System vs Rebirth

"Where are the tools?" A middle-aged man was staring at the construction of a big bridge not far from the city.

"I have asked my man to grab them from the shop, Sir." The butler that stormed Douglas's shop earlier reported.

He nodded with a serious expression. "All of his tools are excellent and he has all the perfect tools for everything. He even sells them at a low price. That's why we've been developing the city at a fast rate. How about the other projects?"

"They are steadily progressing."

"Good." The man looked at the paper in his hand. "There are a total of ten big projects and sixty smaller projects. We have to begin changing our tools to new ones."

"Of course. I'll definitely bring you all the tools, Sir."

"You're a good butler." The man nodded in approval.

But as he just acknowledged him, a huge problem occurred. The man, who the butler sent earlier, had returned. He appeared to be rushing and without the carriage that was supposed to bring the tools.

"Report… Bad news!" The guy shouted while panting.

"How rude of you? Don't you know you're in the presence of the Count?" The butler hurriedly shouted, glaring at him.

However, the Count was more focused on the bad news and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I…" The guy hesitated for a moment before reporting what he saw. "I've gone to the shop, but… he has disappeared."

"What?" The Count and the butler were dumbstruck. The Count asked, "What did you say? He left the city?"

"That's what most likely had happened. When I reached the store, all the items had disappeared. I investigated a bit more, but there was no sign of him living there anymore. All the clothes and other necessities had disappeared. Only…" The guy took out a piece of paper that had been folded neatly. It didn't seem the guy had seen it because there was "For the Count" written on it.

The Count hurriedly grabbed the paper and read what he had left.

'It's time for me to go. This is how I'm going to repay what you've done to me… especially that butler. Have a good day.'

It was a simple but powerful message.

The Count understood that Douglas had left the city. And the butler might be the reason for it.

but recall all the projects he

doable and perfect for the project, allowing him to cut costs. Then, he used it to

now that Douglas had disappeared, it meant that the tools

workshops to provide some tools, but they wouldn't

as the one they had. However, it would definitely take a lot

he had tried this method

the

had been giving some advice on all kinds of structures, making them beautiful and cost-effective. He even knew where to procure

cost would rise so high that he would go in the red. He might not have any more money to pay the workers or

would cause a chain reaction that would reach the ones

a lot of projects would definitely fail and his family might have to use loans to pay off their debts. Then, the situation would become worse. The citizens would lose their

he could extort the citizens, they would be dried sooner or later. In

happy enough to accept the refugees and take

Count Family would

at the butler and shouted, "What did

the Count's anger, but he also didn't know why

the butler's expression, it seemed that he

the messenger noticed something from the shop and said, "Sir… When I investigated the shop earlier… I noticed that the shop's

because he was the core of his plan. But the moment he turned to the butler and witnessed his shocked face, he realized that it was the butler's work. "Were you the

I…" The butler

Count gritted his teeth, wanting

Douglas warmly. However, the other family members, such as the madam and the Count's sons, had been looking down on Douglas, thinking of him as a mere commoner.

shouted, "Guards. Bring this guy out of here. I'm going to execute

the Count executed him, Douglas wouldn't return. Of course, the Count immediately

the one who caused all this problem, Douglas was walking with Noel, Dimitri,

might not be enough to destroy the Count. If he used this and that, he should be able to maintain the family. But he would be weakened so much that he would soon be harassed by his enemies. Unless he could somehow restore his wealth, he wouldn't be able to stop

breath. "I see. So, that's why you're

but not extremely careful. Even if one pillar

it can be pushed to the maximum limit when something goes awry?" Noel

"Yes. Something like that."

should be doing the same. Who are you planning to

"Balott and Charlotte."