System vs Rebirth

"Mhm…" Noel gently moaned while opening his eyes. It was still in the middle of the night.

It might be due to them getting pretty excited to know he was still alive, they ended up waking up this late.

Noel closed his eyes to imitate how they were sleeping so that the rest of the kids would follow his action.

He gently rose from the floor, looking at the kids. They had pushed away their beds and used their sheets to create a thin mattress so that they could sleep together.

So, Noel didn't carry them to their individual bed.

Instead, he made sure that none of them had trouble sleeping before walking out of the room as quietly as possible.

When he reached the backyard to get some air, he found Rose sitting under the moonlight, staring at the sky.

There was a smile on her face as if she had made a fun memory in this place.

"You're still awake?" Rose smiled at Noel.

"Of course. If I don't try to sleep, the kids will continue until dawn. They are still growing up, so they should get some sleep." Noel shook his head helplessly. "Though, I'm wondering the same about you."

"Hmm…" Rose's smile became even bigger as she gently glanced at the house as if looking at the kids behind the wall. "This place is peaceful and filled with happiness. I can clearly see how attached they are to you."

"Well, I never thought I would be that attached either."

"Yeah. Though, You seem to have a lot of fun with them."

can't deny that." Noel walked to her and asked

nodded while saying, "Though, I wonder what you will do for the kids? They

"Just like you…"

couldn't deny it. She, too, wanted to kill Anna before, but when everything came to light, she stopped thinking about

lot to Noel's plan. And there

drives people to a great length… That should be the reason why their strength has improved drastically in

knew about their motivation, but looking from his

the best drive to power? I don't think it is. It's true that you can grow stronger exponentially… After all, that is

the moment he got confused by his desire to get revenge due to his father's note, he felt he had

a huge backlash. He might fall from grace and couldn't get stronger for a

Noel had another worry and this was what he actually wished for the kids. "Actually, I wish that the kids could grow up without any thoughts of

me, they were completely awkward and

Dance, it felt like they were smiling a

stronger, we are bound to kill a demon or a person. To endure such a cruel thing, we have

lose their smiles." Noel made

think you should say it to them. Eric and Erica, right? The leader and the manager of the

skipped a beat as he turned his head around, finding the two peeking from the corner. They were only curious, so there was no intent sent through

Rose had beaten him and informed him

they should do now that they had been found

and Erica came out while scratching the back of their