Liar Little Miss Annise

Current location――the ruins of Ringland Village.

“Teyaahhhhhhh!!”

Rin, wearing her usual maid outfit, charges at me with the tip of a dagger aimed at me.

It’s not that Rin, freed by the dissolution of her slave contract, is venting years of frustration――that’s not it.

If that were the case, I’m sure I’d be so shocked my heart would stop.

“(No――it’s already stopped, though.)”

This isn’t a tangle of lust or jealousy.

It’s a mock battle for Rin’s combat training.

So I step aside, twist my body, and avoid Rin’s charge.

“Not yet!”

Rin’s lunge misses; she lands and bounces like...