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 if he could

"Though, I wonder what you will do for

"Just like you…"

too, wanted to kill Anna before, but when everything came to light,

contributed a lot to Noel's plan. And

to a great length… That should be

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

I don't think it is. It's true that you can grow stronger exponentially… After all, that is what makes me this

forced him to keep training. However, the moment he got confused by his desire to get revenge due to his father's note, he felt he had lost

was lucky to find a new goal or he would have suffered a huge

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 revenge. I want them to do everything they want, not be driven by any

they were completely awkward and had no idea.

after learning a lot about the Sword Dance, it felt like they were smiling

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

simply wish for them to not lose their smiles." Noel made a sad smile, showing how concerned he

turning around, saying, "I think you should say it to them. Eric and Erica, right? The leader and

skipped a beat as he turned his head around, finding the two peeking from the corner. They were only curious,

eventually, but Rose had beaten

wondering what they should do now that

came out while scratching the back of their