System vs Rebirth

Noel opened the door and came out of the room together with Anna, finding Rose and the others had just come back.

"Welcome back." Noel smiled.

"There is nothing wrong around the lake. Rose and Zion have scouted around the area and haven't found anyone near the lake. I have also checked the lake's condition and it seems the poison has mixed completely. Although the running water is diluting it, it won't be able to clear the poison at least for another few months. So, it's better if we drain it." Stella explained.

"Oh, that's good. If that's the case, we can continue our work as scheduled." Noel nodded.

"Yeah…" Stella suddenly noticed Anna coming out of the room while stroking her stomach. "Oh, wow. Your stomach is sticking out… Don't tell me, you are pregnant Anna?"

"Preg-what?!" Anna widened her eyes in shock. "I was stuffed. I ate too much because of Noel."

"I was just joking. There's no need for you to get that flustered." Stella chuckled.

Anna shook her head helplessly, trying to calm her heart down. "Supposed I'm pregnant, who's the dad? Noel, you want to take responsibility?"

"Why am I getting dragged into the rivalry between you two?" Noel looked at both of them and moved away. Instead of talking to Stella, he moved to Rose and asked her, "Alright. Let's ignore these two idiots for now. I have to talk to you regarding tomorrow's project."

"Sure. Let's ignore these two." Rose nodded and walked together with Noel.

for a moment before glaring at

the more you fight the closer you are, so I have no intention of stopping you two. Just make sure you perform your duty during the mission or else Paul will report you to Captain Clara…" Zion added before running away. Of course, she didn't forget to say, "I wonder how will Captain Clara deal with you two… Maybe stitching your hands for weeks so that you have to do everything together? Or hanging you two

in the Zero Squad for a while, obviously knew that their

had heard of what happened in the past. So, she clicked her tongue

'Why does she seem so different when she's with Noel but very petty when she is around me? Is she interested

start. It looks oppressive, but don't tell me… the reason why she has been together with Noel this whole time is because

aiming for

looks like she is trying to learn and impress him.' Stella had been observing her and even separating

leave her alone while Stella didn't want to do it in order to help Noel because of her lack of understanding about the relationship between the two. It just spurted conflict

just misunderstanding each other's

work. Anna came out soon with the food they failed to

harrumphed when she passed her and continued on her way. Stella clicked

and the others had returned

planning to do tomorrow," Noel

purification ability?" Rose

can show it

you want to purify it… Although it's a good idea,