System vs Rebirth

"What are we going to do?" The marquis gritted his teeth. "It's because the Light Lord messed up. No. It's because of you, Tower Association!"

The Fire Lord glared back. "It's your fault, Marquis. If not for you presenting such an item, we would have been able to do something else.

"Even if they're trying to block the investigation, we can still sabotage them. However, with such proof, we have no more power to do the investigation.

"If we forcefully leave this place, we'll be branded as a criminal, according to the imperial law."

The marquis' expression darkened. "It's obviously your fault. If not for you recklessly getting caught, I could have done something else."

Because of the accusation and proof, the Ardagan family could utilize the law to put them under house arrest. Even if they couldn't do anything to them, stalling them until Noel returned should be possible.

In the end, their job was to stop the enemies instead of crushing them.

Their plan should have worked. Their biggest miscalculation was that the person Noel entrusted the position to was well-versed in laws.

No one would have ever thought that a brat like Tristan was able to know all the laws. If not for his perfect memory, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

Unfortunately for them, they had picked the wrong opponent.

Noel knew what kind of attacks they would launch against him, so he chose Tristan over Dimitri.

Tristan smiled. "How is the situation?"

"Everything looks normal for the time being. There were some spies killed by someone, but it was probably the guardian deity that the lord mentioned.

"Unless they're doing something big, we should be fine until the lord returns. What we need to worry about right now is the Third Prince and the Supreme Devil Organization.

"Dimitri has gone to the Ezenholm family and is supposed to be back soon. If the Greenwood Kingdom can distract the Third Prince or the Supreme Devil Organization, we'll handle the other one.

"It's going to be hard, but we have the Demon Banner Army backing us up," Rose explained.

Tristan nodded in understanding. "Got it. If that's the case, we'll remain passive. Tighten our security for the time being. After all, the enemies have Josephine." Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"Understood."

Tristan sighed. "With this, we should be able to watch the situation a bit. Now that I think about it, you're not worried about the merchants? How are they doing? Is there any report?"

"They…"

…

Lorelei Household.

"Why do you call me, Duke Lorelei? Is there something wrong with our plan?" Livia asked with a solemn expression. The current balance was delicate, so she had to treat everything seriously.

Duke Lorelei simply placed a letter on the table and flicked it to the other side.

Livia caught the letter and read it, wondering what kind of news would make him call her.

'I have taken care of the supply of the merchants. As a result, their plan is bound to fail. Just continue giving them more supplies and crush them.'

Livia frowned. "This letter…"

"From the Third Princess of this country."

"!!!" Livia was in utter shock. She never thought Duke Lorelei would be giving this precious information. In addition, he confirmed his affiliation with the third princess openly to the second princess of the Greenwood Kingdom.

It was as if he was telling Livia that this would be the next sovereign of the Muivell Kingdom. If they dared to do something to her, it would mean fighting against him.

"…" Livia closed her eyes. "I see. That information can be interpreted in a lot of ways, but is there anything you would like to add, Duke Lorelei?"

"No. I know you're smart enough to understand what all that means."

"Of course. Besides, right now, I'm just Noel Ardagan's disciple."

Duke Lorelei nodded.

Still, Livia was pretty happy that they received the help from the third princess directly. It seemed the third princess wanted to use this opportunity to get on Noel's good side. It would create at least a balanced relationship where they wouldn't fight like their predecessor.

…

Meanwhile, Matthew was slamming the table. "What? Did you say that the supply had been cut off? What is going on? Shouldn't we have enough supply to fight against them?"

"Yes, but the problem is that… there are sudden activities around Leian, which is our main route."

Matthew gritted his teeth. "This doesn't look good. We need them to fight against Maxwell and those two. But Leian… Don't tell me, that Zephyr did something. He is shrewd. I've heard a lot of things about him.

"On the outside, he looks like a pushover. However, he is actually a shrewd businessman. He has accomplished a lot of hard challenges."

Little did he know, Zephyr was as shocked as he was.

"What? The supply has been cut off?" Zephyr gasped. He hadn't even done anything. In fact, he was still trying to find a way to crush their enemies.

In the end, his plan would rely on Maxwell.

However, he didn't know who was actually helping him to the point where he ended up accomplishing his mission with flying colors. Without the supply, Matthew's actions will be severely limited.

"What is going on?" Zephyr scratched the back of his head. Once again, he ended up completing his mission without doing anything.

…

Still, even with the third princess' help, the situation wasn't stable yet. There was still the Third Prince and the Supreme Devil Organization.

"What should we do, sir?" A guy asked, staring at Laufey Ardagan.

"Has the preparation been completed?"

"Yes, sir."

"All right. We'll make our move right now. The Tower Association and the nobles have failed, so we have to cause chaos to give them some room. We'll change our target from other northern lords to the Ardagan family."

Laufey turned around, looking at his one hundred subordinates. "You've been waiting for so long, right? This is the time to attack. With this attack, the Ardagan family will suffer a tremendous blow and we will devour them. Understood?!"

"Yes, sir!" They replied in unison, feeling fired up.

"All troops. Move—!" Laufey couldn't finish his words as a woman suddenly descended next to their left. And that was none other than Leysha Ezenholm. "Found you."