Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

A malice flashed in the eyes of the Plague Demoness, and she sneered.

"No, I won't discuss it with her. After all, if I do, she might ruin my enjoyable hunt for her prey."

She suddenly clapped her hands excitedly:

"Kreiss, let's take action tomorrow! Let's use all the witches in our branch and hunt them down!"

"Think about it, even if we wait seven days, we can only catch a few hundred people at most, since we have limited manpower. Why waste time?"

"And, and, I really couldn't hold back anymore..."

A cold blue light flashed in her eyes. "I'm going to eat him!"

……

...

early morning.

As soon as Rod opened his eyes, he felt a constant knocking outside the house.

He looked into the distance and immediately saw Professor Merrick's little green bird pecking at the window.

He tried to get up, but felt his body was being held firmly in place.

Turning his head, he saw Ivina sleeping soundly, her arms wrapped around his waist.

When he came back late last night, he intended to sit down and sleep, but instead, he kept grumbling and saying things like, "I can't sleep if you don't come and sleep," so I forced him to roll into the bed with me.

So in the end, he really did become Ivina's body pillow...

The girl's body was soft and bouncy, and her nightgown was in disarray from a night of haphazard sleep.

Almost every time you wear a nightgown, you'll inevitably face two problems—

First, the shoulder strap slipped down; second, the nightgown rolled up.

And Ivina is in that state right now.

The slipping shoulder strap revealed the elegant curve of her collarbone in the sunlight, which, combined with her snow-white skin, was simply unfair.

The worst part was that Rod was still wrapped around her thigh;

This brings us to the issue of nightgowns being rolled up...

The girl's skin pressed intimately against his body, which was indeed stirring his heart.

She exuded a youthful fragrance, and Rod, gazing at her sleeping face, was somewhat dazed.

Unlike Felicity's routine, there's no denying that... the novelty is certainly exciting enough.

broken.

Why do I feel like my aesthetic sense has actually become a little childish?

Seriously? You're actually a bit of a lolicon? I'm kidding!

His cheek twitched, and he quickly pried Ivina's wrist off, then got out of bed.

"Damn it..." he muttered, and after confirming that Ivina hadn't regained her senses because of his departure, he went to the window.

He opened the window and then took the messenger.

In an instant, a sentence caught Rhodes's eye—

Come find me in the central garden.

This was a message from Professor Merrick, a very simple sentence that gave Rhodes complete confidence.

There was no way around it; Merrick's strength was absolutely overwhelming against Phillips.

He splashed water on his face twice to clear his head, then dried it off immediately. He walked to the door and carefully opened it.

He stepped out of the room first, then turned around and closed the door.

but--

For a moment, he was slightly taken aback.

Because Lilith also came out of the room.

Lilith's outfit remained the same as before, simple and based on blue.

But Rod felt that something was a little off.

Clearly, the state of her eyes was different from how terrible they looked a couple of days ago.

Her azure eyes remained as calm as the sea, yet they naturally exuded an aura.

After Rhodes carefully considered the differences, he finally realized that this aura was called "confidence".

Yes, Lilith is exceptionally confident today...

“Good morning, Lilith.” Rhodes nodded.

"Good morning. I failed to protect you last night. I broke my promise. I'm sorry."

Lilith spoke in a cool, clear voice.

Rhodes' eyes narrowed slightly.

Sure enough, she seemed to have returned to normal.

Chapter 50 The Truth About Lilith Will Be Revealed

Lilith kept mustering her courage within herself.

She shouldn't just be like this, and she absolutely shouldn't be limited to this level.

The start of everything and the chaos had thrown her out of her normal state, but now she had to return to her true self.

She had to express her true feelings and love.

It is definitely possible, and absolutely possible...

She slightly tightened her grip on the light blue amulet from her pocket, then handed it to Rhodes.

"This is a talisman that can withstand an attack that has been upgraded four times or less. Consider it my apology for not fulfilling my duties yesterday, and... a small token of my appreciation."

With a calm tone and a relaxed demeanor, he simply extended his hand and handed the amulet to Rhodes.

Rhodes' pupils contracted, and he hesitated for a moment. "A protective... charm? This thing..."

He started to say something, but then the words caught in his throat.

He knew what Lilith's amulet represented.

For others, the amulet might simply be a friend's protection, but for Lilith, it was entirely different.

The amulet belonging to Lilith needs to be sewn by her own hands.

Or rather, this was a rule created by the former God of Starlight.

A century later, amulets have become tools for friendship. But for Lilith, who lived a century ago, it was different. In her time, amulets were tools made by wives to protect their husbands when they went to war.

Express your heart with sincerity, and interpret your true meaning with actions.

This is what the person who guided Lilith's growth taught her, and it is also the original and true meaning of the amulet.

Lilith has always adhered to this principle; she's a traditional, conservative old woman.

So, the amulet she gave me...

At least, Rod could understand that what she meant was not just the protection of a "friend".

Lilith revealed the whole story.

Or perhaps Lilith was unaware that she had inadvertently revealed the last vestige of the truth, still basking in the pleasure of successfully gifting away the talisman and her emotions.

Rhodes already had a guess about the truth of the story.

He's not stupid.

If Lilith's previous behavior was merely strange, then her current actions are tantamount to openly flirting with him.

He lowered his eyes slightly, and his thoughts gradually became clear.

He could hardly imagine how fast his heart was beating at that moment.

By reassembling all the anomalies, the answer becomes quite plausible.

At the very beginning of the dungeon, she looked up at him in a way she had never done in her previous life. After breaking through the dungeon, she suddenly called out to him, inexplicably gave him a mission, and tried to keep him by her side. Inexplicably, she grabbed him and cried in the house. After she was injured, she sewed a protective amulet for the first time ever...

Upon careful consideration...

All these unusual things point to one fact.

If, if she is that [Lilith], then everything seems to make sense.

The reason she couldn't hold back today was simply because she saw him getting close to other girls and started trying to stop him again...

Yes, Ivina was in her room all night yesterday, there's no way she wouldn't know about this.

This definite guess surfaced in Rhodes's mind, but even so, he did not make a hasty decision.

He tentatively said in a deep voice:

"Why are you giving me this? This is something wives usually give their husbands when they go to war. I don't think you should be giving me this."

“Were you originally the kind of old-fashioned person who stuck to the old ways, telling those boring stories?” Lilith said calmly. “Amulets and such have never been so precious.”

After she finished speaking, she forcefully stuffed the blue amulet in her hand into Rhodes' palm.

“Hey, you’re making people misunderstand…” Rod quickly interjected.

"It doesn't matter. Misunderstandings are the most foolish thing from the start, or rather, who would misunderstand?"

Lilith blurted out everything she had been holding back.

Satisfied, he released his emotions.

If you're unhappy seeing Rod with other women, you should speak up. You can say whatever you want, even if you don't care about misunderstandings.

Please please yourself first.

“You.” Rod was stunned and couldn’t utter a word.