Go back? There's no going back.

As expected... Even for a genius, one percent of talent is important, but ninety-nine percent of sweat is also indispensable.

How about, later... I should go and increase the training intensity for my younger brother who was eliminated in the first round of auditions?

"No, that's not necessary... I'm just tired now. I'll be fine after a few minutes of rest. Really, thank you for your concern."

First he shook his head at the burly knight, then he looked at him and forced a smile: "Instead of sending me to a doctor, why don't you send me to a place where I can take a shower first."

Indeed, the multifunctional equipment in this conference hall was very advanced, which amazed Su Wei.

But, after all, it was just a temporary training room.

After all, there is still something lacking in life.

The only thing that is inferior to the training camp is probably the training room... there is no place to take a shower.

Now, after seven hours of hard work, Su Wei was covered in sweat.

The feeling of skin and clothes sticking together is quite uncomfortable.

"..."

However, after speaking like this, Su Wei was slightly stunned. What responded to him was the somewhat subtle reaction of the burly knight in front of him.

The burly knight shook his head: "There is no such thing as a bathroom here."

“Ah…?”

Hearing these words, Su Wei was stunned at first, and then... his pupils gradually lost their luster.

***

A few moments.

Sweating all over, Su Wei, who had recovered some strength, returned to his assigned room.

Unlike those unsuccessful candidates who could only stay in the waiting room to rest, Su Wei now still has a place to live.

But, as the saying goes, everyone has different troubles.

Su Wei, who was now feeling uncomfortable all over, wanted to find a place to take a bath rather than sleep comfortably.

The water element in the air can be summoned to rinse the body.

But... under the guidance of the maid, Su Wei has already engraved hot baths, using shower gel, and even having someone scrub his back and wash his hair into his bones. Now he wants to find a usable bathroom.

That feeling is particularly strong.

"...Yes."

Frowning and thinking for a moment, Su Wei suddenly remembered something and was stunned: "If there is no one in this venue, then just go out."

Rather, Su Wei had originally planned to go back today, after all, he still had to help the Fox Fairy with ventilation.

Although I'm not sure whether the Fox Fairy needs to do this now, it's better to do it than nothing.

Su Wei didn't want anything to go wrong with the Fox Fairy, whom he trusted so much, because of his negligence.

Thinking of this, he immediately stood up, pushed open the door of the room, and walked straight towards the entrance of the examinee passage.

However, just as Su Wei walked to the door unimpeded, he was suddenly stopped by two knights guarding the entrance.

"During the assessment period of the Fire Program, candidates are not allowed to leave the venue without permission, except for church nuns, doctors and other public officials."

Hearing the voices of the two fourth-level gatekeeper knights, Su Wei paused, but his expression remained unchanged.

He had anticipated this step long ago, and when he came here just now, he had spent a large sum of money, and found a failed candidate who was good at disguise in the waiting hall, and asked the candidate to help him change his appearance.

The other party even gave Su Wei a white coat that came from nowhere.

"I am a doctor."

Facing the gaze of the two knights, Su Wei's face remained calm and he spoke in a deep and mature voice.

"Huh? You said you were a doctor?"

One of the middle-aged female knights with a striking scar on her face walked up to Su Wei and stared at him carefully for a moment.

Before Su Wei could say anything, she suddenly took out a magic device from her arms that looked somewhat similar to a communicator, operated it, and directly retrieved Su Wei's candidate registration information.

"Is this you?"

The middle-aged female knight handed the projection with Su Wei's appearance on it to Su Wei and asked him in a puzzled tone.

“…This is not me.”

Su Wei was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"You said this isn't you?"

The middle-aged female knight frowned.

"No."

Su Wei shook his head again.

"I said, this is you."

The middle-aged female knight suddenly snorted coldly: "Forget about others, but you... I will never admit my mistake."

"……excuse me."

Seeing that his disguise seemed to have been exposed at once, Su Wei was silent for a while, then turned around and was about to leave.

"Hello, Candidate Su Wei, please wait a moment."

But soon, a voice came from behind him, and he was stopped by the middle-aged female knight again.

"Would you like to go out?"

Wearing light armor and walking towards Su Wei with heavy and steady steps, she suddenly spoke like this.

"…How do you say that?"

Hearing the other party's unexpected question, Su Wei's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Give me an autograph."

After taking a look at Su Wei, the middle-aged female knight took off the light armor on her upper body, handed a pen to Su Wei, revealed her white lining, and turned her back to Su Wei.

"..."

Seeing this, Su Wei was stunned.

Although he was not quite sure what the relationship was between signing and letting him go, after hesitating for a moment, he silently took the pen and signed the abbreviation of his name on the back of the middle-aged female knight.

"Thank you very much. My son has been admiring you ever since he saw your audition this morning."

Taking the pen back from Su Wei's hand, the female knight breathed a sigh of relief, as if she thought of someone, and a kind smile appeared on her somewhat fierce face.

"…Is that so? As long as he is happy."

Hearing this, Su Wei blinked in surprise, smiled, and lowered his voice to test, "Now, can I..."

"No."

However, this time, before he could finish his words, he heard the female knight's voice suddenly straighten up.

“…Ah?”

The expression on his face froze slightly

"One thing is another, Candidate Su Wei."

Putting on her light armor again, the expression on the middle-aged female knight's face suddenly changed, and she became serious again: "Just now, I just asked you for an autograph, but I never promised to let you go. Please don't make things difficult for us."

"You bastard."

"...Okay, that's pretty good."

Listening to the words of the middle-aged female knight, Su Wei was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, silently rolled up his sleeves, and slowly revealed the golden bracelet on his wrist: "Originally, I didn't intend to do this."

"After seeing this... I suggest you think about it carefully."

“Is this… could this be…”

The middle-aged female knight's attention was immediately drawn to the bracelet on Su Wei's wrist. Her expression suddenly changed, and her eyes widened little by little: "Is it the emblem of the first royal family?!"

"...Heh, it seems that you are quite knowledgeable."

Seeing the middle-aged female knight's reaction, Su Wei smiled calmly: "Now tell me, can I... leave now?"

"That's definitely not possible."

“…Ah?”

The expression on Su Wei's face became awkward again.

"Well, although I also respect the princess of the First Royal Family, this rule was issued by the Queen herself."

Glancing at Su Wei, the middle-aged female knight suppressed the shock on her face and calmed down her tone. She said, "But I remember that the princess and the queen have a good relationship. Otherwise, why don't you go and ask the queen directly?"

"...That's not necessary."

Hearing the friendly advice from the middle-aged female knight, Su Wei immediately shook his head.

Although there was no evidence, he felt that if he went over now and said he wanted to leave the venue alone... the Queen would definitely be angry.

And recently, he didn’t know if it was Su Wei’s illusion, but he always felt that the inexplicable majesty of the Queen was becoming more and more obvious.

"Farewell."

After a long silence, Su Wei turned around and made a long-term plan.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw the nun walking towards him, and... the two candidates beside her.

“Hahahahahahahahahaha! Some people criticized me, but they ended up kneeling in the next round, getting beaten so badly that they didn’t know which way was which—”

Just then, I heard the hearty laughter of a white-haired young man.

"..."

On the other side of the blonde nun was a gray-haired young man with a somewhat stiff expression, wearing the uniform of the Imperial Academy.

At this moment, his face was stiff. He ignored the white-haired young man and stared at the blonde nun beside him. He asked carefully, "Um, Sister Man, are you going back now? For tomorrow's resurrection match... are you still going to come and protect us?"

"..."

However, this time, after he finished asking his question, the blonde nun, who always responded to him patiently, ignored him.

Pausing slightly, Manqisi looked at Su Wei, who was passing by her not far away.

The two of them looked at each other briefly. Manqisi blinked her azure eyes and subconsciously looked at Su Wei, who had a stiff expression, and the middle-aged female knight beside him, as if she had thought of something.

"...Sister Man?"

Seeing this, the gray-haired young man subconsciously followed the blonde nun's gaze and noticed Su Wei passing by not far away. He was stunned.

Although he was selected this time, and he was already at the fourth level, he had never met Su Wei before, but... he had a particularly deep impression of Su Wei.

After all, this person... publicly killed the princess of the Sainton Empire who was trying to be clever and slander the Empress of the Empire.

At that time, he also felt very happy, but now, he was a little confused... Why was Sister Man also staring at that boy?

Think about it carefully... At noon, he was chatting happily with Sister Man, but when Kro next to him mentioned this kid, Sister Man's attention was immediately drawn to him... ?

"..."

In the brief silence, the four people passed each other.

By now, Su Wei had naturally realized that the person the white-haired young man had said he would introduce to him was this nun.

Having been taken care of by the nun for seven years, he certainly knew why she had lied about her age and applied for the job to take care of him.

Obviously, the white-haired young man was one of the homeless children he "inherited" from his deceased father.

And, if nothing unexpected happens, the gray-haired young man who is accompanying her on the other side seems to be the same.

These two people seem to be about the same age as me.

Now that I think about it carefully, the maid who added two years to her age and lied that she was an adult is only 22 years old now.

The children she raised all looked the same age as herself, or even one or two years older.

A fourteen-year-old girl came to the royal city alone and raised a group of eight or nine-year-old kids by selling her body and working... From this perspective, she is indeed a very powerful person.

Thinking of this, Su Wei sighed slightly, smiled at the nun who was staring at him in a daze for some reason, and left.

And the other side.