Go back? There's no going back.

But in the end, she took a deep breath and forced a smile on her flawless face: "Then, thank you for your help."

"Well, rest assured, leave him to me."

She nodded with a smile on her face. When the empress of the empire looked at Su Wei again, her fiery red eyes revealed a sense of pride and joy that only Su Wei could capture:

"Brother, from now on, no matter what problems you encounter in your practice, you can come to me... Come on, call me Master first?"

"..."

After hearing this, Su Wei finally realized the princess' intention of introducing the queen to him, and he fell silent for a moment.

After a brief moment of daze, at this moment, only one thought emerged in his mind.

This princess, she... is really gentle.

Obviously, when she was in the hospital last time, she didn't know that she already had the gift of affinity with all spirits, but she still found a big figure like the Empress of the Empire to meet her...

Just thinking of this, Su Wei felt his heart beating faster for no reason.

...However, one thing is another.

Although he was very grateful for the princess' introduction, to be honest, Su Wei did not want to get closer to the queen in front of him.

His mother’s advice was part of it, but the most important thing was… He always felt that when the other party spoke to him now, for some reason, there was always a strange sense of oppression.

This made him very uncomfortable and he instinctively wanted to stay away.

Seeing Su Wei's hesitant reaction, although Krenna on the side puffed up her cheeks slightly, showing some dissatisfaction, she did not urge him.

She raised her hand and casually tucked her fallen hair behind her ears. She still maintained a peaceful smile, like a cat that had cornered a mouse, and was extremely patient.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I've seen you before."

At this moment, another man's voice suddenly came from the side.

Hearing the sound, Su Wei immediately turned around as if he had found a life-saving straw.

But soon, after meeting the eyes of the knight who had also walked closer, frowned, and stared at him with a scrutinizing gaze, Su Wei's whole body froze and even his heart skipped a beat.

"Who are you?"

Hearing the other party's slightly low voice, Su Wei swallowed and almost instinctively wanted to look away.

For the first time, he suddenly felt that being picked on and teased by a certain queen... didn't seem to be such a bad thing that was difficult to accept.

"I said, he is Yu's student now?"

However, to Su Wei's surprise, before he could answer, the queen sitting next to him actually spoke up to help him out: "Mr. Knight, this child seems quite timid, please don't stare at him with such a scary expression."

"……Feel sorry."

Meeting the eyes of the Queen of the Empire, Jon subconsciously lowered his head.

But he soon came to his senses. Looking at Su Wei, who was almost squeezed together with the First Princess on the rattan chair, he said with a somewhat stiff expression on his face: "My Lady Queen, what I meant just now is... people from Loulan will be coming here soon. Why is he here, a person who has not even started practicing?"

"If he is also a relevant person who will attend this meeting, please introduce him to me..."

As he said this, Jon's eyes subconsciously turned to the First Princess beside Su Wei.

However, his inquiry received no response.

Therefore, he suddenly discovered that the First Princess was staring at the two people beside her in a trance.

If he looked closely, he could even vaguely catch a glimpse of something in her eyes that she was trying hard to suppress.

"..."

Almost at the same time, when asked about his identity by the royal knight, Su Wei turned his head somewhat at a loss and cast his gaze towards the First Princess who had just asked him to stay here.

After all, in front of this triumphant royal knight, his existence... is meaningless.

He didn't know how he should answer the other party at this time.

"My name is Su Wei, I come from the slums, and I was taken in by the kind-hearted princess as your impostor for eight years." - Although there was no basis for this, Su Wei felt that if he answered the knight honestly like this now, the consequences would be somewhat bad.

Moreover, this matter involves the princess. Even if he wants to speak it out, he must at least obtain the employer's consent first.

The most important thing is that the current Su Wei... actually no longer has any substantive employment relationship with the princess. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are people from two different worlds.

He really wasn't sure how he should respond now.

However, what made Su Wei even more confused was that after their eyes met, the princess, who had been distracted for some reason just now... still did not tell him clearly what to do now.

"..."

She took a deep breath, as if she had made some decision, and looked at him quietly with a calm look mixed with a little encouragement.

That gaze seemed to let him decide how to answer and was waiting for his answer.

...Ah?

At this second, a question mark silently appeared above Su Wei's head.

The knight in front of him, who had just returned victorious, had never seen him before and didn't know who he was... This was normal.

But, Princess, why are you looking at me with such a strange look as if you want to know the answer?

At the same time, after observing the reaction of the first princess, the royal knight in front of him also silently turned his gaze to Su Wei.

At this moment, even the queen beside him blinked thoughtfully and stared at him with subtle eyes.

He instantly became the focus of the entire courtyard. At this moment, Su Wei's brain went blank for a brief moment.

An indescribable invisible pressure instantly exploded in my mind.

To be honest, Su Wei felt that even if dozens of thugs with weapons surrounded him and stared at him like this, he would not be so at a loss.

So, what did the look in the princess' eyes just now mean?

Su Wei tried hard to maintain his rigid thoughts.

After a moment, recalling the encouraging look from the former, he suddenly realized that this princess never lied and hated people who lied...

In other words, could it be that what he just said was meant for me to tell the truth?

No, it’s better to say that at this time, it seems that this is the only option.

There's no way the princess would... allow herself to lie to her hero, right?

"...I see, that's how it is. "

Realizing this, Su Wei widened his eyes slightly.

While he was in awe of the princess's openness and purity, he also realized what he should do.

Sure enough...what is supposed to come will eventually come.

A fake thing that has spent several prosperous years relying on the influence of the real thing will eventually have to shed its skin and face reality.

Rather, compared to the dreamlike life of the past eight years, the punishment of simply revealing one's identity in front of the real thing is already mild enough.

It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to say it’s a Happy End.

After figuring all this out, Su Wei slightly broke away from the Queen's hand and stopped sitting upright. Instead, he stood up.

As the Knight in front of him looked at him more and more seriously, he took a deep breath, suppressed his inner hesitation, and said word by word without looking away:

"I'm so sorry, Sir Knight, I... I'm not anyone important. I'm just your fake h-hmm??"

However, the next second, Su Wei's voice stopped abruptly when he was halfway through his words.

“…He’s my brother.”

His mouth was covered tightly by a white and tender hand, and the whole person was pulled back to the rattan chair. At the same time, the princess's rather low voice came to Su Wei's ears.

At this moment, Su Wei's heart suddenly began to beat fast.

Of course, it is a collision in the physical sense.

Because he could clearly hear that the princess's mood at the moment... was taking a sharp turn for the worse.

There is no doubt that the answer he just gave... was not what this adult wanted to hear.

“Brother, brother…?”

Hearing the voice, the knight in front of him was stunned. His sharp gaze, which was staring at Su Wei like an eagle, stopped immediately and became confused little by little.

'younger brother……??'

Su Wei, who was being held down, was also a little slow in reacting to these two words and was stunned.

Although he had noticed in the hospital before that the Empress of the Empire and the bodyguard mistook him, Karami, for a relative of the princess, he still felt a little confused at the time.

But now, when he heard the other party call him "brother" with his own ears, it was as if a thunderclap exploded in Su Wei's mind, and he suddenly became even more confused.

When did a guy like me, who was born in the slums, become the younger brother of the empire's first princess?

"No, that's not right? How... is this possible?"

At this moment, the reaction of the knight in front of him was almost exactly the same as Su Wei's now.

He opened his eyes wide and stared at Su Wei and the First Princess in front of him.

Finally, he opened his mouth in disbelief: "Even the color of your hair... is different."

Facing the knight's questioning, Celsia, who was in a bad mood, did not respond directly.

Just now, she handed the decision-making power to a little kid, not to see the reaction of a stupid kid stuttering in front of others and humbly claiming to be a fake.

The next second, she took a deep breath and released her hand that was covering Su Wei's mouth.

"…Yes, Jon, you are right."

Staring at Su Wei, she forced a smile as usual, as if to encourage him to say something, and asked: "He is clearly your brother, but we even have different hair colors? What should I do?"

Su Wei was stunned when he saw that the initiative of the topic suddenly returned to him.

Ah...you ask me?

Two people who are not related by blood have different hair colors...isn't this normal?

What else can I do?

Blinking his eyes, Su Wei looked at the princess who was smiling but not too much. He pondered for a moment and said tentatively: "Well, I just wanted to change my hair style some time ago--"

Although he was not sure what kind of answer the princess wanted to hear, this sentence was indeed Su Wei's true thought before.

Originally, when he was dismissed by the princess and had to live alone, he did have this plan in mind.

After all, he was well aware of the common phenomenon that the more ferocious the appearance, the more intimidating it would be.

When a person with a colorful afro walks on a small path at night, he or she will give off a much more oppressive feeling than other normal people, which has an extra "deterrent" effect.

This can be seen from the many refugees in the slums who are starving and have almost no food to eat, but still insist on buying low-quality hair dyes from outside on a regular basis.

Of course, Su Wei no longer has this idea now.

Looking at the princess in front of him, he always felt that if he really put this idea into action, something bad would probably happen.

"ha…?"

Sure enough, the next second, as soon as Su Wei finished speaking, he noticed that the smile on the princess's face had completely disappeared.

"Don't mess with your hair, or you'll end up with a bald head."

When Su Wei's face froze and he realized that he seemed to have failed to choose the correct option again, another voice came from behind him.

He looked back and found that not only the princess, but even the Empress of the Empire, who had been smiling playfully before, was staring at him with an unhappy look.

"…Um, sorry, I just said that."

Facing the gazes of the four people around him, Su Wei said nothing and lowered his head quietly and honestly.

After two consecutive misjudgments, he suddenly realized that the princess had changed a little recently.

After analysis, the database accumulated over the past eight years seems to be unreliable.

After thinking it over, Su Wei decided to remain silent for the time being.

In front of others, he might be a little bolder, but in front of the great princess, he would rather do nothing than make a mistake.

"...Okay, this kid seems a bit shy, so stop talking about him and let him be alone."

The silent and strange atmosphere lasted for a while. Finally, the Empress of the Empire clapped her hands and helped Su Wei out of the siege: "Let's talk about business first."

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