System vs Rebirth

Noel was sitting in a lotus pose in the backyard. A black flame was circling around him at a constant speed. Though, sometimes, the speed changed as though Noel was controlling it.

However, Noel was in the middle of his control training. He had to maintain a constant speed of his flame in order to master it.

Once in a while, he changed the form of his flame into a small bird and made it fly up and down before turning back to its original form and maintaining the same speed.

Rose had just returned after the meeting and chose to inform Noel about the result.

Since there was no one around, she called Noel by his name. "Noel. We have discussed it. We will be going on a mission again. It might be dangerous, but I want to hear your thoughts."

Noel gradually opened his eyes as the flame disappeared. "Is it the Creek Village?"

Rose widened her eyes and nodded. "How do you know?"

"Well, I have predicted it and I have asked Captain Clara. However, this time, I'm not influencing her decision or anything. So, I don't have any plans about it." Noel raised both hands, indirectly telling her not to worry since there was no hidden scheme from him.

"Hmm… Then, why do you know about the location?" Rose asked. She was his vassal. Questioning her lord might be overstepping her bound, but Noel knew she asked this because she was worried about him.

So, he said, "Because Anna's advancement mission is also in that village."

Anna Stargaze?" Rose

have tasked them to gather information about the village. And I have two Spirit Grandmasters that

he was opening all his cards, but he would only do it to Rose. He knew Rose was smart enough to know which one she could tell the others and which one should be kept secret. This was also a small test for Rose if she truly wanted to become his

information has to wait until we

not far

revealing Noel's secret. Though, she didn't forget to give Noel

took a glance at the paper to learn

Mission: Creek Village

the area. It's suspicious as there is no

Demon Relief Squad, Demon Hunting Squad,

On the one hand, it felt like this joint mission was an easy mission since there was a Demon

with how they want us to investigate this village that is suspected to be the dent of the Supreme Devil Organization, it seems that the Demon Banner Army has finally taken a serious approach to fight the

Demon Beholder Squad would be more suited to a covert mission like this and the Demon

were the bait in this mission. If

past preparation couldn't be compared to this one. Even so, he didn't become

enough. After all, I also have a mission that