Noah gulped down, even though it wasn't his intention, he had fucked up.

'I am screwed.'

And yet, he couldn't understand why he was acting like that, but then suddenly, his eyes locked onto something.

Towards the sword that was being pointed at him.

He looked down at his hands, which were still trembling and felt them reacting to the sword in her hand.

'Am I actually reacting to that sword?'

It wasn't something weird or an instinct that he suddenly got.

His body was reacting to the sword in her hand.

From the moment it was unseated, he started to act like this.

That wasn't some ordinary sword either. It was made from the branch of the world tree, which was taken away by the dark elves when they separated from the main branches of the elves.

It was then forged into a sword and has always belonged to the dark elves.

Only the strongest of them can wield that. Hence, it ended up with Aurora.

Noah immediately understood why he was acting like that too.

'So my bloodline or my physique is connected with that.'

He wasn't mad to suddenly act weird, it was because of a cause.

And the only thing that could make it happen is a bloodline or a physique that was reacting strangely with that fragment of the world tree.

But something was weird here; he didn't remember Noah from the story ever reacting like this, but that might be because he never came in contact with Aurora or even the world tree.

So it was never revealed.

He looked at the sword pointed at him and then at Aurora, who was furious from his action just now.

He raised his hands, trying to calm things down,

"I know I shouldn't have acted like that, but just hear me out."

At the moment, he couldn't afford to fight her right now. No matter what, the chances of him winning... fuck no! Even the chances of him landing a hit on her are a big round zero.

"The next words coming out from your mouth should only be, whether you are with them or aren't."

That was the last warning from her. No matter how far he tries to run from her, she can kill him without a doubt. Both of them understood at least that much.

'How the fuck did I even end up like this?'

He shook his head, not really worried about her.

If nothing else, he can just kill her.

He doesn't hold any feelings for her right now, so it won't even matter to him.

Yeah, she was beautiful without a doubt, but that won't be enough for him to take her into his harem. Well, she is useful too, but if she comes at him with the intention to kill, then he won't back down either.

She is neither a heroine nor a villainess, so killing her won't cost him that much.

An extra can always be forgotten.

After that, he decided not to act timidly anymore.

"If that's your concern, then don't worry, I am in no cahoots with them."

Hearing that response, a dark smirk appeared on her face.

[Be careful host.]

The system notified.

Noah immediately noticed that change in her, every single survival instinct inside him was screaming at him to be alert. Sensing the danger he went defensive, activating the most powerful barrier he could form with all of his strength.

An invisible barrier surrounded him in an instant, covering him like a solid fortress.

But the next moment?

All of that shattered into pieces.

There was not a single ripple on the water, not even a gust of wind left behind her, and yet, Aurora was there, pinning Noah down to the ground.

He couldn't even see when she moved and when he went down. The only thing he saw was his barrier shattering before him, sliced into countless pieces with the sharp sword that was pointed at his neck.

The sudden outcome, which he hadn't even anticipated shook him to his core.

Well, how could he not be shaken? He saw his life flash before his eyes.

Even then, he somehow acted calm. Maybe because he was still processing it all, but he was eerily calm.

He stared at the face of the woman who was about to slice his head up, but stopped after reaching his neck.

Aurora matched his gaze, her cold and golden pupils staring down at him, as she asked,

"How do you even know about them if you are not in cahoots with them? The information about them isn't something a child like you gets to know yet."

The information about the invaders wasn't known by all, only those who fight them on the front line are the ones aware of it.

Those people were a very select few individuals whose strength is unrivalled in this world.

A child like Noah, shouldn't even have any idea of what she was talking about.

The only reason he knew of them was that he was the one who wrote it all, but he couldn't tell her that. No one was going to believe that anyway.

Hence, the only possible way he could have known... he came in contact with them.

An 18-year-old man, who has already formed his core, suddenly becomes so powerful that he defeated one of her students, whom she picked herself, and he is also someone who knows about the invaders.

She did not need anything more to slice him up and hang his body in this forest to rot away.

And yet, she stopped.

'So that's it, huh? I don't even stand a chance against her. Why was I even acting cocky? We are in a different league.'

"So that's what you think? You are a fool to think that only the strong get to come in contact with them."

He finally spoke, adjusting his composure.

She stopped before killing him; it only meant two things: she was hesitant to kill him, but why? He had no idea.

The second one could be that she wanted to bring out information from him, which fit well with the situation.

There is no reason for her not to kill someone invading her home.

Aurora flinched when she heard that. It wasn't unlikely that other people might come in contact with them.

But it is also not certain that ordinary people can tell the difference between the invaders.

When she was distracted by her thoughts, Noah grabbed the sword placed on his neck.

The moment he touched that, the tremble in his hand, stopped.

It was the very sword that was making him go weird just now.

'My bloodline, nah... my physique, not really... it wasn't that one of them was reacting to the fragment of the world tree... It's actually both of them.'

His probability was wrong, not just his physique or bloodline, but both of them were reacting to the sword.

It was because of this that he suddenly lost control over his own body.

When he realised that, a wild and sinister grin appeared on his face.

A moment of the future suddenly came to his mind, making him question if this was even his world or if he was just a puppet made to write a world similar to this one.

'Ironic... the missing piece was already dead. How can something like this even be possible? No... It's not a coincidence at all.'

Someone else was behind all of this. Just this touch was enough for him to at least figure out one thing...

He wasn't pulled into this world without any reason.

A bad ending?

Bullshit.

There was a much bigger game in play.

'If I am the one who almost knows everything, is just a puppet in this game, then who the fuck is she? Just an extra, daring to point her sword at me?'

For some reason, he was angry. At what? He has no idea, he doesn't know who is pulling the strings, but he was angry.

He already expected this, even accepted that he was just a pawn in a much bigger game, but now that he knows it for sure, it was enough to make his blood boil.

"What do you mean by that?" Aurora asked, strengthening her grip on the sword.

"What do I mean by that? Isn't it obvious? I am calling you dumb."

He boldly announced with a disgusted smile on his face.

"Calling yourself a sword saint? There exist children who can kill you with a spoon. What strength do you even think you have? The only reason you are angry at those invaders is that you know they far surpass your strength. It's your weakness that makes you angrier than that of someone foreign coming to your place."

He continuously shot back at her. Hitting every weak spot.

If she were so strong, why would she even care that some ants dared to come to her home?

She can always squash them under her feet.

The only reason she or the people here hated them is that...

They are weak.

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