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"Um, but I have a question: ....... Nobles can use magic and give it to their men, right?　To make it a knighthood."

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　Yes.

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　My head was spinning, but I'll be back on it soon.

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　I've been naming them too, but I'm sure the nobles do it too.

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　Whether or not they can use the magic circle, the naming itself must be done by others.

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　Nobles can use their own magic.

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　Then, there should be a system to take those who are active in battles as squires to knights, and afterwards, if the squires' behavior is recognized as good and there are no problems, they should be promoted to knights.

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　In that case, he will be named as a knight and given magic that a nobleman can use.

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　Then, there may be some extenuating circumstances for my actions.

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"Of course, the nobles will also be named and will transmit magic. But that is only to be done through the mediation of the Church.

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"Well, does that mean that a church official like Father Paul will do the ceremony and the nobles will do the naming?"

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"Yes, that's right. That's what it's going to be."

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"Then what about the magical path you were talking about earlier?　The magic power of the named knight is sent to the higher parent, right?　Is it taken by the nobleman who gave the name, or by the priest who performs the ritual? ......"

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"Is that what you mean? The ritual is only a go-between. The transfer of magic power is received by the parent who named the child, in other words, the nobleman.

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　I see.

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　So, the nobles can increase their own magic power by increasing the number of knights.

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　Basically, people who can play an active role on the battlefield have a lot of magical power, and many of them are using physical enhancement without using spells, in other words, magic, like the Bite Brother and Vargas.

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　We should make such a person who has a lot of magic into a squire, train him not to misuse magic, and then make him a knight.

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　The nobles give them their own offensive magic.

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　It will not be possible without a minimum of trust.

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　But the merit of giving magic is great even if there is some danger.

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　Not only will it simply increase their own strength, but the nobleman who named the knight will receive a supply of magic from the knight, which will increase his own magical power.

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"Hm?　Then why don't we just give them more and more magic ....... The more magic we have, the stronger the nobles will be."

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"Ars, power is dangerous if not used properly. It is not something that can be increased without control. The Church prevents it.

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"Prevent?　You mean you're stopping the nobility from naming names?"

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Not exactly what you mean. I mean that the Church prevents unregulated and unlimited naming.

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"What does that mean?　Are you saying that you're putting conditions on the naming ceremony?"

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"Yes, that's right. When we perform the ritual, we ask our guests to make a small donation.

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"Giving away?　Does ...... mean you take money!"

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"No, we are only accepting your offering of some money to the Lord in thanksgiving to God."

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　It's just a matter of how you say it.

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　But that's true.

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　It is not so wrong to charge money to do what only the church can do.

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　It actually works.

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　But, well... .......

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　I was not only using the secret of the church without permission, but I was also obstructing the business of the church.

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　I guess I have no real excuse for this.

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"By the way, I have one more question: ......"

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"Excuse me?"

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"You said that magic power flows from children to their parents. But what happens if that parent has more parents?"

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"My parents have more parents. Well, of course there are. In that case, it is the same. The magic power is still transferred from the child to the parent. It flows to the higher person. However, it is in the form of a part of the parent's magic power.

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　What does this mean?

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　Suppose that a portion of the child's magic power, say 10%, is always flowing to the parent.

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　And if that parent is also a child, does 10% of the magic power of the parent flow to the parent above it?

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　In this case, the person in the middle may not gain much magic power.

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　Then, what should we do?

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　I would try to increase the number of my children.

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　This is in essence a Ponzi scheme, isn't it?

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　You know, a pyramid scheme, a scam, sometimes called a network business.

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　If you want to increase your share, you increase the number of your children, and then you seduce them to increase the number of their own grandchildren.

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　However, there is a critical problem with this method.

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　The problem is that there are not an infinite number of people.

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　The number of children will always reach a ceiling.

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　In other words, only those at the top can enjoy the benefits.

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"...... Huh?　Could it be that my magic power is flowing to Father Paul?"

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　After listening to you, I finally understood.

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　The Church has a way of doing things.

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　They named their children after a certain age, as if they were to be given life magic.

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　It was only then that I realized that I had parents other than my parents.

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