Just as flowers always withered, trees would eventually wither away, and death would come.
Summer vacation was over.
A new semester had begun.
A new life had begun.
For some people, a new hell had begun as well.
Of course, Fang Zheng was not among them. To him, this was nothing.
"Well then, I'm off."
When he reached the entranceway, Fang Zheng called out before turning and leaving the house. Today marked the start of the new semester, and high school life was about to begin. Fang Zheng obviously felt none of the excitement or anxiety ordinary high school students might have felt. After all, he had spent quite a long time in high schools across various worlds as a teacher... and, of course, he had been a student more than once as well.
Incidentally, life for the Rozen Maidens had returned to peace afterward. Naturally, Crimson and the others had spent the first few days immersed in grief over losing their father, but they had gradually moved on. Souseiseki had returned to the old man's side, while Mercury Lamp had run off, claiming she would find a contractor as powerful as Fang Zheng... then come back and show him what for.
Fang Zheng figured Mercury Lamp had no hope of achieving that in this lifetime, so he silently offered her some incense in advance.
Meanwhile, the little girl band over at Little Wings was still thriving. Mikana said that professional talent agencies had even approached them about signing contracts. Fang Zheng naturally refused, then turned around and bought a talent agency himself so he could sign the girls.
Even if they were money trees, they were Laozi's money trees. Did they think they could take White Wolf with empty hands? Dream on!
Honestly, Fang Zheng had not really wanted