System vs Rebirth

"This is mine. We've agreed to split the loot, but it only applies to the crystals, not this one." Noel hurriedly put it inside his pocket to make sure Anna didn't have any thought about it.

Anna showed an annoyed expression for the first time. She clearly knew the worth of the 100 Years Old Ice Pearl. With this pearl, she could avoid any assassination that involved water. Poison that was spread in the glass or in the water that she drank, the Ice Pearl would simply purify them.

At the same time, the cooling effect could make the water feel refreshed. Wearing this pearl could cool her heart down.

Noel felt satisfied when he saw that annoyed expression since this was the first time he could make her frustrated.

'So, this is the taste of victory. I don't think I will kill her easily from now on. I'm going to defeat her on everything and make her fall into despair. Only after that will I deliver my killing stroke.' Noel thought, not realizing that he had gradually strayed away from the path of revenge.

Meanwhile, Anna thought, 'Now that I think about it… No matter what happened, Noel was supposed to be the one finding this pearl. After all, in my previous life, I wasn't here.

'Noel must have found out the lake's location from someone. That meant the pearl was never meant for me. Well, I guess I now know Noel possesses this pearl.'

On the one hand, she really wanted the pearl because of its uses. On the other hand, Noel would have been the one to get it because the lake's information was from him.

Ultimately, she let out a long sigh to calm her heart down.

"Fine. Now that you're done here, you should put on your clothes. Because of the pearl, we don't need to worry about water source anymore. Just purify the water and be done with it. This can be our camp, but where are you going to place the traps?" Anna asked.

Noel thought for a moment and looked around while putting on his clothes. "I don't know. I haven't scouted this area."

"Think so." Anna sighed. "Anyway, you won't be able to work on your traps until tonight. So, it's better we get moving soon. Since we're not chasing the deadline, we can return to this place to build the tent before the dusk. What do you think?"

"I don't have a problem with that."

"Then, we'll have night rotation?"

"2x4hours?" Noel asked.

we will use the moon. Anyway, we can discuss about the details for night

"Fine by me."

last question. Can you cook?" Anna

a weakness in front of

can't cook." Anna

"Wait, wha—"

tent. I don't care about your pride as long as we

clicked his

need to be careful where we're moving. You can find the lake, so I'm sure you can find a nice hunting

simply took his sword before letting it fall

widened her eyes.

that case, we've plenty of options… We just need to focus on

I expected a lot

your fault."

gritted her teeth as

over his small victory and said, "Well, that's the direction.

as they both explored the

near each other. This would be extremely dangerous because they needed to face one demon each, but both of them had confidence

to him so that they didn't alarm the demons when they were

you'll kill the right demon," whispered

"I'm better

other way around." As someone stronger, Anna obviously needed to adjust herself to Noel's level

"Good enough."

"Then, let's go."