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 the commoners

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 commoner was their financial resources and status. "Still, I do

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

still able to absorb the Demon Crystals. However, they didn't know their conversion rate because the spirits didn't tell them. So, it wouldn't be

knew that if Noel properly developed the city and repelled the Supreme Devil Organization, they wouldn't dare

child for not enduring it and losing the opportunity. That was why the noble families

the connection between Noel and the Greenwood Kingdom's princess, the Sword Arbiter, and the Demon Banner Army, no one

sighed. "I can understand your plan. So, I believe there is no

have any age limit. However, they

you can't afford to have a lot of people that can threaten the

other two classes, the maximum age will be 15 years

Kingdom wants to buy a quota. In that case, how much

class every once in a while. And 30 slots are reserved for normal recruitment for commoners

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

the price…" Marquis Benedict paused. "We'll offer you 20,000 gold for each slot in the Expert Class and

Low Level Demon Crystals for each slot in the Expert Class.

Peak Level Demon Crystals alone was already tremendous. And this was only fifteen slots. He still had 105 slots left, of which

While Noel could simply brush

seems that you are also aiming

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

they are new technology. Even though they are still

nodded, thinking they could buy some and learn

gave him another offer. He first asked, "Marquis Benedict… If I'm

confused at the same time. He didn't know why Noel would mention something like this, considering the Muivell Kingdom was the furthest from

you think that the automatic

standing up while

thinking of creating a boat that can go upstream by using runes. Don't you think

a boat. If Noel could make the boat

ocean was also filled with a lot of demons, so killing them and using their crystals to refuel the ship would make the

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

carriages whatsoever. The same

just afraid that I can't realize that project if I

fully