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."

Noel walked to her and

I wonder what you will do for the kids? They look so

"Just like you…"

to kill Anna before, but when everything came to light, she

contributed a lot to Noel's plan. And there didn't seem to be any conflict between Noel and

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

knew about their motivation, but looking from his eyes, he seemed

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

got confused by his desire to get revenge due to his father's note,

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

"Actually, I wish that the kids could

they were completely awkward and

about the Sword Dance, it felt like they were smiling

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

wish for them to not lose their smiles."

his concern before turning around, saying, "I think you should

turned his head around, finding the two peeking from the corner. They were only

had beaten

panicked, wondering what they should do now that they had been found

Eric and Erica came out while scratching the