Go back? There's no going back.

On the contrary, at this moment, whether it was her heartbeat or her slightly clenched hands under her clothes, they all proved that a certain instinct remaining in her body... was feeling happy about her actions at the moment.

However, after realizing this, the confusion in Eve's eyes suddenly became deeper again.

So…if I really cared so much about this little kid at the time, then why did I use Soul Purification to process the memories of those years from beginning to end?

If those memories had not been processed at that time, would I be able to completely return to the "me" who used to look... very happy?

This thought inexplicably emerged in her mind, and Eve fell silent for a moment.

In fact, she has not yet finished watching the memory fragments of those eight years.

After all, touching the "Enlightenment" fruit while flipping through those memories consumes too much mental energy.

After consuming a huge amount of mental energy, what he finally got was something that was completely useless for recovering from his injuries.

If it were something else, she probably wouldn't even think of trying it.

But now, quietly looking at the little kid beside her who was not moving at all and reacted very well, Eve suddenly felt... this was not bad.

At this moment, although the whole room was quiet, the atmosphere did not make Eve feel uncomfortable at all.

Didi, didi——

But at this moment, a ring suddenly rang, breaking the brief silence in the house.

"..."

Hearing this, Eve frowned slightly.

The next second, the shadow beneath him spread slightly, and a pale hand bone stretched out, handing a communicator that looked quite old to Eve.

Eve's eyes swept over and looked at the contact displayed on it, and her slender brows suddenly frowned even deeper.

"..."

At this time, Su Wei on the side also came back to his senses a little.

Recalling the Witch's reaction of walking out of the dormitory on her own initiative after receiving the call, he quickly realized that the Witch probably didn't want others to hear her call.

But the next second, just as Su Wei was about to stand up and separate from the Witch Lady who was next to him, he felt a force on his wrist at the right moment, causing him to sit down again, even a little closer to the Witch Lady next to him.

"Don't move."

At the same time, he heard the witch's whispering voice.

Then, under Su Wei's somewhat confused gaze, the witch beside him directly pressed the answer button.

However, this time, after the connection was established, no real-time communication screen popped up on the communicator, as if it had been unilaterally cut off by the unhappy witch.

All that came out of the communicator was pure sound.

"Ms. Eve... Eh? Why didn't you turn on the projection function?"

Soon, Su Wei heard a male voice coming from the communicator.

Hearing the other party's inexplicably familiar voice, Su Wei was stunned.

Almost instinctively, the image of the silver-haired young man who had jumped onto the stage and tried to attack him at the end of the audition this morning came to his mind.

To be honest, although he didn't show it on his face at that time, it was definitely the closest Su Wei had been to the gates of hell in those few days.

Therefore, he was quite impressed by the silver-haired young man.

However, he did not expect that the silver-haired young man...actually knew the Witch.

"You have something to say."

However, in stark contrast to the silver-haired young man's enthusiastic attitude, the witch's tone sounded rather cold: "Don't waste my time."

"Well, my sister asked me to ask you, when are you going to set off again..."

Hearing the witch's voice, the silver-haired young man was silent for a moment and then spoke again.

On the way, he seemed to remember something and continued to add: "It's a pity that the Fire Project's resurrection competition will start tomorrow morning. I probably can't go--"

“It’s not a pity.”

After listening to the silver-haired young man's words, Eve was silent for a moment. Suddenly, she tilted her head thoughtfully, looked at Su Wei beside her, and asked softly: "When do you think it would be best for me to leave?"

"what?"

However, just as the witch finished speaking, the silver-haired young man who had not turned on the real-time communication projection seemed to have some misunderstanding, and immediately said: "I think you can wait for me to finish the resurrection match before going over together. After all, it is the remnant soul of the Holy Spirit Dragon. If I am by your side to protect you, you will definitely be more——"

However, this time, before the silver-haired young man could finish his words, the witch who brought disaster to the country directly hung up the call with a "click" -

"?!"

At the same time, on the street outside the venue.

Looking at the communicator in his hand that was hung up in vain, the silver-haired young man who was talking suddenly stopped talking.

The expression on his face gradually became gloomier.

This was not the first time that he had been casually hung up on by the other party.

Many times, even his calls were ignored by the other party.

This was the case after he told the other party that he was also one of the top ten beasts in the history of the continent.

Today, even when his practice progress is about to reach the quasi-saint level, it is still like this.

It seemed that no matter what time, the other party never took him seriously.

Originally, he had considered this witch who brought disaster to the country to be his future concubine, but now——

"...Damn it, isn't it just that he looks good and has a Pluto body that has solved the biggest shortcoming in history? Why is he pretending to be so noble?"

The silver-haired young man clenched his teeth unconsciously, thinking of the beautiful appearance of the witch who brought disaster to the country, which seemed to be cold and indifferent at all times. He took a deep breath, his whole body trembling slightly, and he squeezed out a sneer bit by bit: "You'd better not fall into my hands, damn bitch..."

***

"..."

In the examinee's room, Su Wei listened quietly to the witch's call without saying a word, but he already had a rough judgment in his mind.

Obviously, just as he had thought before, the witch who had said goodbye to him at noon had not yet set out and returned, but had not yet set out.

Moreover, no one knew what the other party did after leaving at noon, which made him look like a different person now. His every word and action always made Su Wei feel a sense of déjà vu that made it difficult to look away.

Thinking of this, Su Wei suddenly hesitated.

He wasn't quite sure. The witch now seemed to have remembered the past... could she really be called his mother?

"Ok?"

At this moment, Eve, who had never received a reply from Su Wei, tilted her head again and stared at Su Wei intently: "You haven't answered me yet? When do you think it would be best for me to leave?"

"…Um, I'm not very clear about your current situation."

Facing the inquiring eyes of the witch, Su Wei also came back to his senses. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and said, "You... maybe you can tell me a little about your current physical condition first."

Although Su Wei was not very clear why the witch in front of him suddenly asked for his opinion.

He didn't even know where the other party was going next.

However, he still remembered that the scarred young man mentioned in the last meeting at the office building of the training camp that the witch was not in a very good condition.

With the example of Lady Fox Fairy, Su Wei certainly knew that the injuries that could remain on a strong person like Lady Witch would not be able to be fully healed in a short period of time.

Therefore, if she were to set off now, this witch would most likely not be in her prime.

Therefore, Su Wei planned to ask carefully before giving any advice.

"..."

However, what puzzled Su Wei was that after he asked this question, the witch in front of him did not respond immediately.

Instead, she blinked, a little absent-mindedly, and stared at him with unexpected eyes.

At this moment, except for Eve herself, even Su Wei himself probably didn't realize how big the difference was between his current attitude and the attitude he had when he said goodbye to the other party at noon.

"Yes... My current condition is roughly 70% recovered?"

Looking at the little kid in front of her whose reaction was completely different from that at noon, Eve suddenly laughed softly.

She suddenly realized that this seemed... to be the second time this kid took the initiative to care about her since they met in the Rosso Mountains in such a long time?

My heartbeat, which was already fast, suddenly became even faster.

Why...?

Her crossed long legs swayed gently. Eve never thought that there would be a day when she would feel weak all over and couldn't help but immerse herself in it just because of the care of a little kid.

"Only 70%?"

Then, after hearing the response from the witch in front of him, Su Wei was silent for a moment and whispered: "If that's the case, I don't recommend you to set off now."

"Huh? Why?"

Seeing the little ghost in front of her gradually becoming serious, Eve tilted her head with a puzzled look in her eyes: "Seventy percent is actually a lot, right?"

“…I don’t think it’s enough.”

Facing the witch's gaze, Su Wei slowly shook his head, his tone gradually becoming more worried: "This involves your personal safety, I hope you can be more cautious."

"Oh, my safety... do you care about it?"

"That definitely matters."

Su Wei was stunned for a moment, then slightly turned his gaze away and said without hesitation: "No matter who you are now... I don't want you to be in danger."

"..."

Seeing Su Wei's reaction, Eve was silent for a moment and nodded gently: "Well... okay, I'll accept it."

Although the residual soul of a holy spirit dragon is indeed very important to her now, it may contain the opportunity for her to break through the natural barrier that has blocked countless people and become a saint.

But on second thought, except for Hades like her who can enslave souls, for most people on this continent, the remaining soul of a holy dragon... is actually not that tempting.

At least, the risks involved far outweigh the benefits.

And the most important thing is that Eve suddenly found that at this moment, facing the worried gaze of a certain little ghost, she, who originally wanted to get more power to avenge her mother...for some reason, suddenly became not as obsessed with power as before.

In the end, Eve decided to rest for a while longer as Su Wei said.

However, before that, there was one more thing that she felt... should be said by herself.

"I'm sorry."

She took a deep breath, and a memory flashed through her mind, where she had made a pinky promise with a kid at the doorstep. She slightly shifted her gaze away from Su Wei beside her, and looked up at the ceiling above her head: "You're back so late."

"……Eh?"

Hearing such strange words coming out of the mouth of the witch beside him, Su Wei, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was stunned and suddenly looked towards the former.

But in the end, he only saw the other person's slightly tense and somewhat pale profile.

"If I say now that I want to be a qualified mother again, would it be... a little too late?"

Chapter 69: Keep your eyes on your mother

"If I say now that I want to be a qualified mother again, would it be... a little too late?"

Her voice echoed in the quiet room.

Listening carefully, there seemed to be a slight tremor in the voice.

"..."

Su Wei suddenly fell silent.

The scene before him made him a little dazed.

At this moment, the scene when his mother left home emerged in his mind almost instinctively.

At that time, it was clearly she who took the initiative to force him to make the pinky promise, but in the end... she didn't come back for a long time.

After we met again, we went through many twists and turns, and it was only now that he remembered me again.

To be honest, Su Wei didn't have any hatred. Even now, he was still grateful from the bottom of his heart for her raising him for the past eight years.

But, speaking from the bottom of his heart, he did not think that the current witch could be called a qualified mother.

She used to be the perfect mother, but now... she's not.

At this moment, quietly looking at the latter's profile, Su Wei suddenly had an idea in his mind that even surprised him.