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.

her sword to the ground just to

who was standing on top of

but it wasn't due to

darkening due to the orange sun being the backlighting, his appearance looked

forgotten because he also

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

his head. "Surrender, huh. Living is worse than death, so why do I want to surrender? Instead, I prefer dying… After all, dying in your hands might not

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

if Noel tried to annoy her again, he stuck his tongue out

was too late, Noel had jumped off

many more times in the future." Noel

to grab him, but he was already far away. However, she also found a river underneath the cliff and Noel fell onto

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

my whole body. Am I going to kill him even if it means a part of

Noel's sad smile always

…

think, 'Now that I think about it, despite Noel showing such an extreme hatred, he truly had changed her life. And that

her thought was broken because Noel asked

Anna was startled, but she immediately said, "The

Why would we go to that

I want to show you… though,

what will we do to pass the

flashed in her mind. "We just strolled around the forest. I mean, we've been to the forest a few times, but each time, we're fighting against time, making us rush

scenery? Even though it's a forest filled with demons, it's still a forest. Not like the demon

"Are you sure you want to waste my time of training with