System vs Rebirth

One week later.

The commander was sitting in front of Earl Lawrence. He crossed his arms while staring at the Earl coldly.

The Earl wasn't aware of what happened in his fort. He asked with a calm expression. "I wonder what's the purpose of your visit today, Mr. Oscar… I can safely assume it's not to drink some tea, right?"

The Earl glanced to the window as if looking at the people he brought into his residence before continuing, "Especially after bringing those people."

Oscar also didn't plan to beat around the bush. He was already too busy with his work, so he immediately stated, "It's simple. I want to ask whether the Earl doesn't put us in your eye or something."

"Mhm?" The Earl felt something wrong with that statement. He had been doing business with the Demon Banner Army this whole time, so of course, he wouldn't want to offend the Demon Banner Army for no reason.

He furrowed his eyebrows and asked, "Can you explain what do you mean by those words?"

"To put it simply, your second son, Hagen Lawrence, has threatened my Demon Relief Squad. As the Earl, you should know the circumstances of your fort, right?"

had splendidly destroyed them…" Upon saying it, he began connecting the dots. His expression was gradually distorted as if the more he realized things, the more he was

second son has forced my Demon Relief Squad, specifically the Zero Squad…" The commander paused for a moment. When he heard the commander mentioning the 'Zero Squad,' his face became

Demon Banner Army. And Demon Relief Squad was

the commander butchered the earl with his words. "Your son has forced my Demon Relief Squad to stay

to help my son, so he should at least offer you place to stay and let you rest

the commander had prepared for everything. He added, "Of course, my Demon Relief Squad would love to stay in that mansion

are granary and food storage in your fort that can last for a whole

should be enough to arrange a large-scale reinforcement." The Earl nodded,

what the people said about the situation was vastly different. The fort looked like a slum. The gloomy atmosphere and the preying gaze made my people uncomfortable. I've brought a few commoners from that fort to testify the situation on how your second son didn't open the food storage and let the

eat from the meat that the soldiers brought back for them. This is quite an unfortunate

but before he could explain, the commander had continued, "Our Demon Banner Army acts for

to stay. My squad had smelt alcohol and sweet perfume in their meeting… I don't have any plan to teach Earl Lawrence how a noble should act.

just… with how your son acted, I felt unsafe to leave my Demon Relief Squad in your son's hand, especially with the fact he forced them to stay. We've