Hate me, Miss Witch!-Chapter 521 - 244: A Girl Named Su Lun Once Came Here (10,000 Words)

Su Lun had somewhat forgotten when exactly she truly started liking that young man.

Perhaps it was when Shiayar celebrated her birthday.

Su Lun was an orphan, and didn't remember the day she was born. In her past life, she had no concept of the term "birthday."

But Shiayar said every girl should have her own birthday; it was too pitiful for a girl not to have one.

So, without her consent, he decided the day they first met in Lokiya as Su Lun's birthday.

On that cold winter night.

Shiayar took out the birthday cake in the narrow, old rented room in Knowledge City Lokiya, lit the candles for her, and brought out a teddy bear as her birthday gift.

That teddy bear was a stuffed animal Su Lun had seen in the toy store in the Upper City District of Lokiya one day; it immediately captured her attention and made her pause for a long time.

Now thinking back, all of this had long been silently noted by Shiayar at that time. As for the birthday gift, perhaps it was just a small excuse for him to fulfill Su Lun's wish.

In the dim candlelight of the rented room, Su Lun hugged that furry teddy bear, and warm tears uncontrollably streamed down the corner of her eyes.

At that time, Su Lun was neither knowledgeable nor ambitious. Eating her first ever birthday cake, she thought if only Shiayar's studies at the Supreme Black Tower would never end, he, herself, and Ennie could live in this cheap rented room forever.

But, it was on that very night.

Su Lun saw that girl with the long, light-golden hair, reminiscent of the pure snowfields of the Far North Land, silently carrying a basin of hot water into Shiayar's room.

She didn't mention anything about the birthday cake or teddy bear, even though Su Lun distinctly remembered Ennie had also looked at that stuffed animal for a long time that day, and only stubbornly pulled out the boy's frostbitten hands from behind him, silently washing them with the warm water.

Shiayar wasn't wealthy at that time either, although he had a mysterious and powerful teacher, his pride wouldn't allow him to borrow money from his mentor to improve his life—

Whether it was the birthday cake or the teddy bear, these were quite luxurious items for Shiayar at the time, requiring him to work nights at the newspaper office and post office, enduring the biting cold of winter nights for half a month before he could save up the money.

But at that moment, Su Lun was immersed in the joy of celebrating her first birthday, and didn't notice.

Compared to Enola, who silently washed Shiayar's hands and feet with warm water, the outcome was clear.

She was far ahead.

Back then, Su Lun hid behind the door of her room, gazing at the extremely simple yet seemingly timeless scene in Shiayar's room, where the two seemed to have long surpassed a prolonged period of familiarity, and she was dazed for quite a while.

From that day, she understood one thing...

Compared to Enola, she was still too lacking, far too lacking.

Ennie's position in Shiayar's heart was unique and irreplaceable.

Su Lun knew well of Shiayar's charm. Such a person was bound to stand in the light and become an object of many people's aspiration.

So during these days, when Su Lun received various messages from different channels and saw the five-hundred-year-old Silver witch, the Empire's Queen, and the Sovereign of Dark Shadow Council appeared beside Shiayar, she had not the slightest bit of surprise.

With his excellence, such things were naturally meant to happen.

But—

No matter how much Shiayar experienced or how many confidantes were by his side.

Ennie would always be the most special one.

She was the sole existence that could not be shaken or replaced.

It was also on that very day.

Su Lun saw with utter clarity how selfish, possessive, and even somewhat dark she truly was.

She envied, or perhaps was a bit jealous of Enola, her best friend.

She also wanted to become the most special one in Shiayar's heart, unmatched and singular.

Therefore, on that day, when Shiayar finally graduated from under the Golden Elf's tutelage, and left Knowledge City Lokiya to start a new life in Empire Capital.

Su Lun chose to bid farewell to Shiayar and Enola.

To leave the side of Shiayar, the place she was attached to, comfortable, and delightful, where she had her best friend and her favorite person's gentle retreat.

Because at that moment, Su Lun knew with utter clarity.

If she stayed by Shiayar's side, she would never have the chance to surpass Enola in her lifetime.

...

"That being said."

"Now, I'm still the one who lost, aren't I?"

"How envious it makes, Ennie."

"From childhood till now, I haven't won against you even once."

On Su Lun's exquisite, flawless face, there was now a slightly helpless arc.

When she vaguely learned about the Garden of Eden matter from Shiayar's mouth, Su Lun knew she had lost once again.

Just like the countless times she'd lost before in Knowledge City Lokiya.

Still, even if she lost again.

Su Lun believed that her liking for the young man wouldn't lose to anyone.