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"Hey, kid. We're seriously going to run out of money if we keep this up."

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"Not so much, old man. There's still some left.

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Not yet, no. But the boy's too bold. The furnishings from last year's castle building and this time's purchase of the beast egg are always enough for the knights of Barca.

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"But you make a profit from selling antlerless, don't you?　Did I spend that much?"

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"Listen, kid. It's called a bowl of rice. I'm sure you've done a lot of work spreading the word about Kyle-boy's magic, even if you're just naming him as a lead. Do you know how much we paid the church? And you're doing too many other things that cost a lot of money just to come up with them."

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"But adding more Reed families is not a wrong choice, old man. But adding more leads is not a wrong choice, old man. And the other things you're doing will definitely be beneficial in the future. It may cost a lot of money, but it's something you should do now.

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"You can't just say that and expect to lose your money now. How far into the future are you talking about? Academic research is fine, but it's also doing something that doesn't make money.

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"You mean human anatomy charts?　That is definitely research that will improve our lives in the future. I can't stop now."

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"So, have some interest in the current finances, boy. This knighthood of Barca is still in its infancy. If we run out of money and run into financial difficulties... You'll lose all credibility at once. Master Carlos may use that as a reason to take your territory away from you.

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"...... Really. That's a problem. But as I have said many times before, what we are doing now is something that is absolutely necessary in the future. We can't stop it. We need to secure enough financial resources to cover it. Do you have a better idea, old man?

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I'd like to say, "Nothing is that convenient,......, but I can think of one thing."

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"What, you have one? Tell us about it, old man.

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"Okay, but of course there are risks involved, kid. You have to be prepared for a certain amount of trouble."

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"Okay. Anyway, tell me what you've got in mind.

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Gambling.

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"What about ......?　Gambling?　Are you going to get into gambling or something, old man?"

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"Yes. ...... Oh, don't get me wrong, kid. It's not about gambling for a shot. It's the other way around. We're going to be the gambling giants.

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"The head of the body?　You mean we open a gambling den and let people gamble? Are you sure you want to do that?

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"No, I've been meaning to tell you this for a while. I think it's a good idea from a security standpoint."

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"In terms of public safety?　Should we do it, run a gambling operation?　Wouldn't that make public safety worse, on the contrary?"

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"I honestly don't know. I don't know... but I'm curious. The way people in Vulcania spend their money."

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　After I had a nice coed bath with Lilina in the next village.

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　When I returned to Barca Castle, I was in my office when an old man came into the room with a serious look on his face.

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　He told me that the gold of the knight's estate of Barca was not enough.

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　After I came back from the war, I had started various things again, and I had become a spendthrift.

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　It seemed that I was spending more than I was earning, and as the keeper of the treasury, he was the first to notice the ever-diminishing operating expenses of the estate and came to me to advise me.

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　But I do not intend to be a complete waste of money.

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　I am only doing what is necessary for Barka, whether it is the research of the apothecary's egg, the development of medicine, or the naming of the Reed family.

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　We are not spending money for pleasure.

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　So, I asked the old man how to overcome this financial crisis, and he came up with an idea.

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　That was to open a gambling house.

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　However, I could not shake the feeling that this would only encourage gambling addiction and would not lead to a healthy town.

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　However, it seems that this was not the case for the old man.

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　He said vaguely that he felt that the frequency of gambling was gradually increasing among the residents of Vulcania.

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　This was just his feeling in the city, and he did not have any statistics or anything like that.

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　However, he certainly feels that way.

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　The old man wondered why, and observed carefully when he was in town.

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　Then, he came up with a hypothesis.

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　It was that the residents of Vulcania had suddenly become rich.

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　Most of the people living in Vulcania are poor peasants by nature.

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　But there are those among them to whom I have suddenly appeared and given them the family name of Balkania and bestowed upon them magic.

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　When the Barka uprising was over, I instructed these Barka surname holders to sell hardened bricks and grow magic mushrooms.

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　As a result, they had a reasonably stable income.

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　Thus, those with the Barka surname, even though they did not have a farm, were able to earn money by selling their goods to the merchants who visited Balkania.

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　Those who did not have a Balkan surname also succeeded in making a modest profit by making paper, glass, furniture, and other products.

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　Thus, people who had previously bartered in the countryside suddenly had money.

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　This increased money was initially used to acquire their own houses and to buy furniture and food.

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　Thanks to this, Vulcania was in a state of booming economy where goods could be sold as long as they were available.

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　However, as in the past, there is no such thing as an overabundance of goods.

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　Once they had some of the things they needed, they gradually began to not know how to spend their money.

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　And what did the little rich people who had just graduated from barter, who had run the full circle of ways to spend their money, do?

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　But it is not so important yet.

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　They would say to the casual things in their daily lives, "Hey, you want to bet on how that thing is going to turn out? It seems that a little wager like this is beginning to spread.

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　The old man sensed it on the street.

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"But isn't that enough of a problem?"

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"No, I don't think it's a good trend. I mean, if we don't let it go, someone might open a betting house and collect all the money in town. Don't you see how dangerous that is, boy?"

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"Oh, I see. That's a problem. It's no fun to have the richest man in our city except the Barca family."

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"Right?　So we'll get a head start while we still can. We'll open a gambling den in the monk's name. No other betting booths are allowed to be opened without permission. We'll collect the dubbed money in the city and prevent the deterioration of public order."

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"...... I agree. Maybe we should build a casino where people can play at a fair rate?　We don't want to have a gambling addict knight of Barca who is in debt because of illegal rates. Let's give it a try, old man."

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"All right, let's make this quick. Let's get ready to go."

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　Thus, I decided to build a public gambling hall in Vulcania.

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