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."

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

"That's right. Paul wants to hit you once before you become

and hurriedly explained, "What

Paul with a few nods as though

Noel chuckled. "Hahaha."

you gone through this whole year?" Rose asked. As his vassal, she

of time, but I think I can briefly tell you about my story. If you don't mind, that is…" Noel calculated

Stella swiftly retreated and picked up a

but the

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

surprised to know that Anna was there with him alongside the Greenwood Kingdom. It was a combination no one

what he had learned from Old

drew it on their bodies. On the other hand, the time wasn't appropriate.

that Noel was chased by two Devil Saints and felt sorry that

importantly, they were annoyed when the second prince extorted

to become an earl or how he chose his territory. After all, the Royal Family might realize

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 to the

the zero squad stood in front of

…

Capital City.

the birth of the strongest and youngest Arbiter in the Muivell Kingdom's history, the

released the information about the youngest and strongest Captain whose achievement was beyond

but his speed wasn't that far from Anna. More

terms of speed, it was

Anna's undeniable strength and defeated an

of Rune System as well as killing a Devil Saint, no one could say anything

was given the Earl Title, surpassing his father in one go. Because of his personal history, it was

their mind. Luke Ardagan was known to be the wealthiest and kindest person who donated a lot of his wealth to the people while remaining the richest. On the

Royal Family. They spread the rumors about Noel's strength, causing their decision to look right in the people's

tyrant and cause instability in the kingdom. Hence, the Royal Family rewarded him or, more like, exiled him to the