System vs Rebirth

"Hah… You really carried me all the way to this mountain!" Anna panted a few times. Even though she wasn't exhausted physically, she was too tired to react as Noel had been playing with her this whole time.

"It's your fault for losing to me." Noel shrugged while looking away as though he was trying to run away while he was ahead.

"Kh…" Anna gritted her teeth, wanting to berate him, but didn't know what to say. Ultimately, she let everything go for the time being and asked, "So, what do you want to know?"

"You said this mountain has a mining vein, right?"

"Yes. According to the information, the volcano has been inactive for more than a hundred years. But because the demons haven't done anything to the land, the minerals are still trapped within the soil. And more importantly, the lava in the past created a lot of gemstones."

"I see. So, the one eyeing for this mountain must be the Radiant Lord."

"Yeah. He has been gathering all kinds of gemstones and using them as his weapons, so yeah… it's really the Radiant Lord." Anna confirmed it.

Noel thought for a moment. "In our previous life, what do you know about this territory? I should have found the mine and taken advantage of it, right?"

"Previous life?" Anna widened his eyes in shock, not expecting Noel to drop a bomb all of a sudden.

"Come on. Anybody can figure it out sooner or later. I'm just refraining myself to avoid talking about it after knowing the truth from Old Ru." Noel raised one finger. "Don't forget what I said earlier."

Anna recalled that Noel was going to say something important about him. Because they had a draw, it seemed that it was better to disclose everything so that Noel would do the same.

Anna couldn't help but rub her cheek embarrassedly. It turned out Noel was bolder than she originally thought.

"Yes. You did take advantage of it."

"How did I take advantage of it? Do I sell it to the Radiant Lord or…"

"No. You didn't sell it to the Radiant Lord. I believe you used the gems to provide the funds for your territory."

"So, selling it to others… Considering the Radiant Lord's power, he would definitely use that as a bargaining chip or a favor, but other nobles would definitely bring me money." Noel looked down, falling into deep thought.

"Yes. It's just… I think that it's better to consider this properly. Our situation is different now."

sell these gems to the Radiant Lord. Making him owe me a favor

decision, then we can do that. But getting all these

can proceed with it, but not too

pique

Noel pointed at Anna. "You were my enemies, so you must have

you are not wrong…" Anna was slightly frustrated that she couldn't rebuke that

single place that can

more spots you might want to consider. The first one would

special about

I couldn't say it's special, but you surely built a dam

dam? While it's true that it can bring a lot of benefits, I'm concerned about my brain… If I build a dam, it's going to be a primary target of the enemies. By striking that dam, you can cause a major flood in the city. Or

why you also built

toward this city. But if I create a water gate in

Anna

be honest. I will consider it later, and I might have to bring Douglas to inspect the

lastly, the border. Since

widened his eyes in

city was more mature back then, so I thought it wouldn't be

Noel asked. If these were the only special things he did, it felt a

for him, Anna nodded her head. "Yes.

was startled for a different reason. Why would he build

the mine, he didn't think they were

is weird. Why would I build them? They were

I wasn't smart enough to know the reason back then. In fact, I was so obsessed with you that I didn't even know much about the

shook his head helplessly. "Sometimes… I couldn't help but ask, what the hell

and over again. Why would you even choose me to return to this time period? Old Ru even said that if we turned back time, it wasn't that the time moved backward. Instead, you were just going to a different world in that

his mouth all of a sudden before grabbing Anna's

same, but that would be the future and your

it." Noel's

I

the future. Let's think about it this way…

in confusion. "Were you trying to annoy the future you? Something like, you both should have realized that these were useless, but because you did