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.

that shop to buy salt." Anna chuckled and pointed at the store next to the gate. It was an item store that was used to buy something they forgot to bring

a small bag of salt

shall we?" Anna

store to calm his heart and finally returned to

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

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

subconsciously muttered it out of

heart skipped a beat. She didn't know why but

was pumping like crazy as she glanced at

never took his eyes off them, so that praise earlier was actually directed to the plain, not

her head low, disappointed. But soon she shook her

eyes were locked to the scenery. Even when they entered

a relaxed emotion

to him. But because in his mind, there was only training and

the wind 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 feel

so much things just by looking at the world from a different

stopped somewhere so that

remembered his objective. By annoying Anna,