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.

she was exhausted. She stabbed her sword to the ground just

panting, she looked at Noel who was standing on top of

but it wasn't due to his body covered in

being the backlighting, his appearance looked even sadder. Noel's gaze felt like he had lost

his couldn't be forgotten because he also said,

up, Noel. Your body is already wounded. Even I'm exhausted right now, my

worse than death, so why do I want to surrender? Instead, I prefer

was supposed to be Noel's nemesis, yet, the

he stuck his tongue

but she was too late, Noel had jumped off the

see you many more times in the future." Noel smiled

However, she also found a river underneath the cliff and Noel fell onto 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

to kill him even if it means a part of my body

that image of Noel's sad smile always

…

but think, 'Now that I think about it, despite Noel showing such an extreme hatred,

was broken because Noel asked her,

but she immediately said, "The

we go to that

something I want to show you… though, around

to pass the time?" Noel squinted his eyes, judging

thinking hard before eventually a good idea flashed in her mind. "We just strolled around the forest. I mean, we've been to the

with demons, it's still a forest. Not like the demon

you want to waste