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.

understand each other more. After all, they were striking each other's weaknesses, making them know what kind of

they finally became

remember the little time they had when they celebrated their birthdays together and ultimately became

simple but joyous event. Unfortunately, they had to be separated not long

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

their relationship hadn't gone further and they had their

this time, Anna felt more mature as if she had come to terms with something. The change was so

even react after

but think, "Does Anna like me or something? That kind of action is not something a friend will do, especially a

narrowed his eyes. On the one hand, Anna was the most talented woman in the kingdom and she was among the most

hand, he simply couldn't believe Anna saw him that way. It

her change. As long as

Anna did it for

a woman as well after rebuilding his family. After all, a noble had to continue their legacy if they

was a perfect candidate. They had been together for a long time and knew each other's strengths and weaknesses. They even cooperated

with him, Anna would be thrown right into the vortex. She would face the

directly affected by it. There was no

was why that

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

the possibilities for their relationship. Yet, a