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."

the Radiant Lord. Making him owe me a favor should be good enough in our

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

know. For now, we can proceed

enough to pique the Radiant

were my enemies, so you must have learned a lot about me,

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

that can

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

something special about the

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

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

you also

something important. "Now that I think about it, the river doesn't directly go toward the city. So, if I want to use the water, I have to create a canal toward this city. But if I create a water gate in a certain area, it will block

Anna nodded

I will consider it later, and I might have to bring

lastly, the border. Since we're close to the border, you were actually building up posts

Noel widened his

more mature back then, so

Is that all?" Noel asked. If these were the only special things he did, it felt a bit lackluster. In fact, it wasn't enough

Anna nodded her head. "Yes.

for a different reason. Why would he

mine, he didn't think

build them? They were not useful to the

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

head helplessly. "Sometimes… I couldn't help but ask,

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

a sudden before grabbing Anna's shoulders and shaking her body. "What did you say

but that would be the future and your present had become a past that couldn't be changed?" Anna

Noel's

I don't

means that the me in the previous life was doing something to change the future. Let's think about it this way…

annoy the future you? Something like, you both