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

she looked at Noel who was standing on top of

had a sad smile, but it wasn't due to his

to the orange sun being the backlighting, his

be forgotten because he also said,

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

head. "Surrender, huh. Living is worse than death, so why do I want to surrender? Instead,

aback by that last statement. She was supposed to be Noel's nemesis,

Noel tried to annoy her again, he stuck his

Anna wanted to get angry, but she was too

you many more times in the future." Noel smiled

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

Spirit User, so it was clear that he wouldn't be dying by falling into the water.

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

of Noel's sad smile always

…

such an extreme hatred, he

her thought was broken because Noel asked her,

but she immediately said, "The

Why would we go to

want to show you… though,

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

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

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 an

you want to waste my