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

The Empress's bedroom.

The lights gradually went out, snowflakes drifted outside the window, and the bedroom was quiet.

Suddenly, a barely perceptible noise came from the bed.

A figure slowly sat up.

She is the Empress of the Empire.

She remained expressionless, looking down at Rhodes, who was sleeping soundly beside her.

His cold eyes held a dark and unfathomable light.

It contains complex and indescribable emotions.

The Queen gazed at Rhodes.

After a long while, she clutched the buttons on her pajamas.

The next second, the button transformed into a sharp dagger.

The Queen raised the dagger in her hand and, just as she had demonstrated it before Rhodes, plunged it into Rhodes' chest.

Immediately afterwards, she drew her dagger and resolutely pointed it at her own chest.

Chi.

The dagger instantly pierced the Queen's heart.

The intense pain contorted her perfect face.

The Queen glanced at Rhodes one last time before collapsing weakly onto the bed.

……

Inside the magic mirror.

Looking at the scene before me.

Rhodes was dumbfounded.

He suspected that the arrival of the Queen might be fraught with assassins, that the Queen's chief guard and head maid were suspicious, and even that he himself was doubtful.

The only thing they never doubted was the Empress herself.

It's not that Rhodes couldn't think of it.

Instead, he trusted his students and was unwilling to think in that direction.

Now that the truth has come out, Rhodes has to accept the fact that the Queen killed him and then chose to commit suicide.

Many of my previous doubts were then resolved.

Why did the Queen insist that there were no assassins?

Why has Rhode never seen any trace of the assassin?

How did the assassin get through the heavy guard of the palace?

How did you find Rhodes and the Queen?

The answer is simple.

Because the so-called assassin was none other than the Empress herself.

So no matter how Rhodes tries to hide with the Queen, the outcome will not change.

The person he wanted to protect was precisely the murderer who killed him and himself.

Upon closer reflection, it becomes clear that, in her predetermined fate, the Empress ultimately ended her life wearing this very nightgown.

But Rhodes couldn't understand.

The current empress has long since escaped the misfortune of her predetermined fate, so why does she still choose to end her own life?

No, if you're going to end your own life, there's no need to drag Rhodes down with you.

"So it was a double suicide pact?"

Rod smiled wryly.

It's a sure-fire ending, like being hacked to pieces.

At this moment, his life was rapidly slipping away, and his consciousness was gradually returning to his body.

On his deathbed, Rhodes glanced at the system's task list.

He remembered a task he had neglected.

[Goal: The better days are yet to come! Survive this hellish battlefield!]

……

Rhodes returned to the familiar underground chamber.

A profound sense of exhaustion filled his soul.

Although each cycle erases memories, a trace will always remain in his soul.

This includes a sense of déjà vu, as well as the frustration of repeated defeats.

It was as if a voice was whispering in Rhodes' ear.

"Give up, the ending was already decided."

Rogge remained silent.

Embarking on a journey again.

Accompanying Ange, having a secret rendezvous with the witch, inspiring Luna, and having an audience with the Queen...

Advent, Witch Festival, Tourism Month, Winter Snow Festival...

Countless time loops.

Rhodes returned to the Queen's palace.

He lost his memory of what he saw that night, but still accompanied the Queen to watch the snow and listened to her introduce the magic mirror. In the end, he was pushed down by the Queen.

Until Rhodes fell into a deep sleep, the Queen slowly opened her eyes.

She took out her protective dagger again.

His eyes were filled with determination.

Is it really worth it?

The sudden sound made the Queen freeze in her tracks.

She looked down in surprise.

Rod had woken up sometime earlier and was calmly watching her.

When the Empress realized that her scheme had been exposed, she was neither angry nor flustered.

She merely frowned slightly and asked Rod in a nonchalant tone.

"You should be asleep, so why are you still awake?"

"Because I took precautions in advance."

Rod spoke calmly.

"The incense on you is probably a specially made hypnotic incense. Its effects will gradually appear after you fall asleep, causing those around you to fall asleep as well."

In fact, after touching the magic mirror, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and saw the scene of the empress committing murder.

When the Empress is considered a suspect, it is not difficult to discover the secret of the perfume on her body.

The next step is simply to analyze the components of the incense and respond using incantations.

"...It seems Professor Moya's bewitching incense isn't as effective as I thought; at least it doesn't stump you."

The Queen readily admitted it.

They even revealed the origin of the bewitching incense.

Rod realized that the bewitching incense was actually Professor Moya's doing.

That guy knew about this all along?

He had saved the other person's life years ago, but who would have thought that the other person would repay kindness with enmity!

Rod cursed Professor Moya in his heart for causing so much harm.

But soon, he recalled his several conversations with Professor Moya, who always subtly advised him to be careful.

Even at a court banquet, she reminded Rhodes to take care of the Empress.

However, she probably never expected that the Empress's request for the love potion was actually a pact to commit suicide with Rhodes...

"call……"

Rhodes took a deep breath and looked intently into the Queen's eyes.

Why go to such lengths?

"Are you genuinely unaware, or are you feigning ignorance, Professor Rhodes?"

The Empress gazed at Rhodes with a melancholy look.

"Do you still remember the promise we made back then? You said that you would stay by my side until the end of your life, even if it was the end of the world."

"But these days you've abandoned me, enjoying yourself with other women."

Do you know how I felt at that time?

"I just want to kill everyone!"

The Queen's expression turned twisted and sinister.

His tone was filled with jealousy and hatred, as well as unvented anger and madness.

"You can't take advantage of me just because I care about you and ignore me!"

"I've said it over and over again, I hate it when you're with other women, I despise it when you're with other women, I can't stand you leaving me to be with other women!"

"And you actually had the audacity to tell me you were going on vacation with other women, even holding hands with them at my dinner party right in front of me!"

"Rhodes, have you ever considered me? What am I to you? Look me in the eyes and answer me!"

The Queen straddled Rhodes, staring intently at him.

"..."

Rhodes faced the Queen's piercing gaze.

After hearing the Queen's confession, I felt a chill run down my spine.

It felt as if a chilling coldness surged from my heart and rushed straight to my head.

He knew that the Empress had deep feelings for him.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed him into the bedroom and only allowed him physical contact.

But he never expected that the Queen's feelings for him would be so deep, so intense that she wanted to possess everything about him, and was even willing to give up her own life for it.

Rod pondered that Luna and Ange's relationship was already heavy enough.

I didn't expect there to be such an expert.

Are all the women in this world sick?