The Bloodthirsty Little Elf Beneath the Setting Sun (Please Vote)

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"Then, how about playing with me?"

As that clear, silver-bell-like voice rang out, Noah and everyone else present tensed up and abruptly turned to look deeper into the woods.

"Who's there?!"

Because of Noah, Rin Tohsaka was already holding back a bellyful of anger, and her tone was especially vicious.

"Stop hiding. Since you're here, come out!"

"My, how frightening." The bell-like voice rang out again, carrying a trace of laughter.

"So the heir of this generation of the Tohsaka Family is so poorly mannered. How disappointing."

As those words were spoken, footsteps crunching through leaves and making soft rustling sounds slowly approached, drawing closer bit by bit.

There was only one set of footsteps.

Yet Noah, with his sharp senses, could tell that beside those footsteps was another exceptionally dangerous presence.

That presence could no longer be described as human. It was like a savage beast, brimming with violent ferocity, making even Noah frown.

Then, from deep within the forest beneath the setting sun, a petite figure slowly entered everyone's field of vision, her full appearance revealed in the sunset's glow.

At the sight of the owner of that voice, both Noah and Rin Tohsaka froze.

That was because the newcomer was entirely unexpected.

"Whoosh—!"

A faint breeze drifted through the forest, stirring the leaves, the dust, and that long hair, pale as snow yet gleaming like mercury.

She wore a fur-lined white coat and a white cap. She stood under one and a half meters tall and looked like a little girl of only thirteen or fourteen, her appearance still full of childish innocence.

At first glance, she looked just like an elf from the snow.

That tiny girl stepped over