Go back? There's no going back.

"You said."

Hearing Su Wei's answer, the brown-haired girl was stunned and asked quickly: "Where is the defect?"

"No, let's not talk about it. You will definitely be angry."

"…Just tell me! Please, I won't be angry!"

The girl was surprised and gave Su Wei an encouraging look.

"Are you really not angry?"

"I'm really not angry!"

"..."

"So, I said it?"

After a few seconds of silence, under the girl's eager gaze, Su Wei organized his words slightly and whispered: "Your illusion is actually quite special, but... you look different from her. Even if she wears a normal uniform, she is much prettier than you, and more arrogant."

"I think that although confidence is a good thing, this type of illusion is not very compatible with an ordinary girl like you...uh?"

While telling the other party the truth, Su Wei tried to make some friendly suggestions: "Maybe you can try other types of illusions later-hiss?"

But before he could finish his words, Su Wei took a breath and immediately shut his mouth after feeling an unusually cold gaze.

"…Huh? What the hell are you talking about?"

The brown-haired girl's icy voice came to my ears: "Huh? You just said... that I'm ordinary?"

"With just a wave of my hand, I can make a bunch of virgins lose their way, and you actually say that I am... ordinary?"

Her facial expression gradually lost control, the makeup on her face was slightly cracked, and the brown-haired girl became furious: "Don't you have eyes? Huh??"

"Well... calm down first. Didn't you say you won't be angry?"

Su Wei tried to comfort the other party, but was stared at with murderous eyes in return: "Shut up!"

"...6."

***

A few moments.

Su Wei, feeling uneasy, walked off the stage, announcing that his audition was over.

Since then, he has successfully entered the main competition.

He was even the first one to advance from the auditions.

After leaving the arena area, Su Wei hesitated for a moment and did not go back to the waiting hall.

Being shy and reserved by nature, he had a hard time chatting with a group of failed candidates who hadn't even played the revival match.

Considering that he had no other arrangements during the upcoming resurrection match, Su Wei realized that he would have much more time.

At least, I should be able to go to the training room and completely absorb the sweet drink given by the Queen...

Moreover, the application of the ability to instantly become a saint has yet to be developed.

Thinking of this, Su Wei, who had just finished two rounds of auditions, planned to go back to his room to rest for a while, and then go to the training ground until he lost contact.

But when he took out his ID card and swiped the door, he saw a completely unexpected person in his room.

The long legs were crossed and swaying.

Her long black hair fell to her waist, and her curvaceous figure was lazily leaning on the sofa. At this moment, the black-haired beauty's delicate and flawless face was revealing some visible fatigue——

……Um?

Seeing this scene, Su Wei couldn't help but blink in confusion.

Witch...sama?

Why is she here?

If he remembered correctly, the witch seemed to have told him at noon that she would be away for a day or two?

Why... haven't you left yet?

Or, is it that things went smoothly and you have already finished it and returned?

Just as Su Wei was puzzled, the witch sitting on the sofa raised her head slightly, and looked at him quietly with a pair of deep eyes.

At the moment when their eyes met, Su Wei was suddenly stunned.

……Eh?

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he suddenly felt that this witch seemed... a little different from when they said goodbye at noon?

"All the auditions have been passed?"

After a brief silence, the witch tilted her head and took the initiative to ask Su Wei.

"…Well, I passed, so I'm in the finals."

After opening his mouth to answer this, Su Wei seemed to suddenly think of something, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little hesitant.

When he said goodbye to the witch at noon, he tried to ask her if she could give him his mother's mask if he made it to the finals.

Of course, Su Wei himself was well aware that this was actually an unequal proposal.

After all, whether it is entering the main competition or handing the mask to Su Wei, the one who benefits from both is Su Wei.

Moreover, the process of making the mask seemed a bit troublesome. It was even possible that the original owner of the mask was not simply killed, but was someone who was acquainted with the witch. The witch only preserved him in a special way after his death.

So, he also said at the time that it would be fine even if he exchanged it for something else.

But at that time, he did not get a definite answer from the Witch. After a brief silence, the other party left without looking back.

Therefore, now that he had entered the finals and met the witch again, he was a little unsure whether he should bring it up again.

After all, even if she wasn't his real mother, she was still his benefactor. If asking that kind of question would make the other person unhappy, he would of course know better and not speak any more.

"Here, I picked it up."

However, the next second, as such a plain voice came to his ears, Su Wei saw the witch in front of him... and directly threw something that she had been holding in her hand to him from a distance.

The thing drew an arc in the air and looked like a rune stone.

His heartbeat suddenly stopped, as if he realized something. Su Wei quickly took a few steps forward and stretched out his hands to catch it.

"..."

Feeling a warm touch in the palm of his hand, Su Wei immediately looked down.

When he saw clearly that the rune in his hand was indeed a "mask", he was stunned for a moment, and quickly injected some magic power into it.

After seeing the "appearance" of the mask clearly, the expression on Su Wei's face suddenly froze.

His heartbeat quickened uncontrollably, and even his breathing became rapid. Staring intently at the face of the middle-aged woman that appeared in his mind through the rune stone, the stiff expression on Su Wei's face twisted little by little.

In the end, it all turned into indescribable joy.

Originally, after the witch left at noon with an obviously unhappy look, he had almost given up his fantasy.

But now... he didn't expect that this witch would actually be willing to give this talisman stone to him.

“…Well, well, well, can you really just give it to me like this?”

Thinking of this, Su Wei tightly grasped the talisman stone with both hands, and quickly looked up at the beautiful and kind witch in front of him, and bowed his head slightly: "I'm very sorry to let you give up."

At this moment, everyone was immersed in the emotion called joy. When the two looked at each other, Su Wei seemed a little at a loss for a moment.

"Feel sorry?"

However, just as Su Wei finished speaking, he saw the witch in front of him frowning slightly and staring at him with unfriendly eyes.

"...Su Wei, did I remember it wrong?"

She stared at him quietly. After a brief silence, the witch suddenly sighed softly and said in a calm tone, "I remember I told you a long time ago that when receiving a gift, people would like to hear the word 'thank you' more than sorry."

"Did I remember it wrong, or did you forget it?"

After she finished speaking, the witch looked at Su Wei with eyes that became much colder.

"Eh…?"

Hearing this, Su Wei, who was originally feeling a little secretly happy and uneasy, suddenly froze in place as he looked at the witch who seemed to have completely changed into a different person.

"It seems that you have forgotten everything I taught you before."

However, without giving Su Wei any more time to think, she raised her hand to lift her long hair and casually patted the empty seat beside her: "Come here and sit down here."

"..."

At this moment, Su Wei's originally calm mind seemed to be thundered. He stared at the strange witch in front of him. His body reacted earlier than his confused mind. He walked to the other side step by step, very stiffly, and sat down carefully.

Although it was a sofa temporarily allocated in the room, it was softer than the bed. As soon as Su Wei sat down, he felt a slight and comfortable sinking feeling.

But at this moment, Su Wei no longer had time to pay attention to such insignificant details.

A familiar fragrance surged at the tip of his nose. The witch, who was originally dozens of centimeters away from where Su Wei was sitting, had already reached out and grabbed his wrist, pulling him closer.

Arms were pressed against arms, thighs were pressed against thighs, and even through the thin black robe, the witch's delicate and soft touch was still transmitted to Su Wei's mind without reservation at this moment.

His whole body tensed up little by little, Su Wei swallowed his saliva almost instinctively, and sat upright.

"Hey, why don't you move to the side this time?"

At this moment, such words mixed with a bit of confusion came out from the mouth of the witch beside him.

"..."

Hearing the sound, Su Wei's expression froze, his heartbeat became faster and faster, and he stood still.

"Why do you think...I suddenly decided to give you that mask?"

Not paying attention to Su Wei's silence, the witch seemed to have thought of something. She turned her snow-white neck slightly, tilted her head, put the corner of her soft lips close to Su Wei's ear, and whispered: "Because, I no longer need that kind of superficial thing..."

"Why do you think that is? Huh?"

"...!"

His ears began to itch under the soft breath, feeling the warm body temperature, staring at the witch in front of him who seemed like a completely different person, but gave him a sense of déjà vu after a long time. Su Wei opened his eyes little by little and stood there in a daze.

...Mom...?

Chapter 68: Want to be a qualified mother

The first venue is the candidates’ room.

The whole room suddenly became quiet.

Sitting on the sofa, huddled together with the witch beside him, feeling each other's body temperature, Su Wei's whole body stiffened slightly, unable to move.

——I no longer need those superficial things.

——Why do you think this is?

Until this moment, the words of the witch were still echoing in his mind.

After the other party said this, Su Wei naturally realized that this witch who seemed to have forgotten him in the past... obviously remembered something.

Could it be that she...really... ?

Thinking of this, Su Wei suddenly felt his heartbeat speed up involuntarily.

And the other side.

Although her expression still looked extremely calm, in fact, Eve was a little nervous as she observed the reaction of the little ghost beside her with her peripheral vision.

For some reason, at this moment, she actually had a strange illusion that she was an impostor.

Although theoretically speaking, what she currently has is indeed only a part of the memory after she adopted this little kid.

The memory that was suspected to have been carefully processed by "Pure Soul" did not contain any emotions.

In other words, she now has no idea what she was really thinking when she was with that kid, and what kind of mood she was in when she was with the latter.

At the moment, she is almost like trying to replicate the reactions of "herself" in a narrative article after reading it.

To be honest, even Eve herself did not expect that there would come a day when she would actively imitate "herself".

Even though she felt inexplicably unhappy because of the completely different attitude a certain little devil had towards her and the one he had towards a certain queen, she took the risk to touch the fruit of "Enlightenment".

However, to Eve's surprise, after imitating the memory in the "Bright Heart" fruit and performing this somewhat meaningless behavior... she did not feel any disgust in her heart.