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"Hey, Ars. Are you sure you're okay? I hope they don't surround us and kill us as soon as we get to the other side."

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"What, are you scared of me, brother Bite?"

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"Shut up. I'm not scared. I mean, if you hear about a ceasefire out of the blue, you're gonna wonder if it's real or not.

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"Well, yeah. Well, if something happens, we'll be able to escape immediately.

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　We were now in the city of Fontana.

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　Through Bishop Paulo's negotiations with the heads of the noble families, a secret ceasefire has been agreed upon.

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　But this is only informal.

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　This time it is necessary to make it official.

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　After all, I will not only be a part of the ceasefire, but I will also be a part of the Fontana.

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　For this reason, I left the castle we built north of the river to my father and the others, and came to the city with my brother Bite, Vargas, and a few others.

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　If I could get the formalities done here, I would be cleared of all charges and have a safe night's sleep.

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　I can understand the worry of my brother Byte, but I am also a little relieved to think that I can finally get back to my life as before.

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　We came to a church in the city.

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　In the church, which is much larger than the one in the village, Bishop Paul read out the cease-fire treaty that had just been agreed upon, and both sides agreed to it.

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　And so the final step was made.

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"Ars Barca, come forward."

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"Yes."

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Do you now swear to serve Carlos de Fontana and to support him?

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"Yes, I swear."

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"Carlos de Fontana, come forward. Do you knight Ars Barca and do you swear to join forces, to fight side by side and to protect your people?

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"Yes, I swear."

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Then I'll sign your oath.

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　As I crouched down on one knee in front of Carlos, he pulled out the sword hanging from his waist.

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　That must have been the sword of the ice spirit.

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　I can't see it directly because I keep my head down a little, but the shining blade of the sword seems to be the same as the shining sword I saw in the previous battle.

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　It's scary as hell.

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　The person holding the sword in front of you is...

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　But the sword did not hurt me.

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　Carlos moves the sword in his hand to tap it against my shoulder.

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"Ars Barca! I knight you and give you my name. From now on thy name is Ars von Barca. I look forward to your continued service as a knight of the Fontana."

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　Here it comes.

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　The name meant that I would be working for Carlos as soon as we agreed to this cease-fire.

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　The reason why Carlos wanted to make a truce with me in the midst of the fighting and to take me under his command.

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　It was because of the benefit of the magical pass that would raise the rank of Bishop Paul.

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　Nobles have the privilege of receiving magical power from their subordinates in exchange for naming them to bestow magic.

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　Because of this magical pass, the head of the nobility at the top can be the most magical being in the land.

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　The amount of magical power is a threat by itself.

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　Not only does it increase the number of times they can use magic, but it also strengthens them physically, making them stronger in a simple fist fight.

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　In this world, it is quite normal to increase magic power and hit with physical power.

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　Carlos turned to me in order to gain strength in order to overcome the pressure from the remnants of Raymond's faction.

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　Since I became the head of the family at an early age and Raymond was in charge of all the affairs of the estate, the pyramid of magical power in the Fontana family was built in such a way that it was concentrated on Raymond's faction.

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　That is why Carlos made a drastic choice to increase his own power by capturing my magical power, which was in conflict with his own.

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　And the fact that the magic path led to Carlos, means that I also benefited from it.

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　Magic other than earthly magic, which I could not use no matter how hard I tried.

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　The ice magic of the Fontana family.

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　A new magic was brought to me and through me to the Barca people.

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　The magic of the ice

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"Good work, that you have done, Mr. Ars. Now you are the lord of a kingdom, aren't you, Mr. Ars?

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"Uh, maybe so. We actually have a castle."

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　In the end, no one in town tried to harm us, and the cease-fire agreement and ordination ceremony ended peacefully.

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　I am now back at the castle north of the river.

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　I'm up in one of the towers talking to Gran.

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"So, how do you feel about having the villages of Barca and Linda, and even this castle as your territory, that you have?

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"Not bad. I think the conditions here are better than I expected."

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　Basically, it is said that it is not easy to become a landowner even if you are a squire and a knight who has achieved military success on the battlefield.

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　It is said that only a few of the knights are given fiefdoms.

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　But as a result of this battle, I have two villages and a castle.

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　At first, they offered me to rule the village of Barca, but I insisted.

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　I did not want to give up the castle that I had built, but I also did not want to give up the talent of Vargas and others.

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　There was some push and shove, but my point was made.

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"So, what are you going to do now, Mr. Ars?

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"What are you going to do?"

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"It is one of the romantic ideas for a man to rule a land, even if it is only two villages. I'm sure there is something you would like to do.

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"Well, maybe it's not so much what I want to do, but what I have to do.

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Is it something you have to do, that you have to do?

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"Yeah, let's make some money."

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　To hell with romance.

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　It's not romanticizing that I need to work on quickly.

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　I've paid Bishop Paul and my wallet is empty.

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　I have to hurry to recover my financial situation, which could cause financial ruin right now.

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　And so, now a landowner, I was to go on with my money-making.

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