Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

Therefore, naturally, nothing was changed until Rhodes returned.

"Did you say anything?" Rod calmly walked to the main sofa and slowly sat down.

Cecilia released the book and chuckled lightly:

"No, I had a little argument with Natalie, and then she cried and said things like she'd be willing to come back, which really touched me."

"Then Shirley lost her memory, so I explained it appropriately, and everything was fine."

“Hey—” Natalie threw down the cards in her hand, her ears turning red, “I wasn’t crying, okay? I was just simply touched that you actually came back alive.”

"After all these years of knowing each other, there are still feelings involved, okay? Is it wrong for me not to want you to die suddenly like in my previous life?"

"No problem, I'm so touched too, sob sob~"

"..." Natalie suddenly grabbed her head, "Get out of here!"

Rhodes was taken aback, then helplessly rested his chin on his hand and chuckled:

"In short... Cecilia is back."

After Rod said that, all the girls stopped what they were doing and waited for him to continue.

It's back.

Now, the team has returned to its peak from the previous life, no... even surpassing the previous life, with the addition of Ivina.

Those noisy scenes can still be clearly replayed in his mind—at least, Rhodes can never forget those scenes.

“She caused us a lot of trouble in her previous life—although we solved most of it, it was still a problem she created.”

"This is something that everyone can see."

"But Cecilia also fought alongside us and killed the Dragon God."

"Now that she has given up her position as the Demon God and is willing to return, everyone can punish her as they please."

"Huh—?" Cecilia's body trembled, and she instantly sat up from the sofa upon hearing this. "Wait, wait, wait, I do admit that I should apologize and do something, but isn't this a bit too much?"

“Not excessive.” Rhodes vetoed it. “Anyway, no one will really do anything excessive to you, so just accept it.”

Endure,

The object preceding these two words is still Lilith.

But now that she has a new target, Lilith's firepower has actually diminished.

Or perhaps it's because Lilith's reformation is genuine in everyone's eyes, and she truly plays a role that they cannot, so no one can say anything about it;

"There's not much to say about the battle report. I successfully absorbed two fragments of the Demon God, solved the witch's problem, and incidentally saved the Dragon God's life."

"Lilith, tomorrow the Dragon God will return your divine position to you, and then you can merge back into it. That will completely resolve the matter."

"Our only task now is to search for fragments of the Demon God in various countries and combine them."

"But this task will be quite long, so it can be considered a leisurely life task, right?"

"Therefore, our most important task now is to simply enjoy the religious ceremony."

"That's basically it."

"..."

silence,

The air suddenly fell silent—

As for why, Lilith was completely bewildered and had no idea what Rhodes was talking about.

This is exactly the same principle as a company boss who has just completed a small project and is in the middle of writing a weekly report, but suddenly announces that the company has become number one in the world.

That's outrageous...

Dragon God?

Divine position?

When did this happen? How come I didn't know?

These questions weren't just on Lilith's mind, but on the minds of all the girls.

The women looked at each other, none of them understanding Rhodes's thinking, and shook their heads at each other.

Seeing this, Rod could only sigh and explain what had happened to them.

...

...

"Understood?"

"I understand." Lilith rested her chin on her hand, deep in thought.

What Rod said was indeed beyond her imagination.

I never imagined that the Dragon God's true form was trapped in that fragment... No wonder the Dragon God's expression was so strange when he rushed into her divine realm and killed her.

But this is a good thing.

Unbeknownst to them, Rhodes had already worked hard to resolve the subsequent issues.

Although they were confident that they would succeed, they still breathed a sigh of relief when Rod presented them with a perfect solution.

No one wants to risk their life to kill the most terrifying enemy again.

Lilith felt a strange sense of peace.

Doesn't this mean she can now live a peaceful and happy life with Rod?

Yes, we can stay together for life.

She lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and gripped the floor with her toes.

"The divine position... I promised you before, Rhodes."

"I don't want this, you can have it."

Chapter 198 Tonight, you will serve me in bed!

These are the words Lilith said when she knelt and begged Rhodes.

I don't care about things like divine positions; even if I lose them, I will definitely get you back.

Lilith always remembered that sentence.

She didn't really intend to become the Star God again—because wouldn't it be a good thing to be able to live a good life with Rhodes and give up those so-called positions?

Even Felicity must think the same way, right?

Now that Felicity's brother is still alive, she has no need to shoulder the heavy responsibility of becoming an emperor. Rather, she would rather stay with Rhodes than do that.

“There’s no need.” Rhodes shook his head. “My goal is to collect the fragments of the Demon God’s position. If I also fuse with your position, I will have two positions at the same time, which won’t work.”

"I don't want your Linlank Empire to really become a stronghold of the Demon God."

“…” Lilith paused, a sense of emptiness and abandonment welling up inside her. “But, but you said… you wanted to become a god, and then…”

Then he forced her to stay by his side.

Rhodes' past doubts and questions about Lilith led him to this idea: as long as he is powerful enough to ignore Lilith's opinions, there will be no problem.

But the current Rhodes is clearly different from what was initially described.

Once she attains godhood, her strength will be greater than Rhodes' for at least a short period of time.

She didn't want Rhodes to feel out of control, nor did she want to put him in a state of doubt again.

“I believe you,” Rhodes replied, his eyes fixed on her. “Or rather, I need you.”

“There are problems with my situation right now. The Linlank Empire will not let me stay here so easily.”

"Therefore, I need their god [Lilith Ambra] to come out and convey a fact."

"It's about making up stories."

"I need you to describe me in the oracle as the 'hero' you have chosen, and that I am actually entrusted by you to merge with the position of the Demon God and completely eliminate the Demon Seed."

"In this way, my reputation in the empire will reach its peak, and no more voices of doubt will appear."

"And that's not all. The Dragon God will also help me do that. So as long as you and the Dragon God promote it together, my becoming the [New Demon God] will basically be a done deal, and it will be much easier to collect the Demon God fragments later."

Only Lilith can do this.

Lilith is the original Star God—if he replaces the Star God, he is very likely to face a crisis of faith storm.

He certainly wouldn't risk causing trouble for the world just to satisfy his desire to control Lilith.

Or perhaps he's genuinely not afraid that Lilith's thoughts are evil.

Since he has chosen to believe Lilith, there is no need to doubt her anymore.

Moreover, it was precisely because of this trust that Rhodes gave her the opportunity to regain her divine status for another purpose.

[Let her truly confess her feelings to him one last time.]

The last ending on the altar was wrong, an incorrect ending. So at least this time, we have to successfully show him a good ending.

Seeing Lilith confess her feelings to him in person was the ending he had been hoping for.

tick, tick-

The pendulum measures the passage of time.

Lilith hesitated, remaining silent and fidgeting with her fingers.

She was unaware of Rhodes's intentions.

She is still immersed in the anxiety in her heart, and is even more afraid of facing the possibility of being abandoned again.

Once she accepts the divine position, once she touches upon the divine position,

It means allowing the tragedy of the past to repeat itself in the present.

Doing this would not only make her love seem hypocritical, but Felicity and the others would also view her with some special opinions.

At this point, her mind went completely blank—