System vs Rebirth

Noel and Anna stood in front of each other. Now that the mansion had been built, they could use the backyard to have a little spar.

"Let's see whether your skill has gotten rusty or not." Noel smiled while raising his stance.

"I should be the one saying that. You have been buried by all those works after all." Anna harrumphed.

"The only way to prove that is by fighting. Are you ready?" Noel pointed his sword at Anna.

"Of course. I'm just waiting for you."

"What a provocation!"

Both of them smiled as Noel began to count.

"3…"

"2…"

"1…"

They said the last count together as their bodies began to move. "0!"

The moment they reached each other, Noel opened the fight with a slash from the bottom left going all the way to her shoulder in the opposite direction. Anna maintained her posture and struck Noel's sword in the middle.

Cling!

The clicking sound was the mark of the start of their battle.

Seeing Anna parry his sword, Noel was about to slide his sword on her before making a second swing.

However, Anna actually rotated her sword slightly toward her so that Noel ended up moving a step forward.

When adjusting to that balance, Noel couldn't retract his blade or take advantage of Anna's sword.

As a result, Anna took a step forward and tried to knock his sword off his hand.

Before she could do it, Noel used his usual strategy, which was to use the momentum to grab Anna's leg. Since he was going to lean to the ground due to the moment, he should take advantage of that opportunity to seal her mobility.

"!!!" Anna clicked her tongue. Because she took a step forward earlier, she had no way of avoiding this. So, she just let Noel grab her lower thigh while making another swing.

though he had expected her action. He slid his hand to reach the back of her thigh before pulling her. With the strong forward step earlier, Anna's balance and

trick. She actually allowed Noel to spin her body. By closing her leg, she could sneak the leg toward

to spin her body a bit more

her hands on the ground and made a backflip, pulling Noel's entire

used the momentum to do a front flip. After that, he grabbed both her ankles

was the one losing in that exchange. Unfortunately, she

balance the moment she landed on the

became a bit more careful and

already twenty clicking sounds. They were using the

body works? You're not cheating

is a little bit vulgar for you? I'll be jealous if you use it on another man." Noel smirked

worry. It's the secret technique that your mother taught me. It seems to be a powerful weapon to

Noel gritted his teeth. "What did

how she suspected you to like thighs because you often used

He clenched his sword tightly as he made a big swing, using all

her balance mid-air. She couldn't help but see that annoyed face on him as though his secret had been exposed. "…That face is not

rushed forth, trying to

calculated Noel's

a step back, spun his

in that direction, kicking his blade with her shoe.

her leg even further so that she ended up

my mother told you. I have to correct everything she said so that you

if I win, you're going

determined to win, but

this time. She struck Noel from above while saying, "Shouldn't

letter to my future father-in-law about

Cling!

Cling!

Cling!

clicking sounds kept echoing in the backyard as Noel and Anna traded more

no one had gotten any advantage in the last twenty minutes. It might be because of the bet but they were extremely careful in this

it was faint, Noel felt a subtle change in the way Anna wielded her sword. While it was true that this could happen after a month, Noel couldn't help but remember what the Sword Arbiter said to her. She told Duke Lorelei that her mind was in such a mess that it affected her sword, so

was only his theory. He had to confirm whether it was

this spar, Noel looked more aggressive than usual. He was leading the fight the entire time, which made

this match. Since he had been inventing a lot of things in

found