System vs Rebirth

A man stood behind a window while looking at the city from the second floor.

'I am Zephyr. I have been known as a good and trusted merchant, allowing me to climb my rank to the eighth most important merchant in this kingdom.

'However, there is a reason why I am able to achieve such a feat. I was originally an orphan and I had to live in a slum for a long time.

'I might have developed my instinct or sixth sense to detect danger. Because of that, I changed my life for the better and even sneaked around to learn things since I was young.

'I worked from a company at first and gradually made my own merchant group, which somehow turned into a big company. That's all because of the instinct that I've developed during my early life.

'I can sense whether people are bluffing or not. Even lies are not an exception. That's why I knew for a fact that the Marquis was not feeling threatened at all even when a big figure like President Matthew pressured him.

'I knew that the Marquis didn't really need us. Allowing us to join him was merely his way to soothe the unrest and give us an opportunity instead of monopolizing everything. If I left during the meeting, my company might be screwed.

'I wanted to leave with others, but I was too scared of the repercussions. That was why I couldn't move or even say anything.

'When there were only three merchants left in the room, it was there that I got the shock of my life. My instinct once again proved it to be correct. The deal was unimaginable.

'Just from the deal alone, we could get at least ten times if not fifteen times the amount we invested easily. That didn't calculate the amount we would get from future cooperation.

'It was no wonder why the Marquis wanted to remove all those hostile merchants. Their greed would definitely destroy the agreement. Well, as a merchant, I was indeed a bit greedy when seeing the amount, but more importantly, me and the other merchants were definitely scared of the Marquis.

'If he could give it to us, he could also take them away. So, there should be no one daring to have some thoughts… at least as long as the Marquis remained as sharp as before.

'If this plan worked, the four nobles would be destroyed economically. There wasn't even a need for territorial wars, and the Marquis wouldn't be blamed for abusing his 'strength' to suppress them. And no one could complain if he crushed them with money since the royal family had seized the wealth of the previous Ardagan family's wealth after all.

'If we ever got banned by those merchants, it didn't really matter. We could get the items from much further away with less cost and faster speed, not including the international logistics.

is… extremely frightening.' Zephyr closed his eyes. 'For now, I should take advantage of this wave and make sure to look good in front of the Lord. I bet the other two

had their own thoughts regarding their situations, but most of them were similar to what Zephyr had

the other side, Noel was sitting down on his office while looking at the

opened the door and

stood

my strength." Anna smirked. "Did that manage to help

Anna and hugged her,

wanted to

deal. Earl Timberlain would be a good candidate as well and if I'm not

Anna nodded while looking down, feeling more indebted. Not only did he not feel offended by the fact that he got exiled, but he even set up all the groundwork for that meeting. It was probably because of him that Earl Timberlain sent

surprising one would be Countess Christina. It was hard to convince her when I tried to spread the runes. I didn't know why she decided to show her

for a moment before rubbing her cheek. "I

"Huh?"

I think it's Duke Lorelei. But you

starting to be serious in building her own faction? With the Duke taking

but shake his head helplessly. "It seems

know about this, so it was better to be vigilant. She should be able to understand you. But are you going

but to achieve that,

the funds. You should know that building a road is going to be

worry. They are taken care of." Noel winked his eye slyly. Maxwell was the one taking care of the road leading to Countess Christina, Theressa took care of the Stargaze family and Earl

with the lords on the west. Duke Loreleill will probably help convince the other lords in

us and him were already on our side, so it should

that when Duke Lorelei saw the train for the first time, he had always wanted to take advantage of it.

the resources and bring them to his territory.

to rely on Duke