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.

asked Harley, Dimitri, Khalid, my father, and even your grandfather." Anna looked a bit embarrassed. "Harley gave me these best quality rubbers imported directly from the Greenwood Kingdom. They are said to be the best in the

gave me this pill that he said would help me avoid pregnancy. It was said to be popular in the Zaecuria Kingdom for lustful nobles who

to do it on certain days while your grandfather asked me whether you were impotent or not." Anna scratched the back of her head. "I know that you are

the alcohol, you will still consider the 0.01% chance of you failing to do it. I

prepared all those things because she

just his selfishness. Unlike the alcohol that impacted only him, this was a decision coming from both

that his decision to respect her would turn into selfishness before knowing

But even with all this, she still didn't do anything. In

to that idea. In fact, he had been trying to distract himself whenever he was tempted with all kinds of activities

have made you suffer…"

trying to consider my condition. It's not something you should apologize for. It's just…

last line of defense. He

looking at her with a passionate gaze. "Alright. Action speaks louder than words

…

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

morning." Anna let out a soft

head." Noel gave a wry

laugh before she lifted herself up and placed her head on Noel's chest. "Somehow today… I don't care about anything else. I just

thing. Sadly, it's enough selfishness for today. You can be selfish later once

stuck out

time here. I'll call the maid to prepare you some food." Noel gently freed himself from Anna

to leave, Anna

Noel turned his head around, seeing Anna sitting down on

"Thank you…"

Whenever I'm being too excessive, don't be shy and just slap me. You might be the only one

he gave permission to Dimitri and the others, they would be a bit more reserved. While Anna could say it directly, she wasn't the type

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

also confirmed the doubt in his heart. There was no one other than

with you as

I want you to

"En."

nodded and finally left the

her eyes with her arm.