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

Noel who was

smile, but it wasn't due to his body

to the orange sun being the backlighting, his appearance looked even sadder. Noel's

his couldn't be forgotten because

exhausted right now,

I want to surrender? Instead, I prefer dying…

Anna was taken aback by that last statement. She was supposed

again, he

wanted to get angry, but she was too late, Noel had jumped off

times in

tried to grab him, but he was already far away. However, she

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

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 up on

of Noel's sad smile always lingered in

…

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

thought was broken because Noel asked her, "So,

was startled, but she immediately said, "The Demon

we go to

to show you… though, around

do to pass the time?" Noel squinted

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

we slowly walk around and just enjoy the scenery? Even though it's a forest filled with demons, it's still a forest. Not like the demon can do any harm to us as

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