"Big sister, why haven''t you gone into seclusion yet?" us asked, hugging his sister, who seemed to be waiting for him. Kathy was also with her since she preferred staying outside instead of inside the soul space created for her.


    "I told her to go into seclusion and that I would guard her, but she didn''t listen," Kathy said.


    Just like Nari, she didn''t understand emotions but was much better than Nari. She seemed to be catching up now that she was nearing the Tier 9 stage.


    "Don''t worry about her, Kathy. She''s in love with me, and the thought of not seeing me every second is torture for her. But now that I''m here, I''ll make her enter seclusion, okay?"


    Hanna chuckled but didn''t say anything. She just wanted to spend some time with us, who would soon be giving her heartbreaking news.


    "Kathy,e forward. Let me transmit the techniques to you." Kathy obeyed, and us transferred the technique to her.


    ''I hope Yuying won''t kill me when she finds out I stole a few of her techniques,'' us thought.


    Since Yuying, one of his Paragon Guards, was a beast back then, he had identally learned some of her techniques when she gave him her space ring to use while she was in seclusion.


    His memory from his past life was like a ma. He only needed a nce at a technique or skill for it to imprint itself into his mind.


    "Within the next two months, you should be able to break through and face your tribtion. After that, you''ll be a beautifuldy with many admirers," us joked before turning to Hanna, who was sitting beside him.


    "Big sister, I have to go somewhere for a few months, so you''ll have to take care of the others since you''re the strongest among them," us said, watching mixed emotions sh across her eyes. He could tell she didn''t like what she had just heard.


    In the end, she turned to Kathy. "Go inside the soul space for now. I need to talk to my brother." Kathy obeyed and vanished into her soul space.


    Hanna then turned to face us, looking directly into his eyes.


    "Brother, do you think we knew each other in our past lives?" Hanna asked. us, who had expected something simr, smiled and asked why. Of course, he was surprised by her question, but he didn''t show any reaction.


    "Since you gave me this new body, I''ve been having this strange feeling, like you and I have known each other for many years, yet we''ve only just met.


    I know it may sound strange, but I feel like we might have known each other in our past lives.


    Kani, my friend—the one we avenged—believed in reincarnation. She even told me that if I ever felt like I''d known someone for years, it was because we truly had known each other in the past.


    We even made a pact: whoever among us found their past lover, we would all marry that person."


    us smiled and asked, "Are you saying you want to marry me?"


    "You..." Hanna grabbed his ear. "Be serious, brother. I''m serious here. I don''t know if it''s because I miss Kani, and that''s making me think this way, or if it''s true. So I wanted to tell you and find out if you feel the same way."


    us didn''t immediately respond.


    He first freed his ear from her grip and gazed into her eyes.


    "What if I were to tell you that we were once a family in the distant past? What if I were to also say that you were my sister, my ymate, my babysitter, and the one who bathed me? Would you believe me?"


    "Yes," Hanna replied within a heartbeat.


    "Why?"


    "Because that will exin why I am overprotective of you, despite knowing you will be fine even if an Overlord were to attack you," Hanna exined. us justughed and shook his head.


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    "You might want to lower your standards. An Overlord attacking me would mean my death." us recalled how dangerous it felt when the crazy redhead locked him down.


    "Then do you believe we were indeed family in the past?" Hanna asked.


    "Yes. I know because I also feel overprotective of you. It might be fate, but if we were family in the past, then it''s only natural to be family again in this life." us brushed a strand of blue hair from her face.


    "Now, about the marriage aspect—when is it happening?" For the first time, Hanna blushed at his words. Of course, it was out of embarrassment, recalling how stupid she and her friend had been back in the day.


    "Listen, big sister, whether we were rted in the past or not, you are still my sister and will forever be my sister—unless you choose to give your heart to me."


    "My heart is already yours, but not how you think," Hanna smiled.


    "Tsk, you''re going to grow old and die single." usid his head on herp.


    "But whether we are rted or not, you are my sister. I will always protect you and make sure you are happy for as long as I am alive...and I am not dying anytime soon."


    Hanna nodded as she brushed his hair with her hand. It didn''t take long for us to fall asleep, like always. It seemed his tendency to fall asleep on ady''sp easily might be one of his fatal weaknesses.


    Hanna allowed him to sleep since she knew us liked that. She continued to brush her hand through his hair for a while until she also fell back on the bed, and the two fell asleep holding hands.


    That night, Hanna had a dream. She and a certain violet-haired boy, the most troublesome kid in their empire. He was a prince, but he preferred to dress up and cause trouble outside despite his mother''s warnings never to go out.


    She always apanied him and sometimes even helped him sneak around. She fed him, bathed him, and yed with him.


    Then, the day she died so this kid and his mother could leave appeared, and in her sleep, tears fell from her eyes.


    When she died, she woke up, but instead of waking up disappointed, she looked at the sleeping us and smiled.


    She didn''t know if the dream was real, but she knew the feeling she got from it was genuine. She was happy, knowing her sacrifices hadn''t been in vain.


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    Billions of light-years away, a star glowed nine times, but this time, instead of dimming, it began to glow steadily, albeit slowly. The rings forming around it also seemed to hasten their movements.


    Deep within the star, a monk who was neither dead nor alive set a teacup down and closed his eyes. A few secondster, he snapped them open and smiled.


    "The heavens picked the wrong time to mess with the Paragon timeline."


    He extended his hand, and a golden orb appeared.


    "When the heavens dispose, the StarLight will oppose."


    The orb flew away, and a few secondster, it appeared inside Hanna''s room, hovering before her for a moment before merging with her forehead.


    The star tattoo on her forehead glowed briefly. At the same time, one of the star tattoos on us''s back grew rings around it, decorating his back further.


    Up ahead in the sky, the clouds darkened for a moment, but in the end, they could do nothing.


    It was evident they were angry. Yet, while they raged, far from the academy, deep inside the dungeon us would soon enter, two beings who had been asleep for countless years finally opened their eyes.


    "Master ising."


    Theirughter echoed throughout thest floor of the dungeon, a ce us would have to conquer with blood and iron if he wanted even a chance to save all he held dear.


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    (A/N: End of Volume II: The New Overlord in the Academy.)


    [Note: First off, I know I promised some things that didn''t happen in this volume. The reason is that I had many ns, and after drawing up the various outlines, it felt like it would just be stretching things too long and useless.


    So, I chose to take the path leading to the two major battles before venturing into the starry skies. Rest assured, this next volume will be full of what you all enjoy—action and good storytelling.


    To those wondering whether Hanna will join the harem, the answer is.........]


    [Volume III: Blood and Inheritance.]