In the midst of a smile, little Anne, in a blue-and-white thick fur winter dress, stood in front of her in front of her, dressed in a thin linen overcoat with an equally dirty apron outside, with her bare feet and hair covered with trivial snowflakes, looking at her 'little match girl' with her half-drooping eyelids with a gloomy face.

Anne wasn't afraid of the other party, in fact, it didn't matter if she was a 'match girl' or a demon from hell, it really wasn't too easy to find something that scared her in this endless dimensional world?

'Sold matches......

'Long, bright matches......

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

Her eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, staring at someone who was already standing in front of her in a very gorgeously dressed, but for some reason there was no fear on his face, some were just curious and laughing.

"Of course I want to buy it!"

(*^▽^*)

"Tell me, how are you going to sell these matches?"

ꉂ(͡͡°͜つ͡͡°)✧

Walking up to the other party, completely ignoring the other party's seemingly terrible eyes, dead man's gloomy tone and purple face, little Anne looked the other party up and down again, and then turned her attention to the matches that the other party was holding in his hand.

Although she never plays with matches, but now that she is full of food and has nothing to do, she really wants to study and see what kind of things the other party can come up with with this little guy in front of her?

‘…….’

'A match costs one crown......'

Finally, in a trembling and trembling manner, the little match girl told the price.

And this price is obviously very expensive, because one kroner is equal to one hundred euros, and a fire flame is about one euro at most, but, I don't know why, this little girl actually shouted such an outrageous price? If it were a normal situation, such as during the day, at this price, the people in the town would probably scold and leave directly, and no one wanted to be the kind of wrongdoer and buy a temporary match for a fire at a hundred times the price!

"One crown, ah......"

(ー`´ー)

Anne didn't know how much a kroner was, or whether it was expensive or not, and she never looked at it as money anyway, and she didn't even think about it, so she pretended to touch it in her pocket.

"Whoa!"

（๑`▽´๑)۶☼

"Here you go! It's a gold coin, but it's certainly worth more than a crown! So, if you look for money, people will only buy a match! ”

↜(ψ｀▽′)o—

As she spoke, she slipped the golden coin into the cold palm of the other's empty hand, and Anne took out a match from the other's hand with a big grin and began to study it with a little rarity.

If you think about it, Anne has almost never thought about how others start fires since she was two years old, and she has never played with matches, so she is still quite rare for this kind of wooden stick that is said to emit small pee-like flames.

‘……’

Looking at the golden and heavy flat coin in her palm, the little match girl couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

‘……’

'I can't seem to find it, you can buy some more......"

A gold coin buys a piece of fire, and the little girl who sells matches obviously has no way to find it, so after a certain divine light in her eyes flickered for a moment, she continued to say gloomily.

You know, if she had enough money to find a gold coin, she wouldn't have to sell matches anymore! In fact, let alone one now, even if she gave all the matches on her body, even if all of them were counted according to one crown, she probably wouldn't be able to find them.

"Don't!"

o(´^｀)o

"People don't want to buy so much, they just want to buy one! You can look for money slowly, anyway, people are not in a hurry, people are here to watch you look for it! ”

(｡ •̀ᴗ-)✧

After studying the match in her hand, and seeing that it didn't seem to be anything special or strange to her, little Anne smiled and winked playfully at each other.

‘……’

The little match girl did not speak, but began to raise her face, which looked as if she was sinking into a deep depression, with her purple, blackened lips and eyes open, staring at the strange creature in front of her.

"What's wrong?"

Σ(⊙ω⊙`)？

What's so great about staring?

Therefore, Anne, who did not intimidate the other party at all, and did not have any fear, asked curiously, and glared back at the other party's dead face as a matter of course.

‘……’

'No! You have to buy a little more today! ’

After staring for a while, and finding that the other party was uncompromising, and did not hurry to buy more matches and leave like the others, the little girl had to use that kind of gloomy and compassionate, but for some reason, she began to grit her teeth in a trembling tone.

"Huh?"

o(´▽｀)o?

"Why buy more? People just want to buy one to play with today, so they don't buy more! ”

(｡ •̀ꌂ-)✧

"Hurry up! Change!! ”

ꉂ(๑¯͒ꇴ¯͒)o—

After continuing to play stupid and sell a cute to the other party, little Anne continued to urge unhurriedly while waving the match she had already gotten.

Anyway, Queen Anne has time now, and she is not in a hurry to find a place to sleep, so as long as the other party honestly gives her change, it doesn't matter if she waits for a long time, because she will definitely not mind.

‘……’

'Are you not afraid of me?' ’

After a moment of confusion, the little match girl seemed to be a little unbearable, and hesitated to step forward, getting closer to the other party, and then raised her head slightly, and stared at each other with her dead face that she thought could frighten countless people.

“？？”

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

ヽ(゜Q。 )ノ？

'Strange ......'

'You...... Haven't you heard the story of the little match girl? You're really not afraid of me?! ’

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

"The little match girl?"

∑(´△｀)？！

"It seems that a guy told someone before, but they left before they finished listening! But aren't you just a little match girl? People don't think you're anything to be afraid of, even though you look a little dirty and weird......"

o(˶˚ᗨ˚˶)o

If this strange creature in front of him thought that he could frighten Queen Anne by wearing a thin and tattered burlap coat, and wearing a torn apron, with his hair scattered to the ground, with his eyes blackened and his lips purple, and pretending to be a dead man, and standing barefoot in the snowy night, and even speaking in such a gloomy tone, Queen Anne!

（…… ）

(●￣(ｴ)￣●)

'You! ’

'You're not from our town?! ’

Finally, after hearing what Anne said, the little match girl was stunned for a moment, and asked for the first time in an exclamation and a slightly normal tone.

"Of course not!"

(｡ •̀ᴗ-)✧

"Stop talking nonsense, people will buy a match, you hurry up and find money!!"

ꉂ（๑`▽´๑)o—☄

Cha!

With that, little Anne reached out and struck the plain-looking match against the wall, and then a small cluster of yellowish flames began to light on the long, straight stick, allowing the light of the fire to illuminate the corner of the cold, dark street.

'Ahh ’

'Ah~sneeze!! ’

Finally, after listening to Annie's words, the little match girl couldn't help but sneeze loudly! Obviously, she seemed to be frozen, and her two little feet that were a little red and purple from the cold began to shake and stomp on the spot, thinking that it must be uncomfortable to stand barefoot in the snow.

"You!"

"I—I'm not selling!"

Hearing that the other party was not from this town, and was not afraid of himself, nor had he heard the story of the 'little match girl' that circulated in their town, there was no way, so the little match girl in front of him had no choice but to stomp her feet and breathe, while snotting, and tremblingly handed back the golden gold coin in her palm.

"How can that be?"

(灬ºωº灬)

"Look, I've crossed out all the matches, and it's too late to return them now, don't talk nonsense, you look for money quickly!!"

o(„ಡωಡ„)o—♨

After reaching over the extinguishing matchstick and gesturing at the other, little Anne smirked.

Sample!

Such a guy dared to run out to scare her Queen Anne, not to mention that the other party was a cunning and cunning fake undead, even if it was a real undead ghost, she would not be afraid!

（…… ）

(●￣(ｴ)￣●)

(Tiebs didn't know what to say about his little master's bad taste, and sure enough, after all, he was still free because he was full!) ）

"You!!"

"I—I'm not selling!"

It turns out that the other party has already found out? Surprised, the 'little match girl', who didn't know where she had gone wrong, hurriedly took two steps back and said hatefully after handing over the gold coins to the other party.

"That match is for you!"

'Ah~Ah~! ’

After speaking, the little girl who sneezed loudly no longer cared about what the other party thought, just cared about her frozen and purple feet, and quickly ran to the back of the trash can in the corner of the wall, quickly rummaged through her cotton clothes and cotton shoes, and then quickly put them on.

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

So, she had just stood barefoot in the snow for a while with so little wear and was really a little frozen.

“……”

(๑'▽ ́๑)۶✧ pop!

'Oops!! ’

The little girl who had just had time to put on cotton shoes and cotton clothes screamed directly before she had time to ease up! It turned out that it was Anne who came over and gave her a heavy brain break on her golden curls, so that she had to crouch to the side with her head clutched.

"Humph!"

o('^ ́)o hum!

"You cunning stupid guy, do you usually cheat people like this?!"

ꉂ(ヽ`д′)╭☞(ó﹏ò｡ )

Obviously, Anne had already seen through the other party's fake, maybe that terrible legend was deliberately spread by this little clever ghost, right? Then, the other party can deceive others and have to spend a high price to buy those boring matches, and they don't dare to bargain, and then let others think about something else, and run home as soon as they finish buying?

"Woo ......"

"It hurts......"

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

The little girl won't tell the other party that she has made a lot of money in this way, and she has never shown her stuff! But who knows, this guy I met tonight was not fooled, and he was still an outsider who didn't understand the horrors of the 'little match girl'?

"Is it really just a joke?"

（ಠ╭╮ಠ）

“！！”

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

Under Anne's terrible eyes, there was no choice but to tell the match girl honestly what she was trying to do.

Her father is a tailor, and so is her mother, so they are usually very busy and don't care much about her, so I don't know when her little brain suddenly had an idea, and she thought of such a good way to get pocket money to buy delicious things without begging her parents for money!

Each time, she dressed up in the shabby fabric hidden in her house, then slipped out while her parents were asleep, and always managed to trick one or two people before returning with a full load...... But who would have thought, today I actually fell on the iron plate and met a bold outsider?

"Humph!"

(„Ծ‸Ծ„)

"Tell me, how many people have you deceived in this way? No one will see through you?! ”

ꉂ(๑¯͒~¯͒)o

Anne wasn't angry, she was just curious.

Anyway, she just wanted to know how many people this little clever ghost in front of her had deceived with this interesting method? I also want to know more, during this period, did anyone see through each other like themselves, and then beat each other up?

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

The little girl was a little flickering, obviously not intending to be honest.

"How many are there?!"

s(・｀ヘ´・; )ゞ

“！！”

"At most, at most, there are a dozen of them! It's true! Lie to you is a puppy!! ”

was about to tell a lie, but when he saw the other party's fierce eyes, he felt that his height was a little shorter than the other party, and he knew that he was at a loss, and it was likely that he couldn't beat the other party's little girl, so he hurriedly added.

“……”

(๑'╭╮ ́๑)۶✧ pop!

"A dozen!"

"You're still proud, aren't you? They're so stupid, none of them see through you?! ”

（ಠ╭╮ಠ）

After rewarding the other party with a brain collapse and completely suppressing the other party from the momentum, little Anne continued to ask the question she had just asked.

"Woo......"

"They were all directly frightened, where is there anything like you just did?"

Remembering the way the grown-ups cowered when they met her, and had to be brave enough to buy a random match and run away, the corners of the little girl's mouth were unrecognizably raised in a smug arc.

To this day, the little girl still didn't think that she had done anything wrong, she only felt that the only thing she had done wrong was to choose the wrong person who was not afraid of her and did not understand the terrible legend of their town.

"Humph!"

(。 -`ω´-)

"Little one, you must have been frozen, right? That's what you did! Hey, I'll give you back this coin, 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 fiercely, little Annie, who didn't plan to continue to play with each other in this kind of ice and snow, suddenly felt a little sleepy, so she didn't plan to continue to stay outside in this kind of icy and snowy street at night, she just wanted to find a comfortable place to rest for a night.

As for what to do tomorrow and where to go, it will only have to wait until tomorrow, and Anne does not want to rush to think about that kind of troublesome thing now.

“！！”

"You...... Are you really going to give it to me? ”

I was teased by the other party in the icy night street for a long time, I was frozen enough, and finally I was beaten with two brains, and the little girl who thought that today might be her unlucky day saw the gold coins that the other party handed over again, and at the same time her eyes lit up, she asked in disbelief.

You know, it's gold......

Although she didn't know which country's gold coin it was, she only knew that it was heavy in the palm of her hand, and it must be very valuable, and if she could buy all her matches, she would still have leftovers, and she could buy a lot of delicious food!

For her, who has known the importance of money for a long time, such a gold coin can at least be worth her pocket money for several years, or even far more?

"If you don't say anything, I'm going to beat you again!"

↜(ψ•̀╭╮ˇ•́)و

Little Annie, who was a little impatient, was so angry that she raised her little fist directly, and planned to go up and give the other party another loud brain collapse.

"Ahh

"Don't! The best hotels are on the west side, and when you walk along the main street, and when you get to the westernmost part of the town, you will definitely see a tall white house, which is all made of white stone, and you can just go and knock on the door! ”

The little girl said to the other as she neatly hid the gold coin, holding her head and pointing to the street to the west.

She never thought that she would be able to make so much money when she came out tonight!!

"West, huh?"

(lll￢ω￢)

Little Anne nodded, and was about to walk to the west, but then suddenly turned her head again, and looked the little girl who was secretly smug again.

"The ......"

"Even if you don't have that 'little match girl', you'd better stop doing that kind of thing, because it's not safe at night!!"

(๑•̀ㅁ•́ฅ)

After saying that, little Anne turned around and walked towards the west, without even asking what the other party's name was.

Because, the other party is not her friend, and she doesn't want to make friends with that cunning and cunning little clever ghost! Moreover, although she didn't believe that there was really such a thing as a 'little match girl', she always felt that there was indeed an ominous atmosphere in this town, and she felt that the things that adults were afraid of should not be made up out of thin air, so she kindly reminded the other party of this.

However, she just reminded her, and she didn't care if the other party listened to her or not! She didn't know each other well, and she didn't even know her name, she was just a stranger who had met once! Moreover, she also felt that the other party was not a good person, she was cunning and cunning at a young age, and she even knew that she had come out to pretend to be a ghost and cheat others out of money, which was really unreasonable!

(Dear little master, haven't you learned to deceive bears at the age of two?!)

ʕᓀᴥᓂʔ

- Every time I think of that kind of thing back then, Tiebs is angry! I think back then, a certain bad little master was just two years old, and he was able to trick Tiebs into turning around...... ）

“……”

（ಠ╭╮ಠ）

(Dear little master, you just let off a fart...... ）

(lll￢ᴥ￢)

"Shut up! Tibbs!! ”

ヽ(*'dish ́*)-Cฅʕ; ◇; ʔ

Interrupted by the bear, little Anne soon forgot about the little girl who was a merchandiser after her birth, and just tugged at the paw of a certain bear, and swayed as she walked westward, ready to see if she could find the white stone inn that the cunning little fellow had told herself.

However......

What a playful little girl and her bear don't know is:

When she found a hotel and began to fall asleep on the warm bed, a little girl with blue and purple feet, wearing a tattered linen overcoat, her hair full of loose golden curls covered with ice slag, and her palms and apron pockets full of matches appeared on the silent and snowy street, and at a strange speed, gradually caught up with the 'little match girl' who was about to go home, wearing cotton clothes and cotton shoes?

‘！！ ’

At last, the cunning little girl, who saw that she could reach her house by another detour of the street, noticed that something was wrong behind her, and turned her head in astonishment, and met the terrible eyes that peeked out from under her loose hair.

"Ahh

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

'You, you, you......'

'You! Don't come here! I—I'm not afraid of you! It's true! ’

Staggering back in the snow, the original 'disguise' on the face that the little girl had smeared with the snow was long gone, and all that was left was the innocent face with a hint of cunning and freckles of extreme fear! never thought that one day she would run into the other party, and at this time, even the matches that kept spilling in her arms in the panic were no longer taken care of.

'Sold matches......

'Selling matches, who wants to buy matches?' Miss, would you like to buy some of my matches? ’

The sound of a child's voice like a metallic grinding sound coming from the Netherworld sounded and penetrated the little girl's ears, causing her terrified eyes to widen and become dull in an instant.

'I want ......'

'Buy a ......'

She pulled out the gold coin that had not been in her hands for a long time, and then, like a marionette, stiffened towards the other party, towards the existence she had feared so much.

snow

It's getting bigger and bigger......

On this night when the cold wind was howling, the streets of this town were silent, except for a small part of the street illuminated by the faint light of some houses on the side of the street, and the sky and the earth were all white and dreary.

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