Go back? There's no going back.

Taking a deep breath, Su Wei slowly made way and watched the Witch walk past him and into the house.

hum-

Soon, as a short buzzing sound rang in his ears, Su Wei noticed that the witch who was originally disguised as a mentor in his sight had taken off her disguise and returned to her original appearance.

The host and guest of the room seemed to have switched at this moment. Su Wei followed the witch and returned to the living room.

Almost instinctively, Su Wei turned his head and looked at the place where a scarred young man had curled up before.

But for some reason, there was no figure in that corner at this moment.

Even the blood and stains that the other party had spit on the ground were cleaned up manually.

As if he suddenly thought of something, his eyes moved horizontally to the locker closest to that corner.

At this moment, the door latch on the cabinet, which was supposed to be locked, had been opened manually.

There is no doubt that there is a person curled up in the rectangular space under the locker.

……Um?

Seeing this scene, Su Wei blinked and was stunned.

He couldn't quite understand the logic behind the scarred young man's behavior.

So, even though your mom was already here, you didn't jump out to complain to her, but instead you just hid in your locker...what's going on?

Just as Su Wei was feeling puzzled, the witch who was walking a little ahead of him had already walked straight to a sofa in the living room.

Seeing this, Su Wei breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously glanced at the bedroom door not far away.

Fortunately, as long as this witch doesn't enter the bedroom, it's fine.

In this way, the existence of the fox fairy will not be discovered.

"...Su Wei."

At this moment, Su Wei suddenly heard the Witch calling his name.

He subconsciously turned his head to look.

Then he saw that the witch in a black robe had sat down on the sofa.

Her long legs were crossed under her robe. She looked at Su Wei and gently patted the empty seat next to her with her right hand.

At this moment, for some reason, Su Wei imagined that the witch in front of him was the first princess of the empire.

"Come sit here."

But the next second, as these plain words came out of the witch's mouth, Su Wei came back to his senses.

Obviously, given the princess's personality... maybe she would be a little more reserved when she wants him to do something?

“…Well, I’ll just sit here.”

After a moment's silence, Su Wei did not sit down.

Mingming always recalled the memory of sitting with his mother and pointing fingers at the news newspapers, but now, he instinctively felt a little repulsed.

Across the coffee table, Su Wei walked to another sofa facing the Witch and sat opposite her.

After sitting down, Su Wei tensed his whole body, straightened his back, placed his hands flat on his thighs, and did not move.

Of course, although he still sat upright as was the most common posture when facing a superior, Su Wei's mind was extremely calm at this moment.

His heart beat as slowly as ever. He did not feel nervous at all at this moment. All he felt was respect for the witch.

At the same time, Su Wei also felt a little emotional.

He suddenly thought that at this moment, if it was his former mother, she would probably take the initiative to sit over.

Su Wei is not bragging, even though he was abandoned, and even in the last two years, the time they spent together every day became less and less.

However, during the subsequent period of their interactions, it was not so much that he clung to his mother, but rather that his mother clung to him more.

Even when she was watching the news, she would sit next to him with the newspaper in her hand. Sometimes, she would be eager to share and directly hand the newspaper to him, pointing and commenting in front of him.

"..."

As Su Wei sat down face to face, the whole room fell silent again.

Eve watched the scene quietly without saying a word.

"?"

In this subtle silence, Su Wei waited for a moment.

"What's going on with this list?"

Just when he was feeling more and more confused, he finally heard the Witch's calm voice.

At the same time, Su Wei suddenly felt his eyes blurred, and he heard the sound of slender heels stepping on the floor.

When he came to his senses, a list had been handed to him.

Blinking his eyes, his face frozen in shock, Su Wei subconsciously turned his head to look beside him, only to see that the witch who had just been sitting opposite him had stood up, walked around the coffee table and sat next to him.

A faint fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose. Su Wei looked at her beside him, as if he suddenly realized something, and the expression on his face suddenly became stunned.

Huh……?

Chapter 57: Do you...already know that I am your child?

Dormitory, living room.

There was a tiny gap in the locker at the foot of the wall.

Just now, after realizing that his mother had also stepped into the dormitory, the scarred young man subconsciously crawled into the nearest locker and hid.

Although even he didn't know why he had to hide.

In fact, normally speaking, since Su Wei did not kill him on the spot when his mother knocked on the door, but chose to go and open the door, he should have been safe.

Even if my mother finds me here later...it won't be a big problem.

But at that time, the scarred young man subconsciously chose to escape.

At this moment, he had missed the opportunity to go out.

Feeling powerless all over, the scarred young man curled up in the closet with his eyes wide open, secretly observing everything in the living room through the tiny gap in the closet door.

However, at this glance, the expression on the scarred young man's face... indeed became stiff little by little.

——What’s up with this list?

Not long after they both returned to the living room, he heard his mother asking this question.

Obviously, this sentence just sounded like a very ordinary question, but at this moment, hearing the tone of his mother that seemed to have never been shown in front of him before, the scarred young man was stunned.

To be honest, the mother's voice just now didn't sound gentle, but in that voice, there was a kind of concern that the scarred young man had never heard before?

Or, dissatisfied?

Realizing this, the expression on the scarred young man's face suddenly became somewhat unbelievable.

When did... Mother become so attentive when talking to people?

However, the astonishment on the scarred young man's face was just the beginning.

Because it didn't take long for him to find out that after a certain ignorant boy ignored his mother's order and sat directly opposite him, his mother didn't get angry at all.

Even under his gaze, she took the initiative to stand up, walked around the coffee table, and sat next to the boy...

Looking at this incredible scene, the scarred young man's jaw dropped to the ground, and he was completely stunned.

How is this going?

This adult who seems to have plenty of patience when communicating with others...is she still the mother I know?

**

"..."

On the other side, on the sofa in the living room, Su Wei also had a confused look on his face.

The faint fragrance lingered at his nose. He looked at the witch who came over from the opposite side and sat down next to him without even saying hello. He suddenly felt a little overwhelmed.

……what?

Is the distance between me and this witch so close?

No, wait, could it be that...she has actually already...?

As such a somewhat doubtful thought came to his mind, Su Wei remained silent for a moment, and subconsciously stared at the face of the witch beside him and observed him carefully.

"what happened?"

However, after meeting Su Wei's confused gaze, the witch's expression did not change much.

After their eyes met, she just blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at Su Wei quietly.

At this moment, Su Wei felt a growing sense of disharmony in his heart. He subconsciously stared at the witch and observed her carefully.

But soon, he gave up.

Because, although her behavior just now was a little strange, the way this witch looked at her was no different from the past.

There is no longer the fluttering feeling that my mother once had when she looked at me.

"...No, it's nothing."

Realizing that he had just overthought, Su Wei was silent for a moment and shook his head.

After moving slightly to the side and creating some distance between him and the witch, Su Wei turned to look at the list she handed over: "You just mentioned this list...what's wrong?"

As he spoke, he focused his attention on the paper in front of him. After roughly reading the contents on it, Su Wei was slightly stunned.

He soon realized that this... seemed to be a list of people in the training camp who had passed the initial assessment.

However, why did this witch come to me in person with this thing at this time?

"..."

When asked by Su Wei, Eve did not respond immediately.

She stared at the space between the two of them that had obviously widened, with a dazed expression on her face.

After several seconds, Eve came back to her senses and looked at Su Wei again. Her eyes lowered slightly and her tone returned to calm: "Now, I'm asking you."

"You specially signed up for the preliminary test. Are you planning to participate in this so-called Fire Seed Program?"

"……Correct."

Hearing this, Su Wei nodded immediately.

“…What’s the reason?”

However, the witch in front of him did not seem to be satisfied with Su Wei's brief response. Instead, she frowned slightly and stared at him intently.

"Ah?"

Su Wei was stunned when asked this question: "I want to become a fire seed and get more cultivation resources...Isn't this reason sufficient?"

Although at the beginning, Su Wei only wanted to participate in a so-called "Legendary Hunter Seed" assessment.

The reason is quite simple: it's all about resources.

Because his current training speed is too fast, the speed of hunter rating improvement has slowed down, and the resources that can be allocated later will not be enough, so Su Wei plans to participate in this assessment to skip the cumbersome rule of the Hunter Guild that "you must complete enough commissions to be promoted to a higher rating" and allocate more inclined resources as soon as possible.

After all, he couldn't keep asking for sweet drinks from some queen.

And now, with the transformation of the seed assessment into the Spark Plan, once he passes the assessment and is selected as a Spark, the resources allocated to him in the future will suddenly become more.

“…That’s not what I meant.”

However, after Su Wei answered like this, the witch beside him was silent for several seconds, and rubbed her temples as if she had a headache: "Now, it's not just this empire that is eyeing this assessment. With your relationship with her... and a certain princess, even if you don't take the risk of participating in this assessment, you can still join it directly."

"No, what are you talking about? If you don't have the corresponding ability, what's the point of joining through the backdoor? Wouldn't that just be a waste of resources? And..."

After listening to the words of the witch, Su Wei finally understood what the other party really wanted to ask.

But soon, he shook his head, and his expression inadvertently became yearning: "Let's not talk about the possibility that the princess is partial to her and bends the law... Even if it is true, how can I let someone as fair, kind, quiet and perfect as the princess break the rules and be tainted with filth?"

"……what?"

As Su Wei finished his words, Eve, who was about to say something beside him, was completely stunned.