System vs Rebirth

"Ugh." Noel gradually opened his eyes. His head was hurt and his body was exhausted. Judging from the amount of light piercing through the curtain as well as the temperature of the room, he was sure that it was already midday.

He had never woken up this late, so his body reacted instinctively, trying to lift him up from the bed.

Suddenly, he found something weighing on his left side.

"!!!" Noel turned around and saw the naked Anna hugging him tight.

"Mhmmm?" She let out a groan, waking up because of the movement.

Seeing her made him remember what happened last night. He couldn't help but mutter inwardly, 'Ah. Right… last night…'

As soon as they reached the room, Anna surprisingly locked the door and even blocked the curtain.

"I guess you're pretty tired too. Let's sleep." Noel nodded, ignoring her actions.

However, right when he had just finished taking off his tuxedo and unbuttoned the top part of his shirt, Anna suddenly pushed him down.

"What?" Noel was taken aback and fell on the bed. He looked at Anna with a dumbfounded face as she sat down on top of him as if she were trying to restrain him. "Anna? What's going on?"

Anna didn't answer him immediately. She took a close look at Noel's face as if she were unsure whether to say it or not.

"What's wrong?" Noel was concerned. This was the best day of their lives, so he didn't want her to feel bad about something.

"I know that you're respecting me by not touching me."

Noel raised his eyebrows as if he had gotten the gist of the discussion. "That's because…"

Before he finished, Anna continued, "I know. It's because you don't want me to be pregnant and lose a few months of my life, not being able to do anything but focus on the baby, right? I understand and am thankful for your consideration. It's just…"

Anna bit her lips before saying, "You're taking it too extreme. Just like how you are banning yourself from alcohol. With your power, you can actually burn the alcohol content and enjoy the drink, right?"

The answer was obvious. With his current skill, it was an easy task and Noel would never be drunk. He abstained from alcohol because he didn't want to make a decision he would regret. But Anna was trying to say otherwise.

"This is the same. I don't have a lot of compelling arguments for this and I have been waiting for our wedding before saying this. But I wish you would make me completely yours…"

Noel wanted to open his mouth, but Anna stopped him by placing a finger on his lips. She opened the drawer next to the bed and took out several things.

"That's…" Noel looked surprised.

bit embarrassed. "Harley gave me these best

even gave me this pill that he said would help me avoid pregnancy. It was said to be popular in

days while your grandfather asked me whether you were impotent or not." Anna scratched the back of

will still consider the 0.01% chance of you failing to do it. I know you're like that

eyes in shock. She prepared all those things because

his selfishness. Unlike the alcohol that impacted only

respect her would

she forced herself on him, he wouldn't reject her. But even with all this, she still didn't do anything. In the end, she wanted him to make his

he had been trying to distract himself whenever

seems that I have made you suffer…" Noel's expression

to consider my condition. It's not something you should apologize for. It's just… do you not want to?"

Noel's last line of defense. He

with a passionate gaze. "Alright. Action speaks louder than words in

…

were Spirit Grandmasters, so the last thing he knew was that the morning sun had risen

let out a soft moan while rubbing her fuzzy

think the sun is already right above our head." Noel gave a

chest. "Somehow today… I don't care about anything else.

He touched her forehead while saying, "You selfish little cute thing. Sadly, it's enough selfishness for today. You

stuck out her

call the maid to prepare you some food." Noel gently freed himself from Anna and put on some

was about to leave, Anna called

seeing Anna sitting down on the bed while covering herself

"Thank you…"

of his head, feeling embarrassed. "I should be the one thanking you. Whenever I'm being too excessive, don't be shy and just slap me. You might be the only one who has

others, they would be a bit more reserved. While Anna could say it directly,

didn't like something. That was why she prepared all that before confronting him. This was

doubt in his heart. There was no one other

you as quickly as

his hand. "Take your time… I

"En."

nodded and finally

covering her eyes with her arm. Still, there was a big smile on her face.