incredible priest and rune magician, His Excellency Stiyl Magnus, who specializes in flames, I don't know why you came here today to talk to me, the 'great magician'. matter?!"
o(??˙︶˙??)o
Little Annie would not tell the other party that she was not an ordinary great magician, but a most, most, most, most, most, most powerful arcane magician. The other party did not even dare to think about it. Hundreds of The kind of supreme existence that can never be achieved in a lifetime!
It's just that she has always been modest, studious, diligent and prudent, and doesn't like publicity, so she doesn't bother to advertise her various abilities to everyone. At most, she only talks about it occasionally, casually?
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(For a bad little mistress who only knows how to eat, sleep, play and have fun all day long, Tibbers is a little confused. How on earth can she have the nerve to use such modified compliments as 'humble, studious, diligent and prudent'? Don't you think it's a shame to put the words on her own face? Don't think that Tibbs wouldn't know if she was just thinking about it in her heart and didn't say it out loud. Anyway, Tibbs was worried about this. Expressing disdain and extreme contempt!)
Plop! !
The next second, without waiting for a certain 'genius' rune flame magician named Steele to say something else, little Annie grabbed the bad bear that had been placed on her knees as a tablecloth, threw it into the soup pot, and directly After closing the bright iron lid and pressing the heating button on the table, she clapped her hands and looked at the bad boy magician who was shocked by her nonsensical behavior. .
"alright!"
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"That... Magician Stiyl, what did we talk about just now? Oh! By the way, you haven't said anything yet. I was just asking, what is the reason why you came to see me today?"
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Little Annie said that if a bear or something like that is not doing its job, if it is thrown into a pot and boiled, then picked up and burned, it will definitely become cleaner and more honest. Therefore, now she can safely talk to the red-haired person in front of her. The guy talks about business, and he ensures that there won't be any annoying bad things nagging in his ears or thinking about some hateful thoughts that he thinks she won't notice.
"You're not here specifically to expose me, are you?"
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If that's really the case, maybe she can consider giving the other party a 'forget-it-all', or she can be ruthless and kill the person to block the news or something, like burning the other party to ashes with a fireball?
"..."
Steele opened his mouth and originally wanted to ask the other party why he threw a stuffed toy bear into the soup pot to heat. After all, he closed his mouth wisely, not prepared to let the other party seem to be in a good mood. When it's time to waste time and provoke the other party.
Because no matter why the other party did what he did, that kind of thing was not something he should ask or care about. It would be better for him to complete today's task first.
"Is such that……"
"Aleister Crowley, the General Secretary of Academy City, hopes that Grand Magician Anne can meet with him in person at a convenient time. He plans to communicate with you privately about some matters?"
"This is a task he assigned to me three days ago. However, due to various reasons, this invitation can only be conveyed to you now."
Now that I think about it, Steele also understands a little bit more...
No wonder he felt strange before, why Index used those forbidden magic books and the "one hundred and three thousand magic books" to cast spells that he didn't even recognize, and why he couldn't even get in. It turns out that the truth is that the little guy in front of me is secretly doing this?
However, from this point on, Steele also had to admit the other party's superb skills, because it is extremely dangerous to change the magic array and spells at will, and the other party could do it so covertly that he never thought it was the other party. The reason is really amazing!
If you think about all the changes that happened to Index after meeting her...
All these things made him even more shocked by the abilities of the little girl in front of him!
Speaking of which, things about Index and the things about her that were different from ordinary people had caused him and Kanzaki to worry for more than two years. However, those problems that made him and Aureos helpless, But I don't know when, the little girl in front of me was quietly eliminated, and Index was transformed from a 'Catalogue of Magical Books that cannot use magic' to a person who remembers 'one hundred and three thousand books'. The magic master of the Grimoire is indeed very admirable.
"This is the letter he asked me to deliver. Could you please read it?"
After thinking about it, Steele breathed a sigh of relief and looked inexplicably. He took out a volume from his pocket that only magicians like them could write, recording voice and text messages, but only for specific people. Before going to open the parchment letter.
"Aleister Crowley..."
(??ΘωΘ`)
"It should be the guy who hides in that strange building all day long, and then likes to hang himself upside down and soak himself in bottles and jars, right?"
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Hearing what the bad guy Steele said and looking at the strange envelope in front of her, little Annie quickly thought of who the person he was talking about could be.
"Yes……"
Steele nodded, feeling a little confused.
"Have you met His Excellency the Prime Minister?"
So, he thought about it, and after hesitating for a while, he felt that it was okay to ask about this kind of thing, so he asked.
"No!"
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"..."
Hearing the other party's crisp reply that didn't seem to be fake, Steele wisely shut up.
He finally knew why Prime Minister Aleister was so cautious about this little girl. Now look, the other party knew about that kind of thing before entering that 'windowless building' , and knowing the current situation of Prime Minister Aleister, it makes people think deeply and fearfully.
But these matters have nothing to do with him, Stiyl. After making sure that Index would be fine, and after conveying the Prime Minister's intention to meet, it was time for him and Kanzaki to leave Academy City and return to London. , I won’t stay here in Academy City, where the situation seems to be getting more and more complex on the scientific side.
"Hey! Do you have anything else to do?"
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After glancing at the volume of letters on the table, little Annie, who could read what was written inside without opening it, raised her head and looked at the bad-ass magician with dyed hair again.
Originally, she thought about it for a while before going to trouble the bad guy leader, but now, since the other party no longer wants to continue playing with her, and since the other party has seen through her identity, which was not well disguised in the first place, she is almost It's time to meet the bad guy!
Of course, she was not in a hurry for the meeting, because at least she should have a hearty meal here first, and then after eating and drinking, she would definitely go if she was free and free. Take a trip! However, before that, the first thing she had to do was to get rid of the eyesore named Steele in front of her!
Because the 'dispersing idlers' spell used by the other party has seriously affected her ordering. If the other party doesn't go away quickly, she might throw him into the pot with her family. Bad Bear Tibbs is soaking in the soup together!
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(??????????)←Innocent little eyes
↑Weak, pitiful and helpless...
"there is none left……"
"Today's mission has been completed, so I'll take my leave now. Goodbye, Your Excellency, Grand Magician Anne!"
After seeing the undisguised look of impatience on the other person's face, Steele, who knew what it meant, bowed again knowingly and then carefully turned around and left.
Although he still had many questions in his mind and wanted to ask some things about Index, considering that the other party was not his friend of Stiyl, and that the other party was probably a person who was more powerful than him, even It could also be a terrifying existence comparable to Chairman Aleister, so in the end, he did nothing more than quickly turn around and leave and remove the 'idler dispelling' spell.
"..."
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"boss!"
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"Hurry up and bring me another fish..."
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After seeing that the other party was quickly dismissed by her, little Annie immediately began to summon delicious food.
Anne doesn't want to care about Aleister or anything like that. Now she just wants to fill her belly first. Other less important things can wait for now! Because only when she is full will she have the strength to think about other things, such as insignificant things like picking up a pregnant bear from the soup pot and wringing it out and boiling it clean?
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