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 spies to report about the result of the first fight before getting exterminated. With that, no one would be

in return?" Evan asked. Getting suspected by the Royal Family or the Supreme Devil Organization would be annoying, so he had to get

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

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

why not killing the spies

only count as training by yourself, isn't it? No one dares to

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

around the world will know about these inventions. So, it's fine if they spread the word for us. More and more

to protect them before you can

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

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 a long time… And it's not like you're going to stay here when your

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

you can understand

shock. Noel actually allowed him to take a close look at these inventions. While he couldn't replicate it,

to complete, which meant Noel would get a free protector for this city. And the moment he headed to the main city,

benefit the Ardagan Family greatly.

To place an order, he could just send a letter to Noel.

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 would be the first city where all the conveniences had been improved by runes. There was a chance that the things he could

That was why before anyone sent a spy, they were planning to have a migration first and with a stricter requirement. He should be able to

main city, they would resort to bribes or any other method in order to get

first noble to be

all that, he had

me about these two. How many people do you plan to bring to your

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

Lorelei nodded and asked the second question. "Your student is the

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, unlike this one.

her learning from Noel since the time they were together in the Demon Banner Army. This way, Anna had

about Anna's knowledge and he would confirm it based on this statement, removing any possibility of them knowing the

even though Livia was his student, the Greenwood Kingdom's priority would be lower than his. Of course, he had to complete his

the Stargaze Family for a long time. On the other hand, he didn't expect that he would end up being

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