Go back? There's no going back.

Originally, she had been a little worried recently. What should she do if the evil spirits from the neighboring country, who were released by someone unknown, wandered into the royal city here, and even happened to target a certain little ghost...

After all, ordinary practitioners cannot deal with that kind of thing.

Everyone has their own expertise. Even though she is now blocked on the road of cultivation by a natural chasm, it is difficult for her to truly kill those evil spirits.

But now...

Celsia looked at the witch in front of her again, and for some reason, a somewhat absurd idea emerged in her mind.

Could it be that the other party had no intention of hurting some stupid kid from the very beginning?

...No, think about it carefully. If this witch really wanted to hurt Su Wei, then when Su Wei went to the Rosso Mountains before, it seemed that there was no possibility for him to come back alive?

"So, do it, now, here?"

However, at this moment, the cold voice of the witch of national disaster once again reached Celsia's ears.

The next second, the shadow under the witch twisted little by little and trembled slightly, as if some terrifying existence would emerge from it in the next second.

For a moment, the smell of gunpowder filled the room, becoming extremely strong.

"……never mind."

But in the end, as Eve was watching, words that were somewhat unexpected to her came out of the mouth of the first princess of the empire.

"I don't think there's any need to conflict with you right now."

Taking a deep breath, as if she had made a decision, Celsia glanced at Su Wei beside her.

Now, after the witch of national disaster released her people, she was fully capable of bringing Su Wei away safely before the real conflict.

Even the people around this building have been evacuated by Elsie in advance.

Even if a conflict really arises later, she doesn't need to worry too much.

In fact, if we delay a little longer, reinforcements from the royal city will arrive.

By then, even the Pluto body, which is good at fighting one against many, will be unable to escape.

But why fight?

Although at first, when Celsia saw a little kid being marked in front of her, her emotions affected her judgment.

But now, rationality has prevailed again and she has figured it out.

The corrupted creature that had degenerated quite severely not long ago is now nowhere to be seen.

In this case, we can instead look forward to whether this patriotic witch who hates corruption to the core will play any role in the investigation of the incident.

In addition, more importantly, Celia has already seen that this witch... is indeed not hostile to Su Wei.

Although she doesn't know the reason yet.

But after realizing this, she suddenly found that her disgust for the witch in front of her... suddenly eased a lot.

There is no doubt that she hopes that the little kid she watched grow up can live and be healthy.

And the witch in front of him who was bringing disaster to the country seemed to have similar thoughts.

If her judgment was correct, then now, the two of them...why were they fighting each other?

Today, although the situation within the empire is relatively stable, the situation on the entire continent outside is constantly changing and becoming increasingly turbulent.

One day, that wave will surge into the empire, and by then... Celia herself will probably be too busy to do anything.

So in her opinion, in this situation, it is far better for a kid to have one more friend than one more enemy.

The most important thing is that Celsia no longer sees the dejected look on Su Wei like he did that day in the hospital.

Yes, the look this little devil gave the witch of national disaster now... was exceptionally calm.

After realizing this, Celsia let out a long sigh and took the initiative to say to the witch who brought disaster to the country, "I don't think there is any need to make enemies with you."

"Just now, there may be some misunderstanding between us. This is my problem...I'm sorry."

As she said this, the empire's first princess expressed her apologies to the witch in front of her in a serious manner.

If she just lowered her head a little, a Pluto body would let go of the past grudges and continue to take care of a certain little ghost...even if it was only a little bit, that would be enough.

Seeing this scene, Su Wei behind Celsia was stunned.

At the same time, a look of helplessness flashed across those dark eyes. Looking at the empire's first princess who was slightly bowing to her, Eve was also slightly stunned.

Even Elsie, who was standing by the door with a hint of blood in her eyes, blinked in confusion.

"what do you mean?"

Eve instinctively frowned her slender eyebrows as she stared closely at the face of the princess in front of her.

"Su Wei."

Not paying attention to the strange look from Eve, Celia turned her head and looked at Su Wei beside her, asking, "Do you mind if Miss Eve knows your whereabouts in the future?"

"Ah?"

Hearing this completely unexpected question, Su Wei was stunned at first, but soon shook his head: "No, I don't mind that."

Since he was already imprisoned in the royal city, having one more person watching him wouldn't seem to make any difference.

"……Yeah."

Hearing this, Celsia sighed slightly, then gently tugged at the corner of Su Wei's clothes: "Well, you should also thank Miss Eve. Recently, the evil spirits around the empire have been causing trouble more and more frequently. With this mark, you will be much safer in the future."

"……is that so?"

After hearing this, Su Wei blinked in surprise and subconsciously looked at the witch in front of him.

The next second, although he was still a little confused, under the encouraging gaze of the princess, he took a deep breath, looked at the witch who brought disaster to the country, and bowed his head without hesitation: "Thank you, thank you very much."

Unlike the current witch, the princess will not harm you, and nothing will go wrong if you do as she says.

As Su Wei finished speaking, the whole room fell into an eerie silence again.

Eve quietly watched her child the whole time, and bowed her head to thank herself at the instigation of an outsider. She fell completely silent.

At this moment, even though she was surrounded by two quasi-holy spirits from front and back, she remained calm, but her emotions finally began to fluctuate.

She said nothing, but her hands...clenched tightly together inadvertently.

She hadn't noticed it when they were communicating through the bracelet before.

But now, looking at Su Wei who was particularly obedient in front of a certain princess, and even the look in his eyes when he looked at the princess was full of longing and trust as when he looked at her, Eve suddenly felt... her mood, which was not very good to begin with, suddenly got worse.

……what?

What on earth does this mean?

Chapter 49: When They Walked into My Dormitory

--thank you.

--Thank you so much.

The little ghost's voice still echoed in my mind.

Thinking about these two sentences, Eve said nothing and quietly watched Su Wei, who looked submissive in front of the imperial princess.

It seems now that Su Wei's attitude towards her is still purer and more respectful than when he is facing a certain princess.

But at this moment, looking at the look in the eyes of this little kid when he looked at the princess of the empire, Eve suddenly felt a nameless anger rising deep in her heart.

And this anger was not directed at Su Wei, but at herself.

But even she herself didn't know why she was angry about this.

At this moment, Eve inexplicably had a sense of déjà vu, as if... something similar had happened before.

At that time, she was just as uncomfortable as she is now, and almost wanted to get angry at the kid in front of her.

But now, her memory was confused by many distracting thoughts and she could no longer remember the specific circumstances of the time.

"..."

With all sorts of random thoughts in her mind, Eve remained silent for a long time. Still unable to clearly recall what had happened at that time, she gritted her teeth and suppressed the anger in her heart bit by bit.

Seeing that little kid had completely changed and was now looking at her with only respect in his eyes, she suddenly lost the desire to say anything else.

Even now, even staying here, Eve felt her mood plummeting.

Finally, she looked again at Su Wei who was standing with a princess. She took a deep breath, slowly tightened the expression on her face, turned around and left without looking back.

As she passed the maid at the door, Eve once again felt a gaze that lacked warmth.

Tilting her head slightly, she looked over expressionlessly and made eye contact with the maid who was dressed in black and white.

It seems that even if a certain princess suddenly gave up the idea of ​​​​conflicting with me here, there is still another person who has a considerable degree of hostility towards me.

"E-Lord Elsie——"

But the next second, as the voice of a little kid came from behind her, Eve noticed that the coldness in the eyes of the maid in front of her was visibly retracted.

She tilted her head, and her face became expressionless again.

***

After a few seconds.

Standing in the room, Su Wei looked around.

Looking at the office which had become more spacious and even had a softer atmosphere even though only one person had left, Su Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was no real conflict in the end.

This unexpected encounter, for now... ended successfully.

In fact, if Su Wei was not mistaken, now even the relationship between these two adults seemed to have improved a little.

Although I am still a little confused about the princess's apology to the witch just now.

However, "the 'Pluto Body' and the 'All-Spirit Affinity Body' of all generations have never gotten along well, and conflicts occur almost every time they meet." Thinking of this description that he had seen in historical documents when he was in the palace study before, Su Wei suddenly felt fortunate for today's result -

However, his inner relief only lasted for a short time. With an inexplicable chill suddenly surging from his back, Su Wei suddenly came back to his senses, as if waking up from a dream.

He subconsciously looked around and suddenly noticed that the princess and the maid were both staring at him quietly without saying a word.

But, but...the eyes of these two adults were obviously very gentle, but for some reason, just by meeting their gazes, Su Wei felt his scalp tingling slightly.

Ah... Could it be that apart from the witch, there is something else that I haven't dealt with?

"...Anyway, let's go back first."

After a moment, Celsia took her eyes away from Su Wei, who was already sweating profusely, and sighed softly.

She walked to the door and glanced at the body on the ground that had obviously become a hotbed of decay. She turned to look at the maid beside her and said, "Elsie, contact the military police and ask them to come and deal with it."

"…OK."

Elsie nodded slightly, took out a cat-head-shaped communication magic device from the pocket of her maid's long skirt, and began to operate it.

"What are you still daydreaming about?"

At this moment, Su Wei, who was still standing there, planning to wait until the princess was far away before leaving, suddenly felt a piercing gaze on his face.

He subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice, only to find the princess standing by the door with her arms folded across her chest, staring at him: "Are you going to stay here and talk to the corpse for a while?"

"No, I have no such plans."

Hearing this, Su Wei immediately shook his head and quickly walked towards the office door.

A moment later, Su Wei walked out of the office building with the princess and the maid, with an increasingly confused expression on his face.

Why is it that as they were walking...he is now the one walking in front of the three of them?

He subconsciously slowed down his pace, but soon he noticed that the two adults walking behind him also slowed down their pace.

...Ah?

What is going on?

Why does it feel like... it's like I'm the one leading the way?

But now... he was just preparing to go back to the dormitory and had no plans to go anywhere else?

"that……"

After a moment of silence, Su Wei tried to turn his head to ask the princess behind him about the current situation, but the next second, he was interrupted by the other party.