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.

to report about the result of the first fight before

in return?" Evan asked. Getting suspected by the Royal Family or the Supreme Devil Organization would

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

great to be passed on. 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

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 to spy on you after

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

these inventions. So, it's fine if they spread the word for us. More

able to protect them before you can say that."

going to be the

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

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 order for those three. What do

widened his eyes in shock. Noel actually allowed him to take a close look

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

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

just send a letter to

was right. If this city 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

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

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

he might be the first noble to be granted entry to his

all that, he

"Tell me about these

migration is divided 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

nodded and asked the second question. "Your student is

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

would be weird for Anna to know about all kinds of runes 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

lot of people would ask the duke about Anna's knowledge and he would confirm it based on this statement, removing any

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

into deep thought. On the one hand, he 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 guardian

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