"Huh? Brother Zijing, welcome back~"

Hearing the voice of the person coming, Kiana immediately ran over to greet him, but Xilin still stood there in a daze, thinking about her mother.

"What are you daydreaming about, Celine?"

After a while, a hand touched Xilin's head and stroked it gently.

"..."

Xilin raised her head and saw a white-haired boy, looking at her tenderly with blue-purple eyes.

"You are……?"

"Hmm? Have you forgotten me after just one morning? I am Amethyst, who is staying at your house. It was your gentle mother Cecilia who found and accepted me. Otherwise, I might still be sleeping on a chair in the park now."

"Is it……"

For some reason, Xilin looked at the young man in front of her and had an irresistible urge to attack him.

This is really strange... Is there any grudge between him and me? We were so close before...

Xilin didn't notice that a faint purple light appeared where Zijing's palm touched her head.

"Oh, by the way, where are Aunt Cecilia and Uncle Siegfried? I see your food is still hot. Did they go out for something urgent?" Amethyst asked.

"Mom and Dad are in that room now. I don't know what they are talking about." Kiana pointed in a direction, and Xilin also said "hmm" softly, as if she was no longer immersed in the previous doubts about her mother's name.

"Ah, Zijing, you're back too? Just in time, let's eat together before the food gets cold."

Not long after, Siegfried and Cecilia came out one after the other. The former spoke to Zijing who was standing with Silin and Kiana, but her head was still full of question marks.

Apparently he still didn't understand why his wife had just dragged him away for no apparent reason.

"Please sit down, Zijing, I'll help you get the food."

Cecilia walked towards the kitchen with a smile on her face, and glared at Siegfried before entering.

"...?"

Siegfried scratched his head, but Zijing came closer and whispered on his shoulder, "Uncle Siegfried, you almost ruined my good fortune~"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

Siegfried looked at him with a confused expression.

"No, it's nothing. Just think of it as me talking to myself... Wow, Aunt Cecilia's cooking looks delicious. I won't be polite later!"

Zijing sat next to Xilin and greeted the girl with a smile.

"Xilin, your attitude towards me today is a little strange... When did I offend you? Or has puberty arrived?" Zijing waved her hand in front of Xilin and said carefully.

"...I don't know the reason, I just suddenly found you quite annoying." Xilin stared at the innocent expression of the boy next to her for a long time, and finally shook her head and told the truth.

"…Is this a girl's sixth sense? I haven't confessed to her yet that I accidentally broke her toy into pieces this morning…" Xilin heard Zijing's muttering, and she jumped up in anger, stretching out her little fist to hit him.

"Damn it, I didn't expect you to do such a thing?!"

"Wait wait wait... This is my fault, but please don't hit me in the face. After all, your brother still has to rely on this face to make a living!"

"Oh, it's really lively."

Cecilia came back with the food and handed the bowl and chopsticks to Zijing, which temporarily stopped Xilin's relentless pursuit of Zijing.

"Xilin, I will ask Zijing to buy you a new identical toy when the time comes, so don't be angry, okay?"

"Hmph, since mom has said so, I'll spare your life for now!" Xilin angrily buried her head in eating.

"Tsk, why didn't Xilin beat you to death?"

Siegfried stared at Amethyst with a fierce look.

"I'm really sorry to disappoint you. Beating is love and scolding is care. Xilin doesn't love me to death yet." Zijing shrugged.

"If you dare to attack my daughter, I will kill you!"

"Yes, yes, I'm so scared~"

Amethyst is now thinking about whether to kick Siegfried out of the role of "father"... Forget it, Cecilia is the "mother", and if the "father" is replaced by someone else, this uncle will definitely find ways to take a piece of meat from her afterwards.

After dinner, Siegfried took Kiana and Sirin to the park for a walk, while Amethyst and Cecilia stayed at home to clean up the dishes.

"how do you feel?"

As Zijing put the clean dishes on the table, she asked Cecilia, "It's not bad to be the mother of this child, Celine?"

"Well, she is a very cute child and I like her very much." Cecilia nodded slightly, with tenderness and a hint of worry on her face.

"But is this really okay for us? Replacing her past memories, isn't this... a bit too cruel?"

"This is just a temporary measure. After all, this world has been messed up by her, and we can't let her continue to mess things up. But don't worry, I will also preserve her original [memories] and return them to her slowly in the future." Zijing said, and then thought of something, "By the way, during the time I was away, was there anything unusual?"

"What abnormality do you mean...?"

"Any force that attempts to destroy this 'beautiful dream'."

"……No."

"Please remain vigilant after that. After all, the other Herrscher is still here."

"it is good."

After that, there were no more words between the two, and they seriously played their roles in the illusion.

After reversing the mental barrier created by Sirin, Amethyst and Aponia made Sirin, who was already in it, enter the illusion, and then made the humans who entered the barrier become part of the illusion world as well.

Especially some of the roles that need to be around Xilin frequently, they need specially suitable people to play them.

After some selection, Cecilia became the [mother], Siegfried became the [father], Amethyst became the [brother] who lived at home, and as for Kiana... this child was a pure product of illusion.

By the way, Siegfried’s memory had been modified, otherwise, with his mediocre acting skills, Celine would have found a lot of loopholes in him in minutes.

Everything is going according to plan. Xilin will gradually be immersed in the illusion. Slowly, she will become unable to distinguish between illusion and reality. Eventually, she will change from a second Herrscher who holds a grudge against humans to a powerful girl who lives a positive life.

However, the only unstable factor now is the "Li" that has temporarily disappeared.

This guy is still hiding in Xilin's body. If he doesn't come out on his own, there's nothing I can do to her.

But I believe that as the plan progresses, that guy will become restless and will definitely take action to hinder it.

Then it will be my turn and the ones who have been lying in ambush to take action.