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 ground just to support her

panting, she looked at Noel who

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

orange sun being the backlighting, his appearance looked even sadder. Noel's gaze felt like

appearance of his couldn't be forgotten because he also said, "Anna.

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

is worse than death, so why do I want to surrender? Instead, I prefer dying… After all, dying in your hands might not

last statement. She was supposed

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

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

times in the future." Noel smiled as he

but he was already far away. However, she

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

to protect 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

that image of Noel's sad

…

an extreme hatred, he truly had

Noel asked

but she

would we go to

I want to show

what will we do to pass the

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

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 long as

you want to waste my time of training