"Lalala~?!"

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It was near noon, and Anne was hopping happily on the road to Ore Town, heading to the northeast corner of the town's church......

Today is the 6th of summer, and all the things that Anne planted have sprouted, and they are growing at a rate several times faster than other normal worlds, which makes Anne very happy and gratified!

However, in addition to being happy, Anne also had a little trouble! Because, she doesn't seem to have much time to take care of those large crops, like watering, watering, or watering or something?

Anyway, that kind of thing is annoying, at least in her opinion!

Because, after all, Anne is not willful enough to use magic to make it rain in Ore Town every day in order not to water, after all, that is always not good, it is not right...... Not only would that make the 'goddess-sama' or some other mess see that something was wrong or make an opinion, but more importantly, the rain-poured crops didn't seem to taste better than the hot springs.

So, she squandered a lot of money again, and on a whim, Uncle Zack used the channel to draw hot spring water from the previous bathroom to bring her those cooled hot springs from the back mountain with bamboo, and then began to build a semi-automatic hot spring irrigation system on the entire farmland, that is, to use rows of bamboo tubes to divert water, and then drip it on each crop, so that when it is necessary to water, only need to turn on the water diversion switch on time when Anne goes to the hot spring to play, and remember to turn off the switch when she leaves.

However, although it is possible to use the same pipe canal that used to divert water from the bathroom, the project of building a shelf in the field is not small, even if it is carried on the farmland with easy-to-process bamboo, but such a large area of farmland requires Uncle Gotz to work for more than ten days, and before that, Anne still needs to find a way to take care of the crops and water herself, so she must think of other ways.

And now, she's on her way to find a way!

Yes, she found a way!

Because of her little sisters, I don't know who they are, it could be Lynn, it could be Pobley, and of course it could be Karian or Mary? Anyway, one day in the spring, Anne got a very important piece of news from those guys, and that is:

Is there a path to the right of the Ore Town Church? Follow the path to the north of Ore Town, and when you reach the small forest in the mountains to the north, you will find a small wooden house, and in the wooden house there are seven dwarfs wearing different colored clothes? If you can get on good terms with them? Can they come to the ranch for free to help with the work, such as taking care of small animals and taking care of crops, etc.?

Originally? Anne didn't take this matter too seriously? Because she didn't grow anything before? She didn't think that watering the plants would be so troublesome, and she didn't think that no one in the entire Ore Town would be willing to help her with the farm work...... So, no way? She had no choice but to hit the dwarfs with her ideas.

“！！”

"Aha! Little Annie, how about you finally come to church? What do you want to do today, are you here to pray? ”

Merely? Anne hasn't found that path yet? was stopped by an uncle in black.

"And if that's the case? Then you've just come at the right time! ”

"But you can go to church and wait? It's not time yet, but Cliff and Lynn and the others are waiting inside, and if I see any more people coming, I'll be sure to come in and lead you in prayer to God. ”

It's rare to be the priest of Ore Town, that is, the one who likes to tell stories, especially the kind of ghost stories that scare children, but he likes children very much, and his own personality is also very child-like, and Carter, who often falls asleep in the confessional, when he sees Anne walking towards the church door in a rare way, he just hurriedly greeted him with a smile and said welcomely.

"Pray?"

∑(′△｀)？！

Anne didn't know why the other party was suddenly so happy and welcomed her so warmly, but she still stopped, first looked at the strange man in black clothes and black hat in front of her for a while, and then quickly waved her hand and explained:

"That's, Uncle Rat......"

(′～`●)

"You understand wrong, people don't actually come to church to pray today!!"

? (??? *)

Anne knew what it meant to pray, presumably to actively communicate with a supernatural force or being, to praise, to pray, to repent, or simply to express one's thoughts or desires.

However, for Anne herself as a supernatural being, for an extraordinary person who is far beyond the world, to this day, she really can't find someone stronger than her, so there must be no existence that can withstand her prayers, and she doesn't need to go to church to do any prayers at all!

"What about you...... Is it here to do penance? ”

"If so, you'd probably better come back in the afternoon, because the church in our town usually prays and chants in the morning, and the afternoon is the time for penance......"

"But if you have time, Anne, I suggest you do a prayer and chant with us, so that the gods will be able to forgive you more quickly when you repent?"

Father Carter remembered some bad rumors about the little girl in front of him, so he thought that the other party might have come to confess, so he was a little stunned, and quickly explained some precautions when coming to the church for activities.

"Repentance, ......"

(?? ω?) o

"Sounds like a lot of fun...... But they don't have time to repent now, in fact, they're going to play with the dwarfs today! So, goodbye Carter, I'm going to play with those dwarfs first, and I'll come back later to confess to you! ”

(???? -)?

"Goodbye~!!"

ヾ(￣▽￣)Bye~Bye~

After saying that, Anne stopped talking nonsense with the other party, turned around directly, turned right towards the path in the Ore Town Church, and after bypassing the church, she went directly to the dense forest to the north of Ore Town.

'Wait! ’

'Annie? Annie! ’

'Hey ......'

Carter in the back seemed to want to say something, but unfortunately, little Annie, who had already made plans, just wanted to meet those magical dwarfs as soon as possible, and as for the chattering Uncle Carter, she was not in a hurry to pay attention to it!

……

?“ ……”

|?' -'?)?? Bang! Bang!

Not surprisingly, the dwarf's cabin in the grove behind the church was easy to find, and after less than half an hour of walking along the forest path that would never get lost, Anne managed to find the small room on the outside, but it seemed to have some kind of spatial magic on the inside, and after knocking on the door, she pushed it open and walked in.

"Well, is anyone there?"

|? ̇? ̇) Hello?

Then, as expected, when Anne entered, she saw seven little people in the house dressed in pajamas and nightcaps, but in different colors, and probably half as tall as Anne.

They're undoubtedly the magical and helpful dwarfs that the inhabitants of Ore Town say they are.

'Yikes! ’

'Hello! ’

'This is the first time I've seen you here, I guess you're the one named Annie, right?' ’

'My name is Akeya, please take care of me!' ’

From the moment Anne walked straight into the cabin, after the initial astonishment, the dwarf in the blue pajamas and nightcap was the first to enthusiastically come up. Obviously, the other party's temperament seems to be better, so even when he sees Anne as a stranger, he behaves very enthusiastically.

Of course, in addition to it, the other dwarfs also expressed some concern about Anne's arrival.

'Huh? ’

"I haven't seen you here before, Akeya is right, you should be the new little girl Anne from Ore Town, I heard that you have done a lot of bad things, right?" ’

"Anyway, my name is Gulidi, please take care of me......

Another dwarf in a yellow pajama and nightcap, his attitude was much colder, first looked at Anne behind the blue dwarf Akya a few times, and then directly said hello so lukewarmly and casually, and then turned around and went about his own business without waiting for Anne's reaction.

Obviously, he must not have liked to see a little girl who was a stranger and didn't seem to have any kind of gift they liked.

'Welcome, welcome! ’

'So you're that Anne, I've heard a lot about you, and they told us when they came to visit us, 'My name is Djokak, please advise?' ’

The dwarf named Djokak, dressed in dark blue, seemed to like little Anne quite a bit, and was not as cold as the Guri Di just now.

'Humph! ’

'Always looks like a suspicious guy, but doesn't seem to be ...... Your name is Annie, right? My name is Bordeaux! ’

‘！！ ’

'Bordeaux, please don't be so rude! Hello Annie, my name is Nappi and it's a pleasure to meet you! You can come back as often as you have in the future, but if you can bring a little gift to see us, we will definitely be even happier! ’

That's right! ’

'Anne, it's the first time we're meeting, you don't have to be so polite, it's okay if you don't have a gift, but the next time you come here, just remember to bring me a piece of wheat flour, in fact, we all love that kind of gift!' ’

"By the way, my name is Xie Fu Nian, please give me more advice in the future?" ’

‘……’

'Anne, huh? My name is Dimmit, forget it for the first time, if you don't bring me a gift in the future, I won't talk to you again! ’

Soon, the four dwarfs, dressed in red, green, orange, and purple pajamas and nightcaps, greeted little Anne in friendly, cold, or slightly hostile tones.

"Ah......h

=???? ('ヮ'三'ヮ'=????)

"All of you, yes, it's Annie, Anne Hasta, it's nice to meet you......"

(^～^; )ゞ

I didn't expect to meet such a group of weird guys, and even some people even opened their mouths to ask for gifts, and even those who didn't ask for gifts directly more or less hinted at something, Anne scratched her head in embarrassment and finally got her turn to speak, she introduced herself while smiling and saying hello.

However......

Except for the red, blue, and dark blue dwarfs who were still curiously surrounding her and looking at her, the other four slightly cold or slightly hostile dwarfs had already stepped aside and were busy with their own business, without even thinking about dealing with her, a fellow who came to the door without gifts?

"Hey!"

"Annie, you don't have to worry about them, we know each other now, so, do you have something to do with coming to our house?"

"By the way, would you like a hot cup of tea first?"

After introducing each other and getting to know each other, the blue dwarf who had just stepped forward to greet Anne, the one named Arkya, stepped forward and looked up curiously and asked.

Although a certain little girl did not bring a gift, since the other party was a newcomer in Ore Town, he probably really didn't understand the rules of their dwarfs, so he didn't act too snobbish, and still welcomed and received each other warmly.

Of course, this is the only time, not the next one! If the next time the other party came to visit the seven brothers without any gifts, then he would not be as enthusiastic as he is now.

"Hot tea?"

(?￣?￣)？

"I don't want it......"

(^～^; )ゞ

"That's right...... People came here today because there is a lot of work in the ranch, and they can't finish it alone (they don't want to do it), so they said that you can help, so I came here to find you to work on the ranch. ”

ヽ(⌒ω⌒)?

Although it may be a little embarrassing, in order to rest for a few more days and reduce the rain for a few days, Anne still directly explained the purpose of her coming here.

Moreover, she can not let them work in vain, she can provide them with food, shelter and a certain salary!

"Huh?"

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid not yet....... I think if our relationship is a little better, maybe I can reluctantly go to the ranch to help you?"

"Anyway......"

"Hey, Zokak still has a year of Shef, are you interested?"

It's okay that Anne didn't ask, but as soon as she asked, the little dwarf who was still kind and pleasant just now changed his face in an instant!

Then, after directly rejecting Anne's invitation, he turned his head directly to look at the other two dwarf brothers next to him who were kind to little Anne and asked.

‘！！ ’

'No! I'm not going to do anyone who hasn't had a tea party with us, absolutely not! ’

'I'm not going to work for someone who won't give a gift to Djokak......

'Gulidi, what about you?' ’

'Let her go away!' Gulidi doesn't like her! ’

'Humph! ’

Bordeaux will not forgive those who prevent the tea party from taking place, let alone those who want to take advantage of the dwarfs! Akeya, you just drive her away, Bordeaux doesn't want to see her again today! ’

'Nappi doesn't like her very much......

'Before giving Dimiit enough wheat flour, Dimiit will definitely not help her, let her go back and reflect on it!' ’

'Let her go!' ’

‘……’

Soon, to Anne's slight surprise, it was okay that she didn't mention the request, but as soon as she did, the dwarfs actually made a fuss and said that they wanted wheat flour or something?

“……”

(￢д￢。 )

"Really, don't you just want a gift?"

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Boom!!

"Whoa! Ninety-nine servings of wheat flour here, enough for the seven of you, and now, you can go to the ranch tomorrow to help the people with the farm work, right? ”

o(′^')o hum

Maybe it's a little hard to get over the face, maybe it's anger?

Anyway, when the dwarfs finally stopped arguing and looked at themselves with very unfriendly or helpless eyes, Anne was furious, and directly used her magic to move and carry a full ninety-nine parts of wheat flour from the storage box of her ranch house, and then directly threw ninety-nine parts of wheat flour into the middle of the dwarf's hut, piled up like a hill, and made the dust of those white wheat flour fly everywhere?

‘！！ ’

'Good, lots of wheat flour ......'

But how could she do that? ’

'That's it! It's so rude, what do you think of us dwarfs? ’

'Get her out!' ’

'Yes! Get out! Wheat flour must be left behind though!! ’

There is no doubt that Annie's attitude of directly treating the dwarfs as tools or laborers and being very arrogant must have completely angered them, so they flashed the white light of magic in their hands, and they all surrounded Anne, as if they really wanted to drive her out by force?

Then, chaos and trampling, more of the dry flour splattered out, so much so that a fog-like fog began to fill the whole house.

“！！”

!？ (?''??)?

"What are you guys going to do, do you want to fight? People aren't afraid of you!! ”

? (ψ｀╭╮′)o?

Seeing that those dwarfs were surrounding her violently, Anne took two steps back, and she subconsciously grabbed a ball of fireball, ready to fight these magical creatures who dared to disobey her, Queen Anne?

However......

She seemed to have forgotten that the ninety-nine servings of wheat flour she had just thrown out seemed to have splashed a lot, and there were still a lot of boxes that had been damaged in the chaos just now, and the space in this dwarf's wooden house was not very large, so ...... The diffuse flour had apparently reached enough concentration, plus the large open flame that had been grabbed directly by the wretched little girl of her......

"Ahh

!!! ∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

In an instant, little Anne seemed to realize that something was wrong, but it was still a little too late?

?

Rumble!!!

After the shock wave and firelight, a violent explosion sounded, and with the white dust and firelight splashing, the entire dwarf's wooden house was instantly blown apart, and then a thunderous sound and shadow were heard far away towards the Ore Town to the south!

‘！！ ’

'Grandpa Muki, there seems to be a loud noise in the mountains just north, what is that?' ’

'Hmm......'

'It's supposed to be thunder, right?' ’

'Thunder? Is it going to rain? ’

'It should be ......'

"Okay Mei, let's hurry back to our farm, the cattle and sheep are still outside, don't let them get wet in the rain!" ’

'Hmmm! Good! ’

Luckily, it's a summer with frequent thunderstorms, and although dry thunder is a bit rare, it's not too unusual, so the residents of Ore Town aren't too surprised by this, and are still busy with their own business.

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? (ˊ〇ˋ*)?? Asking for a ticket?? (ˊ〇ˋ*)?