System vs Rebirth

"Yeah, yeah. We only have thirty minutes, so I'd rather get what I need first before looking around." Noel shrugged and walked to the shelves where they stored Ancient Books.

"Well…" Anna had an awkward smile but still stopped looking around and followed him to the book section.

"Hmm…" Anna narrowed her eyes while saying, "The Ancient Books are for those who have high conversion rate since most people are like that in the past… So, the intensity and power are different. Even so, the Ancient Books are divided into a few ranks as well.

"They are Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Level. What kind of books are you planning to get? The Advanced Level Books?" Anna asked.

"Do you even need to ask?" Noel sighed, feeling a bit annoyed that there was a need for her to ask this question. He thought Anna had been underestimating his intelligence.

"If you get the Adv—"

"It's obviously Beginner Book." Noel shook his head helplessly while pinching the bridge of his nose. "Do you think I'm a fool? I know that my current level is not enough to use those powerful stuff. I should choose something that suits me. There is still a chance to exchange for something better later."

"Oh…" Anna scratched the back of her head, feeling embarrassed. However, this was the perfect time she tested it. She opened her mouth and spoke in a low voice. "I'm sorry…"

There was no response from Noel as the latter ignored her and started searching for the books.

"…" Anna was speechless and ended up sighing. Ultimately, she looked around to find a book that suited her too.

After ten minutes, Anna had picked her two Ancient Techniques.

'Lightning Z-Bird Step.'

'Four Points Circulation.'

Noel still had a hard time picking on his second book. Seeing his struggle, Anna thought she could give some advice to him. "Are you still searching for one?"

tilted his head in confusion and took a glimpse of the title of the two

who knew about the appearance of the Ancient Demon Tree was you, so I wanted to

without my appearance here. If he wanted to, he could leave me behind by hiding the truth about the tree's emergence. In other words, I've taken something from Noel's

it means I get 1.5 books while he gets 2.5 of

intention once again. After all, he had

thought, 'What is she doing right now… Is

of her apologizing couldn't help

her to humiliate me even further for

book he had earlier and

'Bouncing Spiritual Slash.'

'Spirit Aura Breathing.'

you try to share it with me, then I'll share one book with you

right. If you're not sincere to others, others won't do the same to you. That's

her, that thought was completely

simply didn't want to feel indebted to her due to his character. There was no

share then. Together, we can be even stronger." Anna

her. It somehow felt different from her usual

chosen the books, we still have some time to

around." Anna nodded furiously. She even took the initiative to be his guide, introducing the items

they were looking around, she asked, "By the way, what are we

am planning to train for the rest of the month.

her head, thinking Noel was a bit too

shouldn't go too far… At least a month worth of trip before meeting at a certain location to do a Group Mission." Noel sighed. "I need to match the timing

It turned out Noel was calculating the promise as well. It was her who hadn't put that much thought into the planning. In the end, she decided

looked at her with a weird face. "I don't