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.

of her thigh before pulling her. With the strong forward step earlier, Anna's balance and

sneak the leg toward Noel and her other leg approached him from the other side.

his teeth and tried to spin her body a bit more until she couldn't see

skillfully placed her hands on the ground and made a backflip, pulling Noel's entire body with only her thighs. She was about to throw Noel

that, he grabbed both her ankles and

one losing in that exchange. Unfortunately, she didn't have time to think about it as Noel had

balance the moment she landed on the

earlier, Anna became a bit more careful and just kept fending off all his

were already twenty clicking sounds. They were using the body

grown a bit too used to how a woman's body works? You're not cheating on me while I'm gone, right?" Anna asked

I'll be jealous if you use it on another man." Noel smirked while trying to

secret technique that your mother taught me. It seems to be a powerful weapon

his teeth. "What did she

how she suspected you to like thighs because you often used the maid's laps when you wanted

sword tightly as he made a big swing, using all the strength he had to

say that with your usual poker face." Anna grinned while maintaining her balance mid-air. She couldn't help but see that annoyed face on him as though his secret

family meeting after this." Noel rushed forth, trying to reach Anna before she

harrumphed. She calculated Noel's movement and

took a step back, spun his body,

his blade with her shoe. After that, she lowered

leg even further so that she ended

mother told you. I have to correct everything she said so that you don't get the wrong

I win, you're going to confirm

determined to win, but for their own absurd

the first to charge forward this time. She struck Noel from above while saying, "Shouldn't you use that opportunity to ask

me, I'm going to send a letter to my future father-in-law about all your

Cling!

Cling!

Cling!

backyard as Noel and Anna traded more

advantage in the last twenty minutes. It might be because of the bet but they were extremely careful in

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

He had

in this spar, Noel looked

things in the past month, she thought Noel

finally found