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.

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

body. By closing her leg, she could sneak the leg toward Noel and her other leg

Noel gritted his teeth and tried to spin her

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

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

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

balance the moment she landed on the

more careful and just kept fending

just three seconds, there were already twenty clicking sounds. They were using the body of a Grandmaster to the highest degree

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

one asking you! Do you think that movement is a little bit vulgar for you? I'll be jealous if you use it on another man." Noel smirked while trying to find the gap

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

his teeth. "What did

because you often used

sword tightly as he made a

Anna grinned while maintaining her balance mid-air. She couldn't help but see that annoyed face on him

family meeting after this." Noel rushed forth,

harrumphed. She calculated Noel's movement

step back, spun his body, and struck

as she actually stretched her leg in that direction, kicking his blade with her shoe. After that, she lowered her foot as if she wanted to hit

her back and launched her into the air. Anna took advantage of it to lower her leg even further so that she ended up spinning

you. I have to correct everything she said

case, if I win, you're going

they were determined to win, but for their

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

to my future father-in-law about all your secrets." Noel harrumphed with

Cling!

Cling!

Cling!

as Noel and Anna traded more than a

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

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

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

felt something weird in Noel's movement. Her sword style was aggressive, but in this spar, Noel looked more aggressive than usual. He was leading the fight the entire time,

had been inventing a lot of things

found a gap in Noel's