I'm a heartthrob in the wizarding world [Western Fantasy Elf]

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"Master, what do you mean by what you just said? Why do you say puppies can talk? Ella doesn't quite understand what you mean..."

Ella raised her hands and handed the little white dog to Ye Qimeng for display, while she shook her little head and asked in confusion.

Before Ye Qimeng could answer Ella's question, he was attracted by the cute little white dog in front of him. She couldn't help but move closer, just to take a closer look at its beautiful and delicate appearance.

This is a short-haired white dog, only the size of two palms. It looks like a combination of a Maltese dog and a West Highland White Terrier.

Its ears stand upright, the tips of the ears droop slightly, and the entire head is cutely round. The tip of his straight nose and big gray-blue eyes are very smart.

However, it seemed to have been in the security room at the door for a long time. The fur on its body was a little dusty, and its little face was dusty, like a "little dirty".

What a pitiful and cute little dog! How could you be willing to leave it here alone?

Ye Qimeng couldn't help but feel pity.

"Such a cute kid can't talk dirty~" She lovingly poked the little white dog's nose with her finger and said to it in a gentle tone.

The next second, her finger was slapped off by the little white dog.

She wanted to take back what she had just said about how cute it was.

The little white dog turned his head, showing a somewhat contemptuous expression, and said in a slightly mocking tone: "You are only a child, I have lived for more than a hundred years."

"More than a hundred years old? Are you sure?"

"Is over a hundred years old a long time? It's just a period of my youth." Gouzi continued: "But for short-lived species like you humans, this is indeed a long enough time to live a lifetime. "

Ye Qimeng couldn't believe that dogs in the magical world could live so long, but she, a human, still had the same life span.

She looked at Ella and complained: "Why are humans so weak? This is unscientific. It is agreed that humans are the two major races with the same name as elves! How come one can live for hundreds of years and the other can only live for a hundred years?" Less than..."

"Master is not weak! Although elves live long, their birth rate is not high! Moreover, elves will still die prematurely due to various strange reasons. Although humans have short life spans, they have high reproductive capacity!" Ella saw her lost. He looked excited and explained excitedly, fearing that she would go crazy again due to excessive sadness.

Ye Qimeng was speechless after hearing this: "Good guy, I'm sorry that we humans are at the top of the pack because we can give birth!"

For a moment, she couldn't tell whether Ella's words were intentional praise or unintentional disparagement.

At this moment, Ella, who was standing in front of her, holding the dog in her hands, looked puzzled. It retracted its hands showing the little white dog and hugged it again.

The three pairs of eyes stared for a long time without saying a word.

Ella scratched the curly fluffy blond hair on the back of her head, as if she was hesitant to speak.

After much hesitation, it expressed the question in its mind: "Master, why did you just talk to the puppy?"

"Can't you hear it?" Ye Qimeng asked subconsciously.

After thinking about it carefully, I felt something was wrong. It seemed that what Ella wanted to express was that humans and elves cannot understand the language of dogs, but dogs can understand the meaning of their master's words.

"Master, doesn't the puppy only know how to 'woof, woof, woof'?" Ella looked at Ye Qimeng with confused eyes and asked.

"Why is it not barking 'woof woof' in my ears, but communicating with me normally?" Ye Qimeng looked at the dog, then looked at Ella, and asked with the same confusion. road.

"Master, all Ella heard was barking. This little dog seems to be unable to communicate with us."

Ella's eyes became moist at that moment, and Ye Qimeng could see a trace of pity and distress, as well as some love and care in its eyes.

She had seen this look in her grandma's eyes before, the way her grandma looked at the idiot next door.

"No, I heard it wasn't 'woof, woof, woof'!" Ye Qimeng insisted.

Ella couldn't help but sob a little: "I failed to take good care of my little master and violated the instructions of the Duke and Duchess. I am guilty, wuwuwu..."

Ye Qimeng felt that her brain was a little short-circuited.

Gouzi, who had been silent in Ella's arms, finally looked like he couldn't stand it anymore.

I saw it put a paw on its face, looked at Ye Qimeng speechlessly, and interjected: "Stop barking, it's useless. No one can understand me except you. You human being , it’s indeed a bit silly.”

"Look, it's talking again!" Ye Qimeng reacted very quickly this time, and immediately pointed at the little white dog and said to Ella, wanting to use facts to prove his correctness.

Then, after she digested what Gouzi had just said, she realized that she seemed to have the ability to communicate with other creatures.

This sudden surprise caught her off guard. It seemed like she was not useless in this world!

She was so happy that she couldn't help but grin, and she really looked like a fool now.

"Master, Ella, would you like to take you to see the Royal Physician? Let him help you look at the reason why you suddenly ran away yesterday..."

Aila looked at Ye Qimeng's silly and happy look, stubbornly believing that the puppy could talk, and couldn't help but have a hint of worry on her face.

"Ah? No, no need." Ye Qimeng realized that his current appearance might indeed be a bit weird.

She felt that she had to go back and make a long-term plan, so she suggested: "Let's go home first! I think this magic zoo is out of control for the time being. After we get home, let's think of a solution while eating."

"Master, are you sure..." Ella seemed not to be completely relieved yet.

"I'm fine, let's go home first, okay?" Ye Qimeng looked into Ella's eyes sincerely and said patiently.

This made Ella finally breathe a sigh of relief and nodded to express her agreement with her idea.

So the two of them hugged the dog and started on their way home one after another.

***

On the way home, Ye Qimeng recalled the scene when she just signed the contract at the Magic Zoo.

At that time, Chilaner, the puppeteer who was serving as the temporary administrator, signed a contract with her.

She felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. But looking at Qilan'er's expression, it seemed that he was about to be freed.

However, she then thought that a magical zoo covering such a large area would not be free of charge. Even if you sell the entire land, you should be able to get a lot of money.

What's more, Qilan'er may have been here for a long time and wanted to find a new job, so he was so anxious to sign a transfer contract.

So she signed the contract without thinking twice. Prepare to take up the post of director of the Magic Zoo immediately, and then sit in the office every day like an old salty fish.

Who knows, when she started to "inspect" the zoo with great enthusiasm, she found that everything was completely different from what she imagined.

The water in the aquarium has dried up, leaving only yellow leaves on the ground. Some are still rotting in the corners, exuding a stench.

The forest pavilion is overgrown with grass, blocking the way in, making it impossible to see the real situation inside. But thinking about it, most of it must have been destroyed by the wanton growth of plants.

The most terrible thing is that the ceiling of the amusement park restaurant has collapsed, and there is a lot of water inside, soaking the tables and chairs and so on.

This place is simply in disrepair and no one cares about it!

She thought of asking the puppet man to question why the current management situation of the Magic Zoo was so bad. But they found that the originally tidy zoo office was only left in a mess.

It turns out that this guy took away all the valuable things before he left!

Even the guard seemed to have run away overnight, leaving only an empty security room and a dirty "little pitiful" door.

Moreover, the dog seemed to have been forgotten in the security room for a long time, and he did not know how many days and nights he had stayed here alone.

If it hadn't run out of the security room on its own and been discovered by Ella in time, it might have stayed here longer.

***

Inside the cabin, after lunch.

When he first came back, Ye Qimeng carefully checked the available things and their food reserves.

Basically, apart from some daily necessities, there are only some fruits, vegetables and canned bacon in the storage room. Although the current reserves can last for a while, if they want to make long-term plans, these are far from enough to sustain their livelihood.

What's more, if they want to redeem the cabin, they need a stable source of funds, or make enough money within a specified period.

I heard from Ella that this cabin was mortgaged to the Anthony family, the largest wealthy man in White Flame City.

This family is famous for treating wealth as life. Not only did they refuse to give Ella grace time, they also ordered Ella to pay a ransom at the end of this month, otherwise they would demolish it and sell the land.

"Hey, what should I do... There's only one week left until the end of the month."

"But there is only one bag of copper coins left at home, so I can only save some flowers."

"How about selling the zoo?"

"I don't know how to run a zoo anyway. Such a big zoo should be able to sell for a lot of money."

Ye Qimeng murmured to himself while thinking about various ways to survive in his mind.

She sat blankly on the stone steps at the door of the cabin, holding her chin in her hands, watching the white clouds slowly drifting by in the blue sky, and for a moment she had no idea.

"During the lifetime of the Duke and Duchess, White Flame City was mortgaged to the Anthony family. After the death of the Duke and Duchess, the remaining White Flame City was taken back by the Anthony family. Therefore, you cannot buy or sell White Flame at will without the consent of the Anthony family. City land.”

I don’t know when the dog came out of the house.

It knelt down next to Ye Qimeng and sat side by side with her, also looking at Lan Tian calmly telling the cruel reality.

"...No, then why does Ella have a zoo in her name?"

Ye Qimeng still couldn't figure out that since the Magic Zoo was in Ella's name and she could successfully inherit the Zoo, it meant that the Magic Zoo was not part of the mortgage of White Flame City.

Then they should be able to buy and sell the Magic Zoo land without the consent of the Anthony family.

"The land of the zoo is leased by Duke White for 150 years. What you inherit should be Duke White's lease. But the zoo is about to expire and be taken back, and it should also fall into the hands of the Anthony family by then." Gouzi described it expressionlessly, as if everything had nothing to do with it.

"It's the Anthony family, this rich man again. They must have touched all the land in White Flame City!"

Unexpectedly, she, a duke's daughter who had just accepted her marriage, was reduced to a poor girl with nothing overnight.

This ignited the fighting spirit in Ye Qimeng's heart to resist oppression, and she secretly swore in her heart:

I must take back the land of the zoo, become the director of the zoo, and embark on the road of entrepreneurship and wealth.

"I don't accept it!" She protested to the sky.

The wind blew gently across her neck, and there was a slight chill that made her shake her body, and she suddenly woke up from her high morale.

"It's up to you." Gouzi put a paw on Ye Qimeng's shoulder and solemnly told him.

Ye Qimeng put his paw back on the spot, stroked the fur on its head lovingly, and joked: "You are a mature dog, it's time to learn to beg for food by yourself."