She hadn't expected those citizens to be so aggressive, to travel all that distance to make trouble at her place, and even to threaten to throw sulfuric acid on her.
"Is there anything more important than your matters?"
Adam Jones's face was cold, and he huffed, his eye corners filled with displeasure.
Yet the words that had slipped from his lips caused Elly Campbell's heart to tremor suddenly, prompting her to look back at him once more.
Seeing that the anger in his eyes hadn't subsided, she seemed not to be as afraid of him.
She pursed her lips, holding back a smile, and tugged on the hem of his shirt, softening her stance as she said,
"Next time something like this happens, should I tell you right away?"
Adam Jones looked at the faint smile in her eyes. With a tsundere huff, he then pinched her chin a bit too forcefully like a punishment, and said sternly,
"You want there to be a next time? You think this time wasn't enough to scare me to death, is that it?"
