Hate Me, Miss Witch!

Love...

Lover.

Although I had guessed it in my heart.

However, when I heard the black-dressed girl in front of me say this answer in person.

Liliana's mind was still shocked.

She raised her head slightly.

The sight of her gray-black eyes kept sweeping across the black-dressed girl in front of her and the figure on the throne.

Because, at this moment, Liliana suddenly recalled an event from more than 500 years ago.

A past that had long been buried in the dust of history.

That was when the Elf King's Court had not fallen into the abyss like it is now, and it was still a lonely island on the endless sea.

My conversation with Sister Hathaway.

"Sister Hathaway... What is your relationship with the new human?"

At that time, I was naive and naive, just an inconspicuous little girl in the gray elves, and I also asked a similar question to Hathaway, the elder of the golden elves at that time.

And the other party's answer——

was the same as the leader at this moment.

Even the distant gaze, which was looking at him but seemed to have passed through his body and reached a more distant world, was exactly the same.

At that time, the little gray elf girl was still in a confused stage, and she only had a vague understanding of the word "lover" and could not understand its meaning.

However, at this moment, Liliana, who had become the elder of the gray elves, could already understand the meaning.

In addition, this seemingly insignificant information contained a huge vortex that could overturn the entire elven royal court.

"Speaking of which, Lili."

"You were an elf born on the Lost Isle before the fall."

"In other words, have you also seen the golden elf when he was with Char?"

The girl in the black dress suddenly retracted her distant and ethereal gaze.

She looked at Liliana in front of her, with a faint smile still on her lips.

"Can you tell me about what happened to them back then?"

"Or to be more precise...what kind of relationship did they have back then?"

A drop of cold sweat silently slid down Liliana's cheek.

She is no longer the little grey elf girl who knew nothing back then.

You can tell how big a trap this question is by just thinking about it.

She was sweating all over on the spot.

However, although she was panicking, Liliana was now an elder of the Council after all.

On the surface, she still showed a thoughtful look.

After a long time, she shook her head.

"These are all things from childhood. I don't remember them clearly anymore, leader."

"Well, is that so?"

The girl in the black dress nodded, and her white fingers gently rested on her delicate chin.

"Then let me change the question."

"Lily... do you think he is more suitable when he is with Hathaway or with me?"

What kind of devilish question is this...

The cold sweat on Liliana's forehead has accelerated a little bit.

To be honest, in Liliana's heart, she also has a good impression of Sister Hathaway who took good care of the gray elves when she was young.

However, when it comes to friendship, Liliana is more inclined to the leader in front of her who helped the Elf King's Court to revive after falling into the abyss with her own strength and lived and worked in peace in the abyss.

In addition, Sister Hathaway is not in the abyss, but the leader is in front of her.

So, the answer to this question is naturally self-evident.

"If I remember correctly... Sister Hathaway has only been with him for less than a year."

"I think a year is not as good as five hundred years of companionship."

"Really?"

After hearing Liliana's answer, the charming curve at the corner of the black-dressed girl's mouth became more prominent.

But soon, she waved her hand casually.

The faint night and shadows behind the girl weaved into an ancient and elegant black throne.

And she sat gently on the shadowed throne, side by side with the frozen throne behind, but slightly lower.

"Although it may be just words from the heart, I am still very happy to hear such an answer..."

"But--"

There was suddenly a bit of complexity in her eyes.

"More than five hundred years of companionship."

"Can it really be compared to that one year?"

The words of the black-dressed girl suddenly brought a bit of confusion.

And, some sighs, and a flash of uneasiness.

Liliana was shocked.

As the leader recognized by the Elf King Court, or the real guardian.

For a long time, even in the eyes of the legendary elders of the Council, the image of the girl in black dress has always been mysterious and majestic.

It was as if she was really the god who looked down on all living beings from the clouds and protected the world.

Since Liliana met the leader, it was the first time she saw the girl in black dress in front of her, showing such confusion and even a little uneasy.

"Actually, my previous answer was a lie, Lily."

The girl in the black dress leaned her elbow on the armrest of the Shadow Throne, held up her delicate chin with her hand, and quietly stared at the sleeping boy next to her.

"The relationship between me and him, and between me and Xia Ya, is actually not lovers."

"This is just my own wishful thinking..."

"It's just unrequited love."

She smiled, but there was no hint of smile in her words.

Instead, there was a slight bitterness.

"In fact, he may still have a certain alienation from me now, and he is unwilling to have too deep interaction with me."

"Maybe deep down in his heart, he still views me as just a friend, or even just the relationship between the beast master and his pet beast."

"Closeness, trust, and even being able to lie on his head and bask in the sun without restraint..."

"But after all, it is just the closeness between the beast master and the pet beast. The relationship between people, where their hearts truly intersect and they truly rely on each other, are two completely different kinds of fate."

The voice of the girl in black skirt was very soft.

"He is very smart, and it is impossible not to notice my special affection and closeness to him."

"However, because of our first encounter as pet beasts and beastmasters... in his heart, he always attributed my affection and closeness to him to the fact that the young dragon that broke out of its shell had a great influence on him. The first time I saw the dependence on a living being, it might be because of the soul-pact relationship."

"I can understand his thoughts... He feels that my closeness and dependence on him come from a coincidence when I broke out of my shell, from the external constraints of the soul contract, rather than from my heart."

"It's not true love, it's just some kind of twisted emotion."

"So he didn't want me to be tied down and dragged down by this abnormal fate, and he also restricted himself."

"But……"

She spoke softly.

"I know clearly in my heart that this is not the case."

"The special emotion of a young dragon emerging from its shell towards the first creature it sees," and the constraints of an "equal contract"... something like that might be able to have an impact on a newly born young dragon who doesn't understand the world. Influence. "

"But how could these constraints and concerns last for hundreds of years, or even several epochs?"

The red-gold eyes of the girl in black skirt were filled with light.

"During those long days, I wanted to resent him for leaving me unreasonably, and reject his bad behavior of abducting and selling underage dragons."

"But in the end, after a long period of precipitation and cooling, and after eliminating all the clutter and distracting thoughts in the ocean of my mind, I was able to see with incomparable clarity."

"The strongest and most intense emotion for him in my heart——"

"There is still longing and attachment."

She blinked.

"Being able to be his lover like Hathaway...maybe it was just my own wishful thinking from beginning to end."

"But, Lily."

"Since everything has not been settled yet, there is still a chance, right?"

"Even though these five hundred years of companionship are just my own willful actions... But when he wakes up and sees everything I have done for him."

"Even a hard-hearted person will be touched and even open up, right?"

The voice of the girl in black skirt was very soft.

At this moment, it seemed that she was no longer the mysterious, powerful and majestic leader in the eyes of everyone in the Elven Court.

She is no longer the queen sitting on the throne of night.

She is just a girl with delicate feelings, worried about her own affairs, but with unspeakable expectations in her worries.

"Will do."

"Although we have only met each other once, I think that brother Xia Ya, who would always smile at me even when we met for the first time, is by no means such a hard-hearted and heartless person."

"A ruthless person with a heart of stone would never do such a decisive thing for Sister Hathaway."

Liliana blurted out without thinking.

This time her answer was no longer the formulaic answer that she used to look at her nose, her nose and her heart, with making sure she made no mistakes as her top priority.

Rather, it comes from her true thoughts.

And heard Liliana’s answer.

On the throne of shadows, the girl in black skirt just closed her eyes slightly.

The entire hall became silent, and even the sound of a pin dropping became clearly audible.

The corners of her mouth sometimes raised and sometimes twitched, but she was more happy than melancholy.

I don't know how long it took before the girl in black skirt opened her eyes again.

The red-gold luster is revealed, like flowing lava.

And crystal clear, like the brilliance of the bright moon.

The joy and melancholy intertwined in those red gold eyes disappeared.

In just a moment, she transformed back into the mysterious, beautiful and incomparable Queen of the Night.

"that's true."

"He has never been such a heartless person."

"Besides, from ancient times to the present, there has never been a reason why childhood sweethearts cannot defeat Tiansheng."

"If not, how could Xiao Ai become the most special person beside him?"

"My story with him——"

"It's just that it's just the beginning."

Obviously at the beginning, it was just as if he was a little unsure, so he reluctantly said something to cheer him up.

But when it comes to the latter part, it has a bit of unquestionable majesty.

In the red-gold vertical pupils of the black-dressed girl, a little tenderness flashed away, replaced by the indescribable stern brilliance.

This is the image that Liliana is familiar with, the image of the leader in the eyes of the elves in the Snow Wind City.

When the entire Elf King's Court just fell to the bottom of the abyss, countless elves were dizzy and couldn't find the way forward.

It was the mysterious leader who walked out from the deepest part of the King's Court.

With his extremely powerful strength, he helped the elves to build this Snow Wind City on the ice field at the bottom of the abyss with the ruins of the King's Court as the foundation.

He also used many mysterious holy relics to create food crops that can be grown and picked in the most barren soil and can be eaten in the barren and lifeless abyss.

It can be said that without her, this Snow City would not be built at all, and the elves in the royal court would probably decline little by little in aimless confusion.

Many residents in the Snow City, including those legends, have speculated on the true origin of this guardian and leader who came out from the depths of the royal court, with an unpredictable origin and unparalleled strength.

Some people say that she was an unparalleled elder of the Council of the Royal Court who had closed her door hundreds of years ago in order to break through to a higher realm.

Others say that she is the descendant of the former Elf King, or even the Elf King himself.

But in fact, only Liliana, the leader's confidant, knew.

The reason why the leader became the guardian of the Elf King's Court and guarded this Snow City for hundreds of years was actually just because of a very insignificant reason.

"This is Hathaway's hometown after all."

"After all, we are best friends. Although we are a little plastic, our opponents are not just each other, but there are more people."

"In that case, since it's just on the way, let's take care of it."

That's the only reason.

"Okay, I've finished complaining."

The black-dressed girl leaned back casually on the throne shrouded in the night.

The red-gold eyes also returned to their original lazy and idle appearance.

She lowered her eyes and looked at the gray elf girl in front of her.

"Then let's get back to the topic and talk about business."

"Lily, come and report what I asked you to investigate in the gap between the abyss and the main material plane."

"The movements of those false gods on the western continent."

"A certain golden elf who is about to return from the depths of the astral world..."

"And——"

"The matter of the "Black Tower."