System vs Rebirth

In a certain city, a robust middle-aged man was walking in the city while humming.

"Mhm, hum, hum." The middle-aged man seemed to be enjoying his walk. He was also observing the locations of the buildings in the area.

"Life is good." The middle-aged man nodded in approval. He continued for another thirty minutes before he eventually reached a two-story building.

When he opened the door, he was greeted with a lot of tools for construction such as hammers, axes, saws, and others.

"Welcome, Sir Douglas. Are you done with your walk today?" A young receptionist smiled at him.

"Oh, Jack. You're already up?" The middle-aged man, who was called Douglas, smiled, watching the young man carrying the tools around as though he was displaying them on the shelves.

"Of course. I don't know why, but I feel like something good is going to happen today. So, I'm setting up the shop as quickly as possible."

"Is that so? Maybe we're expecting the same thing. I don't know why, but I feel energized today." Douglas chuckled, not thinking much about it. "In any case, just open the shop as usual."

"Understood." Jack nodded in agreement as he continued moving things around.

However, their peaceful morning was suddenly disturbed when a man suddenly slammed their door open.

*Bang!*

The sound was so loud that it startled both of them.

"I need one hundred saws and one hundred hammers right away!" The man shouted in an authoritative tone, looking down at them.

Jack couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows while Douglas put on his smile and said, "Welcome, Mr. Raffles."

"So, you're here, you idiot old man." The man snorted, staring at Douglas as if he was a fly.

Jack looked angry because the man looked down on Douglas, but he couldn't do anything. There was a reason why the man could actually look down on them.

"Of course. Since you're here to make a purchase this big, then I should be the one welcoming you." Douglas smiled. "Besides, you're the butler of the city lord, so how could I let anyone serve you?"

Bring one hundred saws and hammers to the city lord's mansion if you don't want this shop destroyed." The man harrumphed, thinking

right now. Please wait for three days, and I can

don't have that much time. Do you think if not because of the city lord, you could still be alive? You only have until dusk. If you can't deliver the

and immediately turned around, ready to

and a window next to the door, so he grabbed the hammer and smashed the window for them to see. He added mockingly, "Hahaha. Since this shop is going to

man exited the shop while laughing out loud, slamming the

he saw two people who were staring at him

people to look at each other. Because he was in a good mood

they didn't expect that another commoner would be able

the wooden door bent, the voice

you serving that man so easily? Couldn't you see how they treated you? You have been helping Count

you have… even helped them build a lot of things.

a slum guy like him and turned him into his

I don't think it's time for me to tell you about it… not

the door and entered the

didn't know how to react since this was the first time they went to

masquerade, but the moment he saw the man behind him, he could make

Douglas gasped. Seeing the second man nod his head, Douglas suddenly dropped to one knee and lowered

his face, he never knelt to

nod from them actually caused Douglas to do the

could actually force

man took off his masquerade as the blond hair gradually returned to its original

behind the mask, a young yet

confirmed his identity and put

time we leave the town," Douglas finally explained the reason. "I have been helping the count because I'm planning to sit away from the spotlight. By making them hate me, they will definitely hide my presence because my existence is equal to their shame. But that doesn't matter

"Sir?" Jack was dumbstruck.

is the person I've been

"Ardagan? That Ardagan?"

the Ardagan Family's deeds had spread all over the kingdom. They were a merchant family, but instead

slum like him knew

everything to you later, so go upstairs and pack up your