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Is that the peasant knight I've heard so much about?

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He really is a child. I can't believe that he beat you, Mr. Raymond.

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"Did you hear?　I heard he spent the winter selling scraps of vegetables for the poor."

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"Why did our lord give the land to such a lowly thing? There are plenty of other knights of merit who should have earned their lands.

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"No, you can't be so foolish. He seems to be able to use a different kind of magic than the Fontanas. I saw it the other day when they mobilized. I've seen terrible things.

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"It must be tied to some noble family. I'll have to advise the master of the house."

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　Apparently, I'm getting a lot of attention.

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　The people around me, observing me, were not the peasants and other ordinary people I usually see.

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　All of them were knights, people who belonged to a privileged class different from the common people.

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　To become a knight, one must work on the battlefield, and in that respect, one can say that one's origins are irrelevant.

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　In reality, however, it is said that those whose parents are knights are more likely to be promoted to knighthood.

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　After all, ordinary peasants have no proper weapons, and they have to do their best just to eat day after day.

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　Having a parent who is a knight would make a big difference in the education of gifted children.

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　My sudden appearance is noteworthy and an eyesore for such a knight.

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　The atmosphere was not so good.

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　But still, no one seemed to be making any unintentional attempts to make things difficult for me.

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　I guess they are just looking at me from a distance.

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　Why am I being stared at by these knights?

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　Because it's the new year.

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　Apparently it's customary for the nobility around here to celebrate the new year.

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　At the beginning of the year, those who have been knighted come to greet their lords.

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　Naturally, even though I'm a newcomer, I have to be a part of the festivities.

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　I went to the castle of Carlos in the town of Fontana on the date that I had been informed.

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　By the way, I can travel during the winter thanks to my Valkyrie.

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　But the other knights cannot.

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　So, not all of them, but when the snow starts to fall, the knights who own lands gather in the town of Fontana.

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　In the city there is also a noble quarter, where they stay during the winter and celebrate the New Year.

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　It may be that more knights live in the town than in their own fiefdoms.

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　I come to the town of Fontana in the falling snow and go up to the castle of Carlos.

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　The castle is located in the center of the town of Fontana with its outer walls, on a hill, which is a step higher than the other buildings.

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　The castle is not meant to be a fortress like the one I built in the north of the river, but more of a building where powerful people live.

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　It was more like a luxurious large western-style building with white walls, blue roofs, and tall towers connected to each other.

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　Inside, there is a large entrance hall and a knight's room.

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　There we waited for a while, and when our names were called, we were led to the head of the family's room where Carlos was waiting for us.

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　Carlos is sitting on a luxurious chair at the end of the beautifully carpeted head of the family room.

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　When the knights who have come to celebrate the New Year enter the master's room, they line up in front of Carlos and greet him one by one.

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　As a newcomer, I was last in line, and after a long wait, I finally had my audience.

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　But that was not the end of it.

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　We were now moved to the banquet room, where a standing buffet party had begun.

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　There I was once again observed by the other knights as they said this and that.

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"Well, I feel so away from home. It's too hard not knowing anyone.

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　I felt so alienated after arriving at Carlos's castle that I ended up talking to myself.

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　Those with the surname of Barca are also generally considered knights, but they are under my command and I am the only one who has been knighted by Carlos.

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　That's why I was the only one who came inside the castle.

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　I should probably stay here and talk to some people.

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　But there were many knights who might have had relations with Raymond and some of them were very hostile.

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　I did not want to invite trouble by talking to them.

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　So I decided to pass the time by observing the knights.

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　While eating the meal that was prepared for me, I watched the knights.

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　Naturally, I did not just watch them.

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　I focused my magic power into my eyes and observed them.

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　I knew it.

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　I noticed a certain rule as I looked at the knights whom I had hardly ever known before.

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　It was obvious that those who seemed to be more familiar with the battlefield had better quality of magical power.

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　There were those who had a lot of magic, but the quality was low, and my eyes could not see anything but a thin sprig of magic.

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　Perhaps such people were the ones who had once been given a higher rank on the magic path according to Raymond.

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　But those who seem to be battle-hardened seem to have at least a good amount of magic.

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　They must have taken a natural way to improve the quality from their experience honed on the battlefield.

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　Still, I think the quality of my magic is better than theirs.

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　I think this is a big information.

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　Maybe I should tell my brother Baito to add magic training as well as physical training to his training.

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　I'll think about it later.

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"Hmm?　What the hell is that guy?"

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　But there was one person who stood out from the crowd.

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　The magic in my eyes was completely different from the other knights.

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　It may be because of its high quality.

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　But what was even more different was the ubiquity of his magical power.

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　He was slender and had a body that did not look like it had ever been on the battlefield.

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　If anything, he was not a knight.

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　He was a man who worked as a waiter, serving food at a banquet held in the banquet hall.

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　All of his magic was concentrated in his head.

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"Does he look like that when he concentrates his magic? It's quite disconcerting."

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　All the knights were covered with magic power all over their bodies, which made them look even stranger because it was not unevenly distributed.

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　I was so curious about this person who was so different from the others that I went to talk to him myself for the first time since I joined this banquet.

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