System vs Rebirth

"Noel!" Anna called Noel from a distance while waving her hand. Noel turned out to be working among the people, supervising the place where they could build the second stage storage.

Noel stopped for a moment and turned around, finding Anna and Evan approaching him. Despite Evan's calm expression, his walking speed was faster than normal, indicating that he was eager to know about the runes.

Anna seemed to have done her job of luring him.

Noel gestured to the person next to him to take care of the job while he met these two.

"Welcome to my city, Duke Lorelei." Noel smiled.

"It's truly a surprising city. I guess you have managed to accomplish your first objective, eh? To think that Earl Ardagan has surpassed his father." Evan made a forced smile, showing that he was slightly annoyed that he actually fell for Noel's plan.

"Hahaha. Let's leave it at that." Noel didn't explicitly acknowledge it, so Evan didn't lose his face. He asked, "So, what does Duke Lorelei want with me?"

"Did you seriously ask that question? You were the one who invited me." Evan's eyebrows twitched. "You should be the one mentioning your intention first."

"Is that so? Then, I guess it's fine to disclose it. How about having a cup of tea a few times?"

"…" Evan paused for a moment. What Noel was trying to say was that he wanted to fight against him a couple of times. The number of fights indicated that this was a spar as well as the time for him to train.

Before replying to his invitation, Evan looked around and said, "Let's talk somewhere else."

"Of course. There is an empty building over there." Noel pointed at the half-destroyed building not far away from them.

As soon as the duke agreed, they moved to that building to prevent anyone from listening to them.

"I don't really mind fighting you two, but you should know that I can't hold back for a certain reason, right?" Duke Lorelei squinted his eyes, warning him that the fight wouldn't go according to plan.

"Of course. But that's only the first fight. We have a countermeasure about it." Noel explained.

"The first fight?" Evan pondered for a moment. The first fight was the most important, considering the result would be reported directly by the spies. If those people knew that Duke Lorelei had injured Noel and Anna badly enough, they would definitely feel relieved.

From the second fight onward, it seemed that Noel had a different plan in a way that the spies couldn't kill them. No, it could be said that it was Noel's invitation to eliminate the spies.

the first fight before getting exterminated. With that, no one

to agree to killing all those spies, what would you give me in return?" Evan asked. Getting suspected by the Royal Family or the Supreme Devil Organization would be annoying, so he had

the thought in his mind. "Who says I'm going to kill them? The spies are useful because they will report everything to the people

knew that Noel and Anna were severely injured, they might take

killing the spies was a

only count as training by yourself,

Noel said made sense. After that confirmation, if the duke made a huge scene, it would just look like he was trying to annoy Noel under the pretense of training. But it also meant that their next fight wouldn't be as big as the first one. He didn't care about Noel's aim in that spar. Instead, he focused on what he could get from it. "Suppose we fight like that. In that case, what are you going to do with the spies? I don't

these inventions. So, it's fine if they spread the word for us.

protect them before you can

course. But we are not going to be the ones who protect those inventions." Noel

for Evan to realize Noel's intention. "So, you're planning to use me. With my interest, there is no way those people would steal it directly. However, you're forgetting something. You need something that can keep me here for

The duke wasn't wrong. Noel didn't plan to stay in this city for a long time, so

those inventions yourself? I have a Rune Book with me that you can use as a reference. If you can understand three out of those five inventions, I will let you visit the main city and

him to take a close look at these inventions. While he couldn't replicate it, he could

the moment he headed to the

which would benefit the Ardagan Family

order, he could just send a letter to Noel. Yet, Noel actually invited him

had all these inventions, what would the main city have? The thought alone was enough to pique his excitement, fully knowing that Noel's city

why before anyone sent a spy, they were planning to have a migration first and with a

and more people becoming interested in Noel's main city, they would resort to bribes or any other method in order to get an entry. There would even be the Rune Academy. When that one-year period had passed, it

he might be the first noble to be granted entry to

all that, he had to

confirm two things. "Tell me about these two. How many people do you plan to bring to

three stages. The first one is in progress but will take a bit longer. There will be about two to three thousand people. The second one will be in five to six months; the amount is close to the first stage. The last stage will be right before

Lorelei nodded and asked the second question. "Your student is the second princess of the Greenwood Kingdom,

you are worried about that, I don't have any intention of teaching her the method just yet. So, in three to four months, I think? After all, she is just barely starting to learn about runes,

for Anna to know about all kinds of runes all of a sudden. So, Noel just wanted to reinforce the thought of her learning from Noel since the time they were together in the Demon Banner Army. This way, Anna had several years to learn from

would confirm it based on this statement, removing any possibility of them knowing the fact

Greenwood Kingdom's priority would be lower than

had planned to remain in the Stargaze Family for a long time. On the other hand, he didn't expect that he would end up

fingers. "Alright. I can agree to becoming the guardian of this city, but I have three