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."

deployed the whole time. In other words, when the two influences got weakened, the royal family would crush and absorb them, becoming the absolute ruler of the country.

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

time. He is trying to change me and protect me. It might be due to my father and the relationship between our families, but it didn't

died… we died. After all, if I didn't leave, he would kill me

killed by our own friends head-on might be

repay Noel's kindness. He

him about the bet. She kissed him

she gave a little peck, she muttered inwardly, "Thank you for

one was pure gratitude for

she

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

some relevance, but it wouldn't

was why she

or even suspicious of her. That was why she made this bet. She just wanted

up winning and getting Noel's secret, she would still

other parts. But there was one

started rolling around as

be 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 him, but why

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