But… she turned her head and glanced at Aiden, and when she saw her gaze cast over, Aiden nodded and said, "It's worth it."
Different from the black-haired witch, what Aiden guessed was actually another layer of meaning that Jeanne wanted to do, perhaps she wanted to use Luka's mouth to tell her a part of the information about her background.
Although he did not know why Jeanne had to make it so troublesome, Aiden also could not be bothered to think about it.
But in fact, he guessed wrong. Instead, Bayonetta guessed right. Jeanne asked Luka to come over precisely to tease her sister.
Seeing Aiden had no objection, Bayonetta pondered for a moment, then reached out a hand toward Luka, and the lipstick in Luka's hand automatically flew into her hand.
"Say everything you know."
"Shall we find a place to sit down? It's hard to make it clear in a short while." A trace of a smile appeared on Luka's face.
"Mr. Cat." Bayonetta did not immediately respond but instead turned back again to ask Aiden's opinion.
"Alright." Aiden nodded, pointed to a bench by the roadside, "Over there."
Then, the four of them walked toward the bench.
Only…
A bench could at most seat three people, and Aiden and Bayonetta naturally took up the two ends of the bench, and then Aiden placed Cereza, who was in his arms, in the middle of the two of them.
Thus, Luka awkwardly discovered, he had no place to sit.
But he was also a very easygoing person. After helplessly shrugging his shoulders, he straightforwardly sat on the ground, and then slowly began to tell about the content from the manuscript of relics left by his deceased father.
"Legend has it that in Vigrid, there exist two power races, one is…"
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As a reporter, although Luka's professional skills were not up to standard, his storytelling ability was good, vivid and full of color, so much so that even Aiden, who already knew the plot, was somewhat entranced listening.
And as Luka finished telling why Bayonetta had been locked at the bottom of the lake, he then made a welcoming gesture toward Bayonetta, "Bayonetta, you are that forbidden child of the union of light and dark, so, welcome to five hundred years later."
"Five hundred years?" After listening to Luka's narration, Bayonetta was greatly shocked. She did not expect that she had been imprisoned for a full five hundred years.
She frowned and said, "That means… I am a person from five hundred years ago?"
Luka nodded, "Yes, an ancient person from five hundred years ago."
Hearing the words "ancient person," Bayonetta's frown deepened; she seemed to recall something.
However, there was still a very important matter she wanted to ask Aiden.
"I'm five hundred years older than you, you won't mind, right?" Women are always sensitive about age, especially regarding the age gap between a man and a woman.
"In our country, there is an old saying, 'A woman three years older is like holding a golden brick.' You're five hundred years older than me… I can be said to be holding more than one hundred and fifty gold bricks."
Aiden said with a smile squinting his eyes, "To me, you are a rich woman, I've struck it rich."
Witches are a long-lived species; their lifespan is extremely long. Five hundred years is nothing to them.
And Aiden himself now was already eternally youthful, so don't say a difference of five hundred years, even five thousand years would be fine.
You must know that the twin artificial humans, Devala and Popola, are each more than ten times Bayonetta's age.
"Then I'm relieved." Bayonetta showed a relieved smile, patted Aiden on the shoulder, and said, "From now on, elder sister will take care of you."
And after saying this, she began to think of another matter, because after listening to Luka's telling of the witch's history, plus hearing from Jeanne her former name, she recalled quite a lot of memories.
Casting a somewhat suspicious glance at Cereza sitting between them, Bayonetta tentatively asked, "Cereza, is there anything that is truly important to you?"
Cereza did not know why "Mommy" was asking this, but she indeed had something she felt was very important.
She immediately took out a golden pocket watch from the small pocket behind her little skirt and handed it to Bayonetta.
"Mommy, this is the birthday present you gave me! Cereza has always kept it by her side!"
And seeing the golden pocket watch in Cereza's hand, which was exactly the same as the one hanging on her own chest, Bayonetta fell silent.
She remembered that her own pocket watch was also given to her by her mother on her birthday when she was little.
Thus, she began to sort out the chaotic memories in her mind, connecting them together, and then, based on her earlier guess, she came to a shocking conclusion.
'Could she actually be me from five hundred years ago?' Bayonetta's pupils shrank violently.
This conclusion to her… was truly too unbelievable.
Moreover, she had actually become the mother of her former self…
'Wait a moment...' Bayonetta cast her gaze toward Aiden, especially after hearing Cereza call him "Daddy" again, she despairingly covered her face.
Her past self actually called the man who is now her man "Daddy"…
Although she did not mind playing a bit of couple's games with Aiden, this seemed… a bit embarrassing, right?
"Mommy, what's wrong with you?"
Just as Bayonetta was feeling a bit awkward in her thoughts, Cereza put away the pocket watch and looked at her full of curiosity.
Bayonetta took a deep breath and slowly said to her, "Nothing… Oh, right, from now on, you're not allowed to call him Daddy anymore…"
"Why?" Cereza was full of confusion; she had already gotten used to calling him Daddy.
"No reason, just not allowed."
'How could a wife call her own husband Daddy… unless…'
Suddenly, Bayonetta noticed a strange smile flash across Aiden's face. Although it vanished instantly, it was still sharply caught by her.
An unimaginable thought appeared in her mind, 'Could it be that he already knew that Cereza was me?'
Thinking of this, Bayonetta began recalling the expression Aiden showed when coaxing Cereza to call him Daddy.
'At that time… it really seemed like the smile of a plan succeeding…'
'He really does know that Cereza is me… But, how did he know?'
However, although Bayonetta had some suspicion in her heart, the suspicion did not turn into distrust.
Even an ordinary reporter, after some investigation, could find out part of her background; for a transcendent who had signed a contract with a powerful demon, knowing these things did not seem to be such a big deal…
Bayonetta took the initiative in her heart to justify Aiden's actions, but being angry was inevitable.
Looking at Aiden teasing Cereza again, with almost every third sentence making her call him Daddy, the black-haired witch's eyes narrowed.
Bayonetta completely forgot that there was still a person named Luka nearby. Her eyes emitted a dangerous light, but her tone was very calm, "Mr. Cat…"
Hearing Cereza call him Daddy again, Aiden, feeling satisfied, heard Bayonetta call him and asked without lifting his head, "What is it, Miss Cat?"
"Hearing me call you Daddy makes you very happy, right?"
"Yes… ah, no, Miss Cat, what are you talking about, I don't understand." Aiden, who subconsciously responded, immediately put on an innocent expression.
"Don't pretend, I know everything." Bayonetta looked at him faintly, then said to Cereza, "Give me your pocket watch."
"Okay, Mommy." Although she didn't know what was happening, Cereza still took out the golden pocket watch again and handed it to Bayonetta.
And after Bayonetta got the pocket watch, she also took down the pocket watch hanging on her chest, one in each hand, placing them in front of Aiden.
"Can you see the difference between them?"
Aiden roughly understood what she meant; it seemed she had already discovered it.
"Except that your pocket watch has a gem, the others are exactly the same." Aiden answered honestly.
"In my memory, this pocket watch was given to me by my mother on my birthday. In the whole world, there was only this one, but now there appears another exactly the same, and it's not an imitation… Do you think this represents something?"
"Heh heh…" Aiden didn't speak, just let out a few awkward laughs.
"Mr. Cat, so you knew it long ago, right?"
Bayonetta glared at him unhappily, "Jeanne said I was called Cereza, and she is also called Cereza, and has exactly the same pocket watch as me, and she also calls me Mommy, this proves her mother looks very much like me… actually I already felt something was wrong, but only now realized what it was."
At the beginning, when she heard Cereza say her own name, she thought it was strange at the time. It's just that later she really couldn't bear the little girl crying, so she didn't think deeply.
Now it seemed that perhaps Aiden had realized at that time that Cereza was her.
After listening to Bayonetta's words, Aiden scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "Actually, I originally wanted to tell you, just afraid you wouldn't believe it. In fact, at the time, I also didn't really believe it."
In truth, he lied. He just wanted to hear the young Bayonetta call him Daddy. Ethical gags never go out of style.
But Bayonetta believed his explanation, "That's true. If you had told me at the time that Cereza was me, I probably really wouldn't have believed it."
Then she looked again at Cereza, who was utterly confused by their words, and muttered to herself, "But why do I have no memory of you? Could it be I even forgot such an important memory?"
While she was puzzled, Luka, who was also a bit confused by their words, softly asked, "Miss Bayonetta, I just… maybe… seemed to hear you say that this little child is you?"
"None of your business." Bayonetta glanced at him, then looked back at Aiden, "We have to send her back and ensure her safety. I don't want to be implicated because something happens to her."
"I will protect her well." Aiden nodded. That was exactly what he was worried about.
"But how will you send her back?" Luka interjected at this moment.
"First, take her to Sun Island. After all, she said she came from there, and she's not at all curious about this environment, clearly having lived here for some time…" Bayonetta said, frowning again.
After figuring out Cereza's origin, she remembered another matter, "Mr. Cat, do you think the 'Daddy' she mentioned could be…"
"That's the only possibility." Aiden understood what she meant, nodded, and smiled, "Looks like your father may be the mastermind behind all this!"
"Then what does he want to do?" Although confirming that her father was still alive, Bayonetta was not happy.
She had no impression of her father, only vague memories of her mother, and judging from everything she had experienced, she felt her father must be carrying out some scheme.
Lowering her head to look at the Left Eye of Darkness embedded in the pocket watch, Bayonetta thought of the legends Luka had just told, and also of the words spoken by the angel who was killed.
"We are all just sacrifices, sacrifices to resurrect Him."
"So, that Him… is the Creator God?"
"But, why does my father want to resurrect the Creator God?" Bayonetta couldn't figure it out, but she knew she must stop him.
Thinking of this, Bayonetta stood up from the bench and said to Aiden, "Mr. Cat, let's set off immediately."
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