System vs Rebirth

"I've returned, Grand Protector." The prime minister of the Atracaeca Kingdom kneeled on one knee before the Grand Protector and other Great Protectors.

"Mhmm. I believe you have brought good news for us, am I right?" The Grand Protector asked with a grim expression.

"Yes, Grand Protector. The connection with the Ardagan family has been established. The condition is actually much more favorable for us than anything we've imagined."

"Is that so? Can you recount everything for all of us here?" The Grand Protector asked.

"Yes, sir."

…

Ten days ago.

The prime minister and Noel were sitting in front of each other.

The prime minister felt pressured. He didn't want to mess up this meeting. At the same time, with his power as a Great Protector, he could see Noel's true strength. No matter what he did, he couldn't defeat Noel.

"I have read the official letter from the Atracaeca Kingdom. I'm looking at it positively…" Noel didn't beat around the bush since it would just make the situation more awkward.

"!!!" The prime minister's eyes lit up.

However, Noel raised one finger. "But before we reach that point, shall we discuss the condition?"

"Ah, yes!" The prime minister nodded. As a great noble, there was no way Noel would just swallow the extortion from their second prince. In addition, the Atracaeca Kingdom is utilizing the trade ban because this would be their chance to settle their grievance.

The prime minister raised two fingers. "I've heard that your territory is currently in need of materials. So…"

Noel raised his hand, stopping him. "I apologize for stopping you here, but I'd like to decline your support regarding this."

"Mhmm?" The prime minister raised his eyebrows, not expecting that Noel would reject him so flatly. "What do you mean, Marquis Ardagan?"

"You're misunderstanding something. My territory isn't really facing any trouble."

The prime minister couldn't help but frown. He thought, 'Is he underestimating us? No. He might stop me because it's rather useless to send those materials because the cost will be much higher. This place is located in the very north of the Muivell Kingdom, while our capital is located in the very south. They are the exact opposite and it'll take days, if not weeks, to travel.

useless. Is that why he stops me? We have thought about this problem before departure, but we don't have

suddenly thought of something. He muttered, "Our

an answer in the

guessed it right. If they were talking about specialty, the Atracaeca Kingdom had three of them: slaves,

to resolve the conflict, Marquis?" The prime minister never thought Noel would be this greedy. He instantly raised his guard, not planning to agree to anything if it would

just give me one of the few methods you have for preserving the food. It shouldn't be

and knew how effective it was. The kingdom also thought that if they could

the preservation method was quite simple. While it was important, it wasn't at the rune teaching guide's level.

lot of demons recently. And because of that, I don't have any way of preserving their meat and have no choice but to dispose of them. You can see

minister contemplated. "…understandable. But isn't this more

wronged Noel in the past to the point where he almost lost his life. That

Atracaeca Kingdom can punish the second prince

aback by the request. Noel simply looked

asked, "In that case,

a huge

to end their grudge on a good note. This way, they could form a trade as equals. "In that case, we can trade in the demon territory to

I will pay for the tax." Noel waved his hand, rejecting

confused. "Please excuse me, but aren't you having

people, but it doesn't change the fact

Noel was thinking. It explained everything if Noel focused on demons instead of

promise me that you will

notice something from the

but… there is

in history—will

him not long ago? No, if we're talking about the biggest calamity, it might be that calamity that the four kingdoms experienced during their creation. The record states that the Demon King brought chaos to

I'm not wrong, that Demon King was slain by someone from the Muivell Kingdom, the one known as the only person to reach the level

young man before him and added his wife to his imagination. Their

the Spirit King in the legend is related to the Ardagan family? If that's true, does that mean a Demon King will come to this land once again?

face of imminent danger, he chose to prepare for

saw Noel in a new light. In addition, he managed to connect another dot to Noel's words. 'The Supreme Devil Organization. They managed to control the demons… which only a Demon King could do. Judging

this was true, but if he returned and proved his speculation, there

minister's expression turned grim. "If that's the case, I will pick the preservation method that you can easily replicate in this land. I will try to convince the king to bear half