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?"

lord's mansion if you don't want this shop destroyed." The man harrumphed, thinking he was far above

wait for three days, and I can deliver it to the mansion."

could still be alive? You only have

about their reply and immediately turned around, ready

window next to the door, so he grabbed the hammer and smashed the window for them to see. He added mockingly,

the shop while laughing out loud, slamming the door so hard that the

he saw two people who were staring

caused the two people to look at each other. Because he was in

dumbfounded since they didn't expect that another commoner would be able

the wooden door bent, the voice from

they treated you? You have been helping Count Helsberth for so long, but look at

looking down on you. You… you have… even helped them build a lot of things. Without you, their city wouldn't be

slum guy like him and turned him

to tell you about it… not yet. Let's just do

opened the door

They didn't know how to react since this was the

recognize one of them. He didn't know the one wearing a masquerade, but the moment he saw

nod his head, Douglas suddenly dropped to one knee and

his face, he never knelt to anyone, including the city lord. That might

caused Douglas to do the thing he

force

the door, the younger man took off his masquerade as the blond hair gradually returned

the mask, a young

instantly confirmed his identity and put on a small but genuine

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

"Sir?" Jack was dumbstruck.

"This is the person I've been waiting for. He is Noel

"Ardagan? That Ardagan?"

but instead of using their wealth to rise through the ranks, they used their wealth to help

the slum like him knew the

so go upstairs and