System vs Rebirth

"To think my daughter would invite me to this place so that I can meet you…"

"!!!" Noel widened his eyes in shock and immediately turned around, finding a middle-aged man sitting next to him. The middle-aged man had blond hair and a pair of purple eyes like Anna.

Although he'd never seen the marquis, he knew that there was only one person who would talk to him like that.

In other words, the man before him was none other than his father's best friend, Kevin Stargaze.

Noel didn't know how to act in a situation like this. On the one hand, he didn't know whether Kevin was still his father's best friend. On the other hand, he couldn't be rude to him either since he couldn't prove otherwise.

Kevin raised his hand as if he was trying to calm Noel down. "Don't worry. I'm here not as your enemy. I've heard from my daughter that you want to talk to me, so let's have a chat, shall we?"

Noel glanced to the side, wondering if there were people listening to their conversation.

But Kevin added, "Don't worry. It seems that you don't know about my reputation as well as my power. My title as an Arbiter is Fleeting. I can cause distortion so that it looks like we just sit next to each other for a short time despite talking for five minutes. So, you don't have to worry about the people around us."

"…" Noel bit his lips, never thinking that the gap between them was this big. Not only did he fail to recognize the Spiritual Energy Kevin used, but he also failed to feel the threat around him.

If Kevin wanted to kill him, he wouldn't know how he died.

Kevin looked at Noel with a smile as if he remembered something. "You truly look like Luke and Leysha. Your hair, brain, and eyes look like him. Your boldness is like Leysha's.

"Even when your father calls me his best friend, I'm only at the receiving end. That's why I'm here to talk to you. I wonder what you have prepared for me."

lips. Kevin looked like he had gotten used to this kind of situation and immediately took the lead in

to be the one leading this conversation. And

and said, "I'm Noel Ardagan. I

formal. Even though we haven't met, I have heard a lot of things about you from your father. Just think of me as an uncle who lives next to you." Kevin smirked. He noticed what Noel planned to do and pushed him back, not letting him lead the conversation. This was a simple

"Unfortunately, I couldn't do that, Marquis. After all, I don't know you personally. It feels like I'm taking advantage of my father's connection as well as my family name. If I become reliant on them, I won't be able to do

a moment before smiling. "It seems that Luke's son has become a good

ant compared to those people." Noel shook

that he indirectly implied the people who schemed everything, including his father and the royal family. He was aware that he had been manipulated

prepared to regain his control and pave

"Alright. I shall surrender this time. It's good to see you like this, Noel. I'll listen to

know what it

simple. Just call

a hard thing to do even though the misunderstanding had

for a moment before opening his mouth. "In that case, can we

handed it to Noel. "Since you call me Uncle, I have to give you a gift for

looked at the necklace with a serious expression. He had a

Your father entrusted it to me before. He wanted me to give this

still

"No problem." Kevin smirked.