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

at Noel who was standing

smile, but it wasn't due to his body covered in

backlighting, his appearance looked even sadder. Noel's gaze felt like

of his couldn't be forgotten because he also said,

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

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

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

if Noel tried to annoy her again, he stuck

to get angry, but she was too

see you many more times in

away. However, she also found a river underneath the cliff and Noel

clear that he wouldn't be dying by falling into the water. But Noel's wounds

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

of Noel's sad smile

…

that scene, Anna couldn't help but think, 'Now that I think about it, despite Noel showing such an extreme hatred, he

Noel asked her,

but she immediately said, "The Demon

Why would we go to that

I want to show

will we do to pass the time?" Noel

around the forest. I mean, we've been to the forest a few times, but

with demons, it's still a forest. Not like the demon can do any harm to us as long as it's not an Advanced Level

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