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Kyle, what's going on?

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Brother Ars, look. It's snowing.

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Oh, yeah. It's going to be winter soon.

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　Kyle and I look out the window and watch the snow continue to fall.

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　I never thought we would be able to spend time together like this.

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　After all, this year we had a smash-and-grab with the Fontana army.

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　The first time I laid a hand on a soldier I thought I would never be able to stay in this village again.

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　I had no idea that I would become a knight to rule the land.

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　After all, Carlos did not ask me to do anything rash this year.

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　No, I have been called upon a few times.

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　It was because some of the forces in the Fontana territory had been rebellious against Carlos, the head of the Fontana.

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　Carlos had people in various places and if a rebel showed any suspicious behavior he would immediately call a meeting and go to strike them.

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　Naturally, I was also called upon, and I went from place to place.

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　But in most cases, direct combat did not take place.

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　Because we, the Balkans, did a lot of work.

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　We rushed to the lands where Raymond's faction and other rebel groups were located and made a road to them.

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　Furthermore, we took up positions at strategic points on the lands controlled by the opponents and formed a position surrounded by a 10-meter-high wall in a very short time.

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　The soldiers gathered one after another, and the position grew larger and larger every day.

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　There were not many who were foolish enough to rebel after being exposed to such a sight.

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　Well, there were some exceptions.

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　But Carlos took the lead in kicking them out.

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　It is a good thing to be called in every time something happens, but it is not all bad.

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　Because the flow of things has improved a lot since we went out to the Fontana territory and built the road.

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　I mean, it has been too bad so far.

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　The roads are not well maintained.

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　Except for the roads that connect the larger towns and cities, the roads were very difficult to navigate.

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　The improvement of the roads has increased the speed of distribution in the territory of Fontana.

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　In the end, I have even managed to spell window glass making, and I make a good profit selling bricks, glass, magic mushrooms, paper, etc. in the territory.

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　However, it was difficult to gather merchants in the farthest north of the territory of the knights of Barca.

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　No matter how many free markets they held, as the old man said at the beginning, it was difficult to make a big profit due to the travel time and the tolls at the barrier.

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　However, in the lands where there were rebels, they made the rebels promise to exempt them from the tolls as a condition to follow Carlos.

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　Or rather, I asked Carlos to do so.

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　The roads from all over the country would converge in the city of Fontana, and Carlos's lands would definitely benefit from this, so I asked him to let me keep this condition.

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　Carlos was skeptical about whether it would really work, but as a result, the city of Fontana is now more vibrant than ever.

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　And we have not suffered any damage.

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　This will be no longer the case during this winter.

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　In this area, it snows in winter and we can't get food.

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　They usually spend the winter as if they were hibernating, using the food they have stockpiled in advance to survive the winter.

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　Military operations are out of the question.

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"Ah, but when the temperature is like this, I feel like taking a bath. I want to relax in a hot spring."

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"Bath?　Hot spring?　Brother Ars, what is it?"

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"Oh, Kyle doesn't know. With the wash, you don't even have to take a bath. I just want to put my body in warm water and get warm."

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"Hmm, you want to do something different."

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　Leave it.

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　Maybe it's because I have memories of my past life, but sometimes I have an irresistible urge to take a bath.

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　However, this world doesn't seem to have such a custom, perhaps because of the magic of "washing" in this world.

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　Well, it's not necessary, and I've never thought of taking a bath because I've been struggling to survive.

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　But now that I have started to manage a territory, I am getting tired of it.

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　I would like to take a bath, which is said to be a washing of the mind.

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"Cue!"

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Hmm?　What's up, Valkyrie?

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Queue, queue!

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　And then Valkyrie suddenly started acting strange.

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　She interrupted Kyle and I while we were talking, and then she suddenly pulled my clothes off with her mouth while squealing.

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　What the hell is going on?

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"What's the matter?　What's going on?"

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"Cu~"

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　When I asked Valkyrie, she shook her head happily, bent her legs and lowered her posture.

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　Could it be that she was asking me to get on?

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　I quickly climbed onto Valkyrie's back and straddled her, patting her body.

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"Hmmm, you wanted to go for a run in this cold weather, Valkyrie?"

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"Cue cue."

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　When Valkyrie confirms that I am on her back, she gets up with a happy look on her face and starts to move.

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　Where in the world is she going?

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　I start running with Valkyrie in the snow.

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