Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

The height of this bench is just right so that Cecilia can reach slightly below Rhodes' waist when she straightens her back.

Cecilia pursed her lips:

"Probably. Anyway, I'm definitely going to get blamed."

"The plan to establish a base in Phillips has undoubtedly fallen through. As you know, we witches don't have that many combat forces to waste on such a small area. Most of our plans are still being made in the capital."

"But...darling, you can't leave Phillips yet, okay?"

Rhodes narrowed his eyes slightly. "What are you trying to say? Valuable information, I'll consider a reduced sentence."

"The marine species are behaving strangely; it seems they've changed in this life as well. A couple of days ago, I saw quite a few students at the academy who had been corrupted."

"I know about this. I'll go back to the academy in a couple of days to handle it. Professor Merrick has already given me the task."

"Oh, really? That's good."

Cecilia nodded, feeling relieved.

Fortunately, even though she has lost now, there are still other cards waiting for Rhodes and the others.

The marine species evokes not just the "mother," but also the hatred between the land and the sea in the past.

Things could have been salvaged if only her daughter had been lured into a trap, but everything changed after her daughter died.

Undeniably, Isadora was ruthless and evil, but she also managed to save Cecilia's last bit of face.

Now all she has to do is obediently work as a maid for a few days, and then she can watch the show unfold.

"That's enough of that small talk. It's time to teach you a lesson." Rhodes reached out and lifted her chin with his fingers, forcing her head up.

"Hmm, what do you want to do? This is just a clone of me."

"But it's also the original body, isn't it? As long as you're with me, it will definitely be the original body, right?" Rhodes smiled.

“…” Cecilia swallowed, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes.

"There are far too many conflicts and mistakes between us."

Adding to all the mess from your previous life, I don't know how to educate you.

So let's talk about Ivina's situation directly.

Do you know why I'm angry?

"Because I put you in that miserable situation, and then caused dear Vina a great emotional blow."

“Yes, you are clearly a [second state] created by her, yet you turn around and harm your master, even trying to use her corpse. That is your despicable nature.”

"She told you everything?"

"more or less."

“Darling, she died willingly. You can’t portray me as so malicious. Besides…” Cecilia laughed, “to put it bluntly, without me, you wouldn’t have had the chance to save her, would you?”

"You're just avoiding your mistakes."

You could have given her a happy and fulfilling life, but instead, you deliberately interfered, causing her immense suffering, just to play me for a fool.

Rhodes's eyes turned cold. "This is your fault."

Cecilia was still downplaying the incident, saying it had no impact whatsoever...

His resentment grew stronger as he recalled Ivina's empty expression.

To be honest, he didn't really intend to torment Cecilia, but her constant act of thinking that nothing would happen was quite annoying to him.

They refuse to admit their mistakes, and even when they are arrested, they don't think they are wrong; they just think they have been defeated.

No matter what, they must be educated, otherwise what if they do this kind of thing again in the future?

This time it was Ivina, so who will be targeted next? Felicity, Lilith, or Natalie?

He doesn't like hitting women, but like he said, after fighting witches so many times, he gets used to it.

Moreover, this is a girl I raised myself; it's only natural to discipline her with a stick.

He extended his fist and slammed it hard into her abdomen;

The girl's soft belly caved in instantly from the punch.

"cough……!"

Cecilia doubled over in pain the instant she felt it. Her once confident and pale face turned pale, her pupils dilated, she gasped for breath, and saliva dripped from her mouth.

Colic, it's definitely colic...

With her own power sealed, her physical defenses simply couldn't withstand that attack.

"Isn't this going a bit too far...? This body of mine is really going to die." Cecilia stubbornly propped her face up.

Rhodes laughed: "Is it too much? How does it compare to how you just playfully threw down the knife on stage to deliberately embarrass me?"

"To put it bluntly, I've been very, very good to you. Even if you've done these bad things, I just wanted to teach you a lesson. After all, you're the one I raised."

Rod grabbed her hair—

"Don't do that. I can't control the transmission of sensations that are too stimulating."

"My sister will feel pain too..."

Cecilia's words brought him back to his senses.

How much pain will she experience compared to you?

"Unable to control it, it's 50% of the perception that's affected..."

It's no secret, or rather, even if she didn't say it, Ivina would have told the truth anyway.

Rhodes sighed.

Well... to be honest, he still didn't dare to use too much force for too long, otherwise he was afraid that Ivina would also feel pain.

That's why dealing with Cecilia is indeed a big problem; you can't really mistreat her.

This damn shared perception, can't it really be cut off?

Rhodes looked at Cecilia, who was crawling on the ground, with considerable dissatisfaction.

"Ah...ah..."

At that moment, Cecilia was in agony, supporting herself on the floor and gasping for breath.

She didn't really like Ace's affections; after all, she had suffered enough from physical pain when she was a child.

"So, do you realize you were wrong?"

"Wrong, wrong..."

"Then kneel down obediently."

"Um……"

Cecilia propped herself up, her delicate fingers trembling as she sat up.

However, due to muscle weakness, it still sits in a duck-like position.

But what Rhodes said next was what truly broke her down—

"Are you seated?"

"Here is a contract. Sign it."

Rhodes took out a contract that was even more lowly than the contracts of the two witches he had just made, and threw it in front of Cecilia.

In that instant, Cecilia's face froze.

Even if a contract only applies to her as an individual, it will still affect other bodies to some extent.

She looked at Rod.

The moment their gazes met, her last shred of stubbornness crumbled instantly.

"No, really...?"

Okay, she admits it. Compared to playing like this, she'd probably rather die.

Chapter 107: Stepping into the room unlocks the girl's CG (4.4k).

The contract is the worst kind of contract.

If that were to happen, it would mean that Cecilia's clone would be completely under Rhode's control.

If Cecilia is truly not human, then something as trivial as a contract is meaningless.

The problem is that she is a human being, a being with dignity.

At this moment, everything about her is being challenged, including her dignity and her sense of self.

His body began to tremble, and he even had thoughts of simply dying.

No matter what, a contract as a constraint... won't work, right?

Ok.

That's it.

Cecilia will never realize her mistake, and she will never correct it.

Her so-called request for forgiveness was nothing more than another form of provocation, using the most perfunctory method to simply erase the past.

Therefore, when the actual punishment came, she panicked.

Rhodes understood this principle, which is why he deliberately left the contract behind to annoy her.

if not?

After letting her accept two painful punishments lightly, they simply let her go?

How can this be?

He really needed to teach this little maid, whom he had personally trained, a good lesson.

Although he wouldn't actually use the contract for anything, he would at least want to mentally damage her.

"Rhodes... I was wrong, wasn't this really unnecessary?"