Super Detective in the Fictional World

pped Annie off at her cabin so that she could put on the swimsuit, and they wound up dawdling for half an hour.

When Annie finally came out, she blushed at the way Luke stared at her.
“What’s wrong? It doesn’t look good?”

Luke chuckled.
“It’s very pretty and suits you; it would be nice if it was smaller though.”

Annie: “Pooh!”

A while later, Annie was lying on the deck chair while Luke rubbed the oil on her back.
Feeling comfortable, she turned her head and said, “This feels really nice.”

Luke chuckled but didn’t say anything.

He, too, felt it was quite nice.

Annie’s legs were smooth and fair, except for a few uneven dots on the back.

Clearly, she had shaved during that half-hour delay in her room.

Everywhere else was clean, but she had missed a few spots on the back.

They didn’t eclipse her beauty, however.

What could Luke say, when she had tried so hard? He could only meticulously and conscientiously finish rubbing the oil over her.

He couldn’t be any more satisfied as the skin under his hands felt even smoother with the suntan oil.

Suddenly, there was the vague sound of a dog barking.
Luke turned his head and saw a group of teenagers horsing around close to the couple from the Cherokee.

A big dog which the kids had with them ran over to the couple, who were sunbathing, and barked loudly at them.

Luke frowned.

The couple were quite friendly, but those had to be the brats from the town down the mountain whom Annie had mentioned earlier.

And it was clear that those unruly kids were the problem now.

It was extremely ill-bred to walk a dog without a leash, particularly when the dog was a rottweiler instead of a small breed.

It might be loyal to its owner and could keep the kids company, but it could be dangerous to strangers.
It was poor behavior to bring such a big dog out to a place with strangers without putting a leash on it.

Furthermore, the dog had been barking for quite a while, but the kids showed no signs of restraining it at all.

Luke had hated people like this the most in his previous life.

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They rushed out to protect their darling dog at all costs, but only after the other party was driven to clash with the dog because they were frightened by it.

If those people loved their dog so much, why didn’t they do something earlier?

Annie raised her head.
She sensed that Luke’s hands had stopped, and she heard a dog barking.

Turning her head and looking at the opposite side of the lake, she cursed.
“It’s those brats and that dog again.”

Luke hummed a response and picked up the suntan oil again.
“What’s wrong with the dog?” Annie lay down and complained, “I like dogs too.
I have a labrador and a beagle back at home, but they’re not as nasty as this one.”

Luke understood very well.

Labradors were easier to train and pretty obedient, while beagles liked human company and were fond of barking.

Since Annie kept a beagle, it couldn’t be the barking that she was unhappy about.

As Luke expected, Annie went on, “The dog isn’t the problem.
It’s because its owner didn’t train it when it was young, and let it act hostile toward strangers.
That’s a bad habit.
The dog isn’t bred for hunting; do they have to train it to be so fierce?”