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"Ars, you're still a child, but you've managed to keep the group together. You must be having a hard time."

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"What?　Yes, I know. Sometimes people underestimate us because of our looks."

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"I'm sure you're right. Let me tell you a little about myself. Ars, do you know how old I was when I became the head of the Fontana family?

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"No, I don't know. ......"

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I was three years old. I took over the Fontana family when I was three after my father died. But how can a three year old hold a land?"

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　Three years old.

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　About the time I started plowing.

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　Even if you had memories of a past life like mine, you wouldn't be able to hold the land together.

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　I've been told this and that.

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　They would say that what I had to say was just the ramblings of a child, and almost no one would take me seriously.

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　As a result, all I could do was tinker in the fields behind my house.

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"So Raymond was assigned to manage the estate in my place. He took advantage of his position as my guardian to run the estate. After that, when I grew up, it continued that way."

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"Isn't that fine?　It doesn't seem like a problem to me."

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"It's not okay. He's taken advantage of the fact that I'm the only boy in the Fontana family to control everything in his domain. With me as his puppet."

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　Ah, so the fact that Carlos, a boy, took over the reigns of the Fontana family means that there was no older generation.

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　I see... If the head of the family is a child, it's possible for the family to effectively privatize the territory.

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　Looking back, when I went to present Valkyrie to the Fontanas, I think that the sales license was decided by Raymond's arbitrary decision.

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　However, the license had the Fontana family crest on it.

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　Perhaps Raymond, the guardian of the Fontana family, used the important stamp without permission.

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"I've been waiting for the right moment. I've been waiting for Raymond to make a mistake. And then this happened."

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"Hmm?　You mean you were expecting me to beat you?"

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"No way. I never thought of that. But the fact that a fort has begun to be built in the North Woods, which he has authorized, without the Fontana family's knowledge, is enough to bring about his downfall. That's why I held Raymond himself responsible for the riot when you started it and sent him to suppress it.

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"Oh, so you're saying that it was Raymond's fault for giving me the land title permit."

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"That's right. Even a small point can be used as an opportunity to break his power. But no one expected him to suddenly disappear. It's been hard. After Raymond's death, it was up to me to take control of Fontana."

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　I see.

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　Is that the reason why the Fontanese were slow to take action after I defeated Raymond's Fontanese army in the field?

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　They needed time to organize their chaos.

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　That gave them the time they needed since they were more focused on building the castle than I was on attacking the walled city.

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　I wonder what would have happened if I had attacked then.

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　Well, let's not think about what ifs.

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　A siege would have surely increased our casualties.

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Does that mean that Carlos has already consolidated the power of the Fontana family? If that's the case, there's no point in making peace with us. ......

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"Not really. Raymond's relatives and subordinates have been living off of his sweet juice for years. If I take over for him, they'll lose their taste for it. Which means there will be a backlash. Right now, they're complying with me on the surface. But you're the one who's going to keep them at bay.

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"Me?"

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"Yes. I may have brought the whole house together, but my own resources are few and far between. But if I can bring in the new power of Valka, it will help to keep them at bay. Hence this story. Ars, I will knight you and give you a domain. You will be under my command.

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　Hmmm, I wonder how hard it is to be an aristocrat.

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　I had never imagined that the land where I live was a land of power and intrigue.

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　I wonder what Carlos' proposal will do for me this time.

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　It seems that Carlos is the head of Fontana, a man who has taken control of the Fontana territory, but is in a rather delicate position in terms of power with his retainers.

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　But even so, there is no doubt that he holds the land together as a nobleman.

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　The leader himself has come to him and offered to let bygones be bygones and entrust him with a small piece of land if he would become his subordinate.

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　I am not sure what he will say to me after I become his subordinate, but I think it is not a bad idea.

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　At the very least, it would be nice to know that they are not going to charge me with any crime in this case.

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　And, above all, it would affect my relationship with Bishop Paul, the man who helped me put this together.

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　To be honest, I am more afraid of the possibility that the Church may continue to stare at me.

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　Okay, I've made up my mind.

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　I originally started fighting because I was told they were going to take away my lands, and now that I have a soldier in my hands, I can't back down.

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　I had no intention of taking the lands from the nobles.

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　But the conditions as they are are not good for us either.

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　We would like to be treated better in terms of conditions.

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　Thus, the secret meeting between Carlos and myself went on until late at night.

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