Chapter 1040 ヽ(ヽ `Д′)┌┛★)`з゜) Let You Run Out to Be Scary!

While smiling sweetly, little Annie, who was wearing a blue and white thick fur winter dress, stood up to the one in front of her, who was wearing a thin linen smock with the same dirty apron outside, her feet were bare and her hair was red from the cold Her face was covered with trivial snowflakes, and she was gloomy, looking at her "little match girl" with half drooping eyelids.

Annie is not afraid of the other party, in fact, it doesn't matter what the "little match girl" or the devil from hell, in this endless world of planes, it seems that it is really necessary to find something that can scare her Not too easy?

'Selling matches...'

'Long and bright matches...'

The little girl was still talking with her lips that were purple with cold and that gloomy tone.

There was an inexplicable light in her eyes, staring fixedly at a gorgeously dressed guy who had stood in front of her, but for some reason, there was no trace of fear on his face, only curiosity and laughter.

"Of course I want to buy it!"

(*^▽^*)

"Tell me, how do you sell these matches in your family?"

?(??°?つ??°)?

Walking up to the other party, completely ignoring the other party's horrible eyes, dead-like sullen tone and purple face, Little Annie looked at the other party up and down again, and turned her attention He put all his strength on the matches held in the opponent's hand.

Although she has never played with matches, but now that she is full and has nothing to do, she really wants to study, what kind of things can this little guy in front of her do?

'...'

'A match costs a crown...'

Finally, trembling, the little match girl told the price.

And this price is obviously very expensive, because one kroner is equal to one hundred ohms, and a piece of fire color is almost one ohms at most, but, for some reason, this little girl actually yelled out such an outrageous price? If it were a normal situation, such as during the day, at such a price, the people in the town would definitely yell at them and then walk away. No one wants to be taken advantage of by buying it at a hundred times the price. A makeshift match to kindle a fire!

"One crown..."

(ー`′ー)

Annie didn't know how much a kroner was,

I don't know whether the price is expensive or not. Anyway, she never regards money as money. She has tons of gold fighters in her pocket and weighs tons of them. She pretends to fumble in her pocket without thinking about it.

"Here!"

(?`▽′?)??

"Here! This is a gold coin, but it must be worth more than one kroner! So, hurry up and change, and they will only buy a match!"

?(ψ｀▽′)o—

After speaking, after stuffing the golden gold coin into the empty and cold palm of the other party, Anne carelessly took out a match from the other hand and began to study it a little strangely. stand up.

Thinking about it seriously, since Anne started setting fire when she was two years old, she has almost never thought about how other people start fires, and she has never played with matches, so for this kind of fire that is said to emit small peacock flames The wooden stick, she is quite rare.

'...'

Looking at the golden and heavy flat coin in the palm of her hand, the little match seller couldn't help but froze for a moment.

'...'

‘I can’t seem to find it, you can buy some more…”

One gold coin can buy a stick of fire, and the little girl who sells matches obviously has no way to find them, so a certain light in her eyes flickered, and then she continued to speak sullenly.

You know, if she had enough change for a gold coin, she wouldn't have to sell matches anymore! In fact, let alone one now, even if she gave the other party all the matches on her body, even if they were all calculated on the basis of one crown, she might not be able to find them.

"don't want!"

o('^')o

"I don't want to buy so many, I just want to buy one! You can change the money slowly, anyway, I'm not in a hurry, I'm just here to watch you look for it!"

(????-)?

After studying the match in her hand and finding that it didn't seem to be anything special, or something that made her feel strange, little Annie smiled and smiled at the other party with a playful wink.

'...'

The little match girl didn't speak, but began to raise her purple and black lips, dilated eye sockets, which looked like a deep sunken horrible face, staring at the strange face in front of her. guy.

"What's wrong?"

Σ(⊙ω⊙`)?

What's so great about staring?

Therefore, Annie, who didn't love the other party at all, and didn't have any fear, asked curiously, while staring back at the dead face of the other party as a matter of course.

'...'

'No! You must buy more today! '

After staring for a while, she found that the other party did not compromise, and did not rush to buy more matches and leave like others. The little girl had no choice but to use that gloomy expression again, but for some reason, she began to tremble a little. Gritting his teeth in a tone of voice.

"Eh?"

o(′▽｀)o?

"Why do you want to buy more? People just want to buy one for fun today, so they just don't buy more!"

(????-)?

"Hurry up! Change the money!!"

?(?ˉ??ˉ?)o—

After continuing to pretend to be stupid and flaunting her cuteness to the other party, Little Annie waved the match she had already obtained while continuing to urge her without any haste.

Anyway, Her Lady Queen Anne has plenty of time now, and she is not in a hurry to find a place to sleep, so, as long as the other party honestly gives me change, it doesn't matter even if it takes a long time, because she definitely won't mind of.

'...'

'Aren't you afraid of me? '

After struggling for a while, the little match seller seemed to be unbearable, and stepped forward hesitantly, getting a little closer to the other party, then raised her head slightly, and used her disheveled dead man who thought she could scare countless people. Face to face with each other to stare at each other.

"??"

"It's strange, people are looking for you to buy matches, why are they afraid of you?"

ヽ(゜Q.)ノ?

'strangeness……'

'You...you haven't heard the story of the little match girl? Are you really not afraid of me? ! '

Gradually, the little girl's voice gradually trembled a little, and even her body trembled. Anyway, she was no longer the kind of secretly smug tone that she thought she could control everything like before.

"The little match girl?"

∑('△')? !

"It seems that a guy told someone before, but he left before he finished listening! But, aren't you just a little girl selling matches? People don't think you have anything to be afraid of, although you see It looks kind of dirty and weird..."

o(?????)o

If the weird guy in front of him thinks he is wearing a thin and tattered linen smock, a ragged apron, with disheveled hair, blackened eye sockets and purple lips, pretending to be a dead person, and he does not hesitate to stand barefoot in the snow At night, if you can even frighten Her Lady Queen Anne by speaking in such a gloomy tone, then you really missed your point!

(…)

(●￣(?)￣●)

'you! '

'Aren't you from our town? ! '

Finally, after hearing what Annie said, the little match seller was taken aback for a moment, and then asked in a slightly normal tone of exclamation for the first time.

"Of course not!"

(????-)?

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll just buy a match, hurry up and change your money!!"

?(?`▽′?)o—?

Crack!

After finishing speaking, little Annie stretched out her hand, and lightly stroked the ordinary-looking match on the wall, and then a small cluster of pale yellow flames began to ignite on the long straight stick, making the The fire light slightly illuminated the corner of this cold and dark street.

'ah! ! '

'Ah~ sneeze! ! '

Finally, after listening to Annie's words, the little match girl couldn't help but sneezed! Apparently, she seemed to have been froze, and her two little red and purple feet began to tremble uncontrollably and stomped on the spot. It must be uncomfortable to stand barefoot in the snow of.

"you!"

"I, I won't sell it!"

Hearing that the other party is not from this town, and he is not afraid of himself, nor has he heard the story of the "little match girl" circulating in their town, there is no way, the little match girl in front of him has no choice but to While stomping his feet and breathing heavily, with a runny nose, he tremblingly handed back the golden coin in his hand.

"How can that be?"

(灬oωo灬)

"Look, I've crossed out all the matches, and it's too late to return them now, so stop talking nonsense and get your change quickly!!"

o(??ω??)o—?

Stretching out the gradually extinguished matchstick, and gestured towards the other party, little Annie smiled triumphantly.

mock up!

A guy like that dared to run out to scare Her Lady Queen Anne, not to mention that the other party was a cunning fake undead, even if it was a real undead and wraith, she would not be afraid!

(…)

(●￣(?)￣●)

(Tibbers didn't know what to say about his little master's bad taste. Sure enough, he was still idle after all because he was full!)

"you!!"

"I, I won't sell it!"

It turns out that the other party has already discovered it? Surprised, the "little match girl" who didn't know what went wrong with her, returned the gold coin to the other party, and hurriedly took two steps back while saying bitterly.

"That match will be given to you!"

‘Ah~ Ahh~! '

After finishing speaking, the little girl who sneezed again didn't care what the other party was thinking, just cared about her feet that were so blue from the cold, and hurried to the trash can in the corner beside her, and quickly She rummaged through and found her cotton coat and shoes, and quickly put them on.

She really couldn't stand it anymore, after all, no one had ever dared to pester her for so long like the hateful outsider who was not afraid of her, and he was still in this icy and snowy night street! In the past, those idiot adults, didn't they honestly pay her and then take the matches and flee for their lives?

So, she just stood in the snow with so little clothes and bare feet for a long time, and she was really froze.

"..."

(?`▽′?)?? Crack!

'Ouch! ! '

The little girl who had just had time to put on her cotton shoes and cotton padded jacket let out a cry of pain before she could recover! It turned out that it was Annie who came over and gave her a severe blow to the head on her disheveled blonde curly hair, so she had to hold her head and squat down in pain.

"snort!"

o(`^′)o hum!

"You cunning stupid guy, do you usually deceive others like this?!"

?(ヽ`д′)╭?(ó﹏ò?)

Apparently, Annie had already seen through that the other party was a fake. Maybe it was this kind of clever ghost who spread the terrible legend on purpose? Then, the other party is so good at deceiving others that they have to spend a high price to buy those boring matches, and they dare not bargain, and then let others not care about other things, and rush home after buying?

"Woooo..."

"it hurts……"

"I really just wanted to tease you just now..."

The little girl won't tell the other party that she has already made a lot of money by this method, and she has never revealed her secrets! But who knew that the guy I met tonight was not fooled, and he was an outsider who didn't understand the horror of the "little match girl"?

"Is it really just a joke?"

(?╭╮?)

"!!"

"I also want to earn some pocket money by the way..."

Under Annie's terrifying eyes, there was no other way, and the "little match girl" had no choice but to honestly tell her purpose.

Her father is a tailor, and so is her mother, so they are usually very busy and don't care about her very much. So, at some point, her little brain suddenly had an idea, and she thought of such a thing that she didn't have to beg her parents for. Money is also a great way to get your own pocket money to buy delicious things!

Every time, she used the shabby fabrics hidden at home and then slipped out while her parents were asleep, and she always managed to fool one or two people before returning with a full load...But unexpectedly, she fell down on the iron plate today On the road, met a bold outsider?

"snort!"

(?????)

"Tell me, how many people have you deceived with this method? No one will see you through?!"

?(?ˉ?~ˉ?)o

Annie wasn't angry, she was just curious.

Anyway, she really wanted to know how many people this clever little ghost had cheated with this interesting method? I also want to know, is there anyone who sees through the other party like myself during the period, and then beats the other party severely?

"There really aren't that many..."

The little girl was a little evasive, apparently not intending to tell the truth.

"How many are there?!"

s(?｀ヘ′?;)ゞ

"!!"

"Most, at most a dozen! Really! I lied to you as a puppy!!"

She was going to tell a little lie, but when she saw the fierce eyes of the other party, she felt that she was a little shorter than the other party, and she knew that she was wronged, and she probably couldn't beat the other party, so she hurriedly added.

"..."

(?`╭╮′?)?? Crack!

"more than ten!"

"Still proud, right? They're so stupid, none of them saw you through?!"

(?╭╮?)

After rewarding the other party with a brainstorm, and completely suppressing the other party's momentum, Little Annie continued to ask the question she had just asked.

"Woo..."

"These guys are all frightened directly, how can there be anyone like you just now?"

Thinking of those adults who cowered when they met her and had to bravely buy some matches and then run away, the corner of the little girl's mouth raised an unrecognizable arc of pride.

Until now, the little girl still doesn't feel that she has done anything wrong. She just thinks that the only thing she did wrong is that she chose a target person who is not afraid of her and doesn't understand the scary legend in their town. ?

"Humph!"

(.-`ω'-)

"Little guy, you must have been frozen, right? You asked for it yourself! Here, return this gold coin to you, and show me the way. Where is the best hotel in your town?"

s(??ˇεˇ??)ゞ

After figuring out the reason and tossing the other party hard, little Annie, who didn't plan to continue playing with the other party in this kind of ice and snow, suddenly felt a little sleepy, so she didn't plan to continue to stay outside at night. In the icy and snowy streets, she just wanted to find a comfortable place to have a good night's rest.

As for what to do and where to go tomorrow, we can only talk about it tomorrow. Annie doesn't want to rush to think about such troublesome things now.

"!!"

"You... you really want to give it to me?"

After being teased by the other party for a long time in the icy and snowy night street, she was terribly frozen, and finally got beaten twice. The little girl who thought that today might be her unlucky day saw the gold coin handed over by the other party again, While his eyes were shining, he asked in disbelief.

You know, this is a gold coin...

Although, she didn't know which country's gold coin it was, but she only knew that it was heavy in her hand, and it must be very valuable. Lots and lots of delicious food!

For her who knew the importance of money very early, such a gold coin can at least be worth her pocket money for several years, or even far more?

"If you don't say it, I will beat you again!"

?(ψ??╭╮ˇ??)?

The impatient little Annie was so angry that she directly raised her small fist, planning to go up and give the other party another loud blow.

"ah!!"

"No! The best hotel is on the west side. If you walk along the main street, you will be able to see a tall white house when you are almost outside the westernmost town. It is a big house made of white stones. , you just go and knock on the door!"

While neatly hiding the gold coin, the little girl hugged her head and pointed to the west street with a smile and said to the other party.

She never thought that she could make so much money by coming out tonight! !

"West side, right?"

(lll￢ω￢)

Little Annie nodded, just about to walk towards the west, but then she suddenly turned her head and looked up and down again at the little girl who was secretly complacent.

"that……"

"Even if there is no 'little match girl', you'd better not do that kind of thing anymore, because it's not safe at night!!"

(???????)

After finishing speaking, Little Annie turned around and walked towards the west without even asking her name.

Because, the other party is not her friend, and she doesn't want to make friends with that cunning little ghost! Moreover, although she doesn't believe that there is such a thing as a "little match girl", she always feels that there is an ominous atmosphere in this small town, and she feels that the things that the adults are afraid of should not be out of thin air She who fabricated it, kindly reminded the other party this sentence.

However, she was just reminding her, she didn't care if the other party listened or not! She is not familiar with the other party, and she doesn't even know the name, she is just a stranger who has met once! Moreover, she also felt that the other party was not a good person. He was cunning and cunning at a young age, and he even knew to come out to pretend to be a ghost to cheat other people's money. It's really unreasonable!

(Dear little master, didn't you learn to cheat bears when you were two years old?!

?????

——Whenever he thinks about that kind of thing back then, Tibbers gets so angry! Back then, a certain bad little master was only two years old, and he was able to fool Tibbers around...)

"..."

(?╭╮?)

(Dear little master, you just farted like a little one...)

(lll￢?￢)

"Shut up! Tibbers!!"

ヽ(*｀盘′*)－C??;◇;?

Interrupted by the little bear, little Annie quickly forgot about the little girl who was a salesman behind her, and just grabbed a certain bear's paw, dangling, and walked westward. Prepare to see if you can find the white stone hotel that the cunning little guy told himself.

However……

What a naughty little girl at a romp and her family bear doesn't know:

When she found a hotel and began to fall asleep on a big warm bed, a man with bare feet blue and purple from cold, wearing a tattered linen smock, and loose golden curly hair covered with ice scum , the little girl with a handful of matches in her hands and in the pocket of her apron appeared on the silent snowy night street, and at a strange speed, gradually caught up with the one who was about to go home, dressed in cotton padded clothes. Shoes for 'The Little Match Girl'?

'! ! '

Finally, the naughty little girl who was about to go around another street to reach her home realized what was wrong behind her, then turned her head in amazement, and met the terrifying eyes protruding from under the disheveled hair.

"ah!!"

After an exclamation, the little girl fell directly on the snow.

'you you you……'

'you! Don't come here! I, I am not afraid of you! real! '

Staggering back against the snow, the original 'camouflage' on the little girl's face that had been smeared with snow has long since disappeared, and what remains is only the childish innocence with a hint of slyness and full of love. Freckled face of extreme fear! She never thought that one day she would run into her, and at this moment, she couldn't even care about the matches that kept falling out of her bosom in a panic.

'Selling matches...'

‘The matches are sold, who wants to buy matches? Miss, would you like to buy some of my matches? '

That kind of childish voice with a trace of metal friction sounded like a ghost hell, and successfully penetrated into the little girl's ears, making her frightened eyes straighten instantly and gradually become dull up.

'I want……'

'Buy one...'

She took out the gold coin that she had not long ago, and then, like a marionette, she walked towards the other party stiffly, towards the existence she had been terrified of.

Snow,

It's getting bigger and bigger...

On this night of howling cold wind, the streets of this small town are quiet, except for the faint light from some houses on the side of the street illuminating a small area of ​​the street, the sky and the earth are all white and drowsy. one slice.

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