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.

pointed at the store next to the gate. It was an item store that was used to buy something they forgot to bring

small bag of salt

shall we?" Anna

to calm his heart and finally returned to his nonchalant

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

this plain to go to the Demon Forest, so I didn't realize it until now that…' Noel looked 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 inside due to many people and carriages passing over this area. This was the first

muttered it

didn't know why but her body slightly

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

never took his eyes off them, so that praise earlier was actually directed to

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

locked to the scenery. Even when they entered

time seeing the world with such a relaxed emotion after all. His point of view had

many things that the world could offer to him. But because in his mind, there was only training and revenge, he always

blowing the grasses could be so soothing, the tranquility of the forest could calm his heart, and the cool temperature of the forest made his body

much things just by looking at the world from

so

his objective. By annoying Anna, he could see her reaction