Go back? There's no going back.

"Senior? Are you okay?"

Seeing this, Celsia was stunned, her eyes becoming more confused.

"…It's okay. I…I understand."

After a while, the queen in the picture sighed slightly, her slightly absent-minded eyes refocused, and she forced a smile at the corner of her lips: "Don't worry, I will give him what he needs."

After giving a reply that reassured Celsia, a gentle smile appeared on the empress's face, which was slightly red for some reason.

She bit her lip and said, "After all, that kid... well, he's not only your brother, but also Yu's student, isn't he?"

"……is that so."

Hearing this, Celsia blinked and stared at the former with a look of surprise.

Although she had thought before that this senior who seemed very satisfied with Su Wei would be generous and really tell the other party his secret.

But what she didn't expect was that the Queen was not only willing to tell Su Wei the whole story, but she even planned to give him those things that were rumored to be able to greatly improve the efficiency of cultivation?

"Thank you."

After a moment's silence, Celsia took a deep breath and bowed slightly to the Empress of the Empire in the picture to express her gratitude.

“No need, junior, what are you doing… Didn’t I tell you that the child is also my student now…”

Opening her eyes slightly wide, looking at the junior who seemed to be expressing his gratitude to her so frankly for the first time in her memory, Klenna opened her mouth and subconsciously wanted to say something.

But the next second, her breath was slightly choked, and she hummed again. The words on her lips finally turned into a farewell: "Sorry, I have something else to do here, I'll contact you later..."

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you."

At this point, the real-time communication screen was cut off and the contact ended.

"..."

Sitting alone on the sofa in the main hall of the First Palace, Celsia blinked and looked quietly at the frog communicator in her hand.

After a while, she raised her hand to smooth the hair hanging by her ears and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, she thought that the stupid kid's request today would be rejected by the queen.

But now it seems that this senior of mine really likes that stupid kid as he showed before, and is even willing to tell him that very important secret...

Thinking of this, Celsia became even more silent.

The silly kid won’t have made a wasted trip today—although this matter has nothing to do with her, it’s still worth it for her to be a little happy.

But, for some reason, ever since she ended her communication with the Empress of the Empire, she always felt an indescribable sense of... um, discomfort?

**

the other side.

A sweet taste mixed with a faint fishy smell spreads in the throat.

Although his head was still lingering with the sudden feeling of drowsiness, Su Wei always felt that he had overlooked something important.

But at the same time, he also realized that the amount of sweet drink he drank now was half of what he drank in the VIP room of Baoge that day.

However, what made Su Wei feel a little regretful was that the sweet drink in the bowl was almost gone.

And for some reason, even though there seemed to be a little bit of liquid left in the bowl, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get it into his mouth.

"...Wait a minute, if there's nothing left, then...don't keep forcing yourself."

At this moment, Su Wei suddenly heard the Queen's somewhat intermittent voice: "Change this side."

"Ah?"

Su Wei let go of the edge of the bowl subconsciously, and then he noticed that since some time ago, there was a white jade bowl filled with a sweet drink on the table in front of him.

“This is the last portion for now.”

The empress of the empire held Su Wei's hand as before, lifted the bowl to his mouth, and whispered in his ear: "Drink."

"..."

The moment he heard the voice, the drowsy feeling in Su Wei's mind became much more obvious.

He subconsciously turned his head to look beside him, but only saw a somewhat complicated look of kindness on the face of the Queen.

"I see."

After a moment of silence, Su Wei nodded and opened his mouth again.

At this point, the whole room fell silent again.

"...I thought so, you little brat who only knows how to say nice things."

An unknown amount of time had passed. Just as the bowl in Su Wei's hand gradually became the same as the previous one, with a little bit of liquid left, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't drink it. Then he heard the faintly trembling voice of the Queen again: "Just now, I suddenly thought of something... something I can ask you to report back to me."

"Speaking?"

Hearing this, Su Wei was stunned for a moment, then immediately let go of the edge of the bowl and turned to look at the Empress of the Empire beside him.

However, unlike what he expected, after exchanging eyes with the Queen, the Queen did not rush to make any requests.

Instead, she just looked at him with a loving gaze that was almost overflowing, smiling: "Recently, I have suddenly become curious...what it feels like to be a mother."

"what?"

The completely unexpected words made Su Wei stunned.

"Can you, um... call me mom here?"

"……ha??"

***

Time passes quietly.

"Ok?"

After an unknown amount of time, Su Wei slowly opened his eyes.

What came into view was an unfamiliar ceiling.

Rubbing his eyes and sitting up with the help of the armrest of the sofa, Su Wei's confused mind quickly became clear again.

He soon realized that he should be... in the Empress of the Empire's house?

Huh……?

So, did I fall asleep just now?

In someone else's home?

"..."

With a hint of confusion in his eyes, Su Wei tried hard to recall what had just happened.

He remembered that after the Queen quarreled with the bodyguard, she seemed to have a little conflict with him...

Later, just like a dream, the memory suddenly became intermittent.

Only at this moment, the fragrance lingering in his throat reminded Su Wei that the Queen... seemed to have fed him the sweet drink.

Thinking of this, Su Wei came back to his senses and subconsciously looked around.

Then, he quickly noticed that the scenery in the entire room seemed to have changed slightly.

The most obvious thing is that the table, which was previously in a mess with wine bottles everywhere, has now been tidied up and becomes clean and tidy again.

Looking at this scene with some surprise, Su Wei quickly realized something.

So, has Her Majesty the Queen listened to what I said before and is trying to cheer herself up again?

If that's the case... then, that's good?

"Oh, you're awake."

Just then, a voice came to Su Wei's ears and he looked over subconsciously.

At a glance, he saw the Queen, who was already dressed neatly and was carefully grooming her gorgeous long hair.

"Sorry, I think I fell asleep without realizing it."

Seeing this, Su Wei was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood up from the sofa: "Sorry, did I delay you from going out?"

"Hmm? That's not the case."

Meeting Su Wei's somewhat embarrassed gaze, the empress tilted her head and a gentle smile appeared on her lips: "Although I do plan to go to the palace to work for a while after a long absence, it's not now."

"Is that so? Well... Anyway, I won't bother you for now."

Hearing this, Su Wei was silent for a moment, and soon he realized that there was no need for him to stay here any longer.

After all, he came here this time just to inquire about the news about the sweet drink that day.

But in the end, thanks to the generosity of the Queen, his gains far exceeded his expectations.

"Wait a minute, shall I take you back?"

However, just as Su Wei finished speaking, the Queen in front of him said: "If I remember correctly, this place is quite far from the training camp where you and Klina are staying."

"No, that's not necessary."

Su Wei immediately shook his head.

If it's on the way, he wouldn't mind taking a ride shamelessly.

But now, others are not ready to go out yet, so he naturally doesn't have the face to ask the queen of a country to send him off.

"…Really?"

With her head slightly tilted eight degrees, the Queen of Tirantia looked at Su Wei and asked.

"Well, really not."

While refusing, Su Wei walked quickly towards the main entrance.

The moment he pushed open the door, Su Wei seemed to suddenly remember something. He turned his head to glance at the cleaned table, and then looked at the Queen.

After a moment, he took a deep breath and said hesitantly, "Well, although it may be a bit offensive to say this, I feel that although you have changed a little now, you are more like a flash in the pan. I have a feeling that you will pick up the bottle and start drinking again..."

"..."

As if slightly surprised by Su Wei's rather presumptuous words, the Queen blinked and remained silent for several seconds, then burst out laughing: "Idiot, you're using too obvious a provocation."

"I won't talk about this for now. As for you, the medicine I gave you this time...must be absorbed slowly. I will check it after a while. Don't let me know that you stayed in the compression chamber for ten hours at a time...understand?"

She looked at him and whispered, "If you don't listen, I won't give it to you next time."

"……Oh."

Hearing this, Su Wei nodded subconsciously.

He suddenly felt a little strange as he quietly watched the Empress of the Empire react like this.

Although at this moment, the strange sense of majesty of the Queen still exists, it has become even stronger invisibly.

But for some reason, Su Wei no longer felt rejected and uncomfortable as before.

In fact, unexpectedly...something made him want to indulge in it?

...No, what are you thinking about?

Realizing that the thoughts in his mind suddenly became a little abnormal, Su Wei immediately shook his head vigorously.

"Then I won't bother you any more--"

At this point, after having said the last words he wanted to say, he let out a long sigh, said goodbye to the Queen in front of him again, and then turned and left without staying.

***

A few moments.

Standing alone in front of the French window, the empress of the empire quietly watched someone walking away.

Only when the other person's back completely disappeared from her sight did Klenna slightly withdraw her gaze.

"It's just a three-minute enthusiasm..."

Then, with a small sigh in her throat, as if she remembered something, Klenna turned around and walked towards the bedroom.

"..."