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 result of the first fight before getting exterminated. With that,

if I were 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,

mind. "Who says I'm going to

to be passed on. And if they knew that Noel and Anna were severely injured, they might take

was why not killing the spies was a

battles will only count as training by yourself, isn't it? No

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 want them to take

people all around the world will know about these inventions. So, it's fine if they spread the word for us. More and more nobles will know about it and give us another source of

to be able to protect them before you can say that." Evan warned

are not going to be the ones who protect those

those people would steal it directly. However, you're

didn't plan to stay in this city for a long time, so without him, the duke would lose his interest

you think about studying 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

close look at these inventions. While he couldn't replicate

get a free protector for this city. And the moment he

would spread, which would benefit the Ardagan Family greatly. In exchange, he could be the first person to order

one detail. To place an order, he could just send a letter to Noel. Yet, Noel actually invited him to the

to pique his excitement, fully knowing that Noel's city would

be easy for them to be infiltrated. That was why before anyone sent a spy, they were planning to have a migration first and with a

get an entry. There would even be the Rune Academy.

be granted entry to his

to get all that, he had to fall for

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

will be in five to six months; the amount is close to the

second question. "Your student is the second princess of the Greenwood

the method just yet. So, in three to four months,

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 Noel, even if

Anna's knowledge and he would confirm it based

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

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

I can agree to becoming the guardian of this