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.

exhausted. She stabbed her sword to the

at Noel who was

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

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

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

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

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

She was supposed to be Noel's nemesis,

again, he stuck his tongue out

to get angry, but she was too late,

see you many more times in the future." Noel smiled

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

by falling

Am I going to kill him even if it means

image 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 last sentence of

her thought was broken because Noel asked

Anna was startled, but she immediately said, "The

we go to that

to show you… though, around the

what will we do to pass the time?"

thinking hard before eventually a good idea flashed in her mind. "We just strolled around the forest. I mean, we've been

walk around and just enjoy the scenery? Even though it's a forest filled with demons, it's still a forest. Not like the

sure you want to waste my time of training with