System vs Rebirth

'Huh?!' Noel was shocked inwardly. 'Why would your face redden? No, you should be ashamed, right? That's right, your face redden because you feel ashamed because of your unpreparedness, right?'

Noel tried his best to deny everything he had seen.

Anna's thought was completely the exact opposite of his thought.

Anna truly felt a huge contrast from Noel today. Usually, Noel would always complain or trick her, making her put up her guard the whole time. But this time, she could see the caring Noel.

Due to the fact that Noel only directed that care to other people, she never felt what it meant to be cared by Noel.

Despite his hatred, he never directed that hatred toward innocent people. That itself was already a good feat. And this time, her enemy showed his caring side like this. Even she would be taken out by surprise.

After taking one bite, Anna turned to him with a big genuine smile on her face. "Thank you, Noel."

Just like Anna, Noel hadn't prepared himself for this smile. This was the first time Anna was this happy, so he could feel the genuine emotion behind it. At the same time, Anna was a beautiful woman since she was known to be one of the most beautiful women in the kingdom. That smile of hers could melt anyone's heart.

In that instant, Noel realized that he had lost in this round.

"Tsk." Noel clicked his tongue and looked away, frustrated. His movement was a bit stiff afterwards, but Noel shifted their attention to his words. "So, are we going to buy some spices?"

"Just the salt. I can do the rest with the herbs and meat." Anna explained. "That is if you don't mind eating on top of a leaf."

"Even if it's raw, I'll still eat it." Noel shrugged.

the store next to the gate. It was an item store that was used to buy something they forgot to bring before leaving the gate. So, there was a

small bag of salt for them to use it

go, shall

took the time she was inside the store to

out of the fort and arrived at the plain that separated them from the fort, Noel felt something

around. The slightly tall grasses that made the scenery look a bit cooler. The wind blowing the grasses soothed their mind. And the firm dirt road that had been slightly tilted to the

muttered it

beat. She didn't know why but her body slightly warmed

just praise me?' Anna's heart was pumping like crazy as she glanced at

never took his eyes off them, so that praise earlier

disappointed. But soon she shook her head and thought, 'Why was I

for her, from that point on, Noel's eyes were locked to the scenery. Even when they entered the forest, Noel kept looking at the

the world with such a

offer to him. But because in his mind, there was only training and revenge, he always looked

was the first time he realized that the wind blowing the grasses could be so soothing, the tranquility of the

learned so much things just by looking at the world

they stopped somewhere so that Anna could

mind had finally returned. He remembered his objective.