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My past self actually called the man I am now, dad...
Although she didn't mind playing some erotic games between lovers with Shen Ye, it seemed... a bit embarrassing, right?
"Mommy, what's wrong with you?"
Just as Bayonetta was thinking a little embarrassedly, little Cereza put away the pocket watch and looked at her with curiosity.
Bayonetta took a deep breath and said to her slowly, "It's nothing... By the way, from now on, you are not allowed to call him dad..."
"Why?" Little Cereza looked puzzled. She was already very comfortable calling him daddy.
"No reason, just no."
Actually, he is your future husband...
How can a wife call her husband daddy... unless...
Suddenly, Bayonetta noticed a strange smile flashed across Shen Ye's face. Although it was fleeting, she still captured it keenly.
An unimaginable thought came into her mind: "Could he have known that little Cereza is me?"
Thinking of this, Bayonetta began to recall the expression on Shen Ye's face when he coaxed little Cereza to call him dad.
"At that time... his smile seemed to be one of success..."
"He really knows that little Cereza is me... But how did he know that?"
However, although Bayonetta had some doubts in her heart, the doubts did not turn into suspicion. Even an ordinary reporter could find out part of her life experience after investigation. It didn't seem like a big deal for a supernatural being who had signed a contract with a powerful demon to know these things...
Bayonetta took the initiative to defend Shen Ye's actions in her heart, but it was inevitable to be angry.
Looking at Shen Ye who started teasing little Cereza again and asked little Cereza to call him daddy almost every three sentences, the black-haired witch narrowed her eyes.
Bayonetta completely forgot that there was a man named Luka next to her. There was a dangerous look in her eyes, but her tone was calm: "Mr. Cat..."
After hearing little Cereza call him dad again, Shen Ye, who was very satisfied, heard Bayonetta calling him and asked without even raising his head, "What's wrong, Miss Cat?"
"Are you happy to hear me call you dad?"
"Yes...ah, no, Miss Cat, what are you talking about? I don't understand." Shen Ye responded subconsciously and immediately showed an innocent expression.
"Don't pretend, I know everything." Bayonetta looked at him dimly, then said to little Cereza: "Give me your pocket watch."
"Okay, Mommy." Although she didn't know what happened, little Cereza still took out the golden pocket watch and handed it to Bayonetta.
After Bayonetta got the pocket watch, she took off the pocket watches hanging on her chest and placed one in each hand in front of Shen Ye.
"Can you tell the difference between them?"
Shen Ye roughly understood what she meant. It seemed that she had discovered it.
"Except for the gem on your pocket watch, everything else is exactly the same." Shen Ye answered honestly.
"As far as I can remember, this pocket watch was given to me by my mother on my birthday. There is only one of its kind in the world, but now another one has appeared that is exactly the same, and it is not a replica... What do you think this means?"
"Hehe..." Shen Ye didn't say anything, just laughed a few times.
"Mr. Cat, so you already knew this, right?" Bayonetta glared at him unhappily. "Jeanne said my name is Cereza, and she is also called Cereza, and she has the same pocket watch as me. Moreover, she calls me mom, which proves that her mom looks a lot like me... Hey, actually I've felt something was wrong for a long time, but I just realized what's wrong now."
At first, when she heard little Cereza say her name, she felt very strange, but later she couldn't stand the little girl crying, so she didn't think about it. Now it seems that perhaps Shen Ye had realized that little Cereza was her.
After listening to Bayonetta's words, Shen Ye scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Actually, I wanted to tell you, but I was afraid that you wouldn't believe it. In fact, I didn't really believe it at the time."
In fact, he lied. He just wanted to hear the little Bayonetta call him dad. Ethical jokes never go out of style.
But Bayonetta believed him: "That's right, if you told me at that time that little Cereza was me, I might not believe it."
Then she looked at little Cereza, who was confused by their words, and said to herself: "But why don't I have any memory of you? Could it be that I have forgotten such an important memory?"
Just as she was wondering, Luka, who was also confused by their words, asked in a low voice: "Ms. Bayonetta, I just seemed to...seemed to hear you say that this child is you?"
"It's none of your business." Bayonetta glanced at him, then looked at Shen Ye again: "We have to send her back and ensure her safety. I don't want to be implicated if she gets into trouble."
"I will protect her." Shen Ye nodded. This is what he was worried about.
"But how can you send her back?" Luka interrupted.
"Let's take her to Paradise Island first. After all, she said she came from there, and she's not curious about the environment here at all. It's obvious that she has lived here for a while..." Bayonetta said, frowning again. After figuring out little Cereza's origins, she remembered one more thing: "Mr. Cat, do you think that the father she mentioned is..."
"This is the only possibility." Shen Ye knew what she meant, nodded and smiled, "It seems that your father may be the mastermind behind all this!"
"So what does he want to do?" Although it was confirmed that her father was still alive, Bayonetta was not happy. She had no impression of her father, but only vaguely remembered her mother. Moreover, from everything she had experienced, she felt that her father must be carrying out some conspiracy.
Looking down at the left eye of darkness embedded in the pocket watch, Bayonetta thought of the legends Luka had just mentioned, as well as the words of the angel who had been killed.
"We are all just victims, victims of His resurrection."
"So, that "He"... is the God of Creation?"
"But what does my father want to do by resurrecting the God of Creation?" Bayonetta couldn't figure it out, but she knew that she had to stop him.
Thinking of this, Bayonetta stood up from the bench and said to Shen Ye: "Mr. Cat, let's set off quickly."
Shen Ye nodded and picked up little Cereza who was still confused.
"We have to find a plane first."
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