System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1323: Huge News

”Everything seems to have settled down,” Rose reported.

”There was no attack from the Supreme Devil Organization yet, so we couldnʼt be sure. In addition, do we have any information about the Magic Lord?” Dimitri asked. After going around, he had finally returned to the Ardagan family, finding everything had almost been solved.

Rose shook her head. ”The Supreme Devil Organization has yet to make their move. As for the Magic Lord, Harley is searching for his whereabouts for the time being.”

Tristan looked down, pondering for a moment. ”Maybe Master has done something against the Supreme Devil Organization? Considering the best course of action is to work with others to handle them, Master must have done something to stop them.”

”Thatʼs a possibility.” Rose agreed. ”However, itʼs not like we can let our guard down just yet.”

”Yes. We have to hold the fort until Master returns.” Tristan glanced at Dimitri. ”How about the situation outside?”

”The Atracaeca Kingdom has agreed on working with us. Theyʼre sending people from outside the border. Theyʼre probably making those nobles in the west busy. Our allies in the west should be able to stop them.

”However, there is a particular movement in the east.” Dimitri crossed his arms, looking confused.

”Something wrong? Another attack?” Rose frowned.

”No, not that. Itʼs just… The Greenwood Kingdom, specifically the Ezenholm family, is supposed to make them busy, but for some reason, theyʼre not really opposed to the Ezenholm family. There is no way for them to not see the Ezenholm family as not a threat.”

Tristan raised his eyebrows. ”Do you mean we have another ally?”

”Now that I think about it, Zephyr has told us about the weird movement in the east, right?”

”Ah! Someone must have controlled them…” Tristan contemplated. ”The problem is who… Is it our ally or…”

Dimitri raised one finger. ”Iʼm not sure about this, but my lord has once mentioned the third princess not planning to oppose him. And that she is actually hiding her ability and power.”

”!!!” Rose gasped. ”Are you saying the royal family is helping us?”

”No. Not the royal family. Itʼs the third princess. Iʼm unsure about it as well, but the third princess might be planning to join hands with us to get the throne.”

”…” The three people suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Tristan scratched the back of his head. ”Either way, it will be best not to lower our guard for the time being. We will stop being aggressive, but tell Harley to continue to monitor the situation.”

”Understood.” Rose nodded.

”Now that I think about it, how about Elaine?” Tristan asked.

”She is probably busy dealing with the two elders and that noble by using the laws. They will probably delay the case as much as possible, but if it can make them busy, the original purpose should be accomplished.”

”I see.” Tristan closed his eyes for a moment. ”It doesnʼt seem to be anything we need to worry about for the time being. However, the Supreme Devil Organization is just an assumption, so we have to remain vigilant.

”Thatʼs all, I guess. Roel and the others should be working pretty hard right now. I will be visiting them soon.”

Rose and Dimitri nodded their heads.

They had played it right, allowing them to hold all kinds of attacks coming from all directions.

Fortunately, there were a lot of competent subordinates that managed to deal with their respective tasks.

Some incidents were unexpected, but they managed to take advantage of them.

Hence, there was only one thing to do for the Ardagan family. It was not to get greedy and remain like a turtle.

After all, Noel would be the one making all that big decision once he returned.

Of course, everyone was hoping for him to return, knowing that there would only be one master of the Ardagan family. It was him.

…

One week later, specifically one month and one week after Noel and Anna went to the Zaecuria Kingdom, the Ardagan family was startled by the sudden request of an audience from none other than the envoy of the Zaecuria Kingdom. This task was entrusted to none other than Duke Briton.

Obviously, Tristan had to be accompanied by Rose and Dimitri when meeting him. After all, Duke Briton was supposed to be a shipwright in their territory.

Yet for this meeting, he was wearing his formal noble clothes.

”May we know whatʼs the purpose of this audience, Duke Briton? Is it because the ship is already done?” Rose asked.

Duke Briton smiled wryly. ”The ship will be finished in two more weeks. And we will proceed with some smaller boats according to the agreement, which shouldnʼt take longer than a month.

”However, I donʼt come today for this matter. I have just received the highest-priority message from the Zaecuria Kingdom and would like to convey this message to you.”

The fact they didnʼt send a messenger to do this but instead asked Duke Briton to send it means this news must be an extremely important one. And there was only one thing that was important enough for Duke Briton to handle it personally.

”Donʼt tell me…” Tristan stood up.

Duke Briton nodded with a big smile on his face. That face alone was enough for them to realize this would be good news.

He said, ”Congratulations, Ardagan family. You have just become the pioneer of sea travel. We have received the message via bird. Marquis Ardagan and the madam are scheduled to return to the Zaecuria Kingdom in 7 days.

”Iʼm also unaware of the details, but the expedition itself is successful. Judging from the time used for the travel, 2 or 3 days should have passed, so there will definitely be an official news soon.

”As the duke of the Zaaecuria Kingdom, Iʼd like to extend my gratitude for the help of the Ardagan family.”

All three of them had their expressions brightened. This was huge news.

Although they couldnʼt spread it right away because there was not yet an official news coming from the Zaecuria Kingdom, they still spread the news to their allies: the Stargaze family, the Ezenholm family, and even Princess Livia, who had to stay in Duke Loreleiʼs territory for a few weeks.