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.

the back of her thigh before pulling her. With the strong forward step earlier, Anna's balance and momentum leaned forward, so if he pulled her thigh, she would trip

accustomed to his trick. She actually allowed Noel to spin her body. By closing her leg, she could sneak the leg toward Noel and her other leg approached him from the

spin her body a bit more until she couldn't

made a backflip, pulling Noel's entire body with only her thighs. She was about to throw Noel into

flip. After that, he grabbed both her ankles and tossed her by using the centrifugal force from

that she was the one losing in that exchange. Unfortunately, she didn't have time

regained her balance the moment she landed on the ground and

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

sounds. They were using the body

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

be the 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

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

teeth.

nothing much. Like how she suspected you to like thighs because you often used the maid's laps when you wanted

sword tightly as he made a

but see that annoyed face on him as though his secret

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

harrumphed. She calculated Noel's movement

took a step back, spun his body, and struck

actually stretched her leg in that direction, kicking his blade with her shoe. After that, she lowered her foot

into the air. Anna took advantage of it to lower her leg even

me everything my mother told you. I have

if I win, you're going to confirm everything your mother

them looked like they were determined to win, but for their own

to charge forward this time. She struck Noel from above while saying,

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

Cling!

Cling!

Cling!

of clicking sounds kept echoing in the backyard as Noel and

one had gotten any advantage in the last twenty minutes. It might be because of the bet

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

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

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,

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

surprise, she finally found a