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

she looked at Noel who was standing on top of

it wasn't due to his body

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

because he also said, "Anna. You don't

body is already wounded. Even I'm exhausted right now, my current

so why do I want to surrender? Instead, I prefer dying… After all,

statement. She was supposed to be

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

she was too late, Noel had jumped off

many more times in the future." Noel smiled as

tried to grab him, but he was already far away. However, she also found a river

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

kill him even if it means a part of my

Noel's sad smile always

…

that scene, Anna couldn't help but think, 'Now that I think about it, despite Noel showing such an extreme hatred, he truly had changed her life. And that last sentence of his… what does

thought was broken because Noel asked her,

but she immediately said, "The

we go to that

something I want to show you… though,

will we do to pass the time?" Noel squinted his eyes,

"We just strolled around the forest. I mean, we've been to the

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

"Are you sure you want to waste