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.

report about the result of the first fight before getting exterminated. With that, no

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

says I'm going to kill them? The spies are useful because they will report everything to the

passed on. And if they knew that Noel and Anna were severely injured, they might take that chance to steal them. Of

the spies was a questionable

finger. "Yes. With our injuries, the next battles will only count as training by yourself, isn't it? No one dares to spy on you after

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

or later, 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

protect them before you can

we are not going to be the ones who protect those inventions." Noel shook his

you're planning to use me. With my interest, there is no way those people would steal it directly. However, you're forgetting something.

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

you can use as a reference. If you can understand three out of those five inventions, I

close look at these inventions. While he couldn't

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

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

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

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

still lacking in population and if they planned to supply people, it 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 stricter requirement. He should be able to

interested in Noel's main city, they would resort to bribes or any other method in order to get an entry. There

noble to be granted entry to his city, allowing him to

to get all that, he had

two things. "Tell me about these two. How

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

asked the second question. "Your student is the second

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.

from Noel

a lot of people would ask the duke about Anna's knowledge and he would confirm it based

Livia was his student, the Greenwood Kingdom's priority would be lower than his. Of course, he had to complete his own objective within three to

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

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