System vs Rebirth

"What's wrong with her…" Noel muttered in a low voice while clutching his head. He looked down, wondering what had happened.

He had returned to the fort and used the meeting tent to finish the blueprints. But he couldn't put his head into the work because of what had happened.

The scene where Anna kissed his cheek kept replaying in his mind.

'What's wrong with her? I did a lot of things, but I didn't think there was a single thing where it could lead to something like that. That was extremely weird.'

'And Anna looked different just now. She felt nostalgic but distant. It felt like I was watching the same and familiar Anna, yet, I couldn't help but think she wasn't the Anna I knew.'

'I didn't know why, but tears felt like they were about to fall from my eyes. Did she do anything to me? Still, there was nothing major happening where it could lead to such a drastic change from Anna.'

Noel couldn't help but recall all the memories he had with Anna.

At first, he was trying to kill her. Anna was so apologetic back then, even though she still showed her overwhelming power.

Not long after, Anna realized all the things she had done and wanted to atone for that mistake.

Before they graduated, they even found out about the true scheme behind the execution and realized that everything was just a misunderstanding.

And by that time, Anna, who seemed to have a deep hatred toward him to the point she wanted to execute him as well, had completely disappeared. In fact, his actions might have made her so frustrated that she couldn't help but explode. All the words she said to him back then couldn't help but flash in his mind.

After all, they were striking each other's weaknesses, making them know what kind of sides were annoying to the other. This way, they could make changes for the better instead of tolerating each other's annoying

and they finally became friends.

they had when they celebrated their birthdays together and

they had to

were still cooperating with each other, they didn't meet

other because their relationship hadn't gone further and they

to terms with something. The change was so drastic that it

react after Anna

he had calmed down a little bit, he couldn't help but think, "Does Anna like me or something? That kind of action is not something a friend will do, especially

she was among the most

that way. It

shifted his focus from her change to the reason for her change. As long as he could understand it, he might find out about

It felt like Anna did

a woman as well after rebuilding his family. After all,

time and knew

be thrown right into the vortex.

be directly affected by it. There was no way she didn't think of

why that kiss was completely

that just to confuse me… That's right. There is that bet. Don't tell me, she used that method to make me open up to her. By

their relationship. Yet,