Go back? There's no going back.

A swaying ball of light gradually emerged from the shadows and floated in front of Eve.

That is... the fruit of enlightenment.

Inside, there are stored all the other distracting thoughts that Eve has actively stripped away from herself through "clear mind" over the past ten years in order to maintain her self.

Now, Eve was rarely at a loss.

Because she had realized that her emotions about Su Wei... had not been retained.

It was also stripped away by her in the past as "distractions" and stored in the fruit in front of her.

However, she was having some problems with her memory overload at the moment, and she completely couldn't remember why she chose to do this in the first place.

Mingming, all the emotions that arose during her time with Su Wei were her own, not the emotions of other irrelevant people, and there was no need to specifically separate them out.

Keeping it would, on the contrary, further enhance the effect of "Clear Mind", allowing her to remain more determined to maintain her own identity even after enslaving more undead.

But for some reason, she still chose to peel it off at that time.

And the weirdest thing now is that, theoretically speaking, the emotions that have been diluted by "clear mind" as distractions will no longer affect one's subsequent judgment...

But Eve couldn't understand why she still had above-average patience towards this child?

With a myriad of thoughts in her mind, Eve quietly stared at the ball of light in front of her that looked like Pandora's box.

She slowly raised her hand. She realized that in the past ten years or so since she had improved her mind and soul, this was the first time she had felt an urge to touch the ball of light.

But, in the end, reason prevailed.

She took a deep breath and withdrew her hand.

At this moment, Su Wei, who was resting his head on her legs, gradually showed signs of waking up.

'……Um? ’

While his consciousness was groggy, Su Wei slowly opened his eyes.

Then, he saw the strange... no, slightly familiar ceiling again.

After a brief moment of confusion, the scene before he fell into a coma flashed through Su Wei's mind.

Just now, the witch suddenly pointed a finger at his forehead, as if she was going to leave some mark on his body - he had already remembered the reason why he was unconscious this time.

Thinking of this, Su Wei suddenly felt unwell.

Damn it, even though both were caused by external factors, I fainted twice in less than an hour... Isn't this a little bit outrageous?

Su Wei opened his mouth and wanted to complain out loud.

But in the end, he couldn't make any sound and closed his mouth silently.

Therefore, in his field of vision at this moment, in addition to the familiar ceiling, there was also a witch.

Ok……

It was not until this time that Su Wei belatedly noticed something.

Well, his vision now... seems a little bit weird?

My line of sight was not perpendicular to the ceiling, but slightly tilted.

Even the back of his head no longer had that cold, hard touch he had felt the last time he fainted and woke up lying on the floor.

On the contrary, it is extra soft.

Rather, Su Wei is now very confused, why, from this angle... he can see half of the witch's face?

In fact, apart from the face, there is also a part that doesn’t look particularly exaggerated, but has a very beautiful curve... ?

A strange fragrance lingers at the tip of my nose.

At this point, Su Wei's brain went into a brief downtime.

Then, a somewhat absurd idea finally came to his mind.

So, now... I am resting my head on the lap of this witch?

"!"

The moment he realized this, Su Wei's eyes widened and his whole body shuddered.

Subconsciously, he struggled to sit up.

Although at this moment, even Su Wei himself was a little confused. It was clearly the embrace that he had missed and imagined countless times in his dreams, but at this moment, for some reason, he just wanted to leave.

“…Don’t move.”

At this moment, a calm voice came to Su Wei's ears.

The next second, his shoulder, which he had just tried to sit up, was pressed down again by a slender arm: "The mark has just been placed, it is not stable yet, stay still for a while."

"That thing can adjust the dead energy in the body. It may be of some benefit to you."

"If you act rashly now, you might faint again."

"..."

Hearing this, Su Wei was stunned.

He opened his eyes slightly, with a confused look, and stared at the witch in front of him.

……what?

Is it...his illusion?

Su Wei always felt that when he woke up this time, the witch in front of him... seemed to have changed a little?

The most obvious thing was the tone of her voice when she spoke just now.

If it had been before, even if she had told him not to move, the witch would probably have smiled and spoken to him in a frivolous tone.

It’s probably like, “Little brother, I advise you not to move around.”

But now, for some reason, when her voice fell into Su Wei's ears, it was no longer frivolous and playful as before, but instead had a bit more... um, majesty?

"what happened?"

Noticing Su Wei's confused gaze, the witch in front of him blinked and looked down at him: "Is there something on my face?"

"No... nothing."

Su Wei shook his head silently.

Just now, for a moment, in Su Wei's vision, his mother's appearance... for some reason suddenly overlapped briefly with the figure of the witch in front of him.

At this moment, after coming to his senses, he was speechless about the fact that there were still some fantasies left in his subconscious.

Taking a deep breath, he once again solemnly warned himself in his heart.

Mom...is no longer here.

Won't be coming back either.

Now, in front of him was just the witch who was his target and whom he would need to find a way to repay his kindness in the future.

Whether it is to wait until you are strong enough to go to Loulan and find the King of Loulan who once launched the highest bounty in the continent for the witch with the power of the whole country, and discuss the matter of canceling the wanted order,

I should find a way to speed up my practice and solve other troubles and problems around the witch as soon as possible.

These are what Su Wei should focus his energy on first.

"Um...Excuse me, how long do I need to lie down?"

After a moment's silence, the dazed expression on Su Wei's face gradually subsided and he finally calmed down.

He looked at her and asked.

"...Who knows."

However, as the initiator of the strange mark on Su Wei, the witch in front of him did not respond directly to him for some reason.

With her head slightly lowered, the witch stared at Su Wei quietly: "How long do you want to lie there?"

It clearly sounded like a question, but there was inexplicably a sense of oppression in Nanwu Ningjing's gaze that had never been there before.

Although he still felt a little dizzy, Su Wei subconsciously lowered his voice and responded in a calm tone: "I want to get up now..."

"..."

As Su Wei finished speaking, the expression on the face of the witch in front of him froze slightly.

Eve was silent. She stared at Su Wei's reaction, which had become calm again, and felt her heart getting heavier.

At this moment, something suddenly came to her mind.

That was a scene that happened a few days ago in the Roseau Mountains.

——I'm glad you're okay.

At that time, he looked up at her and said these meaningless words to her.

The look in his eyes then... was completely different from the calm and relieved look he has now.

At this moment, an unbelievable thought suddenly emerged in Eve's mind.

Could it be that she, who unexpectedly recognized her own child the second time they met... was the one who discovered it later?

This child...actually, he had recognized her at that time?

...But how is this possible?

Eve subconsciously rejected this unrealistic speculation.

After all, although they had lived together for eight years, she was sure that Su Wei had never seen her true appearance before.

Even her voice was perfectly disguised by the Thousand Faces Rune.

In this situation, how could she be recognized by the other party right away?

However, if it wasn't because of this incident, then what was the reason for the child's obviously strange reaction at that time?

...So, it was because when we were in the mountains, not only did I not recognize this kid, but I almost chopped off his head with my own hands... This is the reason why his attitude towards me changed drastically now?

After some thought, Eve instinctively came to this answer in her mind.

But, for some reason, even though it made sense logically, Eve quickly realized that the real reason... definitely couldn't be this.

"…Why did you go to Mount Rosseau at that time?"

After a long silence, Eve stared at the child in her arms and moved her lips, taking the initiative to ask about the question that she had never cared about before: "You should know that it was very dangerous there during that time."

"Ah?"

Su Wei was stunned when he suddenly heard such an unexpected question from the witch's mouth.

Ask him why he went up the mountain at that time?

Of course, that was to find clues about the able-bodied man... and then follow the clues to find my mother.

But, even though he thought so in his heart, Su Wei would definitely not say it out loud now.

After all, he knew very well that his mother would never come back.

And he himself didn't want to talk about anything about his mother in front of the witch.

Not at all.

Just knowing that she is okay now is enough.

Now, Su Wei, who has figured everything out, just wants the time he spent with his mother to be preserved in his memory forever in the most beautiful way.

He wouldn't let anyone take her away from her... no matter who it was.

"I went there to investigate a man named Zhuang Ding."

After a moment of silence, Su Wei replied expressionlessly under the gaze of the witch in front of him.

“Why investigate him?”

After hearing this, Eve was stunned at first.

Although many things were confused, she vaguely remembered that the "able-bodied man" Su Wei was referring to should be the first person she killed when she came to the slums.

However, she couldn't quite remember the reason why she took action at that time...

…No, the reason doesn’t matter right now.

The important thing is, Eve suddenly realized...why would this child take such a big risk to climb up the mountain to find a person of the same sex?