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

Chapter 542: Six Years Old... Again

A teenage boy stood there.

He looked like... Arthur, no, a mini version of... a mini version of Arthur!

Barely fourteen. Messy white hair, grass stains on his trousers, and that half distracted, cold expression he wore when his mind was running too fast for the rest of the world to keep up.

Then another figure appeared.

A little girl.

Nnenna’s breath caught.

Because the girl looked almost exactly like her younger self.

No, not almost. It was her.

It was as if she had been pulled straight into the memory, not as an observer... but as the one living it.

She was small again. Six years old. Barefoot. Cheeks streaked with tears.

"Arthur!" her tiny voice broke, trembling. "They said I’m small! They said I’ll never be strong like you!"

He looked at her for a long second, then smiled in that way that was just for her.

"Come on. I’ll teach you something no one else knows."

Her little self’s heart leapt. "Really?"

"Just you. Promise?"

"Promise!"

The wind tugged at her hair as he crouched down, guiding her arms and legs with patient hands.

fast or strong. It’s about surprise. Timing.

he poked her nose for messing up

finally nailed it, clumsy, but right, he clapped, spinning

says

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Back to the arena.

Nnenna’s eyes snapped open.

was closing in fast,

froze mid step

chair screeching back. "She... she knows it." His pulse spiked. It wasn’t

eyes widened. "That’s the

low, almost dangerous. "The one he only

what they were seeing

to read, a feint that turned into a spiral, her whole body becoming a whip of momentum. Stephanie’s

finish, and

Gasps erupted.

The livestream exploded

"WHAT WAS

"Stephanie didn’t even

never seen anything

leaned forward

year three martial arts curriculum. No... It’s not

"Where in the world did

gaze stayed locked on Nnenna. Earlier, she looked like she

at first. Noise swelled like a wave, cheers, stunned shouts, the frantic

hands clasped. "I’ve never seen that technique in my

mouth was a thin line; she leaned back, studying Nnenna as if the girl were suddenly

simply watched, slow and thoughtful, as if turning the moment over in

expression looked dreadful as he turned to Nicholas. "It was one thing for that girl to defeat you but now even Stephanie isn’t her match?! Have I wasted

reply. He was still flushed with triumph one heartbeat ago; now the grin faded into a puzzled frown. He glanced toward Stephanie, who was on her feet, chest heaving, face gone hard. Fury and confusion fought across her features, she felt cheated and exposed

pushed forward on the barrier as if he wanted to be closer. That move... of course. Arthur mentioned it before, the thought hit him like