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.

by bickering that one could understand each other more. 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

and they finally became friends.

little time they had when they celebrated their

was a simple but joyous event. Unfortunately, they had to be

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

other because their relationship hadn't

had come to terms with something. The change was so

react after

That kind of action is not something a friend will do,

one hand, Anna was the most talented woman in the kingdom and she was among the most beautiful as well. He would be lying if he

he simply couldn't believe Anna saw him that way. It might look more

reason for her change. As long as he could understand it, he might find out

to his mind. It felt like Anna did it for a reason that he

the fact that he had to find a woman as well after rebuilding his family. After all, a noble had to continue their legacy if they didn't want their household to be retracted by the

was a perfect candidate. They had been together for a long time and

Anna would be thrown right into the vortex. She would face the

entire Stargaze Family would be directly affected by it. There was no way she didn't

that kiss was

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

deny all the possibilities for their relationship. Yet, a part of his heart knew that it