System vs Rebirth

"Interesting." Milfa seemed to have understood why Noel was favored by Shale and Clara. She thought for a moment and said, "Alright then. I'm going to have you with me in the exploration. It seems that you are more interesting than I originally thought."

"Is that so? Having someone whose strength is only second to the commander to say that, I can only say that I'm honored." Noel smiled politely.

However, it seemed that both of them understood that they were a bit similar.

"Since that's the case, Clara and Shale can continue preparing for the next exploration. When can we go?" Milfa asked.

Clara thought for a moment. "Judging from the condition of our knights, we can probably restart the exploration in two days."

"Good. I'll leave the rest of the preparation to you." Milfa nodded her head and turned to Shale. "You should check the condition of the Stone Lord and impose an information lockdown. We don't want Septa to have a hard time after all."

"Yeah. But we haven't told you about the details." Shale wanted to stop her, but Milfa simply pointed at Noel and said, "He will be with me, explaining all those things while we are going around the area to check the situation. It should be fine, right?"

Shale looked at Noel with a frown before getting a nod from Noel. It seemed that Noel was also interested in Milfa.

"Good." Milfa smiled.

Since they had reached an agreement, Shale and Clara immediately left the tent, not wanting to get involved with Milfa any longer.

Meanwhile, Milfa came to Noel with a gentle smile. "Please take care of me."

"I should be the one to say that, Captain Milfa." Noel smiled.

go? Or do you

now." Noel

of them could talk to each other without even opening their mouths. Both of them

of her repulsive feeling toward Milfa that Clara didn't notice it. But Noel and Milfa were like monsters equipped with both

these two 'monsters' were going straight to

bit deeper and reached the place where they couldn't be spotted by anyone else, Milfa suddenly increased her pace while saying, "You should have realized

Noel tilted his head

in the conversation earlier. You should have realized that I have started commanding the two captains around despite me being a replacement

you didn't do anything. I wonder why you would

realized that playing dumb wouldn't be useful. At the same time, hiding it wouldn't benefit him. So, he said, "You should have

"You wanted me to show a bit of my power…

can I say this… If I can be honest, you are completely like a

been showing a gentle expression and gradually took the lead without anyone realizing it. Yet, in front of Noel, she showed a cheeky and sly face. If the people knew this side of her, they wouldn't really

that so? Aren't you the same? You are like a completely different person. Where is the powerless and docile Noel Ardagan?" Milfa suddenly

it

And looking at how sly Milfa could be,

see. Thank you for showing me

are not going to deny

from you, right? Besides, if you decide to kill me, the one you will fight is the commander. So, it seems that you

simply erase you and tell everyone that you

have your reputation." Noel

knowing that they could counter each other's words since