No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Cedric and Noelle returned to their apartment complex.

When Noelle logged into her account, she received a notification saying that someone had sent her a friend request. She glanced at the username and realized that it was actually Lucas. She had only rejected Lucas' request to join his team a few days ago, so she never expected that her arrogant brother would contact her himself.

Noelle did not accept his friend request but proceeded to team up with Cedric to clear a dungeon.

They completed the round with three other random players. Once the round was over, she received another friend request.

She then realized it was from the player who had joined them in defeating the previous dungeon. Remembering that the player had been quite skilled, she accepted the friend request. Almost immediately, she received a message from that player.

The message read, "Hello. I'm Lucas Liddell, the captain of Team Luminark. I believe you're a talented gamer. Would you like to join our team? We can discuss the terms and conditions later." • Noelle frowned. "Why is he everywhere?"

She never thought that Lucas would send her another friend request via his alternate gaming

account.

Cedric turned to look at her. "What's wrong?"

Noelle replied, "Lucas just used his alternate account to invite me to his team. However, he doesn't know who I am."

After all, she was also using an alternate account.

Cedric glanced at her. "If his team doesn't find a talented player to join them, they'll lose the first match during the finals."

"That's why he's so anxious now. He's a prideful man. He's probably reluctant to invite those well-known players. So, he can only resort to recruiting rookies to train."

Noelle understood Lucas too well. After all, Team Celestial under the Greene family from Beville was too strong. In her past life, she could not even guarantee that she would be able to win the championships if Magnus, the captain of Team Celestial, hadn't dropped out at the last minute.

Noelle said, "Team Celestial is very strong. I heard that King had personally trained their team leader, so he's very skillful."

"He's alright. He can't even master the 12-hill combo," Cedric replied.

Noelle looked at him in shock. "Not everyone car master the 12-hit combo."

"Didn't you manage to?" Cedric refuted.

"That's because..." She paused when she realized that she had nearly had a slip of the tongue, Everything that had happened in her past life had not happened yet.

Cedric narrowed his eyes. "Because what?"

Noelle halted again before she said, "It's because admire King, very much. I really like him, so that's probably why I managed to learn the 12-Hit combo. It was purely based on sheer luck." Cedric glanced at her. It was apparent that Noelle wasn't telling him the truth. He wondered if she truly taught herself the 12-hit combo or if someone had taught her how to pull it off.

Noelle did not reply to Lucas' message as she continued to play another round.

Meanwhile, Lucas rubbed his temples in frustration when he did not receive a reply. His chin was also covered in stubble.

Training for the past period had been disappointing, and he had not found a skilled gunner. He replayed a recording of Noelle's gameplay during the repechage. Her flawless execution of the 12-hit combo and graceful airborne maneuvers were magnificent. Lucas was truly proud to have her as his sister. Over the last few days, he had tried to pull off the 12-hit combo but failed. He had to admit that Noelle was indeed talented. However, the slap he had given her had strained their relationship. He called Frank and asked, "Frank, how has Noelle been recently?"

Frank replied, "She's still the same as always. She refuses to listen to any of us. However, she has improved tremendously during her most recent exams. She's now ranked tenth place in her grade." "Tenth place! That's such a big improvement indeed," Lucas said.

Then, he remembered back when Noelle had ranked 100th place in her grade. His first thought when he heard the news was that she had cheated. He had truly believed Noelle wasn't that smart to begin with.noveldrama

Looking back, he realized that he had been too harsh toward her. Noelle had always been smart since a young age, and her results had always been excellent. He wondered when things had started to change. It seemed like it had begun to change when Xenia first moved into their home.

Frank looked at the box that contained the emerald necklace and sighed. "Lucas, do we've neglected Noelle too much over the years?

"Frank, do you feel that way too?" you think

The two brothers fell into silence before Lucas asked, "Do you think she'll forgive me if I apologize to her again?"

Lucas had already mentally prepared himself when he asked Frank his question, but he wanted to fix his relationship with Noelle.

He truly regretted hitting her that day. He had not done it on purpose.