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.

Noel wanted the spies to report about the result of the first fight before

you give me in return?" Evan asked. Getting suspected by the Royal Family or the Supreme Devil

when he thought he had seen through Noel, the latter actually corrected the thought in his mind. "Who says I'm going to kill them? The spies are useful because they will

too great to be passed on. And if they knew that Noel and Anna were severely

why not killing the spies was

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

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

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 income."

to protect them before

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

alone was enough 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

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

Lorelei. What do 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 and place your

him to take a close look at these inventions. While he couldn't

meant Noel would get a free protector for this city. And the moment he headed to the main city, this place would have recovered

would benefit the Ardagan Family greatly. In exchange, he could be

To place an order, he could just send a letter

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 order were beyond these

was 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

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 would

the first noble to be granted

get all that, he had to

that, he had to confirm two things. "Tell me about these two. How many people do you plan to bring to your

into 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 the opening of the city. In total, we will have fifteen thousand people in this

student is the second princess of the Greenwood

of teaching her the method just yet. So, in three to four months, I think?

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 Noel, even if they were separated most

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

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

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

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