Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

Perhaps it's because he wants to become better that he cuts off almost all entertainment?

That's why she couldn't understand whether depriving someone of the joys of childhood could really make them better.

Is my current achievement due to my own hard work, or is it attributed to the inhumane education system and then boasted about by my family?

Therefore, Hong Moli envies children who can do whatever they want without any constraints.

Therefore, Hong Moli really dislikes children like Bai Gui Qian You who can do everything.

Also when Komari was very young, as a reward for getting first place in the elementary school entrance exam, Komari finally had the opportunity to go to the park.

Led by her family, little Hong Moli arrived at Moon Sea Park before it was renovated.

Back then, the facilities at Moonsea Park were quite rudimentary, with low slides, shallow sandpits, old seesaws that creaked and groaned, and rusty swings.

Despite its dilapidated state, Hong Moli eagerly awaited the reward.

However, Koumori, who arrived at Moonsea Park full of expectations, did not get anything she wanted.

Because of a girl, a small girl with gray hair, who was sitting in a sandpit when Hong Moli found her, building a tall castle with tiny grains of sand.

Playing with friends of the same age was something Hong Moli had always longed for. She ran over, stood behind the girl with her hands behind her back, and peeked at the sandcastle the girl had built.

"Wow! That's amazing! They managed to pile the sand up so high!"

Hong Moli praised it sincerely, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the tall sandcastle.

"Thank you." The girl with long gray hair turned around. "You're amazing too. Your hair is so shiny, like sand. You're so impressive."

That was the first time Bai Gui Qian You spoke to me in my memory.

Then, before Hong Moli could even sit down and touch the pile of sand, her mother rushed forward and carried her away.

The mother kept apologizing to someone, and then took Hong Moli home without saying a word.

"Hong Mori, do you know who that child is? She's the daughter of the Hyakki politician! The daughter of the youngest Hyakki politician in history! Do you know that? The Hyakki politician got to where he is today because of his hard work! You have to work hard, Hong Mori!"

At that time, Hyakki Senyou's mother was not yet the youngest minister of the hundred demons in history, but the title of the youngest senator already existed.

"Then, Mom, are you not trying hard enough? Other people's mothers can become politicians, why can't I just wait tables in a restaurant?"

For some reason, her mother flew into a rage at her, shouting a lot of things that Hong Moli couldn't understand. Hong Moli couldn't remember exactly what her mother said at the time, but in short, her mother was furious.

It was nothing more than the difference in status, and what the consequences would be if Hong Moli injured Bai Gui Qian You, etc. It was all incoherent and incomprehensible, and I didn't even want to bother to remember it.

Finally, her mother reminded Hong Moli to study hard and strive to become a member of the Hyakki senator someday.

Yes, even when she was in a fit of rage, Hong Moli's mother would still teach her that she must study hard and become a successful person in the future.

But what does this have to do with Hong Moli not being able to play in the park?

Did I make any mistakes?

My mother says that children who play outside will never amount to anything, but even the daughter of the Hundred Ghosts Councilor can build sandcastles in the park, while she can't. What's the reason for this?

Just because that girl is there, does that mean I can't play in the park? What kind of logic is that?

What did that girl have that I didn't? Just because she was the daughter of the Hundred Demon Councilor?

Therefore, from that time on, Hong Moli hated Bai Gui Qian You.

With the highest score in the entrance exam, Hong Moli naturally entered one of the best primary schools in Quanyuehai City. On her first day of school, she met the girl she had met once before in her class.

"I still remember you, the girl with hair as golden as sand." Hyakki Chiyu ran up to Koumori and reached out her hand.

Hong Moli didn't hold that hand and turned back to her seat.

"She's the daughter of the Hundred Demons Councilor."

How could you ignore her?

"She took the initiative to talk to you, shouldn't you become friends with her?"

Faced with her classmates' confusion, Hong Moli simply replied, "What does that have to do with me?"

In the days that followed, Hong Moli kept thinking about this question.

What's so special about the Hundred Ghosts and Thousand Ghosts?

It must be because of my family that I was able to get into this school, right?

It must be because of family members that one can gain the support of others, right?

Because of my family, I can enjoy the fun of school without having to study as hard as I do. That must be it, right?

However, I was the top student in the entrance exam. As long as I work hard, I will definitely be able to achieve the same status as her in the future. That must be right, right?

Then, when the first academic test came around, Hyakki Senyou's name appeared at the top of the list in the whole school, and Koumori's name was ranked behind her, only behind Hyakki Senyou.

It must be because of her family that Hyakki Senyou was able to get first place, right?

Why? I studied so hard, why can't I get first place? Why can that girl I hate, Hyakki Chiyuu, get first place?

Little Hong Moli, clutching her test paper, hid in a corner of the school, sobbing unwillingly.

For the entire class period, no one could find Hong Moli, and Hong Moli cried alone in a corner of the school for the whole period.

Hongmo, who was only in first grade, couldn't understand so many things; she just felt very wronged.

At that time, the first person to appear in front of her was not her teacher, but Hyakki Chiyu, who was also only in the first grade of elementary school.

"Hong Moli, why are you crying?"

Hyakki Senyou asked, extending his hand to Hong Moli.

But Hong Moli still didn't take that hand and stubbornly ran away alone.

How annoying that someone I dislike cares about me like this!

Sure enough, a hundred ghosts and a thousand spirits, I hate them the most.

In the second exam, Hyakki Senyou still maintained her first-place ranking.

But this time, Hong Moli didn't cry. She took her test paper and learned to check the mistakes on it.

Crying won't solve the problem, nor will being criticized by parents. If you want to surpass that annoying student, the only thing you can rely on is your own hard work.

In second and third grade, in every exam and every ranking, Hong Moli was left far behind by Bai Gui Qianyou.

In elementary school rankings, other people's rankings may change depending on their performance, but above everyone else, there will always be two positions that remain unchanged.

The first-place winner, Hyakki Senyou, and the second-place winner, Koumori, both outperformed the others by a significant margin.

These two people are often discussed together.

Also discussed was the strange relationship between the two of them. Anyone could see that Hong Moli was always avoiding Bai Gui Qianyou, yet she would always secretly watch Bai Gui Qianyou.

Over the years, Hyakki Chiyu had reached out her hand to Koumori more than once, but Koumori had never once grasped her hand.

The criticism from her parents when she didn't get first place, the lack of entertainment caused by studying hard—these things gradually became insignificant to Hong Moli over time.

Therefore, the only reason why Hong Moli worked so hard was to surpass Hyakki Senyou, whom she hated.

Why can she enjoy everything so effortlessly, whether it's her grades, friends, or family care?

Why is it that even though I've tried my best, I still can't surpass her in my strongest area?

Such a hundred ghosts and a thousand spirits are truly the most detestable.

Elementary school years pass in the blink of an eye, yet Hong Moli's grades have never surpassed Bai Gui Qianyou's.

She had done a good job, but unfortunately, Hyakki Chiyu did even better, if only by a little bit.

Which school will you go to?

In the auditorium after the graduation ceremony, Hong Moli stood in front of Bai Gui Qianyou, still seething with anger.

That should be the second time that Hong Moli took the initiative to speak to Bai Gui Qianyou.

The first time was many years ago, next to the sandpit in the still dilapidated Moonsea Park, where she blinked and praised the sandcastle built by a hundred ghosts and a thousand spirits.

“Plum Blossom Garden,” Hyakki Senyou replied.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the plum garden."

Hong Moli uttered a harsh remark, then turned and disappeared into the school.

Of course, this time was no different; Hong Moli didn't grab the hand that Bai Gui Qianyou reached out to her.

The next time we met was in a classroom at Meihuayuan Middle School.

Now in junior high school, Hong Moli is no longer the ignorant elementary school student she once was. She has gradually realized that a person's excellence has nothing to do with the kind of family they grow up in.

She hated Hyakki Chiyu even more. She grew up in a privileged family, enjoyed a comfortable life, had an excellent personality, and, most annoyingly, had outstanding grades that Koumori had never surpassed.

Hyakki Chiyu's grades had nothing to do with whose daughter she was. When Hong Moli was flipping through her report card by chance, she discovered that Hyakki Chiyu had ranked second in the elementary school entrance exam.

Yes, that was the only time I ever beat her in academics before I even knew Bai Gui Qian You.

For Hong Moli, who has nothing, grades are everything.

Therefore, I need to work harder and even harder, and prove with my own strength and everything I have that if I can defeat Bai Gui Qian You once, I can defeat Bai Gui Qian You a second time.

In first grade, Hong Moli still couldn't surpass Bai Gui Qianyou in academic performance.

But the two were no longer so distant. Since middle school, Hong Moli was no longer the little brat who could only vent her anger.

She was willing to sit at the same table with Hyakki Chiyu, ask her about things she wasn't good at, explain her strengths to her, and occasionally chat with Hyakki Chiyu about her lack of life experiences and listen to Hyakki Chiyu talk about things she had done.

She can eat with Bai Gui Qian You, go home with him, and become better together.

She didn't mind sharing these things with Hyakki Chiyu. Hong Moli knew that Hyakki Chiyu was also a very outstanding child. If she couldn't surpass such an outstanding, yet also annoying, Hyakki Chiyu in a fair and square manner, she wouldn't feel a sense of victory.

In order to surpass the people she dislikes, it's okay to associate with them. Hong Moli is no longer the elementary school student who has to treat those she dislikes with cold indifference.

Even so, Hong Moli never once accepted the hand that Bai Gui Qianyou reached out to her.

In second grade, Hong Moli achieved first place in the entire school for the first time.

"Hong Moli, you're amazing! You even managed to solve such a difficult problem."

When Hyakki Chiyu clapped her hands to celebrate with her, Koumori suppressed her excitement and simply said something.

"Isn't that obvious?"

Did I win? Maybe so, since I was ranked first in the whole school.

But why don't I feel excited at all?