Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

As long as he can't truly thwart her goals, she'll fight to the bitter end.

Even if it means repeating the tragedy, she will do it.

Chapter 155 You used to sleep naked?

Cecilia's obsession is indeed terrifying.

Or rather—it's madness.

Her most prominent characteristic is that she is vindictive.

The fact that the Deep Sea God was influenced by Carmen and then wanted to kill those two female students is enough to show that even after so many years, she still wanted to personally kill those who had bullied her.

In other words, there's no need to elaborate on the matter of taking revenge on Lilith.

But the problem is,

In fact, she didn't have much influence on the empire's downfall in her previous life.

After all, the witch was not sure of the truth about Lilith's death in her previous life, so she hesitated and did not make up her mind to take action to seize the fragments of the demon god.

By the time they actually took action, the truth about Lilith's death had already been exposed.

But this life is different. Whether it's the divine sacrifice or the disruption of the empire, it's clear that these were things the witches had planned in advance.

What does this represent?

This means that if the empire were to repeat the mistakes of its past, Felicity would have Cecilia as another enemy to wipe out her family.

After all, this was caused by her actions.

In other words, she was now determined to kill Lilith, even if it meant being hated by people she had known for a long time.

No matter how much she thinks about it, once she actually does that, even if she becomes a god and can be with him forever, she will never be able to integrate into this group that is already hostile to her.

The mentality of bearing all sacrifices in order to seek revenge... is enough to add the word "madness".

If she had simply chosen not to attack the Linlank Empire and not to embarrass Lilith, she could at least have guaranteed that her relationship with him would be one of confrontation in the end and cooperation in the beginning—just like in her previous life.

But she deliberately didn't do that, which resulted in them being completely hostile to each other even in the early stages, and would completely shatter any past relationships they might have had.

Rhodes absolutely cannot let this happen—

Leaving aside Lilith, Felicity, and even Natalie, and considering only Cecilia's side, we absolutely cannot allow Cecilia to successfully sabotage Linlank.

Because if she actually manages to do it, then everything will truly be over.

Cecilia will truly be abandoned by everything.

She herself no longer cares because her mind has become disordered after falling into the demonic seed, but Rhodes has to care for her.

Anger and self-destruction are not acceptable. She genuinely wants to be with Felicity and Natalie, so we can't let her tear apart those friendships because of hatred.

Moreover, she was, after all, the girl he raised;

The knife that stabbed him in his past life has now been viciously used against him in this life.

……

Thinking too much is useless.

After all, no matter how much they talk, they can't avoid the fact that they have to fight.

"Is there nothing more to say?" Cecilia remained lying on top of him, her voice clear yet indistinct.

"I just knew that was all I could do."

long silence.

Finally, Cecilia propped herself up and used her hand to tuck the stray strands of hair that had been scattered everywhere behind her ears.

Feeling the weight on his body decrease, Rhodes sat up along with her as she got up;

"So? Were we here to talk about things in the capital? But we've veered off-topic by getting back to these matters."

"Oh dear. You're in too much of a rush, darling. Let's go to bed. It'll be warmer there, and I'll tell you slowly."

"What kind of new scam is this?"

"Correct."

"..." Rhodes rubbed his face. "No matter how I think about it, I don't think the 'secret' you mentioned is really important information."

“It’s definitely important.” Cecilia’s voice was deliberately drawn out, her long, slender eyes trembling slightly, revealing a crescent-shaped smile.

Rhodes didn't bother to respond to her—talking to Cecilia often felt like pointless banter, no matter how much he tried to engage her; in reality, all he needed to do was make one or two real moves, and she would break down.

Therefore, it is better to be frank and take direct action; making excuses is futile and a waste of time.

The two were essentially in the midst of a love war—because their core interests were at odds, they were constantly vying for priority even in the smallest romantic matters.

It had been the same before; Cecilia always tried to challenge Rhodes' dominance, but was always suppressed in return.

"Just say it."

As he said this, Rod stood up and reached out to take her arm.

"Eh—" Cecilia's body trembled as if she had been electrocuted after being grabbed by a strong hand. She staggered as she followed Rhode, her limbs losing all coordination.

But she quickly realized what was happening, and then leaned back as if resisting a dog being dragged home by its owner, "Wait, wait..."

This script is wrong...

Rod is acting strangely today.

Of course, although it's usually like this... he easily points out the situation and makes himself feel awkward, but the problem is that at least most of the time he would still make excuses first, right?

He had completely taken control of the situation, and his own thoughts seemed like those of a clown.

"Waiting for what?" Rhodes turned his head, a feigned look of doubt appearing on his usually calm face.

“That’s not how it works.” Cecilia shook her head. “It should be that you resisted first, then I grabbed your hand and said that if you didn’t come, I wouldn’t tell you the secret, and then you reluctantly let me bring you here, and then I teased you…”

“Alright, then we’ll go with your script.” Rod released his hand. “I’m not going to the bed, I’ll just sit here.”

"..."

Cecilia felt a deep sense of frustration.

But unlike Lilith, she didn't blush at the thought of something shameful.

The threshold for shame varies from person to person—in fact, she doesn't consider her threshold for shame to be very high, at least not as high as Felicity's, who is not human, but at least higher than Lilith's and other girls'.

It just felt like my heart had been elbowed twice, and I felt frustrated.

However, she is absolutely confident that she can regain control.

Even though she's being made a fool of like a clown now, she still has one ultimate weapon.

“Fine, come on.” Cecilia sighed, then reached out her other hand and hooked it onto the strap of her nightgown.

That's right, it's just taking off your clothes.

Come! Let's fight!

Anyway, she was 1000% certain that Rhodes would stop her once she got to this point, since he was essentially the same as her, all talk and no action.

Ha ha.

But that's strange.

During the second it took her to undress, Rod didn't react at all, just tilting his head and looking at her.

"Ok?"

Cecilia was unsure, then pulled down a little further.

Rhodes remained motionless.

Wait.

That's not right.

The script is wrong again.

"You have a habit of sleeping naked?" Rod's questioning voice came through. "I don't remember ever doing that before, but if you're going to take it off, hurry up, or you'll catch a cold."

"..."

heat.

Cold? How could it be cold?

At that moment, Cecilia was so embarrassed that she was sweating profusely, and the sweat on her back began to soak her clothes.

No, no, no…!

It shouldn't be like this, it's not like this.

“Wait.” Cecilia held up the hand that was taking off her nightgown strap, making a 'stop' gesture. “Darling, shouldn’t you stop me?”

"why?"

“You used to stop me.”

“People grow up.” Rhodes shook his head, his expression calm. “Just like you, now you have the habit of sleeping naked.”

"..."

What a load of rubbish... Wasn't that just for teasing? Wouldn't a decent person feel embarrassed sleeping completely naked?!

But Cecilia knew she was finished.

She now seems like a duck on a roasting rack.

Once she says, "I'm not taking it off, just kidding," it means her intentions have been completely exposed.

But if I really take it off...

no--!

We can't afford to be completely defeated today; at least we have one night to evacuate.

Cecilia gritted her teeth, her face unusually flushed, and said, "Okay."

She made up her mind. It was just taking off clothes, nothing serious, right? She'd seen it before, it wasn't a big deal...