Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

It was late at night.

Rhodes was processing official documents in his study.

During the three-year hiatus, family affairs had piled up like a mountain, and it took him quite a bit of time just to neatly categorize and stack them on his desk.

"Back in familiar surroundings, does that obsessive-compulsive perfectionism come back with it...?"

As Rod quickly reviewed the documents, he mentally complained.

The influence of irrelevant systems.

This is the personality he developed when he was Professor Rhodes.

knock knock knock.

"Teacher, I've prepared coffee for you."

Anjie's voice came from outside the door.

She pushed open the door and went into the study, placing the coffee on Rod's desk.

"Let the head maid do this. You should go back to your room and rest after such a long journey."

"Rod said."

He used to work in his study, and his head maid would make him coffee.

More importantly, he's starting to feel really uneasy about Ange.

Since his return, Anjie has been inseparable from him and knows him inside and out, maintaining a perfect distance from him.

It was a high-level game.

"Teacher, you are still working, how can I take a break?"

Anjie smiled slightly.

"If the teacher doesn't mind, I can also assist the teacher in handling these official documents, just like I used to do in the teacher's research room."

Rhodes has his own research lab at the Imperial Academy, which he manages himself.

It wasn't until he recruited Luna and Ange as his disciples that he finally had his own assistants.

However, Luna was always causing trouble and couldn't be relied on at all. In reality, it was Ange who really played a role.

"These are my family affairs. You come from another noble family, so I cannot entrust them to you."

"If you're willing, I can become a member of your family."

"...You should know that this isn't just your problem."

"I completely severed ties with my family three years ago, and they have no right to control me now."

Anjie said earnestly.

Born into one of the three great noble families of the empire, and as the direct heir, she should theoretically have no say in many matters and must obey the family's arrangements and contribute to the family.

Anjie initially thought the same thing.

It wasn't until something happened that she fell out with her family.

"In the end, they abandoned me back then, it was you, teacher, who saved me."

"I didn't save you, I was just doing what a chief professor should do."

Rhodes shook his head.

It's actually just a system task.

Of course, Anjie was, after all, a student he favored, so it was impossible for him not to have ulterior motives.

Seeing that Ange's attitude was firm, Luo De said no more.

He remained unaffected by Anjie's observation and continued to meticulously review the documents.

In a short time.

The large study was so quiet that only the rustling sound of Rod calmly writing could be heard.

At midnight, the hands of the clock simultaneously point to zero.

That's all for today.

Rod timed it perfectly and put down his pen.

They issued an order to leave.

Anjie didn't say anything, obediently picked up the coffee cup on the desk, and left the study.

Rod didn't linger and quickly returned to his bedroom.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief after locking the door.

"Is it just my imagination? I have a feeling that Ange is on guard against something..."

Rod frowned.

Anjie's actions did not escape his observation.

Now that she's back at the mansion, Ange can no longer restrain herself as she did before.

She specifically handed me coffee, suggesting that besides wanting to be with me, she might have other intentions.

There were no strange drugs added to the coffee.

It's utterly baffling.

Suddenly.

Feeling something, Rod got up and went out onto the bedroom balcony.

The crescent moon hung like a hook in the night sky, shrouded in mist, carrying a kind of enchanting haze.

A figure flashed past the crescent moon, streaking across the sky like a shooting star, and appeared in front of Rhodes' balcony in the blink of an eye.

"Long time no see, Professor Rhodes."

The voice is light and bright.

Rhodes looked in the direction of the sound.

What comes into view is a girl riding a broom sideways, exactly like the witch described in classic fantasy novels.

She wore a wide, towering pointed hat, a pure white dress, and a mysterious black magic robe over it. Her long, violet hair, reaching her waist, cascaded down her back, the ends sparkling with starlight.

What is most striking about her is her pair of eyes etched with six-pointed stars, which sparkle with dazzling starlight and even overshadow her flawless face.

In a daze.

Rhodes reminisced about the past.

He had met the witch here on such nights more than once.

"You rascal, you've finally decided to come back."

The witch raised her hands, pretending to cry and wipe away tears in grievance.

"Waaah... I thought you got tired of my body and then abandoned me to go find pleasure elsewhere and seduce other women."

"..."

"I know, you must have deliberately ignored me to secretly observe me as I suffered psychological torment from being ignored, in order to satisfy your perverted psychological pleasure."

"..."

What's wrong with men being perverted?

No, stop talking nonsense! This is blatant slander!

If I had actually done it, that would be one thing, but the problem is that I haven't done anything at all, yet I've been accused of so many unfounded crimes.

She truly deserves the title of Queen of Slander.

They seize their own sheep and exploit them relentlessly.

Rhodes couldn't help but mentally rant.

"Dean, it's been a long time."

He took a long time to calm himself down and said expressionlessly.

Although he wished he could strangle the witch in front of him, Rhodes remained calm and composed, as if he was completely unaffected by the witch's words.

"Tch, boring."

Seeing that Rhodes wasn't falling for her act, the witch finally decided to stop pretending.

She stared wide-eyed at Rhodes, looking him up and down, then clicked her tongue in amazement.

"It's been three years, and Professor Rhodes is still as serious as ever, not even his appearance has changed much."

"The dean has gotten younger."

"I'm different from you. I'm a seventeen-year-old girl forever."

The witch smiled confidently and pinched the brim of her hat, giving Rhodes a cute look.

"..."

She's clearly an old woman who's thousands of years old, yet she's pretending to be young.

They can only fool people who don't know the truth.

Rhodes thought to himself.

He knew the witch's background very well.

The other party is a primordial witch from thousands of years ago. She awakened her talent at the age of seventeen and obtained terrifying spiritual power of world-class level, thus possessing the characteristic of immortality, and has lived to this day.

He eventually became the headmaster of the Imperial Academy.

"Well……"

The witch suddenly narrowed her eyes and carefully observed Rhodes.

"Professor Rhodes, although you are physically healthy, you seem very mentally exhausted. You've been missing for three years; what trouble have you encountered?"

"It was just some personal matter, and it has now been resolved."

Rod calmly replied.

He killed Luna's parents, and Luna killed him in return, so the matter was naturally settled.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Luna should now be leading the Golden Generation students on their path to save the world, just as her destiny dictates.

As for mental fatigue, it's probably because the soul hasn't fully recovered yet.

Although he wasn't completely dead, he was still in a state of suspended animation and resurrection, so recovery wouldn't be easy.

Rhodes didn't want to discuss these matters in detail, so he changed the subject.

"Dean, what research topic are you currently working on?"

"Huh? How did you know I was doing some kind of research? Have you been stalking me? Professor Rhodes, you're such a pervert!"

The witch looked terrified and covered her chest with her hands.

This, in turn, caused the skirt, which already only reached halfway up the thigh, to rise a few centimeters further.

She herself was sitting on a flying broomstick at that moment...

"..."

If you're going to cover up, you should at least cover your lower body; you're really about to expose yourself.

Rhodes was speechless.

He immediately put on a poker face.

"Professor Rhodes is really stubborn."

The witch muttered a disappointed sigh.

Her eyes flickered slightly, as if she had noticed something, and she suddenly moved forward, leaning down to bring her lips close to Rhodes' ear.

"If you want to know what I'm researching, then come find me at Imperial Academy. I'll still be holding back the position of chief professor for you."

The witch withdrew her body and winked at Rhodes.

"Good night."

After saying that, she rode her flying broom and disappeared into the night in an instant.

"Running so fast, are you rushing to become a reporter?"

Rhodes was puzzled.

It was at this moment that...

knock knock knock.

There was a knock on the bedroom door.

Following closely behind was Anjie's gentle voice.

"Teacher, are you there?"