Go back? There's no going back.

"…Hey, wake up, don't fall asleep."

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but in the last second before he lost consciousness, he heard such an urgent voice faintly in Su Wei's ears.

***

"Mother... Your Excellency..."

In the room that had suddenly become quiet, a scarred young man, whose entire right arm was broken by the undead and whose facial features were slightly distorted by pain, stared in disbelief at the mother who was frantically treating a little mouse.

Watching this scene, his face was full of confusion.

Especially after seeing the shadow beside his mother twisted, a skinny undead slowly crawled out of the shadow and began to treat Su Wei who was lying in a pool of blood, the confusion on the scarred young man's face turned into disbelief.

"Mother, why do you... want to save this guy?"

Looking at the rat on the ground, whose head would have been smashed by him if the undead hadn't intervened, the scarred young man gritted his teeth and said in a tone full of incomprehension: "Why did you stop me just now?"

"..."

However, just as he finished speaking, the scarred young man felt a cold gaze fixed on him.

Under the healing of the undead, the bleeding on Su Wei's wound has stopped, and even the torn flesh has begun to repair bit by bit. The Witch of Troublemaking, who had freed her hands at this moment, heard the sound and turned to look at the scarred young man.

"Clean up your portion of the blood on the ground and move on to the next dirty thing."

Their eyes met, and the mother's voice, which was much colder than her eyes, reached the scarred young man's ears at this moment: "You are not needed here anymore."

She did not respond to his question, but just gave the order word by word.

"But, but, Mother..."

Hearing this, the scarred young man's eyes, which had just healed, suddenly widened little by little, and stared at his mother: "This kid, don't you plan to get rid of him--"

"Quiet."

However, the scarred young man only got a response from Eve's calm eyes that became increasingly cold: "You've become like this and have been pinned to the ground and trampled on. It seems that my expectations of you... should be lowered a little bit."

"Besides, when I stopped him...did I allow you to continue attacking?"

Having said this, she once again looked down at the unconscious Su Wei. The witch who brought disaster to the country frowned, and her tone inadvertently became a little more sinister.

“…S-Sorry…”

Hearing this, the expression on the scarred young man's face completely froze.

He was completely confused.

Didn’t mother stop the other party just now to protect herself and give herself the opportunity to turn defeat into victory...?

Could it be that he understood it wrongly?

But... in the scarred young man's impression, his mother has never been someone who advocates fair fights?

Moreover, he didn’t know if it was his illusion, but the scarred young man always felt that the way his mother looked at him... seemed to be becoming more and more unfamiliar.

"I, I understand. I'll... leave now."

After a long silence, the scarred young man gritted his teeth and dared not hesitate any longer, knowing full well his mother's firm attitude.

He stared at Su Wei beside his mother, gritted his teeth, and got up from the ground.

Then, like a defeated rooster, he left the room with his head lowered, looking back every few steps.

Soon, there were only two people left in the entire office.

Plus a dead body.

A few minutes later, Su Wei, who had briefly lost consciousness... shook slightly and slowly opened his eyes.

When he woke up, Su Wei looked at the somewhat unfamiliar ceiling with a dazed look on his face.

But soon, all the experiences before he fell into a coma flashed through his mind. He suddenly shuddered all over and quickly sat up from the ground, looking down at his shoulder.

"……what?"

At first glance, the shoulder that should have been in a terrible state was somehow intact, as if it had never been injured.

Looking at this scene, Su Wei subconsciously moved his uninjured shoulder, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"woke up?"

At this moment, a calm voice came from his ears. Su Wei's whole body stiffened and he immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the voice.

On the desk next to him, the witch who brought disaster to the country was crossing her long legs and staring at him quietly.

Their eyes met, and Su Wei didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the witch's face... seemed to have become paler than before he fell into a coma.

At the same time, the last voice Su Wei heard before he lost consciousness gradually overlapped with that of the witch in front of him.

……Um?

Could it be that the injuries on my body were healed by this witch?

Su Wei vaguely realized this, and while he became alert, a question mark slowly emerged in his mind.

At this moment in the room, the scarred young man had disappeared, leaving only himself and the witch.

So... the witch attacked just now, wasn't it because she saw her own child being beaten up by him, and she was going to have a mixed singles match against him with her child?

"Why, you look so alert."

Eve was silent for a moment after seeing Su Wei's reaction, and suddenly opened her mouth: "His blood is contaminated. He held you back because the magic armor on your body was about to rot and lose its isolation function."

"It's just that I didn't expect that he would suddenly take action even though his eyes haven't healed yet."

After saying this word by word, Eve was stunned.

Soon, even she blinked in surprise.

……what?

She hasn't had the habit of explaining anything to anyone for a long time, and now, is she explaining the whole thing to a little mouse she just met for the second time?

"Is that so? Thank you."

Hearing this, Su Wei was also stunned.

But soon, he took a deep breath, tightened his facial expression again, and said nothing.

At this moment, although he had just brushed shoulders with death, his mind remained calm.

Even if the witch had not explained to him just now, he would not have any complaints.

After all, he no longer had those unrealistic fantasies and expectations for this witch, only pure respect and love remained.

Moreover, half a minute after waking up, his mind was becoming clear again, and he had remembered what he needed to do most now.

We must find a way to contact the princess as soon as possible and tell her what has happened here.

A Pluto body that can easily capture a quasi-legendary hunter even in a weak state is lurking in the royal city. This is too dangerous for the princess who has not made preparations in advance.

"..."

On the other side, Eve frowned slightly as she quietly looked at Su Wei, whose attitude was completely different from that of a few days ago.

She suddenly realized that since some time ago, whenever she met the calm and pure gaze of the little mouse looking at her, she would feel a very irritated emotion in her heart.

Obviously, this is only the second time we meet.

In fact, when they first met, she almost chopped off the other person's head with her own hands.

But now, this little mouse has become able to affect her mood to this extent.

Even just now, after the other person woke up and stared at her, an absurd thought inexplicably emerged in her mind: "It's better to be glared at than to be stared at with dead eyes."

...Why did it become like this?

Eve was somewhat puzzled by the changes in herself.

Is it because I've gradually gotten used to this face that I find pleasing to the eye?

Or was it because his voice didn't sound noisy?

Or is it because of something more?

“……??……!”

Just as the whole room fell into a brief silence, under Eve's gaze, the little mouse, who had originally had a tense face, suddenly became visibly panicked.

He had a confused expression, his right hand kept touching both sides of his neck, and his head turned back and forth to scan the floor around him, as if he was looking for something.

"Are you looking for this?"

Seeing this scene, Eve remembered something and picked up a piece of junk on the table beside her and shook it in front of Su Wei.

It was a pendant that looked quite old and had completely faded, almost unrecognizable in its original appearance.

Judging from the material alone, it is undoubtedly a cheap product that can be bought anywhere in the market.

Earlier, after curing the little mouse, Eve accidentally found this thing on the floor nearby.

At this moment, the red rope on top has broken.

I guess it was torn off when the other person was hit on the shoulder earlier.

"!"

After seeing the amulet in Eve's hand, Su Wei's face changed and he quickly walked over and was about to take it back.

However, as the witch in front of him raised her hand slightly, Su Wei missed, and the originally calm expression on his face suddenly became a little ugly.

“…Give it back to me.”

The next moment, meeting the somewhat curious and playful gaze of the Witch of National Trouble, Su Wei gritted his teeth and lowered his voice.

"This seems to be very important to you."

Blinking her eyes, Eve quietly watched the little mouse that finally showed a change of mood in front of her. She was quiet for a moment, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "What should I do? I always feel that the tone I just heard doesn't sound like thanking the person who helped find the lost item."

"…Thank you. Thank you very much."

Hearing this, Su Wei took a deep breath and lowered his head slightly: "Please... give it back to me."

"..."

Blinking her eyes, Eve was slightly dazed as she stared at the little mouse that finally had some positive reaction in front of her.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she suddenly felt that her originally irritable mood had improved a lot at this moment.

"Here."

After hesitating for a moment, Eve did not deliberately bully the other party and directly handed the pendant back to Su Wei.

Looking at Su Wei, who looked relieved after getting his things back, she was thoughtful and subconsciously wanted to say something.

But the next second, she saw the little mouse in front of her suddenly change its expression, distance itself from her again, and stare at her vigilantly again.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Eve was stunned. She felt that her mood, which had just improved, suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse.

This little thing... changes its expression quite quickly.

I don’t know who I learned it from.

"Speaking of which, little brother with connections."

After a long silence, Eve suddenly smiled softly, as if she had suddenly thought of something.

Smoothing her hair, she stared at the little mouse in front of her and said slowly, "Today, I haven't seen the little fox beside you. Where is she?"

"..."

Hearing this, Su Wei, who had just carefully stuffed the amulet into his pocket, suddenly felt alarmed and had a rather bad idea.

Could it be that the reason why this witch lady "saved" me just now is related to the fox fairy lady?

"You know what? For me, what I hate most in my life is when someone interrupts me while I'm doing it... even if it's just to save two little mice."

As she said this, staring at Su Wei leisurely, a suffocating pressure gradually appeared in Eve's eyes.

...Isn't getting up early and cooking the thing you hate most in your life?

Looking at the witch in front of him who suddenly became oppressive, Su Wei silently closed his mouth with an ugly expression.

Even if the witch asked him, he would never tell her that the fox fairy was hibernating and resting, even if he died.

"So, I'm a little more interested in her now than a little mouse like you, my little brother."