System vs Rebirth

While reminiscing about the past, she also remembered the few pieces of information Noel gave in the end.

"There's no need for that corrupted kingdom to continue. Do you think they were willingly fighting against the demons? You're too naive."

"I always thought of you as my archenemy this whole time, but I realized that you were just a mere puppet controlled by the demons. I lost my interest in you."

"As long as you leave this land and stop getting controlled by the demons, I will spare you and your family."

"If you don't disappear right now, I won't hesitate to fight you. After killing you, I will destroy your family."

"I see. He used me this whole time."

"You were right. I should have trusted no one."

Anna also thought about it during the expedition. There were a few things that made her doubt her current condition.

"The corrupted kingdom… The Muivell Kingdom is indeed corrupted, not about the money, but the way of their thinking. But there is something weird about the second part. They have spent a lot in order to stop the demon invasion…"

"But if we're talking about the past life, the demon invasion was caused by the Supreme Devil Organization. They had used their research to cause the demons to attack them. And the Demon Banner Army and the Royal Family joined hands, fighting together to stop their invasion."

"What if… the Royal Family was only acting this whole time? The real reason why they stopped them was because they were related to the invasion itself. This way, the Demon Banner Army and the Tower Association would be weakened… When I thought about it, I remembered that the Royal Family spent a lot of money to recruit more soldiers to stop the invasion."

In other words, when the two influences got weakened, the royal family would crush and absorb them, becoming the

controlled puppet who worked for the Royal Family. That was why he told me to

to change me and protect me.

stubbornness, I died… we died. After all, if

own friends head-on might be better than

it, Anna wanted to repay Noel's kindness. He had shouldered everything. It must

told him about the

gave a little peck, she muttered

The first one was pure gratitude for his sacrifice. And the

that point onward, she

causes of the future chaos was the mysterious facility and its drugs. Now that the drugs could be seen and used by a lot of parties, it would mean that future

but it wouldn't be

herself. That was why she

telling Noel for no reason might cause Noel to be confused or even suspicious of

up winning and getting Noel's secret, she would

tried to close her eyes again, recalling some other parts. But there

around as her

a way to thank him, right? Other than the kiss…" Anna clutched her head while looking down. "That's right. There are many ways to thank

She couldn't help but ask herself, "Did my instinct actually make me