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"Kyle-boy, please. Can you give me a name, too?"

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"Hmm, what's the matter?　What are you trying to do to Kyle, old man?

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"Oh, you're a monk. Can you tell Kyle boy... He wants me to give him a name.

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"Huh?　You have the surname Barca. What are you talking about?

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"No, I was just thinking about the work of the civilian officials who have recently started working at Barca Castle. He wants to use that magic. To tell the truth I'm better at counting gold than wielding weapons on the battlefield. If there's magic like that, you'd want to use it, wouldn't you?

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"Really?　I've asked around to a lot of other people, and Kyle's magic doesn't seem to be as popular as I thought it would be."

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　It was some time before Kyle began to give magic to the people he had chosen to work at Barca Castle.

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　One day, an old man came up to Kyle and asked him to give him a name.

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　The old man said that he wanted to use Kyle's magic too.

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　I think this is a very old man-like opinion.

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　I understand his opinion because I want to use Kyle's magic myself.

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　I can look at a document and understand its contents, and my calculations can be perfect.

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　I don't think there is such a good magic.

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　But Kyle's magic is not as popular as I thought it would be.

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　In fact, most of them didn't even pay attention to it.

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　Apparently, it has something to do with the history of magic in this area.

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　Perhaps in the past, when the royal families were powerful, some noble families used this kind of useful magic.

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　However, many years have passed since then, when the power of the royal family weakened and the nobles of each region rose to power, maintaining their houses and fiefdoms by their own strength alone.

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　As a result of the prolonged upheavals and the many noble families fighting each other for power, gradually only the powerful noble families remained.

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　In this case, the powerful noble families were probably those who possessed offensive magic.

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　Even though physical strength increases with the increase of magical power, the presence or absence of offensive magic has a great influence on the victory or defeat on the battlefield.

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　Naturally, the houses that used convenient magic but had no offensive power were eliminated.

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　Furthermore, over the years, an unspoken agreement to bestow magic has emerged.

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　Those who had been active on the battlefield were taken as squires, and only those squires who were recognized as capable of becoming knights were given magic.

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　Naturally, this was not a rule only for the nobility, but also for the common people.

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　In other words, those who have played an active role in battle and become worthy of being granted magic should be granted "magic with offensive power" in proportion.

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　In other words, the common people have come to recognize that magic with offensive power is superior, and that magic without offensive power is low-level magic.

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　In that sense, the magic I use is surprisingly well-balanced.

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　The main magic I use is [land clearing], [soil improvement], and [wall building].

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　However, there was a kind of offensive magic called [shotgun].

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　Because of this, my magic was recognized as offensive magic, and the peasants accepted my naming if they could obtain offensive magic.

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　Perhaps it was also because I had won the first battle against Vargas with the power of offensive magic.

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　Furthermore, the fact that the attack power of the [shotgun] was lower than that of the [ice spear] used by the Fontana family was also an advantage.

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　Although the shotgun is more accurate, the ice spear has a higher range and attack power, and I use the ice spear exclusively for attacks on the battlefield.

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　This was good for the knights of the Fontana family.

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　The feelings of the other knights were greatly shaken when they saw that I had suddenly appeared, defeated Raymond, the vizier of the family, and had been placed under Carlos' control.

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　However, the Fontana family's "ice spear" was superior to the Barca family's "shotgun" in terms of the most important magic.

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　In other words, although we had been overtaken by the sudden appearance of the Barca, we had not been overtaken.

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　It was because they thought so, that they were disgusted at the sight of me being used by Carlos to build positions and roads with magic, thinking that they were using low-class magic.

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　If my original attack magic had been stronger than the ice spear, I might have been more criticized.

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　Well, that's why Kyle's magic with no offensive power was not popular even though it was practical.

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　In fact, I named some of the knights for their achievements in the recent battle, and when I suggested that they try Kyle's magic instead of mine, they all refused.

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　It was quite unusual for someone like the old man to want to use Kyle's magic on his own.

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"I know how the old man feels. But I don't know what to do. If Kyle named the old man, only the old man would be able to use all the magic. ......

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"So in order to use Kyle-bo's magic, I would have to give up the name of Barca. That would be something.

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"Is it common for people to give back their names, old man?"

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"Yes, it's possible. When you take the lands of another noble family, you can take in the knights of that noble family who were in charge of that land. In that case, they are forced to abandon their former name and are given a new name by the new lord.

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"So that means the old man is going to give up his Barka surname and be given the Reed surname. But even if that happens, you'll still have to go to war.

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"Ummm, no, let's not talk about this. Kyle-bo's magic is fascinating, but I am also a man who was given the name of Barca by a monk. I can't throw that away.

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"Well, I'm glad to hear you say that, old man."

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　It seems that the old man was attracted to Kyle's magic, but chose to be a Barca, rejecting the temptation.

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　Well, for my part, I was fine with it either way.

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　By the way, naming with magic system has a big influence on the master-slave relationship in this area, but it is not applied in all cases.

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　For example, even if both parties agree that they are master and servant, they may not give each other a name.

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　Unless both parties agree on the outflow of magic and the transfer of magic power, naming is not performed.

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　This is especially the case when both parties are from families that use magic.

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"But you know, even if Kyle's magic is not popular, there might be a certain number of people who want it, like the old man."

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"Of course you're right. Even if it is not an offensive magic, it must be useful. But it's not something you'd want to risk your life for on the battlefield.

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"But, on the other hand, wouldn't someone who wants Kyle's magic be someone who knows how to use his head, not someone who's a musclehead?"

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"Maybe so. I suppose you could think that. What's the matter, kid? You look like you're up to something.

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"No, the upstart Barca Knight Territory is always in need of smart people. I was wondering if Kyle's magic could be used as bait."

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"Well, it's not wrong to use magic as bait to attract people, but what exactly are you planning to do?"

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"Let's build a university. I'm going to gather all the smartest people in one place, give them Kyle's magic, and create a place for them to further develop."

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　It was an idea that came to me in a conversation with the old man, although it was at the level of an idea that I am not sure if it would work or not.

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　It was the idea of creating a university to attract the best and the brightest.

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　Not a school to teach letters and calculations to those who don't know anything in Vulcania, but a university as an institution to research new things.

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　I immediately set about preparing for the realization of this idea.

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