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?"

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

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

because of the city lord, you could still be alive? You only have until dusk. If

reply and immediately turned around,

grabbed the hammer and smashed the window for them to see. He added mockingly, "Hahaha. Since this shop is going to be destroyed,

laughing out loud, slamming the door

saw two people who were staring at him in

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

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

to the wooden door bent, the voice from

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

have… even helped them build a lot of things. Without you, their

his hand to a slum guy like him and turned him into his assistant,

time for me to tell you about it… not yet. Let's just do our best here until the time comes." Douglas smiled, not caring about the

opened the door and entered the shop, seeing the

how to react since this was

one wearing a masquerade, but the moment he saw the man

his head, Douglas suddenly dropped to one knee and lowered his head. "I

everything happen with a smile on his face, he

actually caused Douglas to do the thing he

could actually force

closed the door, the younger man took off his masquerade as the blond hair gradually returned to its original

young yet gallant face was

instantly confirmed his identity and put on a small but genuine

explained the reason. "I have been helping the count because I'm planning to sit away from the spotlight. By making them hate me,

"Sir?" Jack was dumbstruck.

"This is the

"Ardagan? That Ardagan?"

kingdom. They were a merchant family, but instead of using their wealth to rise through the ranks, they used

like him knew the name

so go upstairs and pack up your luggage. We'll be leaving