Go back? There's no going back.

Was there something in what she said just now that touched upon this child's forbidden zone?

However, she was just trying to remind him that it was almost time to replace this amulet that had faded so much...

As expected, the child had already recognized her.

Even this amulet was just a birthday gift she bought casually and gave to him.

Many times, what’s important is not the gift but the person who gives it - although Eve seldom gives gifts to others, she has heard this saying before.

But now, she just wanted to take another look at how much the gift she had given had faded, and then get the child a new one.

Obviously, they were all gifts from me, so why... did he suddenly react so strongly?

"..."

The extremely bad atmosphere lingered in the entire office for a long time.

"Although I'm not sure what you want to do...but please allow me to refuse."

It was not until a while later that, in Eve's somewhat frozen eyes, Su Wei, whose mind went blank when he saw the amulet was almost taken away... also came back to his senses little by little.

Realizing that his reaction just now seemed a little inappropriate, Su Wei took a deep breath and expressed his apologies to the witch in front of him word by word.

"…It doesn't matter."

After a moment of silence, Eve quietly looked at Su Wei who had carefully put the pendant away in front of her, and moved her lips: "It seems that this thing is... really important to you?"

"...Yes, it is very important."

Hearing this, Su Wei was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.

"Why? No matter how you look at it, it's just a cheap rush job."

For some reason, the witch in front of me continued to ask questions about such a trivial matter.

"No, maybe that's true in your opinion, but this is a gift from an important person..."

After a long silence, the expression on Su Wei's face gradually became complicated. Finally, he smiled with relief: "I will probably never receive such an important thing again in the future."

As Su Wei finished speaking, the whole room fell silent again.

"..."

After a moment, Su Wei shook his head and came back to his senses.

Soon, as if he suddenly remembered something, the expression on his face changed.

Now... it doesn't seem like the right time to let the witch in front of him stay here and discuss some meaningless topics with him.

It has been a while since the communication with the princess ended.

If we continue to delay like this, things will really get out of hand——

Om-!

Just as this somewhat anxious thought emerged in Su Wei's mind, he suddenly felt a rapid buzzing sound in his ears.

Immediately afterwards, the window shattered and splashed in all directions. A dazzling golden light shone into the entire room. Su Wei could not help but close his eyes.

"...?"

The next second, when Su Wei forced himself to open his eyes again, he suddenly discovered that in the originally empty room... there was another person.

"Princess, my lord...?"

Her waist-length golden hair was loose, and her body was surrounded by a faint golden glow. Her flawless face was full of resentment - after seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Su Wei suddenly felt that his heart skipped a beat.

It’s over.

…It’s all over.

How come when you mention Cao Cao, Cao Cao will appear?

Almost at the same time when Su Wei looked at the princess, the other party also looked at him.

"Su Wei... is he still alive?"

The tone of his voice was extremely hurried, and his expression was indescribably stiff. After confirming that the little ghost in front of him was still alive and well, Celsia breathed a sigh of relief.

"…Princess, I should still be alive."

The four looked at each other, and Su Wei swallowed silently.

At this moment, he was trying to persuade the witch who was in a bad condition to leave as soon as possible, but his expression became more and more contradictory.

It sucks.

The moment these two big men appeared in the room at the same time, Su Wei realized that the situation he least wanted to see had finally happened.

……no.

At least for now, we cannot allow these two adults to actually conflict here.

"Oh, it came faster than I expected."

However, just as Su Wei gritted his teeth and raced his brain, trying to come up with an effective plan as soon as possible, the witch beside him, for some reason, had already taken the initiative to greet the First Princess of the Empire in front of him: "It seems that you really value this child."

Even after saying this, without waiting for the princess to respond, she turned her head and looked at Su Wei again.

"I'm a little curious, how did you and her... get to know each other?"

With a smile on her lips, Eve asked Su Wei in front of her.

To be honest, when Eve saw that Su Wei was able to get in touch with the princess of this empire and was even taken seriously by the other party, she thought that this kid was actually a gigolo or something like that who was secretly kept by the other party.

But now, she suddenly realized that her guess was wrong.

This is...her child.

He was only eight years old when they separated.

In fact, in the entire eight years, he didn't even talk to more than ten people.

In this case, how on earth did an eight-year-old child get to know the princess of a country?

“…Um, is this a suitable question to ask now?”

Suddenly, he heard the witch's questioning voice, and Su Wei, who was racking his brains, was stunned.

...How did I get to know the First Princess?

Of course, that was because the other person was too gentle and kind, and took me in when I was at my lowest point.

However, Su Wei vaguely remembered that from the reaction of the knight when he saw him in the courtyard before, the princess did not want him to tell the reason for taking her in.

Therefore, even if this witch who brought disaster to the country asked the question herself, Su Wei would just remain silent.

So, under the witch's silent gaze, he opened his mouth and said softly: "Sorry, I can't tell you about this."

"..."

After Su Wei answered like this, the witch in front of him...his mood obviously became worse.

At this moment, the office door behind Su Wei suddenly made a slight "creaking" sound and was pushed open by someone.

The next second, Lady Elsie, dressed in black and white maid clothes, slowly stepped into the house and blocked the other retreat route of the witch who brought disaster to the country.

The air in the room suddenly became more oppressive.

Not sure if it was Su Wei's illusion, but he inexplicably felt that... the sense of oppression emanating from the maid at this moment was not much less than that from the other two adults.

In this tense atmosphere, Su Wei finally confirmed that the words "She has nothing to do with it" mentioned by the princess in the previous communication... were just polite remarks.

Well, if it really didn’t matter, the smell of gunpowder in the room wouldn’t be so strong now.

"Are you really planning to involve him as well?"

At the same time, the princess's low, cold voice once again reached Su Wei's ears: "Like last time, taking a child who has no power to resist as a hostage?"

"..."

Hearing this, Su Wei was stunned.

Subconsciously glancing at the witch beside him, he suddenly realized that this seemed to... indeed be a way to minimize the possibility of a direct conflict between the two parties?

Once this witch takes herself as a hostage, then the gentle princess... will probably really remember their old friendship and let the witch leave.

But even after realizing this, after a brief silence, Su Wei still did not take action.

As expected, taking advantage of the princess's gentleness and kindness...he couldn't do it.

Otherwise, why not just come clean?

However, even if I tell the princess now that this witch had adopted me for eight years...will it really be useful?

An uncertain factor that could affect the entire royal city at any time. Even though the other party had taken in little Kala Su Wei for several years, it did not seem to affect the princess's judgment.

Just as Su Wei was frowning and thinking about whether there was any way to stop the cars on both sides, he suddenly felt his shoulder being patted gently.

The next second, an irresistible and gentle force acted on Su Wei. Caught off guard, he staggered forward several steps.

Then, when he stood firm again, the distance between him and the princess was closer than the distance between him and the witch.

Realizing this, the expression on Su Wei's face suddenly became a little confused.

For some reason, the witch, who had the habit of taking the weak as hostages, did not do so this time. Instead, she pushed him directly in front of the princess.

At this moment, not only Su Wei, but also the princess and the maid who had blocked the retreat of the witch who had brought disaster to the country one after another, had expressions of surprise on their faces.

"It's a pity, but this time, I don't have such plans, nor do I need to do so."

Facing the two men's gazes, Eve remained expressionless.

"..."

Seeing this, although she looked surprised, the princess immediately looked at Su Wei: "Come here...quickly."

"..."

Looking at the rare nervous expression on the princess' face, Su Wei turned his head and glanced behind him, then quickly walked over.

Behind him, the witch who brought disaster to the country just watched all this quietly.

"Don't move."

Before Su Wei walked away, Celsia held his shoulder with one hand, lifted his bangs with the other hand, pursed her lips and stared at the area between his eyebrows to examine him carefully.

Afterwards, Su Wei noticed that the princess' originally tense expression gradually relaxed.

"Fortunately, it's not an offensive mark..."

Even at the very end, when she was muttering like this, a hint of subtle doubt appeared on the princess' face.

"What are you... planning?"

Silently pulling Su Wei behind her, after a long silence, Celsia turned to look at the witch who was standing quietly in the room.

Just now, after several repeated checks, she noticed that the transparent mark on Su Wei's body did not contain any aggressiveness.

This seemed very strange to Celsia.

After all, ever since the fourth Pluto body was born sixteen years ago and the country of Sharan was destroyed, people on this continent have more or less learned about the Pluto body.

Celsia was no exception. She had already read all the historical records related to Pluto's body.

Therefore, she knew very well that the so-called Pluto's Mark was generally a means used by the Pluto body to deal with some difficult targets.

As we all know, the Pluto body is born with strong mental strength and can often gain the upper hand in most enslavement and possession situations.

However, in this world, there are always some special physiques that can suppress the Pluto body in terms of mental power, making the entire enslavement process much more difficult.

At this time, the Pluto body will find ways to leave the so-called Pluto mark on the target.

Specifically, after leaving a mark, the target's will is constantly worn down by the mark, and eventually an attack is launched when the target is exhausted and weakened overall.

Of course, as a physical magic created by the second generation of Pluto, this mark has significant effects... but is also accompanied by considerable consumption.

This can be seen just from the pale face of this traitorous witch.

Generally speaking, Pluto will only use this method when preparing to enslave some extremely important targets.

But now, a certain witch who brought disaster to the country not only went to great lengths to use a mark on a kid who had just started practicing, but even the original negative effects of the mark were mostly erased by her spontaneously.

Now it seems that the only functions left are tracking and positioning, and monitoring some physical conditions.

If you take into account the natural suppressive power of the Mark of Hades against certain evil and filthy things, this might even be a pretty good-sounding buff magic.

After checking the mark again and confirming it again, Celsia subconsciously looked down at the bracelet on Su Wei's hand and fell silent.