Go back? There's no going back.

[Things here have been dealt with almost completely. I'm about to go out to the venue and will arrive around five o'clock... If you can, you can wait for me in the room.]

On the projection screen that popped up on the bracelet, there was a new unread message marked with a red exclamation mark.

Seeing this, Su Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This time, perhaps because the princess was about to go out, she did not send a real-time communication directly to Su Wei as before, but instead sent a simple voice message.

[…Okay, I understand. I’ll wait for you in the room.]

Taking a deep breath and slightly adjusting his somewhat disordered breathing, Su Wei pressed the reply button above and responded in a relatively calm tone.

Su Wei knew the reason why the princess had specially informed him in advance when coming to the venue.

Naturally, it is related to the research on the second physical resonance that the other party mentioned when contacting last night.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the wall clock.

4: 20.

This is the time now.

Judging from the terrain, the distance between the First Palace and the venue is much closer than the training camp.

According to Su Wei's experience of going out and back, just as the princess mentioned, it usually takes about forty minutes for him to see the princess again after a long absence.

However, considering that the resurrection match is in full swing, the road to the venue may be as congested as it was on the morning of the audition, and it may actually take the princess a little longer.

"Is the princess...coming soon?"

At this moment, the nun's voice came to his ears as if he wanted to confirm something. Su Wei nodded subconsciously: "Well, it will be here in about forty minutes."

"Really? Well, time is pretty tight."

Hearing Su Wei's conclusion, the nun's tone suddenly became a little worried.

"Eh? What's the time crunch?"

Hearing this, Su Wei was stunned at first.

But soon, when he looked down following the nun's gaze, he immediately realized what the other party was referring to.

Indeed... no matter how I think about it, I cannot go to see the princess in this state.

"How about...how about you let me be alone for a while..."

Thinking of this, Su Wei looked at the nun in front of him and spoke instinctively.

"It's okay to leave you alone for a while."

However, after listening to Su Wei's words, Manqisi's expression became more and more subtle and she said, "But yesterday, you stayed alone for so long...it seems that nothing has changed at all."

"..."

After hearing this, Su Wei also remembered something and his expression gradually became a little ugly.

Although the specific reason is still unknown, the changes caused by the nun are indeed different from other times, and it is difficult to smooth out the changes with time.

As someone who had experienced this personally before, Su Wei was well aware of this.

"Otherwise, let's continue?"

A few seconds later, I heard the hesitant voice of the nun again.

"No, if we continue, it will be worse, right?"

Su Wei looked at the latter in surprise.

"Isn't it often said that it is better to unblock than to block?"

Facing Su Wei's gaze, the nun's cheeks became redder and redder. She raised her hand somewhat unnaturally and put her long light golden hair behind her ears: "There is still some time. If you work harder, it should be over. Maybe the situation will be better by then..."

"..."

Su Wei wanted to say something, but in the end, he moved his mouth silently: "I know."

"……Um."

At this point, the entire living room fell silent again.

"I think I forgot something."

However, after watching the busy back of the nun for a few minutes, Su Wei, who was gradually becoming dazed, suddenly started to wake up for a moment and suddenly remembered something.

Come to think of it, he remembered that they had agreed to spend a day to think about it, and now it seemed like only a few hours were left before the time came... ?

Thinking of this, Su Wei hesitated for a moment, then called her again and said, "Regarding the reply to what I said last night..."

"Eh??"

Hearing these words coming out of Su Wei's mouth without any warning, Manqisi's expression was stunned for a moment, and her rapidly beating heartbeat accelerated even more. Her whole body tensed up: "You...you want to say it now, at this time...?"

"Once the princess arrives, I probably won't have the chance to talk to you about this today, so... I want to tell you in advance."

Su Wei took a deep breath and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Besides, I had already thought of the answer when I was in the training room before."

"Yeah……"

Manqisi pursed her lips and finally nodded gently: "Well... I understand... Please tell me your reply..."

"..."

Looking at the profile of the nun, Su Wei barely stayed awake, organized some words, then opened his mouth and said bluntly: "Manqisi, I like you very much."

"Eh??"

After the words fell, there was a brief silence. At Su Wei's sudden confession, Manqisi trembled all over, her eyes suddenly widened, and her originally tense expression visibly relaxed.

"But, I'm sorry."

After a brief silence, as Su Wei's voice suddenly became lower and slower, the expression on the nun's face froze again, and then gradually became confused.

"Huh? Why...are you apologizing?"

Blinking her azure eyes and struggling to maintain her balance, she turned sideways and looked at him with bewildered eyes.

He clearly said he loved me in the previous sentence, but in the next sentence, he apologized to me...

Does this mean... that you don’t even want to accept yourself...?

"Today, during training, I thought a lot."

Facing the nun's gaze, Su Wei took a deep breath and slowly said, "I realize that I... don't have the confidence to take responsibility for you. Even if you give yourself to me, I am sure that I will not be able to respond to you wholeheartedly."

"In the future, between family and love, I will choose family without hesitation."

"So, if you're expecting a love that allows you to devote your whole heart to the other person, then I probably can't do that."

After saying this, Su Wei quietly waited for the nun's response.

At the same time, after hearing his reply, the nun gradually calmed down in both her actions and words.

Come to think of it, we already have such a close relationship, but I can only give such a trivial promise.

Su Wei felt that it wouldn't be too strange even if he was suddenly slapped in the face by the angry nun in the next second.

"Why... do you need to take responsibility for me?"

But the next second, as a look of confusion appeared on the nun's beautiful face, Su Wei's eyelids suddenly jumped, and he quickly tensed his nerves and kept his mind focused.

"Ah?"

Looking at the nun who had resumed her actions, Su Wei subconsciously said, "If we really become that kind of relationship, shouldn't I be responsible for you?"

"It's fine if you're willing, but if we really want to talk about responsibility, then I should be responsible for you."

The only thing that Su Wei got in response was the nun's extra gentle words: "I... am your exclusive maid. It's my job to be responsible for my young master, isn't it?"

"...No, it seems you were fired a year ago..."

Hearing the other party's somewhat meaningless words, Su Wei blinked and tried to remind him.

"What a pity... Well, that was just a verbal dismissal from the princess... that's all?"

Her breathing was a little disordered, and Manqisi said softly:

"Although I also received the quasi-sacred artifact sent by the princess that can exempt one time from the penalty of contract termination... But in fact, I have never forcibly terminated the unilateral contract with you, even after leaving the palace, you know?"

As she said this, the nun closed her eyes slightly under Su Wei's gaze.

Then, a faint magical power dissipated from her palm, and finally formed a projection of paper between the two of them: "Look, this contract is still in effect."

Although she had her back to Su Wei, the nun still controlled the projection of the contract to float in front of Su Wei, drawing his attention to the two one-master-one-time seals at the bottom.

"Hey, do you want to check and see if the one on the main seat is the mark you left when you were a child?"

Turning sideways to look back at Su Wei, she asked softly.

"..."

This sudden scene in front of him made Su Wei a little confused.

Especially after he clearly felt the faint connection between his soul and the mark of the main position from the projection of the contract, he became even more confused.

Because even now, he has no idea... when he left his soul mark on this contract.

Moreover, after taking a quick look at the contents of the contract, Su Wei was suddenly extremely confused.

He could clearly see that this contract... was a lifetime contract with no expiration date.

Although the above treatment and conditions are very generous, and the sovereignty of the nun is greatly respected, but... in essence, it is almost equivalent to a contract of sale.

But he remembered that when he first hired the nun, wasn't what they signed a simple labor contract?

This contract...when did Sister Nun change it?

Why would she agree to change this contract?

...No, that's not right. This doesn't seem to be the point now.

"so what……"

Just as Su Wei's brain briefly crashed and he was trying to restart, the nun who had turned sideways seemed to have thought of something. She smiled softly and put her warm lips close to his ear, whispering, "From eight years ago until now, I have always belonged to you."

Su Wei: “…”

"So, you just use your own stuff...what else do you have to worry about?"

She bit his ear gently: "It's only me who is in pain. It doesn't matter even if it's broken."

Su Wei: “……!”

As the nun finished her somewhat deliberate words, Su Wei's breath was choked.

At this moment, he felt that the distracting thoughts in his heart, which had been lingering for a long time, grew violently again and occupied his mind like a tide.

...No.

I always feel like my sanity is about to fail.

Originally, he planned to tell the nun the truth directly and let her make her own judgment.

He didn't dislike the other person in the first place, and he didn't want to go against his conscience and pretend to reject the other person, so he chose this method to try to make the other person back down.

But now, seeing the nun's reaction was completely different from what he expected, and even outwitted him, he suddenly felt sweaty.

You...how come you don't play by the rules at all?

"I, I mean... I am no longer with the princess, so I don't have any extra money to pay you..."

Trying his best to retain the last bit of rationality, Su Wei took a deep breath and reminded the ignorant nun in front of him again: "I am a complete pauper now, and I have also provoked the real fire candidate in advance. If I am targeted and eliminated in the finals, I may have to suck your blood to survive in the future--"

“Is that so? Then… well… if it really turns out like this…”

Hearing Su Wei's words, the nun was stunned for a moment, and then for some reason, a strange expectation appeared on her beautiful face: "I will support you."

"what?"

At this moment, staring at the nun's face, Su Wei widened his eyes and felt his heart beating faster and faster.

"No, I... Actually, not only do I have no money now, I also owe a lot of valuable favors."

"In fact, if I fail to be selected as the Fire Seed in this competition, I might have to bear a debt of 130,000 gold coins..."

As Su Wei said this, the image of the sparring doll in the training room that was priced at 130,000 gold coins but was destroyed by him using his sage transformation ability appeared in his mind.

The first time it was dismantled, Su Wei broke out in a cold sweat.

Later, after discovering that the puppet had the function of being disassembled and assembled, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to reassemble the puppet and start training again.