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"Ars, it looks like we're going to have a deal with the Fontanas."

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"Yes!　It hasn't been days since we met the other day."

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"These things must be done quickly or there is no point. Then, let's go to the place as planned.

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"Yes, sir."

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　A few days have passed since I decided to ask Bishop Paul to solve this problem.

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　Although I have made the request and I trust Bishop Paul, I still do not know when the Fontanas will attack.

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　So I went back to the castle in the north of the river to reinforce the facilities and organize the troops.

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　But in the meantime, the Fontanas had not made any move, and after a few days, Bishop Paul came to me.

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　Bishop Paul was going to use the money he received from me and his position in the church to negotiate with the Fontanas.

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　However, it was said that I might be the one to make the final arrangements.

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　I could not let this matter, which had escalated into an armed conflict, end without the parties involved.

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　After some discussion, Bishop Paul, who had decided that there was a possibility of peace with the nobles, asked me to go to the meeting.

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　However, it seems that they decided to settle the matter to some extent in advance, rather than to have a discussion in front of everyone.

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　This is a place for me and the other side's negotiators to meet for that purpose.

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　It was one of the towers I had built next to the road.

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　It was a landmark tower that I had built in order to connect the road, which was only straight, from the castle north of the river to the village of Barka.

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　There is one tower that is left as it can be used as a watchtower and a resting place.

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　One of the towers was cleared out and it was there that I and the negotiators of the Fontana family met to decide on the final terms of the peace.

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　The Fontana negotiators and I met there to decide on the final terms of the peace and other matters.

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"So you are Ars Varka. You really are just a child, aren't you?"

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"...... Ars. And who are you?

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"Don't you know what I look like?　Carlos. If I told you my last name was Fontana, you'd know who I am, wouldn't you?　I am the head of the Fontana family."

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　This is him?

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　The man who calls himself Carlos, or I guess you could say he's still a boy.

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　He looks like a boy, maybe 15 years old.

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　I don't have a problem with that, but I never thought that the head of the Fontana family was such a child.

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　I was surprised to know the head of the nobility in my area after all these years.

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"Well, the bishop has already told me about it. He also told me that you have no ties to the other nobles and that you are willing to make peace with them. Let's not play games. Let us put our swords behind us.

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"...... I can't say yes so easily. It depends on what the conditions are."

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"Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. You bring up terms without even kneeling down to the nobility. You are indeed a central figure in the current turmoil. Interesting.

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　No, there's nothing funny about it.

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　I wonder why this master is so calm.

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　He has only brought a few of his men with him within our sphere of influence.

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　I didn't expect the head of a noble family to come all the way here to negotiate with me.

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　Bishop Paul should have told me this earlier.

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"Yes. "Well... how about these terms... If we both lay down our swords, you can have the land of Barca.

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"Barka?　...... excuse me, let me take a look."

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　Carlos handed me a piece of parchment.

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　I take it and read what is written on it.

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　The main points written on the parchment were as follows.

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　One, a cessation of combat operations.

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　One, disbandment of the fighting group.

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　One, the return of the captured knights.

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　One, the return of the sword of ice spirit.

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　One, regarding the treatment of the land of Barca.

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　One, about my custody.

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　Roughly speaking, if we disband and promise not to engage in battle, we will be let off the hook for our crimes.

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　And it's going to raise my standing.

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　They are going to recognize the village of Barca as mine.

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　But there's no way I'll do that for free.

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　Instead, they want me to be under Carlos' command, in other words, to be a member of the Fontana family.

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"There are a number of things that are bothering me, but I still dare to ask you first. They seem to be very good conditions for us, but are they really going to be kept?

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Yes, we'll work out the details later, but we'd like to settle it roughly that way. Once it's official, we won't overturn it. If I do that, the rest of my people will give up on me."

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"...... Isn't it strange then?　I beg your pardon, but we have defeated the vizier of the House of Fontana, you know.　I think it is unusual for me to be under the command of Master Carlos."

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"Ha-ha-ha-ha. That's exactly what I want to thank you for, Ars. You took down Raymond. I'm very grateful."

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　Huh?

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　Isn't the position of vizier the most important position in an aristocratic family?

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　Why are they so happy to have him killed?

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　Carlos's outlandish words confused me.

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