They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 16: The Most Beautiful Girl

He wasn't the type to waste time or energy on things he considered irrelevant. And yet...he had made time to visit this girl, a girl who couldn't seem to stop talking.

Four's gaze flickered toward her, his expression unreadable. 'Why would he bother visiting her?'

For the first time since she had entered the room, Four felt something other than irritation toward her. He felt curiosity.

Since when did Prince Somto start caring enough to visit someone four times in four months?

That was an anomaly for a man of his caliber and reputation, especially given his relentless focus on his work and his impossibly busy schedule.

Four's curiosity deepened as he shifted his gaze from the book to the girl sitting across from him.

For the first time, he truly looked at her. His sharp eyes swept over her figure, analyzing every detail like she was a puzzle he couldn't quite piece together.

The sudden attention made Nnenna freeze mid sentence. Her usual chatter came to an abrupt halt as she locked eyes with him, her heart thumping unexpectedly under his intense scrutiny.

Four's expression remained unreadable as he continued his silent evaluation. 'What am I missing here?' he wondered. He searched for something, anything, that could explain why Prince Somto had bothered to visit her.

Was it her chess skills? No, those were admirable but hardly extraordinary. Was it her constant stream of words? Highly unlikely.

end, he found nothing remarkable. No hidden spark, no extraordinary quality to set her apart. Aside from her sharp mind for chess and her seemingly boundless ability to

been familial obligation. After all, they are siblings,' he thought, his

practiced calm,

his fleeting curiosity. He's finally paying attention to me,

but she wasn't about to let the moment pass without making the most of

him stare like that?' she wondered, filing the thought away for

grin stretching wide with mischief. "What?

Four "..."

gaze from his book.

pressed on, her tone dripping with mock arrogance. "I'll have you know, I am the most beautiful girl in this entire kingdom! A true breed of excellence meets excellence. Do

girl in the kingdom? He glanced at

She wasn't wrong.

beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on, delicate features, radiant skin, and a fiery presence that seemed to light up the room. But her lack of humility...now that wasn't

her audacity. In

their way, but from where he came from, the bar for "excellence" was set far

brushing away the distractions Nnenna's chatter had brought into

continued talking, bragging even, but Four offered no reaction. His silence was

admit defeat when she noticed he had finished his book and reached for another. His calm and deliberate actions