[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 209: A Bitter Decision

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Noelle enters the cabin and searches for a room for herself. Then, in that narrow room, he sat down while grabbing his own hair in frustration.

All his predictions had been broken, and there was no longer any plan he could use.

Noir had already found her, and that only meant one thing; he was already unable to run away from danger.

Perhaps, if he returned to the fog garden sooner, and directly uttered the honorary name of that Outer God, he would be taken to his original place. But, it had actually allowed Noir to come with her. That is, it's free.

Of all his previous thoughts, colliding with Noir was impossible. It is not known how much damage will be generated, and the final result is also unclear.

However, Noelle could already predict the end; she would be utterly defeated in terms of strength if she were to clash head-on with Noir.

(There are still about two hours before we get to the fog garden .. During that time, I don't know how many times the dream-pulling fog will appear.)

For Noelle, the most pressing issue right now was Noir's existence. Undoubtedly, Noir had already found his location in the real world, and if they were to meet again the collective dreamland, I don't know what would happen.

(What to do .. )

Noelle's eyes lost focus, and she silently watched the notebook that was now filled with various graffiti.

So far, he had already made dozens of basic plans for his plan, but all of that would only lead him to a terrible end.

Without him noticing, a mocking smile had formed on his face. He laughed in a tone that seemed to insult himself.

It was only a moment ago that he felt confident in his ability to overcome this problem, but all that confidence instantly collapsed when a hidden terror was watching him through a crow.

The mental tranquilizing effect that Olivia instilled on her had been unleashed, and now Noelle was starting to regain all her sanity.

Although Olivia only exerted an effect that was supposed to calm her mentally, it instead became a double-edged sword that dulled her sense of alertness, making her unable to accurately predict the impending danger.

After some time torturing herself with an inner battle, Noelle finally raised her head, showing a gloomy face that looked resigned.

In the end, he had only found one solution, and this solution required him to make a great sacrifice.

At first Noelle had intended to enlist Anastasia's help who might have discovered her strangeness, but she immediately erased the thought when she realized that Anastasia might not be able to exert her influence here.

If Anastasia could exert her influence in this place, then she would have already given her support when Noelle was dealing with Noir before.

This place was filled with the rest of the power of the Night Goddess Zelica and the Storm God Dargon, perhaps that was why Anastasia could not exert her influence here.

Anastasia, Zelica, and Dargon are the names of Orthodox Gods whose power and authority can be said to be 'equivalent'. When faced with the remaining power of the two gods, Anastasia would lose her influence.

Of course, it was all just Noelle's own conclusion, and she didn't know if it was true or not.

It is possible that Anastasia did not care about him at all. This is evidenced by how Anastasia let the other reincarnators just die.

With a smile and empty eyes on her face, Noelle got up and walked out of the room. She enters her own room, and finds Olivia fast asleep.

Previously, Olivia was tired so had to take more rest. He was now sleeping to recover all his energy and sanity.

For a while, Noelle kept silent while looking at her face. He fell asleep quietly, his expression just displaying comfort as if he was forgetting all his tiredness.

He was lying on the bed, with closed eyes and a gentle breath. Her lips slightly smiled, and it widened when Noelle entered the room.

He's still not awake, Noelle's sure of that.

Noelle approached Olivia, sat on the floor and grabbed her one drooping hand.

In a long silence, Noelle just kept silent while staring at Olivia, while her hand squeezed her gently and carefully so as not to wake her up.

Then, he raised Olivia's hand, sticking it on his own forehead.

His eyes slightly swelled up, and signs of about to cry began to appear there. He closed his eyes emotionally and subconsciously began to tighten the squeeze of his hand.

" … Sorry ……… "

The sound coming out was very weak, and it sounded hoarse. Noelle really did not want anyone to see her in that state.

Olivia was still asleep, but it was thanks to Noelle forcing her not to wake up at this point.

This condition lasted for several minutes, until finally Olivia slowly opened her eyes. The anesthetic effect Noelle gave off was over, and now she could wake up on her own.

Olivia lifted her body and rubbed her eyes in confusion. Then, he looked at Noelle who was already sitting beside him.

Noelle had a gentle smile, with no sign that she ever felt worried about anything. Her expression was really bright, and it was a little hard to believe because before Olivia had seen Noelle who was in a state of frustration.

For a moment, Olivia thought that Noelle must be hiding something again, but she immediately wiped those thoughts away when she saw the sincere smile on Noelle's face.

Olivia shook her head with a smile, thinking all her worries were foolish. After which, he looked back at Noelle and smiled.

"How long has Noelle been watching me sleep? "

"Let's know, I lost count after a few seconds," Noelle replied with a small laugh.

Olivia blinked her eyes a few times, then returned Noelle's smile with a small header on her shoulder.

"Did Noelle like that? "

"Nn, I love seeing your sleeping face."

" … Ms."

Olivia said nothing more as her facial muscles began to lose control. He continued to smile without being able to remove it, then lightly hit Noelle in embarrassment.

"Hehe … "

Noelle again gave a small laugh, and she began to ruffle Olivia's hair, then soften her expression.

In his mind, he began to reconsider the final decision he made. However, in the end, she remained firm on the decision, and decided not to involve Olivia into it.

Noelle was very careful and fully utilized her ability in controlling expressions. She tried not to show all the emotions she had, and only showed Olivia a simple gentle smile.

In the presence of Olivia, Noelle really had to raise her vigilance. That was because Olivia knew everything about her, and she was sure that Olivia would easily be aware of the things she was trying to hide.

After being satisfied to ruffle Olivia's hair, Noelle immediately stopped her hand, and continued to stare at Olivia for a few seconds, then brought her own face closer.

He pressed his forehead against Olivia's forehead, and began to close his eyes.

This was part of his mental preparation. Noelle removed her forehead, and kissed Olivia's cheek once, then 'stealed' her lips, giving her a warm little kiss.

Olivia did not refuse at all, and instead let Noelle do all that. She began to close her eyes, enjoying all the treatment Noelle was directing at her.

A smile was still plastered on his face, but that smile looked like it would collapse at any moment. His lips trembled, and his eyes became increasingly moist.

Without letting Noelle say anything, Olivia directly pulled Noelle's head, carrying her into her arms.

Once again, Olivia tries to calm Noelle down, but it's not as time-consuming as before.

In just a few minutes, Noelle immediately raised her face back. She looked at Olivia with a bright smile while closing her eyes, then again erased the distance between her face and Olivia's face.

Only a warm kiss was usual, but the time he spent felt really long.

I don't know how much time they spent in that situation. None of them knew. By the time they came to their senses, they had already retracted their faces, and were staring at each other, letting the 'silver bridge' hang between their lips.

The two smiled and laughed as if nothing had happened.

All of that is just a simple thing, but this has all strengthened the confidence in Noelle.

Now Noelle was more convinced by his decision. He did not hesitate anymore, and would never doubt again.

In order to protect the figure in front of him, in order to maintain all that dazzling smile and beauty, he would take a very risky choice.

Noelle squeezed her own hand as she braced herself. He stared out the window, and looked directly at the giant moon.

After that, Noelle turned her head back, and looked at Olivia's figure.

Olivia was still wearing her nightgown, and her ponytailed hair was a little messy. His eyelids would occasionally droop weakly downwards, but he refrained from falling asleep.

A gentle smile on her face, and the warm gaze she directed at Noelle made Noelle feel very comfortable. For a moment she began to forget all her unrest, and just wanted to enjoy that beauty for herself for some time.

However, the situation once again resuscitated him. Noelle bites her own lips, and steals Olivia's kiss.

They kept repeating the process until finally, the ship they were riding on arrived at the fog garden.

Noelle retracted her face, and looked at Olivia whose face was turning red due to the effect of the pleasure and ecstasy she felt. "Should I replace your clothes? " ask Noelle.

Olivia was silent for a moment, not knowing what to answer. Then, he looked at his own appearance through the small mirror beside the bed, then smiled. "Noelle would do it for me? "

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After arriving at the fog garden safely and without any problems, everyone excitedly started to exit the ship.

They were fed up with the cramped ship and had many of those intoxicating shocks.

Some of them had already resignedly removed all their entrails while the ship was still adrift in the waters, while others tried to restrain themselves and chose to sleep on several occasions.

Fortunately, there was no incident at all. The fog that was able to pull them into the collective dreamland did not appear anymore either.

The only problem they had was seasickness and wind that contained the power of corruption and was able to make one go crazy gradually.

Stella who is a person with a lower level of mental strength begins to show symptoms of insanity, but she soon returns to normal when Cryll calms her down.

Fortunately Rias had the blessing of Anastasia, otherwise she would definitely become the first victim on this ship.

Noelle exits the ship with Olivia by her side. His hand gently led the girl, walking carefully and watching all his steps.

Olivia herself did not put up a fight, and easily let Noelle set things up.

At that moment, Erwin finally came out.

"So this is the park you are referring to .. It is true, I have never visited this place, and this place does look strange. Let's try the ritual here."

He quickly gave a proposal, while some people denied it, saying they wanted to rest for some time.

However, unexpectedly, Noelle immediately interrupted them, "We better hurry. No one knows what dangers we'll face if we stall for longer."

"You're right."

Kaira nodded without giving any rebuttal. Although she did not know the details, she could feel Noelle's unease, so she took the safe choice by speeding up their escape plan from this place.

Not only was Kaira aware of it, but Norman, Rico, Alan, and Anzu were also aware of the unease that Noelle had.

It made them wary, and made them carefully begin to reorganize their plans.

It was at this moment that Noelle truly felt grateful for having so many perceptive people by her side. If there was no one with thoughts like Kaira or Norman, he did not know how heavy the situation would be.

Norman and Kaira are central figures who connect everyone. The two of them became the core in the group, capable of channeling the voices of everyone, including those of Noelle's group. That was why, Noellw had plans to slightly involve them in his plans.

After a moment of preparation, they finally created a huge barrier that protected everyone.

Noelle then walked to the center, starting to chalk out the honorific name she knew using the Ancient Minerva language.

"'You are an intruder from the outside world. Who loves fairy tales and the past.'"

He decided to directly mention the name of his true honor', and did not take more time to mention His long honor' name.

After the name of honor was mentioned, various reactions began to appear.

One of his reactions was a gust of wind that grew stronger, and the leaves of illusory flowers that started to come loose, flew around and began to gather before everyone.

All of those leaves continued to fly and clump in one place, then were swallowed by a strange ball of light that suddenly appeared.

The ball of light then changes shape into a fairly large rectangular frame, allowing one person at a time to pass through it.

After that, a dazzling light emerged from the center of the frame, and the height of the frame began to give rise to a complicated symbol.

"Spirit Gate ... It really works … "

Erwin could only astonishedly look at the sight, but then his face became solemn.

Not only him, but everyone also felt the increasingly heavy air. Among them, Noelle was the one with the most obvious change in expression.

He panicked, and his legs began to lose strength.

It was at that moment that the sound of human laughter began to come out from the empty air ….

No, it's not empty air. Noelle was sure of that.

That horrible laughter came from the collection of microbes that were in the air!

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