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.

of the first fight before getting exterminated. With that, no one would be able to report about Noel and

Evan asked. Getting suspected by the Royal Family or the

actually corrected the thought in his mind. "Who says I'm going to kill them? The spies are useful

And if they knew that Noel and Anna were severely injured, they might take that chance to steal them. Of course, that would wait until he left since it was clear that the duke would be interested in them as

why not killing the spies was a

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

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

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

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

to be the

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 a long time… And it's not like

wrong. Noel didn't plan to stay in this city for a

I have a Rune Book with me that you can use as a reference. If you can

close look at these inventions. While he

the moment he headed to the main city, this place would

Family

missed one detail. To place an order, he could just send a letter

would the main city have? The thought alone was enough to pique his excitement, fully knowing that Noel's city would be the

sent a spy, they were

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 would be difficult to crush Noel's main

be the first noble to be granted

all that, he

two things. "Tell me about these two. How many people do

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 the opening of the city.

Lorelei nodded and asked the second question. "Your student

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. " Noel pointed

runes all of a sudden. So, Noel just wanted to reinforce the thought of her learning from Noel since the

would ask the duke about Anna's knowledge and he would confirm it based on this

his student, the Greenwood Kingdom's priority would be lower than his. Of

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 being the

I can agree to becoming the guardian of this city, but I have three