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.

should take advantage of this wave and make sure to look good in front of the Lord. I bet the other two

them were similar

sitting down on his office while looking

done?" Someone suddenly opened the door

back?!" Noel stood up in

my strength." Anna smirked.

came to Anna and hugged her, expressing his

surprising that you wanted to actually make a deal with those three

about using it as a deal. Earl Timberlain would be a good candidate as well and if I'm not wrong, his territory has been protected by the Blue Knight Army this whole time. I should thank your brother for

brother's name there." 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

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 interest in working together again after telling me that she wanted to take care of

for a moment before rubbing her cheek.

"Huh?"

of the Third Princess, I think it's Duke Lorelei. But you should understand the

faction? With the Duke taking care of the faction, she should be able to maintain

his head helplessly.

She should be able to understand

goal, but to achieve that, I have

be the funds. You should know that building a

Theressa took care of the Stargaze family and Earl Timberlain, and Zephyr handled the Earl Haverlan. So, Noel wasn't worried about the road building. It would all be connected to this new city he made

the west. Duke Loreleill will probably help convince the

us and him were already on our side,

for the first time, he had always wanted to take advantage of it. However,

ally to get all the resources and bring them to his territory. And that ally was actually

previous Ardagan family, Countess Christina had to rely on Duke Lorelei to avoid