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"You're very well aware of that. That's right. My magical power has continued to increase dramatically since I named you, Ars.

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　I knew it.

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　Father Paul has a church where he gives the naming every year, but there are other churches in other lands, where of course there are other priests as well.

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　Then, the pace of the increase in the number of priests may be somewhat constant even if the naming is done every year.

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　But then I came along.

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　Maybe the quality of my magical power has something to do with it.

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　Compared to the dilute magic of ordinary people, mine is much thicker, like a liquid that has been boiled down to a thicker consistency.

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　But that may not be the only reason for Father Paul's sudden increase in magical power.

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　Valkyrie.

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　A being I created and named as a messenger beast.

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　Valkyrie, the messenger, was named only once.

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　But every Valkyrie born after that has magic.

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　That means...

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　All Valkyries have a parent-child relationship to me.

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　If that's the case, even the magic of the Valkyries must have flowed into Father Paul through me.

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"Ever since I named you a few years ago, the magic power has not stopped rising. And now my rank has been raised.

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"What?　What is it? A rank?

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"Yes. I've been promoted. From the looks of it, it seems you don't know what it's like to be promoted.

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"...... Yes, I have no idea. Do you have to level up to get a higher status?"

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"Hmm. I don't know what a level is, but at any rate, you have risen in rank. You will know as soon as you rise in rank. You will know as soon as you rise to a higher level, because you will receive new magic.

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　New magic?

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　Is that like learning magic by leveling up?

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　...... No, it's not.

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　This is probably something like the magic of [building a wall] or [laying a road].

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　The magic that consumes more magic power at a time than [Landscaping] or [Scattershot] cannot be used if the magic power of the person is small.

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　It is not only that they cannot use them, but they do not even understand that there are spells such as 【Build Wall】 or 【Lay Road】.

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　What would happen if a person with little magic power has a chance to improve his/her magic power up to a certain level?

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　Perhaps, they would suddenly become able to use it once they exceed a certain level.

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　That is exactly what would happen, as suddenly as if it were suddenly input into the brain.

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　Maybe this is what Father Paul meant by "rising in rank".

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　The magic power rises to a certain level, and new magic can be used.

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　If we didn't know any better, we might think that this is a gift from God.

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"That's amazing. By the way, what is this new magic that Father Paul has gained?

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"It's a restorative magic."

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"Is that the kind of magic that heals wounds?"

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"Yes. Literally. And because of this step up in rank, I was able to move up from being a priest or a deacon to a bishop.

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"A bishop. ...... That's great, isn't it?"

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"Of course. The number of bishops is much smaller than that of priests. Therefore, a bishop's main job is not to organize a church like a priest, but to organize an area of a certain size.

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"Wow, that's a big promotion. Congratulations, Father Paul.

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I'm a bishop.

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"Oh, I'm sorry. Congratulations, Bishop Paul.

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Good. Now that we've said all that, let's get down to business. Ars, why don't you entrust me with your future?

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"What?　The future, my future?"

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　I mean, was that just a prelude?

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　You're talking too much, Bishop.

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　I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let you get away with this.

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"Let me summarize your current situation. You killed and wounded a tax collector's soldier visiting the village of Barca and incited the peasants. You have also attacked a neighboring village and have taken the villagers there to fight with the Fontana's army. You even killed the vizier of the house of Fontana and took six knights alive, thus wrongfully occupying the land. There can be no mistake about this.

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Wait, you can't talk like that. Wait, you can't take offense at that. They're at fault, too.

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"There's more. You also stole the Church's secret of naming ceremony without permission, misused it, and spread highly offensive magic."

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　Goo.

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　With the land ownership permit, I thought I would have a good cause to fight against the Fontanas themselves.

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　It would be one of the excuses, even if it was a bit pushy.

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　But I can't think of any excuse for the magic circle.

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　I am not very good at this.

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"Now, do you have a plan to make this situation go away, Ars?

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No, to be honest, I'm just trying to figure out how to fix the situation. I didn't think about the church at all.

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"Would you like me to offer you a solution to that?"

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"Really?

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It's simple. The last thing you need right now is to get into trouble with the church. Then think about what you can do to prevent that from happening.

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　Hmm?

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　It would be helpful if there was a way to avoid a confrontation with the church, but I don't want the problem with the Fontanas to remain.

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　But it would not be wrong to leave the Fontanas aside and finish the correspondence with the Church first.

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　If anything, the church would not want a confrontation.

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"Hmmm, a way to avoid conflict with the church. ......"

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　The current problem is that I have been using magic circles and naming them without permission, and have increased the number of people who can use magic.

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　I don't know if it is possible, but I think it would be a good idea to remove the surname of the godparents and disable the use of magic.

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　But it would be known that I had given the villagers access to magic. .......

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"Oh, maybe you want me to join the church..."

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"That's too bad. Anyone belonging to the church will be excommunicated if they are found to be capable of using offensive magic. It means that the magic passes only to those who are affiliated with the church.

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"Seriously, I'm not even allowed to be ordained ......"

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"There are easier ways than that."

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"The easy way?　I'm sorry. I can't think of any.

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"Then let me tell you something. I will tell the Church. I will tell the Church that it was not you who surnamed the villagers Barca, but me."

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　I don't understand.

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　Could it be that they are covering for me?

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　But I don't know why Father Paul, or even the bishop, would go out of his way to protect me.

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　Does he want something in return?

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　I looked at Bishop Paul in front of me and felt a shiver running down my spine.

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