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.

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

closing her leg, she could sneak the leg toward Noel and her other leg approached him from the other side. Both legs suddenly wrapped around his head as his neck was

and tried to spin her body a

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

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

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

landed on

Anna became a bit more careful and just kept fending

three seconds, there were already twenty clicking 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?"

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

It's the secret technique that your mother taught me. It seems to

teeth. "What did she actually

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

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

face." Anna grinned while maintaining her balance mid-air. She couldn't help but see that annoyed face on him as though his secret had been exposed.

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

Noel's movement and struck him

back, spun his body, and

his blade with her shoe. After that, she lowered her foot

leg even further so that she ended up spinning forward instead of upward. She finally

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

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

determined to win,

time. She struck Noel from above while saying,

father-in-law about all your secrets." Noel harrumphed with veins bulging on his forehead.

Cling!

Cling!

Cling!

series of clicking sounds kept echoing in the backyard as Noel

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

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

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

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

something in this match. Since he had been inventing a lot of things in the past month, she thought Noel must have gotten a weird, but unexpected

her surprise, she finally found a gap in Noel's