Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

First, he needs to quickly enter the divine realm and try to rescue the Dragon God.

Secondly, he had to deal with internal matters—specifically, Cecilia's return.

Valerie nodded:

"Well, we still need to help the academy maintain normal order. You can go back to the church to rest... or find a place to stay outside if you want."

"Okay, goodbye."

Rhodes bowed to Valerie and Cedric in thanks, then turned to look at Lilith and the others:

"We can't predict how public opinion will turn out, but at least... we need to deal with our internal affairs."

"Let's get together and chat before bed."

Chapter 195 Redemption of the Dragon God

The crowd walked through the streets.

Charlotte didn't want to interfere with Rhodes and his girlfriend's romantic time, so she quickly traveled through space to the church instead of walking with them.

Therefore, there was only Rhodes and four girls.

The snow in winter is getting less and less, but even so, it is not yet early spring.

The cold drops clung to their bodies, melting quickly, and the chill drew them closer to Rhodes.

After all, warmth in the heart is more important than physical warmth.

The streets were bustling with activity at that moment—normally there wouldn't be this much foot traffic at night, but how could the outside world not know about such a terrible thing that happened at the academy?

Curious people were curious, and those seeking the truth were seeking the truth; their chatter echoed through the streets.

Rhodes could only say that it was fortunate the information hadn't spread that fast, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to walk back to the church normally.

“Darling,” Cecilia leaned closer to Rhodes, “what did you just say we were going to talk about tonight?”

Heartless.

She was the biggest villain until just now, and the enemy who gave them a headache, but after she really surrendered, she didn't care about other people's opinions at all, and just decisively joined them.

"You wicked woman!" Shirley naturally protected Rhodes, pulling him to her side while keeping a wary eye on Cecilia.

Cecilia and Ivina are different.

While Ivina might not have much of an impression, Cecilia certainly did.

But as I said before—she has no memory, so she doesn't know whether Cecilia is a good person or a bad person. She only knows that at least just now, this woman was fighting against her superior as a witch.

“Shirley, there’s no need for that,” Cecilia shrugged and replied flippantly.

"What do you mean by 'don't do this'? You're the enemy, you're a bad person, why are you following us?"

“Wrong.” Cecilia flicked her finger lightly. “Tsk, I’m your ally, at least until I beat Rhodes.”

"Huh? An ally...?"

“Don’t listen to her nonsense, Shirley.” Rhodes interrupted Cecilia’s instigation, glared at her, and then said to Shirley, “She was also one of the people who killed the Dragon God. She’s just one of the more troublesome ones in our group.”

“Ha…” Shirley scratched her head, then clapped her hands in sudden realization, “Making trouble? That’s right, causing this kind of trouble and keeping us from sleeping… Ah, I remember now, she’s a suicide bomber.”

"..."

You're not wrong to say that, after all, Cecilia did indeed carry half a god's position to blow up the dragon god.

Cecilia listened to Shirley's words, her eyes fixed on her, a look of confusion appearing on her fair face.

Not right.

Why do you look like you don't recognize her?

Cecilia rested her chin on her slender fingers:

"Honey, I have a feeling that Shirley's mind isn't quite right?"

Rhodes nodded:

"She has some memory problems."

"Ah~ I see." Upon hearing this, Cecilia narrowed her eyes, seemingly pondering something, but after thinking for a moment, she gave up.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Since things have come to this point, she can no longer do anything to get revenge on that annoying guy behind her, so why bother making trouble for herself?

Living well with Rhodes and Ivina, that's about enough, isn't it?

Thinking of this, she wasn't so carefree after all; instead, she hesitated and reluctantly approached Ivina.

Her small, pale hand hesitated, attempting to reach out and grasp Ivina's hand, but it was clear—

"what."

Immediately, Ivina slapped her hand away and glared at her.

"Don't try to please me. Although you didn't cause us any losses overall, you at least kept me from sleeping well tonight. Get out of here."

Cecilia was taken aback by what she heard, then burst into laughter.

No loss whatsoever...

Yes.

indeed so.

Their witch-like farce was resolved so hastily.

The key point is that there was no loss whatsoever.

How ridiculous.

No one died, and nothing changed—no, not entirely.

At least, Rhodes really did become a pseudo-demon god.

She could clearly feel that the moment she touched Rhodes, a sense of sacredness and a peculiar sense of blasphemy would arise...

It's truly delightful.

Making Rhodes a god, and then having him fall in love with a god, doesn't seem so bad? It has a kind of forbidden feel to it.

There was nothing she could do; things had already come to this point, so she could only try to find some enjoyment in this situation.

What will happen next? What will we have to face next?

Go and manage the relationships within the team, resolve Lilith's issues, and then continue to kill the Dragon God?

That being said... isn't she essentially a wanted criminal of the Linlank Empire now? Or rather, starting tomorrow, Rhodes' identity will also become quite dangerous.

Anyone who merges with a fragment of a demon god's position is undoubtedly so dangerous that negotiations are necessary.

There were a lot of things to do, and things were a bit chaotic, but even so, it didn't seem boring at all.

Cecilia chuckled softly:

"I wasn't trying to please you, I just suddenly wanted to hold your hand."

"Huh?" Ivina's eyebrows furrowed. "You...you're a pervert?"

"Didn't we often do that when you were little? I'd hold your hand and then we'd sleep together."

Ivina paused, then snorted coldly:

That was when I was a child.

"Really, it's just that I suddenly remembered something sad, so I wanted to hold your hand."

“…” Ivina remained silent.

What a heartless person! How could they say such things?

For once, Ivina's voice wasn't so loud anymore, but rather soft and gentle:

"Wait, wait until you obediently make up for what you did to me before..."

“…” Cecilia paused, then smiled and said, “Yes.”

In that case, we can only rely on time to slowly smooth things over.

That's true, so we might as well look elsewhere.

Cecilia asked:

"Ask the question that didn't get a reply earlier. The issue of the divine position hasn't been resolved, so there's no way to save the empire. My dear, what do you plan to do about this?"

Cecilia was asking Rhodes a question, but her gaze was fixed on Lilith. Her eyes showed no casualness or interest in the other girls, but rather extreme scrutiny and an indelible hostility.

“Two methods,” Rhodes said. “I can become a Star God directly, or I can take back my divine position.”

"Don't ask me how to do these two methods, I can do it anyway."

"Huh?" Cecilia teased. "So strong, as expected of my darling. Well then, I won't ask. But could you blow on me a little, darling?"

After saying that, Cecilia turned around, curled her small, white hand into a tube shape, placed her other hand underneath, and then held it to Rhodes' mouth.

"Blow on it to warm it up."

"?"

I don't understand, but I respect it.

Rod moved closer to her hand and gently blew into the inside of her palm.

"What's the point of this?"

"It doesn't mean anything, it just makes it seem like we have a better relationship."

"Ah!" Ivina instantly became alert, then stretched out her hand and stood on tiptoe. "Me too, me too."

"Hehe~ You childish thing, I was just joking."

"Ok?"

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