System vs Rebirth

Noel sat down in a lotus pose, following Shale's instruction.

"Take a few deep breaths and start closing your eyes."

Noel took one deep breath while closing his eyes before stabilizing his heartbeat, which was probably the purpose of his instruction.

"You only need to answer this in your heart. First question, do you have anything you want to accomplish?" Shale asked with a soothing tone to help Noel keep his calm.

Noel recalled all the memories that had happened not long ago. The Royal Family executed his parents, seized his property and sent him to this place because they believed he would die facing those monsters.

Noel wanted to take his revenge against the Royal Family. Yet, he felt something was wrong with this desire. His heart was asking him, 'What if all those stuff never happened? What was your dream if you still had your family, wealth and status?'

Noel's heart skipped a beat when he found this question. In the past, he was just a normal nobleman that had average talent and no desire. He just followed whatever happened.

He always believed that he would succeed his father's position sooner or later and would take a wife before leading the same ordinary life like his father.

This was just an ordinary dream of an ordinary noble child. Everything soon changed when the Royal Family did all that stuff.

'I see. Desire huh… I don't truly have a goal that I would continue to chase for as long as I'm alive. All my desires are related to my current life… I have yet to change to the new me… Just following the nature course. If somehow the Royal Family restores my family, will I have another desire?

'On the other hand, what if I forget about my family, the conflict, my hatred…? What am I? I am just an empty shell. That desire is the one that fulfills me for the rest of my life. So, what is the desire that I Noel Ardagan personally has? Something that is unrelated to my hatred, my family, or my enemies…

'My desire is…'

While he was thinking, Noel didn't realize that something was happening outside his body.

Shale's eyes opened wide. Sweats were covering his eyes despite the

emitting a dim

average person needed years of meditation to find their own desire, their spirit… Even the emerging genius, Anna Stargaze is said to require three days to awaken her spirit. How is this possible? He

to protect him. He was wondering if the commander was already aware

soon shone. It was a red light emitting from the red mark on his right hand, where the Ardagan Sword

butt, staring at Noel in horror. 'How can he make a spirit pact within a few minutes? Even

happening outside his body. His consciousness had fallen so deep that it

anything in the deep

started illuminating the darkness, bringing him to a plain white

be in the training ground?" Noel looked left and right,

echoed inside

hurt.

it disappeared, Noel seemed to understand the meaning

while gulping down. Suddenly, he found a

bit hesitant, Noel tried to approach the sword while trying to

a blazing flame that gradually moved toward him,

glowing as a snowflake symbol shone on his

felt the heat of the blazing flame gradually decreased when something cold began to spread from his right chest. He lowered his head and

not understanding what

that exchange clash, another high-pitched sound echoed directly in

his teeth, enduring the pain. He also

purposes are to cut down whoever you want to

The Icy Spirit

spirit? But a human is supposed to only have one spirit, right?" Noel expressed his confusion, only to receive another high-pitched sound in his