System vs Rebirth

"Heh, it seems that someone finally knows how to come back." Stella smirked. Even though her words were sharp, her tone was that of teasing.

"Ahaha…" Noel rubbed his cheek embarrassedly. It wasn't that he forgot about them. He simply had a lot of things to do in order to protect himself.

"We've heard about it. It seems that you are going to become an Earl." Ben waved his hands. After talking to Rose, he had grown used to this problem. At the same time, their bond with Rose was far longer than Noel's, so Noel leaving might be sad, but it wasn't unbearable.

"Yes. I believe everything has been set up perfectly, so I should receive that title."

"Isn't it amazing? A captain usually only gets the Count Position. But you get one rank higher…" Zion nodded in approval.

"Well, we might not be able to talk to you casually anymore." Stella looked sad even though she just loved to tease him.

"You don't have to be formal with me." Noel chuckled. "Though, this might be the last time I can see all of you like this."

Paul patted Noel's shoulder. "We're aware of your situation, and your life as an Earl would become even more dangerous, so please be careful. We'll be fine over here."

"Thank you. Sorry that I didn't talk to you about my plan. I couldn't afford to have a lot of people know about this plan, or the Royal Family would notice and prepare another plan against it."

"It's fine. Just take care of Rose for us."

"Of course."

Surprisingly, there weren't a lot of things to talk about. There were some parting words, but they felt it wasn't really a parting.

Noel had even emphasized that he might need their strength sooner or later. So, they would meet each other from time to time.

Rose had explained everything to them, so the squad fully understood Noel's situation and plan.

"Still, I'm quite curious about what happened to you in this one year. It seems that you have become a Spirit Grandmaster." Paul looked at Noel up and down, examining his strength.

"Yeah. I became one not long ago." Noel nodded with a serious expression. "I can finally understand why the Spirit Grandmaster becomes the biggest transition stage."

Demons easily when he was a Spirit Master. So, there was no doubt that Noel could challenge a Superior

help but say playfully, "That's right. Paul

hurriedly explained, "What are

nods as though she knew what he wanted to

Noel chuckled. "Hahaha."

kind of struggles have you gone through this whole year?" Rose asked. As his vassal, she was curious about

I can briefly tell you about my story.

up a chair for Noel,

speechless, but the others only laughed

about how he ventured deep into the Demon Territory. It was

time, they were surprised to know that Anna was there with him

what he had learned from Old Ru, they

and even drew it on their bodies. On the other hand, the time wasn't appropriate. It would be better for his

in the Atracaeca Kingdom. They were surprised that Noel was chased by two

when the second prince

earl or how he chose his territory. After all, the Royal Family might realize his intention and change their approach in

for more than three hours, Noel finally bid goodbye to the rest of the team. This time, he was accompanied by Rose as they were about to head

the zero squad stood in front of the

…

Capital City.

long after a celebration of the birth of the strongest and youngest Arbiter in the Muivell Kingdom's history, the city was shaken once

the information about the youngest and strongest Captain whose achievement was

losing. He might be late by a few months, but his speed wasn't that far from Anna. More importantly, Noel had two spirits, unlike Anna. In addition, Noel was known to be a lazy person

that in terms of

had never seen Noel fight personally. Meanwhile, they had witnessed Anna's undeniable strength and defeated an Arbiter that had reigned for

founder of Rune System as well

his father in one go. Because of his personal history, it was clear

to the people while remaining the richest. On the

good rumors about Noel's deeds and achievements, he couldn't defeat the Royal Family. They spread the rumors

the kingdom. Hence, the Royal Family rewarded him or, more like, exiled him to the border