[ With how hard Hilda rolls her eyes she may as well have seen the back of her head. That's the last time she ever worries about the state of his skin.

The defiance in her voice still lingers but she still manages to sound innocent. ]

Hear things? From who? [ She can immediately rule out Claude. There's no way he'd ever do that to her. In fact, he'd be in on the scheming and the favours if he isn't the one who had instigated it first. ] The books weren't even that bad! You can't tell me you didn't charm the librarian into just taking them back.

[ But she huffs, finally relenting. She brandishes the snacks at him again. ] Okay, fine. Just because you caught me on a good day I'll chase the goose with you. You're getting off easy this time, Sylvain. You're lucky I think you're cute.