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.

opened wide. Sweats were covering his

emitting a

cold breath. 'An 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

how the commander wanted to protect him. He was wondering if the commander was already

the red mark on his right hand, where the Ardagan Sword placed its

spirit pact within a few minutes? Even I need to have a long talk with my spirit and gain an understanding first

was unaware of what was happening outside his body. His consciousness

anything in the deep

desire, a bright light started illuminating the darkness, bringing him

I be in the training ground?" Noel looked left and

suddenly echoed inside

eyes as his brain started to hurt. If it was a sound from the

disappeared, Noel seemed to understand the meaning

back?" Confused, Noel slowly turned around while gulping down. Suddenly, he found a red sword that looked exactly like the Ardagan

Ardagan." Although a bit hesitant, Noel tried to approach the sword while trying to reach

action, the sword released a blazing flame that gradually moved toward him, trying to burn

time, Noel's body started glowing as a snowflake symbol shone on

to spread from his right chest. He lowered

frowned, not understanding what

another high-pitched sound echoed directly in his

enduring the pain.

A sword whose purposes are to cut down whoever you want

The Icy Spirit of Northern

that mean I am in the place where I meet my spirit? But a human is supposed to only have one spirit, right?" Noel expressed his confusion, only to receive another high-pitched