System vs Rebirth

Creak!

The sound of the door opening echoed inside the room as Marquis Benedict turned his head around to confirm the identity of the person. As soon as he saw a black-haired man entering the room, he hurriedly stood up and placed his hand on his chest. "Marquis Benedict from the Zaecuria Kingdom. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"I apologize for making you wait even though I know that you have a long journey to reach this place." Noel smiled while walking to Marquis Benedict. After shaking hands, both of them sat down.

"Please don't worry about it. Me and my soldiers have gotten some rest thanks to it." Marquis Benedict shook his head.

"So, may I know the reason for your visit this time, Marquis Benedict?" Noel asked.

"I am here to congratulate you for becoming a noble, O' Master of Runes, Earl Noel Ardagan." Benedict paused for a moment before listing the gifts. "It's not much, but I've brought a lot of jewels, gold, treasures, and Demon Crystals."

"I thank you and the Zaecuria Kingdom for showing such kindness to a mere earl like me." Noel just played along with the pleasantries.

However, that was enough to make Marquis Benedict twitch his eyebrows. Who would believe Noel was just a mere Earl? His technology would allow him to become a Marquis easily if he spread that technology. Once he established his strength, becoming a Duke was not impossible.

In fact, if there was no conflict between the Ardagan Family and the Royal Family, the latter would have sent their princess to marry Noel to make it easier for them to elevate Noel's position as a Duke.

Marquis Benedict said, "Seeing how busy you are, I believe that we can skip pleasantries and focus on the main topic."

Noel's expression turned serious. "Please…"

"First of all, we would like to know about the Rune Academy. Do you know the age limit for attending the rune school?"

"Rune Academy… As the name implies, it's an academy for the young generations to become better than the current generations. At the same time, I know that it's going to be unfair to those older generations because they know more and will probably learn it faster than the younger generations. That's why I'm planning to first separate it into three categories: Expert, Talented, and Common. I think you know what I'm implying here."

"So, the Expert Class is for the older generations whose experience and wisdom have been polished. The Talented Class is for the younger generations. As for the common, are you trying to recruit commoners, Mr. Noel?"

"No. Talented is for those who have Spirits while Common is the class for people who don't have spirits. After all, my runes only need Spiritual Energy, not spirits. And I'm not planning to separate the nobles and the commoners in my territory."

"Not separating nobles and commoners? Won't this cause friction between them?"

"Indeed. Theoretically speaking, the principal of this academy will be my direct disciple, Livia. Do you think anyone has a higher status than her?"

Benedict fell silent for a moment before shaking his head.

do you think those nobles are treated better than

could see that the convenience that this city provided far surpassed that of the noble families. The only thing that was different between a noble and a

My academy will have its own rules. Break the rules, and they shall be expelled from the academy. We'll

able to absorb the Demon Crystals. However, they didn't know their conversion rate

the city and repelled

not enduring it and losing the opportunity. That was why the noble families would definitely tell their kids to follow the rules no matter

Kingdom's princess, the

"I can understand your plan. So, I believe there is

Expert class won't have any age limit. However, they do have stricter requirements

to have a lot of people that can threaten

15 years old. If

Suppose our Zaecuria Kingdom wants to buy a quota. In that case, how

by my direct disciples, Livia and Tristan. And I will personally hold a class every once in a while. And 30 slots are reserved for normal recruitment for commoners or regular sources. What do you think the price of those

pressured. Instead of giving a price, Noel actually directed that question back to him. If he made it too low, Noel would reject it.

for the other two classes. As for the price…" Marquis Benedict paused. "We'll offer you 20,000 gold for each slot in the Expert Class and 10,000 gold for the other two. Of course, this is only

1,000 Low Level

much for 15 slots. Just getting 200 Peak Level Demon Crystals alone was already tremendous. And this was only fifteen slots. He still had 105 slots left, of which 45 of them had been reserved for other influences who had helped him like the Greenwood Kingdom and the Ezenholm Family, the Sword

While Noel could simply brush this matter off,

interesting offer. It seems that you are also aiming for

seen a lot of wonderful things you could do with runes. If

new technology. Even though they are still

the full price." Marquis Benedict nodded, thinking they could buy some and learn the production method by

another offer. He first asked, "Marquis Benedict… If I'm not wrong,

time. He didn't know why Noel would mention something like this, considering the Muivell

happen to have a river here. And do you think that the automatic carriage is the only thing that

Benedict contemplated for a moment before standing up while gasping. "Are you intending to make

a boat that can go upstream by using runes. Don't you

Class. Noel actually gave them the opportunity to work together to create a boat. If Noel could make the boat with runes, it would definitely help the Zaecuria Kingdom a lot. In fact, they might be able to cross the ocean far

and

be built in Noel's territory. If those five experts learned Noel's method, they might be able to build a ship

to buy the carriages whatsoever. The same runes would

soon. I'm just afraid that I can't realize that project if I

Benedict fully understood