System vs Rebirth

Hearing what Shale said earlier, Anna couldn't help but make a playful smirk as she turned to Noel and asked, "Should we go on a date then? I mean, training."

If this was the normal Noel, he would certainly correct her again, implying that they were just going to train.

However, Noel actually answered her with a calm tone. "Sure."

"Huh?" Anna wasn't prepared for this kind of answer. She subconsciously took a step back, looking at Noel dumbfoundedly.

"Why are you so surprised when you are inviting me?" Noel frowned.

"No…yes!" Anna's mind went blank.

Even though he accepted it, Noel's sole purpose was to confirm whether what Anna said was true or not. If they walked around together for a while, Anna should slip out sooner or later. Hence, he could confirm that everything was a facade.

'I'm not going to let you lead me by the nose anymore.' Noel was determined to prove her words.

"What's wrong? Since you're the one asking me out, you should be leading. Where should we go?"

"That's… That's…" Anna looked left and right, trying to get some help or some time to think.

But Noel pressed her harder by walking away. "If you don't want then, you shouldn't say something like that."

"Wh-what?" Anna bit her lips and hurriedly caught up to him. Even though, she didn't know what to do, she should accompany him right now. She could come up with something on the way.

'What should I do? Even in my past life, I never experienced something like this.' Anna panicked.

But a scene in the past flashed in her mind.

sword to the ground just to support

panting, she looked at Noel who

but it wasn't due to

body darkening due to the orange sun being the backlighting, his

of his couldn't be forgotten because he also

already wounded. Even I'm exhausted right now, my current condition is enough to

shook his head. "Surrender, huh. Living is worse than death, so why do I want to surrender? Instead, I prefer dying… After all,

statement. She was supposed to be Noel's nemesis, yet,

tried to annoy her again, he

angry, but she was too

times in the future." Noel

far away. However, she also found a river underneath the

was an extraordinary Spirit User, so it was clear that he wouldn't be dying by falling into the water. But Noel's wounds would make him bedridden for

is not enough to protect my whole body. Am I going to kill him even if it means a part of my body is crushed?" Anna gritted her teeth and stomped the ground in frustration, giving

Noel's sad smile always lingered

…

despite Noel showing such an extreme hatred, he truly had changed her life.

because Noel asked her, "So, where are

startled, but she

would we go to

show you… though,

we do to pass the time?" Noel

in her mind. "We just strolled around the forest. I mean, we've been to the forest a few times, but each

with demons, it's still a forest. Not

you want to waste my time of training with this