Go back? There's no going back.

"I think you don't have to care about what I think."

However, the next words that came out of the little ghost's mouth made Eve stunned little by little.

……Eh?

"Didn't I tell you this when I saw you on the mountain before..."

Looking at the witch in front of him who seemed to be worried about something, Su Wei was quiet for a moment, and looked at her calmly: "I'm glad you're okay."

"..."

Listening to Su Wei's words and looking at his reaction that didn't seem fake, Eve fell silent little by little.

Could it be... that he really never hated himself?

"No...that's impossible."

However, as soon as this thought came into her mind, Eve shook her head and suppressed it.

Maybe it was because Su Wei still showed no aggression after he exposed their relationship, but at this moment, Eve's momentum slightly recovered. She stared at Su Wei intently: "You are lying, your real thought...can't be this."

"In fact, when you first learned the truth, you must have been very disappointed, right?"

"The one who raised you was not some princess you admired, but a wanted criminal who was wanted and despised by the entire continent, an executioner with blood on his hands."

"Even, this executioner didn't recognize you at the time and wanted to chop off your head with his own hands. How could you not have complaints after I treated you like this?"

"…Speak out. Didn't you bring it up first? Then tell me what you really think right now…I'll listen."

"Since you are the child I raised, you should be well aware that I hate liars, right?"

After saying these words word by word, Eve tried to get her thoughts, which had become chaotic due to the sudden situation, back on track.

She tried to force herself to look the kid in the eyes again.

But the next second, when their eyes met again, when she saw Su Wei's indifferent eyes again, Eve felt her heart tighten and she turned her head away again almost instinctively.

At this moment, she finally began to feel confused.

...Why, after taking the initiative to clarify the relationship between the two parties, this little kid can still look at me with such a calm look?

A somewhat absurd thought suddenly came to Eve's mind.

At this moment, she would rather be questioned in an angry tone by the kid in front of her, asking her why she abandoned him all those years ago, why she didn't recognize him until now... She couldn't accept being stared at with such a calm look in his eyes.

"..."

However, looking at the witch in front of him whose emotions had unconsciously become a little impatient, Su Wei just blinked, with a slightly confused expression on his face.

"That, although you may have forgotten it, I still remember it very clearly."

"During the time when you were about to leave me, you occasionally asked me some strange questions..."

"Like if a group of good people fell into the lake with you, who would I save?"

"Or if I find out that you have done something bad and are a bad person, will I hate you and change my attitude towards you..."

After a moment of silence and organizing his words, he looked at her and scratched his cheek in some distress.

But in the end, when he said this, as if he had mustered up some courage, a smile appeared on his face again, and he said to her: "Whether it was then or now, my answer is the same."

"……Eh?"

At this moment, looking at Su Wei in front of her, Eve suddenly felt that everything in her vision became a little hazy.

Her eyes widened slightly, and in an instant, a certain fragment in her mind that had been buried under many messy memories was reassembled bit by bit.

In that memory, there was a little face that looked like Su Wei in front of him, but much younger, and his eyes were full of his own.

Two faces overlapped in the field of vision.

Even the voices of the two people rang in her ears at the same time at this moment.

"Mom, no matter what happens, I will always love you."

"Lady Eve, no matter what happens, I will always respect and love you."

After the words were spoken, the entire living room became quiet again.

You can hear the needle drop.

...However, Eve's mind could no longer calm down.

They were clearly two sentences that sounded very similar; even the determination revealed on their faces had not faded in the slightest.

But at this moment, she clearly realized that when Su Wei looked at her, there was something missing in his eyes.

Eve fell completely silent as she let the little face in her memory gradually fade away.

At this moment, she finally realized one thing clearly again.

Once upon a time, my eyes were filled with my own little ghosts... they no longer exist.

Lost by her.

Chapter 59: Mom...Mom?

The child who once had eyes full of me has been lost by me.

The moment she realized this, Eve's eyes widened little by little and she fell completely silent.

The entire living room fell into silence at this moment.

"Su Wei, you..."

Her eyes trembled slightly. Looking at Su Wei, who was still looking at her without any complaints, Eve opened her mouth hard, wanting to say something.

Didi, didi——

At this moment, the communicator in Eve's arms suddenly started to work at an inopportune time.

Her thoughts were disturbed, and at that moment, Eve's face turned dark.

The next moment, she took out a communicator from her coat without saying a word, glanced at the contact displayed on it, her face darkened slightly, and she hung up the call directly.

Looking at Su Wei again, Eve moved her lips, wanting to say something.

But soon, she realized that no matter what she wanted to say now... it seemed a little too late.

If something has been lost once, even if you try to find it again, can it ever be the same as before?

Obviously, "Ming Xin" has been working all the time, but at this moment, just this thought that came to her mind made Eve feel that her heart skipped a beat, and an indescribable palpitation surged in her heart.

It was at this moment that the communicator in her hand vibrated again.

The dull ringtone echoed in the quiet living room.

"Well, you don't have to worry about me."

Seeing this, Su Wei blinked his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then tentatively said to the witch in front of him: "Since they called me twice in a row, the other party must have something important. Maybe it's better to confirm it first... That's what I think."

"..."

After hearing Su Wei's words, Eve, who was about to hang up the call again, fell silent for a moment.

She pursed her lips and looked down at the name on the communicator in her hand again.

【Contact Person: Melville】

This time, when she saw the name clearly, Eve's slender brows inadvertently frowned.

“…Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Taking a deep breath, thinking about Su Wei's suggestion just now, Eve subconsciously pressed the answer button.

But soon, as if she thought of something, she looked at Su Wei in front of her again.

"Then... I'll leave for a while."

After hesitating for a moment, Eve said this to Su Wei in front of her, turned and walked towards the entrance, pushed open the door, and left the dormitory.

***

moment.

"Hello? Long time no see, Miss Eve."

Arriving at the courtyard outside the dormitory, Eve looked at the communicator in her hand that was still vibrating and pressed the answer button.

The next second, the real-time communication screen popped up quickly.

"what's up?"

At this moment, looking at the woman with silver eyes on the screen, Eve's frown did not relax at all.

She just stared at the latter with cold eyes.

"How dare you ask me what I want? If you had answered my brother's call earlier, Miss Eve, you wouldn't be so clueless now about what I asked you to do..."

After being stared at by Eve, the silver-haired woman in the picture tilted her head, with a look of confusion on her face. She said meaningfully: "I'm already at the Empire. You're here too, right? Come out and meet me."

"Do not have time."

However, as soon as the silver-haired woman finished speaking, Eve rejected her in a flat tone.

"..."

The entire communication fell into a brief silence.

"Heh... Is it really okay to talk to my former friend in such a cold manner?"

However, after a few seconds, the voice of the silver-haired woman came again from the other end of the communication.

As if she had anticipated Eve's reaction, the silver-haired woman in the picture did not get angry. Instead, she smiled slightly and stared at her calmly: "Ms. Eve, have you forgotten who helped you get the skeleton of the Holy Spirit Dragon?"

"Please don't make it sound like it's all your fault."

Even after hearing what the silver-haired woman said, Eve's expression remained unchanged. Instead, she showed a little more disgust. "If the price of that skeleton is to face your brother's annoying harassment, then I regret not to accept it."

"...Huh? What's wrong with being my brother?"

As if she had been poked at some unpleasant point, the silver-haired woman was stunned for a moment, then immediately frowned: “Miss Eve, from what you said, it sounds as if the child is very unbearable.”

"He is sure to be in the top ten of the Ten Thousand Beast Body. He has cultivated to the fifth level with diligence and hard work before he was 20 years old. He is handsome and has good character. He is such a perfect child. In addition, he has a big sister like Gu as his backup... Miss Eve, what exactly are you dissatisfied with?"

As she said this, the woman in the picture stared at Eve intently, and reminded her pointedly, "If he didn't like her, I would still be dissatisfied with a woman like you who has a bad record. You'd better think it over. I've been very patient with you in the past."

"…So, you contacted me just to waste my time with this nonsense?"

Faced with the silver-haired woman's increasingly low tone, Eve remained unmoved, but the expression on her face became even colder.

Even though the opponent was a person who, according to historical documents, had used beheading tactics to deal with the extreme physique of Pluto several times, Eve was not particularly afraid of him now.

But for the time being, she originally intended to maintain the most basic positive relationship with the other party.

But at this moment, the unusually calm face of a certain little devil could not be shaken off her mind. Eve remained silent, only feeling that the woman in the picture was becoming more and more annoying.

"I said……"

"Forget it. The main reason I came to you this time, besides hoping that you would at least answer my brother's call, is for another reason."

However, just as those gentle characters came to her lips little by little, making Eve want to say something sweet to the other party for the first time in a long time, the silver-haired woman in the picture took the initiative to skip this topic that made both of them increasingly unhappy.

"In addition to the skeleton of the giant dragon, I also found some new things recently."

Melville stared at Eve through the screen, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said meaningfully: "The soul of a holy dragon... In my opinion, you should be interested, right?"

***

On the other side, inside the dormitory, the living room.

Standing in the living room, Su Wei quietly stared at the entrance door that had closed spontaneously and breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, although he had been looking forward to meeting and recognizing each other even in his dreams before, now, when he was with the witch, he could no longer have the feeling in his fantasy.

Some were just so bland that even he himself was surprised.

My mind is more peaceful than ever before.

Sure enough...there is still a difference between the mother herself, who is an imaginary existence, and the actor who plays her.

My mother will never come back, so I have to look forward.

Taking a deep breath and shaking his head gently, Su Wei tried to clear his mind of all distracting thoughts.

Soon, he remembered something and turned to look at the locker beside him.