Go back? There's no going back.

After realizing that he only needed to slightly turn his right wrist to make the princess see an inappropriate view, Su Wei suddenly felt that he had reached the edge of a cliff.

If you don't pay attention, your life... will be over.

Even if he revealed the slightest flaw later, causing the princess to ask questions out of confusion, then... rather than lying to the princess, he would probably choose to tell the truth.

...it's over.

It's all over.

Just as Su Wei thought of this, the nun in front of him took another deep breath, and her blue eyes became more determined.

Immediately afterwards, Su Wei's mind went blank for a moment.

But it wasn't long before he came back to his senses.

Because he clearly noticed that this nun, who he had caught hiding information several times in the past, now seemed... still unclear about what to do.

He was clearly trying, but not only was he not moving in the right direction, he was being as cautious as before when he helped him relieve his head and shoulders.

…Ah, it turned out to be a small fish.

so far so good……

Realizing this, Su Wei felt relieved even though the situation was still dire.

Even though he had never encountered such a situation before, if that was all, then it wouldn't be a big problem for him now. He just needed to focus on responding to the princess and wait until the inspection was over...hiss? !

Just as Su Wei was thinking this, he was suddenly stunned and took a breath of cold air. Even the look in his eyes when he looked at the latter... was filled with a hint of imperceptible fear.

At this moment, perhaps the nun had noticed Su Wei's thoughts, but she had changed her mind and was looking up at him with a questioning look in her eyes.

"Speaking of which, where are you now?"

At this moment, as he met the nun's gaze, the princess' voice came again from the communication in front of him and fell into Su Wei's ears.

In the picture, the tired-looking princess doesn't seem to notice anything unusual.

She just sighed a little.

During this time, she has been tracking down a new type of corruption that can completely avoid detection by magic circles at ordinary times and can only be detected when it reveals its true form.

However, probably because of the new progress in the "research" of the Cult of Eternal Night, the new type of corruption that can avoid existing detection methods... is extremely difficult to track down.

In the end, apart from confirming the degree of danger through the traces left at the scene and the extent of damage, Celsia did not gain any substantial results.

And according to the plan of the Queen of the Empire, it is almost time for her to set off for the first venue.

Over there is the most crucial stage to come.

"I... in the first meeting place, over here."

His breath was choked, and he tried his best to keep thinking and calm on his face. Su Wei asked back with a slightly puzzled tone: "Shouldn't you have my location?"

As he said this, Su Weiqiang moved his eyes away from the face of the nun who was so close to him, and glanced at the bracelet on his wrist that was projecting the communication screen.

He...if he remembered correctly, the princess had told him this when she personally put the bracelet on him.

Why is he now...hiss, asking about my location?

"… Well, it's a pity. After all, that bracelet was made more than ten years ago. It seems to have some problems now."

"I just finished my work and checked the records on my bracelet out of habit. Then I noticed that your location... has been frozen in the same place since I don't know when, and it hasn't moved even a millimeter."

After being asked by Su Wei, the princess in the picture paused for a moment. She stared at Su Wei's inexplicably ruddy face for a moment, and then a relieved expression appeared on her face: "It is because I noticed this just now that I came back so late..."

However, halfway through her words, the princess in the picture suddenly closed her mouth and slightly turned her eyes away as Su Wei was staring at her.

"Anyway, I hope nothing's wrong with you... For the time being, I'm the one supervising you. If anything goes wrong, I'll be... a little troubled."

"…Sorry, I'll…be careful."

Adjusting his breathing, Su Wei gradually grasped the surface of the sofa with his left hand, which was originally supporting the sofa. He was silent for a moment, and tried to respond by pausing slightly after saying a few words.

After he said this, the whole room became quiet again.

There were only some faint sounds left, which could be ignored if one did not listen carefully.

"that……"

After waiting quietly for a while again, Su Wei's still blank brain finally gradually realized that now seemed... a good time to end the communication?

After all, it seemed that the princess contacted me this time just to check on me as a routine matter.

Now, it has been confirmed that he is still alive and still in the royal city, so next... it seems that there is nothing else to talk about.

"Come to think of it, it's so late, what are you doing in a place like the First Meeting Hall?"

However, just as Su Wei was resisting distracting thoughts and thinking about how to "naturally" end this contact, the princess's questioning voice came to his ears again.

"As I recall, that place should have been chosen as the site for the Fire Test?"

Half leaning on the sofa in the main hall of the palace, a slightly confused expression appeared on her flawless face. After speaking like this, Celsia looked at Su Wei's face leisurely.

Although she did just discover that the positioning function of the bracelet was malfunctioning, in fact, she knew the whereabouts of a certain kid in the past two days...very clearly.

Although she didn't have time to go to the scene, she had heard about the little kid who unexpectedly defeated Princess Sainton.

There is no need to ask specifically.

But now... after a busy day, when she finally saw the face of a certain silly kid again, she always felt that the mental fatigue that had accumulated was visibly relieved.

Instinctively, she wanted to look at him a little longer.

And, most importantly, Celsia has noticed that at this moment, a certain stupid kid’s face… is showing a strange blush.

She saw clearly that the former's face gradually began to turn red after he contacted her.

This made Celia a little happy.

After all, in her impression, when Su Wei spoke to her in the past, although his eyes were always full of respect, it seemed that... he had never blushed like he did now.

Now that she realized this, her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

She couldn't help but feel curious. Could it be that the pajamas she had just put on were... a little thin?

This is why this little kid, who has recently reached adulthood, is now...imagining something strange?

To this side of the screen...her?

"I... I am actually a contestant of Fire..."

On the other hand, after hearing the princess's question, Su Wei was stunned at first, and then realized that the fact that he was participating in the assessment of the Spark Project... seemed to be known only by the witch and the queen who were already on the scene.

Apart from the two of them, the princess and the maid did not know about this.

Su Wei did not report the matter.

After all, although he was currently under house arrest, he did not need to leave the royal city to take the assessment, so there was no need to report specifically.

And...Su Wei actually has a little selfish motive.

As the saying goes, when you meet someone after three days, you should look at him with new eyes.

After passing the initial test, a bold idea suddenly emerged in his mind.

He thought that if he could really pass the finals, or even be elected as the Fire Seed, then he would tell the princess everything and shock her severely.

When that time really comes, Su Wei feels that the princess's reaction... will be very exciting.

It’s a pity that now that the other party has noticed it in advance and asked about it, there is no chance anymore.

However, after taking a deep breath with a slight tremor, Su Wei thought about it again.

He quickly realized that he had already entered the finals. Even if he told the princess now, it should... be a small surprise?

"……Yeah?"

As expected, just when Su Wei was thinking about this, he heard the surprised and confused voice of the princess: "Are you kidding? Didn't you just start practicing for a few days... How did you do it?"

"Just, um... just pass the preliminary test normally, and then... participate in the audition."

Hearing this, Su Wei resisted the interruption of the nun, and tried to straighten his chest and responded: "No, not only that, if I tell you... you may not believe it."

"Ok?"

In the picture, the princess tilted her head.

Looking at Su Wei who was trying to express something in front of her, her eyes became softer, and a look of surprise appeared on her beautiful face.

She took the initiative to ask: "Did you do anything strange?"

"Of course it is..."

Su Wei laughed twice without distraction, and said in a deep voice: "In fact, I not only passed the preliminary test, but even... I have passed the audition and entered the finals--"

Perhaps because he had used too much of his thinking ability to endure the interference from the nun, Su Wei reached his limit after pretending to report the good news to the princess: "Of course, this is also thanks to the help I got from you. If, if it weren't for you... I might not even be able to practice..."

"Thank you so much!"

The next second, after gritting his teeth and saying this, beads of sweat appeared on Su Wei's forehead and the expression on his face was completely out of control.

He quickly lowered his head slightly to avoid the lens of the bracelet, so as to prevent the princess in the picture from noticing anything unusual.

Then, looking at the flustered nun, Su Wei's mind became dazed for the first time while he was awake.

"is that so……"

A few seconds later, when Su Wei's consciousness had just recovered, he heard the princess's somewhat brisk voice again.

Su Wei withdrew his gaze from the nun who seemed to be frightened by something, took a deep breath, and looked at the princess in the picture again.

"Well, you are really amazing."

At the moment when Su Wei looked into the latter's pure green eyes, the latter blinked gently and gave him a gentle smile.

"It's... not bad..."

After his heated mind cooled down, Su Wei heaved a sigh of relief and scratched his head awkwardly: "Sorry, I was... maybe a little too self-righteous..."

"Although being modest is a good thing, being too modest can actually make people uncomfortable, right?"

Facing Su Wei's calm appearance, the princess just smiled and looked at him, and reminded him softly: "You have only practiced for such a short time, and you can enter the finals of this assessment... It's really amazing, it's completely beyond my expectations. You can be proud of this, it's really amazing."

"Really...really?"

Su Wei was stunned. He never expected that the princess would encourage him in this way.

"Of course it's true—"

Just as the princess spoke this, another voice that Su Wei was very familiar with suddenly came from the side of the screen.

"Sir, I have already bought the photos of the child from the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of auditions that you requested... although it took a little effort."

As the voice spoke, a maid in black and white uniform appeared on the live contact screen: "I don't know why, but this set is the best-selling one among all the assessment photos. Let's take a look at it together later... Okay?"

At this moment, the maid in the picture suddenly felt something, and she turned her head and noticed Su Wei in the picture beside her. She blinked and said, "You... were you in contact with this child just now?"

"…Lord Elsie, good evening."

Su Wei's eyes met with the lady on the other side of the screen. His expression was a little dull, and he subconsciously greeted her.

The reason for his dull expression was not because of the sudden appearance of the maid.

But it’s because of the photo in the other person’s hand.

If he hadn't been hallucinating just now, that seemed... to be a picture of him attending the audition today?

……what?

Thinking of this, a hint of confusion suddenly flashed in Su Wei's eyes.

Although, he did know that the assessment projections of each candidate in the audition would be processed and made into recorded footage for sale, but... the key point now was not this.

Why... does the princess know this?

Su Wei remembered that the princess who had just chatted with him didn't even know where he was or whether he had participated in the Spark Project... right?

Then why would she ask the maid to buy photos of herself for the audition in advance?

"……cough."

At this moment, as if noticing Su Wei's gaze, the princess was silent for a moment, her originally fair cheeks visibly turned red, she coughed lightly and whispered: "Elsie..."

"……OK."

Hearing the voice, the maid blinked her eyes. She roughly understood the meaning of her master's eyes at the moment, although she was a little confused, but still bowed slightly, turned around and left the room.

However, before walking out, Su Wei seemed to see the maid winking at him gently.